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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-08
WeighinR Sand

According to the federal and state
laws bushel Of sand weighs 100
pounds in most Of the states; In Penn
sylvania the weight is 100 pounds to
a bushel. And cubic yard Of sand
contains 1900 pounds.
Marks Mechanical Engineers hand
book gives the weight Of dry, loose
sand and gravel as 90 to 105 pounds
per cubic foot; sand and gravel dry
and packed, 100 to 12O pounds; sand
and gravel wet, 11S to 120 pounds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-08
DAUGHTER Taken for Debts

One of the scandals Of Lobola is the
fact that If a man gets into debt his
creditor can take away his daughter
in payment. Many girls thus taken
are mere children. They become the
mans slaves until they are marriage
able, when they join his wives. From
babyhood almost they learn to regard
him as their future lord. Their life
is indescribable. South Africa, to-
gether with 55 other nations, agreed
to abolish slavery, but the "debt ehtb'
dren" seem to be overlooked, for thS
custom prevails.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-08
Construction and maintenance, and
traffic and administration will COM
prise the two sections of the agenda.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

This is to give notice that the
snbsciber. of Cecil county. has OBJ
tanned from the Orphans Court OF
said county, letters of administra.
ton on the personal estate OF
ANTHONY MARQUETTE
late of said county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the
said deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof, duly authenticated.
on or before the 18th day of JAN
uary, 1881
they may otherwise by law, be CT.
cluded from all benefit OF said
estate. AL indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate
payment to the subscriber.
Given under my hand this End day
of July, 1880.
JESSE T. CAMERON,
Administrator.
Test: r. J. McCauley. RegistsS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-08

The first magazine published in
America was issued in Philadelphia
February 10, 1741. It was the Ameri-
can Magazine, or a Monthly View OF
the Political State Of the British Col
onies. published by Andrew Bradford.
Three days later Benjamin Franklin
issued the General Magazine and His
torical Chronicle for all the British
Plantations in America.-Detroit News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-08
Has Been Postponed

The daughter of the house arrived
home one night looking very sad.
"Whatever's the matterT asked her
mother.
ooh, I thought John loved me-" the
girl explained, "but now know he's
not going to propose-at least not for
some time"
"Why, how do you knowT asked
her mother.
Because he sent me a big box OF
stationery with my initials mono
grammed on it-and there's enough
to last me for six months"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-08

A mother returned from shopping
one day and was met BY her small
daughter.
"Well, what's my little Sheila been
doing todayT she asked.
'Pve been playing Cinderella" said
Sheila.
''And you've been Cinderella. sup
pose," said Sheila's mother.
II guess not" said Sheila decidedly.
'Tve got lots Of clothes; ! was tho
tine AatsEk-Es Rgasla Union. e.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-08
Ones Best Demanded

No Job is too small to take pains
with; no task is too little to do well.
If you can't drive nail straight,
you're going to make fizzle Of build
ing a house. No man jumps into
greatness he works his way steadily
lRweEd.-GEik UEI
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-08

The erection of the new type rail
will be carried on throughout the
summer in various parts of the
State.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-08

1t takes an unusually cheer
full liar to make a living at it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-08

rolet Six! Those who prefer 111&y now have
any passenger model equipped with cautieul
de luxe wire whees-Gf no additional cost!
Designed especially for Chevrolet, these wheels
incorporate many important features that
have won favor on cars much higher in price.
The ornamental hub caps are unusually
large, and are finished in sparkling chromium
plate. The bolts that hold the wheel In place
are located inside the hub-thus assuring a
smarter, more clean-cut appearance. The
spokes are short and sturdy-the wheel con-
structiOn is extremely rugged. Moreover,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-08

1t is not necessary to be for
ward to make progress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
The Webster kindergarten.

