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The Washington times., 1923-08-15

When a bird sings to you.
There's only one girl in this
world for me-" don't let him put
that over. The only male person
who could sing that song hon.
estly was Father Adam. And
then came Solomon and Brigham
Young. not to speak of the Sui
tans Of Here and There.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15

Maize s. went to a picnic the
other day and spilled lemonade
all over her new blue shoes. You
should have seen them. She means
that there's always something to
take the Joy out of life.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15

To a Front Row Fan:
They always told me that
chorus girls spend a lot Of money
on their clothes. Do you wear
gold hair nets?
The Washington times., 1923-08-15

Dear Taxicab Driver:
Last night when I objected to
paying your income tax you ex-
planned to me that baby needed
a new pair of shoes. Are you the
father of a centfpede?
The Washington times., 1923-08-15

DCAE MY BOX.
If you would have world peace
send all the wives away to war
and don't forget my wife.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15

TO From tRow Fan:
didn't see the movies on &C.
cunt of your ears. But I heard
the picture. You read beauti-
fully.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
Dear Bootlegger:

Dear Mister Real Estater:
We opened up our new sub
urban home which you sold us.
We are using the garage to keep
our rowboat In.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15

To Rent Collector:
You must have fiat fest from
getting doors jarnbed on them.
Who calls for your rent? would
like the job.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15

Dear Mister Potts, M. ". omar
ried veteran):
Is marriage really joke? Or
is it just silly?
The Republican., 1923-08-30
Attention, Knights of Pythias

All members of Garrett Lodge No.
113, Knights of Pythias, are urged
to be at Pythian Castle at 9:30 A. NJ,
sharp, on Labor Day, September 3,
for the purpose of taking part in the
big Labor Day parade which starts
from Castle Hall at ten o'clock. All
Pythian Sisters are also urged to be
present for the same purpose. Mem
bers of the Dramatic Order Knights
of Khorrassan will wear their fezzes
in the parade. The degree team of
Shah Khu Temple, D. 0. K. K, 176,
of Terra Alta, West Va, will partic-
ipate in the parade in full costumes.
Let all members turn out in this
parade and make it the biggest day in
the history Of Garrett Lodge. Do not
fail. Turn out and show the commit
tee you are with them in their task,
which is a big one. COMMITTEE
The Republican., 1923-08-30
NO DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
WILL BE HELD IN COUNTY
Withdrawal of Two Candidates
For Committeeman Makes
Election Unnecessary

The withdrawal of Messrs. Thomas
J. Browning and William Miller as
candidates for members of the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee for
Garrett county, eliminates a contest
at the primary election to be held in
the county on September 10 insofar as
the Democrats are concerned. This
action will have no effect on the Re-
publican primary, however.
The executive committee of the Dem
ocratic party will be composed of six
members, namely: Urban o. Blocher,
Of Grantsville; William R. Browning,
Mrs. May Hamill Loraditch, A. Tot
ten Matthews, Mrs. Nanniene T. Of
futt and Mrs. Harriet Bartlett Pol
lock, all of Oakland
The withdrawal of Messrs. Brown
ing and Miller was announced yester-
day by the Board of Supervisors after
pages three and nine of The Republi-
can was printed, upon which appears
the Democratic ballot and the notice
of election.
The Republican., 1923-08-30
CAR DRIVER FINED SlOO
AND GIVEN JAIL SENTENCE
James Layman of Garrett COun-
ty, In Cumberland Jail.

