The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-05-26


able Life Assurance Co., of New York,
who will meet there TO "a conference
lasting over a week or more.
Mr.. c. E. Kregloe, manager for the
Sun Life Assurance Co., of Canada,
for the state of Maryland, is visiting
the local office here of which Mr. Rob.
ert Sliger is representative. M.
Kreglo is no stranger in Oakland and
has host of friends. He and his
representative reports successful
business year.
ESTRAY NOTICE-There came to
my farm A miles west of Bittinger on
the 4th of May brown mule weighing
about nine hundred fifty pounds. Own
er will please call, pay damages, and
take same away. CLARENCE
STEPHEN, Accident, Md. Adv. ~ st.
The attention of the readers of The
Republican is directed to the adver-
tisement of the Willys-Knight and Ov-
erland cars, Mr.. A. R. Martin, of
Oakland, being the local sales agent,
in which the price reduction of $500
on the Willys-Knight and 5000 on the
Overland is ANNOUNCED. These cars
are among the best medium priced We
hicles on the market today is the
claim made for them by the manufac-
turers and users.
In this issue of The Republican
County Treasurer George Giessman
gives notice to the taxpayers of the
county that the county levy for 1921
has been made and published and that
those owing state and county taxes
and desiring to secure the benefit of
the discount allowed by law should
make payment of the sums due for
taxes on or before September 1st, as
after that date no discount can be al
lowed and interest is chargeable.
The West Bethlehem Coal and Coke
Company, which was recently organ
lied by Pittsburgh parties, has secur
ed about 1900 acres of Garrett county
coal land lying opposite the town Of
Bayard, in the Potomac Valley, which
will be operated as soon as the neces-
sery buildings and equipment are pro-
vided. The corporation is consider.
ed by parties well informed as being
well managed and is being operated
by men of practical experience in the
coal business.
Mr.. Edward P. Kahl, of Oakland,
lay delegate to the Annual Synod of
the United Lutheran church, in ses-
sion in Wheeling this week, accom-
paniepby Rev. Mr.. Blink, of the West
ernport Lutheran church, and Rev.
William Drawbaugh, of the Keyser
Lutheran church, left Oakland in Mr..
KahPs automobile for Wheeling on
Tuesday morning to attend the meet
ing, expecting to return to Oakland
this afternoon.
During the past week, Nelson Gus
ter, of Deer Park, was before Justice
Hamill, charged with having in his
possession one pheasant during the
closed season for hunting and was
fined S25. and costs. A few days be-
fore Mr. Custer was found guilty by
Justice E. L. West of having hunted
without wearing the required arm
tag, and for which he paid fine of
SIS. and costs. The cases were pros
ecuted by Deputy Wardens Bittinger
and Williams and District Warden
Browning, of Oakland.
In the announcement column of The
Republican today will be found the
card of Mr.. N. R. Selby, of District
No. 2, who comes before the Republi.
can voters of Garrett county, seeking
the nomination at the primary cleo
ton for the office of State Senator.
Mr.. Selby has served in the Lower
House of the General Assembly, thus
should he be nominated and elected,
he will be no stranger to the duties
and the great responsibilities the office
carries with it. Mr.. Selby has ex-
pressed himself as confident of being
nominated and has pledged himself to
perform the duties thus imposed with
out favoritism.
Where ought the responsibility to
be placed for the "backwardness" of
the county high schools? When the
Legislature gave an appropriation to
Johns Hopkins University, and the
latter, as a quid pro quo, established
the chronological school, to which
scholarships from the political units
of the State are available, it was found
that graduates of the county high
schools could not pass the entrance
examination. Girls from the city high
schools can enter Goucher College at
once; girls from the county high
schools have to spend a year or more
in preparing for the entrance exam=
nations. Shall colleges ''let down
the bars" for county high school grad
yates, or shall the standards of the
county high schools be raised Bal
timore News.
The column of political announce .
mentsof today's Republican contains
the card of Mr.. Resley C. Rush, Of
Election District No. 5, who seeks to
be nominated for the office of County
Treasurer at the Republican primary
election, which will be held in Septem-
Der next. Mr.. Rush is a native Gar