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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-12-13

days of this city and county. One
can imagine these roads were
none Of the smoothest and moth
ing at all like the fine macadam
and cOncret roads of modern
days such as We can travel over
now going in any direction from
Hagerstown or coming into the
city.
HumOr and pathos are combined
Ill the book. as the writer records
the experiences of himself as q
small boy living in Hagerstown.
Some incidents of the Civil War
are recorded
A character named in the book
was Dave Dickus. described bv
the author as peculiar. He was
very we'll known in "Wheatland, "
which is the name the author
gives Hagerstown as he writes
his book. But. says DR.. Parks.
my mother says he was not an
idiot but a Shakesperian fool
That is, he was sharp and said
things that were witty though
they sometimes gave Offense. His
sister supported him and he hung
around the corners and was the
butt of the idle and often turned
the laugh against his tormentors. ,"
He was the town cut up.
The author tells of two volun-
teer fire companies being in Hag-
erstown at that time-the Antie-
tams and the Bloody Reds. Dr.
Parks. as boy, ran with the An
tletams, of which DR.. Claggett
was the captain DR.. Frank Nc
CURE was the captain of the Bloody
Reds, and declared his company
could outsquirt anything in Mary
land. outside of Baltimore. SO a
contest was arranged For several
years the Antietams held the prize,
having succeeded in throwing
stream of water over the Liberty
Pole i'll the Public Square. There
was no water SO they had to except
rain water collected in cisterns.
The Bloody Reds won because,
the story goes, they secretly i'm
ported into town a steam engine,
which outdone the hand pumper of
the Antietams.
The Bloody Reds won with their
steam engine by throwing a fine
stream over the steeple on the
Lutheran Church-St. Johns Luth-
eran. However, before the prize
money was handed over to DR..
Mcclure, the boy and Dr. Mcclure
had personal battle. Dogs my
cats said Dave Dicus, That's
what come over the Funkstown
pike two nights ago. all covered
over with a sheet"-referring to
the steam engine which won the
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-12-13
N O T &c E.

The annual meeting of The Plant
ers Mutual Insurance Company,
will be held at the office of the
Company, No. 81 NJ. Jonathan St.,
Hagerstown, Md, Saturday, Janu-
airy 4th, 1941, at o'clock.
EDWARD M. TENNEY
Secretary
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-12-13
NEW BANK DIRECTOR

DR.. G. A. Sowell was elected
director of the First National
Bank of Greencastle, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death
Of the late Paxton M. Cantner.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-12-13
ARMY CONTRACTS

The Prick Co., Waynesboro, has
been awarded Army contracts to-
falling $67,510 for refrigeration
machinery for use in environments
at Fort Mcclellan, Admission, Ala,
and Fort Savannah, Hinesville,
Ga.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-12-13
HORSE AND BUGGY
DAYS
By the Old Lamp Lighter

If YOU WANT TO SEE SANTA
(By the Old Lamp Lighter
1t really looks chilly
II wouldn't say silly
With shivers and too, a red nose,
For Mary and Sally
And Julia and Allie
TO run about town without hose.
1t keeps old folks guessing
(And | am confessing)
I may be the old fossil kind
SO the youngsters will say
In this modern day
But what in the years will they
find?
A warm, heavy coat
Snug up to the throat
She'll wear to keep warm, yes, you
bet,
But nothing below
'Gaiust the frost and the snow
/ think the ideas all wet.
SO girlies be good
Just eat healthful food
And dress for strong bodies to
bring;
If you don't obey mother
In one thing another
Well, Santa won't bring a darn
thing
A glimpse of Hagerst0wn back
around the time of the Civil War
is given in a most interesting way
in a book entitled "Turnpikes and
Dirt Roads," by Rev. DR.. Leighton
Parks, rector emeritus of st.
Bartholomew Episcopal Church,
New York City. The book bears
date of 1927. The preface of the
book is signed 81. P, Cannes,
Christmas-tide 1926" In this pre-
face the author says that he had
been tempted to call it "The Great
Epoch and the small Boy" but that
on reflection he decided to give
ii the title Of turnpike and Dirt
Roads"
The publication of books is al
most legion but when you see one
with many local references as to
places and mention of names still
fresh in the minds of many yet
in this generation. and maybe still
living, the book takes on an I'M
usual interest.
'Turnpikes and Dirt Roads" fits
the name Of the book exactly In
it boy Or. Parks recalls many
experiences over the turnpikes
and dirt roads of Washington
County, travelled by him with DR..
John Claggett, noted physician
of Hagerstown at that time. The
boy was accustomed to accompany
DR.. Claggett on his trips to see his
patients in the horse and buggy
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-12-13

