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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
DISTRICT AND MUNICIPAL
ASSESSORS AREAPPOINTED
County Commissioners Name
Officials To Place Values on
Real and Personal Holdings

At special meeting of the County
Commission held Saturday, district
and municipal assessors We're ap-
pointed to make general assessment
of all real and personal property in
the county according to the assess
ment law which provides for an as
sessment every five years.
In addition to appointing these Off
Gals, the Commissioners awarded a
contract for the building of a bridge
to span Buffalo Run, near Selbysport,
to the Concrete Steel Bridge Company
of Clarksburg, West Va. The struc-
ture will be 43 feet long with a road
way IA feet wide. The contract price
is $780,
Assessors named by the Board are
as follows:
District No. &c. T. Frantz and
Freeman Savage, West side; Bruce
Friend and Alexander Frazee, East
side.
District No. 3-Harvey S. Yoder
and Earl Stanton.
District No. 81. Arthur Dewitt
and William A. Speicher.
District No. en-. H. Frankhouser.
District No. Henry Smouse and
Willie S. Friend.
District No. 8-Harry Stahl.
District No. 9-Thos. J. Johnson.
District No. 10-J. w. Kimmell.
District No. 12-Perry H. Broad
water.
District No. 13-John A. Wilson.
District No. 14-Chas. F. Glot-
felty and J. Alvin Friend.
District No. 15-George B. Brown
Friendsville-Dr. A. J. Mason and
C. w. Friend.
Oakland-John Ault and John S
Gnegy.
Kitzmiller-E. F. Feichtner and E
S. Burns.
These officers will be given their
work in a short time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
MRS CHRISTIE MAE MAXEY.

Word has been received in Oakland
of the death of Mrs. Christie Mae
Maxey, which occurred at her home
in Chico, California on May 18th
after an illness of three years of
paralysis.
Mrs. Maxey was a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George H. Fulmer, former
residents of Oakland, and was aged
40 years. She was born at McHenry,
Garrett county, Maryland, and for a
number Of years after coming to
Oakland with her parents she was en-
ployed in the store of J. M. Davis G.
Son.
Mrs. Maxey is survived by her
husband, and by her parents, who re-
side in Akron, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. A.
c. Suddarth, also of Akron, and by
one brother, Frederick, of Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio.
Interment of Mrs. Maxey's remains
was made at Chico, Calf, on Satur-
day, May 18th.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
FRIENDSVILLE YOUTH BEST
ORATOR In RECENT MEET
Virgil Ryland Wins First Prize
At Dawson Defamation Con-
test Held In Oakland.

Virgil Ry land, member of the grad
uating class of Friendsville High
School, won first place and valuable
award for his schools library last
Friday vening at the Walter w. Daw-
son Defamation Contest held in the
Maryland Theatre in Oakland.
Mr.. Ryland won first place over
four contestants from the remaining
high schools of the county, namely:
Grantsville, Oakland, Accident and
Kitzmiller.
Clark Walker, of Kitzmiller high
school won second place in the contest
while Kenneth Stahl of Oakland high,
was awarded third place by the
judges.
The winners of the second and third
places, respectively, won for the libra
ries of their schools nine volumes of
very attractive seventeen volume set
of books bearing the title "The Book
of Literature" a comprehensive an
thology of the best literature extant,
treating on ancient, medieval and
modern literature, and twelve volumes
of very useful twenty three volume
set of The Pocket University" This
set of books is composed of a collec-
ton of literature representing over
four hundred authors and is valua-
BILE adjunct to the Oakland high school
library, where it will be placed by the
winner.
Mr.. Ryland, by winning the contest,
makes possible the addition to the
Friendsville library ten volumes of a
beautiful twenty volume set of Gar
penter's World Travels" The VOL
umes are valuable to the school IL
brary and are composed of familiar
talks about countries and peoples"
The theatre on this occasion was
well filled by an interested audience.
I The contest was interspersed with
musical numbers which consisted ola
Hawaiian guitar solo by Wilmer
Brown of the Oakland school,
Bridget O'Flynn," by Messrs. Moore
and Arnold, of the Kitzmiller school,
and piano solo by Miss Alverta Dill
Ion, of the Accident school.
Mr.. Walter W. Dawson, who spon-
sored the contest, which is financed by
the First National Bank of Oakland,
of which Mr.. Dawson is the cashier,
presided during the evening.
The entire audience seemed we'll
pleased with the decision of the three
judges, who were Mr.. R. F. Myers,
superintendent of schools, Tunnelton,
West Va; Mr.. R. E. King, principal
of the Kingwood West Va) grammar
school, and Rev. DR.. M. O. Magnu-
son, pastor of the Presbyterian church
at Kingwood, West Va.
The winners were proclaimed by the
judges for their stage appearance,
which counted ten points; interpreta-
ton, maximum so points; memory,
maximum 20 points, and pronuncia-
ton and enunciation, which had a
maximum count of 20 points.
The young men representing the
Accident and Grantsville high schools
were Clyde Miller and Edward Miller,
respectively.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
GRAND AND PETIT JURORS
DRAWN FOR JUNE TERM
Chief Judge D. L. Sloan Off
ciates-C. A. Bender, Grants
vile, Foreman

