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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-06-07
GET INTO POLITICS

The commencement season is again
at hand and the schools and colleges
of the land are turning out the an
nual crop of sweet girl graduates and
their manly young companions.
This army of graduates must soon
lay aside the duties of the school
room and take upon themselves the
role of citizenship. This role of citi-
zenship includes all the duties of a
mans and woman's life today, domes-
tic, individual and political.
Under present conditions govern
ment enters into all branches of life.
If government is bad, business and
the home suffer. The ever-increasing
complications of social and industrial
conditions have increased the Deepen
dence of men upon each other, and it
behooves all of US to cooperate etfec-
tually in the business of government.
Therefore, we can no longer shun
politics.
AS matter of duty, it is clear that
the youth of our land must give its
best thought and energy to the prob
lens of government.
Let these graduates give heed to
the functions of government, through
the ballot or otherwise, for in a few
years they will be in charge of the
Ship of State.
The field is one of great interest
and fascination and offers much to
both young men and women.
BY taking an interest in politics we
do not mean the petty politics of the
boss, or the seeking of an office for
the mere salary. We mean an active
participation in the privileges of
good citizenship. Inform yourself re-
garding the functioning of political
parties, because it is generally true
that when you once begin to under
stand, then you begin to influence
the course Of events.
The world is calling for leaders and
the leaders Of tomorrow must come
from the ranks of the graduats Of to-
day.
You can't keep out Of politics if you
want to feel the satisfaction that
comes to one living up to the measure
of his manhood in every relation of
life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-06-07

and the fourth place by G. Luecke, of
Accident.
The running broad jump was won
by Alvin Kamp, of Friendsville High,
13 #, with William Parrish, of Oak
land High, second, and Cartwright
May of the same school, third.
In the eight-pound shot put, all
four places were captured by students
from Oakland High, 81 feet. R.
Smith, R. Mickey, Warder Roy and
Gilbert Shaf'er will wear the med
ais.
In the running broad jump Mar
shall Brown of the Oakland High
School, established new record of
18 1-2 feet. James and John Wolfe,
of the same school, took second and
third places.
In the 12-pound shot put, Single
ton Townshend of Oakland High, re-
ceivcd first honors, 31.9 feet and an
other new record A. Speicher of Ac-
cident High; A. Friend, of Friendsville
High and Gradon Lewis, of Oak
land High, second, third and fourth
places, respectively.
The running high jump was won
by Gilmor S. Hamill 3rd, So; and
James Wilson, End, 4 #. II inches.
Both are of the Oakland High School,
and the feet inches establishes a
new county record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-06-07
Lieut.. Combs responded for Sergt
Heiskell.

Lieut.. Combs responded for Sergt.
Heiskell.
The Forty Years Ago" column of
the Cumberland News last Satur-
days edition contained the following:
"Sheriff Jamison, of Garrett county,
arrived here on the accommodation
train, having in charge three witness
es for the State in the case of the
murder of Josiah Harding in Elkins,
May Is. They were Mrs. Harriet
Harding, wife of the deceased, her
daughter Alice, and Mitchell Russell,
colored. The prisoners were unable
to give security for their appearance
and were placed in Jail here because
the accommodations at the Oakland
Jail were limited and it was desired
to keep the witnesses separated. In the
Oakland Jail were two more witness
es, Robert Harding, son of the deceas-
ed, and Silas Jeffers, colored. Sheriff
Jamison was at the st. Nicholas Ho-
tel here and left for Richmond, Va,
where he was to secure the papers
necessary to bring John Smith, Hard
ing's alleged murderer, from Win
chester, where he was captured, to
Oakland"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-06-07
THE MODERN VILLAGE

In an article in the New York
World, Glare Sheridan paints a fasci-
mating picture of a village she saw
outside Essen, built for workmen. 1t
was village of beautiful cottages
with beautiful yards and gardens,
and, apparently, with quiet, happy
people in them. She says:
mo one needs more than just such
a home as each one had in that model
village. One should not have to be
rich in order to have beauty and har-
mOny of environment. Harmony
should be within reach of all who
need it and appreciate it. Beauty
should be the environment of even
. those who are not conscious of it.
Because beauty and harmony are ele-
waiting and enable the worker to think
his best and therefore do his best.
The Krupps model village represent
ed just a tiny fraction Of the millen-
mum come to earth. The little
hemmed-in world Of Margaretshoehe
was just a pattern Of what the world
should be.
If all people lived in such homes,
she thinks, call the men and women
would love, and none Of the babies
would cry, and all the soldiers would
be creative workers. There would
be no prisons, no lunatic asylums,
flowers would bloom in all the gar
dens of employer and worker alike,
and roses in June would have no class
consciousness"
Maybe so. But the writer seems to
overlook certain facts pretty obvious
to other people. The people living in
those lovely cottages are mostly So
cialists, or at least call themselves so.
They work in the Krupp factories,
and they made the shells and guns
which killed so many millions of Ger
mans neighbors, and they upheld the
statesmen who ordered the killing
and the soldiers who did it.
Evidently beautiful and comforta-
BILE homes, important as they are, will
not cure all human ills.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-06-07