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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-12-13

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04

yond Sunbury-65 miles away-in
the last three days.
Intent on finding the first evil
dence of any reversal of the falling
flood tide, emergency crews worked
to further strengthen the guardian
diE.es near Wilkes-Barre and Sun
bury.
The federal-state flood forecastins
service said the rains were not ex-
pected to cause ANY serious
change in the falling river unless
weather conditions changed drasti.
cally.
Lowland jewellers who splashed
back to indicated homes to begin
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
OBITUARIES
John r. Beachum, SO, Wades

John r. Beachum, 80, Wades-
borO.
Warren H. Moore, 63, Clinton.
Samuel Baum, IS, Wanchese.
Thomas c. Crisp, 80, Tarboro.
Mrs. Margaret E. Norwood, SO,
Pittsboro.
Franklin A. Starkey, GO, Rocky
Mount.
Charles r. Bryant, 72, Weldon.
Erwin S. Wilder, Is, Spring
Hope.
Mrs. Sadie d. Gabbert, 76,
Rocky Mount.
Clarence Lee Jones, 81, Hope
Mills.
Robert Smith, 81, Washington,
N. C.
r. NJ. Hicks, Pittsboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
MRS. DELLA SCOTT

Funera' services for Mrs. Della
Langston Scott, widow of James
B. Scott, who died at 6 o'clock
Tuesday morning in a local hos.
pital after ar illness of two months,
were held at $3.50 o'clock yesterday
afternoon from the Riley's Greek
Baptist church.
The Rev. c. R. Taylor, assisted
by the Rev. P. L. Clark, conducted
the services.
She is survived by the following
children: Mrs. Bradford Hanchey, of
Burgaw; Mrs. Annie Robinson, of
kinston; Miss Juanita Scott, OF
Rocky Point; and Grover Scott, OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04

days intersectional track ho.a
Tween Tween Carolina and Princeton.
mere was considerable activ;+,,
soins on at Fetzer field with an.
proAlmately $50 athletes poinn
through their PAGES. The C,uo,i.s
varsity and freshman squads num-
oered around so men each, PRINCE.
ing out. "orh-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
w. n. CARTER

Funeral services for William Dial
ton Carter, So .'ear-old carpenter OF
2114 Barnett avenue, who dice at
o'clock MONDAY night in a loca
hospital after a short illness, were
held at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon from the late residence.
The Rev. G. w. Billiard con
Quoted the services. Interment fol
lowed in Bellevue cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Vestel
Ganey, Quillie King, D. j. Bryant
A. c. Burnett, L. l.. Wood, L
G. Bennett. Honorary paIlbearer'
we're: DR.. r. 3. Hare, Ernest Her
ring, Ed Waters, T. B. Hughes, L
j. Coleman and j.. H. Peterson.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Lena Carter; his mother, Mrs. Vir
ginia Carter; one daughter, Ma
Elizabeth Carter; four brothers., L
B., R. P, and Henry Carter, o
Wilmington, and o. M. Carter, o
Jacksonville, N. c.; and three sis
tiers, Mrs. c.. A. Cook, Miss Haze
lCarter, Of Wilmington, and Mrs
Alice Skipper, of Leland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04

Low priced! Quadruple level
wind. Bakelite end plates. 100
I'd. capacity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04

drew, Otis and Norwood; and seven
sisters, Mrs. George Albertson, Mrs.
Luther Miller, Mrs. Ed Rhodes, Mrs.
George Sumner. Mrs. Herman Hous.
ton. Mrs. Bland Rhodes and Mrs
Leonard Kenney. Three grandchil-
dren also survive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04

Com T. with $40 mowers! Easy
running, clean cutting! Improved
model with husky, rubber-tired TO-
inch wheels. Five self sharpening
crucible steel blades. Improved
raised lip bed knife. High quality
self~-adjusting ball bearings. Frame
rigidly braced. Four malleable
iron brackets in cutting reel. Pre-
cision construction throughout. H.
inch cut.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04

the costly job of cleanup and re-
pair, had viewed heavy rain as the
greatest possible menace.
Toll of the floods hat carrier
extended across the entire state al
ready was six drowned.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
RAINS RAISE FEAR
OF FLOOD DAMAGE
Continued From Page One)

