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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-05-14
IDENTIFIES AN OLD
BRIDGE In COUNTY
Was Located on Road
Between Sharpsburg
and Keedysville

J B Ferguson OF the firm Of
}. B Ferguson Co, engineers and
ean1ractors. has been able 10
solve 3 historical riddle Of much
interest
The firm receives each month a
pamphlet magazine. In one Of
these Issues vas the picture Of Z
bridge which the publishers stated
they were unable 10 locate and
would Be glad for any information
which would lead ID the bridges
identity The picture had been
used in the magazine because Of
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its unique appearance and being
CT unusual nature
The publishers stated in note
le picture that TIE. did
@ aao~ .heTe. in VIA. ys7c or
1os tie picture vas taken It is
III photographers call 2 colo
sype
Altar scrurinizing and studying
the picture Mr.. Ferguson. from q
little Of the surroundings appear
ing N the picture, thought he had
located il, which proves 10 be the
case. without q doubt.
Il IS what is known as the sec
Ond bridge On the road between
Sharpsburg and Keedysville. 1t is
Of the old stone type, with three
spans. However, this old bridge
was later replaced by an iron
bridge, and now the Antietam is
spanned al this point by a fine,
modern, concrete bridge, q picture
Of which Mr.. Ferguson took.
In the picture Of the original
bridge covered wagons appear. as
vel as an old-tashioned horse
drawn carriage, known as 3 sedan.
and Federal soldiers are also
shown on the bridge proving the
picture was taken during the Civil
War.
Parts OF the old stone abut-
ments 10 the original bridge re-
main IN place and form part OF
the construction Of the new bridge
in place nov.
Mr.. Ferguson communicated
with the publishers OF the maya
zine telling them Of the identity
Of the bridge.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-05-14

All insects aren't bugs. but all
bugs are insects Bugs hare long.
smoking besks. rather than chew
Ing nouEh-pz-ts
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-05-14
FIELD DAY. MAY 20

Field Day OF the Public Schools
OF the county viii be held In the
City Park on Thursday, May 20.
Various contests viii be On the
program and keen competition be.
tween the schools Is anticipated.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-05-14
TOLD THE STORY

4 truck driver Transporting new
automobiles from Detroit TO Cali.
fornia sent this telegram from
Blair. Neb-, TO his home Office:
Saw shadow. Hit shadow.
Wasn't shadow. Was milk truck.
Wire $50"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-05-14

terest IN preaching q The gospel
and the winning q souls 70 Jesus
Christ
But Is there than never 70 bs
peace On earth"s
III. Perfect Peace In the Pres
e1ce Of God wv. rs.
When Isaac came up into Canaan,
the land which God had promised
him, he found permanent peace and
renewed fellowship with God. Even
50. fhe Christian man and woman
vho VIII step ont q . spiritually
destroying fellowship with tac world
and VII come wholly over into the
spiritual Canaan Vii find true peac=
ard delightful intimate communion
with God
4 broader application G TIRE same
truth brings bsfo7e Us TIE teaching
CT Scripture that when t5s One who
has : right . reign. the Lord Jesus
Christ returns 70 take his throne.
Ae1 and 1ot before, VII peace
sever the earth In tAs nea1sl-ns
hose Eho Gear TIE beautiful name
Christian. VIC ara uua followers {.
ne Prince Of Peace, vii give thar
selves u such patient. loving. ana
so1gsutzerlng testimony q Him zazs
Eaa5r personal influence VII - %
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-05-14

LadybUgs are being cultivated to
help man in his fight against in.
sect pests Ladybugs destroy ap'
bids and scale insects.
Say You Saw IT In The Globe
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-05-14


