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The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-08-02
]. S. GAIN RAISES +
MAMMOTH TOMATO +
+ + + + + + = + + 4

Jesse S. Gain, widely known farm
er of near London and for many
years one of the leading race horse
breeders and owners of Ohio, also
has qualified for a position with the
garden champs of this section.
Mr.. Gain this week brought to
newspaper office here, an Ok Heart
tomato that tipped the scales at two
pounds and ten ounces.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-08-02
County All Club Camp ToOpen
Next Monday at Clifton Site
ANNUAL SHRINE
PICNIC TIL URSDAY

The seventeenth annual out
ing of the London Shrine club
which will be held on Thurs
day of this week, August d,
at "Morsecroft," country home
of Clinton Morse, London
lumber dealer, situated six
miles southwest of London, the
scene of the annual picnic for
many years.
Five thousand invitations
have been sent out and a
mammoth crowd is expected.
Festivities open at 8 a. m.
and continue through the day
and evening with lunch at noon
and dinner at p. m.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-08-02
London Team Wins

The Madison County Auto Com
pany recreation baseball team won an
exhibition game here on Monday
evening from the Plain City outfit
by score of IL to 2.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-08-02
Has T0nsils Removed

Miss Edna Campbell, of near La
fayette, had her tonsils removed
few days ago in the DR.. J. E. Brown
private hospital in Columbus.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
Scouts Spend Weekend At Deep
Creek Lake Camp

Twelve Scouts and their scoutmas-
ter spent the weekend at their per-
manent camping quarters on Deep
Creek Lake, the first overnight hike
since in February.
Meals were cooked individually and
a number of tests were passed by
members of the troop. Those present
included Bernard Gender, Jr., assis-
tant scoutmaster; Harley Dawson,
Joseph Sollars, junior assistants;
Robert Altstetter, senior patrol lead
err; Carroll Casteel, scribe; j. Billie
Yutzy, Robert Browning, Hopwood
Woddell, Lewis Jones, Charles Mason,
John Edward Baird, Robert Utterback,
George Hanst, scoutmaster, and Chas.
Davis, a former scout.
Charles Mason and Robert Lawton
were added to the troop at the last
regular meeting. There will be no
more members received until after the
annual camping period, the first of
August.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
COURT NOT TO ALLOW NEW
TRIAL IN DAMAGE SUIT
Washington Woman Hurt in Auto
Crash, Given $1,000 Verdict

Judge w. Calvin Chestnut, in the
United States District Court, Balti
more, has overruled the motion for a
new trial in the suit of Mrs. Flota Bell
Hartman, of Washington, against the
Kelley Construction Company, Clarks.
burg, w. Va.
A jury returned verdict of $1,000
for the plaintiff in Federal Court al
Cumberland on May IL. Counsel fol
the defendant company filed motion
for a new trial, contending that the
verdict was excessive.
Mrs. Hartman, former resident Of
Deer Park, was injured on the night
of November 16, 1929, when a car in
which she was riding crashed into q
barrier on the road between Kitzmil.
Ter and Deer Park. The driver, Ar.
thur Oswell, of Washington and Mt
Lake Park, was killed. The road was
being improved and it was alleged the
construction firm did not have lights
on the barrier.
Mrs. Hartman was represented If
the court by E. R. Jones and Walter
w. Dawson, Oakland, and Geo. W
Legge and Walter C. Capper, of Cum
berland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
Says Courts Can't Cure Delin.
quency in Children

Asserting that juvenile courts were
merely machines and could not in
themselves solve the problem of juve-
nile delinquency, DR.. James S. Plant,
of the Juvenile court, Essex county,
New Jersey, declared Tuesday in
Baltimore that the proper way to start
a solution of the problem was to bet
ter the neighborhoods in which chill
dren live.
He was one of eight to address the
conference of county juvenile court
committees, held at the Southern no.
tel, under the auspices of the Mary
land League of Women Voters
About 275 attended.
eve should stop telling children to
live and act one way while in us they
have examples of grown people liv-
ing and acting in an entirely different
way" he stated.
Mrs. E. R. O'Donnell represented
the Garrett county committee at the
conference.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
CONTRACT FOR WIDENING
OF HIGHWAY is AWARDED
Will Complete Work On National
Road; Bridge Contract Let

