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The Washington times., 1927-11-07
COLLEGES
BY DIR. Frank Crane

PROFESSOR LOWELL, Harvard said the other day. "A
/ college cannot educate the student"
Teachers put knowledge before YOU but they cannot
your brain to appropriate it.
AS Dr. Johnson said about certain definition in the dictionary
which young said he could understand supply
the definition but supply the understand it,
book called Humanzng Education lies DESK and It
fierce attack all modern methods of education Of
apparently well founded.
Doubtless there much in the schools colleges b
criticized
teacher who simply hears lessons pupils
procrustean bed of preconceveG ideas poor
But must remember that the country full
teachers who ntelgenty wrestling with problem
tion They know much about the people who
finding fault with them.
Many teachers he
to think and not merely memoz trying
him in the business of thinking
The upshot of the schools business to
supply with the materials for knowledge
with the atmosphere learning
with the who have learned and know to think.
But always the question the last analysis pupil
He his material for original thought be
dry-as-Cust.
You lead horse water but you
think. - 80 ~ ~ -
bright lad better anywhere
ne does not train his mind there he
where School remains the best place. the whole young
man to pass his maturing 1t him mead
HIM; but, on the contrary it may stimulate him.
The question the schools perfect
thing better to offer?
Schools progressing in methods like everything
becoming better all the time.
Copyright Mcclure syndicate)
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How Can a Murderer Con-
sistently DenOunce Murder?
W Can a State That Inflicts Capital Punishment
Expect Individuals Not to Do the Same!

You will find in your own thought always the best and the
only worthwhile argument on any question
Argument specially prepared in advance suggested by
others is not argument all is much like the kind Of
arguing parrot does about its need of cracker
The capital punishment question is quite simple.
People wish to do away with murder.
not reasonable expect the uneducatsd criminal to be
ersrained than the government which he is asked to
respect
As long as government sets the example Of taking human
e for any whatever how expect the
uneducaed criminal do better than does itse
When father says to his child Don pull the tail
the father refrans from pulling the cats tail example
# you see father who drinks telling his
NOT to drink to excess you know that the warning foolish
and aimless.
When you see government telling its criminals not to
nit murder and when you that government commit
ting murder in the form Of capital punishment must know
that the warning is preposterous
The ignorant criminal will say to the government: IF
YOU kill when you feel like it think you ought to- shall
do the same"
When government makes public function Of killing
with electricity with the rope with the with the guio
tne with the garroe in other waypulations
made familiar the killings and killings less dreadful
than it otherwise would.
Capital punishment by the State is proceeding
offensive decency and humanity than the ordinary murder
for it is cowardly.
EVER '' '''
Capital punishment diminish murder increases
it.
In the countries where capital punishment does not exist
murders less frequent than they in countries where
capital punishment is frequent occurrence.
You can that the abolition of capital punishment will
be one step in long series of progressive steps,
We used to hang, draw and quarter criminals young
boys, for offending person of high rank.
Children guilty of stealing few shings hanged in
England.
Witnesses brought into court tortured to make them
tell the truth-even when they accused Of crime
Little by little conditions have improved.
We longer put the rack squeeze their feet in
metal boots pour lead into their stomachs
But DO hang them, and DO put them in electric
chairs and kill them scientifcay-thus disgracng science
And do lock criminals of all kinds up together for
thus making Of the beginner criminal accomplished
the oldest offender.
We shall ouve the criminal features Of efforts
diminish crime gradually The abolition Of capital punish
ment will be an early STEP
The Washington times., 1927-11-07
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland.

But They're All We Have-TO
Love
A WOMAN can keep right on
"A loving a man, no matter how
often he hurts her heart; hut the
moment he offends her magma
ton, he Is "out of the picture
A woman may not be sure that
man has done all the things of
which she suspects him; but she is
always perfectly sure that he
WILL If she'll only give him the
chance and the time.
The average man is constantly
turning over a new leaf-so that
he can have more room to blot up
the pages.
The job of private secretary
doesn't offer girl the most liberal
salary in the world; but it comes
pretty near to affording her the
most liberal education.
Before marriage, a man declares
that his dearest wish is to do
everything on earth to make you
happy. but after marriage, it takes
all your strength and energy to
FORCE him to grant his own
wish.
To forgive a man for ONE sen.
timental indiscretion may be pol.
icy; to forgive him twice IL char.
ity; to forgive him three times IL
n1agnanimity-but to forgive him
any oftener, Is lunacy!
Being a platonic friend to q man
means merely being the mother
confessor Of all his heart affairs
and the receptacle of all his mari
tai woes.
Nothing Is weaker than a mans
faith in a woman's love-for an.
other man.
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SECRETS OF
HEALTH

