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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-04

nature and to train people to attain
control over what were called the
pleasures of the flesh. This lower
side of human nature has to be kept
in its proper place, not merely if peo-
pie are to attain high character, but
unless well controlled it interferes
with human happiness.
Whether or not one accepts the the
DRY of evolution, it is evident that the
natural man has many animal traits.
Many of his strong feelings and emo
lions seem to be about the same as
those the lower animals enjoy. They
are course and crude, they make peo-
pie selfish and quarrelsome, they lead
to. wars and cruelties and physical de-
cay,
There are good many people who
never seem to get much above this an
imal level. Some theorists may argue
that they are happy. A philosopher
once said that eff ignorance is bliss,
It's folly to be wise" But the human
intelligence denies the adequacy of
any such point of view.
1t says that man was born with a
soul, and that if he fails to cultivate
that soul and make it a dominating
power in his character, he has missed
the reason for his existence and his
animal pleasures can never give him
any real satisfaction.
So Lent suggests that for a time
men and women should think less of
animal satisfaction and of all occupa-
ton and habits that restrict the high
er development of human nature.
Even if one was not actuated by relig-
ious belief in this practice, it would
have its uses, for it produces more
refined personality that finds pleas
ure in nobler activities and thoughts.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-04
FOR SHERIFF.
To the Republican Voters of Garrett
County,

To the Republican Voters of Garrett
County,
I announce myself candidate for
the nomination of Sheriff of Garrett
County subject to the result of the
primary election. If nominated and
elected l will give my entire time and
attention to the duties of the office,
promising that l will do all in my
power in enforcing the law of the
land. You vote and influence is most
respectfully solicited.
SPITE BERT C. SCOTT.
To the Republican Voters of Garrett
County
hereby announce my candidacy for
the Republican nomination for the Of
flee of Sheriff of Garrett County, sub
Ject to your approval as expressed a
the primary election. q
1 stand Internationally upon plat
form of law enforcement and I prom
Use, if nominated and elected, to do my
full duty without regard to personal
feelings or prejudice. Not only does
this apply to the enforcement of the
criminal laws, but also to the prompt
service and return of all papers COM
ing into my hands for attention, and
| earnestly solicit the support of all
Republican voters at the coming pri-
mary election.
Respectfully yours,
SPITE j. w. KIMMELL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-04
COUNTRY CHILDREN NEED
A NINE-MONTHS' TERN. ="

AS straws show how the winds
blow, so inquiries from country peo-
pie coming into the Bureau of Educa-
ton, Department of the Interior, show
the trend of their thoughts on mat
tiers concerned with the education of
their children. During the past two
weeks there has been an unusual num-
Der of inquiries concerned with the
minimum and average length of
school term in the different States.
The inquirers are seeking arguments
to present to patrons or school officers
in the hope of securing longer school
terms in their State or district. For
tunately, more and more States are
setting up through State laws stan
dard minimum term of s or months.
There are, however, still some States
in which there is no such law and in
which thare are many poor, isolated
districts which maintain school or z
months only. Indeed, reports from a
few States show some districts in
which schools are open even fewer
than months in the year. In con-
sidering this matter of the length of
school term it is important to remem-i
Der that the ordinary school organiza-
ton and expectancy of school achieve
ment is planned with the idea that "a
standard school term is 9 months in
length. Children cannot accomplish in
6, Z or 8 months the full amount of
work planned for 9. At the end of
the seventh or eighth year of school
or at the age of IL or 10 years when
they. should be entering high school
they become discouraged and drop out
of school altogether. Good teachers,
good schools and good buildings are
important factors in education but
they can not fully compensate for
precious opportunities lost through
short terms.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-04
ng them over for their own use,

ing them over for their own use.
Mrs. Milton Sincell was elected
president in 1925.
Work is being done under sugges-
lions of the Federation of Clubs.
There are four committees: Educa-
ton, public welfare, entertainment
and legislative.
At present there are sixty active
and rs honorary members, many of
the charter members being on the ros-
ter of the club.
We are affiliated with National,
State and District Federations.
This history would not be complete
without mentioning that one of our
members as past president of the
club, Mrs. E. z. Tower, was elected
in 1923 to the Town Council and has
been selected as president of that
body. Mrs. Tower is filling the posi-
ton with ability and with great profit
to the town in many Improvements
noted. Z
Let us show our appreciation an
give thanks for the good work that
has been accomplished through the
club in the past fifteen years and look
forward with the highest ideals to
serving our town and community in
every way we can, always giving
loyalty in word and deed to our leader.
the president of the club.
THEKLA C. FUNDENBERG,
Dncnnohor, 1OOS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-04
THURSDAY, MARCH A, 1926.
GETTING ATTENTION.

