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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-12-15

ness could dare to do and expect to
survive; wasting hundreds of Millions
of dollars of the taxpayers money,
hopelessly impairing service for the
Government workers.
In the nine months of his admin
istration President Harding, accord
ing to the Dawes report submitted to
| Congress, has established a substan-
tial and competent business organiza-
ton for the biggest business on the
face of the earth.
The management of this colossal
business, which, by the description Of
General Dawes, hitherto had been =
colossal chaos, is now under the super
vision and guidance of the President,
who is in fact the supreme business
manager of the Government.
He had not achieved this long need
ed and all important result through
any miracle working or with the aid
of supermen in his Cabinet and lesser
offices.
He picked a good Cabinet, notable
for members well grounded in sound
business principals and we'll seasoned
by safe business practices, like Mellon
for the Treasury, Weeks for War,
Hoover for Commerce and Hays for
the Post Office Department.
There had, however, been good Cab
inets before, many of them: but never
until now have we had a rugged,
thoroughgoing business administra-
ton.
The reason for this rests with one
man, President Harding himself. He
took these men and set them to work
on the job, staying on the job with
them, and cleared up an intolerable
situation, coordination, vitalizing and
energizing what had been a loose
jointed and perfunctorily conducted
machine.
Light is thrown on the Harding
methods, as The New York Herald
sees them, by Postmaster General
Hays, who has spoken of the Presi.
dent as strikingly gifted with an abil-
ity to inspire harmony and to lead
men to march in step.
This rare quality of leadership has
singuarly assisted him to get such
solid results, whether in bringing or
der out of disorder in the Shipping
Board, putting new life into the NOR
ibund postal service, creating and set
ting in motion the budget system,
driving the work of rehabilitating
and caring for our manned and de-
pendent soldiers or giving rational f.
nancial aid to the distressed agricul-
tural industry.
What a vast extent of ground this
labor of reconstructing and reorgan-
izing the business machinery of the
Government covers now takes hun
dreds of pages of official reports to
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reveal and explain. The financial re-
suits under this budget system and
this solid business management, how
ever, are easily grasped, although ex-
pressed in terms of billions of dollars.
Post Office deficiencies of more than
$4,000, 900 last year have come down
to $48,000,000 this year and will be
further reduced to $21 100000 next
year.
The Department of Agriculture has
followed with a reduction of costs
from $62,000,000 last year to S48, $780,
600 this year, the figure next year will
be $47OOO,OOO.
The Department of Commerce
spendings will drop from $4,000, 900
to $20,000,000; of labor from $780,
900 to $6,300,000; the Shipping Board
from $4,000, 000;-and last year S131,
000,000-to $5O,OOO,OOO; the War FL
nance and Grain Corporations, &C.,
from $83, 100000 to 17,00OOOO; the
Treasury Department from $476, 0OO,-
900 to 100000, 900; the War Depart
ment from $1,100,000,0 last
year and $389,000,0O0 this year this
to $370,000, OOOnext year, and
the Navy Department from $3.50, OO0,-
900 last year to $479, 100000 this year
and to $432, 100000 next year.
In round numbers, the total ordin-
airy expenditures for the present
fiscal year at $4,000 100000 will be a
billion and half dollars below those
of the past fiscal year and more than
two and three-quarter billions. of dol
lars below those of the year before
that.
For the next fiscal year, as the
budget estimates went to Congress
yesterday, the total ordinary expen-
ditures at $3,143, 100000 will be half
billion dollars below those of this
year, two billions of dollars below
those of the past year and nearly
three and third billions of dollars
below those of the years before that.
All these billions saved to the pockets
of the American public instead of be-
ing hurled into the bottomless pit of
Government squander and economic
obliteration!
Yet gratifying as this chopping.
pairing and whiting cannot but be to
the overburdened taxpayers of the
nation, there will long continue stag
gering spendings which are unescap-
able.
Included in the foregoing estimates,
for example, are interest on the public
debt for the next year calling for
$975, 100000; the sinking fund for the
reduction in principal of the debt,
$248,O00,O0O; the redemption of bonds
and notes from estate taxes, $25,OOO,-
900; the redemption of securities from
Federal Reserve Bank franchise tax
receipts, $30,000,000. These items,
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stupendous in themselves, are going
to stay very much as they now are
for years. Nothing can be done about
them except to pay and pay on them
time and again until they are cleared
off the books.
When that uncomfortable annual
outgo is subtracted from the total
spendings of the next fiscal year the
appropriations for other ordinary dis
bursements will stand at less than two
billions of dollars-to be exact, at ST.
$50 $780, 1893. 1t will require many
months more than nine months of the
budget system and the Harding bust
ness management at the best they can
dot will require all the three years
and three months which remain in the
present Harding administration to
make deep enough dent in the bulk
of the controllable and uncomfortable
spendings put together to get this
country and its Government down to
earth again.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-12-15