Last Saturday morning Chief
Judge D. L. Sloan, of Cumberland,
came to Oakland and in the presence
of members of the bar and court
officials, drew the names of the grand
and petit jurors from the jury box to
serve at the June term of the Circuit
Court which will convene on Monday,
June 9th.
Charles A. Bender, of Grantsville,
was named as foreman of the grand
jury, which in addition to Mr.. Bender,
will be composed of the following
named citizens:
Chas. W. Soelters, Patrick ]. Gar
rett, Charles Savage, Thomas W.
Ebent, Elmer J. Beachy, Roland R.
Gilbert, Charles C. Mason, Clifton
j. Clark, Jacob J. Glotfelty, James
H. Umbel, Leslie H. Rodeheaver,
Philo T. Lipscomb, William R. Beck
man, Stanley Ashby, J. Edward Moo
NAV, Dallas H. Riley, Wiley S.
Friend, w. Harrison Sines, William A.
Custer, Floyd Lee, John N. Michael,
William P. Bennett.
Petit Jurors.
Ernest Townshend, John O. Will
helm, John J. Magruder, William
Macdonald, Raymond T. Winters,
Cyrus S. Wolf, John w. Steyer, James
M. Wilson, George E. Sloan, Charles
E. Bernard, Mahlon S. Brenneman,
Playford Friend, Clarence c. Steph-
ems, Frederick P. Miller, Homer c.
Shaffer, Harry Nutter, Abel A. De-
Witt, D. R. Deming, Ernest Bowser,
Charles U. Edwards, Richard D.
Johnson, Nimrod F. Dove, Benjamin
Knepp, Oliver C. Miller, Alpheus H.
Friend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
Knights of Pythias to Hold Pic
mic Sunday

Members of Oakland Lodge N. 49,
Knights of Pythias, and their families
will journey to Table Rock Sunday
afternoon and spend the remaining
hours of the day and evening enjoying
the "great open Spaces" and bas-
ket picnic at 5 o'clock.
Two bands, the Crellin Boys Band
and the Oakland band will accompany
the picnicers and furnish music the
entire afternoon with a special COM
bined band concert in the evening.
A baseball game between the
"Bulls" and Bears" will be staged
soon after the arrival of the party at
the Rock and the line of umpires
follow: Guy O. Yutzy, strikes and
balls; John Forman, bases; H. L.
Stemple, right field; ]. Mutt Bell
left field, and Albert L. Lee will be
the official scorer.
The members and their families will
leave Castle Hall at l o'clock in auto
mobiles and will reach their destina-
ton easily in an hours time.
Mr.. Walter W. Dawson is master of
ceremonies.
The entire membership of the lodge
and their families are urged to be
present by the committee in charge of
the affair, and a jolly, good time is
assured.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26

part of May, but owing to the I'M
settled condition of the weather here
at that time it was deemed advisable
by Miss King to observe the occasion
in connection with the Annual Field
Day Meet, and therefore the children
will present their part of the days
program on the Fair grounds, at the
west end of Liberty street, just be-
fore the noon hour.
The afternoon will be taken up with
the running off of the several athletic
events, which will be under the super
vision of the Public Athletic League
of Maryland.
In order to promote interest il the
parade and to make it a huge success,
special prizes are offered for the fol-
lowing features: S25 for the best
representative of health, entered as a
float or a group by any school; $40
for the best representation of some
phase of health by pre-school child,
TO De judged on originality and effec-
tiveness. The prizes are made pos
sible through the generosity of the
Knights of Pythias, the Knights of
Columbus, the Garrett National Bank,
the First National Bank, the Rotary
Club and the Civic Club.
Timely addresses on different phas-
es of health will be delivered by DR..
Henry w. McComas and Mr.. Frank
lin E. Rathbun, county superintendent
of schools, following the May-pole
dances and the browning of the May
queen.
If the weather is inclement the
events will not take place, and a
future date will be announced.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
DAN MOSSER SHOT AND KILLED
BY MABEL SWAN THIS MORNING
Woman Has Message Sent
Summoning Sheriff and
Physician.