Wilkes-Barre, reported heavy rain
that looked as if it would keep
falling all night"
Observers could not Immediately
calculate the possible effects. They
had agreed a heavy, prolonged fall
would be required to send the river
back toward the flood crest that had
eft thousands temporarily home
less. Here and down the valley be
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
FRISCH ILL

Ell PAsO, Texas, April 3-R-
Manager Frankie Frisch of the Pitts
burgh Pirates flew by air to Wichita.
Kansas, late today to go under the
care of a physician for a stubborn
cold contracted several days ago..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
Herring May Enter
Carolina Track Meet

rrT, HILL, April g. Up -
uorring. Princeton track star,
Y" here this afternoon, tossed
...o,s several times, and said he
y .:cb+v glad to get back to the
sout".' "
r,,rring, who stands 6 feet S and
n me $50, may compete in satur-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04

Rocky Point: two sisters, Mrs. r. H.
Boney. of Wilmington; Miss Cora
Langston, of Rocky Point; and one
brother, Sam Langston, of Rocky
Point; and several g~randchlloren'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04

MoRGANTON-The Burke com.
~ repunllcan party convention Wi!
be held Saturday VIII
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
DIR. EDWARD r. N

News of the death of DR.. Edward
Routh Hines, prominent Rocky
Mount physician, in a hospital there
yesterday afternoon was received
here yesterday.
DR.. Hines was born in Edgecornbe
county or January %, 1881, the son
of William Routh Hines and Mamie
Horne Hines. He attended the pub
lie schools and was graduated from
Trinity college, now Duke univer-
sity.
He completed his medical educa-
ton at the Medical college of South
Carolina, in Charleston. After an
%internship, he returned to Rocky
Mount and established a wide prac.
tice.
He had been in declining health
for the past few years and became
critically ill a few days ago..
He was a member of the First
Methodist church in Rocky Mount
and served on the board of stwards
for the past 20 years. He was also a
member of the Masonic Order and
a Shriner.
DR.. Hines first wife was Miss
died in 1907. Later he married Miss
Sarah Fonvielle, of Warsaw, who
survives. The only other immediate
survivor is a niece, Miss Ernest
Hines, of Raleigh.
Two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Edward
n Weaver and Mrs. Fred T. Tucker,
live here.
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon from the First
Methodist church in Rocky Mount
j. S. MILLER
HALLSVILLE, April 3.-Funera
services 1or J. L.. Miller, So, prom
inent Merchant and planter, mem
Der of the Duplin board of county
commissioners for the past eigh'
years and chairman for the pas
TO :. years, who died at 9 o'clocl
yesterday III ,rning at h i 8 hom'
here. were held at 3 o'clock this at
ternoon from the Hallsville Pres
byterian church, of which he wa
an elder.
The Rev. J. G.. Morrison, paste
Of the church, assisted by the Rev
Frank L. Goodman, a former pas
tor, conducted the services. Burr
followed il the church cemetery.
He is survived by his wife; si1
sons, Ralph, Ashe, William, Herman
John and James; three brothers, : n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09
Highway Fatalities
 Expected To Soar
Closing Months Of Year Marked By Increase In Acci-
 dents-Drivers Urged To Drive Cautiously

Morehouse said, is very dangerous and should receive the prompt cen- sure of school authorities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09

Fifteenth of "A articles on "Our Country" written exclusively for NEA Service and The Waterbury Democrat by the nations most famous authors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09

around the core of respect for the rights and liberties of the individual man that all our institutions have grown up. To bring the life of every American back into sharp relation to this central principle we need words as freshly accurate as those of T6, and building as rapid, energetic and original as that of the convention that laid down our Constitution.
 I think that if we could look at the development of American gov- ernment under the New Deal as if it were 10 years of, liberals and tories alike would be forced to admit that more usfeul building has been done than they have been willing to see. To put the republic into a state of defense we must organize for liberty or else thereT be no republic to defend. The job before us is to make very mans liberty and every mans inventiveness and push work efficiently in the frame or close knit industrial organization. We've got to prove that machine production in war or peace can bet ter serve the ends of liberty than the ends of tyranny.
 It is great and terrible moment. Every selfish and powerminded group in the country is going to try to use the confusion for its own ends. At time when what we need most is clear heads and the will to sacrifice private prejudices and in- terests for the common good, men in high office and low are running the record of their otherwise use- full lives by a panic scrapping of every principle they were brought up to believe in. In the name of the great totalitarian bogey they whoop up the mob against whatever min- ority seems weakest and least popu- lar. Much more than the German
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09

