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Among other explanations for the spirit of co-operation dis- played by the employees of the Eastern Hardware & Supply Company is the consideration and just treatment accorded them by the officials of the company. A striking example of their desire to further the well-being of the men is the great farm of one hundred and thirty odd acres on the Magathy River near the Chesapeake Bay. for habitation of all employees and their families throughout the summer months. There they obtain all the comforts of a home. and raise for their own use the fruits and vegetables for consumption during the year.
Truly a great company which accords such liberal treatment to its employees deserves the prosperity which is the lot of the Eastern Hardware & Supply Company and its head, Charles T. Farnen.
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GENERAL FELIX ANGUS -- Continued from page ?.
After the war General guns served for a short time as assist- ant assessor in the internal revenue other In Baltimore. He wns appointed consul at Londonderry, Ireland, and was con. Armeil by the Senate, but declined the place. He gave up all other offers of polltleal preferment In order that he might devote all bis time and energy to the Baltimore American, of which he assumed the business management July 4, 186%, after service In the business department. From 1869 for over fifty years he guided the destinles of the oldest newspaper In Amerlea. He worked in full harmony with Mr. C. C. Fulton during his life and Mr. Fulton so appreciated his work that be executed a deed of trust and appointed him sole manager ef the imper.
Being both publisher and editor of the Amerlean. General Agnus built It up to one 'of the great newspapers of the world. Ile was first to see the power of the popular-priced paper and led In bringing the American to its large circulation. He was ploneer in the Sunday field, and for a long time the Sunday Amerleon had no competitor. He sent his special representa- tives to all parts of the world and was a friend and fellow worker with Raymond. Bennett, Jones. Watterson. Forney. Medil, Emory Smith and the great publishers and editors of the second half of the nineteenth century.
When the Baltimore fire of 1904 destroyed the business dis- trlet of Baltimore, it swept away the American's home. tien- eral Agnus at once found facilities for printing his paper in Washington and brought it to Baltimore by special trains. Before the tire was out he had plans for his new building. and these werr for the finest newspaper structure in the South. lle called in the most famous builders of America and said ho wanted the building completed within a year. Nobody thought It could be done, but the day before the year was up the build- Ing was handed over and the paper was printed from it. This was the first big building erected in the fire zone, a beautiful structure of 16 stories, housing the best newspaper plant thai could be srenred. The enterprise of feneral Agnus received warm tributes from all parts of the world. In 1908 General Agnus started the publication of the Baltimore Star, duplicat- Ing In the evening field the success of the American in the morn- ing field. For years the plant on this property has been turn- ing ont daily from six to twelve editions of complete papers. and more copies are printed every twenty-four hours than were printed in a week when General Agnus begin to manage the property. Many of the employees of the American and the Star have been with General Agnus from 20 to 50 years. His staff are remarkable in their long service and tinte loyalty.
General Agnus declined many offers of office. When the Republicans of Maryland were in position to eleet him I'nited States Senator he declined the use of his name. lle also declined important foreign appointments, Ile contined his public work to those things for which he had special liking. such as serving as a member of the board of visitors to the Military Academy at West Point. He found great satisfaction In his work as chairman of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Commission appointed by President Roosevelt. His report on this canal, called "the Agnus report." is universally praised. and on its findings the Government purchased the canal at practically the figure fixed by the Agnus commission. The Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association in convention at Atlan- tic City Detober 5th to Sth., 1920, adopted resolutions calling for the sea level ship canal recommended by the Agnus Com- mission and sent to General Aguns a message of congratula- tlon and felicitation. General Agnus served as a member of the Municipal Court House Commission, a member of the Park Board and other city and State bodies. As foreman of the grand jury he brought important reforms in reformatorios. Ile has been upon scores of local committees and commis- sions and he is a member of many local clubs and business and social organizations. He has been president of the French Society, and a Grand Army Post of the city is named after him. Ile Is a Knight Commander of the French Colonial Order of Nichan-el-Anonar, one of the divisions of the Legion of Honor. Ile has written numerous war stories and a drama. "A Woman of War." in collaboration with Miss Louise Malloy, was pro- duced with success.
In national politics General Agnus has taken a prominent part. lle was on intimate terms with many presidents, and several of them have visited his home. He has been a delegate to presidential conventions for a score of years. In October. 1920, when the largest Republican meeting ever held in the South greeted Senator Harding at the Fifth Regiment Armory. General Agmis was the chairman, and Senator Harding paid him a notable tribute in his speech.
