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The Republican., 1931-03-19
16 REQUESTS FOR RELIEF
PASSED BY Committeeman
Applications For Loans Approx
ed and Sent to Headquarters

Sixteen applications for drought re-
lief loans which were filed with the
Garrett county committee on Farm
Relief, have been passed by that body
and sent on to the National Commit
tee at Washington, D. c., according
to John H. Carter, County Agent.
The local committee, which is COM
posed of D. Edward Offutt, Henry p.
Miller and Paul Friend, met yesterday
in the office of the County Agent and
after passing on the applications sent
them to the National Committee for
that body's approval or disapproval.
The names of those requesting re-
lief were not made known, but it was
said that the applications were made
by ordinarily prosperous farmers who
were hard hit by the drought of last
summer and are now forced to bor-
row in order to secure funds to finance
their farm operations this coming
season. The applicants were made
by farmers located in all sections of
the county, it was stated.
In some instances the requests came
from farmers, who, while in no danger
of insolvency, need the money they
now have to pay off mortgages and
accumulated debts and require the
loans to finance this years farm work.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
Friendsville Future Farmers
Celebrate Father and Son Night

The Annual Father and Son ban
quet of the Friendsville Chapter of
the Future Farmers of America, was
held yesterday evening in the Friends
vile High school auditorium.
Mr.. J. D. Blackwell, State super
visor of vocational education, was the
principal speaker, centering his talk
around the major objectives of F. F.
A. which are promotion of agriculture
in school, more interest in agriculture,
inspiration for country life, promo
ton of thrift and recreation, strength
ening of confidence in boys, develop
ment of rural leadership and promo
ton of scholarships in vocational
agriculture.
Mr.. Miller, vo-ag teacher of
Friendsville High, w. J. Glenn, prin-
cipal; w. D. Mullinix, principal of
Grantsville High school; and John H.
Carter, county agent, spoke briefly.
Mr.. Carter told the fathers to work
and play with their sons.
Mr.. Ray Mccullough, Mr.. Bishoff,
Mr.. Loraditch, and Mr.. Parham, local
minister, spoke upon the general sub
ject of agriculture.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
Alumni and High School to De-
eide Series Friday Night

The third and deciding game of the
basketball series between the Oakland
high school quintet and the Alumni,
will be played Friday night at the O.
H. S. auditorium.
The alumni won the first game of
the series, 18 to IA, but the High
school five came back strong the fol-
lowing week to down the graduates
% to 13. This week promises to be
hard-fought contest as it will decide
the championship of the two quints.
The High school as usual will de-
pend on Rice, Graves, Sollars, Glot-
felty and Captain Maroney, while the
Alumni will line up with McComas,
Nally, Stanton, Hanst, and Sanders,
with Gonder and Hoffman substitutes.
Game on Thursday
Oakland High school will meet the
Kitzmiller quint, Garrett county
champions, in a post season game
this evening in the local auditorium.
The game will start at 8:15 o'clock
with a preliminary game at 7:3O be-
tween Oakland second team and Ac-
cident second team. Admission will
be Is and 25 cents each night. Ed.
Elias will referee the contest.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
Rev. Brock Speaker at the Luth'
eran Brotherhood Tuesday

Rev. Walter B. Brock, pastor of
Garrett Memorial Presbyterian church
in Oakland, was the principal speaker
at the regular monthly meeting of the
Lutheran Brotherhood on Tuesday ev-
ening. He spoke on the "Keys of the
Kingdom of Heaven" Approximately
forty were present to hear his ad-
dress.
During the business meeting final
plans were laid for the attendance of
the Brotherhood in a body at the SER
vices in st. Marks Lutheran church
on Sunday morning.
Mr.. T. C. Bittinger, president; Mr..
Guy o. Yutzy, vice-president, and
Rev. C. A. Shilke were named as rep
resentatives of the organization at a
meeting of Synodical Brotherhood Of
ficers at Fairmont this evening. Wal
lace Bowser, George White, Leland
Roth and D. E. Orendorf were named
as committee in charge of next
months program.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
DEWEY HARVEY Is AGAIN
FINED BY JUDGE D. |. SLOAN
Must Pay $500 or Serve Nine
Months, Regardless of Decision
of Baltimore County Judge
FREED ON HABEAs CORPUS

