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The Hagerstown globe., 1938-02-11
BY THE OLD LAMPLIeHTER

BY THE OLD
The following items were taken
from the Free Pfess, published
n Hagerstown in 1882.
letter to, the Washington
Globe dated Port Tobacco, Md,
Feb s. 1882, said: q hasten to in
form YOU of a melancholy occurr-
once relative to an affair of honor
which took place yesterday morn
ing on the banks of the Potomac
river. four miles from town, be-
tween Lieutenant H. Matthews,
of this place, and DR.. G. Walter
Jewson. from Virginia. Where
fore and how the difference came
between them 1 know not; let
if suffice to say that they ex-
changed shots at distance OF
fen paces and both balls took
effect. Mr.. Matthews was pierc-
cd through the heart and expired
without a groan; and the doctor
was wounded in the lower part
of the abdomen and it is thought
by the physicians he may re-
cover.
Ira Hill gave a lengthy de-
,scription of visit to the cave at
,Cayetown. Mr.. Hill said: "Of all
the caves I have visited that near
Cavetown ora MANY accounts is
most worthy of notice. The pond
at the end of the cave is the res
ervoir for all of the water that
filtrates through. anouther gentle
man and l forded this magic
stream. By letting tallow drop
on the unruffled surface we could
readily perceive that there was
was no current. We explored
the water and instead of finding
it had no bottom (as was said)
we found a very hard and rough
one, and in no place was the
water more than five feet deep
We found a ring which had moor
ed boat used in past years to
convey people across the water
The boat had disappeared. Should
the attention of the enterprising
become so excited as to clear
this cave as it once was it would
become the resort of the curious
from every section of the Union
This cave, like most others, is the
effect of volcano which raised
the sold rock and threw fortl
form the dark recesses beneatt
vast quantities of melted earth
stones and all substances tha
come in contact with the flaming
abyss. On the south side of th
hill was undoubtedly sprini
whose fountain was the pond il
the cave. About five years ag
I visited the cavern for the frs
time. I had heard many marve
Gus stories and was determine
to explore it to it's remotes
bounds. 1t was reported. tina
there was stream which ra
through the cave and that if chat
or any light substances wer
thrown into the water it 500
made its appehrence at Beave
Creek A man, it was said, wa
once swallowed in this dreadfl
vortex and was never seen afte
but his ghost, attended by il
Vulnerable other spirits inhabite
over the dreadful flood an
The Hagerstown globe., 1938-02-11

Watch The Globe Grow!
The Hagerstown globe., 1938-02-11

British minister the muzze
Of argeaber gun during visit the WOOwich arsenal recently
inspected other fighting equipment which England
to in its rearmament program
The Hagerstown globe., 1938-02-11

Say You Saw It In The Globe
The Hagerstown globe., 1938-02-11

Samuel K. Hoshour informed
the public that he contemplated
opening school, limited to 30
scholars, in the house of William
D. Bell, occupied by Mr.. Har-
baugh as a store, in South Pot
ONO street. In the school
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Your |. O.
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

BY SHIRLEY SPENCER
This is a general quiz. Score
10 for each question except No.
9 for which score 20.
l. In the Orient a bakshish
is a (a) twowheeled cart (b) tip
Co curved dagger.
2. Twelve cents is what per
cent of $500?
3. Check the odd word which
has not the same meaning as
the other two in this group: (e)
pithy (b) sententious (c) re-
dundant.
4. A photographer is one who
writes law books (b) studies
geography (c) complies a die
tionary.
S. Express decimally one-half
Of 3 per cent.
6. How do you spell the verb
which means to operate the foot
lever of a piano or sewing ma
chine?
7. A man agreed to dig a well
100 feet deep at this rate Of
pay: one cent for the first foot,
five cents for the second and
so on increasing the price four
cents per foot. How much did
he receive for digging the last
foot?
8. Hideyo Noguchi, Japanese
(a) minister (b) bacteriologist
(c) general.
8. Five letter word square.
/. Highly skillful. 2. A seaport
in Kent, England. 8. All pos.
sible. 4. What a dog does to
his ears when he hears a
strange sound. S. To meet by
appointment.
ANSWERS on Page 81
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Hay FeUer

