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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-01-05
STATE AND STREET PLAN TO
BE TAKEN UP JANUARY II

, Representatives of Cities to Meet the
Governor on Bill to go to Legislature
According to a letter recently re-
ceived by Mayor Thomas A. Gender
from. Col. John D. Marley, of Fred
erick, Tuesday, January 18th, is the
date set for a meeting of representa-
tives of Maryland cities with Govern
or Ritchie and members of the Legis-
lature to discuss the State aid street
plan which is embodied in a bill to
be submitted to the Legislature now
in session.
The bill has been approved in prin-
ciple by Governor Richie, the State
Roads Commission and most of the
towns and cities of Maryland. There
are some differences of opinion con-
corning the details and the purpose
of the proposed meeting on the 18th
inst at Annapolis is to reach an
agreement as to details of the bill
and to hear the Governor or one of
his representatives explain the propos-
ed legislation.
The meeting will be held at one
o'clock in the afternoon before the
House and Senate Committee on
Roads and Highways, and large del
egation is expected to be present from
all sections of the State, for all sec
lions are vitality interested in the
provisions of the proposed measure.
Mayor Gender and possibly several
other citizens of Oakland will attend
the meeting. If the proposed State
aid plans for the cities and towns of
Maryland is put into effect, the State
will eXpend approximately 100000
in the next few years assisting the
cities and towns to improve those
sections Of streets in corporate lin
its which connect with State high
ways.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-01-05
Oakland Hardware & Furniture Co.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Beckman, Fair
mont, for the late H. Ross Cropp,
a resident of Oakland some thirty
years ago, whose death occurred last
Tuesday evening in a sudden man
ner. The services were conducted by
the Rev. E. L. Moser, of the Fleming
chapel, with a number of friends in
attendance. The interment was made
in Oakland on Thursday in the family
lot in the local cemetery. Mr.. Cropp
was son of the late James w. and
Susan Cropp and a brother of the late
Charles B. Cropp of Oakland. Mr..
Cropp spent thirty years in Califor-
MIA, having returned east inly a few
months ago. He had been visiting at
the Beckman home since last October.
Some time after arriving in Fairmont
he had severe illness but had prac-
tically recovered. While out in the
yard looking after a little work on
Tuesday he was suddenly stricken.
His body was found by Mrs. Beckman
shortly after he had fallen on the
porch and it was supposed that he
was trying to reach the house. Mr..
Crop was never married. He is sur
vived by two brothers, D. ]. Crop,
of Elkins; E. K. Cropp, of Gormania;
and three sisters, Mrs. ]. H. Beckman
of Fairmont; Mrs. C. A. Wolfe, of
Elkins, and Mrs. NJ. L. Shircliff, of
Braddock Way, Cumberland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-01-05

Dish washing is a different job
with Blue Devil Observation-Disclosures
ment.
Give hard water a jolt-break its
mean disposition with Blue Devil
Advertisement.
Mrs. F. G. Schoch and Mrs. Oliver
NJ. Smouse, of Oakland, spent yester~
day with friends in Deer Park.
Mr.. Fred. King returned to Column
bus, Ohio, after spending the holt
days in Oakland with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. W. F. King.
In Cumberland last Monday mar
riage license was issued to Bruce E.
Miller, 81, teamster. Accident, and
Beatrice l. Grove, Is, Selbysport.
Mrs. Webster Ravenscroft and Miss
Bess Hendrickson spent the weekend
in Clarksburg, West Va, where they
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Leo S.
Lyon.
Mrs. H. S. Blamble and children, of
near Oakland, returned to their home
Monday from Keyser and Shaw, West
Va, where they had been on a visit
to relatives and friends.
Miss Mildred King left Oakland on
Sunday morning last for Columbus,
Ohio, where she will remain during
the winter months with her brother,
Mr.. Leslie E. King, and his family.
At the recent meeting of the Or
phans Court for Garrett county, Mr.
Samuel Butler qualified as executor
of the last will and testament of his
foster mother, the late Mrs Louisa
Ferguson.
Mr.. George L. Sincell, of Keyser,
West Va, spent yesterday in Oakland
returning to his home later in the day
and was accompanied by his mother,
Mrs. Leah F. Sincell, who will spend
some time there.
Miss Rebecca Thayer, professor Of
English at Wooster (Ohio) College,
after spending the holiday season
here with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred. A. Thayer, returned to Wooster
yesterday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Sincell re-
turned to Oakland Monday night af-
ter an absence of about two weeks,
which was spent in Shenandoah, Pa,
and Baltimore, where they were
guests of relatives.
Mrs. John Kennedy returned to her
home at Parkersburg, West Va, yes
terday after a visit of several days
to her mother, Mrs. Ellen Martin, and
her sisters at their home in Oak
land.
Mr.. John H. Sanders and daughter
Miss Pauline, of near Oakland, left
here on Tuesday afternoon for Altoo-
ma and Clearfeld, Pa, where they will
remain two weeks as the guests of
Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Hauser at the
latter place.
LOST-On December %, long yell
low gold bar pin, blue set in center
and embossed on both sides of setting
with peacock and letters &C. H."
around the set; engraved on back of
pin are the letters rs. H. H. 90" A
liberal reward if returned to this of
ce.-Advertisement 1t.
Mr.. Joseph Spates, of Frostburg,
has assumed the management of the
Maryland Theatre in Oakland which
recently came under the control of
the Palace Theatre Company, of
Frostburg. Mr.. Spates prior to COM
ing to Oakland was in the employ of
the E. B. Pritchard Hardware Com
pany at Frostburg.
At the local basket ball floor to-
morrow night the Oakland A. A. team
viii meet the Altoona Overlands. The
visiting team has great reputation
for fair and fast play and local fans
will not be disappointed with the
game to be staged.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-01-05
THE DEATH RECORD.
DANIEL w. WARN