Inspector Jefferson, of the State
Motor Police, was in Frostburg last
Saturday morning at the hearing
given James Layman Of Garrett coun-
ty, for operating a motor car while
under the influence of intoxicants.
The case was originally in charge
of Officers Rutland and Dyas, but was
later turned over to Inspector Jeifer-
son.
At the hearing, which was con-
Quoted before Justice Workman, it
came out in the testimony that Lay
man, on June 10th, while under the
influence of liquor, nearly collided
with the machine Of Joseph Thomas.
Officers Keller and Mealing, cooper
ating with Inspector jefferson, ar
rested Layman on Sunday, August 10,
and placed him in the Frostburg jail.
Failing to secure a bondsman for $500
Layman remained in Jail until his case
was called on Saturday.
At the hearing before Justice Work
man, Layman was found guilty of the
charge and fined S1OO, which was paid
by his father. He was also given a
Jail sentence of thirty days in the
Cumberland jail.
The Republican., 1923-08-30
[. KLINE, CUMBERLAND,
GOES INTO BANKRUPTCY
Failure Laid To Lack of Capital
to Protect Losses Sustained
During Depression

Louis Kline, president of Kline's
Underselling Department Store, Inc,
Cumberland, who has been great ad-
vertiser in The Republican in recent
years, Monday afternoon filed a peti-
ton in bankruptcy with the clerk of
the Federal Court in Cumberland for
the benefit of his creditors.
The petition gives the assets of the
corporation at approximately 100000
and liabilities at about S152,OOO.
The corporation has been conduct
ing retail department store at 55
Baltimore street, Cumberland. 1t for
merly controlled store known as the
Hub Clothing Company in Cumber-
land and store at Elkins, West Va.
Mr.. Kline has been a merchant in
Cumberland for the past fifteen years
and stated that in 1921 when mer-
chandise suddenly dropped in value,
he was caught with large stock, in
ventorying about 100000 and the
declining market caused him to sus-
tain a heavy loss. Following the in
corporation of the business strikes
and the industrial depression in 1922
added to their problem. Lack of suf-
ticient capital to protect his losses,
Kline states, made bankruptcy pro-
ceedings necessary.
The Republican., 1923-08-30
Respectfully yours,
ALBERT MARKLEY,
Candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for House of Delegates on the
Republican ticket.
Crellin, Md, August 20, 1928.

To the Women's Federation of Repub-
hcan Club and the Voters of Gar
rett County:
| want to say to you that | always
have been a man who advocated not
too many laws and enforce the law
whatever it may be so long as it was
founded upon just and religious prin-
ciples.
The Volstead law today is in effect
and the. right thing to do is to en-
force it or any other law that is placed
upon the statute books for the good
and the upbuilding of any county
State or the nation.
| served in the Legislature of 1914
My vote can be found in the House
Journals cast in favor Of the temper,
ance bill, which was passed in 1914
and all other bills pertaining to mo-
rality. My position remains unchanged
in this respect.
In connection with the above state
ment, | want to say to the voters of
Garrett county that some party OF
parties have tried to circulate in my
district and perhaps in other sections
of the county that | was brought out
as a candidate by the ring" whoever
constitutes that invisible body. | want
to say to you voters that who even
made this statement told an untruth
| don't belong to any ring nor am
dominated by ring rule" l have
never obligated myself to any person
or body of men politically, neither dc
| intend to do SO.
l promise the voters of the county
that if nominated and elected to be
your servant you will be my con
stituents and | will give to you my
best services for the enactment of any
law or laws that is for the good of oul
county and State. l promise you
such laws will receive my vote.
You have my past record and if
am worthy of your vote will appre.
ciate your confidence and will try tC
reciprocate in the future. If you deem
me unworthy and incompetent, ther
don't vote for me.
Voters, select in your judgment the
Candidates best qualified to fill the
The Republican., 1923-08-30
ENGINEER AND BRAKEMAN
KILLED SUNDAY MORNING
When Baltimore and Ohio Loco
motive Boiler Exploded At
BOnd-Fireman Also
Dies In Hospital