I was interested in your ar
ticle on hay fever recently. It
is my understanding that so to
10 per cent of all hay fever
is due to ragweed and that
ragweed is very prolific in the
parks and on the public high.
ways, golf courses and vacant
lots.
If ragweed were cut down
now, it would reduce hay-fever
suffering immeasurably. Why
should this not appeal to the
Park Commission, owners Of
property and the management
of golf and country clubs?
j. s. M.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

Win one 1ooC w. A. 8. Douglas
on the running board and both
elbows on the door, he conSid-
cred the information that prob
lens" were the only worthwhile
sort Of endeavor such as him
self, without q trade and no
"eddication."
1--WE got the President to thank
for that" he said as he stuck the
borrowed packet Of matches in
his vest pocket.
For having not learned to
read and no education?" he was
asked.
"No, sir" he admitted very
frankly, that's my fault. I got
him to thank for these prob
lems."
What do you mean-prob-
lems?"
GGTNHIs here"-waving tn e
L cigar in the direction of
the torn-up road.
HE means projects" whis-
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Other Side

I am in the cycle renting
business. In two years Of han
ding bicycles there have been
three accidents (minor ones) to
my cycles. Each time it was
caused by the failure of autoiSts
to recognize a stop sign.
This is a small percentage Of
mishaps considering that the
average rentals for day
amount to about so hours or
1900 over a period Of 30 days.
This is in answer to the COM
plants Of auto road hogs and
speed demons. r. w. A.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Test of Loyalty

Now that Russia, the alleged
wonder country, is apparently
sliding into war with Japan,
will the loyal Communists in
this country who have pledged
to take orders from Stain
kindly make ready to leave these
shores as quickly as possible and
go to help their brothers in
Russia fight those terrible Japa-
nese? Here are your hats, COM
rades. AMERICAN.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Jimmy RooseUelts Income

Jimmy ROOseUelt's Income
With great sympathy I read in
the Times James Roosevelt's
reply to charges in the Saturday
Evening Post.
With the usual Roosevelt
"modesty," he claims that in
spite of the fact that he is han
dicapped because he is the son
of the President, he made $175,-
900 since his father became
President.
He also decreased his great
earning power by condeScending
to become secretary to the
President-for a paltry $4,000.
Isn't it wonderful the way
these Roosevelts sacrifice them
selves for the benefit Of the
American people-for a certain
number Of dollars?
BERNARD L. HENNING.
X 4 X
Cause of R0dicalism
I think George P. Rate in
his letter in today's Voice OF
the People about hits the nail
on the head. It is not com"
munism or any other ism we
must fight against in this coun-
try. Whenever American work
ers can find employment at a
decent living wage and not be
forced to live on relief or a
WPA job (if they can get IT.
we won't need to worry about
radicalism of any kind gaining
a foothold.
It is the rotton unnecessary
conditions in our land of plenty
that is breeding communism.
Do you expect a man out OF
work and unable to get it to
burn with a patriotic zeal for a
system of government that is
allowing conditions to exist
which causes his suffering? Un-
less the working mans lot is
bettered there is bound to be a
revolt of some kind. Just so
long as some few parasitic mul'
ti-millionaires are allowed to
corner all the nations wealth
and sit on it, The rest Of us are
going to suffer.
Just as soon as someone Sug.
gestS a method for a better dis.
tribution of the nations wealth
these vermin squeal radicalism! !!
Well, if it takes radicaliSm to
guarantee us honest employ
ment at wages that will give
us the kind of living we have
q right to expect, let's have it!
! I am not Q Communist.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Ugc1zlttzIz<zzeA o.
People
BY Frank Romer