Daniel W. Warn, aged &C years, a
resident of Avilton, and well known
to many Oakland people, died at his
home, Tuesday afternoon of last week
at $3.50 o'clock, from acute Bright's
disease.
Besides his wife he is survived by
the following children: Salem and
Jabez Warn, Cleveland, O., Stanley
Warn and Mrs. Amelia Broadwater,
Bridgville, Del; Charles and Winifred
Warn and Mrs. Stanley Grove, Gar
rett county; one sister, Mrs. John
Tiley, East Union street and two
brothers, Lincoln Warn, Spokane,
Wash, and James Warn, Richmond,
Canada, also survive. The funeral
took place on Tuesday afternoon from
the home in AviltOn at 1870 o'clock.
Intement being made in the Allegany
Cemetery,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-01-05
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST

Misses Grace, Mabel and Mary
Falkenstein spent Monday in Terra
Alta with relatives.
DR.. w. w. Davis, of Baltimore,
spent last Friday in Oakland, being
a guest at the home of Delegate A.
D. Naylor.
Senator John w. Mccullough was
in Oakland on Saturday and again
on Sunday, leaving here the latter
day for Baltimore.
Miss Catharine Manages, of York,
Pa, who spent several days in Oak
land last week with friends, returned
to her home on Friday.
Mr.. Lew Hanst was in Clarksburg
Saturday last on business where he
secured a position as travelling sales
man for manufacturing concern.
Miss Ethel McGreavy, of West
ernport, was the guest of Miss Helen
Helbig at her home on Third street,
returning to her home Tuesday morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldred Roberts re-
turned to their home in Westernport
Monday afternoon after having spent
a day or two in Oakland with rela-
tives.
Miss Eva Falkenstein, of Jane Lew,
West Va, where she has been en-
gagged the past year and a half as an
instructor in the public schools, re-
turned to Jane Lew Monday after
having spent the holidays in Oakland
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j..
NJ Falkenstein.
Lieut.. Charles Hanst, of the Avia-
ton section of the United States Mar
ines, who has been stationed in Santo
III LilC past sNsAl VI iiOA >
was brought back to the States re-
Gently and is now confined to hos
pital in Quantico, Va, where he I'M
derwent surgical operation recently.
Miss Zaidee Browning, who spent
a day or two in Cumberland with her
sister, Mrs. Edward Helbig, patient
at the Western Maryland Hospital,
returned to her home in Oakland Sun
day afternoon. Mrs. Helbig's condi-
ton continues better and her return
to Oakland is anticipated within a
short time.
A large delegation of the promi~
nent residents of Election District
No. 3 were here Monday in confer
ence with Prof Simons, of the State
Department of Agriculture, and the
Board of County Commissioners of
Garrett county. Among those in the
delegation from the northern section
of the county were DR.. Dorsey, Dan
iel Dorsey, William T. Stanton, Joel
A. Beachy and William Winterberg.
Mr.. Saul Praeger, of Cumberland,
was the guest of honor Wednesday at
an important meeting of Oak Lodge
No. 8, l. 0. o. F., in Loeb Lynn, at
which a class of sixteen, which in
cluded Senator Harvey ]. Speicher,
of Accident, were initiated. Mr..
Praeger is the grand master of the
State of Maryland. Mr.. A. T. White,
of Loeb Lynn, had charge of the con-
ferring of the degrees upon the can
didates.
The marketing of farm products is
one of the important questions to be
discussed at the coming meeting in
Baltimore of the Maryland Horticul-
tural Society The various crops,
ways Of raising them, scientific meth
DDS Of farming, etc, will have due
share of attention, but, after all,
what the farmer will get for his labor
is the main thing, and organization
is going to try its power on the sub
ject.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-01-05