The Webster underage kindergarten,
maintained in connection with the
characterization of the public schools,
should of course be retained. The Board
Of Education has already agreed to that
once, and the appearance Of protesting
citizens at the boards meeting We'd
nesday was in connection with second
recommendation from school officials
that the kindergarten be closed, the
school officials acting on what is under
stood to be the agreement" reached by
Senate and House conferees on the Dis
trict bill. The Board of Education is
not bound by this agreement. 1t has
never been written into law and the
board has never formally expressed it
self one way or another concerning the
kindergarten policies and changes re-
sulting from the conferees' interpreta-
ton of what they, the conferees. had
in mind.
The effect Of the proposal to close
the kindergarten at the Webster School
has been interesting. It has brought
about frank and free discussion in open
nseting. Prominent and substantial
adams have appeared With ade-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Labor and Communism.

With the occurrence of communistic
demonstrations this week at points as
widely separated as New York, Boston
and Oklahoma City there conceded an
event not directly connected with them,
but, from the standpoint of the coun-
try, one of deep significance While
Moscows American adherents were
staging their Intellectual shows, the
American Federation of Labor, in the
midst of its biennial convention, re-
elected william Green president for a
fourth successive term.
BY the same vote the body which
speaks for more than four million or
ganized workers reinstated in Office
number of other executives who are
associated with Mr.. Green in the direc-
ton of labor's great army. It was
striking tribute to the confidence that
army has in its sane and sagacious
leadership, which includes such sea-
soned veterans as Matthew Woll and
Frank Morrison. They are carrying
on" in the spirit of Samuel Gompers.
The Third Internationale, of which
the Soviet government is the political
creature, has long earmarked American
organized labor as a special object of
attack. The solidarity of that phalanx
once broken down, Communism con-
siders that its program to undermine
the existing order in the United States
would have relatively smooth sailing.
The leaders Of the American Federation
of Labor are thoroughly alive to that
menace. They do not exaggerate its
gravity, from the standpoint of any i'm
mediate peril to American institutions.
But they believe that eternal vigilance
is the price of safety for wage-earners
in this country as against the dictator
ship Of the proletariat" and other spe-
cious panaceas with which Moscow
would replace American standards of
living and government.
President Green has aptly epitomized
the role which the American Federation
OF Labor is enacting in the face of a
menace which is none the less real be-
cause its detectives are still far beyond
the realm of the attainable. Our mis-
sion." he says, 'fs to serve as the
trumpeter on the wall-to watch and to
warm" 1t is a highly important role.
No other group in the country is 50
well qualified to fill it.
The whole Nation is the federation's
debtor for its determination to keep its
keen eye turned in the direction whence
danger turks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Farms in the District.

The announcement by the Census
Bureau that the number of farms in
the District Of Columbia has dropped
from 2o4 to LOG in the last ten years
indicates how steadily the residential
areas Of the National Capital are grow
ing out toward the boundary lines.
Older residents of washington, rid
ing about the city today, no doubt can
point to thickly settled residential sec
tons and say: when was a boy, this
was a farm. I chased rabbits and
gathered chestnuts around here"
1t was to be expected that the area
marked OF by Congress for the seat of
Government would, with normal and
healthy growth, expand in the course
Of time to its outer edges. 1t is not
surprising, therefore, to learn that 90
farms have passed from the horizon in
the District in the past decade.
Washington is the governmental
nerve center Of growing Nation, and
as the Nation grows its headquarters
on the Potomac is bound to become a
buster and more extensive community.
1t is inevitable, therefore, that the re-
naming strip of farming area on its
outskirts win give way gradually to
the expansion of the city.
The younger Washingtonians Of to-
day will see other new communities a
decade or two hence in what are rural
sections now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Results of Navy Reduction
Subject of Wide Comment