We desire, through the pages of
The Republican to express our heart
felt thanks to the fire department of
Oakland and to all the persons who
looked after our property on May oath
and saved it from destruction. We
know that it is owing only to their
efforts that we stilf~have a home at
Mountain Lake Park and we deeply
appreciate their hard, earnest and
successful efforts.
DIR. and MRS. LOGAN CARR.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-06-07
SATURDAY,
The 23rd Day of June, 1923,

offer at public auction to the highest
bona fide bidder, in front of the Court
House in the town Of Oakland, Mary
land, at the hour of two o'clock P. NJ,
of said day, all those lots and parcels
of land situate in District No. of
Garrett county, which were conveyed
by Moses A. Ross and wife to George
Shevel by deed dated the 18th day Of
December, 1884, and recorded in Lii
Der w. H. T, No. 9, folio 5S3. etc,
one of the Land Records of Garrett
county, containing respectively 1919
and IA 1-2 acres.
Also all that other parcel Of land
adjoining the aforesaid parcels which
are described in a deed from Caroline
Frazee and others to the said Fred
Shevel, dated the 2nd day of March,
1898, and recorded in Liber E. Z. T.,
No. 20, folio Alb, ETC., one Of the
Land Records of Garrett county, con-
tanning 46 acres.
Also all that other parcel of land
conveyed in a deed from Jackson
Griffith and wife to George Shevel by
deed dated June, 1897, and recorded
in Liber E. z. T., No. 80, folio 1884,
etc, one of the Land Records of Gar
rett county, containing II "a acres,
and containing for the whole body of
said land, all of which parcels adjoin,
the quantity of 267 IA acres, and be-
ing the same parcel of land which
were conveyed to Fred. Shevel by
George Shevel and wife by deed dated
the 9th day of February, 1908, and
recorded in Liber Z. z. T., No. Sc, TO-
Ito 461, etc, one of the Land Records
Of Garrett county, especial reference
being made to each and all of said
deeds and tAa records thereof for a
more particular description Of said
property.
The above described parcels of land
are located at the edge of the Cove
and about one and one-half miles
West of the State road.
The Improvements thereon consist
of a good frame dwelling of four or
five rooms and other necessary build
ings in good repair. About one hun
bred acres of said land are cleared,
60 of which are now under cultiva-
ton and 40 acres in good pasture.
The remaining 167 IA acres are COW
cred with a very good lot of timber,
fit for cross ties, mine ties and saw
timber, and being very near the State
road. There is also good apple or
chard on this farm.
Possession will be given the pur-
chaser upon the compliance with the
terms of sale.
TERMS OF SALE-Cash on the
day of sale, or if any responsible bid
der desires it he may pay one-third
down and the balance in two equal
installments in one and two years
from the day of sale, the notes of the
purchaser to be secured satisfactory
to the undersigned, and to bear in
terest from the day of sale, said in
terest to be paid semi-annually, or all
of the purchase money may be paid
down upon the ratification of the sale
by the Court, when a deed will be de-
livered for the property, provided the
whole cash payment is made, other
wise when the notes are taken up and
paid for the deferred payments, then
deed will be made, but the purchas-
er will be entitled to the possession
of the farm from the day of sale, if he
so desires.
For further particulars, apply to
GILMOR S. HAMlLL,
13-5t Assignee of said Mortgage.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-06-07
MORTGAGES SALE
Or A.
A VALUABLE FARM!
ABOUT FOUR MILES NORTH
WEST OF ACCIDENT, GAR
RETT COUNTY, MD.

Under and by virtue of a mortgage
executed by Fred. Shevel and wife to
Norval Speelman, bearing date the
9Th day of October, 1915, and duly
recorded in Liber E. z. T., No. 50,
folio 337, etc, one of the Records of
Garrett county, and duly assigned to
the undersigned on the 25th day of
January, 1928, the said Gilmor S.
Hamill, assignee of said mortgage,
will, on
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-06-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Williams, of
Columbia, S. c., announce the birth
of daughter, born Sunday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Williams par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Town
shend, in Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-06-07
Bradley & Vrooman
Base and TinterPa Amt
Paint Doesn't Cost Money
1t Saves Iti

