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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-04-01
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.

To the Republican Voters of Garrett county
| hereby announce myself q candidate for
the nomination of County Treasurer, subject
to the result of the primary election, and
most respectfully solicit your influence and
support. If nominated and elected | prom
Use to give faithful personal service to the
duties of the office.
Very respectfully,
WALTER G. MEN Frs.
Crellin, March y, 1915.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-04-01

Mrs. R. B. Ward, this city, enter
tanned the Episcopalian church choir
Saturday evening. It was a delightful
occasion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-04-01

1t will pay you to call on Sincell TO,
ready made silk dresses at $3.50. They
are very attractive and in the very
latest styles; all solors. Adv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-04-01
GEORGE ENGLE.

George Engle, SO years old. of West
ernport, died at the Miners Hospital
following a paralvtic stroke. Mr..
Engle's wife died about year ago. He
was employed with the Westernport
branch of the Cumberland Brewing
Company and was member of the Jr,
and the Lutheran church of Accident.
He is survived by five brothers and one
sister. The funeral took place from
the home of his brother, Andrew
Engle, Borden Shaft. The body was
taken on special Cumberland and
Westernport electric railway car to
Barton for burial in Laurel Hill ceme-
tery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-04-01
WILLIAM GROVES.

William Groves died Saturday morn
ing at O'Clock in the Michael settle
ment, aged 81 years. He was born in
Allegany county and was married tc
Miss Asnthe Dawson in 1853. who still
survives him. There were len children
ii whom seven are living, Mrs. Arnold
Clark, of Westernport, being the only
daughter, Dennis, Alden. Jessie and
Walter, of Westernport; John T.; of
Luke, and Charles II of Piedmont.
There are thirty-six grandchildren, nine
great-grandchlldren. Two brothers
also survive him, Robert Groves, OF
Homecoming, and James, of Aaron's
Run, this county.
The funeral was held at 3 o'clock al
the residence by Rev. Wilkeson. Inter.
ment in the family cemetery.
NANCY wHETsELL.
Mrs. Nancy Whetsell was born in the
state of Illinois, December 10, 1885, and
consequently was 70 years old last De-
cember. When young lady she marri-
ed Mr.. John Whetsell and began home
life in Garrett county, Maryland, in the
town of Oakland They were a happy
couple, until death took from her the
husband of her youth, about "A years
ago. Mr., Whetsell was soldier in the
Civil war. He lived and died in Oak
land. Mrs. Whetsell for more than a
half century has been a beloved and
faithful member of Methodist Episcopal
church. She always made it a point to
attend the church services as long as
she was able to walk. She was the
mother of two sons, Charles and Albert.
The first named died 26 years ago.
Albert is citizen Of Oakland. Two
daughters are living in Oakland, Mrs.
Bell Crop and Mrs. Mary Browning.
There were 10 grand children, IL great
grand children. One brother, Garrett
V. Dixon, a resident of this county, and
who Is the father of D. M. Dixon, one
of Oakland's most successful merch-
ants. The funeral service were held in
the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. Archibald
Moore, the pastor, assisted by Rev.
John M. Davis. friend of many years.
The interment took place in the Oak
land cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-04-01
THE DEATH RECORD.
MRS. LUCY BAKER.

Mrs. Lucy Bakes. aged 81 years, l
month and days, widow of the late
Adam Baker, died at her home in Gar
rett county, Thursday, March 18th,
following a week S illness of pneumonia.
The remains were taken to the home of
her son-in-law, Samuel Brown. Sails
bury, Pa, Friday afternoon, where
funeral services were held Saturday
morning, the Rev. Ira s. Nom, of the
Reformed church officiating and inter-
ment made in the OddFellows' cemetery.
Sheis survived by the following children.
Mrs. Samuel Brown. of Salisbury,
Pa, Maggie at home, Daniel. of Sails
bury. Pa, William and Solomon of
this county, and Albert, of Boynton.
MRS. C. C. MARTIN.
Mrs. c. C. Martin died at her home
at Crellin, Monday morning at 8 a. m.
She is survived by her husband and
three children. She was aged about
40 years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-04-01
ELEANOR LOUISE MICHAEL.