pszcenake7s: for they shah os called
ne e udren Of God Matthew So
PRIMARY TOPIC-A Nan Who
Woul1n'1 Qus-seL
JUNIOR T0PIC-wss 4ssac 9 Eeros
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-EoW 10 Prevent Gusuels
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-ETomotmg Peace
In world largely dominated by
the philosophy that might IS right.
and N which men are urged 10 as
ssrt themselves and demand their
rights, exacting them even by law
less and violent methods. il is IN
creasingly difficult 70 proclaim the
truth that meak1eSs Is not weakness
and that the Christian virtues OF ps-
uence and lo1g-SuEerIng are not
simply outnoded theories which do
not Sf ow modern world Men VIII
marvel at the laundering waters Of
Niagara and VIII forget that N the
noiselss- solitude Of the forest the
trees are raising water. not lower
ing Il N far greater quantity and
for Al Infinitely more useful pur-
pose. The clustering no-sh wind
has far less power than the gentle
spring SUI
Tie story q Isaac. TIE second Of
the patriarchS, is instructive from
beginning 70 end. TIE ave chap
te-s preceding OH lessen merit
careful reading. Isaac had come
through many blessed experiences
and had also sadly tasted the de-
feat Of unbeEef and xIa before We
reach the tine q or lesson. Fear
znE : famine, and evidently not BE-
ing certain that God Eoulo care for
hin, he had gone down from tie
promised land and was dwelling
In the land e the PhiEstnss. But
God had not torxaka1 him. and even
there be blessed him
L Peace. Prosperity, and Euvy
Svv. BID.
Isaac vas 81 peace although he
was n the s7enys territory. God
had gwen him great prosperity with
TIE result that fhe PhiEstInes hated
hzn- Tines have changed but men
are the same. Many are they who
VII lot have TIE Lord Jesus Christ
70 rule over them. bur w-Ao east en-
wioas Elz1ces toward those who BE-
csust shsy have h11ored God have
bean hoao-ed by him with peace Of
heart so5 have been prosps7ed =
whatever hey do. CRszd Psalm L.
No.e Ehss Isaac'a testimony Is
strengthened by his willingness 70
y1sl5 even what vas his right,
FRIAsr tran cause contention IN
d0ubseily there are times when che
uzys defend his name and his pos
sessions. but Al to ct1e1 thoss Who
+'stznd Up FIR their rights" have
wrecked homes. churches. and IA
Eio1s, ard have gained netting but
: - empty T1cro-T.
n. Peace In she EarId Is Tempe
rAry CTy- ls-7D.
Isaac moved q and diggs5 more
wells. and for q tine ne was again
At peace. bit Let ar la1g. Ee vas
xt5H n the land C Ehs PhiEstz1as-
We are n ne worl5- We long to-
peace. We would throw Al U- ELau-
e1ee on ne side e peace BIT LEI
~ not be EixlAd- FIR as ling as 81
% u The world there VII be STRIFE
ard var. James asks, Whence
eo-ne wzrx and EEA11Es among
yu1." Re rightly replies Aat 1he
ssaEsts. tae Sis q men bring than
ab0-z<
Many nohls Christian men zno
women have permitted Easir Cod
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-05-14
Lesson for May Is
TEE FoR8EARANcE OF ISAAC

LESSON TEXT-GenesL sS.1z-25
GOLDEN TEXT-Bsesss6 are the
pszcenskers. for they shah Dc called
rhe G u6rea Of God Matthew So
PRIMARY T0PIC-A Nan Who
Wouldn't Qua sSl
JUNIOR T0PTC-Was 4ssac 9 Esros
INTERMEDIARY AND SENIOR TOP
IC-EoW 10 Prevent QuaTrels
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-EComotng Psacs
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-05-14

Clarifying the American gadget
the National Inventors congress in
Chicago recently presented a full
line Of ingenious oddities. Miss
Betty Barrie Is shown wearing
transparent drapes 10 be worn oyer
stockings for protection against mos
quito bites. The shoe are designed
for walking On water, being
equipped with air-fIled wings.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-05-14

Il Pays to Advertise in The Globe
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The Human Side of the News - By

as in Father Divine's kingdom.
But there was no peace. Chicago,
great, lusty and brawling, was
feeling its oats as a gO-getting
metropolis, and reporters from
the Chicago newspapers bedev-
lied DOwie and his kingdom
numerically. The medieval
theOcracy was strangely en-
cysted in a highly mundane
kingdom of pork, wheat and
steel, a kingdom of high kick
ing and low thinking.
"DOwie screamed stink pots
at the reporters and bliStered
them with all the excavations
which seem to come handy to
the righteous. There was a con.
tinual uprOar but the kingdom
stayed on. No Oriental pOtentate
ever was given more abject ODE
dience than Dowie. He was a
healer, and it was his supposed
miracles that had attracted the
lame, the halt and the blind by
the thousands.
"The walls of Zion City's huge
tabernacle, seating, 1 believe,
$4,000 persons, were covered
with crutcheS, hOt-water bags
and symbols of infirmity thrown
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-04
By Edwin C. Hill

