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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19
ADVERTISING DOES 1T

That business can be revived speed
lily if values are given prospective
purchasers and that newspaper adver-
Using is the most powerful medium OF
carrying trade news to the people are
declarations of Charles B. Dulcan,
vice-president and general merchan-
disc manager of The Hecht Co., of
Washington, D. C. In recent state
ment he declared:
Newspaper advertising has again
proved that it is the most powerful
and effective advertising medium. The
results are direct and instantaneous.
"For the past week thousands of
stores throughout America have con-
Quoted drives for increased business
because they seemed, in some myster-
ious way, to have reached the conclu-
sion that prices were at low ebb,
whereas savings accounts indicated
that their was money to spend for
goods that had dropped way below
normal.
"Our own concern took this view,
increased it's advertising and as re-
suit we have sold more goods every
single day this past week than in our
best previous year. Specifically, since
last Monday we have increased our
business 80 per cent in dollars and
cents; we have sold A per cent more
items in this week than in the cores
ponding week, 1880. We have given
employment to 10 per cent more peo-
pie. We showed tenfold increase in
our long-distance wires and buyers
trips to New York. We placed more
orders; shipments arriving at the
store were increased 20 per cent. We
have stopped going down."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19
READING GOOD BOOKS

In this day and age when the mar
ket is swamped with all kinds of arti-
cles, stories, fiction, ETC., and other
so-called literature, the problem of
selecting worth while reading mater
ial for children and even adults, is a
huge one.
The United States is celebrating
this week National Book Week, in an
attempt to stimulate the reading of
good worthwhile literature.
This year, particularly, the i'm
provement of international relations
or world wide friendship is being
stressed by those interested in the
movement.
National Book Week started 19
years ago as Children's Book Week
but since that time the demand has
grown until today it includes every,
body. '''%
To read good books is an education
To read the trash that is included ir
many magazines and pamphlets of to.
day is no :stimulant to the mind
Learn to pick the good out of the
mass production and be well read.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19
S6OO,OOO,OOO FOR CHRISTMAS
CLUBS

Within the next two weeks banks
and savings funds in all parts OF the
United States will begin the distri-
button of $6OO,OOO,OOO to members of
Christmas clubs. This is an astound-
ing total in view of the depression of
the last year, and it becomes imper-
tant because of the reasonable GER
tainty that the largest part of it is
likely to be placed in circulation be-
tween Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The money goes to 100000 persons
and the average sum for each will be
about $50. New York leads all other
States in the amount of money to be
distributed, and Pennsylvania comes
second with $66,O00,OOO to its credit.
Washington, D. c., makes the best
showing for cities with a total of
$S,O0O,O0O. But in all something like
1000 communities will feel the benefit
of having this great amount of cash
placed in circulation.
There is no doubt that the expendi-
ture of this money will have stimu-
lating effect upon business. When we
add to it the natural improvement
that has been felt in the last few
weeks, it should be the means of Gre
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19

ating feeling of buoyancy which will
hasten the return of normal times.
The millions of persons who have been
depositing in these clubs have given
us an exhibition of thrift as compared
with mere boarding. They have, in
the words of former President Cool
idge, been saving in order that they
may spend. Indeed, the watchword OF
the organizers of the clubs to their
members is to "spend wisely but not
extravagantIy." The advice is hardlS
needed. Most Of these savers proba->
bly, know in advance precisely what
they are going to do with their money.
In most cases it will be used for the
purchase of gifts for relatives and
friends. Those who fear it may be
wasted can cast aside their misgiv-
ings. There has not been time in
the last two or three decades when
goods of all kinds could be bought to
better advantage.
The one who conceived the idea of
Christmas Clubs builded better than
he knew. They have brought happi-
ness to millions. And they have crea-
ted the habit of thrift SO that great
, numbers now regularly set aside GER
tain sums to meet their obligations
when they come due. This year those
who are fortunate enough to get
their Christmas money will not only
benefit personally, but will also have
, the added satisfaction of knowing
they are contributing to the return Of
! prosperity by helping to turn the
wheels of trade and industry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19