The State Roads Commission of
Maryland awarded the contract for
widening the National Highway be-
tween Keyser's Ridge and Chestnut
Ridge, in Garrett county, on Saturday,
to Thomas, Bennett and Hunter, of
Westminster. The firms bid was
$1O2,974, not including cement, which
is to be furnished by the State.
The work consists of laying con-
crete shoulders for a distance of 7.45
miles. This stretch will be the last
section of the highway to be widened
in Maryland. Improvements to the
highway from Hagerstown through
Cumberland to Chestnut Ridge and
from Keyser's Ridge to the Pennsyl-
vania State line, were completed in
recent years.
The Mullan Construction Company
of Baltimore, was awarded the con-
tract for the construction Of a triple
span steel girder bridge with concrete
floor over the Youghogheny River at
Friendsville. The company's bid was
$31, 729.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
WEST VIRGINIA LUTHERAN
SYNOD CHOOSES OFFICERS
Rev. Charles G. Aurand, Wheel
ing, Named President of Body

Officers of the West Virginia Synod,
United Lutheran Church in America,
were reelected at the twentieth an
nual convention held in Fairmont, W.
Va, last Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. The officers chosen were
Rev. Charles G. Aurand, president,
Wheeling; Rev. Charles A. Shilke,
vice-president, Oakland; Rev. c. A.
Portz, Wheeling, recording secretary;
Rev. C. E. Butler, Huntington, sta
tistical secretary; Mr.. B. F. Becker,
Huntington, treasurer; Rev. Simon
Snyder, Wheeling, historian.
The convention closed with BAN
quet of the State Brotherhood on
Thursday evening, with Oscar c. Wilt,
State president, as POSTMASTER.
C. A. Pilson and B. F. Becker, Of
Huntington, were elected lay dele
gates to represent the State Synod in
the national convention of the United
Lutheran Church, to be held in Phila-
delphia in October. Delegates from
the clergy will be Rev. c. A. Portz, of
Wheeling, and Rev. A. B. Learner, Of
Charleston.
The place for holding the next an
nual convention of Synod was left
in the hands of the committee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
18TH ANNUAL FIELD MEET
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY
Garrett County School Athletes
To Compete for HOnOrs

The sixteenth annual countrywide
field and track meet will be held at
Mt. Lake Park on Tuesday, May 81,
with more than $50 athletes from
various schools in the county Compel
ing, Foster o. Speicher, chairman of
the committee in charge, announced.
The meet is being held under the
auspices of the Playground Athletic
League of Baltimore, and under the
authority of F. E. Rathbun, county
superintendent of schools.
A number of schools have already
sent in their entries to the chairman
of the committee, and number of
schools have held or will hold local
field day meets in their respective
communities in preparation for the
countrywide contest.
There will be various running
events, relay races, broad jumps, high
jump, shot put, ETC., for the S0-lb.,
115-lb., junior and senior unlimited
classes, and speedball, volleyball and
dodgeball contests and other games
for all schools participating.
Oakland High school won the meet
last year, Kitzmiller in 1880, 1928 and
1927, while Accident was first in 1929
Last year Kitzmiller High was second
Friendsville third, and Oakland gram
mar fourth.
Oakland High holds sixteen of the
thirty county athletic records, Kitz-
miller High, 9; Kitzmiller Grammar
2; Oakland Grammar, /; Accident, Il
and Friendsville, 1.
Two new county records were es.
tablished last year and one record was
tied, and with the wealth Of material
which will represent the schools this
year it is expected that more records
will fall, providing the weather is
favorable.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
Seek Heirs of Charles L. Wilson
OttumWa, Iowa, Deceased

Attorneys of Ottumwa, Iowa, are
trying to locate the heirs Of one
Charles L. Wilson, deceased, formerly
of Maryland, according to letter
received yesterday morning by B. B.
Nethken, chief of police or Oakland.
The letter states that Wilson was
born in Maryland, probably about
1916, and was about five feet five in
ches tall; weighed about lis pounds,
had scant white hair, and was smooth
shaven; had light blue eyes, slightly
crossed, and thin features. He was
a timer by trade, and of Roman Cath
Ole faith.
He died without a will, the letter
continues, and his estate now awaits
the location and Identification of his
heirs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
PITTSBURGHERS PLANNING
ACARAVAN TO TABLELAND
To Make TwO-Day Trip Through
the Allegheny Region, Stopping
Overnight at Mt. Lake Park
WILL DINE AT OAKLAND