Mr.. Guss I. Hilleary, of near Cor
man, unloaded at the local station on
last Saturday a thoroughbred trot-
ting stallion, the property of the Ma
ryland Jockey Club, which organiza
ton sent the animal here to be used
for breeding purposes. The horse is
five years old and has made a record
on the racetrack
One of the many echoes sounding
throughout the land, and especially
this State, concerning prohibition
comes from Frederick, where two men
have been arrested for a fracas on
Christmas day in which one is charged
with beating up his sister and the
other with Offering the same deli
cate attention to an outsider, presum
ably guest. The cause of this unto
ward affair is said to have been the
excessive use of potato wine. Of
which the men INDUCED. The neces-
sity Of satisfying the primitive in
stinct Of thirst has led to much inge-
nuity in getting the essential factor
and much mingled tragedy and hu-
NOR, but it is something new under
the sun to hear of "spud" jag.
FOR SALE-A farm Of rs ITO
acres, located miles from Deer Park
between Lost Land Runs. Improve
ments are a house, barn and outbuild-
ings. Apply to or address Mary J.
Kerns or George w. Kerns, R. D. l.,
box So, Deer Park, Md.-Advertise-
ment 43-5t*
One of the problems confronting
the counties the coming year, it is
said, is that of teachers salaries. Tax
alton enters into the question, and the
attitude of the taxpayer is one of the
determining factors of the situation.
/ There is also said to be a great
dearth in the supply of trained teach
ers, but luckily, not so many vacan-
cies as to make this an imminent
danger to the schools. The school
problem has been one of the most
veXing ones in the last year. and
from small salaries and payments in
arrears, the teachers have been on
the point of open revolt. 1t remains
to be seen how this year will handle
the proposition, for it is becoming
more and more evident something
must be done.
Dame Rumor is busy just now with
changes which the passage of the
suffrage amendment will make in the
laws of Maryland. The garrulous
dame who makes no distinction of
color, age, sex or previous condition
of servitude in her mill, to which all
Is grist, says that the bill which is to
be presented for equal rights in ev-
erything to women will be followed by
a similar demand for equal rights to
men and that among these rights
will be that of alimony from wives
seeking or obtaining divorce. Also
that wives may be required in GER
tain circumstances to support their
husbands, pay their debts and be sub
Ject to failing for desertion. From
which it may be gathered that Dame
Rumor is something of a humorist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-01-05
st. Matthew's Parish.

sunday, January 8, FIRST Sunday after
Epiphany.
st. Matthew's church, Oakland:
$3.50 A. NJ, Holy Communion; 1000
A. NJ, church school; HOO A. NJ,
Morning Prayer and Sermon.
Friday, January 6: Service at
Anderson chapel, Swanton, 3:15 PM.
The Ladies Guild of the Parish will
meet Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. George D.
Sprague. All the ladies of the Parish
are invited,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-01-05
II. ROSS CROPp.

Funeral services were held We'd
nesday evening last at the home Of
Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1922-08-31
PRIDE in SCHOOLS
Dominant Feeling Among Settlers
in Western. Canada.
Despite "Newness" Of the Country,
There Are No Better Institutions
.E. Of Learning Anywhere. ..