war. Its shadow falls on the Orient;
soon it may fall on Europe. The I'm
tied States will 1be affected by any
great war, wherever fought, but it
has nothing at stake which would JUS
tify entry into it, short of invasion
of our own soil. We need, more than
ever, however, to put ourselves IN
what Washington called a "respecta-
BILE posture of defense" If sparks
fly this way, we need good fire de-
partment to put them out before they
burst into flame. The stronger we
are in our ability to defend ourselves
the less likely it is that our weakness
will be a temptation to attack from
any quarter.
Whatever the technical rights Of
seaborne commerce, the risks of COM
merce with combatants, in case of
war, should be taken beyond our Dor
ders by those who stand to directly
profit by them. "In the midst of war,
all laws are SILENT" and at such a
time this nation cannot undertake to
spend life to save property.
This country is ready to defend
itself to the last dollar and the last
worthwhile life, but it will do no more
adventuring abroad in wars with the
causes and purposes Of which we have
nothing rightfully to do.
Most of our pacifsts want to in
volve the United States in every
worldwide controversy on the quaint
theory that the rest of the world is
willing for US to settle these disputes
rather than merely become involved
in them to the jeopardizing of our own
peace.
Those who combine a sane love of
peace with a true love of country
believe that nation which wants
nothing but to maintain its own just
rights and interests, without invasion
of the just rights and interests OF
other nations, can best serve itself and
the world by remaining neutral
rather than becoming a partisan, dur
ing the world conflicts so complex, SC
deeply rooted, so difficult to under.
stand, involved in the international
clashes of the old world which for cen
turtles have been producing war, and
now threaten war again.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19
CITY'S WATER SUPPLY

During the fire last Friday morn
ing how many people gave thought
to the water supply of Oakland, and
how fortunate the city was in having
the waterworks system that it does .?
While five streams Of water played
on the fire for five hours, the pumps
were. working steadily to replenish
the reservoir, and when the water
was no longer needed, the supply in
the reservoir was only four feet from
the overflow. -.
Not only is there plenty Of water
for all ordinary needs, and, emergency
calls like the one last Friday morning,
but the purity of the water cannot be
surpassed, because there is no super
pure water, or grade above 100 per-
cent.
In having good drinking water and
plenty of it, Oakland has an asset
that cannot be tabulated in figures.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19
TROUBLE BORROWING is
NOT FOR US

1t was the grand old liberal and cos
mopolitan, Thomas Jefferson, who
said during the Napoleonic wars that
if the European cows insisted in horn
ing one another, the part the Ameri-
can people should play was that of
milking all of them.
In other words, Jefferson believed
that if the nations. of the old world
were stupid enough to war with one
another for territorial, trade and dy-
nastic reasons, it was entirely proper
that a nation which did not believe in
wars waged for such selfish ends,
should show better sense by profting
through peaceful commerce stimulat-
ed by the unwisdom of others. He
belived in making peace pay better
than war.
The world is filled with rumors of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19
NDAYS OF OLD
FORTY YEARS AGO

Ernest Liller, II, son of William
Liller, of Oakland, was turnover and
instantly killed at the B. and o. sta
ton in Oakland. He was on the edge
of the platform looking alta passen-
ger train on the opposite track when
he was struck by an eastbound freight.
Justice A. B. Gender summoned a
jury of inquest composed of A. &.
Sturgiss, foreman; James A. Hayden,
Daniel E. Offutt, Bowie Johnson, A. D.
Naylor, P. A. Chisholm, ]. W. Hart,
George o. Miller, Henry j. Mayors,
Henry Felty, George D. White and
Samuel Lawton, who found that Lii
Ter had been killed by train drawn
by engine No. $50, which was running
at greater speed than six miles per
hour. 70. -.s-sse
A town ordinance prohibiting trains
from running more than six miles an
hour was in force at the time and the
same evening when the Chicago ex-
press arrived in town the bailiff ar
rested the engineer on a charge OF
having violated the ordinance. The
train was delayed until after the trial
of the engineer was concluded and
then permitted to proceed westward.
The verdict of the court was that the
engineer was guilty and his fine was
paid by a high railway official who
was aboard the train at the time.
The mercury in Oakland dropped
from so degrees on Monday to 9 de-
grees on Wednesday.
The lumber firm of c. M. Rathbun
Company, at Mountain Lake Park,
operating a large planning mill, was
running full time.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
In an interview with DR.. H. w. Nc
Comas, published in the Baltimore
Sun, he is quoted as saying: "The
practitioner of medicine should keep
out of politics. 1 have been Mayor
of Oakland several terms, but I shall
never again be candidate"
Messrs. U. M. Stanton and Elijah
Livengood, the former of Grantsville,
and the latter the maple Sugar
King" of Elk Lick, Pa, came to Oak
land in L. H. Diefenbach's automo-
bile. Notwithstanding the horrible
condition of the roads, the run was
made here in little less than two and
one-half hours.
H. A. Rasche, B. and o. agent, re-
turned to his duties following an at
tack of rheumatism.
At the high school new board OF
editors composed of Walter W. Daw-
son, commercial; Harry Weimer, jul
Nor; John Scott, freshman, and Ed
ward Chance, editor-in-chief, was
named.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1881
STIMULATING THE PARK