Unless your home is protected
inside and outside by repainting at
least once every four years, you will
lose in repairs and lessened value,
from five to ten times what the
paint and labor would cost.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-31

giving and Christmas, for instance.
create SO great demand for turkeys
that thousands of people in turkey
states like Texas and Missouri and
Kansas bend all their energies to have
their turkeys ready for the market ut
the psychological moment.
And when everybody wants turkey
the general public eats less meat
Hence the butchers and market men
have to keep a watchful eye open.
Now, as everyone knows, Easter is
preceded by the Lenten season of 46
days. During Lent the American
people eat less meat than usual and
more fish and oysters and more eggs.
So 1t makes lot Of difference to
lot of producers whether Lent begins
In February or in March.
Then there's the climax Of the de
mand for eggs at Easter. Besides the
demand for baby chicks is so great at
Easter for advertising, display and
gift purposes that many incubators
the country over have to set their
hatchlngs with Easter Day in mind.
In short, 1t seems truism that
holidays, whether of festivity or fast
Ing, patriotism or prayer, are reflected
in the busy marts Of the country. And
one of the most far-reaching in influ-
ence is Easter, with its month-long
variation in dates.
Easter is the principal festival Of
the Christian church, commemorative
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead.
Nevertheless, Easter has an origin
far antedatlng the resurrection of
early days of man.
Casters original Significance was
the celebration at or near the vernal
equinox of the beginning of new
year. 1t celebrated the end of win
ter and the approach of sprlng-the
coming of light and heat-and life
At Rome the sacred fire in the tenn
pie of the Vestal Virgins was iindled
anew on March l, which was the be
ginning of the new year. A corre-
spending ceremony is still common in
various parts of Europe. Bonfires are
lighted from fame originated by
the priests on Faster eve. These
fires are kindled every year on the
same hill, which usually Is given the
name of easter Mountain" The sig
nificance is this: AS far as the light
of the bonfire reaches the fields will
be fruitful and the houses safe from
fire and disease. AS the flames die
down, men, women and children leap
through them as protection against
disease.
When Christianity came to the
front 1t adopted the pagan holiday of
Easter. 1t explained that the eXtlnc-
ton of the old-year fires on Easter
eve symbollzed the darkness of Cal
The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-31

tween March % and April 25.
At first the Christian Easter syn
chronized exactly with the Jewish
Passover. This was rejected in the
Western Church on the ground that
the resurrection took place on the
first day of the week after the Pass
over and should therefore be COM
memorated on Sunday. After much
controversy the particular Sunday was
definitely fixed in the Sixth century
to he the Sunday between the fifteenth
and twenty-first days of the moon in
the first month of the Jewish lunar
year, the computation to be made ac-
cordlng to the tables of Victorius of
Aquitalne which were introduced in
475 A. ID. Followed another century
of controversy. Then the matter of
the date of Easter was finally dis
posed Of at the synod held at Whitby,
England, in 1864. After this date the
clergy of the British Isles conformed
to the general practice of the West
ern Church.
So now both Protestant and Roman
Catholic churches observe Easter on
the first Sunday after the full moon
on or next after March 81. Thus
Easter cannot fall earlier than March
% or later than April %.
Easter seldom comes as early as
March %. In fact 1t was away back
in 1918, more than century ago. that
Easter last fell on this early date.
The nearest approach was March %
in 1856 and 1913. Between now and
1850 It's earliest date Will be March
"a In 1910.
Thus Easter may fall more than n
whole month later some years than
other years. For example, 1t fell on
April %, the latest possible date, in
1856. 1t will fall on the same date in
1913 1t fell on April "a in 1859 and
on April % in 1905 and 1916.
Easter and All Fools Day only oc-
casionally fall on the same date. They
coincide in the century 1S5O-1950. hut
six times-1SG6, 1877. 1888, 1923. 1884,
1915.
"Well. what of It? What difference
does 1t make whether Eastern falls
early or late-falls on March % or
April 25?"
AS matter Of fact many of our
American holidays have a nation
wide influence in many ways. Thanks
The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-31

