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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-16
A Standing Army Is a
Necessity; a Great Standing
Army a Menace
By Bishop E. R. HENDRIX of Kansas City

STANDING army is a NECESSARY evil, like a con-
stabulary police force. A great standing army,
especially in republic, is MENACE to the liberties
of the people. More than in France it has meant
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-16

unto the stage RESPECT AND ESTEEM WHICH ARE ITS
DUE remember that the institution founded the
church, the theaer audience church congregation the
first stage altar and THE FIRST ACTORS WERE
PRIESTS Long the
and side by side with Christianity it has survived the centuries eab
fishing itself beyond question the potent factors
mental enlightenment and MORAL CIVILIZATION.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-16
HGW TO REPAIR ROADS.
Highways Must Have Constant
Attention.

Attention.
Charles Williams, a contractor in
Connersville, Ind, gives Il few points
Oh road repair in a paper before
farmers institute which will be of
interest: Now, some points on how
to keep roads in good condition, and
how TO repair them. A road must
have constant attention, if it is TO be
of any use or value.
whenever rut forms, it should
be repaired at once. The road should
be graded in the spring and graveled
in the fall. The road will then be hard
and smooth, and the gravel will be
packed down, but not worn out be-
fore bad weather sets in. 1t depends
on what shape the crown of the road
is in what the condition of the road
will be for travel through tn. winter;
if the crown is in good shape, it will
shed the water to the side bitches,
and if they are in good shape the
road will remain dry and solid.
Nov | will tell few ways to spoil
n good road:
The surest way is to use the road
grader and pile all the mud, sod and
weeds from the sides and bitches iuto
the center of the road This makes
the road soft and muddy, and it will
be impossible for the next coat of
gravel to unite with the old road bed.
The result is the road will be spongy.
( The best plan is to scrape it up into
piles and haul it to some gully, of
which all roads have a few, and
dump it there.
The road grader is good roa d
builder in the hands of a man that
knows how TO use it, but otherwise
he will do IA great deal of damage.
Another way to spoil road is to
make the crown so steep that all the
travel will take the center. The re-
suit is the road is worn out in the
center, and no use has been made Of
the remainder of the road. The CEN
ter is cut up by three gulleys, which
hold water and cause the road to be
soft and muddy when it would other
wise be in good shape
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-16
CAPTURES BRIDE AT Homecoming
Marriage of DR.. w. H. Ryand, of
MeyersdaIe, and Miss Schuyler,
SoIemnized.

Miss Mary Schuyler, of Homecoming.
and DR.. w. H. Ryland, until recently
of Grantsyille, now of Meyersdale,
Pa, were married Friday evening, by
Rev. Charles y. Jones, of the NJ. E.
Church. The wedding was private
and there were no attendants. I'm
mediately after the ceremony a recep-
ton was held at the home of the
brides father on the Island, only a
few intimate friends of the contract
ing parties being present.
Dr. and Mrs. Ryland left Saturday
morning for st Louis, where they
will visit the Exposition. After a
ten days absence in western cities
they will return to Meyersdale, where
they will reside.
The bride-elect is the handsome
and accomplished daughter of Mr..
James Schuyler, county treasurer. and
is one of Lonaconing's most popular
Young ladies. DR.. Ryland is a sue
cesssul dentist, enjoying a large and
profitable practice, and possesses the
friendship and esteem of wide circle
of friends.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-16

TROUBLE comes to all of us. The
lions and inconsolable griefs Death
has left its shadows across almost ev-
cry hearthstOne and its constant raw
ages ever approaching near to us fill
the bravest spirits with terror. But
20 us the rainbow of hope has been
ever present. We have never believed
that eXistance was purposeless. The
same all-prevailing Power, whose
handiwork jeweled the heavens with
stars, who leveled the plains, who
lifted up the mountains and taught
the rivers to run down to the sea, de-
signed our being and contemplated
our destiny.
What it shall be we do not know.
How it shall come we cannot tell.
Whether it shall come as the old
prophets thought, ''amid the clash of
worlds or wreck of matter" or as the
gentle beauty of a May morning we
cannot see. But it will come. 1t
will be just as easy for this world to
end as it was for it to begin; and
there is much greater reason for the
ending than there is for the begin
ming. The inequality of this world
must be somewhere adjusted. Here
wrong is sometimes triumphant, in
solent power occasionally victorious
and unblemished virtue misiudged
and misunderstood.
AS surely as the sun shines, the
time will come when the one will be
punished, and the other rewarded,
and when equal and exact justice.
the most glorious phrase known to
any language shall be meted out to
all.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-16
THE REPUBLICAN.
BENZ. Il. SlNcELL. Editor and Proprietor