There is frequently hesitation e1-
pressed by those whose minds are
almost made up to move to the agri-
cultural lands OF Western Canada,
that the. children will not enjoy the
school privileges afforded them in
their. present surroundings, This Is a
reasonable doubt. The country is new.
1t is within the memory of many who
will read this that the bison roamed
these prairles at will, that there were
no railroads, no settlements beyond
that of some of the Hudson Bay posts,
few courageous ranchmen and In
dians. 1t was ii country of unknown
quantity. 1t is different today, and 1t
has been made different in that short
wealth hidden in the land, which has
been made to yield bountifully through
the daring enterprise Of the pioneer
and the railways that had the courage
to extend their enterprising lines of
steel throughout its length and n great
portion of Its breadth. Villages and
hamlets have developed into. towns and
towns into cities, supported and main.
tanned by those who, coming practi-
cally from all parts Of the world, and
many, yes, thousands, from the neigh
boring states to the south, have taken
up land that cost them but a trifle as
compared with what they were able
to dispose Of the holdings upon which
they had been living for years. These
people brought with them a method
in life that electrified and changed the
entire Canadian West. Today things
are different, and a trip to Western
Canada will show country new but
old. New because changes have been
wrought that give to the newcomer
the opportunity to become part of a
growing and developing country-it
gives the chance to say what shall be
made OF it; old because there has been
brought into Its life those things
That have proven useful in older coun-
tries. while there has been eliminated
everything that would tend to q back
ward stage, A writer, dealing with
social matters, treats Of the, schools,
and says 4, Z ,,i..l, !, ',;ot
everywhere the school follows the
plow. Cities which a few years ago
were represented by scattered shacks
are proud today of their sck6of build
inss. The web of education is being
spread over the prairie. Lately
however, a new policy has been adopt
ed. Instead of many rural schools,
Dis central schools are being estab-
lished-each serving an area of fifty
square miles or so, and children who
i've a mile and llalf away are, con.
'seyed thither in well!warmed, motor
cars" In. the summer, ofscourse, they
come on bikes" or ponfes..;:. u: !.
And s1e young idea .ts:;taugat to,
snoot In many directions. The tnsfruc.
-" fthst}s: ..,tP ,S...U q
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tlon Is not limited to the three :
but nature study and manual a
are taught, in order that the III
agriculturist may have his eduud1
nj foundation laid. Many rural si
have, pleasant gardens attached u
flower and vegetable beds, and
visitor to one such school deep b Z
country says she will never forsall
pride with which a little lad ssu
her the patch Of onions in bis
Thrift Is also taught in the ~
by means of the dime bank.
Following the primary schools .
are secondary schools, where t11
Is free. This includes classics. md
languages, science. mathematics
vanced English, and often agriculu
commercial. and technical suDs
and-but this concerns the sM'1
household economics. For three
this lasts, and then comes matna
tion into the university, a nalnfa
tIon which admits direct to TIE
or science degree, or the edudu
may be completed by a course u
subject at a technical
observation-disclosures. -. a
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Almost as soon as q man V.]]
Don't Worry club they begin u'i
trouble for him about his dues
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liver, bladder and uric ae's ss,;mulssi
organs. assi All druggists .h''. =,
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The mirror., 1922-07-27
THE HERMIT CRAB AND US

Ages ago the hermit crab was a fighter.
Then something put fear into his heart
and when he found an empty snail-shell he
crawled inside it, He's there today. His
once-hard armor has become soft, one of
his claws has shriveled up, and his legs
have lost much of their former strength.
He has degenerated because he sought an
easy life.
A business man in big city owned
twelve-cylinder car. He kept his chauf-
feur waiting at the curb below his Office.
When he wanted to 60 anywhere he
stepped into the elevator and then into his
limousine. He rarely walked. But one
day he noticed his legs were becoming
stiff, that they did not always mind him.
He called upon his doctor.
"Use your legs more and your car less,"
he was advised. "Walk much and the
power to walk will come back"
The man did as he was told. Soon he
was the same fellow again. He had gained
the victory.
A woman had weak lungs, or so she be-
lieved, but the doctor said they had become
weak merely because she did not rightly
use them. He advised deep breathing easy
tennis, and outdoor life; but she remained
in her home like the crab in the snail-shell.
Now she has narrow home in the ceme-
tery.-Selected.
The mirror., 1922-07-27