OLIVER CROMWELL
THE man who rid Eng
/ land of an undesired
king and made himself
"Prote ctor," always
claimed his bedside was
visited in his youth by a
great figure which de-
cIared him destined to be
England d's " greatest
man. As such. he
strangely amused himself
at his daughters wedding
by fIineine the beverage
over the women's finery
and smearine their stools
with sticky sweetmeats to
ruin their dresses.
Copyright. 1888. By +. ROmsr)
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
ROllin' Along
By W. A. S. Douglas

n ROCESSES of thought of Western Maryland voter
i who admits being problem for five years:
The road is being repaired along Route 49, about 10
miles from Hagerstown the way to Cumberland. The
voter greyhared somewhat ragged and beery person
in his middle 40s the agman at the eastern entrance
to the oneway a-tme ride He holds westbound traffic
until the driver of the last of string of automobiles going
western cavacade the last of whom he gives the trun
cheon-to be delivered his colleague at the other end
Then the business starts all over again.
His hands, and indeed his d ~, coronsnon but the
whole person, very dirty. f,oaron baord him
softness " ou horo ,rob1or bo "a
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

disagree heartily with the prin-
ciples or so-called ideals of COM
munism. But our plight is grow.
ing steadily worse under our
present Administration. 1t
would be utter folly to return
Republicans to power. We had
a dose of that and-nuf sed!
Something must be done or we
are certainly headed for chaos.
Some of this wealth must be
shaken loose, and If the heads
of some of these tight-fiSted
money-mad mongrelS are
shaken loose in the process, so
much the better.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

tleman and a scholar-but so
also are other gentlemen for
whom I have an affectionate
regard but with whom I differ
heartily on the principles and
policies of how the Govern
ment of the United States
should be directed.
Perhaps the President should
do a little self-purging: don't
we note two "buts" to one af-
firmative in that typical Roose-
veltian jab? J.H.B.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

There are other methods Of pun
ishing a man, regardless Of what
his crime might be, whereby JUS
tice is rendered. I think whip
ping a man for having beaten
his wife would be exactly the
type of punishment he should
not get. A beating would tend
to make a man more bitter to-
ward humanity"
X 4
Miss Doris L. Inlay, 1904
Twentieth st. N. e, commercial
representative, telephone COM
DopU.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

be more effective than a Jail
sentence in making a man un-
derstand that he cannot treat
his wife brutiShly and it would
be an example to other wife
beaters. Certainty Of punish
ment is needed to make some
people behave"
John AmisS, 1850 Chevy Chase
Boulevard, Chevy Chase, Md,
insurance clerk:
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

Il call them problems" he re-
peated, leaning somewhat bel.
ligerently through the window.
you're right and I'm wrong"
said my friend-and he changed
the subject. who are you back.
ing for Senator?"
"Jackson'S my man." he said
proudly.
But Jackson'S running for
governor.
Going to win, too," said the
flagman, expecto-ating vigor-
ously onto the hood Of the car.
"Well, how about Tydings?"
"Jackson's my man"-thiS
very stubbornly-"you see, Nice
broke his promise about 50 auto
mobile license tags -"
This sort Of got my friend
sore.
Listen" he almost shouted,
''Tydings is running for reelec-
tion as Senator. Mayor Jack
son, of Baltimore, is running for
governor -"
e. Going to win, too -"
&c. Now let me finish. Gov
ernor Nice will run for reelec-
ton on the Republican ticket.
You've got your politics all
scrambled up ="
THE last Of a string Of cars
l. coming east passed us and
the driver gave the problem"
man the truncheon. And then
he returned to Our running
board. Immediately a chorus of
toots came from the string Of
about Is cars behind us. He
ignored them completely.
II know about Tydings," he
said. Hes been in office too
long, and the President don't
want him."
After a third term?" sug-
gested my friend.
You said it. Guess we'd bet
ter get these folks moving"
Just one more question. Co.
ing to vote for Davy Lewis?"
"Sure am"
whats he running for"
The flagman scratched the
back of his head with the
truncheon.
well, now, I don't rightly
know. But he amt running
against jackson, is he?"
mo. Listen, you'll have all
the names and offices straight
ened out by election day, won't
you?"
The flagman may have low
cred his left eyelid slightly
and he may not. But my i'm
preston was that he did. And
he waved us ahead without an.
other word.
Copyright. 1898. by Washington
Herald-Times)
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

the taxpayers and man need
not be taken away from his
home which would place his
family in greater want. I be-
lieve whippings would be a good
form of punishment to adopt in
all States for wife-beaters."
Merville Robertson, 1707 Nine
teenth st. N. W., clerk:
IT think this kind of a SEN
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

was p r o o t
enough that
he had not
d o n e any
hard W ork
for m a n y
y e arS. In.
deed, after he
had b e e n
h a n d e d a
cigar and had
made himself
comforta b | e
lit
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