DO YOU KNOW That the States
New Educational Program plans to
make it possible for Garrett county
as we'll as for all other counties in
our State, to have better teachers?
DO YOU KNOW That the public
school system of our county is the
largest institution in the county con-
sidered from any public welfare point
Of view? That it's daily salary for
teachers alone totalizes $727.32?
DO YOU KNOW That the percent
age in Allegany county that exists
between enrolment of pupils and av-
erage daily attendance is 92.5 per
cent; whreas, in Garrett county the
percentage existing between enroll
ment of pupils and average daily at
tendance is 83 per cent?
DO YOU KNOW That in Allegany
county practically all of the teach
ers in the elementary schools hold
first grade certificates, while in Gar
rett county there are but 70?
DO YOU KNOW That progressive
school system is a growing organism
like the child's body?
DO YOU KNOW That in April,
1917, the assessable property in Gar
rett county was $11,247,239, and that
in April, 1921, it was $14,526,545-
an increase of only $3,279, 306? That
one cent tax on a million dollars pro-
duces only 500?
DO YOU KNOW That in April.
1917, grand total of 100000 was
provided by the county for its pub
lie schools for all purposes, while in
April, 1921, grand total of $685.
015.36 was and is to be provided by
the county for all purposes for the
schoOls-an increase of $65,O15.36, or
an increase by the county of over
100 per cent?
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Guides Pepto-Mangan Builds Up Wig
or and Strength.

There are times when men and
women cannot help losing strength.
They try to do too much or they lose
sleep or do not eat enough food that
nourishes. Blood becomes sluggish
because poison clogs it. Faces grow
pale and pasty looking. 1t is not long
before nerves get unstrung.
The best way to start change for
the better is to take course of
Guides epto-Mangan. 1t builds the
blood The weakness from lack of
red cells in the blood is overcome.
Guides Pepto- Mangan sends fresh
supply of red cells streaming through
the blood. Good blood, pure and free
from poisons, starts building vigor
and strength. Sleep is better, appe-
tite keener, so that the body becomes
properly nourished. Druggists have
Guides Pepto- Mangan in both liquid
and tablet form. The name "Gude's
Pepto-Mangan" is on the package.
Advertisement.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-12-15

DO YOU KNOW That accordingly
the present Board of County Com
missioners has had the heaviest bur-
dens by far in financing the county
school system than any other board
ever experienced?
DO YOU KNOW That while this
increase in four years in school rev.
enues may to some appear large, yet
the demands for the future appear
larger in view of the present type of
certifcation of teachers in the county
and the better building, equipment
and repair demands of our people?
DO YOU KNOW That in the school
year of 1917-1918 the gross amount
of $59,97767 was paid to all the
teachers in the county, while during
the current school year the sum of
$133,100 is being paid for the same
purpose? That this Is an increase
of $73, 1928 for teachers alone? An
increase of 221 per cent, or more than
2 1-5 times as much now to be pro-
vided for teachers as was expended
for that same purpose during 1917
1918?
DO YOU KNOW That the teachers
are to receive during this school year
80 cents out of every dollar received
for current expense school purposes?
DO YOU KNOW That a bond bill
without referendum alone can now
finance the building, repair and equip
ment needs?
DO YOU KNOW That when teach
ers were not costing as much as they
are today, it was far easier problem
to finance new school buildings, re-
pairs, equipment, etc., than it is to-
day?
DO YOU KNOW That the States
New Educational Program has all
the above public welfare problems in
mind-better schools and more equit-
able taxation-and that it offers a
sane and practical policy for secur-
ing both these most desired ends?
DO YOU KNOW That the attend.
ance of pupils in the schools of our
election districts depends upon the
kind of certificates held by the teach
ers in the districts? That the bet
ter the certifcation of the teachers,
the higher the attendance of chill
dren in the schools of those districts?
And that in those districts that have
poorly certificate teachers the atten-
dance of pupils is correspondingly
low? Look at the two following
tables:
Weight of Teacher-Certification by
Dictricts and the Rank of Each
District.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-12-15
FOR SALE-Eight-room dwell