The action of Baltimore County
Judge in releasing Garrett County
prisoner from the Maryland House Of
Correction, located in Anne Arundel
county, met with response from the
local court on Monday morning of this
week when Judge Sloan re-sentenced
Dewey Harvey and ordered that he
pay fine of $4,000 and upon de-
fault in payment of the same be con-
fined in the House of Correction for
the period of nine months.
At the December term of court,
Harvey was convicted on a charge Of
selling Intoxicating liquors and was
sentenced to pay a fine and undergo
confinement in the House of Correc-
tion. From his conviction an appeal
to the Court of Appeals was entered
but later this was stricken out and
Harvey was taken to the Anne Arun-
del institution to serve his time. Late
in February he secured the services
of attorneys in Howard county who
applied to Judge G. Gus Grason, Of
Baltimore county, for writ of habeas
corpus to free Harvey and when the
matter came on for hearing at Tow
son Judge Grason held the sentence
and commitment erroneous and freed
Harvey from custody. Under the
status, as stated by Judge Sloan on
Monday, the prisoner should have
been returned to this county for fur
ther action in event the Baltimore
county judge found an error in the
former sentence but this was entirely
ignored by Judge Grason who exer-
cised the arbitrary powers vested
under the laws relating to habeas
corpus proceedings. At the hearing in
Towson, Mr.. Walter w. Dawson, the
States Attorney for Garrett county,
contended that the sentence and CONF
mitment under which Harvey had
been sent to the House of Correction
were both correct and that hereto
fore they had been found valid in
every attempt made to upset them,
the same procedure having been fol-
lowed in this case as in all others Of
similar nature, but the evidence OF
this was likewise ignored and Harvey
turned loose.
\ Since his release from the House Of
Correction Harvey has been sought by
I the local officers in order that he
might be brought up again before the
local court but they have not been
able to locate him in the county. In
order, however, that he might not go
entirely free it was determined to
take action on Monday morning be-
fore the adjournment of the December
term of court and the call of the
March term deprived the court Of
jurisdiction, and accordingly Judge
Sloan passed new sentence as above
in the absence of the prisoner, giving
him the maximum sentence which
could be imposed under the circum-
stances. This sentence will be car
ried out as soon as Harvey can be lo-
Gated and taken into custody.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
STATE ALMSHOUSES ARE
PROVIDED FOR In BILLS
One Each For The Eastern and
Western Shores to Replace
County Institutions
GARRETT MUST PAY $4,000

Annapolis, March 18-Administra-
tion bills providing for the establish
ment of two centrally located State
almshouses, at total cost of $1,049,-
900, were filed today in the House by
Miss Lavinia Engle, member of the
Montgomery delegation.
The institutions would be known as
the Eastern Shore Infrmary and the
Western Maryland Infrmary, the for
mer capable of accommodating $50 in
mates and the latter 500. The two in
firmaries will replace the present sys-
tenn of individual county almshouses.
The cost of construction of the unit
for the Eastern Shore is estimated at
$301,0 and that of the building for
the Western Shore at $748,000.
Board to Have Control
Each would be administered by a
board of managers, to whom would be
entrusted the responsibility of issuing
bonds to cover the cost of construc-
ton and equipment, and the retire
ment of the debt. The boards also
would select sites for the institutions
and engage superintendents, physi-
clans, matrons, nurse sand necessary
employees.
They would establish salaries of en-
ployes and have absolute jurisdiction
over conduct of the institutions along
this line. The commission would be
unpaid and members would serve six
year terms.
The board of the Western Shore in
stitution would comprise fourteen
members, one from each of the coun-
ties on the west side Of the Chesa-
peake Bay and one at large to be Sc
lected by the Governor. One member
from each of the nine counties would
constitute the board for the Eastern
Shore Infirnary.
To Fix County Quotas
The institutions would be open to
the infrm, INDECENT and those afflicted
with chronic and incurable non-con-
tagious diseases, who would be ad-
mitted as State charge on recommen-
dation of County Commissioners.
The quota for inmates from the
counties would be established by the
boards and each county would be re-
quired to pay to the institution $3.50
annually for every reservation. Pri-
yate cases would be admitted when
the institutions capacities are not
taxed, at a rate of 81 per day.
Sums Counties Will Pay
Counties would be charged with the
responsibility for the construction and
equipment debts as follows:
The Republican., 1931-03-19
OFFER Is SCHOLARSHIPS
TO STUDENTS OF C. M. C. T.
Some Give Entire Years Tuition
and Others Partial Tuition