Engineer D. F. Smith, 81 years of
age, and Brakeman J. R. Merriman,
80, both of Keyser, West Va, were
instantly killed Sunday morning at
4:55 o'clock when the boiler of engine
No. 7210, hauling a westbound Bal
timore and Ohio extra freight train
of tifty-two cars exploded about a
quarter of a mile west of Bond on the
Seventeen-Mile Grade. Fireman j.
Barto, aged % years,of NJ. & K. June
ton, West Va, was scalded and badly
mutilated and as a result of his in
jurles, died in the Hoffman Hospital
at Keyser, West Va, at 9:45 o'clock
Monday morning.
The fatal accident happened while
the train was in motion and upon in
vestigation made by officials of the
railway company Monday they decid-
ed that the mishap was caused by low
water in the boiler, thus exposing the
crown sheets in the boiler to the fire.
1t is said that the same locomotive
had a similar experience but of less
serious nature on several former oc-
casions, one occurring near Grafton
about three years ago.
The remains of the victims of the
explosion were removed from the
scene of the wreck to their respective
homes in Keyser and prepared for
burial. Smith is survived by his wife
and two small children, and Merriman
leaves his widow. Both were exper-
fenced employees of the railway COM
pany and had been in the service for
a number Of years. Barto was I'M
married and lived with his widowed
mother at NJ. and X. Junction.
The force Of the explosion lifted
the entire boiler free from the frame
work and trucks Of the locomotive and
hurled it for distance Of seventy-fve
yards up the line, where it alighted
on the eastbound track, rebounded
and again came down on the east
bound track about fifty yards further
up the grade. A second rebound put
the boiler on the bank about twenty
five yards further, whence it rolled
onto and blocked the eastbound track
for several hours.
AS the train was moving up grade
at low rate of speed and the force
of the explosion was forward, none
Of the cars were derailed and there
was very little damage done to the
track. The damage to the engine,
which was practically demolished, is
estimated at between fifty and sixty
thousand dollars.
The Republican., 1923-08-30
ANNUAL COUNTY SUNDAY.
SCHOOL CONVENTION
Will Be Held at Deer Park Sep
tember 22nd and 23rd.

The annual Garrett County Sunday
School Convention will be held at
Deer Park on Saturday and Sunday,
September 22nd and 23rd, and to this
gathering all Sunday school people of
the county, and especially all super
intendents, teachers and leaders, are
invited.
A strong corps of speakers and
leaders will be present and each of
the several sessions will be worth
while.
A more detailed statement will be
made later and published in these col
umns, but all Sunday school superin-
tendents are urged by the county Of
ficers to make arrangements at once
for delegations from their respective
schools.
The Republican., 1923-08-30
nDR. RAVENSCROFT TO Be
= 0AKLAND'S POSTMASTER
His Appointment Recommended
Yesterday By Congressman
Zihlman To Department

DIR. Webster Ravenscroft will
be the next postmaster of Oak
land according to advices receiV-
ed here last night in a letter tc
The Republican from Congress-
man Frederick n. Zihlman.
There were three applicants
for the appointment, the pres
ent incumbent, Mr.. Charles A.
Detfinbaugh, who stood at the
head Of the list insofar as the
examination was concerned, Dr.
RavenscrOft, who stood third,
and Benz. H. Sincell, editor of
The Republican, who occupied
second place.
Mr.. Zihlman's letter to The
Republicans editor reads as fal-
lows:
August 2Sth, 1923.
Mr.. B. H. Sincell
Oakland, Maryland.
My Dear B. H
This is to advise you that l have
this day recommended DR.. Webster
Ravenscroft to the Post Office De-
partment for Postmaster at Oakland,
vice the incumbent.
regret that was not able to serve
you in this matter.
With kind personal regards, 1 beg
to remain,
Very sincerely yours,
F. N. ZIHLMAN.
The Republican., 1923-08-30
st. Marks Lutheran Church, Oakland
"The Friendly Church

Rev. David M. Funk, Pastor.
Services for week of September End
will be as follows:
$3.50 A. NJ, Sunday school. Mr.. G.
]. Altstetter, superintendent. Every
body welcome. Come and help pro-
mote good cause.
10:45 A. NJ, worship. Theme: Ga
Dor Day and the Church." An unbi-
ased discourse relative to labor and
the church.
500 o'clock P. NJ, worship. Theme:
"Heart Trouble"
The union vesper service is ended.
We return again to our own church
for Sunday evening worship. Let US
have a good attendance.
Wednesday, 7:45 P. NJ, prayer ser
vice. Let Wednesday evening be one
for spiritual refreshments.
A personal word, | shall call it the
"Fall call" Vacation month is over.
Fall is at hand. The cooler weather
and the seasons activity urges you
to shake off the summers repose. Let
us hear the new call and respond as
you have in the past. Pray more;
work more; attend more; boost more
The Republican., 1923-08-30
Marriage Licenses Issued.