Dowie got wind of all this and
started home, letting out a blast
of Scriptural denunciatiOn at
every jump on the way. He
cabled the congregation to meet
him at the station.
"They were there by the thou
sands as the train pulled in on a
drizzIing spring day-surly, hos
tile, with an undercurrent of
dangerous crowd hySteria. DOwie
drove into the crowd in his open
victoria, stood up and did the
most magnificent job of tongue
laShing 1 have ever heard. With
IS minutes of this he had them
thoroughly licked, and ordered
them to be in the tabernacle at
8 o'clock that night.
"The tabernacle was packed.
DOwie was brought in through
parted backstage curtains, dra-
matically, by two giant black
Jamaica body servants. He wore
a beautiful biIlOwing Surplice
and stole. He seemed taller and
more impressive, but he was
physically weak, and the black
men supported him as he ad-
vanced to a table near the foot
lights. The audience was awed.
There was utter silence.
FLEES FOR LIFE
"Again he sprayed '1em with
fire and birthstone. They were
COwed and beaten. One recreant
citizen began to crawl up the
aisle on his belly, groaning and
moaning and begging forgive
ness. DOwie had turned the tide.
1t was his instant Of triumph
but only an instant.
There was an interruption.
Just at the climax of a magni-
ficent and sulphurOus philippine.
Gladstone, the unkiSsed, had
arisen. Brothers and sisters
he said, in his high, piping
voice, don't you believe a word
he says. There isn't a word of
truth in it,
"The anti.climax converted
the congregation into a blood.
thirsty mob, bowling like wolves
and leaping for the stage. The
two black men jerked the old
man backstage SO quickly that
you could see the sOleS of his
feet, like the picture of the fly
ing queen in Alice in Wonder.
land. The crowd boiled out the
windows and over the stage.
"The black men whipped
DOwie'S victoria up the hill with
the ravening crowd behind. The
gates of his castle changed shut,
with the mob a hands reach
away. DOwie died there six
months later. VOIiva took
charge and is still waging his
campaign to prove that the
world is flat"
Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-04

the past year or so? Five or six,
counting the Duke of Windsor.
It looks like an awfully high
price to pay; but love comes high.
And we'll pay any price for it
when we want it. That is not
astonishing. The astonishing
thing is how CHEAP We'll sell it
or barter it and for what tawdry
trifles we'll exchange it.
The women who commercialize
"love" and the people who marry
for money are not the ONLY ones
who let love go for a song of six
pense. Jack, who traded his
mothers COW for a hatful of
beans, was a brilliant Spectator,
beside most of us.
The world is full of lonely
women who have passed up love
for the sake of a doubtful career"
or of what they fondly call their
independence" And of diSillu.
stoned old bachelors who have
lodged all love-tieS for the sake
of what they imagine is their
glorious freedom"
A husband will calmly and
cheerfully risk losing the love OF
a woman of whom he thinks every.
thing, for the sake of silly adven.
ture or a little amusement with q
woman Of whom he thinks nothing
But romantic love is not the
| only love we seem. to hold cheap,
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away by the saved and re-
deemed who had felt DOwie's
magic touch. The faithful had
worked them into fantastic and
supposedly decorative designs.
And Krafft-Ebing, had he been
alive then, would have chased
the faithful with a butterfly net.
"DOwie went to Jamaica for
a long stay. One of the leading
disciples, close to the throne,
was Wilbur Glenn VOliva, a tall,
dark, mysterious man, who had
been a circuit-riding preacher.
In DOwie's absence he acquired
a tremendous following. The re-
pOrters tagged him as an usurp-
er. Whether that was true or
not, there was dissensiOn and
revolt, with VOliva watching
alOOfIy and saying little. An
important factor was DOwie'S
son, known only as Gladstone,
the unkissed," due to a chance
remark that he had never been
thus Saluted.
He was an anemic young
man, with a thin, wavering voice
and a cOrnSilk muStache. The
rumOr was that he was dealing
under the table with VOliva.
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ak III D. GlCcS EDWIN u. Hill
we have had emotionally super
charged saviors of one kind or
another, not only hallelujah
shouters and Bible floggerS, but
equally febrile salvationists in
economics, medicine and all that
touches on that persistent human
trait-"the will to believe"
The old Park Row crowd is
scattered now, but sometimes we
meet by chance. 1t happened
that on the day Of the stabbing
ruction in Father Divine's heaven,
I fell in with several old friends
and we strolled back few years
down Queer Street, noting some
of the most bizarre disciples OF
st. Vitus and their adventures in
"Moronia."
had the New York end Of
Alexander Dowie's Eastern trip.
The shrill, pudgy little Scotch
evangelist's invasion of the metrop-
oils was a resounding flop. He
heaped anathema on the modern
Gomorrah, and the town was
sizzling with his Scriptural i'm
precautions, but he was licked
that was all there was to it-aS
Billy Sunday was licked in pagan
San Francisco. This in spite OF
Dowie's humping big success on
the shores of Lake Michigan.
DOWIE'S DOWNFALL
One of my friends. a former
Chicago newspaperman, told me
a story I had never known about
Dowie's last days, and his down
fall in his dementia praecoX king.
dom of Zion City, fifty miles north
Of Chicago.
"DOwie was an educated
man." he said, "and a Shrewd
organizer and businessman.
Working in the lower I. @.
levels, he was the most effective
crowd inciter I have seen, but
I suppose that goes for all such
evangeIists-he was untracked
before any less inflammable
audience. His Zion City was,
and still is, a unique theOcracy
with a shrewdly cOntrived eco
nOmic pattern which has some
how held it together for more
than 80 years.
I'm 1906, there were about 3d.
900 persons in Zion City, a re-
ligiOus community ruled by the
iraScible. little, paunchy DOwie
as Gods second in command
and yielding him unquestiOning,
even abject obedience. There
were lace mills. textile mills and
other industries, which DOwie
had developed with skilled
Scotch craftsmen and techni-
clans. There was a huge COM
munity hotel called the Elijah
HOspice, end a general millennial
set-up of earthly and heavenly
salvatiOn-nOt free, however, as
the citizens put in stiff days
work for their salvation and
their suStenanCe.
"Peace' was their watchwOrd,
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An Example to Follow

