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NEW YEAR RELIC OF SAXON WAYS The New Year begins precisely at midnight, and almost everyone now- i adays sees the New Year in by gen- j oral festivities and many good reso- I lutlons, which are promptly forgot- | ten on January 2. The festivities marking this oc- casion, says Hereward Carrington, j scientist and author, are very anci- j ent, and In old Saxon days It was the I custom to partake of a bowl of spiced ale, which was passed around with the expression ‘'Wasshael,’’ which meant “to your health ” Hence the origin of the Wassail, or Wassel bowl. We now keep New Year on Janu- ary the first; but the Chinese, Jews, Turks and many others do not ob- serve it on this day. Even Christian countries have not always so observed it; the Romans began the year with the March equinox. The later Teutonic nations for a long time continued counting the beginning of the year from March 25. It was only in 1563, by an edict of Charles IX, that France changed the time of the beginning of the year to January 1. In 1600 Scotland made the same change, and England only did so in 1752, when the Greg- orian system was adopted there. It will thus be seen that the New Year, observed on January 1, is relatively new, though we are accustomed to think that it dates back from time immemorial. It was Julius Caesar, in the year 46 B. C., who first reformed the calendar —aided by the Egyptian astronomer Sosigenes. He made it a few minutes too long, and a second correction was necessary. Pope Gregory made certain changes in 1582, A. D., and additional minor changes were made later on, from the “old style” to the “new style" calendar.” We now employ the new style. • After the French revolution France decided to set up an entirely new order of things. A new calendar was made. The Christian era was wiped out, and was replaced by the new French era, beginning Sep- tember 22, 1792. Instead of our week of seven days, a week of ten days was established —in accordance with the decimal system—the tenth day being set aside for rest. Instead of the mythological names of the months, others deduced from the prevailing seasons of the year were substituted. Everything was to be based upon reason The Notre Dame was con- verted Into a “Temple of Reason.” Mme. Momero, the young and beau- tiful wife of a Jacobin printer, was chosen to represent "Reason.” And so it went. The months were chosen and given French names which were thought to be characteristic of them. Thus, autumn had a vintage month, a foggy month and a sleety month. Winter, a snowy month, a rainy month and a windy month. Spring, a budding month, a flowery month and a pasture month. Summer, a harvest month, a hot month and a fruit month. Each month began somewhere be- tween the 18th and the 22nd—according to our reckoning. Thus the first month of the autumn trio began on September 22, and lasted until October 21, etc. With the restoration of a stable government in France, this calendar was repealed, and the usual one substituted. But for a time, as we have seen, New Year day did not begin on January 1, in France, so late as the last century, and it does not begin on that date in non-Christian countries even today! o DAIRYMEN WILL EXAMINE GOV- ERNMENTAL MILK CONTROL With milk marketing control laws in effect in about half the States and the Federal Government also inter- ested in this type of regulation through marketing agreements and orders, dairymen of the Northeastern States are preparing ‘to examine the place that the States and the Federal Government have in stabilizing milk markets. This examination of State and Federal milk control activities is scheduled to take place at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Dairy Conference, January 7 and 8 at the Broadwood Hotel, Philadel- phia, Pa. The entire morning of January 8 will be devoted to consid- ering governmental milk control operations. This discussion features two speak- ers from the Philadelphia area. William B. Duryee, New Jersey’s Secretary of Agriculture and chairman of that State’s milk contro’ board, is scheduled to discuss the State’s point of view on the place of governmental milk control in stabil- j izing milk markets. Governmental milk market control from the stand- point of the producer will be dis- cussed by H. H. Suavely, dairyman of Willow Street, Pa. The Federal Government’s viewpoint will be dto- THE MIDLAND JOURNAL ■ -1 PVBUIHDD EVERT FRIDAY MORNING BV E"Wiisra- ibiros. RISING SUN CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND j Entered as Second Claae Matter at Post Office in Rising Sun, Maryland | Under Act of Congress of March 8, 1879 INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS AND ALL OTHER SUBJECTS TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ONE TEAR, IN ADVANCE ...SI-SO SIX MONTHS - .... SI.OO ( THREE MONTHS . .... .80 SINGLE COPY. 3 CENTS ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION Foreign Advertising Representative 1I I Foreign Advertist-.g Representntive THfc. AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION ||| THE AMERICAN r REPS ASSOCIA i k.N FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 135 EFFECT OF FARM INCOME SHOWN Business and industrial leaders of the United Stats have a clearer idea of the relation of farm