When the novel effect of a business
innovation wears off it ceases to have
advertising value. Fine store rooms,
plate glass windows and attractive
fixtures have immense advertising
value provided there are enough SLOW
emily stores in the town or neighbor-
hood to make them shine by con-
trast. But when the entire business
community is up-and-up and progress
sive and each member tries to keep
pace with his neighbor, the individual
merchant gets little advertisement
from his investment in architecture,
windows, etc. The individual effect is
lost in the general excellence. In that
case the advertisement goes to the en-
tire body of business men-to the en-
tire town-and is valuable advertise
ment in that respect.
The trouble with many experiment
tiers in advertising is that they expect
too much from a single effort or even
a series of efforts. Advertising is a
continuous, progressive and cumula-
tive process, constantly calling for
new ideas. A merchant makes an i'm
provement which has advertising val
lie for him, until his competitors have
met the improvement or gone him
one better. By and by all the physi-
cal and personal methods of attract
ing attention have been exhausted
Newspaper advertising then steps in
and continues the process. 1t is the
one medium which enables the adver-
tiser to meet the largest possible au-
dience and to exert the largest versa
tility of ideas.
1t is better than any talk delivered
from platform, for the reason that
it can fortify its appeals with the ar
tistries of type, pictures and makeup.
AS a rule, anything that makes fav-
orable impression through the eyes
has a more lasting effect than that
which enters through the ears. The
speaker generally has to summon his
audience. The printed advertisement
goes to the audience. Anyway, no
merchant, excepting an auctioneer,
can be continually going around max
ing speeches with the object of sell
ing goods. The auctioneer exerts a
sort of hypnotism which affects few
of his listeners and makes some sales.
The same amount of expense and of
mental effort invested in advertising
will sell more goods in the long run.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-04
ACTIVITIES OF THE CIVIC
CLUB OF OAKLAND TODATE
A Short Review of the History
of the Organization Since 1t
Was Founded In 1911.

The Oakland Civic Club was organ
lied in March, 1911. The meetings of
the club were held at the Court House
with permission of the County Com
missioners. At the first meeting there
were twenty-three ladies present, all
of whom became members of the club,
and officers were selected to serve for
one year. These officers were:
President, Miss Theckla Fundenberg
vice-president, Mrs. E. H. Sincell;
treasurer, Mrs. Julius C. Renninger;
secretary, Mrs. Lou Thayer- Waters.
The constitution and work of the
club followed that of the Civic Club of
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, one of the first
clubs to be organized for civic work.
There were five committees: munic-
ipal, philanthropic, entertainment,
sanitary and the cemetery.
The men of the town were asked to
join as honorary members and we still
have them working with us in that
way. In the course of the year we
had enrolled forty-fve active men,
bers and twenty-one honorary men,
bers.
The first work to be taken up was
the cleaning of the town. The club
paid to have all trash hauled away.
Everyone in the town helped in the
general cleanup by putting all dis
carded articles where they could be
gathered up easily. This has been
done nearly every spring since that
time.
Wire waste baskets were bought
and placed about the town. These
were emptied by the town authorities
when the streets were cleaned.
The Oakland cemetery also profted
by the work of the club and cleaning
day was held there.
A tea room was opened which was
very attractive and which gave a
social center. The ladies of the club
entertained the Mayor, Mr.. John w.
Hart, at this time. 1t was only open
a few months, however, when it had
to be closed.
Mrs. E. H. Sincell was elected pres
ident in 1912. The cemetery fence
was begun during that year. The old
fence was high wood paling struc-
ture which was at least forty years
old and showed it's age. Any stray
animals-horses, cows, pigs or chick
ems, and there were a good many in
Oakland at that time,-could wonder
through the cemetery and find good
pasturage. This condition made it i'm
possible for any one to give proper
care to the monuments or to the lots.
The cemetery needed the fence. A
public meeting was called and many
interested people talked over the ques-
ton until it materialized into the
handsome stone wall and beautiful
iron gates affording entrance to the
burying ground.
Money was solicited from all per-
sons near and far who might in any
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-04
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF CAN
DIDATES,
December, 1925.