TT WOULD be a fine thing if Washington had a
banquet hall large enough to permit everybody in
the city to take look at such affair the annual
fathers and banquet sponsored by the Brotherhood
of the Washington Hebrew Congregation.
If more Westinghouse could catch glimpse of this
dinner it is safe to say that of the good organiza
lions of the community would follow the example that
the Brotherhood has set for the last fifteen years.
To this dinner fathers take their and the enter
tanmen program is of the type to appeal most strongly
to the youngsters.
great air of fellowship prevails and the fathers
are benefited quite as much as the sons
For the last two years the committee in charge has
functioned under the energetic craftsmanship of Mr..
Sidney Lust.
Last week the Brotherhood presented him with testi
monial praising his work
Those who have attended the dinner can testify that
Mr. Lust fully deserves the commentator given him.
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me to a realization Of reality.
Frightened, furious, I had fled 20
my father-Sobbed out my distress.
It wasn't fair it was all a
lie there must be some terrible
mistake! People wouldn't-couldn't
act like this!
Gently my fathers big. work
SCARED hand patted the tangled
curls, the hot, tear-stained young
face drew me close until the
clamor in me stilled. Then, in
that quiet voice which pain had
made so deeply understanding. he
spoke:
IGNORE THEM
"Never mind it, little girl;
never mind it. Life is filled with
such things. Ugly things. I'm
fair, stupid, malicious things,
done by people with frightened
hearts and sick minds. And
there's nothing you can do to
stop them. So don't waste your
energy on them, child. Don't let
them spoil your faith or cripple
your courage. Pass them by :.
ignore them. Keep your chin up
and your eyes on the stars
these things are mud on your
heel"
Mud on your heel"-what wis
dom lay in those four words! What
perfect poise and power over petty
circumstance.
The man who spoke them had
always been poor. His life was
filled with the cruel and constant
hardship of the penniless pioneer.
never saw him save in shabby
clothes smiling bravely through
| lips that were twisted by pain. He
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-04

It was near JOS r. Kennedy
this shipyard that the late Pat
rick j. Kennedy established a
savings bank. Mr.. Patrick Ken
needy is the father of Mr.. Joseph
Kennedy.
The chairman of the Maritime
Commission was drafted to this
post by President Roosevelt fol
lowing the splendid job he did
in organizing the Securities Elk
change Commission.
Appreciation for his work in
behalf of the Government won
for him unique position. When
his nomination came up for ap-
proval in the Senate there was
not one dissenting voice. AS
matter of fact the mere men
ton of his name was a signal
for his praises to be sung by
both Republicans and Democrats.
Gratis.
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HELPFUL?