Warning that experience shows highway fatalities soar rapidly up-- ward in the last three months of the year, the State Highway Safety Commission today urged all motor ists and pedestrians to redouble their efforts to be careful 1n the weeks immediately ahead.
 Last year, according to official compilations, there were 147 fatall- ties in the last three months; 1O7 in the corresponding period in 1888 and 135 in 1887. The low figure for 1888 is said to be because of the reduced traffic immediately follow ing the hurricane. In 1886 there were IA fatalities in the last three months and 154 in 1885.
 In December alone sixty persons lostt heir lives in 1887 while last year the total for the month was fifty individuals. In October last year fifty fatalities were reported.
 Major Vernon s. Morehouse, com mission chairman, urged not only motorists to use extreme care but warned pedestrians that they must likewise exercise unusual vigilance because Connecticut's pedestrian fa- tality record is considered alarm ing.
 Bicyce riders were especially singled out by Major Warehouse in appealing for caution and con- sideration on the part of both the automobile driver and the bicycle rider. Youthful riders are warned to keep away from heavily trav- eled thoroughfares and motorists are urged to drive especially care fully in the vicinity of children on wheels.
 The commission also looks with apprehension at the practice of scores of school children who step into the street to thumb motorists for rides. This Q practice, Major
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09
EAST END CLUB IN
 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

Talks on fire prevention were given by Fire Marshal Dennis J. Lahey and Lieut.. Eugene Legge at last nights meeting of the. East End Community club at Hamilton park pavilion.
 It was announced that the goal of the current membership drive is 5000 members. The drive will close October 9.
 The club will honor Its retiring officers at a testimonial dinner Sat- urday night at the Copper Kettle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09
2 Answering Your Questions About CONSCRIPTION No Draft For Men In Army 3 Years

be such that people can get about without too much hardship. The date for Puerto Rico has not yet been set, because the war department has been waiting until the registration cards, questionnaires and records can be printed in Spanish.
 So far there has been no arrange ment for registration in the Panama Canal Zone. There will be none in the Virgin Isles.
 FILIPINOS OCCUPY
 UNIQUE POSITION
 The natives of the Philippines, who happen to be in the United States, are in a very peculiar po- sition They are not citizens of the United States. Also they are not rated as aliens.
 I asked one war department off, cial what they could be called and he said nationals" But that did not clarify things much.
 Many questions have been asked about the draft quotas that are to be set for each of the states and territories. The answers are due from the war department in the next few days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09
-FOUR COUNTRY
Organize For Liberty, Pleads John Dos Passes, Who Sees Danger To Nation At Home

military industrial machines vast successes in Europe, we have reason to fear weak nerves in public life at a time when we need every kind of courage, but particularly civic courage.
 It is civic courage and civil liberty that will beat the European and Asiatic -bogeys abroad and at home and firmly establish this republic of free men in the new world that is being hacked out in cruelty and bloodshed. An American monopol- ist' depotism will not succeed in saving America any more than the poor rotten French businessman's s republic succeeded in saving France.
 What will be saved out of the wreck of the British financial em- pire will be saved not by the smooth bankers of Threadneedle Street, but by the traditional aptitude for free government of the English people as whole. The qualities we can rely on in this struggle are just the quail ities the dictators and their slaves haven't got, the qualities that have made our country, in spite of short sightedness and stupidity and greed, the best place on earth for man to live.
 In times of great stress nations sink to their lowest common denominator. I believe that, just as the lowest common denomipator of Europe has become something bad for mankind, the lowest com- mon denominator of the peoples of North America is to the good and that it will get better. A great deal depends n the kind of leadership that can work up that lowest com- mon denominator of habits and traditions into usable public for mula, the Jackson and Lincoln kind of leadership.
 It may be that we needed just this test to make nation out of an overgrown but still half pro- vincia1 frontier republic. Anyway it has come and we must face it. If we have the nerve, if only we have the nerve to use our heads and the exuberant diversity of our land and our people and OFT mighty in- dustrial plant and the experience of our state-building past, we'll pull through. We'll not only pull through, but we'll give the world an example of organized liberty that will knock IJitIor'c th0lIcand vnarc nf dnSp0tiSno into a cooked hat, an old out-of- date museum piece of Napoleonic cooked hat.
 Margaret Cnlkin Banning warns
 of the mental enemy that may
 attack our nation before physical
 foe attempts conquest, in the next
 article of this series on "Our
 Country"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09
By JOHN DOS PAssos