Mabel Swan, said to be a grad
uate nurse, having received her
training in a Baltimore hospital,
is under arrest charged with
having shot and killed Daniel
Mosser, of Keyser, w. Va, about
ten o'clock this morning. The
shooting took place at the Moss
err farm, a mile North of Swan
ton, upon which the Swan wom-
an has been a tenant for several
months.
Monday, following Information re-
ceived by the local and Federal pro-
hibition officers, the place was raided
where several hundred gallons OF
mash, about five gallons of liquor and
coil were found under a tent, and
destroyed. 1t is presumed by the
officers that Mosser, hearing of the
raid went to the farm to rid it of the
undesirable tenant and quarrel en-
! sued, followed by the shooting.
Mosser was employed as hostler ir
the Keyser shops of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. He worked last
night and arrived at Swanton about
nine o'clock this morning, going to the
farm at once.
At ten o'clock the Swan woman ap-
peared at the Swanton railroad sta
ton and requested the agent to tele-
phone to Sheriff Casteel to "come tC
her place at once and to bring a doc
: tor with him, as she had shot Oar
Mosser, but did not know whether he
was dead or not"
The sheriff left Immediately. A few
minutes afterward a second message
was received announcing Mosser's
death.
The dead man was aged 40 years
and he is survived by his wife and
four children; one brother, 7. R. Mos.
ser, of Deer Park, who is a B. & O
engineer; and by three sisters, Mrs
Dolly Friend and Mrs. Truman
Sweitzer, of Swanton, and Mrs. T. G
Diehl, of Cumberland.
The Swan woman is an eccentric
character, and until she went to the
Swanton community lived on a farm
west of Oakland. She always dressed
like a man, wearing knee-high gun
boots and made living by driving 6
coal or lumber wagon, as occasion
required. 1t is said that upon one
occasion she was heard to remark
that two things would not be tolerat
ed on her farm-a man and a hog
The woman appears to be about
forty years of age, is slightly built
and is quite active in her movements
Sheriff Casteel upon going to the
Mosser place, found the woman, whC
! gave herself up, and who stated thai
the dead man had tried to break into
the house to collect the rent due him
that she had shot him with % cali
bre rifle and apparently does not re-
gret the deed.
The officer brought his prisoner tt
Oakland, arriving here at 2 o'clock
and she is now in Jail.
An inquest will be held this after
noon to be conducted by Justice Con
der, who will impanel the jury.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26

The many friends of County Agent
]. L. McGlone will regret to learn of
an attack of la grippe which he has
been trying to overcome for a week
or more. Mr.. McGlone has made an
effort to work with his farmer friends
since contracting the disease, but
after on hour or two at his Office, or
making a short trip into the country
is compelled to return to his rooms at
the Willam-James Hotel and remain
there for the remainder of the day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
Officers Make Raid

Local and Federal officers raided
Isaac. Coulter's place near Swanton
Tuesday when they found a large
quantity of moonshine in the making,
which they destroyed. Coulter saw
the officers first and made his escape
through the woods.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
Oakland Gun Club to ReOrganize

All sportsmen who are interested
in the reorganization of the Oakland
Gun Club will please meet at the
City Hall tonight, Thursday, at 500
p. m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
Social At Red House

A social will be held at Red House
on Friday evening June 10th. Re-
freshments of all kinds will be on sale.
Come, bring a friend and enjoy the
evening with us. Proceeds will be
used for the parsonage.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
Pomona Grange Meeting Notice

A meeting of the Pomona Grange
will be held at the Pleasant Valley
Grange Hall on Thursday, June End,
beginning at 10 o'clock a. m. All
members are urged to be present up
on this occasion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
BOX SOCIAL

Elder Hill School cordially invites
you to attend social Saturday night,
May 28th. A string band will fur
nish the music. Everybody welcome.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
Oakland High School News
JuniOr-SeniOr Prom.

The Junior Glass of the Oakland
High School is entertaining the Senior
Glass at dance to be held in the
school auditorium on Friday, May
q, 1927, at $50 o'clock. The hall will
be decorated in blue and silver, the
Senior colors, and the music will be
furnished by the Oakland Orchestra.
Parents and friends will be invited to
act as chaperones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-05-26
Typewriting Contest.