MANY men have been obscure i'll
their origin aud birth, but great and
glorious IL life and death. They
have been born and nutured Oh farms
or villages but have reigned and
triumphed in cities. They were first
laid in managers of poverty and OBJ
security. but have afterwards become
possessors of thrones and palaces.
Columbus was the son of a weaver
and a weavsr himself Homer was
the son of a small farmer. Demos
themes was the son of a cutler. The
biography of ten of our presidents Is
the story of poor BOYS. John Adams,
second President, was the son of a
grocer of limited means. Andrew
Jackson was born in a log hut in
North Carolina and was reared in the
pine woods for which the State is
famous. James X. Polk spent his
early life tOiling on a farm in North
Carolina. Willard Fillmore was born
in a small town in the Allegheny
mountains. His father cut the logs
of which their cabin home was built.
Abraham Lincoln was the son of II
wretchedly poor farmer in Kentucky
and lived in a cabin until he was
twenty-one. Andrew johnson was
apprenticed to tailor at the age OF
ten years by his widowed mother
T. S. Grant lived the life of village
boy in a plain house on the Ohio
River. This house is now on exhibit
tion at the st. Louis exhibition.
James A. Garfield was born in a log
cabin. Grover Cleveland's father
was Presbyterian minister with a
large family and small salary. Will
liam Mckinley's home was plain and
his father worked hard to keep him
in school. Thus you al see that
poverty is often beacon light guild
ing Industrious, honest young men
to fame and fortune, No young man
in glorious America has cause to be
discouraged because he was born in
poverty. From the most humble
walks of life have sprung our greatest
and best men and women.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-16
One Fare for the Round Trip to the
Republican National Convention
Chicago, ILL.,, Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad.
Ohio Railroad.

Account Republican National Con-
vention, at Chicago, Ills, June 1924,
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany will place on sale Excursion
Tickets to that point on June 16sh
to goth, inclusive, good returning un-
til June Goth, 1904, inclusive.
Call on Ticket Agents for full infor-
nation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-16

O
gios Under the BEST discipline army life demorang whether
in times of peace Men withdrawn
commercial and industrial only producers
forget the very which make producers
from the regular army usually unfit for anything but ed
labor and with such aversion that often be useless
their employers who be moved by SENTIMENT give them
work London tell the of the countless discharged soldiers
rdcoa whom General Booth as he began his
Christian mission, which he finally gave the "Saaon
Army in order appeal the military every
other instinct long dead His industrial
taken them from the idle
hours in barracks and camp usually spent gambling
WORSE.
he declared that old soldiers home should
great fort with its regiments of regulars He knew well the
habits of veterans have his exposed the
vices NO LONGER CONTROLLED We breathed easier
when regular army reduced after the campaign the Philip
pnes when knew what vices undermining the health and
morals of thousands young another hemisphere May
expose few possible such evils of life
land with its self reliant manhood quick respond in time of national
peril be depended furnish additional force
sides moderate sized regular army WITHOUT INVOKING
ALL THE EVILS WHICH COME OF LARGE STANDING
FORCES such cursed the assembled troops Mission Ridge waiting
for orders during with Spain
THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL is BETTER THAN A STANDING
OF MILLION MEN TO SUCH NATION AS AMERICA,
KEEPER
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-16
Dodson Man Buys Extensive Coal
Tract.

William Burns, of Dodson. has
purchased an extensive coal tract on
Rich Mountain, in Randolph county,
w, Va, three thousand acres of
which lie on Roaring Creek, which
has one of the most celebrated coal
deposits IN West Virginia. The veins
on Roaring Creek on the Marshall,
Scott and Rowan farms range from
six to seven feet in thickness. On the
summit of Rich Mountain, the aver
age thickness is from five to six feet.
Coal and timber lands hereabout are
in great demand.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-16
There Should Be
More Bible Study

NJ. Secret of the Treasury
IT HE Bible not taught in the public schools and do
- not say ought be taught there. In busy life it
~ taught in our homes.
1T is SELDOM TAUGHT EVEN IN THE PULPIT You
will learn much about salvation and the plan for redemption
you listen to the but YOU Bible
depend upon getting knowledge of from the pulpit
THE ONLY THE BIBLE is
TAUGHT
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-16