On March 18Th, death entered the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Michael,
Cumberland, and called away the little
two-year old daughter, Eleanor Louise,
death being caused by pneumonia. The
child was sick but a few days. Her
funeral occurred on the 23rd inst, and
the remains were laid away in the
Mount Zion cemetery on the National
Pike.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-04-01
MRS. REBECCA FIRESToNE.

Mrs. Rebecca Firestone, an aged lady
who visited Oakland every summer for
many years, died in Frederick, Md, on
Sunday. She was aged SO years.
DIR. FRANCIS D. KooNCE.
DR.. Francis D. Koonce, of Washing
ton, D. c., died at his home in that
city on Wednesday night of pneumonia,
aged 45 wears. The deceased is sur
Yived by his wife, formerly Miss Annie
Townshend of Oakland, and three
children-Rebecca, Nellie and Francis
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
REGARD FOR THE LAW.

Ignorance OF the Law Is no excuse
and disregard OF the Law is a crime.
when Laws are so obnoxious as to
afford excuses for Noncompliance they
should be changed. and the people
have this right IF your right hand
offend you, cut 1t or was nc idle in
junction. but means the cffense should
be removed rather than the mutila.
ton of the member.
Our Tax Laws are distasteful and
detrimental, but the remedy should be
TO amend them instead Of allowing
them to undermine the morals OF the
people by openly disregarding them.
The successful evasion Of one Law
may encourage the violation of others
and in time breed contempt for all
Laws.
While every citizen owes obedience
to the Laws. the Laws should be made
fair and equal to every citizen.
The Tax Laws are neither fair nor
equal and are productive of deceit and
dishonor and II for no other reason
than this should be changed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
SEE pORTENTs IN THE STARS
Enthusiastic Frenehmen Profess u
View Promises Of Victory In
Heavenly "omens."

Patriotic enthusiasm, now at high
pitch in France, has been seeing In
the heavens things which 1t likes to
regard as symbolical Of French vic
tory in the war. The most talked oil
"omen" has been a tricolored star
seen over the western horizon last au
tumn and over the eastern during the
winter. Prosaic astronomers have un
kindly identified this marvellous star
with Venus, which, like any other
heavenly body, shows the spectral
colors when it Is near the horizon.
It is remarkable how often Venus has
been taken for something that 1t is
not. One would think that no civil
lized human being could arrive al
years OF discretion without becoming
we'll acquainted with that lovely planet
under her own name. yet her brilliant
light In the evening or morning sky
is forever starting some wild rumor
In 1797-also a time of patriotic fer
vor-Venus was hailed in France a
the star of Napoleon. In recent year
she has most frequently been taken fol
the light Of spying Zeppelin or aero
plane. 1t may be added that in som'
parts of France the ''tricolor" star o
the last few months was not Venus
but Sirius.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
UNIFORM TAXATION.

Property differs so greatly In char
acter and earning power 1t has always
been impossible to tax the various
kinds uniformly. Every attempt to
tax movable property the same as inn
movable property has failed and viii
always fail. Two wrongs do not
make a right" and when assessors
find II impossible to discover the own
ership OF movable property and under.
take to square things by lowering the
assessment Of immovable property.
there is no right or justice in It and
everybody suffers in mind and matter.
The more stringent the Law to un-
cover movable property the faster II
moves and hides, and this fact is so
well established the assessors In most
counties let movable property go by
default. So-called Uniform taxation
is delusion and a snare. 1t may
suffice to fool the ignorant. but the
knowing ones just laugh at IT, This
is rough on the poor man whose all
is in sight and immovable. aud Is also
tough on the rich man who defies the
law and hides his wealth from the
assessor, for he knows he Is doubly
guilty In saving himself at the ex.
pense Of his less fortunate neIghbor.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
This the smaIIest Motor2

A correspondent of the Electrical
World writes that he has just complet-
ed a motor which weighs only 90
grains and is, he believes, the smallest
in the world It's commutator, which
measures .045 inch in diameter, Is
made up of four gold segments insu-
lated from each other with mica. The
shaft on which the commutator is
mounted is .009 inch in diameter. FL
Der insulation is used between the
commutator and the shaft. The tiny
armature, ,09 inch in diameter, has
four pole pieces and is wound with
No. 40 silk covered copper wire. The
weight Of the revolving part is 1.25
grains. Between the armature and
the yolk two field coils are provided.
The silver brushes measure .012 inch
in diameter and are held against the
commutator by springs .004 inch in
diameter. In over all dimensions the
motor measures 1854 inch long and
11-64 inch high All visible parts are
finished in Roman gold. When con-
nected to a small flashlight battery,
the motor runs at very high speed,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
Grounding Up" Students.