Marriage licenses for the week end
ing at noon Tuesday were issued t.
the following applicants at the offic,
Of the Clerk of the Circuit Court il
Oakland:
-, Lawrence Osborne Bice, so, far.
mer, of Bridgeport, West Va, anc
Bessie Myers, 80, Of Belington, West
Va.
Cleve Leroy Spade, 40, rubber wor.
ker, and Maude E. Mariston, %, clerk
both of Cumberland.
Russell Forrest Newton, 25, drug
clerk, and Irma Lee McMillan,21, botF
of Montgomery, West Va.
Bert Theodore Lewis, 80, assistant
stationary engineer, and Mary Lens
Gregg, IS, both of Lima, West Va.
Everett Russell Hoskins, 26, iror
worker, and Clara Irene Williams, 19
both Of Fairmont, West Va.
Albert Paul Fike, q, school teacher
and Lillian Whitsell, IS, both of neal
Bruceton Mills, West Va.
Thomas Lindsey Cole, 26, farmer, OF
Pine Bank, Pa, and Mabel Edessa
Cole, 10, of Bluff, Penna.
Robert Russell Laraway, %, tim
herman, of Markleysburg, Pa, and
Mary Margaret Umbel, 26, of Selbys.
port, Md.
Genesee June Bruce, 21, salesman
and Madaline Davis, 19, both of Fair.
mont, West Va.
Auburn Hill, farmer, %, and Wilma
Powell, Is, both Of Morgansville, w
Va.
William Rease Woodford, %, elec-
trician, Of Belington, West Va, and
Glenna Frances Perkins, 10, school
teacher, Of Bristol, West Va.
William Henry Menser, 81, motor
mechanic, and Katherine Marie Berk-
ley, 20, both of Somerset, Pa.
John Attis Phelps, q, clerk, and
Myrtle Blosser, IS, both of Morgan
town, West Va.
Claude Owen Kesner, %, coal min
er, and Bessie Goldie Shreave, 49,
both of Gormania, West Va.
Lawrence Bernard Snider, %, truck
driver, and Lorraine Fortney,21, stem
ographer, both of Fairmont, West
Va.
Floyd Reed Waters, 21, truck driv-
er, Of Shinnston, West Va, and Eva
Mackey, 19, of Macfarland, w. Va.
Hezekiah Enoch, q, coal miner, OF
Fairmont, West Va, and Edith Mil
dred Wade, Is, student,of Mount Nor
ris, West Va.
Vernon Wellington Barnes, 80
school teacher, and Cleo Luella Han
naks, 20, school teacher, both of Som
erfield, Ohio.
Gale Lindsey Moore, so, mechanic
and Mary Stephens, 80, stenographer
both of Morgantown, West Va.
Nicholas NJ. Simpson, %, electri-
Cldil, anu bcdIIICe L. 1(OetlIG, IL, DOlu
Of Weston, West Va.
Walter Sylvester Oliver, %, loco
motive engineer, and Helen Gertrude
Hardy, IS, both of Paw Paw, w. Va
George Hercle White, 21, railroa-
der, of Brave, and Renna A. Madeline
Lemby, 10, of Pentrass, West Va.
Raymond Lee Obley, 21, clerk, and
Mildred Marie Henry, 20, both of
West Newton, Pa.
John Henry Booker, 21, laborer, and
nellie Cook, IS, both of Salem, w. Va
Harry FELTON,, 81, laborer, and Pearl
Stokes, 19, both Of Parsons, w. Va.
Delbert Fleming, %, furnisher, of
Parkersburg, West Va, and Thelma
Placer, IS, of Wheeling, West Va.
Andrew Jackson Evans, 27, auto
mechanic, and Goldie Ethel Dye, IS,
both of Smithville, West Va.
One was marked don't publish
and the request of one applicant was
refused.
NToo4sx
The Republican., 1923-08-30
An Error Corrected.
the Editor of The Republican