Fifteen scholarships in a number of
Eastern schools have been offered to
young men who attend the 1881 Cit
izens' Military Training Camps, ac-
cording to a letter from Col. George
Allen Smith, C. M. T. c. officer.
The scholarships in some cases offer
free tuition, while others are for part
tuition. Full details of what is Of
fered can be supplied by F. E. Rath-
bun, County Superintendent of the
local schools, or from the principals
of the various high schools of the
county.
Scholarships are offered by the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa;
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa;
Franklin and Marshall College, Lam
aster, Pa; William and Mary Col
lege, Williamsburg, Va; Charlotte
Hall School, Charlotte Hall, Md;
George Washington University, Wash
ington, D. c.; Washington and Lee
University, Lexington, Va; Hampden-
Sydney Coiiege, Hampden-Sydney,
Va; Stemple School, Washington, D.
c.; University of Pennsylvania, Phil
adelphia, Pa; Danville Military 1nsti-
tute, Danville, Va; Carnegie Institute
of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa; Loom
is Radio College, Washington, D. c.;
Radio Corporation of America, New
York City.
Thus far Ronald Lohr is the only
applicant for C. M. T. C. from Oak
land. Garrett county's quota is ten.
Already a total of $500 have applied
in the Third Corps area for training
this summer and exceeds all previous
records, according to officers in
charge.
All camps will be conducted from
July 2 to 81, those from Garrett coun-
ty going to Fort Eustis, Va, except
in special cases.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
ALLEGED WHOOPEE PARTIES BROKEN UP WHEN MAYOR
STEMPLE ORDERS TENANTS OF APARTMENT TO MOVE

pus is said to have taken place Sum-
day night when one of the male So
journers chased a visitor down the
stairway with a butcher knife, who
threatened to run it through the flee
ing man and clinch it on the opposite
side of his anatomy.
Following Sunday nights rukus
Sheriff Haenftling was called to in
vestigate the conduct of the tenants
and guests, who warned them against
further outbursts. When the warning
enunciated by the Sheriff failed to
have the desired effect Officer Nethkin
was told Monday evening to clay down
the law" to them, which he did and
the result is Oakland has several few
er undesirable citizens than were
within her gates week ago.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
Must Pay Quarterly

The County Commissioners are di-
rected, under the proposed legislation,
to make quarterly returns to the
boards of the institutions of amounts
sufficient to meet the interest charges
and retirement Of principal of each of
the loans.
Says Blue-Law War Lacks Supporters
"Who is sponsoring the Sunday Blue
Law bill?" was the theme of DIR. w.
w. Davis, secretary of the Lords Day
Alliance, and his supporters who de-
scended on the Legislature today to
oppose the measure at hearing of
[fhe Senate Committee on Judicial Pro-
Seeedings.
DIR. Davis said at the hearing, at
which Senator S. Scott Beck, Kent
county, presided, he could find only
two hackers of the measure, designed
to eliminate restrictions on Sunday
sales and amusements. He mention
ed John G. Callan, who introduced a
similar bill at the preceding Assem-
bly, two years ago, and Seventh Day
Adventist whom he did not name.
Interviewd Michel
He had interviewed Francis J. Mi
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The Republican., 1931-03-19
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
HIGH IN STATE AVERAGE
Stand Second in Percentage of
Attendance for January

Garrett county elementary schools
stood second in the State in percen-
tage of attendance for January, ac-
cording to a bulletin just received
from the State department by John L..
Fitzwater, attendance officer. Ale
gany was the only county with a
higher percentage, having 93.5 as
compared with 92.6 for Garrett
county.
The one-teacher schools ranked
fourth with 92.3; two-teacher schools
ranked fifth with 92.6, while the
graded schools stood third with 92.9.
All three were higher than for the
same period last year.
High schools of the county ranked
eleventh with a percentage of 94.2,
which was exactly the average for
the state. Allegany stood highest
with $50.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
Minister'S Association Holds
Regular Meeting

The Mountain Top Ministers Asso-
citation met in the Masonic club room
Monday morning at 10:30. There
were ten ministers present.
The association again expressed its
willingness to aid the unemployed in
the community, if they will register
with the bureau, giving their name
either to Rev. Trimble, Rev. Brock or
Rev. Shilke.
A telegram was authorized to be
sent to DR.. McComas at the State
House, Annapolis, requesting his op-
position to the pending Michel bill, or
all bills designed to open the Sabbath
to further commercilization.
Boys Week, April 26 to May 1, was
discussed and further plans will be
laid before the association at its next
meeting.
President Trimble asked that some
study be made of the unchurched Sec
tions of the territory covered by the
association, so that it may be Of help
in this matter.
Rev. w. L. Disc, of Aurora, re-
viewed the book "They Crucified and
Cruelty" written by DR.. Edward Kel-
ler. He also read a short paper on
the Teachings of Jesus on War"
The association asked Rev. Way
bright of Red House, to read paper
at the April meeting on ''The Rural
Church"
The association will meet again
April 20.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
Concluding Mid-Week Service
to be Held Next Wednesday