In addition to the above handsome
ly printed souvenirs of the occasion
showing the building in which the
school was organized, its present home
and half-tone engravings of many of
its officers will be distributed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-16

What the morals of the drama? Why have they been
sweepngy condemned In the umbest playhouse the country
will nightly witness the reward of and the confusion of the
wicked The meeo play of the modern playwright
be laid at the door of the who speaks the lines THE EVIL
ORIGINATES IN THE BOX OFFICE long the public
paonizes the problem play long will that class of play written
The preference of the in the opposite direction but
the rarely follow his ncnaons The American
theatrical manager business man. investing his money the
modify which sells best unfair condemn the of the
for condition of affairs for which the public blame
The uplifting the STAGE therefore, the work heate goers
of When recognition given the drama EDUCA
TIONA institution, and merely recreation and
tanment the will take its proper place among the worlds
civilzing agencies.
LITERATURE
LEARNING AND ERUDTloN
WHOLESOME PERFORMING WITH THE CHURCH
HOUSE FUNCTION
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-16
The Church
and
The Stage
By FREDERICK wARDE. Eminent Trasedan

appropriate text for this article would be paraphrase
of the words spoken by the Master when he stood be-
fore his one earthly judge, Render unto Caesar the
things that are Caesars, and unto God the things that
are Gods" would ask all to render unto the church
the reverence and the love that are the church and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-06-16
ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM.
To Be Rendered at ST. Pauls E. M.
Church, Sunday, June 18th.

Church, Sunday, June 9th.
Arrangements for suitably observ-
ing the seventy-tifth anniversary of
the founding of st. Pauls NJ. +. Sun
day school in Oakland, have been
practically completed.
The anniversary will occur on Sun.
day, June 10Th, at which time all the
scholars of the original school now
living and who can be present, are
expected and will occupy the front
row of pews in the church.
An elaborate program has been pre-
pared for the occasion which is print
ed below:
MORNING sERvICE-10 O'CLOCK.
l. Soldiers of Jesus -
100 Pupils.
2 ayer.......... ...................Dr H. Scott
3. Seek We the Lord Choir.
e. heSpOLSeS Psalm
3. Song by school,. e. Planting of Sharon's
Rose
6. Historical Sketch........ f. II. Smceu.
:. HS mn NO S........." From all that Dwell
Below the SkieS.'
s. Address by Rev. J. NJ. Davis, Supt
tiuSiS W NlOu luO Dc SeIecUeu).
10. Offering.
H. Song Aud Lang Syne."
II. Benediction.
Informal reception to the survivors of the
School of 1887.
COMMITTEE OF RECEPTION.
Rev. II. Scott and Wife,
Rev. j. NJ. Davis and Wife,
Mrs. S. L. Townshend,
Mrs. Sallie Scott,
MIR: George NJ. Mason and Wife,
Mr.: Samuel Ferguson and Wife,
Mr.. E. d. kepner and Wife.
Mr.. VIM. Groves and Wife,
Mrs. d. H. Loar,
Mrs. Jane Wolf,
Mrs. Marpa1nt In utnn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-20

GROVES TAsTELEss CHILL TONIC Has stood the test Twenty-Five years The first and original tasteless chill tonic. 50 centA cod
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-20
RAGLAND WANTS WRIT SEEKS TO ENJoIN ROBERTSON AND OTHERS. Files Another Baseball Petition in Montgomery chancery Court
 Hearing Will Take
 Place on Friday.

