WHIPPING POST
MAY BE USED IN
MARYLAND BURG
Village ade famous bv Bar
bara Freitchie Mav Re
call Old Law
WIFE BEATERWHIPPED
First Time in Twelve Years
Ancient Custom Has
Been Practiced
FREDERICK, Md., Sept. 4. (/P)—
This quaint little Quaker town, made
famous by the daring of Barbara Freit
chie in her encounter with Stonewall
Jackson, is divided on the advisabil
ity of again invoking the ancient stat
ute providing for punishment at the
whipping post.
Recently Magistrate Guy K. Motter
sentenced Robert Shroyer, twenty
eight, alleged wife-beater, to be lash
ed ten times at the post. Sheriff I.
W. Albaugh, using a regulation black
snake whip, executed the sentence.
The young husband took the whip-1
ping without protest, for the sen
tence was in strict accordance with
a state law. After shaking hands
with the sheriff who inflicted the
punishment, Shroyer departed for
home and the wife he is accused of
beating.
It was the first time in twelve years,
according to court attaches, that the
whipping post had been used in pun
ishment for wrongdoing.
Frederick, where the aged Mrs.
Freitchie poked her head out of a
second-story window in her home hol
ding in her unsteady hand a tatter
ed American flag that has been shot
from its staff by Confederate troops,
is a law-abiding conjmunity. This is
attended by the police blotter.
The same resp'ect for law prevails
ac Jackson’s men had for his orders,
which saved the Civil War heroine
from being riddled with bullets af
ter her historic speech:
“Shoot, if you must, this old gray
i head, but spare your country’s flag.”
However, some of the younger gen
eration have raised the question of
whether Frederick should have pun
ished the wifebeater by invoking the
whipping post law. It is pointed out
that Shroyer, if guilty, might better
have been sentenced to six months
| at hard labor and the proceeds from
his toiling turned over to, the unfor
tunate wife.
Others contend there could have
j been no fairer punishment, standing
| by the doctrine of “an eye for an
j eye.”
Whether an organized movement
i against the law impends is doubt
! ful. But the subject has furnished a
' lively topic for corner-store discus-!
sions, and in the evenings many of
the populace carry their rocking
chairs to the sidewalks to thresh out
the problem with their neighbors.
Frederick is located just east of j
the mountains, where the national ;
highway broadens to accommodate
heavy traffic to Washington, D. C., and
Baltimore, both only a few miles dis
tant.
All you need to make living out
of-doors pleasant is your own bed—
and your bath room, and screens.
Correct this sentence: “I don’t
care if they knock together at ev
ery step,” said he; “I’m going to
wear knickers.”
Still, the Powers doubtless wTould
agree to let the Chinese retain a
monopoly of the launldry business in
China.
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I DISEASES IN FAR EACT
WILL BE ANALYZED AT
' MEDICAL CONFERENCi
TOKIO, Sept. 4. (/p)—1The sixtl
congress of the Far Eastern Associa
tion of Tropica] Medicine, which cor
responds in the Orient to the Inter
national Medical Congress of Europe,
and which was organized in 1910 ta
promote the science of art and medi
cine in general in th Far East, will
be held in Tokio from October 11 to
31, under the auspices of the Impe
rial Govrenment.
Problems that affect every foreign
er living in this part of the world
will be discussed, and the results of
years of research by numbers of
scientists will be brought forward for
elaboration and approval. Among
the more important items, which the
present and the practical results
of which have been observed, are
the prevention and extermination of
malaria, the diagnosis of amoebic
dysentery, the control of beri-beri
and the compilation of statistics
concerning tuberculosis.
Since the majority of the members
have been health officers they have
urged the various governments to put
into practice to a considerable ex
tent the results of the society’s sci
entific research and discuss-ion. In
1923 at the last Congress in Singa
pore, the council of the society rec
ommended that each of the govern
ments interested be invited to nom
inate a representative on a beriberi
committee, the report of which is to
be heard at th coming session, in.
conformance with the policy of the'
association to have government rep
resentatives discuss particular prob*.
lems at the general meetings.
It also has been decided to hold an
exhibition relating to medicine and*
hygiene at the October conference
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If You Are Doing Business
With Mail Order Concerns
If you are sending your cash out of town—doing business
with mail order concerns—keep mum about the growth—the indus
tries—the advantages or beauty of the town. You have no boast coming. It
is a good town not because of you, but in spite of you.
If you are not a Home Trader You are a
Traitor to the Best Interests of the Town
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This community is made up of individuals. Its prosperity
depends on individual effort. If you send your money away for goods
that can be purchased here, you injure the town—and yourself.
When you buy from a mail order concern—your money is
gone for good. Not one red cent of it ever comes back. None of
it pays for taxes. None of it pays store rent, clerk hire—or does a blessed
one of the dozens of things accomplished by home-spent money.
Suppose everyone in this city sent away for their mer
chandise. The town would go to rack and ruin. You wouldn’t be
able to give property away. There would be little employment for labor.
Schools—churches—everything of a public nature would be stripped to poor
house poverty. There’s no reason why anyone should deal with mail order
concerns. Your home town merchant carries, the best grades of merchandise
on the market. They are goods of recognized merit. They are sold at
practically one price the world over. You know you are getting full value in
quality. The biggest manufacturers in the country insure that with their
trademarks. Your purchases are protected. There is no buying dissatisfaction
—long waits—long distance return costs—or delivery charges.
Your dealer appreciates your patronage. He puts forth
every effort to hold your trade. He becomes intimately acquainted
with your likes and dislikes—consequently can serve you in the most satisfac
tory manner. And to top off all of these important advantages—your local
merchant can save you money.
By all means talk up your town—but first win the right to
speak by spending your money at home. It is the solid worth of home
spent money — not words that establishes the public wealth and welfare
of the community.
Donate to the good of the town by trading IN town—and get the greatest value for your dollars.
The Calumet Baking Powder Company
paid for the preparation of this article.
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to display home-manufactured instru
ments and apparatus for medicine
and surgery, various drugs, many
, kinds of serum and ’vaccine, vari
i ous species of parasites*, medicinal
plants, statistics of various kinds and
materials relating to the medicinal
history of Japan.
Briton Would Safeguard
the Public Morals By
Ban On Court Reports
LONDON, Sept. 4. (£>)—With the
idea of “regulating the publication
oi reports of judicial proceedings in
| such manner as to prevent injury
to public morals,” Lord Darling has
introduced a “proceeding bill” in the
House of Lords. The bill makes it
unlawiul to “print, circulate or pub
lish any indecent matter or medical,
surgical, or physiological details cal-'1
culated to injure public morals, in
relation to divorce or separation
cases.
mm-i
The penalty Is imprisonment not
exceeding three months or a fine not
exceeding $2,500, or both. The mea
sure does not apply to the publication
of matter in separate volume or
series of law reports, or in technical
publications intended for the legal
and medical professions.
The dry fleet knows little about
hotels. It doesn’t even watch the
bell buoys.
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