Sage Brush, the Constituent
at-Large," self appointed, who
writes to Congress once a week,
has nothing on The Pennsylvania
Legislator"
The Pennsylvania Legislator"
bears the name of G. Woodward,
M. D., Sixth District. It's printed
on blue paper and contains things
like an imaginary letter from
President Roosevelt to Governor
Earle and a running commentary
on a calendar Tuesday in the
Senate.
The weary legislator who found
time to peruse the latest one on
the calendar found it ended like
this:
This weary Tuesday evening
/ saw a perfect screen picture,
Seventh Heaven the leading
lady, SimOne Simon or Simon
Simone, at any rate, Simon say
thumbs up. She is an ingenue
with an intriguing foreign &C
cent, French or JugO-Slav or
Slavene, or something like that.
/ don't know yet whether her
soldier husband IA street cIeaner)
was killed in action or whether
he came back. I feared happy
ending and departed to escape
it.
Here's hoping that every day
in heaven will not be Tuesday,"
Just a movie critic after all.
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as fine a philos-
ophy as 1 know
for tackling this
CLANCY W orl d
so I'm passing
it on.
I was still in
the husk =.
one of t h s e
/ a C k a daisical,
d r eamy young
sters, seeing all
things throu g h
the glamour o f
my own ideals.
Abruptly S o m e
p e t ty, vicious
act had reused
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ing common comfort, much less
luxury. Always he had to battle.
But from that battle he had
drawn a deep knowledge of val.
ues that was a greater heritage
to me, his child, than a million
in gold.
Clearly he saw that there were
only few great. fine things. that
really counted. All other things
were-mud on his heel! And he
took them in his stride!
You'll save yourself many an
hour of wasted worry and effort
if you'll do the same, partner.
That barbed retort that rankles
like poisoned arrow in your
mind all day
That sneering, belittling smile
That sugar-coated flattery
which is planned to make a fool
Of you
That humiliating story which
is told you "for your own good
That lying gossip, based on
distorted truth, which spreads
from whisp ering mouth to
mouth
That petty persecution from
some nuisance nagger, who hopes
to rouse your ire.
INEVITABLE TRASH
They're all the product of sick
spirits, darkened by ignorance,
Jealousy, greed, envy and hate
as inevitable in our semi-sav-
age state as the trash that litters
the road on which you walk.
They're mud on your he'll
Treat them as such!
Don't waste your strength fight
ing them. Don't drain your heart
grieving over them, or trying to
explain them away. Don't let
them spoil your faith or cripple
your courage. Pass them by
ignore them take them in your
stride
And go on, with your eyes on
the stars, forgetting the mud on
your heel!
This column welcomes and
requests comments. Letters
presenting personal problems
may also oe sent. All letters
tDil be handled confdentiullv
and GnSDered promptly il
stamped addressed envelopes are
i1tcluded.)
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. IAO)
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trainers Will go through lie WIN
knife sticking in their hearts,
because they have bartered the
love of their children for the
empty joy of exercising their
authority-or tyranny. Brothers
and sisters have traded off each
others love for the sake of hold
ing a beautiful grudge.
Friends quarrel over boundary
line between lawns, or over a
difference of political opinion, or
over their chickens or dogs, and
exchange their mutual affection
for mutual hostility and aversion.
You quarrel with your perfectly
good maid over a spoiled dinner,
a forgotten task, an hours tardi-
ness-and lose her devotion for
ever. You go down to the office
with a crouch and bawl out your
stenographer-and pouf-go her
good will and loyalty. But you've
asserted your authority and put
her in her place. So what?
Some people would rather be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-04
PROTEST.


Uncle Sans role as the Pied
Piper is bringing protests from
the professional rat-catchers.
Members of the House of Rep,
reSentatives received a letter from
the National Association of Exter.
minators and Fumigators, Inc,
saying that the competition is ter
rifle and something ought to be-
done about it.
The letter points Chicago as an
example of this "encroachment."
In the Windy City the WPA has
had $50 men engaged in a house.
toulouse campaign against rats
for a year. Now they've boosted
the number up 300. So the rat
catchers are going to do something
about it. Yes, sir. They say in
their letter:
COPIES of this letter are be-
ing sent to our entire member.
ship from coast to coast. We
are going to depend upon you
to protect our interests. Your
answer to this communication
will be forwarded to the officers
and members of our association
from your State who are your
constituents and are vitality in.
terested in eliminating this ruth
less competition on the part Of
the Government in our indus
try"
So if Uncle Sam doesn't put
away his pipe and leave the rats
alone they're going to tell on Con-
greSS again.
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hysteria which
sets up fantaS-
tic and often
p h on y m e S
siahs. We pure
N or dies look
down on Fa-
Their Divine and
his black host
of Harlem from
no great emf
hence of as
sured S a n i t y
and re as on.
From the day
the first woods
man sank his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-04

time Commits
sion, as he in
spected a mod
ell of the Fly.
ing Cloud" the
famous Yankee
Clipper which
was used to
open up trade
between tn e
Orient and the
United States.
This famous
flyin g boat
was constructed
in a Shipyard
at East Boston.