II t h ink ny
man that beats a
woman merits a
good whipping, par
ticularly if he is a
normal man. It
seems to me that
if he is a man with
an uncomfortable
temper, either a
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

-
I'D say this is
a perfect type Of
punishment for a
wife-beater. I think
a whipping with a
cat-o'-nine tails will
impress him more
than Jail. Besides,
sentences of LASH
ingS are cheaper to
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

whipping or putting him in jail
won't help very much, for he
will do it again. A man who
habitually beats his wife should
be placed in a psychopathic
ward"
Il Il
Miss Hazel johnson, 1113 Sixth
st. S. W., beauty culture stu
dent:
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

"A wife-b e a t e r
should get a lash
ing himself. Such a
man is a coward,
and probably can't
take a few laShings
himself. If he gets
lashings on his own
back, he will think
twice before inflict-
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

tence approaches
b a r b ariSm. In
this day and age
physical p u n ! S h
ment is not the
thing. 1t is debas-
ing to the COM
munity. Any form
of torture punish
ment is degrading.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

1T was a wise
sentence. T h e r e
should be more
punishments that
fit the crime. It's a
good idea to subject
a wrong-doer with
a dose of his own
medicine. I believe
a whipping would
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
heInquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times In
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION

What is your opinion concern.
ing the sentence Of 10 lashes
given to the Maryland man
convicted Of beating his wife?
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
FLORIDLAh,
4 \ 4
AIRY for President?

The weeks best joke-one of
our fake liberal" pink weeklies
suggests that the Democratic
candidate for President in 1910
will be AIRY 'Opkins. Mebbe
so, mebbe not, as a mimic
friend of mine used to say. But,
after all, AIRY couldn't be much
worse than Taft, Harding or
Hoover. And who could be more
fit to run a nation of morons
than the man who has made
a spectacle of WPA admins
tration. REQUESTED.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

200 Names addresses Of
writers be
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Traffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January /, 1888, is graphically
shown by the death watch.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
ayes, But"

The President aims to purge
all Eyes, but" men out Of
his party, and he ought to know
how strongly they permeate the
New Deal, for he himself did a
little "Yes, but-"-ing down in
Georgia. Referring to Senator
George, the President said:
He Is beyond question q gen.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Wise Words

For the administration Of the
Government, like the office Of a
trustee, must be conducted for
the benefit of those entrusted to
ones care, not Of those to whom
it is entruSted.-Cicero.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
THE ANSWER

Mrs. Alice Mirquet, $500 Con-
necticut Ave. N. W., long distance
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

In world which exists by the
balance of antagonisms, the re-
spective merit of the conServator
or the innovator must ever re-
main debatable.-Carlyle.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

ing a beating on his wife again.
do think, however, that all cir
cumStanceS of a case should be
considered before a Judge gives
a whipping sentence"
X
Joseph Terstenyak, Of Cleve-
land, architectural craftsman,
visiting D. c.:
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

Il am entlrely
opposed to t h / S
type Of sentence.
OF course a wife
beater should be
treated as other
wrong-doerS. but he
should be SEN
fenced to jail or
made to pay a fine.
e civilized thing any
der corporal punish
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
Our Northern NeighbOr

president ROOSEVELT last week voiced a polio
i to which, for change only handful of eve
his btterest enemies took any exception.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

Speaking at Kingston, On
tario, the President said that
in case any foreign power
should try any funny business
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

His hands, and indeed his
whole person, were very dirty.
But the softneSs Of the former
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-04-07
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Evening star., 1938-04-16
Tax Exemptions.