Nov and then we hear of an
IN isolated case of the rightly
dreaded infantile paralysis, The
disease occurs more rarely as an
epidemic. Its high mortality and
the perma cripples it makes
OF those who survive make in
telligent cooperation of all citi-
zens with the health authorities
imperati to prevent it's spread.
To get a basis Of such CO.
operation it Is necessary to begin
with an understanding of the
active agency that causes the
disease.
Here are a few basic facts: In
tantile paralysis, or "poliomye-
litis," is spread, like influenza, by
"droplet" infection in the spray
Of sneeZe, a cough or loud
talking. Unlike influenza. how
ever, it does not flourish on
every soil and only certain people
can get it.
The apparent mystery as to
how the first case occurs in an
isolated community is solved by
that no case ever infects another,
and that all the spreading is
done by Carriers" who convey
the germs in their Threats with
out taking the disease severely
themselves.
The organism is we'll known.
In spite of occasional excitement
over the recent outbreaks in
schools, poliomyelitis does not
like schools, institutions and large
towns, and hardly ever spreads
in institutions. During one OF
the bad epidemics in this coun.
try. As schools Of the infected
locality, containing $500 children
Of the most susceptible age (2-O
years., were kept under observa'
ton and only one case. occurred.
The Hospital for Sick Children
Gondon) often receives cases, but
has never known the spread or
infection to another child.
In the Broadstairs preparatory
schools there were two fatal cases
before the malady was discov-
cred, and then nothing but one
case of slight paralysis. There
was no case-to.case infection, and
since no one was allowed near
the schools no carrier could in.
feet any more children.
A year or more ago, In Broad
stairs town, England, there were
many cases of bad paralysis. 1t
was then found poliomyelitis does
not like schools, and will not be
virulent In schools.
The reason it does not like
large towns is that, since it is
always present, the community is
largely "salted''-that is to say,
the nonactive infection is widely
disseminated. Collier thinks that
it is not likely ever to work
havoc in London. because it is
there every month of every year.
The soil favorable to the great
epidemic is the community that
has never had it.
In 1916, New York State, at the
elimination of terrible outbreak
of infantile paralysis, had 10000
cases, 5000 deaths and 10000
cases of paralysis. A small iso-
lated village called Stoke Rivers.
in the west of England. had As
eases in a population of liz with
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ONCE-OVERS
By J. J. MUNDY
SEEK VALUABLE FRIENDS

How do you choose your friends?
Do sop for your vanity do you real conn
panonshp?
Do feel that moving social swim a.
seeking to derive real good from those with whom
you associate?
Perhaps you have taken BY certain social
leaders but realize that exactly with them
You think nearly Gin" when reality are long
out.
Your limitations perhaps such that
long the group aiming fine men
and women with whom you would be much happier
If finances ability
want to follow how you expect happy
persons
Don't be shallow in choosing your friends
The Washington times., 1927-11-07
Wooden Shoes

THE Inhabitants of Vexio, a lit.
J. tie town in Sweden, buy one
pair Of shoes EACH year. This is
made feast day and everyone is
gay and celebrates. Makers Of
shoes wooden sabots) are honored
men. Their craft Is one that Is
much looked up to. All year long
they carve and chisel the shoes
that will be shown in the public
square on the day of the sale.
Each shoemaker tries to outdo the
other and makes his shoes as best
he knows how.
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LISTEN, WORLD!

She saw that
look. She knew
that she was
making herself
cheap and ridic-
ulous in the
eyes Of her
daughter. She
also knew that
she was making
the future very
difficult for her.
self. She was
throwing away
a power and
glamour t h a t
she had always
had and she
would n e v e r
again be able to
put anything
over" just be-
cause she was a
m o t h e r. She
would have to
gu alify here
off0r 90 nv
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A MO r H FIR
"A did a heroic

A NJ o T II Elk
"A did a heroic
thing the other
day. She didn
think it was
h eroic. She
didn't make any
fuss about 1t.
She did 1t az
part ot her or
binary service
in life. But l
wonder IL any
deed on a bat
tlefield ever sur
passed it in
courage?
The mother is
IS. The daugh-
ter is IS, a big,
h e a | t by, boy
struck girl. The
boy-struck angle
began to make
tro u b lie. The
girl was becom-
ino fIlrtivo dom
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A Huge Sum

