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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21

while the small veins, six feet and
four feet, have been running about
two days week. Scarcity of orders
and market Overstotked are the
causes alleged.
The ice houses about town have all
been filled during the past week. Mr..
George Warwick took advantage of
the fine ice on deep hole, Savage
river, and put away about two car
loads OF ten inch ice. The Brydon
ice house was filled with ice from
Luke and Mr.. Miller received his sup
| ply from Mt. Lake Park.
a man by the name of Fausnaught
while riding his bicycle between Pied
mont and Keyser on last Monday
dropped dead from heart disease.
Mrs. Pearce Reed, living on Dry
Fork about six or eight miles from
Crab Tree station, died on last Fri
day from the effects of burns received
about three weeks prior. She was
sitting in front of the stove feeding
her babe when her attention was at
tracted by the smell of smoke and
! looking down noticed that her little
four-year-old boy, playing with a
burning stick, had set fire to her
dress. She became excited, threw
here babe on the bed, ran out of doors
and started for the home of her
mother, short distance away. She
was soon enveloped in flames and be-
fore she arrived at her mothers her
hips, back and legs were terribly
burned. She leaves a husband and
three small children. She was buried
last Monday morning, Rev. Howard,
of this place, officiating.
The big" meeting in the NJ. Z.
church, which is now in it's eighth
week, is still going on and sinners are
! getting very scarce.
Mr.. Will Barnard, the late nominee
on the Democratic ticket for county
commissioner, is receiving bids for
the erection of a commodious dwell
ing near the county road, opposite
the old Barnard homestead. Work
will be commenced in the spring and
he wants to have his home completed
by early summer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21

and elevated impulses, and asserts
that he is rendering obedience to
popular mandate, proceeds to outline
the program which will be laid before
the General Assembly The latter is
to provide for new enumeration of
the population of Maryland as
means of correcting the ''palpable err
rors and dangerous and unjust results
in certain of the counties under the
recent Federal census and to sup
ply a basis for fair and just reap
portionment; to pass new election
law in order to remedy such pretend
ed evils as the exercise of the suffrage
by many thousands of voters not
bone tide residents of the State who
''are permitted to register and 90 to
the polls, and by their votes material
ly influence, and in some quarters alb
solutely control. the votes of our resi-
dent population" to suppress bribery
at elections, and to pass an enabling
act authorizing the city of Baltimore
to provide, without further delay, an
adequate sewerage system.
Governor Smiths excuses-the doe
ument accompanying the call can
hardly be designated by any other
name-are lame and singularly cow
ardly. People were prepared for
buncombe about the sewerage and
the State census, but they thought
that the Governor would attempt
some explanation of the disfranchise-
ment scheme by which the bosses
hope to put German and his spoils-
men in power again.
The Governor does not even dare to
mention the illiterates. The purity
and secrecy of the ballot can be &C
complished, he assures us, without
interference with the legal rights of
any voter
When the gang passes the measure
that is to destroy universal suffrage
in this State these words should cut
in derision on the tombstone that will
mark Governor Smiths political
grave. After weeks of silent plotting,
in which a few of the holder parti-
sans had the courage to say some
thing about negro domination and
the dangers of the illiterate vote. the
Governor suddenly does as he is bid,
but lacks the moral courage to use
his bosses arguments.
AS early as January % it was an
nounced that an extra session would
be called. The plan then formulated
lacked not a single essential detail of
the proposal now so unctuously pa
raded as an inspiration from the peo-
pie. Did hypocrisy ever affect the
habiliments of virtue with greater
show of audacity, and was ever pub
lie official more obedient to the be-
hests of a discredited clique of ring
sters? If so, the political history of
Maryland fails to show it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21

Newspaper Frauds.

"Non-partisan" papers, edited by
partisans, are the most patent hum
bugs of the age. In commenting up
on public matters they start out non
partisan, but wind up partisan. They
are simply frauds. A partisan paper
is the more to be admired. 1t sacra-
fees patronage for principle. 1t is
more honest, for it does not play for
both sides, and does not pretend to
be anything than partisan. There is
nothing antagonistic to honesty in
being partisan, and there is every in
ducement to dishonesty in being nom
partisan or independent. The most
despicable object is partisan who
pretends to conduct a non-partisan
or independent paper, and then by
his acts endorses every principle and
policy which his party espouses.-
Westminster Md Advocate.
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Bloomington.