Pittsburgh has stretched a friendly
hand to the lakeland area of Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland, and West Virginia,
of which Garrett county is part.
The chamber of commerce of Pitts
burgh formed council to develop and
carry out a comprehensive program
of regional planning, designed to link
this metropolitan district more close
ly socially and economically with 1885,
900 of its neighbors.
Joseph T. Miller, Pennsylvania
Water company executive, was named
chairman; Thomas M. Liggett, of the
Izaak Walton League, was named
vice-chairman; and Harry w. Correll,
of the Chamber of Commerce, secre-
tary.
A bus caravan of Pittsburgh bust
ness men is planned for June 16 and
II, for a study of the region which
occupies 5000 square miles, and the
possibilities of its development as a
market area and a summer play
ground for Pittsburghers. One bus
load of tourists is already booked, ac-
cording to Mr.. Correll, secretary.
Receptions for the visitors are be-
ing planned along the route, which
includes such entertainment as Nor
gantown, and Kingwood, W. Va; Oak
land and Mt. Lake Park; Berlin and
Somerset, Pa; with brief stops at
Accident, Keyser's Ridge, and Grants
vile while enroute. There will be a
two-hour dinner meeting at Oakland
on the evening of June 16, and the
night will be spent at Mt. Lake Park.
Among the speakers at the meeting
on the oath were DR.. Nat T. Frame,
director of extension, West Virginia
University; and Bushrod Grimes.
Plans for the reception of these
guests at Oakland will be made this
week. After the dinner here, meet
ing is being planned at Mt. Lake
Park where there will be singing in
charge of Miss Sara B. Huff, and
display of the agricultural and indus
trial products of the area.
I. S. Middaugh represented Mt.
Lake Institute and the Allegheny Ia
bleland Association at the luncheon at
Pittsburgh on Tuesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
Court Retains Right to Amend
Custody Ruling

In the habeas corpus petition hear
ing before Judge Albert A. Doub, in
the Circuit Court, Friday, regarding
the custody of Ruth Arnold, ten-year
old daughter of William T. Arnold, of
Finzel, Garrett county, the court re-
tanned the right to amend the ruling
in the case, should cause arise.
The child's mother, prior to her
death, suggested in her will that Rev.
C. H. Wakeman, of Cumberland, be
named as the girls guardian. Rev.
Wakeman gave the custody of the
child to Mr.. and Mrs. Keifer. Mr.. and
Mrs. Arnold had been separated prior
to her death. The court ruled that
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Keifer, relatives,
should keep the child, but the father
is permitted to visit her at intervals
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
PLANS FOR MEMORIAL DAY
CELEBRATION COMPLETED
Parade Will Be Held At 2:3O
Sunday Afternoon Followed By
Address At Cemetery
HENDERSON WILL SPEAK

With the Oakland cemetery made
presentable, the speaker engaged for
the principal address, and last minute
details completed concerning the pa
rade, everything is in readiness for the
observance of Memorial Day in Oak
land, on Sunday, May 90, according to
A. G. Hesen, post commander of the
local American Legion.
The parade will form on Third
street in front of the City hall, with
marshalls Wade H. Hinebaugh and A.
R. Martin to lead the procession. The
organizations which will be in line of
march are the Crellin Band, the Oak
land Rotary club, the Junior drum and
bugle corps, the Knights of Pythias
lodge, the Gilbert-Brown Boys Band,
the American Legion, the American
Legion Auxiliary, and others.
The parade will start promptly at
2:30, those in charge stated, and it
was urged that all organizations be in
line by that time. Knights of Pythias
will meet at Castle hall at 2 o'clock.
The procession will follow Third
street to Crook, Crook street to Sec
ond, Second to Alder, Alder to Third,
Third to Oak, Oak to Fifth, and from
Fifth to the cemetery, where the Lee
gionaires and World War veterans will
gather at the tomb of the unknown
soldier, and the members of the Kni-
ghts of Pythias lodge will hold their
memorial service over the graves Of
some of their departed brothers.
George Henderson, mayor of Cum
berland, and past State Commander
of the Legion, will be the speaker fol-
lowing the short memorial service at
the grave of the unknown soldier.
The Identification of the cemetery
is practically completed, and it is
urged that all who have not had their
lots made presentable, do so at
once. A large flagstaff has been cree
ted near where the Legion services
will be conducted.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
MYSTERY LIGHT" IN SKY Is WELL-KNOWN PLANET

The mystery" of the bright light
in the heavens to the west of Oakland
which for many nights has disturbed
scores of star gazers and others en-
gagged in more practical activities,
has been explained.
Many persons have discussed the
matter and are of the opinion that
the light is a man-made affair and
is used as a beacon light for airmen
moored over the city of Akron, Ohio.
The brilliant light appears high in
the heavens about dusk and by ten
o'clock is almost down to the line of
the hills west of town.
Others offered the explanation that
runaway balloons, carrying lights to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
Firemen Called to Extinguish
Blaze in Barn on Third Street