FOR SALE-Eight-rOom dwell
ing, located on Fourth street, Oak
land. House is modern in all its APP
pOintments and is piped for gas, wa
ter, etc, and has a good, large cellar.
Property can be purchased for a very
reasonable figure. For further par
ticulars, apply to J. B. LITTMAN,
Observation-Disclosures 41-tf.
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General av. for County 4S
Pupil Attendance by Districts for
October. 1921.
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WHEN NERVES ARE UNSTRUNG

General av. for county. SO
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-13
PRESENTS MANY AND VARIED
Gifts TO British Bride include Furs,
Diamonds and Other Articles Of
Immense Value

In England when a daughter OF the
nobility is married her wedding pres
ents are costly as well as varied. The
following list of gifts is clipped from
the London Times notice of the APP
preaching marriage of Mr.. Cecil
Brassey and Hon. Ivy Spencer.
A beaver fur coat from the Wis
count Churchill to his daughter and
a diamond and pearl pendant from the
bridegroom gold cigarette case from
her sister. Hon. Ursula Spencer; dia-
mond tiara from Lady Violet Brassey |;
an old antique bowl and spoon from
the duke and duchess Of Baccleuch; a
feather fan from Viscountess North
cliffe; a diamond brooch from the
duchess of Marlborough; a glass-top
table from the speaker and Mrs
James Lowther; pair Of silver can
dlesticks from Hon. Lancelot and Mrs.
Lowther; pair Of silver entree dishes
from Hon. Victor Spencer; a Chi
nese bag from Lady Sarah Wilson;
large silver tray from the earl of Ions
dale; ruby and diamond brooch from
the maharajah OF Cooch Behar; q
feather from the duke of Marlbor-
ough; a pearl and diamond brooch
from Sir Ernest Cassel; a set of des-
sert knives and forks from Mrs. Vic
tor Spencer; two silver baskets from
Lord and Lady Ludlow; dessert serv-
ice from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Brassey,
and a pair of silver salvers from Mr..
Edwin Brassey.
A number of wedding presents re-
ceived by the bridegroom include a
silver kettle from the duke and OUCH
ess of Northumberland and a silver
inkstand from the employees at Ape
thorpe hall.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-13
PAPER FROM VENEER WASTE
Possibilities In Material That Has
Hitherto Been considered TO Be
Without Value.

In the wood waste from veneer fac
tories the Uni; ed States forest prod
ucts laboratory sees considerable raw
material suitable for the manufacture
Of high grades of paper. The cores Of
many kinds of veneer logs, now used
in a large part for fuel, would make
excellent pulpwood. In addition,
large part of the clippings could be
turned into pulp stock with profit.
Among the veneer woods whose
waste has paper-making possibilities
are red gum, yellow poplar, cotton
wood. birch, tupelo, Eastwood and
beech. Many veneer factories cutting
these species are already within ship
ping distance of pulp mills. In certain
other cases veneer factories are so
grouped that they might furnish pulp
wood enough to warrant the erection
of a centrally located mill. Other
economic factors being favorable, such
a mill could profitably operate on a
daily supply of veneer waste equiva-
lent to 80 cords OF ordinary pulp
wood.-Scientific American.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-13
FREED FROM TURKISH YOKE
chaIdeans Promised a Measure OF In
dependence Under the Guiding
Hand OF France.