Mrs. n. G. Gutherie, mother of Rev.
Charles Gutherie, of Baltimore, who
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Kemp for the past two months, left
for Terra Alta Wednesday morning
to spend short time with her sister,
Mrs. Jones, before returning to Balti-
more.
Messrs. Os Bros, who have been
operating saw mill near Swanton,
are completing arrangements to go
out of the business early in the spring
The stock in the store at the mill is
being disposed Of as rapidly as posi-
BILE and all broken packages remain
ing will be sold at wholesale prices.
One of the brothers has purchased a
farm of $50 acres some ten or twelve
miles east of Cumberland and will de-
vote his time in the future to agricul-
tural pursuits.
The mines in this vicinity are run
ming on short time. The big vein
and gas coal average about half time
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21

AT the request of the editor we sub
nit few items for the consideration
of THE REPUBLICANS readers.
Our schools are preparing for an
entertainment at the close of the
term.
Miss Sallie Frazee spent Sunday
out of town with Mr.. and Mrs. G. F.
Right and family.
Little Elwood Englehart is quite ill.
Our farmers have been making
good use of the snow hauling lime
stone and coal. Sleighing, too, by
the young people has been fayorlte
pastime.
The new German Lutheran minis
ter was installed on Sunday morning.
We are unable to give bis hame at
this writing.
F. j. Glotfelty, of Cherry Tree
Meadows, was in town Tuesday after
noon attending to business matters.
Dr. Ravenscroft was quite busy
last week prescribing for and calling
upon the sick.
ExConstable Silas Teats, of Oak
Hill, was in town Tuesday. He re-
ports everything prospecting in that
locality.
G. c. Speicher spent parts of Fri
day and Saturday in Markleysburg,
Pa
Our merchants report business as
little slack at this time.
Another storm is raging this IT ues-
day. evening.
Mr.. VIM. Englehart is making prep
aration to erect a large barn on his
farm east of town.
w. NJ. Frazee will erect dwelling
on Part of the Beeghley farm.
Late ARRIVAL daughter at Mr.
and Mrs. John Garinger's.
Hoffman Bros. have received their
saw mill and will soon be ready for
business.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21

of Hampshire, who have been quite
sick with pneumonia, are much bet
ter.
Joseph Changere, a Hungarian,
who had been stopping with Frank
Young, of Hampshire, since last Octo-
Der suffering with consumption, and
who, because he had no relatives to
take care of him and no money for
medical attention and board. was
sent to the poor farm ten or twelve
days ago, died at that institution last
week.
1t is said by great many people
that West Virginia never hangs a
criminal. There are IS now in the
State under sentence of death and
We shall soon see how many of these
soothsayers belong to the Tom Pepper
brigade, and how many criminals get
it where the chicken got the axe.
Mrs. Sallie Spicer, of Grantsville, is
visiting her brother, Samuel Harsh
barger
Miss Louise Ravenscroft, of Wet
ernport, accompanied Miss Halle
Barnard home on last Saturday and
will spend IL few DAYS as her guest.
Capt. Oscar Alternately, a proni-
nent young Republican OF Hamp-
shire, and well known during the late
presidential campaign as an officer in
the Rough Riders Marching Club of
Savage, is quite sick with grip and
its complications at the residence of
Mr.. Foy on Hampshire Hill, where he
is boarding.
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Governor Smiths Extra Session Call.


That long promised but repeatedly
delayed call for an extra session of
the General Assembly has at last
made its appearance and will be found
in another column. 1t is accompan
led by letter addressed Ito the peo-
pie of Maryland, in which Governor
Smith ostensibly sets forth his rea-
sons for issuing the call. In reality,
however, it is plea of justification
carefully elaborated to bolster up a
bad cause.
For weeks His Excellency had put
off all inquirers who desired to know
whether an extra session would be
called with the answer that he had
not yet made up his mind, and that
before coming to a conclusion he de-
sired to ascertain fully and unmis-
takably the state of public sentiment
on the subject. The letter, however,
bears all the ear marks of elaboration
and painstaking revision. 1t must
have been long in preparation, and
suggests pointedly that the delay III
issuing the call was due less to any
indecision on the Governors part
than to pauoty of substantial and
convincing argument in support of
the contemplated assault on free and
unrestricted suffrage.
Mr. Smiths labored defense will de-
ceive no one. Neither the reference
to the ''diligent and extensive in
quiry'' that he claims to have insti-
tuted in order to learn the views of
citizens, nor the artfully worded pres
entation of the alleged reasons which,
in his opinion, render an extra session
imperative, can dissipate, or weaken
in the slightest degree the wide
spread belief that the action taken is
prompted by VIGOROUSLY partisan
motives and is designed to promote
Extensively partisan purposes.
The Governor, after stilted and
high flown preface, in which he claims
TO be actuated by the most patriotic
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
GOVERNMENT ROAD WORK.
What is Being Done to Stimulate Highway
Improvement.