After all, farming is what most delights General Agnus, His country place, Naciroma, in the lovely Green Spring Valley, is one of the most beautiful estates in Maryland. Especially mein- orable In Its records of hospitality is the dinner given to Prosi- dent Frank Thomson, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which was attended by members of the cabinet, the Gridiron Club. the Clover Club, the Press Club of New York, and hundreds of dis- tingulshed guests from all parts of America, Including Theodore Roosevelt. President Taft was it guest at Nacirema, and many statesmen, scholars und editors have been entertained there.
On December 1, 1920, the Baltimore American and the Balti- more Star were sold to Mr. Frank A. Munsey, and General guns retired from journallsin.
RICHARD IL EDMONDS-Continued from page 45.
from Virgiala to Baltimore In 1871. He was educated In the public schools of this city, and In 1875 became a clerk In the office of the old Journal of Commerer, one of the leading com. merelal papers of the country at that time, later on becoming assistant editor : and ont of his connection with that paper grew kis establishment of the Manufacturers Record.
10 1881 Mr. Edmonds married Addie L. Fleld, of Baltimore. a descendent of the celebrated Field family of New England. ont of which emne Cyrus W. Field, David Dudley Field and other noted men In American Ife. He Is a Baptist and active In religious work. For some years he has been one of the trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary of Loufs- ville.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmonds have a winter home at Daytona, Fla .. where he carries on bis editorial work by wire ne actively as when in Baltimore. He has often said that he does not go to Florida to rest, but Lerause in that climate he can work barder and live longer, work being bis one absorbing occupation day and night.
ROBERT CRAIN -- Continued from page 65.
succeeded in having the Legislature of Maryland enaet the necessary legislation crenting the State Board of Agriculture. which placed the college and the State agricultural interests under one head, and as Chairman of the Legislative Committee he secured from the legislature sufficient appropriations to put the College on a firm financial basis.
in June, 1918. the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon kint by the State College of Agriculture.
During the recent war Mr. Crain devoted his time exclusively to war work. In 1917 he was appointed hy Secretary of the Treasury MeAdoo Maryland Director of the National War Sav- ings Committee.
From his early life Mr. Crain has been an active member of the leading clubs of Baltimore, including the Maryland, Balti- more. Baltimore Country, Elkridge Fox Hunting and Baltimore Yacht Cinbs: he is also a member of the Chevy Chase and Corinthian Yacht Clubs of Washington.
Mr. ('rain married Margaret Bennett, daughter of the late Judge William ti. Bennett, of West Virginia, and with their four children, Robert, Jr .. William ti. Bennett, Eleanor Morgan and Margaret Bennett, makes his home at his Mt. Victoria country estate during the summer and early fall months, main- taining a Washington home on Wyoming Avente in the winter months. Mr. Grain maintains at the present time his law offices in the Munsey Building at Washington, D. C.
RICHARD B. DARNALI .- Continued from page 66.
An earlier kinsman had married Elizabeth Lowe, descendant of the lowes of Denby, while the repeated intermarriages of the Darnails and Digges brought another norable strain of blood into the lineage of the Maryland descendants.
Major Nicholas Sewell, of Mattapony, married Miss Darnall. of Poplar Hill, their son. Robert Darnall Sewell, inheriting this beautiful estate from his nnele, for whom he was named. De- scendants of the Roziers, of Notley Hall, are also of the Dar- nali lineage.
Archbishop John Carroll's mother was Eleanor Darnall. The first Charles Carroll, of Doughoregan Manor. married Mary Darnall when she was fifteen years of age. Charles Carroll. most noted signer of the Declaration of Independence and grandson of the first settler. married Miss Darnall. danghter of fienry Darnall, of Prince George's County and Rachel Brooke.
The branch of the Carroll family of which Mr. Darnall's mother is descended was early seated in St. Mary's County. their old homestead at "Susquehanna Point." a most beautiful and ustable estate in southern Maryland. This adjoined Mat- tapony. home of Gov. Charles Calvert. Third Lord Baltimore. after his marriage to the widow of his Provincial Secretary. Col. Henry Sewell. "Susquehanna Point." beautifully situated at the mouth of the Patuxent, was the home of the King's Collector, General Christopher Rousby. Ile was the brother of lohn Rousby. both of their tombs being still preserved there. Capt. Henry farroll, first of this name to own "Susquehanna Point," acquired it through marriage with the neice of Col. John Ronsby, sister and heiress of an officer in the British Navy. At the time of the marriage it is recorded that Captain Carroll's bride brought him a fortune of 3,000 pounds. There are many traditions in the Carroll family about this bride of Captain Henry Carroll. young Araminta Thompson, who was so youthful at the time of the courtship that the gallant Captain bestowed on her imported toys for her amusement rather than the usual gifts of books and flowers. From this marriage descended fiov. Thomas King Carroll, of Kingston Hall, Somer. set f'ounty, and Captain Michael Brown Carroll, of the United States Navy, who distinguished himself under Decatur at Tripoli. Mr. Richard Bennett Darnall has In his possession the sword presented Captain Michael Brown Carroll, his great grandfather. for gallantry in the Tripolitan War.