A large congregation enjoyed the
services and sermon of Rev. D. c.
Trimble last evening in Garrett Me-
mortal Presbyterian church at the
mid-week Union Lenten service.
The concluding of these mid-week
services will be held in the Lutheran
church next Wednesday evening.
During Holy Week beginning with
Monday, there will be half-hour
Noon-day service in the Presbyterian
church. Also on Good Friday from
one until three will be special SER
vice in the M. E. church, when the
Union choir will render Stainer's
"Crucifxion". The merchants are
again asked to cooperate by closing
their stores.
The Republican., 1931-03-19

Ordered by Mayor Grover Stem
pie to move out of town, tenants of
an apartment on Second street left
within twenty-four hours, taking their
belonging and shaking the dust of
the city from their feet at noon on
Tuesday, departing for a point in the
adjoining county of Preston, West Va,
whence they came about two weeks
ago.
The Mayors order for the unwel-
come guests to take their departure
was transmitted to them through
Chief of Police Nethkin and was made
following a number of complaints by
residents of town who stated that
several fights had occurred there, one
especially fierce one when the wife of
one of the men came to town and
visited the apartment. A second rum
The Republican., 1931-03-19
Fire Department Answers Two
Calls During Past Week

Fire was discovered in the furnace
room of the Frantz hotel on Liberty
street last Friday morning about 1880
o'clock, but was extinguished before
any damage had been done.
An overheated pipe leading from
the furnace had caused some of the
woodwork to ignite. The Oakland
Volunteer Fire department was sum-
moned but the blaze had been extin-
guished before it arrived.
Answers Second Call
The local department answered a
second call this week on Tuesday
evening about 10 o'clock, when a fue
fire was discovered at the Recreation
on Second street. No damage was
done.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
Hoyes Homemakers Organize

The Hoyes Homemakers group met
Tuesday, March II, at the home OF
Mrs. George Sebold with eighteen
present. The group was organized
into a standard Homemakers Club.
The following officers were elected:
Presindent, Mrs. Webb Dewitt;
president, Mrs. Arthur Dewitt;
secretary, Mrs. Arthur Custer; treas
urer, Mrs. George Sebold.
The demonstration for March was
"Guide Patterns" The demonstra-
tion lesson for April will be "Foun-
dation Patterns" The club will meet
April 81 with Mrs. D. o. Dewitt.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
LOCAL LEGIONAIRES JOIN
STATE MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Will Attempt to Bring Member
ship of Local Post to More Than
100 by March 31st
5000 SOUGHT BY STATE

Proctor Kildow Post, No. II, Ameri-
can Legion, has Joined the Statewide
drive for membership, which has been
authorized by George Henderson, de-
psrtment commander of Maryland
American Legion, and is now actively
under way in an effort to help gain
5000 additional members for the
State by March 81. The local post
is attempting to bring its member
ship above the 100 mark, as there are
at present II members and a large
field from which to draw the remain
der.
Eligible veterans in the state not
members of the legion have been esti-
mated at more than $4,000, over 600
of whom are living in Garrett county.
"The Legion post here has never
been stronger than in the past year,"
A. G. Hesen, post commander, said,
"and we are hoping to make it one of
the strongest in the State, both in
membership and in activities"
The legionaires have been divided
into two sections, captained by Neil
Fraley and A. G. Hesen, and each will
vie for honors in bringing in the most
members. Joseph M. Gonder was
named as committee at large to Sc
cure members. y
Legion officials want it distinctly
understood that service abroad is not
necessary for Legion membership as
there is no distinction between ex-
service men who went to France and
those who served on this side. Men
who served in the Navy and Marine
corps are equally welcome.
The Department of Maryland has
recently been swamped under an ava
lanche of requests for assistance in
the preparation of Adjusted Service
Certificates on which veterans are
collecting by the recent Act Of Con-
gress. To give every assistance to
men who are in many cases unaware
of benefits actually due them, it was
decided to increase the legion mem
bership to take care of the demands
and keep the department functioning
effectively.
George Henderson, State Comman-
der of the Legion, is convinced that
there are hundreds of veterans in
Maryland who are not fully acquain-
ted with the privileges to which they
are entitled. He said:
"There is no doubt that many ex-
service men are not availing them
selves of their rights under recent
Legislation. We feel that by becoming
active members of Posts they can
keep abreast of all enactments, have
the benefit of expert knowledge in re-
gard to their claims, and at the same
time strengthen the united front of
the Legion by their action. We ex-
tend a cordial invitation to every
former soldier and sailor of the World
War to join the Legion Post most
convenient to him, confident that the
benefits derived will more than repay
him from every standpoint"
Approximately 10 were present at
the regular meeting of the local post
on Monday evening, at which world
war veterans laws were discussed.
Due to sudden illness Mr.. Charles
F. Sargent, regional director OF the
War Veterans Bureau, was not able
to be present, but will attend legion
meeting as soon as he is able, Mr..
Hesen stated. Major George Parker
who was also on the program, was
unable to be present.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
Mrs. Anthony Denied Freedom
On Bond