income to general prosperity than ever before, in the opinion of Harry H. Nuttle, President of the Maryland Farm Bu- reau Federation, voiced on his return from the annual meeting of the Ameirean Farm Bureau Federation at Chicago last week. While the speech of President Roosevelt at- tracted the greatest headlines, other features of the meeting were of equal importance, according to Mr. Nuttle. “Farmers w.ere particularly pleased with the attitude of such men as General R. E. Wood of Sears, Roe- ouck, and E. J. Poag of Chrysler Motors,” the Maryland Farm Bureau President reports. “General Wood compared the fall of farm income from $12,000,000,000 In 1929 to $6,200,000,000 in 1932 to the decline in factory wages from sll,- <521,000,000 in 1929 to $5,022,000- JOO in 1932. He said that the (veight of evidence shows that industrial wages and payrolls are almost wholly dependent on farm income, and that maunfaeturing profits declined only when farm income declined so drastically.” ■■ “V RURAL ELECTRIC ADMINISTRA- TION WILL FINANCE WIRING The Rural Electrification Admin- istration will finance the wiring of nouses and other farm buildings in areas where rural line construction is making electricity available, Admin- mtrator Morris L. Cooke announced ~oday. The action is designed to remove jne of the great barriers to a rapid mcrease in rural electrification. In he past, la(jji of adequate financing laciiities has retarded the extension jf electric service into rural areas. Now the Federal Government’s .ural electrification program provides inancing of line construction and •viring through REA and financing of he purchase of major appliances and equipment through the Electric Home and Farm Authority. RJ3A financing of rural house wir- ng will be available both on lines ouilt with REA funds and on those constructed with private financing. Cooperative action among farmers .n a rural community to obtain the economies of mass operations was strongly urged by Administrator Jooke in announcing the new policy. “Unity of action will save the farmers of this country hundreds of ..housands of dollars in their wiring alone,” Administrator Cooke declar- ed. “The cost of wiring can be reduced substantially by cooperative action resulting in a contractor wiring a hundred or more farmsteads under one contract rather than bid- ding on each individual farm.” o NEW DOLLAR BILLS IN CIRCU- LATION About $10,000,000 of the new type of one-dollar silver certificates have been put in circulation. Some of this new issue of money was received at our banks here last week. The Treasury has been distributing the new money for several days through the Federal Reserve banks, which, in turn, have made it available to commercial banks. Described by Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr., as “the handsomest bill ever produced,” the certificate represents many changes from the old design, including reproduction of both sides of the great seal of the United States on the bill’s reverse side. • o FARM BUREAU GROWS An increase of 40 per cent in the membership in County Farm Bureaus j of Maryland was reported to the annual meeting of the American ! Farm Bureau Federation by Presi- dent Harry H Nuttle, official dele- gate of the Maryland organization. The majority of other states reported similar increases, he spid. Maryland’s increase in Farm Bu- reau membership is expected to ap- proach the 50 per cent mark, according to C. E. Wise, Jr., Secretary of the organization, DKPRESSION COST PLACED AT s2(l,Will ,000,000.00 Figures by experts In the Depart- ment of Commerce on national income placed the depression cost to the people of the United States at $26,631,000,000, the huge sum being equivalent to an annual salary of $26,663 for 10,000,000 men. From a record high of $81,034,- 000,000 in 1929, income slumped to $39,646,000,000 in 1932 but rose to $48,661,000,000 last year. Agricultural income showed the largest decline from 1929 to 1932 and the largest relative improvement since 1932, having gained 91% from 1932 to 1934, while manufacturing gained 74%, according to the survey. ■ o- THE FARMERS OF TOMORROW One of the more interesting phases of farm cooperative work lies in the encouragement and knowledge given young farm people. Contests are held for livestock and crops raised by these budding farmers. Instruction is given them in scientific farming, marketing and distributing. Theirs is an oppor- tunity that few of their forebears had. The result of this Is to better the outlook for the agriculture of the future—and to make It Inevitable that the farmer of tomorrow will be a better crop scientist, a better business man, and more valuable citizen. o— PERIODIC MOTOR VEHICLE IN- SPECTION j Many automobile owners appear to lack sufficient pride and sense oi obligation to keep their vehicles at mechanical par. This all too human failing is at the bottom of the grow- ing realization of the necessity for periodic motor vehicle inspection. The National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, long a leader in the automobile safety movement, urges periodic inspection as an effective means of making the streets and highways safer. John J. Hall, Street and Highway Safety Di- rector of the National Bureau, points out that “inspection figures from states and cities which