vary and of the grave. The lighting
of the new fires symbolized the resur
rection.
1t seems incongruous, at first
thought. that Easter-the principal
festival of the Christian church-and
All Fools Day-a day of practical
jokes and horseplay-should fall on
the same day-and on Sunday at that.
on second thought, however, there
is nothing lncongruous about 1t, ex-
cepting the fact that All Fools Day
should fall on Sunday-and that is the
fault of our fearful and wonderful
calendar
Both Easter and All Fools Day had
their origin, away back in the begin
nings of the race, in delight at the
approach OF spring. 1t may be easily
understood that the winter was a
hard season for many o. the primeval
peoples and that the increasing
warmth of the sun and the sprlnging
up of vegetable life meant literally
renewal of life. SO the vernal
equinox celebration of primeval peo-
pies was largely expressed in actions
Of exuberant joy.
Even after the coming of Christian
ity Easter was celebrated with games,
songs, dances and dramatic shows. In
the Middle Ages 1t was the custom at
Easter for the people to listen to
amusing tales from the pulpits of the
churches. Special cakes were baked
our modern equivalents are hot-cross
buns and simnel cakes Brightly
painted eggs were presented to friends.
SO there was originally little diff
ference in the celebration of the two
days. In fact, the modern celebration
of All Fools Day is probably sur
vIval of the less serious features of
Easter day.
Anyway, All Fools Da. Is apparent
ly Just as old as Easter. The Scotch
call the victim of an All Fools Day
Joke "gowk" or Cuckoo" The
French name for him is "un poisson
d'AvriT'-April fish. The Romans cell
ebrated the Feast of Fools on Febru-
ary II. The Hindus have their Hull
festival on March 81.
So 1t is likely that the popular cele-
bration in this country of April Fool
Day" is the survival of some pagan
festival of the ancient world largely
devoted to horse play and the playing
of jokes in sheer eXuberance of spirit
because of the coming of spring.
The pictures show three phases of
the celebration of April l, 1879. One
shows a crowd of worshipers going
into ST. Thomas church on Fifth ave
nue., New York city. Another shows
survival of prehistoric days-the
eGg-rolling on the White House lawn
by children on Easter Monday. The
third suggests the pranks of All Fools
Day.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-31

"Why don't you spend some of your
money-live better, enjoy yourself
more?"
Because If l d." he said, people
will expect something of me. If they
don't know I'm well off they will not
expect anything of me and they'll do
for me. So, kee.l my private affairs
TO myself" And then he added, as
though the Woman might be one of
those who expected him to pay for
her lunch, too"
And, besides, I'm Eot SO well Off
as you think."-New York Sun.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-31
Antedates Lauder

1t Is not true that the Scotch Ian
guagr was invented for Harry Lauder.
"Whether you call it a dialect or a
language, the Scottish tongue is a
thing whose history entities 1t to be
cherished by those to whom 1t be-
longs" Professor Craigie. the we'll
known oxford philologist, told the
vernacular Circle of the London Burns
club.
The elements of the Scottish tongue
The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-31

as 1t is now known" the professor
said, "came over to the country with
the Angles in the Fourth or Fifth cen
fury. 1t is now substantially the same
as the tongue of the Scottish border
ers in the Seventh and Eighth cen
turieS"
The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-31
A Well.Guarded Secret.

He was rich and close. The Woman
had known him since childhood days
The other day she said to him, as
they met at the same table at down
town restaurant:
The Colorado statesman., 1923-03-31
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

4 STER Day and All
Fools Day both fall
on April ! this year.
This Is bound to hap
pen every now and
then because of the
fact that All Fools
Day always falls on
April l, while Easter
bobs around on the
calendar anywhere be-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-12
CouzenS Declares Municipal
Ownership Is Only Elan to
Solve Growing Demand.
FINANCES is QUESTION
Privately Owned Companies
Fail to Properly Serve Peo-
pie, Ex-Mayor Says.
= IEO III. SACK

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Munici-
pal ownership of street railways
everywhere must come if these prop
critics are to properly serve the ever
growing demands of the public.
1T is inevitable" says Senator
James Couzens OF Michigan, until a
few weeks ago mayor Of Detroit
Couzens put over the worlds biggest
experiment in municipal ownership
and operation of street railways.
Aside from the failure of privately
owned companies to properly serve
the public" Couzens says, "One Of the
compelling reasons why municipal
ownership must come is the question
of finances. No one with an ounce of
sense will put any more money into
street railway properties. Money for
necessary improvements is becoming
more scarce. Investors now shun
these securities"
Auto bus competition does not
alarm Couzens. who says; The bus
will never replace the street car. As
a competitor It viii continue to grow
in Importance and it will serve as an
adjunct to the companies in the de-
velopment of suburban and other
closerin feeder communities.
1.-THE truth is that the automobile
bus. with no right of way charge.
with no maintenance OF tracks 10
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-12
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-12
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-12

pay for, including paving between
and on the size Of the tracks, and
with no expensive power plants to
maintain, can't haul the passengers
as cheaply as an electric car. Neither
can the buss haul the volume of
passengers.
An unfair charge now being as
sessed against the street car rider,
in Senator Couzens' opinion, is the
cost of paving between street car
tracks.
This condition is no longer
justified" he says. ut is a relic of
the early days of horse cars. Then
the horses unquestionably helped to
wear out the pavements, but they
don't any more. Automobiles do
now"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-12
MIR. F. P. Sickles-
Most Terrible Coughs
Gave Up in Despair
in TWO Days Cough Was Gone and
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