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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1911
Page
2
Denton Journal dated Saturday July 22 1911 lists local news notes and notices from Melvin H Johnson and Melvin Johnson publishers with brief community items and advertisements.
Editorial notes discuss Maryland Democrats weighing Governor Crothers Lee Miles Burke and Gorman for the next governor with a united party after primary. It cites praise for the direct primary, weather, and the center of population shifting to Indiana per the latest census. It also notes crop losses from a three month drought affecting Delaware Maryland and Virginia fruit shipments and mentions a Delaware political piece in the Philadelphia North American.
The House committee scrutinizes Taft's secret order opening Controller Bay lands for filing amid suspicions of administration favors to Morgan and Guggenheim interests. Allegations arise of a hurried 160 rod water front filing by a Ryan agent within days of the order, bypassing standard 60 day public notice.
A Senate inquiry led by Representative James M. Graham targets Alaska land maneuvers while labeling Burton an impartial tariff investigator. The piece attacks tariff revision as payback to protectionist interests and exposes alleged conflicts of interest involving Senator Hale and trust-busting payouts to Kellogg and McReynolds.
An order by Postmaster General Hitchcock raises salaries for about 40,000 rural free delivery carriers from 900 to 1,000 dollars on standard routes, with proportional increases on shorter routes. Congress provided 4 million dollars for the purpose, to be spent at the postmaster general’s discretion, to back a proposed parcels post system on rural routes. The PSA would be self supporting from parcel revenue, with current costs around 40 million and losses near 25 million for the rural system, which began fifteen years ago.
Religious camps start August 4 at Concord Caroline Marydel with numerous ministers. Pentecostal Grove near Denton opens today for ten days with strong Holiness attendance. Wye campground and Beckwith Church abandon camps. Camden camp runs July 21 to August 7 led by Rev. Sinfield. Colored camps face opposition and closures. Founding of Maryland Methodism celebration framed for early fall with plans for a three-branch reunion at Rev. Dr John F. Goucher’s farm in Pikesville.
A Federalsburg letter describes Annie Harris a Black woman and her 76 month old baby severely burned when kerosene poured on a stove blaze ignited clothing. The can exploded setting the mother and child alight as they fled to the yard. Neighbors quickly controlled the dwelling fire.
A rural opinion argues that farm life offers health and happiness, contrasting it with city drudgery. It lauds work on the land as divine and ennobling while warning of worries in business life. The piece urges boys to stick to farming and praises the farmer’s independent, tranquil life. It then critiques tobacco as a deadly poison harming moral and physical health across generations.
The trend toward wearing shirt waists by men is described as growing in large cities and spreading to towns including Denton. Once ridiculed, men in public, even at events with women present, now find the coat unnecessary. A minister in a major city invited men to attend services in shirt sleeves and promised to preach in the same attire.
The piece outlines a coming struggle over a House wool revision bill before July 27, with Democrats and progressive Republicans shaping a coalition. It discusses potential concessions across steel, sugar, cotton, linoleum, silk, and other schedules, and the risk of big politics influencing presidential and congressional outcomes. It notes the La Follette wool bill as a separate measure, constitutional constraints, and possible reading of the free list with farm amendments. It ends with memorial verses for Janice Phillips Moore and notes on Floyd H. Thomas’s death.
The piece describes separate ballots by party with white paper for Democrats and a distinct color for Republicans. Dual ballots are used at the same time with party guards at each box. Voters pledging to a party’s nominees bind themselves to that party.
Harry R. Merrikren announces candidacy for the Orphans' Court in the Fifth district. He notes prior campaigning four years ago and claims experience in estate settlement and study of court duties, asking Democrats to support him in the August 29 primary.
An advertisement shows J. Olan Clark declaring candidacy for Judge of the Orphans' Court subject to Democratic primaries on August 29. He states he has aimed for impartial and unbiased conduct in office and pledges to maintain that policy if elected.
Edward W. Liden asks Democratic voters for re nomination to the Orphans Court. He defends his past term saying experience helps avoid embarrassing positions and pledges full time attention for efficient service.
Isaac T. Fleetwood announces his candidacy for re nomination to the Orphans Court judge position. He seeks party primary support on August 29th and pledges careful, courteous handling of all cases and continued expertise from his court experience.
In a June 20, 1911 public notice I. Crawlings announces his candidacy for judge of the Orphans Court in Caroline County as a Democrat. He states forty five years of continuous party support and asks fellow Democrats for their votes, leaving the result to the voters.
Richard T. West announces candidacy for Judge of the Orphans' Court in the Eighth District. He pledges to safeguard the rights of widows, orphans, and taxpayers and asks Democratic voters for support in the upcoming primary. Dated June 20, 1911.
James Temple of Ridgely Md declares for the Democratic primary for Sheriff promising personal attention to duties and jail occupancy if elected. He notes a narrow five vote defeat two years earlier and denies rumors he would not occupy the jail. He emphasizes preserving peace and dignity of Caroline County.
A E Cooper declares in a formal letter he will enter the primaries for sheriff, acknowledging long urging from Ahithy Battocratic voters and requesting party support throughout the county.
On Tuesday August 1 1911 between 2 and 3 p m an auction will sell the farm where William L Phillips resided at his death This property lies in the Seventh Election District Caroline County Maryland along the Denton to Brick Mill road and adjoins the Holsinger Miller Dunning and other lands The tract description continues with the remaining boundaries and acreage to be announced at the sale location
Six tracts ranging from 20 to 202 acres offered for private sale by the owner. Locations include near Marydel with D C Railway access, Hobbs on the M D W railway, and between Concord and Federalsburg. Prices cited: 38, 40, and 30 to 40 dollars per acre. Each tract features cultivated land, improvements, and varying timber or outbuildings.
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