the next, and the next, and still the next
tarn; and no mishap. After ages of speed,
from out of the void, borne on the wind
came "Frenchy's query: "What you say,
keed?" His impudent question aroused me
from my stupor. From then on l gained
courage and rode like veteran. Did not
even hang on, though l was strapped
slightly by a body brace that could be
easily removed in case of accident. We
roared around the track million" times
it seemed, leaving a trail of gasolene
smoke in our wake that we easily over
took the next lap. Then, Hurrah! the
signal! AT last the finish! Lord! What
a ride, or rather flight!
"The Flying Frenchman" with charac-
teristic foolhardiness made Mirty-three
laps instead, missing first signal, of twenty
six or seven at the most for the twenty
five mile trial. What nonsense and risk
of life and limb. My time-watch showed
the thirty-three laps covered in fraction
over thirty-two minutes.
Better than mile minute ON circn-
lar track, qUithont a stop, nor a mishap.
My time was corroborated by the Of
fetal timer with slight variation as I re-
call; merely matter of some few seconds.
Needless to add, "The Flying French
man" qualified and eventually won the
race and an ample purse with much glory
for his car in the territory, that resulted
in spirited selling. I can also say that
my stories went big and 1 was rapidly
establishing myself on the Blade staff,
made evident in the little weekly envelope,
that was gradully swelling"
The mirror., 1922-07-27
THE TONGUE THAT WAGS

1t is wise to learn early in life that the
one way not to have anything you say
come back to you is not to say it. 1t is
easy to be reckless talker; hard to escape
the consequences.
If you must talk, make two rules. Never
say anything that would hurt you if re-
peated, and cultivate the habit of keeping
disagreeable gossip to yourself.
If only the thing we said came back as
we said it, life would be easier, but when
we hear it again it has grown like Jacks
beanstalk.
Do not even tell good joke if it has a
sting to it. Be sure the sting sticks long
after the wit is lost, and when the object
of the story hears it, it is labeled joke!
If you will not put guard on your ton
que because it is kind, you should do it 70
save yourself unpleasant hours.
Especially when there is excitement rife
in the community, hold your tongue. The
time is ripe for scandal; every one talks,
equally every one repeats, and the simplest
remark is distorted out of all semblance
of truth.
All this should make you wary. If you
cannot say kind word, say nothing. If
you hear an ugly truth, it helps no one and
harms your character to pass it on.-
Selected.
The mirror., 1922-07-27
NOTICE TO INMATES

Each inmate is accorded the privilege Of one
subscription to THE MIRROR, to be sent home
or to friend, free of charge. In order to
obtain this privilege you must write your own
name and register number and the name and
address Of the person you wish to send the
paper to- and hand same to your officer. If
you wish to enter additional subscriptions, they
will be charged for at the rate of so cents a
year for each subscription.
The paper delivered to your cell each week
must be kept clean, and should be folded in
the same manner as you receive it. placing it
at the foot Of your bed on the morning fol-
lowing the day on which it is delivered to
your cell.
The mirror., 1922-07-27
CONSCIENCE?

Conscience has been variously explained
and defined, but perhaps no better thought
has been given than the one which de-
scribes it as ''tiny spark of celestial light"
Without conscience, we are indeed
thrown into the dark, for it illumines and
makes us cheerful, hopeful, and confident.
AS soon as we disregard conscience and
are ready to do whatever pleases us, re-
gardless of the reminders of the still small
voice-that moment do we head toward
unhappiness and financial disaster.
One of the most astonishing things
which the history of the race presents, is
the stupidity of human beings in not
realizing, as matter of fact beyond all
question of controversy, that the only way
is the right way. If our teachings through
our schools, pulpits, books, public speak
ers, and so on would only unite on the
repetition of this simple law and illustra-
tions to prove it never-endingly true, then
the young people of the race would, in
time, get over thinking for a moment that
they can do wrong and get away with it.
But we spend so much time talking about
things which do not matter, that the big
things and main issues are obscured.
Conscience is the still small voice which
dwells within, telling us right from wrong.
To heed conscience and to have the cour-
age which conscience prompts, would be
to breed race of noblemen and noble
women. 1t would be to eliminate weak
lings, and to put splendid premium upon
Service in the highest Interpretation of the
word.
If conscience were needed, the world
would be made over and only those men
tally deficient and congenitally criminal,
would have to be dealt with. These we
would look upon as poor unfortunates not
accountable for their actions and we would
handle them accordingly.
1t is indeed astonishing that the con-
tinued examples of wrong-doing punished
by severe penalties and of dishonor re-
warded with ignominy, do not appeal and
teach lessons never to be forgotten. Yet
we scarcely pick up paper without read
ing of someone who has defaulted, falsifed
his accounts, been untrue to a trust or
unfaithful to principles.
In every community, the outstanding
successful and respected men and women
are those who have made conscience the
headlight of their lives. And the merchant
who puts conscience into his business need
never fear the judgment day of the bank
ruptcy court.-Selected.