The Susquehanna Carrolls Intermarried with the Darnall. Van Swearingen, Briscoe. King. Brooke. Brown and Briscoe families and through ties of blood are kin to the Calverts of Mt. Airy, the Stewarts of Aunapolis, and the Cradocks of Balti- more County.
JOHN F. GOUCHER-Continued from page 106.
M. E. church, missions in Italy. 1886 ; Mexleo, 1892: India. 1\97-98 : India, Java, China. Korea and Japan, 1900-07. Aet- ive in establishing and supporting primary and secondary ver- naenlar schools in India : Trustee. I'niversity of Peking ; President, Board West China I'nion I'niversity, etc., ete .- (Ad- illtloual Information. "Who's Who in America.")
Address, Pikeville, Maryland.
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REV. LEANDER M. ZIMMERMAN. D. D .- Continued from page 76.
Ur. Zimmerman Is beloved by men and women of every creed. Among his friends he numbers Catholles, as well as many Hebrews.
"On April 14, 1910, he was dangerously Ill at Johns Hopkins Hospital : being operated upon by Dr. J. C. Bloodgood for appendleltis When on the road to recovery, he received fruits and flowers from hundreds of friends and acquaintances. When he celebrated hls twentieth anniversary as pastor of Christ English Lutheran Church, he received congratulations from Cardlaal Gibbons, Arehblshop Ryan, and from Theodore Roosevelt, who was then President of the P'ulted States, and from a host of other men In public life."
Dr. Zimmerman, through his books, "Reminiscences." "Paths That Cross." "Yvonne." "Dot." "Sparks." "Cordelia." and others which are nationally popular, has in the spirit been enabled to cheer and entertain those whom he was unable to assist In person. Ile has also distributed over two million booklets, etc., which have sown the seeds of happiness.
Dr. Zimmerman has been and is prominent in the Boards of the Intheron Church, and is now president of the Deaconess Board. Ile is unmarried, claiming the Church as his bride, and he resides at 421 Sonth Hanover Street, Baltimore, In the midst of the multitudes whom he serves.
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JAMES HARRY PRESTON-Continued from page 106.
of 1894. and Police Commissioner for four years under Governo! Warfield.
Mr. Preston was the first president of the Commonwealth and Calvert Banks, and is now director and vice-president of the latter: is vice-president of the Company : Colonial Parks Es- tates : a director in the Itevelopment & Seenrities Corporation and the Lornine Electric Railway.
He Is a member of the City and State Bar Associations and Maryland Historleaf Society, Sons of the American Revolution : affiliates with the Masonie order and is a member of the Mary- land. Baltimore, Baltimore Country, Baltimore Yaelit and Green Spring Valley Clubs.
On November 14. 1894. Mr. Preston married Helen, only daughter of Colonel William F. Jackson, prominent business man, and president of the Continental National Bank of Balti- more. Their children are Alice Wieks, James Walter, Mary Bond, Wilber Jackson and Helen Jackson.
Mr. Preston and his family occupy the beantiful home at Charles and Read Streets which formerly housed ex-Governor Frank Brown and his family. Ilis law offices are in the Munsey Building. Baltimore.
JOSIIT'A LEVERING-Continued from page 106.
prior to his visit to China and the Far East, visiting mission fields, and directed the work of the Baptist Church Sunday School. In business and financial circles he is reputed to le one of the most important factors of affairs in Baltimore and vleinity.
Ilis offices are in the Keyser Building. Mr. Levering resides at Reexton, Maryland.
HENRY F. BAKER-Continued from page 106.
social as well as business obligations, and belongs to the Balti- more Country. City. Press. Merchants Clubs and Churchman's Club, and the Pomona Grange. lle served three terms as presi- dent of the Merchants & Manufacturers Association, and four terms as president of the Drug Exchange ; was Maryland Tax Commission chairman, appointed in 1912 by Governor Gold- borough, and treasurer for the Maryland Commission to the Panama Exhibition in 1915.