Oklahoma City Times Is convinced that
there isn't doubt that the Navy order
will please the people," though it is
confident also that I'VE shall have a
formidable Navy STILL" arguing that
experts can never agree on what con-
stitutes naval parity"
r X \
The announcement Of a proposed
elaborate training squadron is received
by the Manchester Union with the
statement, How this innovation is to
compensate the heavy losses that are to
be sustained, or why a training SQUAD
ron in the Atlantic could not have been
formed without so great a sacrifice in
ships and men Is not made plain"
The Union concludes: Some of the
ships that are to be decommissioned
must be replaced. But until such time
as these requirements are made, and
new construction effected, it would
seem to be the course of safety to re-
tain the ships now in use, unless the
american Navy is to be rendered more
inadequate for existing needs than II is
at present, by sacrificing the ships we
have in our haste to reach a goal
marked out five years hence and which.
under present world conditions. NAV
never be reached"
Inc charleston Evening Post, con-
ceding the fact set forth by President
Hoover that none of the men will be
discharged, still argues: when the
reduction plan has been put into full
enect there will be fewer men employed
In the naval service by 1890 than there
are now. If that does not make, for
unemployment, at least it dirninishes
opportunity for employment and the
distinction doesn't make any real diff
ference. Also the laying by of ships
and the closing down of shore stations
VIII take away work which would have
called for the employment of a large
number Of skilled lRborers."
Notwithstanding the proposed econo-
mics in governmental expenditures {"
says the Seattle Daily Times. 1.-The
country viii give full approval to an
active and orderly DEVELOPMENT of the
United States Navy. Having entered
into pact to eliminate Competitive
building, 1t is our duty to devotion our
sea establishment up to treaty strength.
There Is a growing popular appreciation
OF the relationship between assured do
nestle prosperity and foreign trade.
We need shipping and naval power to
safeguard them. When We ratified the
treaty an obligation was assumed to
build as much as it permitted. Anv
!et-down In that program would be al,
injustice to ourselves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
The Valuable PLAYER Award.

No base ball fan Of Washington will
disagree with the selection Of popular
young Joe Cronin by the sports writer's
as the most valuable player to his team
in the American League. And there will
probably be few throughout the country
who will be inclined to dissent. For
Joe, by his sterling play this year, well
deserves the honor. Polling forty-eight
votes against thirty-nine for his near
est rivals, Lou Gehrig of New York and
Al Simmons, slugging outfielder of
Philadelphia, the twenty-three-year-o ld
Washington shortstop was easily VIC
torious. The award consists Of medal
and check for one thousand dollars
from the league.
Few players in major league history
have come along" as fast as Cronin
during the past season. Always full
Of spirit and the viii to win, Joe in
former years was a somewhat cratic
fielder and weak batter. In 1929, his
first year as a regular, he tried for
everything that came anywhere near
him and many times made sensational
plays, but was inclined to miss the
easy ones. His batting was nothing
Ito write home about" being in the
neighborhood Of two hundred and
eighty.
But what q change in l930l Joe,
as usual, went after everything and
shared most Of them. The easy ones
we're Just pie" to him and his throws
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

We believe this wholesome initiative on
the part of the Jockey Club will be eff
fective in diminishing some of the anti
pathy to the turf that has long pre-
vailed in vertain conservative quarters.
X
italian Smokers
Giving Up Cigars and Cigarettes.
Italia, Paris (anti-Fascist paper) -
AntagoniStic to the governments estab-
lishment Of state tobacco monopoly.
smokers throughout the south of Italy
ana IN Sardinia are voluntarily giving
up their cigarettes, cigars and pipes.
On that island, in the town of Bitti,
curing period of Is days only three
cigars and three packets of cigarettes
were consumed. The inhabitants OF
this center in mountainous pasture
region are keeping careful watch on
each other to see that none gives en-
enlargement to this unpopular enter
prize: AT Ozieri, in Sassari Province.
sardinia, the citizens have all bound
themselves in an agreement not to
smoke. In confirmation of this solemn
pledge all the tobacco users in the town
marched in procession to the central
square and made a pyre of their pipes
ana remaining stock of the weed. Other
towns and cities, both in Sardinia and
upon the mainland, made equally en-
phatic demonstrations. At Cossoine a
foreign commercial traveller who entered
q cheese factory with a cigar in his
mouth was vehemently reprimanded. AT
Naples groups of young men, especially
students, do not hesitate to snatch ciga-
retteS from the lips of passersby not
supporting the boycott.
AT Castellammare the dockyard and
quarry workers agreed, without excep-
lion, not to smoke and to enlist in the
campaign all they can reach; also TO
encourage each other in all the difi-
cuIties and deprivations of the revolt.
The Fascist authorities, to intimidate
them, have condemned one of these
crusaders to three years Imprisonment
but this severe retaliation has not suc.
ceeded in changing the conduct of the
other man1festants. The government.
alarmed by an investigation that has
revealed the vast resentment of the no
nopoly, has sent representatives into all
regions where sales of tobacco have
notably declined, to stimulate sales
through personal and newspaper propa-
ganda. F-0'"-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