The prompt discovery of fire in a
barn near the Baltimore and Ohio
overhead bridge on Third street, at an
early hour Friday morning, brought
out the Oakland Volunteer Fire de-
partment which extinguished the
blaze before it had done any damage.
Rev. C. A. Shilke, returning from
ministerial convention in Fairmont,
noticed the blaze and turned in the
alarm. The fire is supposed to have
been of incendiary origin, as men,
bers of the department stated that
the smell of gasoline was strong in
the vicinity of the building.
The barn was owned by George
Giessman and contained a quantity of
hay.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
PROGRAMS FOR MT. LAKE
INSTITUTE BEING PLACED
Are Being Thoroughly Distribu-
ted Over Large Territory

By the end of this week, the sum-
mer program of Mt. Lake Institute
will have been rather thoroughly dis
tributed over an area extending from
Baltimore to Cincinnati and Pitts
burgh. The Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company, the Blue Ridge Bus
lines, the Pittsburgh Chamber of Com
merce, the Extension Services of the
three states, and many other groups
are cooperating in the distribution of
the Mountain Lake program and al
ready very definite interest has been
expressed in such centers as Pitts
burgh. Hotels, boarding houses, and
business officers are asked to cooper
ate in enclosing the programs in their
office mail and I. S. Middaugh, direc-
tor, states that all those who desire
programs may obtain them at the Mt.
Lake Institute office.
Hiking Club
An interest is developing in the
nearby states especially among the
Civic Clubs and Historical organiza-
tons in re-discovering the old Indian
trails and the roadways marked out
by Washington and other pioneers.
Mr.. Middaugh is calling meeting in
the near future of a group of those
interested in the development and pre-
servation of the historic material and
the folk lore of the Tablelands and
will organize Hiking club as a part
of Mountain Lake Institute to trace
out and mark some of the most inter-
esting Washington trails. AS soon as
this has been done, parties will be
organized from Morgantown and other
nearby cities to hike over and develop
these historic trails. Those especially
interested should communicate with
the Mountain Lake Institute Office
that group may be organized.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
REPUBLICANS MEET TODAY
In MARYLAND CONVENTION
Wet Issue Expected to be Injec-
ted Into Meeting by GoldsbOr-
Ough-Tait Opposition
LOOK FOR BITTER FIGHT

Groups antagonistic to the Colds
borough-Tait faction are expected to
inject wet fight into the Republican
state convention, which is being held
at the Maryland Theatre, in Baltimore
today. It is understood that they will
sponsor wet delegation to the Re-
publican national convention and en-
deavor to get wet plank in the state
convention platform.
Senator Phillips Lee Goldsborough
and Galen L. TAFT, chairman of the
state central committee Of the party,
are drys.
The antagonistic groups are ex-
pected, however, to center their anti
cipated opposition activities in con-
vention-f1oor fight on successor to
William P. Jackson, retiring Republi-
can national committeeman. They
will back C. Wilbur Miller for the
post, which is being sought by Sena-
tor Goldsborough.
Hope to Shatter fractional Lines
The view is held generally that the
voting control of the. convention will
be in the hands of the Goldsborough-
TAFT leaders. Despite this contention,
leaders of the opposition forces hope
to shatter fractional lines with the in
tended wet fight and the offer of Mil
1er's candidacy.
The fight against Senator Goldsbor-
ough and TAFT broke out shortly after
the primary election. Spokesman for
the Norris-Harvey coterie from Balti-
more county announced that State
Senator Wallace Williams, of Cecil
county, who won the nomination on
the unit count for the United States
Senate, should withdraw in favor of
Linwood L. Clark, who gained the
popular vote.
Senator Williams was the primary
candidate of the Goldsborough-T TAFT
combine. When he failed to withdraw
and TAFT announced that under the
unit rule the convention delegations
would have to certify his nomination
the Baltimore county delegates an
nounced the candidacy Of Miller for
national committeeman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
Fined for Reckless Driving