Petition for a writ of injunction was filed in the Chancery Court yesterday by W. H. Ragland to prevent W. T. Rob- ertson. Barry L. Holt, McDuff Cain or others from enjoining the playing of baseball in Montgomery
 Chancellor W. L. Parks granted a temporary injunction and the case will be argued on it's equity Friday.
 In the petition MT. Ragland and his associates set out that the franchise of Montgomery in the Southern Association of Baseball Clubs is of great value; that it was only secured after paying out $, GOO and other large sums; that the petition CT. Mir Ragland, was chief owner of the stock of the Montgomery Baseball As- sociation and thought that the game could not be played with profit to him. self at Athletic Park on the line of the Montgomery Traction Go. on account of poor car service; that he made, propo- sition which was entirely agreeable to the Montgomery Baseball Association to buy the franchise and effects for g, 200 and three-fourths of the directors and stockholders agreed thereto. The only stockholders who dissented were w. T. Robertson, who owns four shares of stock, Barry l.. Holt, who owns eight shares of stock and McDuff Cain, who owns one share of stock and their oppo- sition was not caused by fears that their interests would not be as well served by playing the game at Oak Park but sole ly because they are financially interest ed in the Montgomery Traction Com pany.
 It is shown that the first games of the Southern League are scheduled for Thursday in Atlanta and Monday in Montgomery and If either of the above named defendants were to enjon the Montgomery Baseball team from playing 1t would in all probability cause Mont- gomery to lose its Southern League fran chise and cause great financial loss to the orator and his associates.
 The temporary injunction was imme- diately granted and the first game in At lanta will undoubtedly be pulled of without a hitch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-20
BILLED AS MERCEDES.
BY LAWRENCE HENRY.

Copyright, 1904. by Daily Story Pub.
 Col
 He discovered her at a questionable vaudeville after going to all the le- gitimate houses in town. She did q stunt that possibly outraged some of the proprfeties, but her popularity with the gentlemen of certain age who nightly occupied the front tiers was unQuestioned. Not that she did the thing with any more abandon than her managers. Messrs. Einstein and Noses, required, but she did it with a fnesse that at first aroused the suspicion of her being an import from the Gayety at Paris. And then the per- fection of her figure, the rounded curves in limb and corsIet, the burning bril- liancy of her eyes could not but en- nance the spell of the moment.
 She was billed as Mercedes. nothing more. The chappIes had long since given up the quest of her identity. but the old boys with greater opportuni- ties for research, or likely greater in- tuition, guessed at least that she was not an exotic but a domestic produc- tion--and they were right.
 When George Hawey saw Mercedes his heart gave a great throb. In a twtnkling his thought went back to the time. three years ago, when he had pressed her little hand in a last goodby. Her name was not Mercedes then. for he had called her Panzy, and by all the people of the thriving little village she was spoken of as pretty Panzy Lee How different now than then! As George sat watching, half stunned, half bewitcheda the entranc- ing revolutions of this mad-cap fairy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-20
Our Daily $bcrt Story

he could not but recall the days agone when back at the old home he knew her as PanZy Lee. An, how we'll he thought he knew her once--untiI that unforgotten day.
 Panzy and George were brought up side by side. far from the city's din. They rornped together as children:' they attended the same town school; they were almost like brother and sis ter. Later, when the flower of love. and romance had blossomed in their hearts, they were lovers. All the vily lagers shook their heads wisely and said 1t was good. a Ikeiier pair could not be found. Both George and Panzy were half orphans. The former lived with his widowed mother, while Pan- zy had been reared in a decidedly hap hazard manner by a good-heafted, but ne'er-do-well father. It was possibly the fact that, the young couple were under little restraint that their court ship hurried on apace.
 After finishing school George enter ed country lawyers office and pre- pared himself for the bar. His sweet heart waited, but finally not to ap- pear to be idle, she took up elocution, thinking she would equip herself as a teacher that she might earn enough to help furnish the little cottage they were to have when married.
 This opportunity was offered her for the reason that Prof. Montiel had selected the Bttle town as likely place to visit weekly and hold a class. The professor was a broken-down &C., tor of the second or third order. With little ability and less conscience he, nevertheless, found no dif7cultE in convincing a rural patronage that the greatest thespians were not always be- fore the foot-lights. He was of the kind, however, who talked Shakespeare and thought Black Crook.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-20
DR. MANGUM RETURNS
WENT WITH GOVERNOR TO NEW
 MEXICO.
Chief Executive Will Spend Some Time on Ranch of J. D. Hand,
 Formerly of Baldwin County.