quate arguments in favor of the reten-
ton Of the kindergarten. The ladies
and gentlemen of the Board of Educa-
ton have been impressed. Should not
this procedure rule In all the contem-
plated changes relating to the schools?
Is it proper that these changes be de-
cided on by understanding" reached in
the closed, committee rooms of Con-
gress? Should not the wishes of the
taxpayers in every case be consulted,
and their wishes at least studied? Other
changes in the kindergarten system
were brought about by understand
ings," but so far the Board of Education
has not been made party to the
agreements. 1t expects to become a
party in November, when it ratifies or
the kindergarten changes
already put into effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Great Britain Intent
Upon SOcialistic Test

From the Rockford Illinois Morning Star.
Inc coincidence that led President
Hoover and Premier Ramsay Macdonald
OF Great Britain on the same day and at
about the same hour to lay down strik-
ingly different conceptions of govern
ment brings home emphatically the
trends of the two leading governments
of the world.
Premier Macdonald, addressing the
Labor party convention, declared that
it was not the Labor party's govern
ment, but capitalism itself that was on
trial and indicated that he had in mind
government operation of essential in
dustries, now privately owned. President
Hoover, speaking at Kings Mountain
Battle Field, attacked both govern
mental interference in business and So
cialism land its violent brother. boil
shevism," which he found to be in di-
rect contravention of the American
spirit of opportunity
Great Britain seems to be intent
upon its own experiment, and the ex-
pertinent is guaranteed the wisest direc-
ton by being in charge of Ramsay Mac
Donald. II 1t does not work in his
hands, IL can be said dogmatically to
be unworkable. And when one con-
siders the doles and UNEMPLOYMENT
Great Britain is suffering at present,
one can almost forecast that the an
sWer viii be a dogmatic denial Of the
variability of socialism.
Meanwhile, inspired by totally diff
ierent spirit, the Hoover administration
IS attempting to crystalline something
enLlrely new in human relations, the
abolition OF poverty of home and mind"
through application of a cooperative
spirit between capital and the worker.
TWO great nations become the test
tubes IN which theories of government
ana human happiness are tried out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
Leaguers
MOnopOIize Series
PROM the San Francisco Chrnn,r,a

from the San Francisco Chronicle.
NOW That the world series is over.
we can look at it more dispassionately'
FOR the benefit of the proverbial visitor
from Mars, or even from London. or the
Republic of Andorra, we hasten to ex..
plain that the world series is the COM
petition for our national base hall
championship. If the said proyerbial
visitor should feel little proud about
MS home base ball talent. we would
IKE to see his team stack up against
the Athletics He would probably he
convinced that the world series Is right
and that Mr.. McGillicuddy's young men
are distinctly the base ball Champions
OF the universe.
Not that We are gloating over the
Cardinals. We still think that Chic
Haley, Taylor Douthit and those fell
lows are pretty good base ball team.
mat feeling OF certain Athletic SUI
per1ority grew so general with the Ath-
letlcs, victories In the first two games
tnat Two Cardinal victories were needed
to revive INTEREST," outside Of st. Louis
and Philadelphia.
Connie Mack was so sure of the final
result that he put no seats on sale for
possible seventh game. He seems to
have been justified The American
League has now walked of with is of
the last 10 world series games. 1t Is
not to be wondered at if the public at
large exhibits little cooling Of inter-
est toward so one-sided a sporting conn
petition.
But we don't know what can be done
about 1t. For al his mellowed kindli-
ness, Connie Ma evidently doesn't in
tend 70 do anytfs%S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18