John R. Taylor, of Reedsville, W..
Va, arrested Sunday, May Is, on a
charge of reckless driving, when he
struck Miss Romaine Moon, of near
Sunnyside, at a point on the roadway
near Red House church, was given a
hearing before Justice W. A. Gender,
on Saturday and fined SIS and costs.
Miss Moon was only slightly in
jured. In company with her father,
Harry Moon, and a sister, Miss Moon
was on her way to attend church and
was walking on the left side of the
road facing traffic when the accident
occurred. Taylor was held under $500
bond for his appearance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
PAROCHIAL PUPILS NAME BIGGEST MAN In MARYLAND

During this week, the Supervisor
from Baltimore visited St. Peters
school at Oakland.
The first and second grade group
was being tested for general informa-
ton. The question was asked:
"Who has charge Of this school?"
Of course they knew that one.
"Who has charge of this class? ?"
The teachers name was speedily
given.
"Fine; now who has charge of Oak
land?"
Mayor Stemple," came in a gen.
eral chorus.
"Can someone tell me the occupa-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26

assist in finding them, had originated
from some far away port and had
come into this section.
Everywhere there was so much
doubt about the explanations or n.y.
potheses that no one seems satisfied,
and all the time the light makes its
nightly appearance, to cause addi-
tional CONSERVATION.
Here's the answer-The Allegheny
Observatory at Pittsburgh gives the
information that it is "just our old
friend Venus that has been shining
there for 5000 years that we know of,
and maybe 5000 million years"
And that's that!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
62 COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE
BEEN CLOSED SINCE 1924
Transportation of Pupils Caused
Closing of All But Seven

At the meeting of the County Board
of Education last Thursday it was re-
ported that total of sixty-two one
teacher schools had been closed since
the school year of 1924-25, when the
transportation of school children was
begun by Superintendent F. E. Rath-
bun. Of this list seven schools were
closed due to depopulation of the
school communities, the children of the
remaining fifty-five being transported
to other public schools of the county.
At present there are IA one-teacher
schools in the county, two-teacher
schools, 9 graded schools and 6 high
schools.
One-teacher schools closed include
Meadow Mountain, Streckers, Fort
Hill, Painter, Walnut Bottom, Green
Glade, Sharpless, Elder Hill, Rush,
John Friend, Blooming Rose, Frazee
Ridge, Shade Run, Keyser's Ridge,
Ridgley, Negro Mountain, Engle,
Pope, Red Hill, turner.
Boucher, Aaron's Run, Firm Rock,
Myers, Dry Run, Hartman, Flatwoodsl
Cove, Mineral Spring, Kamp, Miller,
Sebold, Deep Creek, Pine Swamp,
Bishoff, Cherry Meadow, Lake Ford,
Thayerville, Yough Lake, Silver Knob
Long Stretch.
Meese, Steiding, Armistead, Para
disc, Chadderton, Dodge, Highland
Inskeep, Weir, Gregg, Merrill, Jacobs,
Grove, Short Run, Peerless, Brant
Fairsweep, Swallow Falls, Round
Glade, Shields Run, and Harris-Ben-
nett.
A program of economy in various
departments of the public schools OF
the county, effective the coming year
was discussed by the Board upon the
recommendation of the County Super
intendent, and was adopted.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
Card Party in Offutt's Hall

There will be card party this
evening in Offutt's Hall, for the bene-
fit of the American Legion. The Lee
gion drum and bugle corps will turn
out for a parade prior to the party.
Refreshments will be served, prizes
awarded, and an electric Singer sew
ing machine will be given away. Har-
old Dawson, Edward P. Kahl, and
Joseph NJ. Gender, members of the
committee in charge of the sewing
machine, request that every legion
member turn in his book stubs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26

ton or duty that the Mayor per-
forms?"
A brave lad answered quickly: "He's
a plumber"
Several more "Who has charge of
questions were asked which finally led
up to
"And who has charge of the whole
State of Maryland?"
A profound silence followed, while
the Supervisor coaxed on for Governor
Ritchie's name.
"Who has charge of the whole wide
State? He's a great, big man."
In a full chorus came: "Bun Meth
ken"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
Accepts Call to Bittinger

Rev. David E. Straesser, senior in
the theological seminary at Gettys-
burg college, has accepted the call ex-
tended by the Bittinger Lutheran par
ish, and will take charge of his work
about June 1.
Rev. Straesser will succeed Rev. E
E. Campbell who resigned January
on account of ill health.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
Child Injuries Arm in Wringer Of
Washing Machine

Oren Martin, four years old, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Martin, had his
left arm painfully injured Tuesday
evening when his hand became caught
in the wringer of washing machine.
His arm was drawn into the wringer
above the elbow before his mother
was able to shut off the machine. DR..
H. w. McComas attended the child.