Bond was refused Mrs. Lettie An
thony, charged with the murder of
her father, Aaron Meyer, by the
Court on Tuesday.
She applied for her freedom thru a
writ of habeas corpus presented by
her lawyers, w. R. Offutt and Horace
Whitworth, but the court refused to
release her on bond and she will be
held in the Oakland Jail until the June
Term of Court.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
Mr.. Stuart F. Hamill Elected
Director Garrett National
Bank

This morning at the regular weekly
meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Garrett National Bank of Oak
land, Mr.. Stuart F. Hamill was
elected a director to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of his father,
the late Gilmor S. Hamill, who at the
time of his recent demise was chair
man of the board, and prior to that
president of the board of directors.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
Miss Ruth COnley Ill in Cumber@
land Hospital

Miss Ruth Conley's many friends if
Oakland and other parts of the coun-
ty will regret to learn that she is crit
ically ill at Memorial Hospital, Cum-
berland, to which institution she was
admitted on Thursday night following
an attack of appendicitis, which ter
minated prior to the operation in per-
itonitis. Her sister, Miss Katharine
Conley, was summoned to Cumber-
land from her home in Boston, arriv-
ing there Saturday morning where
she expects to remain until the recov~
cry of her sister.
The Republican., 1931-03-19
Dates for Central Closing
Exercises are Announced

Tentative dates for central closing
exercises for the elementary schools
of Garrett county were announced by
F. E. Rathbun, county superintendent.
They are as follows:
Kitzmiller, Tuesday, June 16, 2 p.
m.
Oakland, Tuesday, June 16, evening
Friendsville, Tuesday, June 16,
evening.
Jennings, Tuesday, June 16, even
ing.
Deer Park, Wednesday, June II,
evening.
Swanton, Wednesday, June II,
evening.
Accident, Wednesday evening, June
II.
Kempton, Thursday evening, June
18.
Grantsville, Thursday evening,
June 18.
Dates for graduating exercises for
high schools of the county were an
nounced last week. Friendsville and
Grantsville High school exercises
were scheduled for June II, and Acct
dent, Oakland, and Kitzmiller on
June 1S.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-11
LEASE ON COTTON
LAND RESULTS IN
DAMAGE ACTION

Cotton land in Peaai county,
Arizona, leased on a crop percent
age basis to w. j. Hartman and
George A. Dell, saw the beginning
of the business deal which culmi-
mated in superior court here yester-
daysafternoon when four suits for
amolthts totaling $6,435.62 were
filed against Hartman and Deli.
S. Louise Trekell, F. D. Trekell.
Don A. Trekell and Louise M.
Trekell, each was plaintiff in one Of
the suits Each sought a different
amount alleged due but charges in
the complaints were the same in
each case except that different
parcels of land in the Arizona
county are involved.
1t is the charge in each of the
complaints that Hartman and Dell
leased land from the plaintiffs with
the understanding the latter were TO
get 40 per cent of the proceeds from
cotton crops raised on the prop
erty.
The cotton was planted, grown.
harvested and marketed, said the
complaints. but the plaintiffs never
received their share of the pro-
ceeds. This was during the 1890
crop season.
S. Louise Trekell in her COM
plant asks Judgment for $285484.
F.. d. Trekell asks $161204, Don A..
Trekell asks s60437 and Louise M.
! Trekell asks S1364.37.