To The Editor Of The Republican.
The Oakland correspondent of the
Cumberland Daily News in commu-
nication to that paper one day last
week, in giving a list of the nominees
for Sheriff Intentionally or uninten-
tionally omitted my name, thus in
forming my friends that | had not
filed for the primaries. l wish to cor
rect this statement and state that |
am in the fight to finish.
JOHN M. KISNER.
The Republican., 1923-08-30

Miss Venetia Kelley, of Terra Alta,
is a guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Sellers in Oakland.
All roads should lead Oaklandward
on Monday next, the attraction here
on that day being the sixth annual
Knights of Pythias picnic under the
auspices of Garrett Lodge No. 113,
work upon which has been going on
for several weeks by a wide-awake,
energeic committee composed Of the
members of the organization. En-
tertainment will be afforded every
visitor to the town and wonderful
day is in prospect.
The Republican., 1923-08-30

Thursday, September 9th, is the
next regular meeting of the Pomona
Grange. Hooppole Valley has extend
ed an invitation to meet in their new
hall, located one mile east of Thayer-
vile. The regular order of business
and the same kind of an interesting
program will be carried out. Every
Granger should be there.
The Republican., 1923-08-30
CHURCH NOTICES.
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church


Rev. j. c. Buckley, Pastor.
Sunday school, 1000 A. NJ. Mr.. E.
R. Jones, superintendent. Now that
the vacation season is over and our
teachers are all in their places, the
superintendent hopes to see every
member of the school present.
Public worship and sermon by the
pastor ct HOO a. NJ. Theme: "The
Mountain of Beginnings" This is
the first of a series of sermons on the
subject, Mountain scenes from the
Bible"
Epworth League, 7:15 P. N. Sub
ject: "a Bunch Of Certainties."
Monthly official board meeting,
Monday, P. NJ, at the parsonage.
This is an important meeting and all
officials should plan to be present.
Mid-week prayer and social meet
ing, Wednesday, 500 P. NJ.
Meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society
Thusday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Arthur Townshend on Alder st.
The Republican., 1923-08-30

To the Women's Federation of Repub-
lican Clubs and Voters of Garrett
County: x -
desire to say in reply to the re-
quest of the Women's Federation of
Republican Clubs of Garrett county,
appearing in the issue of The Re
publican Of last week that l have al
ways in the past voted for dry legis-
lation. At the last session of the
Legislature | voted for the Dry En-
forcement measure in the House. as
the record will show, but it failed in
the Senate.
If | should be renominated and re-
elected to the House of Delegates, |
will again support all dry legislation,
both county and Statewide.
Greatfully yours,
ELLIOTT c. HARVEY,
Republican candidate for House of
Delegates, subject to the result of
the Republican primary election.
To the Women's Federation of Repub-
can Club:
/ have read in The Republican of
August 23d your question asked of all
the candidates for the nomination for
the House Of Delegates, and am pleas
ed to give you, as we'll as all other
Republicans of the county, an an
sWer thereto.
During the last session Of the Mary
land Legislature, of which I was a
member, it was my pleasure to stand
squarely for the enactment Of dry
enforcement measure and for all other
moral legislation. | have not changed
my attitude on this and if renominat-
ed and reelected, l shall work and vote
for these measures.
l am heartily in favor of enacting
a measure to better carry out the pro-
visions Of the Eighteenth Amendment
to the Federal Constitution and the
dry law and shall be found voting on
the right side of this and other moral
questions.
Respectfully yours,
ALBERT MARKLEY,
Candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for House of Delegates on the
Republican ticket.
Crellin, Md. Aupust %. 1929
The Republican., 1923-08-30
CANDIDATES FOR HOUSE
OF DELEGATES ANSWER
Reply FavOrably To The Query
PrOpOunded By The WOmen's
Federation of Republican
Clubs OF the County