Ingenuity of college students in
writing badly after they have passed
on" the required freshman or sopho-
more course in composition is extra
ordinary. Perhaps it is a reassertion
of native happiness. perhaps it is sheer
carelessness. But the remedy to be
adopted at Harvard. after special
study Of the problem, is a patent one.
A standing faculty committee is to be
appointed, and instructors In all
courses will be urged to send to the
committee any examination book, the
sis or other piece OF work which has
demonstrated the writer's inability to
express his thought" The committee
win thereupon prescribe additional
work in English for the delinquent
students. The very warning should end
mere slovenliness, and those whose
fault lies deeper should be grateful for
the discipline.-New York Evening
Post.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
EQUITABLE TAXATION.

The differences IN property call for
differences in taxation Just as zone
star differs from another" and yet all
the stars and all the property serve
their purposes. The man who puts
his money In Securities issued on
property already taxed and paying
more taxes because OF the improve.
ments justified by the mans money,
is just as useful a citizen as the man
who puts his money in lands and
houses; but when the first man OBJ
jects to giving up the greater part OF
the earnings on his securities. issued
on property already taxed, he Is
looked upon as a tax dodger. and the
man with the houses and lands who
cannot so readily escape denounces a
tax system which seems so unfair. Ask
this man to surrender a half to three
fourths of the income from his houses
and lands and there would be another
tale. The revenue of the first man
is limited, while that OF the other Is
unlimited. and yet there are people
who cannot see the distinction. Equit
able taxation is based on the earning
power of all property, in just proper
ton, and If any Partially is shown 1t
should be in favor of the man who
risks his money to improve houses and
lands owned by others, which may
depreciate. but cannot fly away.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
Monkey Died like a Man.

The death of Bill Snyder. the ba
boon of the Central park zoo, from
acute indigestion, is chronicled in thu
days news. Bill was not one Of tbs
higher order of the monkey family
his kinship to the human race, II h(
had any, was remote. Yet surely IN
the manner of his death he displayed
a simian resemblance to man.
He died as hundreds of thousands oil
beings higher in the scale of evolution
die, as countless numbers of our best
citizens" die-from overeating. He
was as reckless in the indulgence OF
his appetite for food as the most cul
tivated member of the human family
and If the circumstances OF his death
excite surprise, 1t is that his natural
instincts did not preserve him from
the fate of the most intelligent hu,
man beings.
Bill's death points a dietetic moral
for monkeys that exchange the nuts
and roots of the jungle for the richer
food OF zoo captivity and idleness
The application Of the moral to man
kind need not be considered. A vastly
greater number of men die from over
eating than from starvation, and the
death Of a humble simian in the cir
cumstances from this characteristic
cally human ailment,' may serve to
emphasize the Rfact.-New Yorl
World.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
WATER LILIES ARE PASSING
Beautiful Flowers Have Greatly De-
creased In indlana-AImost Dis
appeared In Some Lakes.

Many OF the smaller lakes of In
diana a few years ago fioated an
abundance Of water lilies. AS the
years have gone by and the numbers
of excursionists and summer guests
at these places have increased, the
lilies have greatly decreased and from
some lakes have almost disappeared.
What a beautiful flower, beautiful in
its mystical loneliness Is the white
water lily which belongs to the same
species as the lotus, which the ancient
Egyptians held sacred! How lovely Is
our lily floating amid It's great rounded
leaves closing at night to reappear
the next morning In all its unspotted
purity. July and August are the
months for this flower. An old writer
In enthusiastic admiration of this lily
says:
"Ah, how lovely 1t looks, floating
double. lily and shadow, with Its
broad leaves looking like green resting
places for this queen of waters to sit
upon, while dipping her ivory sandals
in the yielding silver; or. when rocked
by gentle breeze one may fancy they
look like a moving fairy fleet with low
green bulls and white sails, slowly
making for the shore,'
But unless the vandal hand OF the
visitor to these lakes is stayed these
lilies will soon be as rare as white
blackbirds.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
REAL ESSENCE or HUMoR
Conjunction Of Things That Are op-
poslte or DIssonsnt Are the
Most Lauohable.