require that every car be inspected, reveal that three out of four cars examined are in inferior mechanical condition as respects safety features. Obviously, a car with inefficient brakes, defec- tive or badly adjusted lights, poor tires, wheels out of alignment, broken windshield wipers, or defec- tive steering mechanism, is danger- ous. Inspection is necessary to determine where such danger lies and to bring about its elimination.” o Many political commentators believe that President Roosevelt’s re- cent Atlanta speech marked the opening gun of his 1936 campaign. The speech, well phrased, delivered In the President’s best manner, amounted to a vigorous defense of his national stewardship. The President stood solidly behind his farm policy, his spending policy, and his money policy. He claimed fine results for his acts in the fields of banking and security regulation. He stated that the size of the public debt does not menace American credit, saying, “The credit of the Government is today higher than that of any other great nation. ... ” He lorecast a dwindling deficit. From this speech, it seems certain that the President will ask reelec- tion on his record, will make nc apologies, and will make no majn change ip general policy. o Let us look forward to the day, and plan for it, when public school buildings will be used by fifty or (sixty millions of adults each week, under trained leadership, in a great offensive on civic Illiteracy. Along j this road of mass education lies the ' way to peace, freedom and security. Delay in moving in this direction .may mean the decline and decay of American democracy.—Dr. John W. Studebaker, U. S. Commissioner of Education. ■ O Call a man a fool and he will ■never believe you didn’t meant it, no a*tter what you say afterward, f&svV '•<%, • . , ’ ■ y/; ■ -A; ■ JSet’s cfo places anD Do things Let an All-Electric Laundry do your whole family wash- ing and ironing in your home... and you'll be full of • that Saturday night zest every Monday and Tuesday, for the famous ABC Electric Washer and Ironer pic- tured will do the whole job with the greatest of ease, f speed and economy. ABC Washer features the automatic drain \ fu pump. Tabletop Ironer has famous fingertip || Lfl control for safety. When not in use, the ironer Ifi-- —sly makes a fine extra kitchen table. Washer at $ r $79.50 cash; Ironer at $69.50 cash. Slightly higher 1 f on budget plan. $5 down delivers either washer or I / xr ' • Vi ironer. Special low terms on combination purchase. 11l * t O Conowingo Power Company ELKTON, MARYLAND DRIVING TOO FAST FOR CON- DITIONS Driving at the legal speed limit may be as danngerous as exceeding the limit, the Keystone Automobile ! Club of Maryand emphasizes in a safety bulletin advising motorists that speed should always be govern- i ed by the assured clear course ahead. Many thousands of highway accidents, the bulletin point out, are at- tributed to “driving too fast for conditions.” “This dees not mean,” said Garri- son P. Knox, Manager of the Club, “that all, or even a majority, of the motorists involved in such accidents were driving beyond the legal speed limit. It means something that many diivers do not appear to under- stand —that ‘safe speed’ depends upon the ability to make normal stops in case of necessity at crossings, on curves, on hilltops and under any conditions where the view is obstruct- ed, or where vehicles or pedestrians are likely to get in the way. j “In other words, the rate of speed ! should at all times be adjusted to and no motorist should ever drive fast unless he has an assured clear course. “It should not be assumed by a driver that because a speed of 40 miles per hour is permitted he can safely employ this speed under all the varying conditions encountered. The same rule applies to the 20-mile limit. There are conditions under which even this low speed is too fast for safety, notably where there is a probability of children or adults stepping out from behind parked cars or other obstructions. “It should be apparent, therefore, that ability to stop in time to avoid accident is the biggest task confront- ing motorists, and it is equally obvi- ous they cannot perform this task unless they adjust their speed to the assured clear course. Anything else is blind driving, and blind driving is deadly.’’ o W, C, T. V. NEWS The following items have just been released by the National Pub- licity Bureau of the W. C. T. U. 1. Kentucky, though on the face of the returns, voting for prohibition repeal, showed total of more dry votes than wet recorded in 116 counties total wet majority in the other four counties overcoming the rest of the state. The wet vote of 1933 was cut by 50,000. 2. Reports from the National Safety Congress, Louisville, confirm the statement that “the ‘moderate’ drinking driver is the nation’s worst traffic menace." 3. Frank Presbrey, Vice President of the Boy Scouts of America, fol- lows Walter W. Head, president of the same, in resigning from the Ad- visory Board of Council for Modera- j tion. Presbrey wires, “Am abso- lutely through with Council for j Moderation.” 4. “A Christmas gift of $75 in ' cash could be put into each family stocking of 5,247,635 American Homes now on relief rations with the j money which the liquor traffic ex- | pects its patrons to pay into its cash .