There is now on foot a movement
to inject little life blood into Mt.
Lake Park, which for the past several
years, has had good blood bat not
enough of it. 81 Us; Cd, -.
The idea has originated with Nat
T. Frame, director of Extension work,
West Virginia University, and sug-
gests the carrying out of a program
at Mt Lake Park, for the Tableland
area, similar to the ones scheduled
for Oglebay Park, Wheeling, W. Va,
and Jackson's Mill, the State All
camp Of West Virginia.
This would in no way interfere with
the religious programs already at the
Park, but would supplement and en-
large the schedule so that full pro-
gram woull be carried on from April
to September, and possibly through
the winter months.
The idea has been established but
whether or not it will take root de.
ponds on the cooperation of Maryland
and Pennsylvania. The thought of a
recreational center at the Park is a
huge one, and its advantages are not
of a day, but for year and future
years.
The adoption of the idea would be
like a blood TRANSMISSION. 1t is well
worth considering seriously.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19

70 per cent of the applicants were not
residents of the city,: Many smaller
communities with limited means have
given notice that their relief must be
restricted to residents. In view of this
situation the unemployed should not
wander far afeld, but should endeav-
or to fit into plans where they have
some hold through residence or for
mer occupation.
1t is natural that New York should
face the greatest difficulty of all in
taking care of its jobless and floating
population. The coordinating COM
mittee of the welfare council has COM
bined the efforts of more than 100
social and service agencies in arrang-
ing their winter program, with the re-
suit that there are now facilities in
hand to provide every homeless per-
son in New York with food and shell
ter. When the metropolis can thus
care for all within it's vast area there
is no reason to believe that smaller
communities can not and wilNn be
prepared to look after their own peo-
Pile. And this assertion had its an
swer at the public meeting held in
the Court House in Oakland Thursday
evening when a representative group
of people from nearly every section
of the county pledged themselves to
the noble work of seeing that all in
need should be provided for through
the organization formed at that meet
ing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19
Surprise Party

Miss Mary Sisk was hostess at a
surprise party given in honor of her
mother on Saturday evening at the
Sisk home in Loeb Lynn. Those pres
ent were Misses Grace Calls, Gladys
Sanders, Kathleen LESSEE, Halle Lish,
Anna O'Brien, Lena Slabach, Mildred
Ford, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sisk, Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Kemphfer, Mrs. DELPHI
Calls, Mrs. Cal Cuppett, Mrs. August
Killius and children, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Sisk, Rev. and Mrs. Burns, Rev.
lessee, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ford,
Mrs. Ida Simmons, Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil
Sisk, Mrs. Florence Perrine, Mrs. En-
ma Lish, Messrs. Sam Slabaugh, Joe
O'Brien, Edward Calls and Kermit
lessee. Refreshments, consisting Of
sandwiches, coffee, and cake, were
served.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19
st. Paul's M. E. Church Notes

We are pleased to announce that
Miss Lillian Mccormick, of the Re-
ligious Education Staff of the State of
Maryland, will be with US at 1O:45
Sunday morning. Miss McCormick's
address will be worthwhile, and it is
to be hoped that she may have large
audience.
Miss Betty Broadwater will have
charge of the Epworth League SER
vice at 6:45 p. m. All young people
of the church are invited.
The theme for the evening worship
will be "The Friendship of Jesus"
]. W. DAWSON, Pastor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19
COMMISSIONERS MEETING.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
the Board of County Commissioners
of Garrett county, Maryland, will hold
regular bi-monthly meeting at its
offices in the Court House, Oakland,
fees in the Court House, Oakland,
Maryland, on
MONDAY, DECEMBER Z, 1881.
for the purpose of transacting rou-
tine business and giving attention to
all matters that may properly be
brought before them.
By order of the Board
w. M. FRAZEE, Clerk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-19
SPIRITUAL CALMNESS
By J. A. Hall, in the Decatur (Ga.)
New Era s.. s -