The American army officer, chosen
by the Chaldeans to present their ap-
peal for independence to the council
of allied premfers, reports that he has
been unable TO get a hearing for that
ancient people. They made some at
tempt during the peace conference to
obtain consideration, having heard
that self determination" was to be
a guiding principle in the settlement
Of the worlds affairs. Those at Yer
sailles who had some familiarity with
Biblical history may have recalled the
Chaldeans,> of course, but they failed
to make an impression on minds sur
charged with acute problems Of twen-
tieth-century craftsmanship.
The Chaldeans. or Babylonians, how
ever, may count on being better of
than has been their lot for many CEN
turtles. They will get some benefit
from the new era. Residing in north
ern Mesopotamia. which France now
will control-the southern region be-
ing confided to Great Britain-they
will be freed from their old oppres-
sors, the Turks. and the French gov
eminent has indicated a purpose to
give them a measure Of autonomy. The
Chaldeans were once a warlike people,
capable of demanding what they de-
sired. More than 100000 of them are
now said to be dwelling In the region
that will be redeemed from Turkey.
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Another Discoverer.

In an old Spanish geographical work
on America published in 1852 by Fran
cesco Lopez de Gomera, a priest Of
Sevilla. fl is mentioned that Labrador
was reached for the first fine by a
party of Norwegian sailors piloted by
John Scolvus or Jon Skolp in 1476.
The announcement was made for the
first time some years ago, but IL was
greeted with skepticism that Colum-
bus had been anticipated on the Amer
lean shorts by any but Left Ericsson,
but recently additional evidence has
shown that Columbus visit TO this
country was antedated by Scolvus by
20 years and steps are being taken to
urge the formers claims for honors
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-13
SIMPLE REASON FOR THRIFT
Dc Margin of Production Over
Consumption.

Is 10 not mere caddishness for one
who can AFFORD to buy and does buy
silk skirts and silk stockings and
automobiles, and who freely admits
that he wastes money, but who Justi-
6es himself somewhat belligerently
by saying that he can afford to waste
money, and that It Is nob6dys Dust-
ness. to object to other people doing
the same sort OF thing only because
he thinks the other people cannot
afford the expenditures? Right down
In our hearts we know that the con-
Germ is not all with the welfare Of
those other people who are wasting
their money; it is really a matter Of
jealousy and of class distinction
based on clothing-a feeling that
these people have committed social
misdemeanors, as when the cook du-
plicated her mistress hat. And any
one who breaches thrift TO people on
the ground that they should not have
what they like for their money Is
simply preaching nonsensical can't He
is really preaching revolution
If, then. thrift has no virtue In it
self, if every person within the limits
of the law is entitled to spend what
he can earn, and more than he can
earn If he can get away with ii, is
there any unmoral, reasGa, for thrift?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-13

The reason for thrift is pam IT
is not necessary TO talk about moral
ity. II is simply that IL we do not
have thrift we shall not nave a mar
gin of production over consumption
that is. we shall not have capital IL
we do not have capital we cannet have
progress, for. we shall have no means
wherewith to make Improvement I'm ex-
listing facilities for production There
is the danger Of extravaganza. And
IL is a very real danger.-SamuelC Crow
Their. In the North American Review.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-13

w on use non-skid dres. don't your
Il And rubber heels, and chew your
food, and are careful not to stick head
or arms ont Of the window? Then
there's accident insurance, dentists,
and pure food laws to keep you out
Of trouble
+! But do you have LIST OF things that
might happen? And do you keep that
list In sight? I've a ten-spot says you
don't
In the navy we do. Ammunition and
guns are OF course the dangerous part
of our equipment, almost of our lives.
After years of experience and many
accidents we have been able to cata-
logue all the possible misfortunes that
might befall loading crew. We have
devised complete set of instructions
which, IL properly carried out, consti-
tute a stitch-in-time against all such
miss-stitches as fire, explosion, and
destruction of the ship.
This list is called tine warship's
safety orders.
Almost the first safety order is that
they all shall be printed and posted
In every part of the turrets and near
all guns. Men must know them back
wards and forward, and one at time.
Men must know this safety first" cate
chism SO perfectly that when the emer-
gency arises no instant shall be lost
remembering just what to do.
30 III
ventive and stop-it-ive. The former
discourage the DEVILS visit The latter
entertain him after he has arrived. OF
the former some samples are those in
regard to ammunition: Don't take
naked lights into magazines. Don't
drill with '1ive"-that La, ioaded-am-
munition. Don't expose too many
charges at one time-two or three are
the limit with the big guns. Don't
handle shells and powder bags rough
ly-they are strong, but much stronger
IL they go off in your hands.
Most care is taken at the guns
themselves. After each shot the plug
man must sponge Off his breech-block.
Suppose $50 lbs. OF smokeless powder
are showed in for the next shot. Sup
pose the red-hot plug Is swung home to
stop the powder. Before 1t locks the
whole mass may ignite. And the only
possible advantage that can come out
of such carelesshess is the afternoon
off you may get while burying the
ashes of your shipmates who were In
that turret. Safety orders say
SPONGE" And. believe me. we
SPONGE!
There are over 200 safety orders.
No more important set of commands
exists in the feet. No day passes
without some drill and Instructions in
Guiding them. And the result is safety.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-13