It is well known that the essence Of
humor is incongruity, the conjunction
Of things that are opposite or dis
sonant--as the minglIng Of manliness
and gullibility in Fielding's "Parson
Adams" Of honesty and knavery in
"Gil Bias" or Of shrewdness and stu
pidity In Sancho Panza.
The most laughable Of incongrui-
ties Is that which arises from the
clash OF dignity and meanness, emil
hence and vulgarity, the solemn and
the comic The sense OF the comic
is sometimes enhanced by suffering.
When the soul is filed with gloom, .
ludicrous incident becomes the more
ludicrous by contrast. An English
man who poisoned himself by mis-
take told one Of his friends that when
suffering agonies he was deeply con
scious OF the grimly ludicrous aspects
under which ,one circumstance sue
ceeded another.
The exquisite irony Of the contrast
between his own internal sensations
and the sunny indifference or stolit
surprise Of all around him. while h'
was In a galloping haste to escape
death, made an impression upon hin
which rose above the pain-as. for In
stance, when his porter asked for leave
to change his shoes before he wen
for the doctor.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
Eeed poas WhIpped cream.

The discovery that women Of Stet
tin, Germany. have been feeding
whipped cream to their pct dogs,
while mothers have had a hard time
procuring milk for their babies, has
aroused a storm of protest from the
families OF soldiers.
Some idea of the magistrates opin-
ion OF the Stettin women and their
dogs may be CLEANED from the follow
ing notice recently published by him
in local paper:
Such a contemplate proceeding,
which makes Of seli-sacrifice and re-
nunciation a mockery. is, 1t is to be
hoped. the exception and not the rule.
In the meantime. those who have not
suspected the existing state OF affairs
must be shocked and COMPOUNDED that
Stettin should 80 be exposed to
shame. Exchange.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
KENTUCKY NEEDS

A good many things TO place the
State in the rank she deserves in the
march OF prosperity. but when sifted
down the greatest need OF all is a
new Tax System that will attract In
stead Of repel Capital, which guaran
tees cheap money for the' improve
ment Of farms and development OF
local Industries Although one of the
Oldest States. centrally located and
with marvellous natural advantages.
other and less favored States have out
stripped us. and, as someone has aptly
said. Kentucky Is an Island OF com
parative poverty surrounded by a Sea
OF Industrial prosperity" And why?
The answer is because Of our repellent
Tax System. Equitable taxation
means cheap money Easy money
means improvement and development
Industrial enterprise keeps the people
at home and increases the population
More people means more consumers
OF our home products Close markets
means good prices. and all of this
has been retarded because some wise
acres borrowed so-called Uniform
Tax Law from another State which
had been striving TO get rid OF 1t for
forty years and which shows that an
intolerant politician may not always
be tolerable patriot. or Kentucky
would not have been throttled in the
way she has been
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
WORK FOR The UNDERTAKES
Scarcity Of Business and Unpsid Bills
Makes Large Margin OF Profit
Absolute Necessity.

In the United States there are today
something more than 10000 undertake
ers, declares the Pictorial Review. At
tracted by the enormous profits. to be
made In funeral goods, more men are
constantly swarming into the business.
At the time the School Of Philanthropy
made it's Investigation there we're. ac-
cording to church paper, 41O under
takers In Chicago. On the average,
each undertaken secured trihe more
than one funeral week In New York
city there were 1,100 undertakers and
about $4,000 deaths annually, which
gave each undertaken an average OF
less than four funerals In three weeks.
For the country as a whole, the aver
age was less than one funeral a week
for each undertaken Some undertake
ers got more than one-half of all the
business during a given fortnight.
leaving 429 undertakers to divide the
other half. Many undertakers had no
funerals at all during these two weeks.
In the course Of an entire year they
would secure only handful. Others
would get only one or two funerals q
month. Yet each undertaken had 70
keep up his establishment-where ne
had one-pay office rent. bills for light
and heat, clerk hire and other ex'
penses, and, in addition, make living
all from the profits Of one or two fun
erals month.
But it is not the lack Of business
alone that makes necessary this great
margin of profit. One OF the leading
undertakers of New York city said to
me: There is every cent of $4,000
in unpaid bills on our books. We have
to make up that loss or we could not
stay In business. So we have to
charge high prices and the people who
do pay make up for those who don't"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
WIN Work Asphalt Mines.