By J. A. Hall, in the Decatur (Ga.)
New Era
A thoughtful writer once said:
"There are few things in the world
worth striving for; and one of these
is peace" What world of gospel
truth is contained in this brief SEN
tence! When we have spent long
lifetime in the fruitless struggle for
wealth, position or fame and find our
selves standing at last emptyhanded
as life's sun nears the purple western
horizon, we realize all too keenly the
utter futility of our longings, our
strivings, our tolls and regrets which
brought us nothing of abiding value.
If we have yearned for fortune and
engaged in long and pitiless strug-
gle to acquire material things, we at
last realize the bitter truth that
houses and lands, stock certificates
and bank balances are no part of us.
They are somthing entirely detached
something lifeless and unsympa-
.thetic. They are merely so many
scraps of paper which we have sue
ceeded in capturing during a lifelong
quest.
If we have sought for position, we
have found that the glamour passes
with the feeting day, and, however
much we may be honored by one gen.
Grafton, the next ruthlessly elbows us
aside and in just a little while we
are old, obscure and forgotten. Moth
ing in the world is more uncertain
and nothing more often followed by
an enduring sting of bitterness than
the spotlight of public acclaim. He
who seeks it, like the moth which is
attracted to the candle, will, sooner
or later, get his wings singed and fall
helplessly to the ground-a charred,
lifeless and hideous thing.
One of the things worth striving
after is peace.
When the swiftly passing years
have separated you from the friends
and the scenes of youth and you find
most of the things which people strive
after both useless and beyond your
reach-when your friends have gone
their ways and your children have
| taken up their tasks in other lands,
you Hsalize as never before that about
the only thing worth having-the only
thing which you can use and which
brings abiding comfort in world
which is becoming more drab with
each succeeding season, is peace.
Tranquility of surroundings, calmness
of soul, restfulness of mind and body
these are some things you can use
and which help more than anything
else can to make the ragged edge of
life bearable. He, whose mission upon
earth was to promote peace and good
will, sought to make men see the
futility of striving for power, wealth
and the qualification of worldly am
billions, and over and over again He
proclaimed the enduring value of
tranquility.
The great Teacher of life's essen
tial values sought to make it clear
that peace does not abide in an abun-
dance of things. The possession OF
things brings the disquieting sense OF
responsibility. Things decay, or per
ish with the using. Things pass with
time. Peace comes with tranquility Of
i mind and calmness of soul. "The
Kingdom of Heaven is within you"
/ There are few things in the world
worth striving for. One of these i:
L
The Washington times., 1931-05-28

LOS ANGELES, May % Q.N.S)
Jean Riley, blonde motion pic
ture actress, today had injected
new theories into the riddle Of
the double murders of Charles
Crawford, political boss, and Her
bert Spencer, magazine editor.
Miss Riley told Special Prose
CutOr Joseph Ford that a traffic
signal had caused her to be
parked in front of CrawfOrd's Of
flee where the shooting occurred
and that she saw three men, not
two as previously reported, flee
from the murder scene.
First, she said, was David H.
Clark, who is charged with the
murder and is scheduled for a
preliminary hearing today. Her
bert Spencer, fatally wounded,
staggered out next, dying within
a few feet Of her. The third
man, according to her statement,
was Ray Radke, private secre-
tary of Crawford.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
RESERVE
EXHAUSTED

The Treasury today faced the
prospect Of borrowing funds to
pay off the loans Congress
granted World War veterans on
their service certificates. Three
weeks ago the Veterans Bureau
believed the demand for loans had
passed with the payment of ST.
09O, ,402 on 1885, 900 applica-
tions.
Since then the bureau has
been deluged with a new wave of
applications at the rate of $4,000
a week. If this continues Of
ficials indicated, the cost of the
legislation which was enacted
over President Hoover's veto. will
exceed $1,5OO,00O,OOO.
The Administration is making
a survey, according to responsible
quarters, to determine effects of
the loans toward aiding business.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
Hardware Salesman
Is Sued For DiEOrce