By JOHN DOS PASSOS Author of "U. S. A." "The Big
 Money" Adventures of
 Young Man." etc.
 Yes, we are in danger; but the danger that threatens us most is not from across the Atlantic: it is the danger that comes from poor thinking and incomplete organiza- tion at home. The breakdown of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09
HEALTH COUNCIL
 NAMES OFFICERS

Permanent officers of the Water bury Health council were elected at a meeting yesterday afternoon. Those chosen, all of whom have been serving as temporary offices, are: William J. Pape, chairman; Mrs. Bessie Crane, vice-chairman; Frank J. Green, secretary.
 The council hopes to carry out the recommendations made after the health survey conducted here early this year under the supervision of Dr. Ira V. Hiscock of Yale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09

Margaret Culkin Banning warns of the mental enemy that may attack our nation before physical foe attempts conquest, in the next article of this series on Our Country"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09

years in the regular army.
 They must also bring along with them the papers showing they re- ceived an honorable discharge. The local draft board can then grant them exemption from draft service.
 Similarly, men who have served six or more consecutive years in the National Guard and received honor able discharge, must register. They
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09

Milton BrOnner will answer questions of Waterbury Demo- crat readers regarding con- scription rulings and interpre- tations. Address questions to Milton BrOnner, manager, NEA-Waterbury Democrat Se- Iective Service information Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., NV, Washington, D. c. BE SURE TO ENCLOSE postage prepaid postcard or stamped envelope, self addressed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09

T e c t. However, the war depart ment has asked us to impress this
 upon all such men: after they
 have registered on Oct. 16, it is n e c SIS ary for them to contact
 their local board, b T 1 n g In g with them the docu- ments to show that they have served three or roo-o ooocao,,k;yo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09

Never before in whole history have sold Mady al wool yarn at a reducon And again do expect to see at such price ths So plan to do heavy wool gathering the first thing in the morning Get enough for afghan. Get enough to make hubble Sonny Jim sweat er Get in practically any color you think of. Get enough of these 4ounce hanks to keep you busy all winter But do get 1t right away because the time is imted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09

the 18th century system has caught the United States in a difficult stage of transition. We have no choice but to go forward, if necessary com
 pleting our reor- ganiZation under fire. No m a tier what kind of co., homie system is eventually set up, it must work to- wards h e same basic a inns for which the Union waS founded If iS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09

must apply to their local draft board, bringing with them the necessary proof documents, to be relieved from service in the draft.
 SNOW DELAYS
 ALASKAN REGISTRATION
 The selective service act applies to the United States and its terri tories, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Date for registration in Ha- waii is Oct. 26. No date has been set for Alaska because authorities are waiting for snow conditions to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09
FILIPINOS OCCUPY UNIQUE POSITION
D. & R. c. ORDERS EQUIPMENT

Denver = (UP) = A total of $1s- 100000 worth of boxcars will be pur- chased by the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad. To replace out- moded equipment, 800 metal box cars will be purchased, officials said, at a cost of $3,385 each.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-09
BY MILTON BRONNER

Manager Selectve Service Information Bureau washington, Oct 9ere item of particular interest three consecutive the U regular or their honorable discharge.
 In queries of in this sta this bureau replied that they must register but that they exempt from service in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-12
Civilians Urged
Te Curb cuE B nr.iiyy;in.ls

YELM-civilisns are asked ~
army authorities here to refrain
from using roads south o. the
Pacific highway between Olympia
and Tacoma and east Of highway
Pc between Olympia and chehalis
and those in the vicinity Of Rainier,
Telm, Roy and McKenna during
the period Of the Fourth army war
msneuvers August Is to is. IN
elusive.
Other roads within area over
which the mock battle is to be
fought which the public is asked 10
keep off are Tenino-Fir Tree Tum-
water. Yelm-St clair-olympia and
olympia-St clair-Nisqually.
Army authorities point out that
the request Is safety measure for
all concerned as well as one which
viii insure the facilitating OF the
movement Of troops.