Don't fail to visit the Guarantee
Clothing & Shoe Company. Every
thing we sell is guaranteed. We're
fighting for QUALITY-not prices Il
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-13
MYTHS

IT HERE is strain of the mystic in
Il mariners which will never die.
For safety's sake they hold to mathe-
NAUTICAL precision when necessary. But
deep in the long night watches come
over again the old apparitions of the
sea.
Even in the navy this holds. There's
the thick main armor belt poured and
forged by formula. There's the nice
complexity of the thermometer. There
are drop-forged cranks and pistons.
and glistening oil-tempered torpedo
tubes.
Yet who has not heard the whisper
Of fog on the armor shelf? No doubt
Columbus knew that the lips of thick
weather on its way can always warn
the keen-eared ship captain. Though
the truth of the matter is that thick
weather comes with calm, and the
wash of sea alongside is then more
noticeable.
And who, In spite OF thermometers
<wind velocity measurers), does not
know that westerly wind will work
scientific fact is that homewari
Founders into Queenstown started this
myth. They were right too. For with
weeks on westerly trades the earfh's
forces induce q slight new magnetism
into the ships iron and 80 works
evil with the compass needle"
There 10 the "well-known attraction
Of land on ships" which the old ras-
Gals used to bring up In court after an
inexplicable grounding. They used to
get away with II too. But can you
imagine better creed when one has a
Observation-Disclosures man-of-war and a
thousand lives on ones hands than to
believe that rocks and shoals are draw
ing the helpless monster into danger?
rs there better spirit to keep a man
eternally vigilant and alert?
Some old beliefs are very real. Local
magnetic spots are not devils holes
as was first supposed. on Madagascar
and in several parts OF the South Paci-
fe are areas of iron-sand bottoms or
something OF. the sort. British cruisers
have several times reported sudden
and extreme variations of their COM
passes at these points.
On the other hand equinoctial
storms (Iarch u and September 2I)
are pure myths. So are weather
changes with changes Of the moon.
And it's lunacy to believe that after
noon sights are less dependable than
those of early morning ones
igrog allowance is too great.
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What the Public Wants.

Theatrical Mana ger-Well! What
do you wantf
Playwright-Sir, I've written a
play.
"Everybody's doing that. Get out u
'It has a batntub in 1t"
Yes? Have a chair"
"And a bedroom"
Here's a cigar"
"And young girl and minister"
"Have a couple of cigars"
SIN the third act-the big one
the minister Is stricken with remorse"
with what?''
with remorse. He regrets his
weakness"
"Sorry, young man, but that kind
Of play doesn't 60. I'm busy"
II forgot to tell you that the min
lister is already married to another
woman"
Here's all the money I've got for
advance royalty."-Life.
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ers are greeted when they miss a bail
or send II back in an easy position for
the opponent 10 play IL
The reason for this excitement Is
the prevalent betting. in which the
women spectators participate as much
as the men. Professional bookmakers
attend all matches. and their shouts
Of the odds for and against the play
ers are mixed with the cries OF the
gambling spectators. until the scene
resembles a bedlam-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-01-13
Shaft for Hero Dead.

An obelisk Of granite seventy feet
high is to be erected in Denmark as q
memorial TO the many thousands Of
American and allied soldiers Of Danish
descent who died in the World war.
1t has been estimated that about 30
600 men of Danish blood fought In
the American armies I'm France and
that about 10000 Danes fought In the
Canadian. Australian, British and
French armies.