from all positions around shortfield
were model Of accuracy and speed
And Joe suddenly became power at
the plate, boosting his lowly average
seventy points or more to better than
three hundred and fifty and leading
his teammatey at bat. A truly remark
able recordl
1t was profitable season for the
young shortstop from a financial stand
point also and no one begrudges the
additional 'iron men" that he won
by his sterling play. Besides the thou
sand dollars that goes with the award,
Joe collected nearly another thousand
for almost single-handedly putting
Washington in second place. Added to
these was the handsome bonus pre-
sented by Clark Griffith, president of
the club, and a much larger contract
for next year, which the shortstop
without trying. to trade on his own
idea Of his value, promptly signed He
deserves all the congratulations that
nave been heaped upon him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HAsKIN.

This is a special department devoted
to the handling of inquiries. You have
at your disposal an extensive organlza-
ton in Washington to serve you in any
capacity that relates TO information.
Write your question, your name and
your address clearly, and incloSe cents
in coin or stamps for reply. Send to
The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic ]. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, d. G..
@. How did Walter Johnson get the
nickname, Barney?-W. w.
A. He was so called by teammates
because of his speed ball, hkening It to
the speed attained by Barney Olddeld,
then king Of automobile racers.
O.. Can a person travel from coast to
coast in Canada by automobile over
good roads?-N. r.
A. With one exception the entire dis
lance is completed. The unfinished
stretch is in Northwestern Ontario, pass
ing around the north shore of Lake SUI
perior.
@. What is misogynist2-B. T. c.
A. 1t is q man who is q woman
hater.
@. Please give some facts about WAL
ter Huston's stage and screen career
L. T. M.
A. Mr.. Huston began his career in a
repertory company in Toronto. Decid-
ing to try New York, he arrived there on
a freight train and finally got job in
a Hal Reid melodrama After appearing
in numerous and varied roles in stock,
he left the stage and worked in electric
plants in Nevada and Missouri for sew
crn1 We Dat 1fv,rw 90 -fo Sr1
1909, he appeared in vaudeville with
his wife, acting sketches which he wrote.
subsequently he appeared on the legiti-
mate stage in "Mr. Pitt" 1.-THE Easy
Mark" "Desire Under the Elms," 1.-THE
Fountain" Congo" Elmer the Great"
The Barker" and "The Commodore
Marries." Some of his screen successes
have been in Gentlemen of the Press"
THE Lady Lies" 1.-THE Virginian," 1.-THE
Bad Man." THE Virtuous Sin," "The
Dove" and Abraham Lincoln"
@. How long did it take Magellan to
go around the world?-W. w.
A. This journey started in 1919 and
took 1903 days.
@. What does 12mo. mean when
written after a book In an advertise
ment?-L. c.
IA ~ AANA1SdbCo OtAC b1LC VI tllC paper
on which the book is printed, conse-
quently the size of the book.
@. When was Coca-Cola first placed
upon the market?-G. H. q.
A. 1t was placed upon the market
in 1886.
@. How large is Lake Arrowhead in
California?-S. P.
A. 1t is miles long and about 2
miles wide. 1t lies on top of noun
tain, % miles from San Bernardino,
and Is pleasure resort.
@. Should cat be washed? If not,
how should it be cared for?-W. T. H.
A. theoretically a cat should not be
washed. Short-haired cats will keep
themselves clean. Long-haired cats
need to be groomed, and this is good
for short hairs. Combing and brushing,
preferably every day, are best for the
long-haired animals. They may be fur
Their cleaned by rubbing the hair, not
the skin, with a towel moistened with
alcohol and water. Then dust with dry
corn meal and rub this In thoroughly,
after which it may be combed and
brushed out. This sort of dry cleaning
IS much better for the fur than washing.