A N American philanthropist is
"A reported to have furnished
funds estimated at $2,250,00O to
the American School for Classical
Studies at Athens, Greece. to be
used for archaeological enterprises.
The school has obtained from the
Greek government concessions
granting the right to dig up he
Lacrs site Of the Agora. Athens
mMMSl<AknlaaM
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II MADE A Fool OF
myself OVeP 6OUS
By ELSIE ROBINSON

stranger would have to qualify,
through her own strength and
friendliness. She knew all that,
and it must have frightened her
a good deal and made her feel
pretty sick. but she went right on.
She told how, when she was Is,
a certain boy had come, an older
boy who knew things the other
boys didn't know, and how he
affected her so that she forgot
everything else in the world.
How she sneaked to meet him at
night and went through school in
a daze. Then one night, when
she was quite beside herself,
terrible thing happened. She did
not mince words when it came to
that part. She told it in all its
shocking, pitiful, vulgar details.
How she stumbled home with her
heart wild with terror-and the
shame that came when the boy
boosted all about it to the other
boys. The awful ordeal of facing
her mother and father and the
principal-the cringing, sickening
years before she could live it
down.
She didn't make a tragedy nor
a sermon of 1t. She told 1t in a
friendly, simple way. as one girl
would warn another. She made
it plain that it had all been the
natural outcome of her own feel
ings. Such feelings were per-
fectly normal and right, she said,
but things like that were bound
to happen IL you didn't control
them. And, now perhaps, it
wouldn't be so hard for her
daughter to tell her about her
feelings, since she knew that her
mother had gone through It all
herself.
She rested the case there. She
Hid MT need to go anv further
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gerously emotional. The mothers
advice and protests did no good.
The daughter loved her but she
honestly felt that mother didn't
understand. Mother was cool,
quiet, sensible, fond of her home,
careful about her reputation,
That was fine sort Of a. mother
to have, but you couldn't expect
That sort OF a, mother to under.
stand these secret, feverish tug
gings and tremblings, this won
derful new dizziness and delight.
this longing to hide and dream
and run away.
That was how the girl felt and
the mother saw it going on in
her mind. She remembered what
mad gone on in her own mind
when she was Is. People had
preached to her, too. But they had
never sacrificed their own dignity
or comfort to help her-and she
knew what their neglect had cost
her. She didn't want her little
girl to pay that price.
So one day she sat down and
had a talk with her daughter.
She told her how she had felt
when she was 15--how she had
been bow crazy. too. She didn't
talk about it sentimentally or try
to save her dignity. She told
exactly how she had felt and
acted-how excited she had been
over all sorts of common, stupid,
warty boys, what a show she had
made OF herself, how people had
laughed at her, But she hadn't
cared, The whole world had
seemed to swell and tremble and
grow hot and sweet and shiny
whenever a new boy came around.
Often the new boy laughed at
her, too, but even that hadn't
stopped her.
AS the mother told all this the
daughter lOnked at her n1nnrln
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in a few days: every house had
Its two, three or four victims, and
two persons over As were in
fected.
Every form of the disease ap-
peared in that village, inside
week. AS contrast. in an cpl
demic occurring in Edinburg that
same wear, there were only sixty.
two cases. all Of the usual spinal
type. No two cases occurred in
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any one family or street, and
case or family contact was abso.
lutely excluded in all but three.
This shows the difference between
the virulence of poliomyelitis in
an "unsalted" community and it's
comparative harmlessness in a
large town, where most Of the
inhabitants have become immune
through frequent small does 81
its infection,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-03-31
Oakland Boys All Club

The Oakland High school boys
after studying the problems of dairy
ing in Garrett county decided that
this industry could be improved.
After talking this matter over with
their parents they decided to start a
Cow Testing Association.
Mr.. o. T. eraser, Agricultural In
structor of the High school, called a
meeting of all the boys interested.
Mr.. E. G. jenkins, State Boys Club
Agent, and County Agent McGlone
were invited to talk on this subject.
After a brief talk on the value of
such an association, both from the
boys standpoint and fathers, the
election Of officers was held at which
the following officers were chosen:
Gerald Biggs, president; Elwood
Hauser, vice president; Dale Sanders,
secretary and treasurer. Following
the election a committee was appoint
ed to draw up rules, regulations and
name for the Association which is to
be presented at the next meeting for
acceptance by all the members.
In instructing the Committee on a
motto, one of the members suggested
cover the top with Garrett county
COWS and away with the scrubs"
Other members of the organization
besides the officers are as follows:
Welba Casteel, William DeBerry,
Bert Falkenstein, John Stevenson, B.
Ramsey, Ritter Brothers, Otto Me-
near, Edward King and Charles
Dodge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-03-31
More Than 22,OOO,0O0 Motor We
hicles Registered in 1926