Dr. w. W. Mangum, who reached Montgomery last night from Las Ve- gas, ". N, says that the condition Of Governor Jeiks Is not such as to cause any alarm on the part of his friends.
 pr. Mapgum says that the condition Of the Governor is serious only in its possibilities. The Governor has pru- dently determined to leave no possi- bility of future danger and to assure himself of his former strength he has gone to the dry climate of New Mex leo. There is every reason to believe Dr. Mangum. says, that the Governor will be back in his office in few weeks Yin his old time health and strength
 r Dr. .Mangum, 1t will be recalled, was a member of the Governors party which went from Eufaula to Las Ve- gas. The party reached Las Vegas Saturday afternoon .and Dr. Mangum remained over until Sunday Mrs. Mangum had been at Las Vegas for several weeks. She returned to Ala hama with Dr. Mangum. and will go to Eufaula this morning on several weeks visit after which she will re- turn to Las Vegas.
 Tn discussing the trip to Las Vegas, Dr. Mangum said last night:
 E. The Governor bore the fatigue of the trip better. perhaps, than any member of the party. He reached there in good health and spirits and was very much pleased with conditions as he found them. The day of his arriv- al a continual stream of callers left their cards at his hotel Everybody at Las Vegas. appeared to take keen interest in the distinguished visitor. z ''Now. IS to the health of the Gov If. &,,tx Ice . lection which is only bad in It's possi- bi1ities. So far as his present condi- tionsis concerned it need give no alarm to any of his friends. Governor Jelks will remain at Las Vegas until he has completely recovered from the effects of the journey and has become accus- toned to the climate and conditions in New Mexico. After that he will go to the ranch of J. D. Hand, which is six miles from Las Vegas. MT. Hand Is we'll known lumberman who for merly lived in Baldwin county. His ranch is said to be one of the best stocked and best appointed in New Mexico. As soon as he learned that the Governor was coming to New Mexico. MT. Hand, who has been a close per sonaI friend of Governor Je1ks, for several years, sent him an urgent in- vitation to stay at his ranch during his recreation trip to New Mexico. This invitation the Governor has accepted. He will probably spend several weeks roughing 1t in the outdoor air at MT. Hands ranch"
 Dr. Mangum said that he saw pr. Glenn Andrews at Las Vegas and that his stay in New Mexico had greatly benefited the Montgomery physician.
 Dr. Mangum will go to Mobile this morning to read a paper before the Alabama Medical Association. which is in session in that city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-20
9y 9GyS5
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The quickest time, most direct route from all points South to ST. LOUIS.
 Round trip tickets so on sale April 25th at the following rates: S19. 1O.--Good for return within Is days
 from date of sale.
 $22 7O.-Good for return within 60 days
 from date of sale.
 $s7 2O.-Good for return until December
 18th.
 SIS 95.-On May 18th. Special Coach Ex-
 cmsiOu. Good for 1O days from date of
 sale.
 Through trains carrying Pullman sleep CTS, Chair Cars (seats free). High Back Seat Coaches. and Dining cars (service A la CarteJ. leave Montgomery at s 25 a. m and 6. .S3 D. m. arriving St. Louis the fol- lowing day at 20 a. m. and 80 p. m.
 For further particulars call on ticket agents L. N. R. R. or write or call on Walter L. Beasley. P. A.. Montgomery, Ala
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-20
MAN1LA's GREAT FUTURE.
So Declares George R. Putnam in
 the Employ of the Government.

30 OSc1aTes GeOTBe h. EuCndm M
 the Employ of the Government. Davenport special to Chicago Record
 Herald.
 George R. Putnam of Davenport, who has been in charge of the government coast and geodetic survey of the Philip pine Islands for the last three years and a half, and resident of Manila during that time, stopped at his old home here wkile on his way to Washington to re- pert upon the progress of the work that has been in his charge.
 An encouraging sign is the fact that there is quite little demand for real es- tate in Manila from Americans" he said, Values have advanced a great deal there. and Spaniards and natives who o1 ned property there have made a great deal of money off the increase in values. f"
 What particular elements will enter largely into the future development of the islands?'
 The railroad first. There is now only little eighty-mile road, constructed ten years ago, in the whole lot of islands. Nearly all the trade of the islands Is car ried on by water. The towns are located almost always on the little streams, and transportation is by boat almost en- tiroiy.
 "Aguinaldo is living quietly in Manila. and we don't hear much of him. The better class of Filipinos are glad to have a strong government in control, and only the MOros who are intractable Moham- medans, will make much trouble from now on.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-20

Democratic nominee for clerk of Cir cult Court of this county. has brought
 out several new candidates for the place. In the primary Mir. Herrin's only opponent was O. s. Roden, the pres ent incumbent. Those mentioned for the place now are Asa B. Fuller, son of Judge S. l.. Fuller, O. s. Roden, J. H. McCarr, A. A. Grifi1th and w. H. Day There will likely be others if primary Is ordered to fill the va- cancy.