The enormous deposit of asphalt
OF Leyte province. in the Philippines,
Is now to be worked for the eastern
market by a local company. This al
most inexhaustlble deposit lies so near
the shore line at Tacloban that ships
can anchor ands take on cargoes OF
asphalt from lighters loaded at the
mines with practically no overland
transportation. There Is large and
growing demand In the islands tor
paving asphalt and all the cities OF
the far Rast are now In position 70
o1rsr . aArksl
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
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Effective Friday. Apr. 2. 1915,
TRAINS GOING SOUTH,

EllCollNC Il tAOoyf RPts - ASAC
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No. sc. & N. o. Lin. l1.56 p. m
No. 6l-St. L. Express $40 D. m.
No. 95-Dixie Flyer 9:S5 a, m.
No. 65-Hopkinsville Ar.7:00. a. m
No. 63-St. L. Fast Mail 5:A a. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & St. L. Linn, 5:29 a. m
No. 52-St. Louis Express. e:55 a. m.
No. 94-Dixie Flyer.I7:0S m.
No. -Hopkinsville Ae. S:55 .. m.
No. 54-St. L. Fast Mail lO:l6 p. m.
No. 81 eonnscts at Guthrie for Msnphis an
,sluss a. far south a. Erin. and. for Lo1isviils
ClnsinnAu and the East
NO. % and IS make direct connections At outh
A. a. LsslsviIla Cincinnati and all point. norsA
snd est thsrsof.
No. = s.usss through slsspsrs 10 atlanta M
con. yseAspsiIIs 81 Auzustins,And.f<nD~ -
Al.s Pullman ulsspsrs 70 New Orleans csnssss
A Guthrie for polnls.kzst and West. Ma y ~
az any looHIcssassnsszz, for lDolssz lss<tA
,; cyHooE. AIT.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
TAX AMENDMENT.

The Tax Amendment was carried
by thirty thousand majority two years
ago. but because the Secretary OF
State failed to advertise Il ninety in
stead Of sixty days before the cleo.
tion. as the Constitution requires. It
must be voted on again at the Novem.
Der Election. The welfare OF the
State demands the re-adoption OF this
important measure and every fair
minded citizen should vote TOR It.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-10-07
Berlin subways.

Berlin has only begun experiment.
ing with subways. There is virtually
but one. II seems miniature COM
pared to the London or New York sub
ways. The cars are small and light
running. Every car has q compart-
ment for smokers. from which an
overpowering odor VI bad tobacco
u always preson<.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-29
WreCkerS Caught
Only an Anchor.
Not Submarine E-4
Believed Boat Is Now Located.
as Part Of Her Pcri>copc
Is Recovered.

HoNoLtLi-. March 2S.-Great disap-
pointment was felt here to-day when
the announcement was made that the
searchcrs for the missing submarine
l'-i had thus far failed 20 locate her
IN spite of previous statements that
She had been found and partly raised.
The truth Of the situation was
revealed 10y Diver Agraz Of the sub
marine service. who went down "1J
feet Only To- find that thc dredging
hook was fast To i scarlcd anchor
and not to the lost undersea boat, a.
had been hell we'd for two days.
~ q result tho search has been rc-
Moved with tho hope that he hun Of
the SIul,cn boat will soon be grappled
This hope is chiefly inspired 10y the
fact thl; the searChers in the
vicinity Of the spot whore /. : believed
tho FL lies brought mp section Of
her pcrisrupr to-day. In addition To
this oil and bubbles continue To float
to the surface. The dredgc CALI
fornia has been shifted to this posi-
tion and renewed efforts are being
made to lift the F-l
So far as the crew is concerned al
hope Of finding any Of the member,
alive has been abandoned absolutely.
They have bepu A. the lotion of the
sea now for more than ~eventy-two
hours and there seems to rc no pos