Mr. Baker married on November 15. 1887, Miss Cora N. Warman, of Trenton, N. J .. and has six children.
IIls offices are in 1205 Garrett Building, Baltimore, and his residence is at Hyde, Maryland.
MATTHEW S. BRENAN-Continned from page 107.
Mr. Brenan married October 5. 1892, Miss Coale Sappingtou. They have one daughter. Miss M. Therese Brenan.
Offices, 15 Sonth Street. Residence, 3401 Greenway, Balti; more.
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HENRY M. WARFIELD-Continued from page 107.
February 10, 1892, and has one daughter, Mrs. Zachary Roberts Lewis.
Business address, Chamber of Commerce Building, Baltimore. Residence, Timonium, Maryland.
HENRY S. WEST-Continued from page 107.
Member Educational Society of Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Club, Baltimore City Club, National Education Association, Society College Teachers of Education, National Society Study of Education. National Association of Directors of Supervised Tenching. Maryland State Teachers' Association, etc.
Married November 17. 1900, Anne Brown Conway Downman. Children, Henry Itownman, Harriot Lee, Julian Montgomery.
Residence, Gal Orkney Road. Othice, School Administration Bullding, Baltimore.
JOHN BARRY MAHOOL-Continued from page 107.
The marriage of Mr. Mahool and Mary Frame, of Baltimore, took place on October 19, 1893. Two children were born to the union. George F., the eller, was Caplain of Battery B. 45th Artillery, in the World War, and died at Camp Ensiis, October 13, 1918. The younger Is John Barry Mahool, Junior.
Offices, 121 S. Calvert street. Residence, 2437 Maryland avenue, Baltimore.
T. HARRY ULI RICII. Ph. G., M. D .- Continued from page 71. 1919. bo was detecbed to enter Sorbonne I'niversity ; June 26th received orders to return to the l'uited States, I'pon his arrival at Brest he was designated senior medleal officer of P. S. Insperster with a passenger list of 14.000, mostly soldiers, 500 female nursey, S7 war brides: arrived in the I'nited States without a Urth, death of development of contagions disease. Colonel I'llrich was mustored out of the service Inly auth, 1919, Camp Dix. N. J .. to return to bis hospital and private practice. Dr. Porich fe a member of the Medical and Chirurgical FaceBy of Maryland. the American. Southern and Baltimore City Medical Sorieties, and the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. He belongs to the Rotary, Concord, and Maryland Country Clubs : Is an Elk. a member of the following Masonic bodies. Waverly Lodge, Chesapeake Chapter. Crusade Commandery. Grand Comboaudery of Maryland, Bonmi Temple, and at 32nd degres Yrisoll.
In Inne. 1901. Dr. I'llrich married Sallie A. Rittenhouse. They have one son, James tottenhouse, aged 12.
Residence, 704 Cathedral Street. Offices, 11 N. Carey Street. Baltimore.
MORRIS S. LAZARON-Continued from page 108.
lala Training School in October, 1919, and commissioned First Ijentenant and Chaplain. November 7. 1919; being honorably released from service la December. 1919.
Is author of the following books : "Side Arms." (prayers. meditations and readings for soldiers and sailors, ; a book of readings and prayers for use in Big Brother Work, etc.
Rabbi Lazaton and Miss Panline Horkheimer were married at Whenthay, West Virginia, May 1, 1916. They have two children. Morris, Jr., and Harold! V.
Icesidence, 1712 Linden Avenue.
RUEL K. COMPTON - Continued from page 111.
pal Improvement : past President. Engineers Club of Baltimore : member American Road Builders Association and American Association of Engineers
Colonel Compton married Miss Elinore Stansbury Hongh in 1894. Ilas one son. Ruel Keith Compton, III.
Offices, 214 East Lexington St. Residence, 1404 Park Ave. Baltimore, Md.
COL. JOIN KEATING-Continued from page 141.
With all these varied and important interests, one might think Col. Keating would have no further time for other mat- ters : but not so. He takes vivid interest in home-town affairs and lends a hand in development of samo wherever and when- ever necessary. And it may be said that his advice and support is often asked and as often cheerfully rendered.
When Cumberland needed a hotel. Col. John Keating was one of the hardest workers in organizing a company which, in 1:17. created the Port Cumberland Hotel. He was a leader in advancing the project that eventually landed the Kelly-Spring- teld company plant in Cumberland, a $10,000,000 enterprise. now ander construction. and was a large contributor to the undertaking, Col. Keating is vice-president of the cumberland Development Company, organized in 1915 to carry through the plan for loenting the plant in Cumberland.