The good roads question is today
the subject of vast agitation begun
first by wheelmen, taken up by the
government and now a matter of leg
islative consideration the country
over. As a result ten States have ex-
hibits at the present universal expo
sition in Paris illustrating how per-
feet roads ought to be built. This
from a country that still has in part
the worst roads in the world is rather
daring, but it is also an indication of
what is being done. The ten States
in question know what they are talk
ing about. They had the worst roads
and now they have-or at least they
are constructing-the best.
1t will be a matter of news to many
to learn that the United States gov
eminent has gone into the road ques-
ton in the most energetic and thor
ough manner imaginable, and hav-
ing, through the department of agri-
culture, studied what constitutes a
good road and why good roads are
needed, has gone to work to spread
the information and teach the people.
1t has experiment stations in every
State in the Union, where lessons in
road making are taught. Hundreds
of pamphlets showing just how a good
road is constructed and how it may
be preserved have been published by
the government and may be had for
the asking. Object lessons in road
building are given annually in every
State in the Union, when in some
worst sections quarter or half, or
even mile, of excellent roadway is
constructed, and the people show how
and why it ought to be done. These
object lessons, begun in 1894, have
done more than anything else to start
the great movement which is now
furthering the construction of perfec
roads the land over.
The government, in these exhibit
tions, ordinarily constructs three spec
linen roads-a modern macadam, a
sand and an ordinary dirt road. When
these roads are completed, heavy
farm wagon, loaded with produce. is
drawn over each of them, and the
amount of force required to haul it is
determined by the use of a tracko-
meter. This instrument is so con-
structed as to accurately regiter every
pound the horses pull at every stage
of the haul in plain view of those in
its vicinity. 1t is made clear by these
experiments that team harnessed in
the ordinary way is subject, under
the best conditions, to continuous
jerking motion, which must, on even
the smoothest country road, greatly
increase its fatigue.
On a dirt road in bad condition this
jerking becomes a succession of heavy
blows transmitted to the team by
means of a collar. They are cruell y
painful, bruising the shoulders, har-
RAISING and torturing the animals,
constantly lessening their value as
well as directly decreasing the amount
of the load that it is possible to haul.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21

DccE
Mrs. l.. Lohm has returned from
week visit to Grafton relatives.
Mr.. A. Freeland was an Oakland
visitor Monday.
Will Wolf, of Bloomington, spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Chas. r.
Savedge.
Miss Effie Enlow, of near Oakland,
is on visit to her sister, Mrs. John
Speicher.
Miss Mary Baldwin, of Elk Garden,
w. Va, is the guest of Mrs. Edward
Grimm.
Mr.. John Elliott was an Oakland
visitor Tuesday.
Miss Prudence Rhodeheaver, who
has been spending the winter with
Swanton relatives, returned home
Sunday.
Miss Irene Jankey returned to
Cumberland Monday.
Robert Marville, of near Friends
vile, is visiting his mother. Mrs.
Cynthia Marville.
Miss desmond Wheeler is visiting
friends in Oakland this week
Miss Kathryn Lohm is visiting rel
atiyes in Grafton.
Misses Mayme and Margaret Grimm
spent Tuesday with Oakland friends
Miss Edith Marville and Miss Grace
Morley spent Sunday with Altamont
friends.
Messrs. w B. Miller and w. r.
Thrasher are in Swanton this week
getting materials in shape to begin
the erection of Hon. A F. Georges
new residence.
Messrs. G. s. Laughlin and William
Grimm are Piedmont visitors this
week.
H. H. Hartman, of Alma, w. Va,
who has been visiting friends in town
the past week, returned home Mon
day.
Miss Georgia Hoye, who has been
quite i'll with la grippe, is able to be
out again.
Miss Anna Grant, of Oakland, was
calling on Deer Park friends last
Thursday.
H. r. Shank, of Swanton, was in
town Sunday.
Miss Edith Marville is visiting
friends in Cumberland.
w. Z. Burwell, manager OF the
Queen City Hotel was in town Mon
day.
Hubert Cassidy, of Rowlesburg, is
in town this week
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. j. Harvey and son
Victor are visiting relatives in Cans,
Pa.
J. l.. Fitzwater and daughter Miss
Maggie, of Beckman, and Miss Pearl
George, of Swanton, were visiting rel
atives in town Saturday.
j. E. kootz, of Angola; p. S. Wen
son, Grafton; H. A. Lloyd, Baltimore;
Jonas Beachy, Bittinger; j. w. Ches-
ley, Washington, d. c., and j. NJ.
Hoyes, Pittsburg, have registered at
the Freeland House since last week.
The revival service in the NJ. f..
church is still continued. a cordial
welcome is extended to all.
Married, at the residence of Rev.
w. E. George, Wednesday evening,
|
Feb. 10, by Rev. j. s. Harvey, Miss
Annie NJ. Wright and Mr.. w. A.
Bowen, of Altamont. May they have
a happy and prosperous journey
through life. MA.
Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21