Announcements of candidates for
political offices will be published in
The Republican at the following rates,
the cash or its equivalent to accom-
pany all orders for insertion of the ad-
vertisements:
State Senator, S25; members of the
House of Delegates, SIS; Clerk of the
Circuit Court, S25; Sheriff, $40; Coun-
ty Treasurer, 500; County Commits
sioner, SIS; Clerk to the County Com
missioners, SIS; County Surveyor, S.;
Judges of the Orphans Court, So;
Register of Wills, $40.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-04

way be interested. The ladies of the
club worked to earn money in differ
ent ways. The money collected and
earned by the club amounted to over
one thousand dollars. The gates were
presented by the club; all work and
materials were given at as low price
as possible for the benefit of such an
improvement; the roads and paths
were graded and covered with shale,
which was donated by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad.
The work of Miss Lottie Loar, as
chairman of the cemetery committee,
extending over a period of nine years,
should be especially commended Miss
Loar was untiring in her interest.
At the request of the cemetery as
ISOLATION, work at the cemetery was
given up in 1928, after eleven years
of intensive work by the Civic Club.
Since that time no work has been
done there by the club.
In 1918, Mrs. E. z. Tower was elect
ed president. She held the position
for three years.
The public drinking fountain in
front of the Court House and the wa
tering trough for horses on Third
street were given then. The county
fair was fostered and helped by the
ladies of the club in 1913 when it was
started. Mr.. Stephen Casteel spoke
to the president of the club, asking if
the club would help him to have a
"horse and colt show" This was
brought up at meeting of the club
and acted upon in the affirmative. Mr..
Casteel must have asked others in the
same way, for in few weeks we had
real fair. This was held in the
large building on Third street, which
is now owned by Mr.. A. D. Nyalor.
The ladies of the club gave their as
sistance in decorating and attend
ance at the booths, not only the first
year, but for several years, until the
fair association was well established
Now they have their own fair grounds
and the association has all work on
business basis with exhibits coming
from greater distances.
Money was earned by the club to
keep the grammar school open an ex-
ira month during the early spring.
The Maryland Cook Book was pub
lished, recipes being given for it by
all members of the club and residents
of the town. All the business houses
of the town had advertisements in it.
The Oakland Library was started in
1915 by the civic club. 1t is now ten
years old and has filled need in the
town for reading matter for young
and old. Mrs. Nettie Thrasher has
been our librarian for all these years
and the success of the work has been
greatly helped by her untiring inter-
est. A library association has been
formed, so that it is entirely indie
pendent of the club now.
In 1916, Mrs. R. E. Sliger was
elected president. At that time the
State road had just been completed all
the way to Cumberland. A luncheon
was given, inviting two members
from each club in Allegany county
and Garrett county. Invitations were
accepted and the guests from Cum
berland and vicinity were glad to try
out the new road. The luncheon was
served at the home of Mrs. Lou Thay-
er Waters, the large veranda of her
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-04
Prevention.


sick and it is lot more fun" is the
way DR.. w. C. Stone, Deputy State
Health Officer for Carroll and Howard
counties sums up health message he
has sent to the parents of children who
have had physical examination in
the schools. Since the message is
equally applicable to parents in other
parts Of the State, DR.. John S. Fulton,
Director of the State Department of
Health, takes this way of bringing it
to their attention.
Just as large oaks from little
acorns grow, so, DR.. Stone says, most
of our serious diseases have their be-
ginnings in defects or conditions
which at first seem small and I'M
important, but that lead to serious
consequences if uncorrected.
Among the most treacherous of the
trouble makers, he mentions the fol-
lowing:
Undernourishment and it's side
partner, undevelopment.
Defective teeth and their side part
ners, digestive disorder, and disease
Diseased tonsils and adenoids re-
sulting in the destruction of the first
line of defense against the ever pres
ent germ.
So far as undernourishment is con-
cerned, he says that most often it is
due not to lack of food, but to over
indulgence in the wrong kinds of food
to a diet made up too largely of
starchy foods, sweets, and meats.
Every child" he continues, "for the
first eighteen years of life, at least,
needs quart of milk every day.
Eggs, liver, sweetbreads, cabbage,
greens, salads, fruits, whole wheat
and graham breads should he eaten
regularly"
AS to defective teeth, he points out
the fact that the kinds of food men
toned are necessary for the forma-
ton of strong teeth; that the first
cause of defective teeth is defective
feeding; and that another cause is
lack Of care. He says, eff teeth are
allowed to decay and their usefulness
becomes impaired, there is bound to
be an extra burden thrown upon the
digestive system. s. #The poisons
produced by, and in, germ infected
teeth and gums get into the blood
stream and are carried to every part
of the body, causing damage to, or
destruction of any of the vital or
gans."
Undernourishment, due to the lack
of the right sort of foods, lowers the
vitality of the system, and makes it
less resistant to disease. This is es-
pecially true of tonsils and adenoids.
"When they have become diseased"
DR.. Stone says, 'they cease to become
a first line of defense against germs.
Rather they become hotbed in which
any kind of germ may lodge and grow
to its great delight and advantage.
L DipllCllCilel, Sletl leI lSNcI anu IuGuHle-
tism are diseases that child with
sound, healthy throat has but little
cause to fear. These diseases are res
ponsible for large part of all the
deafness, heart and kidney disease of
later life. y -
Eyes, too, are often permanently
damaged by such diseases as scarlet
fever and diphtheria. ~ No part
of the body is more important than
the eyes, so they should be safeguard
ed"
Should the physical examinations
of children in the schools reveal any
of the conditions pointed out in the
message, parents are urged to lose
no time in taking the children to their
family physicians and to have the
| conditions corrected.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-04
THE LENTEN SEASON.