Jacob F. Locke, said to be a
salesman for a hardware store
in Bethesda, Nd, today was sued
in Equity Court for absolute
divorce by his wife, Mrs. Frances
Rosalee Locke, 5000 Connecticut
Ave. N. w., who accuses him of
boasting of his feminine con-
quests and names a correspond
ent.
Through Attorney Raymond
Neudecker Mrs. Locke says her
husband told her if she did not
get divorce from him, he would
go to Reno and obtain one him.
self. He finally deserted her last
February %, she says.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
YACHT BLAST
BOD|ESFOUND

NEW YORK, May % U.N.SO .
Charred life preServers and a
second body washed ashore off
Long Island Sound were taken
by searchers today as evidence
the motor sloop Sea Fox had
blown up, killing all on board.
The craft left here Sunday morn
ing with a yachting party of
seven.
Two destroyers, Coast Guard
patrol boats, small craft and
several airplanes were unable to
locate the missing craft.
The second victim of the trag-
edy was found yesterday when
the body of Miss Doris Dewey,
rs, a native of CASTLE, N. Y,
and employed here as a psychOl-
Ogist at q hospital was washed
ashore off NOrwalk, Conn. The
body of Mrs. Marcia Snedden
was found Tuesday near Darien,
Conn.
There was no life preserver
around Miss DeWey's body but
g. life preserver, burned and
Scorched, was found near Nor
walk. Coast Guardsmen also
found an oil tank, believed from
the boat, floating near Norwalk,
indicating, they said, the Sea
Fox met it's end in an explosion.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
LAND ACTRESS HELPS
:NED SLAY|NG PROBE

The George A. Fuller Construc-
ton Company was the low bid
der for construction of a new
conservatory for the relocated
Botanic Garden when bids were
opened today in the office of
David Lynn, architect of the
Capitol.
The Fuller company bid was
$604,OOO.
The building will be located on
the corner of Maryland Avenue
and Third Street Northwest with
the main frontage on Maryland
Avenue. Virtually the entire
square will be covered by the
conservatory, which will be 40
feet in height.
Mr.. Lynn today also is receiv-
ing bids on a project for beauti-
flying the Capitol grounds, in
cluding subway garage, and q
fountain and reflecting pool be-
tween the Senate wing of the
Capitol and the Union Station.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
STATES ASK TAX
COORDINATION

A proposal that President
Hoover Immediately call a con-
ference of state and federal Of
ficials with a view to better CO.
ordination of Federal and local
tax systems was made to the
Chief Executive today by tax
commissioners from three import
ant States.
H. s. Hicks, of Illinois; Mark
Graves, Of New York, and Henry
Long, Of Massachusetts,, were the
three who urged upon the Pres
ident the necessity of better
aggregate planning.
Graves, acted as spokesman
and pointed out that Congress
heretofore had been planning
tax schedules without knowledge
Or due consideration of what the
States were attempting, while the
States have made their plans
without sufficient attention to
the Governments program.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
NeuU Portfolio Based
On Economic CHANCES

With a portfolio of common
stocks selected for their adapt
ability to changing economic con-
ditions rather than on a basis
of past records and earnings and
provision making it possible
to realize market profits as values
increase, announcement is made
today of the formation of New
Day Trust Shares, a new invest
ment trust of the semi-fixed type.
Although several of the 80 COM
mon stocks underlying New-Day
Trust Shares are commonly found
in the portfolio of the average
trust, P. w. Hansl. of Scott, Hansl
and Company, Inc, fiscal agents
points out that the portfolio has
been restricted entirely to 'long
pulp issues.
The Washington times., 1931-05-28
TRAIN DERA|LED.
BY TORNADO

CHICAGO, May % QN.SD.-
Storms and local rains drove the
heat wave from the Northwest in
southeast direction today.
Near Fargo, N. D., a freak
tornado tipped the Empire
builder" fast passenger train of
the Great Northern railroad,
from its rails yesterday. All IL
coaches were thrown on their
sides. A. Anderson, of MOntesanO,
Wash, :. passenger, was killed.
The tornado then went into
Minnesota, killing Andrew Hat
Iebal, farmer.
Many localities in North and
South Dakota reported hail and
torrential rains.