More than twenty-five million mot
or vehicles were registered in the
United States during 1926 according
to reports received from State regis
tration agencies by the Bureau of
Public Roads of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. The years
registration represents an increase Of
1913 per cent, or slightly more than
100000 more than that of 1925.
Florida with an increase of 40.2
per cent, not including nonresident
registrations, shows a greater gain
than any other State. Oklahoma, with
a gain of IT'S p ecrent, and second
only to Florida in respect to the
amount of increase, was followed
closely by Alabama, Idaho, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Utah, all of which
had increases over Is per cent.
Of the total number of vehicles
registered, 19,237,171 were passenger
automobiles, taxis and busses, and
2,764,222 were motor trucks and road
tractors. The increase in motor
truck and road tractors amounted to
1872 per cent, which is somewhat
greater than the increase for all
classes of motor vehicles, indicating a
continuation of the development of
commodity transportation by high
way.
Receipts from registration fees,
licenses, ETC., amounted to S2SS,2S2,-
352 as compared with S260,619,621 in
1925. Of the gross receipts $3.50, 406,-
060 was available for highway con-
struction under the supervision of the
State highway departments, S51,702,-
1874 was allocated to counties for ex-
penditure on local roads and $25,274,-
1853 was used to finance highway
bond issues. The remainder was used
for payment of collection costs and
miscellaneous purposes.
The number of vehicles registered
in Maryland was 252,S50, and the
revenue derived from the registra-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-03-31
ACCIDENT.


The Rev. Mr.. w. w. Amick and
wife and Mrs.~John Hetrick are visit
ing friends and relatives in Johns
town, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer DERRICK and
family, of Licenring, Pa, spent Sat
urday and Sunday with Mrs. Deit-
rick's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Neuton
Geise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Margroff, of
Accident, are the proud parents Of a
baby daughter.
Misses Hildagarde Miller, Ruth
Speicher, Ola King and Oma Friend
and Mr.. Arthur Speicher spent the
weekend at their homes here.
Messrs. Colt Speicher, Leland
Northcraft and Hubert Tricky, of
Cumberland, spent Sunday here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster Glover, of
Uniontown, Pa, were visitors at the
home of James McGettigan Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Harmon and
daughter, Erma, were Sunday guests
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Fratz.
Mr.. Fred Kamp and family spent
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Asa
Beeghly at Accident.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Snyder and
Mrs. Fred Bowers were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Miller.
Mr.. John McGettigan was the guest
of Marvin Calls Sunday.
Mr.. Lloyd Hoover was in Bittinger
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Bowser and fam
lily, Miss Elma Georg and Mr. Walter
Harmon were Sunday guests at the
home of Miss Lille Miller.
Mr.. William and Waldo Zinkan
spent Friday in Bittinger.
Messrs. Roy Spoerlein and Foster
Speicher, Of Western Maryland Col
lege, Westminster Maryland, are
spending their spring vacation at
their homes here.
While playing with some dynamite,
Raymond Kahl, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Kahl, met with serious acct
dent. He was badly burned and it is
quite probable that his eyes will be
effected following the explosion of
the dynamite.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-03-31

International Association of Automo-
bile Traffic Officers, with headquarters
in Seattle, Washington, considered
the largest traffic body in the world.
Through membership in this club, the
motorist is entitled to display the
Good Conduct Emblem of this Asso-
citation on his car.
The 100 per cent Drivers Club is
unique in that there are no member
ship fees or dues, and admission ca
only be obtained by those who hav
not been arrested for serious traffic
violation for twelve months before
making application.
The club is financed by the men,
bers of the Traffic Officers Associa-
ton, who are convinced that traffic
safety can only be obtained by CO.
operation between the motorist and
the official.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-03-31
PLEASANT VALLEY