All persons are hereby warned not to tres
pass upon the lands of the undersigned stu
ated in Election District No. - OF Garrett
county, comprising Military Lots Nos. 122,
l26, 127, $780, 13l, 1, 49, 1885, 1856, 49, 1885, l39 49,
AL 142, 49, IA. 145, Jag, 147 14S, ISL 1885, 1862 l6
and $50 acres of Bank Territory and also the
tract of land called "Senior and Junior
All persons found trespassing either for the
purpose of hunting or fishing will be prose-
cuted to the fullest extent of the law.
JAS. II. WILSON.
DANIEL II. HARVEY,
DANIEL WILSON,
j. T. HARVEY.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
ORDER MIST.

Edward L. Sollars. late Treasurer, V. John
D. Skiles.
No. ~ Trials to December Term, 1897 In the
Circuit Court for Garrett County.
ordered. this 18th day of February 1901 nv
the Circuit Court for Garrett County. that
the sales of the real estate mentioned in
these proceedings made by the County Com
missioners of Garrett county be and the
less cause to the contrary thereof be shown
ON or before the 18th day of March, 1901:
provided copy of this order be published in
some newspaper published i'll Garrett coun-
before the 18th day of March. 1901.
The report states the amount of sales to be
$39700 ~ ~
DAVID W. SLOAN.
True copy-Test:
f. u. TOWER, Clerk
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
ROAD Petition,

This is to give notice that thirty DAYS after
the first publication Of this notice, the I'M
ders1gned will petition the County Commits
sIoners of Garrett county to relocate the
road leading from Brit Warnick's farm to
the National Road, said location to leave the
National Road at point near U. NJ. Stan
tons barn and running through the lands
of .. NJ. Stanton and Brit Warwick to inter-
sect the old road near Gnagy's water trough.
ing to make an easier grade and get away
from the railroad.
JACOB GNAGY,
RALPH ENGLE.
ID 3t ROSS COMPTON.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

This is to give notice, That the subscriber
Of Garrett county, hath obtained from the
Orphans Court of Garrett County, in Mary
land. Letters of Testamentary on the per
Sonal estate of
HENRY FELIX,
late of Garrett county, deceased. All per-
sons having claims against the deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof legally authenticated to
the subscriber on or before the Goth day of
July next; they may otherwise by law
be excluded from all benefit of said estate. All
persons knowing themselves indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate
payment.
Given under my hand this 10th day Of
January, 1901.
JACOB FELIX, Executor.
453 Accident, Nd.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21

For OVER hundred years the peo-
pie of the State of Maryland have en-
ioyed the right to vote without edu-
cational or property qualification.
Now, at the beginning of the TWEEN
tieth century the Democratic party
proposes to humiliate and deprive
them of their sovereignty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
ROAD PETITION.

This is to give notice that thirty days after
the publication of this notice the undersigned
will petition the County Commissioners of
Garrett county to relocate the road leading
from Whites to the Beckman road, said 10
cation to leave road at east end of william
Whites lane and running through the lands
of VIM. White, Charles Wager and Andrew
Helbig to intersect road at top of Yager's
hill. a distance of about / mile the object
being to make a better grade.
w. 5. FRIEND.
q. b. NJ. FRIEND,
A. 1t w. II. SMOUSE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
AUDITORS NOTICE.