At the invitation of Mr.. C. L. Kapp,
Principal of the Allegany High
School, Cumberland, Nd, the Oak
land High School is entering one con-
testant in the preliminary of the In
ternational Contest, which is to be
held in New York, in October. Miss
Myrtle Right Of the Junior Class is
representing Oakland High in the
elimination contest held Saturday,
May rs, at Allegheny High School,
Cumberland, Maryland.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-25


BY virtue of q writ Of fieri facias, to
me directed. issued out Of the New
Jersey Court of ChancerY, will be sold
at public Venduc. ON
THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF
FEBRUARY, NINETEEN HUMID
RED AND TWENTY SEVEN,
at two O'Clock i'm the afternoon of said
day. in the Board OF Chosen Freehold
ers Assembly Room ON the seventh
Floor Guarantee Trust Building, in
the city OF Atlantic City, County Of
Atlantic and State of New Jersey.
'of land and premises situate, lying and
being in the City OF Atlantic City. in
the County of Atlantic and state OF
New Jersey, bounded and described as
follows:
Beginning i'm the Southerly line of
Arctic Avenue. one hundred feet East
of Georgia Avenue. and extending
thence: % SouthWardly parallel with
Georgia Avenue. one hundred and iif-
ty feet; thence 90 Gastwardly parallel
with Arctic Avenue. fiftY-onc feet ten
inches: thence CD NorthwardlX and
parallel with Georgia Avenue one hun
bred and fifty feet to the SOutherly
line of Arctic Avenue; thence ca
WcstWardly along the same, fifty-one
'ect ten inches to the place of begin
l1r2.
DEGREES approximately $53,1SA93, be-
sides interest, costs and fees.
Seized as the property of Jacob
Rimkufsky ct ais, and taken in exc
cutiCn at the sui. of Atlantic city
National Bank, a barking corporation.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-25
come before the meeting.
GEO. Fl. ADAMS, Secretary,
sHERIFF's SALE.

BY virtue of a writ of fferi facias, to
me directed, issued out of the New
Jersey Court of Chancery, will be sold
at public .yendue, on
DAY OF FEBRUARY, NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN,
at two o'clock in the afternoon of said
day in the Board of Chosen Freehoders
Assembly Room, on the Seventh Floor
Guarantee Trust Building, in the City
of Atlantic City and State of New
Jersey
All that tract or parcel OF land and
premises hereinafter particularly de-
scribed, situate in the City of Pleas
antville. i'm the County of Atlantic and
State OF New Jersey:
Beginning at a point in the North
west line of Chestnut Avenue at the
distance of ninety seven and two
tenthS feet enthusiastically from the
intersection of Chestnut Avenue by
the Northeast line of Verona QormerlY
beaumont Avenue; thence ID North
eastwardly in and along the. North
west line of Chestnut Avenue forty
: even and two-tenths feet; thence (2)
Northwestwardly one hundred feet;
thence 80 enthusiastically. parallel
with Chestnut Avenue forty-seVen ana
two tenthS feet; thence ca southeast
Wardlv parallel with Verona Avenue,
one hundred feet to the place Of be-
DEGREES approximately Slo,&27.8e, be-
sides interest, costs and fees.
Seized as the property OF James r,
Barnett ct ais, and taken in execution
at the suit OF Home Building and Loan
A Association of PleasantVjile, y. j., and
70 - ''o'' " JAMES CIMINO,
Sheriff.
Dated January %. 1927.
c. c. Shinu, Solicitor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-25

enth day of February. 1927. at the
hour of s F. M, at the Borough Hall
in the Borough of Linwood, Atlantic
County New Jersey, the Borough
Council of the Borough of Linwood
will consider the undertaking of ac-
quiring by condemnation the lands de-
scribed in an ordinance entitled, AN
ordinance providing for the acquisition
by condemnation of lands and prem
ises described in the body of this or
dnance, situate in the Borough of
Linwood, County of Atlantic and State
of New Jersey, to be used for public
highway purposes, and providing for
the assessment of damages and bene-
fits, if any" The lands described in
said ordinance are necessary for, and
to be used in, the extension of what
is known as the New Road in the BOr-
ough of Linwood: and for exact de-
scription of the lands described in said
ordinance reference may be had there
to upon application to the Clerk of
said Borough of Linwood. AT the time
and place aforesaid. all persons inter-
ested may be heard for or against the
passage of such ordnance.
Dated January 81, 1927.
JAMES PARISH,
Borough Clerk.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-25