According to the ground hog, there
were six weeks of hard winter wealth
er due after the second day of Feb
ruary. However, Mr.. Grounding has
some tall explaining to do if he wants
to square himself with us-not that
we care though. 1t doesn't peeve US
that February was so pleasant that
the robins and red birds came back
and we wont hold a grudge against
the ground hog, for we all are liable
to make mistakes sometime.
Lloyd Bowers, son of Mrs. Nellie
Bowers, has been on the sick list for
the past few days. We hope he will
soon be able to be out again.
Misses June and Dorothy Sem
bower were callers at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Lee Sunday.
Mr.. E. O. Liller is the busy man
of the community trying to get the
farmers organized for hauling stone
on the road.
Mr.. Arch. Spiker has a saw mill in
operation on his farm, saving lum-
Der for a barn which he expects to
build in the near future.
The regular meeting of the Grange
is on Thursday, April Z, 1927. We
would like to see a large attendance
of the members. Regular meetings
are held on the first and third Thurs
day evenings of the month. Literary
programs will be rendered at every
meeting.
Mr.. John Moon and family are mov-
ing onto the Alvey Martin farm.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-03-31
PAID LOCAL NOTICES

FOR RENT-Front fiat over Dix
on's Store, Modern conveniences. APP
ply to MRS. D. NJ. DIXON. Adv. 6tf
FOR QUICK SALE-A nice coupe,
S125.00, used little; also nice young
mare, $4,000. ELROY LEONARD,
Albright, w. Va. Adv. 6, 3t*.
FOR SALE, A six room dwelling
house located in Deer Park. Apply
at this Observation-Disclosures 4 St.
WANTED-Buyers for farms and
town property. G. w. Diefenbach,
Grantsville, Md Mutual telephone
Advertisement 49-tf.
On April End the "Busy Bee" class
of st. Paul's NJ. E. church will con-
duct food sale in Fraley's store,
beginning at 1870 p. m. ct.
DRESS MAKING-Am prepared to
do dressmaking and general sewing of
any description. Apply at Browns
Store. Mrs. S. A. MYFORD.-Adver-
tisement If.
FOR SALE-Baby Chicks, R. C.
Rhode Island Reds from good winter
layers, per rs, $500; per so, $1,000;
per 100, $500 Miss DIANA WEB
Err, Oakland, Md.-Advertisement Aft
FOR SALE-Six-room house and
about five acres of land at Deer Park,
Md. Apply to Mrs. Robert Moss, An
napolis, Observation-Disclosures 2-13t.
FARM FOR SALE-Farm of 100
acres, miles southwest of Mt. Lake
Park, Md, on good country road, and
two miles from hard road. One mile
to church and minutes walk to
school. Five room house and out
buildings; excellent orchard; fine
spring water, with stream flowing
through farm; gas line on farm. A
bargain at $50 per acre if taken soon.
| also offer for sale an room house
and six lots in Loeb Lynn Heights at
a bargain price. Terms to suit
purchaser on both. GEO. NJ. BROWN,
Adv. 5tf. Mt. Lake Park, Nd.
FOR SALE-Two Male Durham
yearlings; good ones. Silas C. Beachy,
Accident. Adv. SGT
HONEY BEES WANTED-Anv
number, and condition, in boxes or
hives. State number and price wan.
ed: B.. B. JONES, Carrollton, Md
Advertisement st.
FARM FOR SALE-Best> in Cove,
Garrett County. Fred Hackman place;
200 acres and good buildings. A good
buy. Owner cannot operate 1t. See
G. W. DIEFENBACH, Grantsville,
Md. Mutual telephone.
ment. 52-tf.
FOR SALE-"Montesano Cottage"
Ten rooms; all modern conveniences;
Is foot front; hard surface street.
Owner will sell direct from premises,
April 8, 1897, 2 p. M, Mt. Lake Park.
Md. LUCRETIA j. CORNWELL.-
Advertisement 5 st.
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McHENRY

Miss Thelma Foye and Miss Marga-
ret Glotfelty were Sunday guests of
Misses Effie and Annabelle Glotfelty.
Miss Nestor, teacher Of the Sebold
school, was the weekend guest of
Miss Mary Reynolds.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bernard and
family were the Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. James Glotfelty.
Miss Margaret Glotfslty was the
weekend guest of Miss Thelma Foye.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Foye were
visiting the latter's mother, near
Swanton, recently.
Mr.. German Bowser, who is en-
ployed in Morgantown, spent the
weekend with home folk.
| Mr.. Bruce Glotfelty has purchased
a new Dodge car. 1t seems as though
the Dodge is the Glotfelty's GO"
Miss Fife Glotfelty has returned
to her home after few weeks visit
| in Uniontown, Pa.
There will be box social at the
Rock Lodge school April 1st. You
are invited.