Few fiscal reforms have received as
much lip service as the idea of ending
the tax exemptions granted to income
from securities of Federal, State and
local governments and to salaries from
the same sources.
Both President Roosevelt and Secre-
tary Of Treasury Morgenthau have been
on record for some time in favor of
eliminating the exemptions, bestowing
approval specifically on proposals for a
constitutional amendment which would
permit equal treatment for the obliga-
tions of all levels Of government. In
his relief message this week, the Presi-
dent restated his position in a general
way with an elaboration of his view
point promised during the coming week.
His proposal will be interesting, par
ticularly in view Of the fact that Senate
leadership was overturned during con-
sideration Of the Revenue Act to allow
insertion Of an amendment permitting
taxation of the income from future
issues of Federal securities.
The obvious arguments against the
pending amendment, Of course, are that
1t would make Federal securities less
Evening star., 1938-04-16

holds, the character of the mutant be-
comes fixed, with chemical adjustments
OF the germ cells and adjustment of the
animal as a whole to it's environment.
Thus species is established. This par
ticular land shell seems to have been
caught in the mutation stage. but just
before the stage at which actual differ
entiation into fixed species has taken
place. Most extant families of plants
and animals, Dr. Bartsch points out,
must have gone through this speciation
process at some time, but in such way
that no definite stage of it could be fixed.
Several other varieties of mollusks in
different parts of the world, he says,
seem to be going through the same proc
ess in nature on less conspicuous scale.
scale.
Various mechanisms of evolution can
be studied in the laboratory Germ cells
can be profoundly altered with radia-
ton or with chemicals and hundreds of
mutations of lower animals produced
Very few of them are as we'll adapted to
life as the creatures from which they
are derived and either are born dead or
soon perish. But there is no evidence
that Nature actually used such processes
There are no X-ray machines set up in
jungle or sea bottom. Consequently it
is highly significant in the study of evo-
luton to find actual cases in which there
is no human interference.
Evening star., 1938-04-16
Prospect of New Spending
Campaign Is Terrifying
To the Editor of The Star:


The New Deal proposals to begin q
fresh spending campaign in an effort to
cure the present depression are to me
terrifying. From extensive reading OF
current news feel sure that very many
other citizens feel the same way. Some
evidence is that in three separate surveys
by well-known polling institute during
the last four months increased Federal
spending has been opposed by an over
whelming majority Of voters.
Spending by the Government, espe-
cially when the money has to be bor-
rowed, for relief purposes or for subsidies
grows insidiously. To realize this one has
only to examine the many bills for Gov
ernment spending now being urged in
Congress. 1t discourages the taxpayers
and often demoralizes the recipients and
In some forms, plays into the hands OF
spectators, ultimately leaving the Gov
ernment and individuals holding the
bag" or paying for dead horse" To
taper of such spending requires great
moral courage, great patriotism and
great wisdom, but it must come eventu-
ally-the alternative is ruin.
One Of the avoWed objects Of the con-
gressional efforts to revise the present
tax laws is to restore business confidence
We are now witnessing, in the present
depression, the ultimate failure of the
first spending orgy. Accompanied, as a
second spending campaign must be, by q
further heavy debt increase, by an in
definite prolongation of the budget un-
balancing and by increasingly heavy tax
alton and occurring at time when huge
military expenditures are planned and
when many other factors are highly un-
favorable, can renewed pump printing
be regarded by business with other than
the graveSt apprehension?
1t does not seem possible, under all the
circumstances, that the administration
would be willing to undertake such q
frightful gamble. 1t Is true that certain
amount OF business stimulation would
follow renewed heavy spending, but prac-
tically everybody would remember the
present depression and realize that, like
all artificial stimulations, the improve
ment could not last. The very psychology
OF the people would be against it.
There have been many instances of the
concern felt by great men regarding what
history would say OF them. cannot be-
lieve that President Roosevelt would be
Wllllng 10 FISK the oblOQuy OF going down
in history as the President who had
brought the country to the verge of bank
ruptcy. or beyond by series of unsuc-
ceSsful experiments. This would make
an unpleasant contrast with what history
will say Of the golden age Of Mr.. Coolidge
who paid of many billions of dollars OF
the national debt
From what know of the conservative
tendencies of Secretary Morgenthau
from having been Treasury official un-
der him. and from current news since
then, neither can I believe that ne would
be willing to risk appearing in history as
the Secretary of the Treasury during
such unfortunate experiments. It would
make too unpleasant a contrast with
what history will say of Mr. Mellon as
the great conservator.
HENRY A. HAYWARD.