Whether or not one is interested in
the observance of the church season
of Lent, there is a certain principal in
that custom that demands assent
from thoughtful people. Lent was ap-
pointed by the Christian church to
emphasize the spiritual side of human
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-04
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.

TO U1Te IVtPUUIICdH VUCtTS OF GaTTELC
County:
| hereby announce my candidacy for
the Republican nomination for the of
flee of County Treasurer of Garrett
County, subject to your approval as
expressed at the primary election.
stand upon my past record as my
platform, and promise if nominated
and elected to strive harder to give
more efficient service to the office. I
| earnestly solicit the support of all
Republican voters.
Very respectfully yours,
52-te* ALBERT l.. LEE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-04

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-03-04

FOR SALE-A Fordson Tractor in
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Evening star., 1926-12-01

Carlyle, James F. Kelley and Dolores
Sardou take the lead In a score of
sctors-with one lone woman in the
cast
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-16
COLLINS HOPEFUL
OF VICTORY OVER
DICKINSON QUINT

Watkins. right forward for the Bis
marck high school quint, will play
his final game with the local team
tonight when it faces the Dickinson
players at the high school gymnas-
ium. 1t was at first feared that Wat
kins would not be here for t0night's
game, as the family was scheduled to
leave today for Minneapolis to make
their future homt, but the flashy
cage star obtained parental permits
sion to remain over for tonight's en-
counter. after which he, also. will so
to the Mill City.
Despite the fact that the Dickinson
quint defeated the fast Mandan ag-
gregation last night at Mandan by a
score Of Is to 5, Coach H. +. Collins
was very optimistic today and be-
lieves that his men will give the
westerners tougher battle than did
Mandan. Collins and most of his
players attended the game at Man.
dan last night and should benefit
somewhat by Witnessing the style of
play used. The Dickinson quint is
made up Of veteran players, four out
of the five first string men having
been members of last years team,
and all the men are taller and heav-
Ter than the average high school
player.
There will be only the one game
tonight, and that starts promptly at
s o'clock.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-16
SCHEME
=. ASREALTOR IS
MADE PUBLIC
Will Continue His Operations
Despite Arrest of Bos- :
ton Manager

Jacksonville, Fla. Jan. 16.-(R)--
Charles Ponzi intends to continue to
demonstrate his ability as a financial
wizard by selling SIS an acre Column
bia county land for $3.50 an acre de-
spite the arrest Of Caledonia Alviti,
his branch office manager in Boston.
on blue sky law violation charges.
Ponzi is using as base for his
operations in Florida six tracts Of
land in Columbia county, comprising
total Of 1000 acres.
The land is what is commonly
known as scrub oak and palmetto"
land. covered with thick growth Of
palmetto and other weeds.
No improvements ON Land.
Ponzi's sub-dividing work consisted
Of making plans Of the property and
driving stakes in the ground so that
purchasers who visited the tract may
find their lots. He states there are
no improvements on the property.
PonzIs financial scheme has with
stood the test given by the state
chamber of commerce and govern
ment investigators.
His scheme apparently has temper
arily solved the problem Of embark
ing on real estate operations without
capital. Ills IlTSl Step was 10 issue
unit certificates of Indebtedness ut
$40 each, promising two hundred
per cent dividend in two months. He
then acted as a trustee for the syn
dictate and, as he said, purchased the
best land obtainable for the least
amount of money. He said this sub
division. including the cost Of the
land, sub-div:iing. advertising, office
rental and salaries cost him $40 an
acre.
Then the acreage was staked and
lots 25 by so each. offered to the
general public at $40 each. or a total
retail price for the acre Of $3.50.
How the Plan Works.
Then follows the matter OF the two
hundred per cent dividend to the unit
certificate holders. If the cash is
available the holders of the $40 unit
certificates receive $40 for each $40
certificate. They may, if they wish,
accept three $40 lots in lieu Of cash
If there is no cash. Ponzi provides
that the certificate holders receive
three $40 lots for each $40 certif-