Since 1911, by appointment of the Governor of Maryland. he has been a director of the Western Maryland Hospital at Com- berland, to-day, through his earnest efforts and those of his fellow-directors, one of the most np-to-date institutions of its character in Western Maryland.
A many-sided man of powerful convictions is Col. John Keat- ing, as is noted herein. lle is recognized as the leader in Dem- ocratie circles in this section of Maryland and Is, and has been for years, an important factor in the fortunes of the Democratic party in this State. Ilis advice is often sought by Democratic leaders nt Baltimore and he has represented his party on important occasions many times. In addition to having been a delegate from Maryland which nominated Gov. Cox for the Presidency, Col. Keating in 1900 was a delegate from this State to the National Democratie Convention at Kansas City which nomInated Bryan. - Ile was also an alternate delegate-at-large to the convention which nominated Andgo Alton B. Parker.
In 1911 Col. Keating was tendered the nomination for Comptroller on the ticket with Austin I. Crothers, but declined it. Governor Crothers later appointed Mr. Keating ranking Colonel on his staff.
Col. and Mrs. Keating reside in their pretentions home on Washington street. Cumberland, and 'tis here that the Colonel and his hospitable wife entertain and receive their scores of friends from time to time. They live a quiet. American family life with their children, for despite Col. Keating's activities and wide general acquaintance, he loves his home. le is a member of the Maryland Club of Baltimore, also of the Cumberland Country Club: is athliated with Cumberland Lodge No. 63. Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. A staunch Catholic. Col. Keating. as are the members of his family, belong to St. Patrick's Church. Cumberland. As a strong supporter of the Catholic Church, Col. Keating is known to foster its advance. ment financially in every way, meeting every demand, yet he is not hidebound, for. as is well known in Cumberland, the Keating contribution to each and every publie or charitable request. is regnlar and consistent with the merit of the demand.
On September 23, 1846, Col. Keating married Miss D. G. O'Reilly, of Worcester, Massachusetts, by which marriage thete are two children. Katharine D. Keating, and John Keating. Ir. Col. Keating's first wife. Miss Sarah Hughes, of Baltimore, whom he married on February 8. 1SSS, died in Cumberland in 1893. leaving one son. Vincent Keating, who is a graduate of Mt. St. Mary's. Emmittsburg, and a graduate of the I'niversity of Virginia. Vincent Konting is now puesning a journalistie career.
Miss Kathleen Keating. the only daughter, is a graduate of the Sacred Heart College. Eden Hall, near Philadelphia, and John Keating. Jr., n regular chip off the old block, is a student at Georgetown Prep School, Garret Park. Md.
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HON, JAMES J. ARCHER.
Hon. James J. Archer, lawyer, and former State Senator, Was born in Bel Air, Maryland. on August 12. 1864, the son of Henry W. and Mary E. Archer, He derived his earlier educa- tion in a private school at Bel Air. Md .. Bel Air Academy and West Nottingham Academy, where he prepared for Princeton University. le entered Princeton in 1 79 and graduated in 1853, with degree of A. B. In iss5 he received the A. M. degree from the latter institution. He was graduated from the University of Maryland Law School in INSS, after a two years' course, and was admitted to practice in the Third Judicial Cirenit of Maryland.
In addition to practicing in the Third Judicial Circuit of Maryland, Senator Archer also is a member of the Court of Appeals of Maryland. le practices in Baltimore City and in the adjoining counties, and maintains law offices at Bel Air. Md.
In politles he has always been a Democrat, and while taking an active interest In the political affairs of his State and County, has never sought office except on one occasion, when he was elected to the Maryland State Senate from Hartford County in the fall of 1913. where he served throughout the sessions of 1914 and 1916. lle is one of the Democratic electors for Mary- land in the Presidential election to be held this fall, having been appointed by the Democratie State Convention in Baltimore City in May last.
Senator Archer is a member of the Maryland Club, the Balti- more Club and the Baltimore Country Club. He is nnmarried and resides at Bel Alr, Maryland.
GEORGE WILKINSON CAMERON.
George Wilkinson Cameron, prominent member of the Balti- more Bar, was born in Springfield, Ohio, on March 28, 1570. His parents were Robert H. and Eliza Virginia Cameron,
Mr. Cameron received his primary education at Baltimore City College and his legal education was attained at the Uni- versity of Maryland.
Innediately after completing his studies at the University of Maryland. Mr. Cameron became a member of the Baltimore Bar and has continued to practice in that city for the past twenty- five years.
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