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in the history of the County.
The Board will also increase the
budget for county roads.
$50
Just For The Record
So many people have called to
know whether l am moving to
Charles Town, w. Va, that hasten
to assure you that such is not the
case. The Douglas who is moving
to West Virginia happens to be Mr..
c. H. Douglas, purchasing agent OF
the Victor Products Corporation.
P.S. AS a matter of fact I'm not
only not going to move to Charles
TOWN. haven't even been there
recently.
Well, it looks as if at long last
the coming city election is going to
be given back to. the people, and I'm
all for it. I get little tired of
these cut and dried affairs where
each party, in closed sessions, Sc
lects it's candidates, giving the vot-
ers no opportunity to say which
member of their respective parties
they would like to be nominated.
This time, however, we are as
sured of a good old-fashioned pri-
mary fight on both the Democratic
and Republican sides. And to para
phrase H. L. Mills statement when
the Municipal Light Plant contro
versy was on, the voters will be Of
fered an opportunity to vote for at
least two candidates for Mayor in
both the Republican and Democrat
ic primaries, which let's them take
it or leave itl'
There's another funny thing about
this forthcoming election that hasn't
happened in a long while. Usually
candidates for members of the coun-
ell are announced quite early, and
then at the last minute each party
has announced its candidate for Ma
yor, but this time just the opposite
has taken place. Several candidates
for Mayor have already filed, but
there isn't a peep out of anyone
concerning candidates for members
of the city council.
However, since the primary does
not take place until January Is, and
since candidates for both Mayor and
Council can file up till midnight on
January IL, there is still plenty of
time for the potential candidates for
the council to make up their minds.
AS a matter of fact, there is also
plenty of time for more candidates
to enter the race for Mayor-and
such thing could happen.
got big kick out of Mayor
Sweeney's "swan song" which, as
usual, was given exclusively to the
Daily Mail. The part that amused
me most, was the Mayors statement
that the so-called surplus in the city
treasury of around million dollar,
will be enough to pay for the new
light and sewerage plants when
completed, and still leave tidy sur
plus.
/ don't know what his Honor calls
a "tidy" surplus, and perhaps it
was a nisprint and should have read
"tiny," for it is my understanding
that after the improvements and ad-
ditions to the Municipal Light Plant
are paid for, to say nothing of the
sewerage plant improvements, there
will be mighty little left.
On Monday morning postmaster
Simpson took me through the mail
ing room of the post Office, and what
/ saw there was almost UNBELIEVABLE.
Although it was only little af-
ter eight o'clock in the morning and
trucks had been out since six o'clock
delivering Hagerstown packages,
there were still hundreds of pack
ages awaiting delivery. But here's
the amazing part of it. That same
afternoon, just before closing time, I
went back and found that every sin
gle one of those packages had been
deliveredi
Who says we haven't an efficient
staff in our post Office? And are
you cooperating with them by mail
ING yo,lr packages and cards early?