MIR. Elliott c. Harvey Answers the
Query PrOpOunded by the Women's
Federation of Republican Clubs APP
pearlng in the Last Issue of the Re-
publican as Does Also Messrs. AL
bert Markley, w. w. Savage and
Charles n. McIntire.
The Republican., 1923-08-30
Garrett Memorial Presby Oak
land.

Rev. Henry A. Grubbs, Pastor.
Schedule Of services for Sunday,
September End, 1923:
Sunday school at 1000 o'clock a. m.
Worship and sermon, HOO o'clock
a. m.
The Republican., 1923-08-30
Exchange.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Oak
land Presbyterian church will conduct
food sale at Offutt's store on Satur-
day afternoon, September 1st.
The Republican., 1923-08-30
st. Matthew'S Parish, Oakland

Rev. VIM. T. BayIe, RECTOR.
Sunday, September 2-Fourteenth
Sunday after Trinity.
9:15 A. NJ, Morning prayer and
sermon, Mountain Lake Park
HOO o'clock, Holy Communion and
sermon, Oakland.
11:3O o'clock, Morning prayer and
sermon, Deer Park Hotel chapel.
500 o'clock P. NJ, Evening prayer
and sermon, Deer Park village.
The Republican., 1923-08-30

Mr.. Henry Lauer went to Baltimore
yesterday afternoon on business. He
expects to return to Oakland tonight.
The Republican., 1923-08-30

position as members of the House of
Delegates and then cast your ballots
accordingly. You are, or ought to be
free to vote your convictions.
SO come along on election day and
quote Patrick Henry: "Give me lib
erty or give me DEATH"
Respectfully yours,
W. w. SAVAGE,
Candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for House of Delegates on the
Republican ticket.
Friendsville, District No. ?, Aug. 28.
Mr.. Charles n. McIntire, another of
the Republican candidates for the
nomination for House of Delegates,
has requested The Republican to state
that he stands unqualifedly for the
enforcement of all laws now on the
statute books.
The Republican., 1923-08-30

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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-12-07
Deficit On Conservation.

The State Department OF conserva-
tlon shows deficit of s5,s4O.s2 for
the fiscal year which ended October /,
1928, according to figures announced
by Harrison W. yickers, Jr., State Con
servation Commissioner.
an view Of the short oyster season, .
Mr. vickers said, "the deficit is not
surprising. The oyster industry is not
only selfsustaining but had surplus
of approximately $4,000 this year.
This money was used to protect crabs
and fish and to stock State waters with
FISH
"It is because the grabbing and FISH
ing industries are not self-sustaining
and that State waters are stocked with
fish with no return to the State for the
expenditure that there is a deficit"
Receipts in connection with the oys.
ter industry for 1s22-192S were S114.-
S0S.41. Mr.. vickers said. The total
expenditure for collecting taxes. plant
ing shells snd protecting oysters was
about $4,000. he said.
More than 100000 was spent by the
department in protecting crabs and fish
and stocking State waters with Ash. he
explained Fishing and grabbing H.
censes aggregated less than $1,000, Mr..
Vickers pointed out. The result was
that the profits from the oyster indus.
try were used to counterbalsnce the
losses from these industries, he said.
With the view Of equalizing the bur.
den of State taxes. Mr.. yickers said, he
was working on two bills to be sub
mitted to the next Legislature. One
will provide for an increase in the
license fee OF crabbers and fishermen
from 81 TO $3.50. The other will seek
to connect the fresh-water fisheries di-
vision of the State Department Of Con.
servation with the game division, and
to require license fee Of amateur fish.
ermen.