Peter Nathan. Trustee, VS.. Beachy & Oren-
dorf. No. 1888 Equity. In the Circuit
Court for Garrett County.
Notice is hereby given to the creditors of
Beachy Il Orendorf to file their claims prom
erly authenticated, in the above cause with
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Garrett
county, on or before the 18th day of Febru-
airy, 1901, as shall on that day proceed to
state an audit distributing the funds in the
hands of Peter Nathan, Trustee.
473t Auditor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21

To THOSE who are acquainted with
Democratic election methods in Wor-
cester county, what Governor Smith
says about stamping out bribery at
the polls, is enough to make peach
trees bloom in mid-winter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
Bloomington.


Piedmont Independent
Rev. Mr.. Thomas, of Mt. Savage,
accompanied by his wife and son, was
here the first of the week to assist
Rev. Cecil in his protracted meeting,
which is still going on and full of in
terest. Mr.. Thomas was compelled
to return to his charge on Wednesday,
but expects to come back on Friday
to further assist in the good work
that is doing so much for the youth
of our town.
Diphtheria is reported in the fam
lily of Joseph Buckee, living at the
Mackie lumber mill, near Everett s
Tunnel, this county.
Frank Young, of Hampshire, ex-
poets to move his family to Simpson
on Saturday. He has secured work
at that place and will be accompanied
by Joe Shingler.
Squire Moody, who has been con
fined to his room for the past week
with rheumatism, following an at
tack of the grip, is gradually improv-
ing. Mrs. Thomas Burke, who has
been quite ill with the same trouble
is able to move around her room.
The railroad cyclone in the shape
of derailed car that sidewiped the
little home of Robert Morehead, at
Empire, is causing him and his wife
Il great deal of Inconvenience. The
front porch was completely torn away
and one portion of the building so
twisted on its foundation that there
is hole two feet by eight feet in the
roof where the front and back build
ings join, more than ample for venti-
lation this zero weather. Bob" was
led to believe, at the time of the ac-
cident, that the railroad company
would take great pleasure in restor-
ing the house to the proper shape
and promptly make all needed re-
pairs. Up to this time nothing further
has been said and no repairs of any
kind been made, and his confidence
in the promiaes of certain railroad
employees is somewhat shaken and he
is now after legal redress.
The trackmen on the w. Va. G. Il
p. r. r. have been reduced to two
days per week for this month.
Our postmistress, Mrs. Fannie Bart
lett, was compelled to forego duty for
a few days this week on account of
sickness.
Thursday was pay day at the mines
in this neighborhood We heard no
one say he was sorry.
The two children of Widow Phares,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

This is to give notice, That the Subscriber.
of Somerset county, Penna.. hath obtained
from the Orphans Court of Garrett County,
i'll Maryland. Letters Testamentary on the
personal estate of
JOHN j. BRENNEMAN,
late of Garrett county, deceased All per
sons having claims against the deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same with the
vouchers thereof legally authenticated to
the subscriber. on or before the 9Th day Of
May next; they may otherwise by law be
excluded from all benefit of said estate All
persons knowing themselves indebted to
sald estate are requested to make immediate
payment.
Given under our hands this 9Th day OF
February, 1901.
NARY j. BRENNEMAN
MANASSEH J. BRENNEMAN
- Executors.
Bittinger, Md. 40 m
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21

If John Walter Smith could not
read or write what would be his opin-
ion of Governor that would call an
extra session of the Legislature for the
purpose of DISTINGUISHING him?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21

State Of Maryland, County Of Garrett, SIS.
/, L. G. Palmer, Cashier of the above
named bank, do sOlemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
U. G. PALMER, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
Goth day of February, 1901
JOHN FELTY. JR.,
Notary Public.
CoRRECT-Attest f. a. THAYER.
E. a. BROWNING.
f. +. SOLLARS,
Directors.
sc Opened for business Nov. 20, 1900.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
Notice to Trespassers.

Notice is hereby given to all persons not
to trespass upon my lands lying near Nc
Henry, known as "Crabtree Bottom" either
by riding, driving or passing over the same
or throwing down the fences. All persons
so trespassing will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law
44-3# ANDREW SCROLL