-.VP *• J .*• ■.Wff'M •*) ■ PUBLIC’ SERVICE COMMISSION of Maryland Baltimore, December 23rd, 1935 To The Midland Journal: The Public Service Commission is pleased to announce that, after nego- tiations extending over a period of several months, agreement has been reached with the management of The Eastern Shore Public Service Com- pany of Maryland whereby the rates charged by that .Company’s intercon- nected system on the Eastern Shore of Maryland will be reduced approxi- mately $78,500 per annum. The new rates will become effective on all consumption after the January, 1936, meter readings. Some months ago the Commission had its Accounting Department make a full study of the affairs of the Com- pany and as this study convinced the Commission that there should be some reduction in the rates charged, the matter was taken up with the Company officials, who indicated a j willingness to negotiate with the Commission, and after a number of conferences, agreement has been reached with the owners whereby the aforesaid reduction will be put into effect. O. E. WELLER J. FRANK HARPER STEUART PURCELL Commissioners o ORPHANS’ COURT Bonds Approved—Wm. Repleigh Willis, ancillary administrator of Thomas J. Willis; James F. Evans, executor of Edward Marshall Peters; William Leßoy Atkinson, executor of William X Atkinson; Harriet H. Racine, administrator of Charles D. Racine. Accounts Passed—First and final account of William B. Thomas, executor of Benjamin Thomas; first and final account of Rhoda J. Willis, executrix of Jno. Wesley Miller; first and final account of Elkton Banking and Trust Co., adminlstra- tor of George Butler, o Let others celebrate your birth- day. It is the surest sign you’re worthwhile. cussed by Samuel W. Tator, administrator of the Federal milk marketing program In Boston, Mass. A sum- mary discussion of the whole ques- tion of milk control will be led by E. H. Jones, Vermont’s commissioner of agriculture and chairman of that State’s milk control board. The Northeastern Dairy Confer- ence meeting will be attended by milk producers, cooperative leaders, milk distributors and State and Fed- eral milk control officials. The or- established a year ago to develop Timong dairy industry lead- i ers a better understanding of com- mon problems facing milk producers, includes among Its membership rep- resentatives of the principal dairy marketing cooperatives, State dairy associations, the Farm Bureaus, and Granges in each of the 12 North- eastern States. TUBERCULOSIS BOTH PREVENT- ABLE AND CURABLE Tuberculosis has been one of the greatest enemies of man in two ways ! as it has not only robbed countless thousands of health and happiness, but has also attacked many of the i world’s geniuses, which has un- doubtedly cut short their work. Persons can be found from all walks of life who have either suffer- ed or died from tuberculosis. This disease is no respector of persons as the following list will show. These persons have at one time or another had tuberculosis: Doctor Edward Trudeau, Chopin, Robert Louis Stev- enson, John Keats, Percy B. Shelley, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Elizabeth Barrett rowning. Washington Irving, Maxim Gorky, Thomas Hart Benton, Andrew Jackson, Christy Mathewson, Joe Cans, Jay Gould, Roger Babson, Cecil Rhodes, Spinoza, John Locke, Ulysses S. Grant and Napoleon Bonaparte. This list could be great- ly enlarged upon. If these persons had had the knowledge and treatment made pos- sible by Christmas Seals they might have lived longer and produced even greater work. The Maryland Tuber- culosis Association hopes to so com- pletely conquer this disease that no persen will be sacrificed and that everyone can give his full contribu- tion to the community. Many deaths from tuberculosis are unnecessary for it is both prevent- able and curable. With the support of the people it would not be many years before tuberculosis could be reduced to a minimum, most persons connected with the work believe. This necessary support could be had if everybody used Chirstmas Seals on all their letters and packages. In helping the Maryland Tuberculosis Association a person protects himself, dees his bit in improving the community, and perhaps contributes toward saving the life of some future ! genius. William B. Matthews, Managing ! Director of the Maryland Tubercu- losis Association, urged that “everyone contribute toward the work so that the control of tuberculosis will become a community project and everyone can take equal pride in the work. The death rate in Maryland has already been cut almost in third since the Association was founded in 1907 and with increased activity it can be cut much more.” o When a man is praised for being plain spoken, he i 3 in danger of over- doing it. o Everyone is a slave to something; but only in a few instances is much harm done. O Some of the sons of geniuses have as many eccentricities as their fathers. ' registers during the last sixty days ; of $1935.” This statement is based | upon the official figures of the United States Internal Revenue Department ; for the first ten months of 1935, j which reveal a 15 per cent increase v in saioa as compared wltl 1994, ; THE MIDLAND JOURNAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1986

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