By virtue of a writ Of feri faeias, to
me directed, issued out Of the New
Jersey Court Of Chancery. will be sold
nj publ" Vendue. on
THURSDAY, THE TWENTY -SEV-
IGNTH DAY or JANUARY.
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND
TWENTY SEVEN,
at two o'clock i'm the afternoon Of said
day, in The Board of Chosen Freehold
ers Assembly Room, on the Seventh
the city Of Atlantic City. County Of
Atlantic and State OF New Jersey.
All chat certain tract or parcel of
land and premises situate. lying and
being in the City of Mortified, in the
County Of Atlantic and STATE of New
Jersey, particularly described as fol-
lows
Beginning at a point in the South
crlS line Of Mortified Avenue distant
five hundred and eightysiX and egh
ty-one hundrcdths feet Northwest
wardly from the Intersection of the
S0utherly line OF Northfeld Avenue
and the Westerly line Of the Shore
Road, and runs thence "a Southwest
Wardiy at right angles to Mortified
Avenue one hundred and seventy feet
line: thence 90 NorthWeStWudiy
along said line fifty and fifteen one
hundredths feet to a point distant
hfty feet ENTHUSIASTICALLY at right
angles from the proceeding course;
thence Ga ENTHUSIASTICALLY at right
angles with Mortified Avenue one
hundred and seventy four feet more or
less to the Southerly line of North
field Avenue: thence 90 Southeast
Wardly along the SoUtherly line of
Mortified Avenue ffty feet to the
place Of beginning.
Being Lot No. 81 as shown upon a
map entitled MAP Of premises stu-
ated at Bakersville, n. j., belonging
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-25

TO Anna Licby Jost and whom it may
concern:
NOTICE that on Monday, the sew
enth day OF February 1927, at the
hour Of Il. NJ, at the Borough Hall
in the Borough OF Iinwood, Atlantic
County. New jersey, the Borough
Council Of the Borough Of Lmwood
win consider the undertaking Of ac-
q~iring by condemnation the lands de-
scribcd i'm an ordinance entitled, IAN
ordinance providing for the acquisition
by condemnation of lands and prem
ises described in the body of this or
Ginance. situate in the Borough of
Linwoud. County Of Atlantic and state
Of New jersey, TO be used for public
highway purposes. and providing for
the assessment Of damages and benc-
fits. if any" The lands described i'm
said ordinance are necessary for, ard
to be used in the extension of what
is known rs the New Road in the BOr-
ough of Linwood: and for exact de-
scription of the lands described IN said
ordinance reference may he had there
to upon application to the Clerk of
said Borough Of Linwood. At the time
and place aforesaid, all persons inter
ested may be heard for or against the
passage OF such ordinance.
Dated january q. 1927.
JAMES PARISH,
Borough Clerk.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-25
Says He Has Found
How to Square Circle

BeauvaiS, solutions of
problems which have baffled mathe-
maticians for centuries. including
the squaring of the circle, are
claimed by Ludovic Lapere, an
amateur mathematician. who offers
to give a demonstration before a
competent commission.
Lapere says he has solved the
problems of triseetion of angles,
Inultisection of straight line, di-
vision of the circumference of a
circle and an angle into equal
parts; squaring the circumference
of circle, direct superficial quad
nature of a circle, development OF
a circumference into a straight line
of equal length, and, conversely,
the changing of a circumference of
equal length to that of given
straight line.
In addition he says he has
solved the problems of duplication,
duplication, multiplication and
Septuplication of the cube and its
reduction to One-fourth, one-half
and three-foUrths.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-25


BY virtue of writ of iiell 1aclas; 70
me directed issued out of the New
Jersey Court Of Chancery will be sold
at public vendue. ON -,.,,,,,
THURSDAY. THE SEVENTEENTH
DAY OF FEBRUARY, NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIEVE
at two o'clock in the afternoon OF Sad
daV in the Board of Chosen FreeholdefS
Assembly Room, on the Seventh Floor
Guarantee Trust Building. in the city
of Atlantic City and State OF New
Jersey.
All that certain tract or parcel Of
land and premises situate. lying and
8 ne in the Fitv If Atlantic CITY. IN
the County of Atlantic and State OF
lew Jersey, bounced and described
as follows:
Beginning in the Westerly line of
Providence Terrace one hundred ana
forty feet Northwardly OF Ncntnor
Avenue ana thence extending ~
Northwardly. along Providence Ter
race forty feet: thence ca Westward
~. parallel with Nentnor Avenue, orr
hundred thirty-SiX feet; thence 90
Southwardly, parallel with Providence
Terrace forty feet: thence "a East
wardly, parallel with Ncntnor Avenue.
one hundred and thirtysiN feet 10 the
place OF beginning.
Decree approximately $13,403.5j, be
sides interest costs and fees
Seized as the property of Hannah
Raltar. ct al. and taken in execution
at the suit of Pearl lIesse and to be
JAMES CHINO.
Dated january %. 1927.
Richard II. Robertson, solicitor. az
Pr Sfee, $lJ.32