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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08

first cotton bloom of the season
rushes to the newspaper Office. The
man with the first boil and the first
bale does the same thing. 1t is not
unusual for a farmer to bring in a
large sweet potato to exhibit in the
newspaper window.
Once a subscriber brought in
queer shaped hen egg. 1t resembled
a human index finger, nail, joints,
wrinkles, everything. At noon 1 took
it home to show it to my family. l
could not carry it in my hand while
driving and was afraid to risk plac-
ing it on the car seat, so l put in my
shirt pocket. My little boy greeted
me with an effectionate hug. That
was another case of humpty-dumpty
had great fall and l was forced to
change shirts.
People who go fishing always re-
turn with extravagant fish stories.
After all, no one expects fisherman
to tell the truth while relating his
story. Almost invariably when these
sportsmen return from a few days
outing they see the editor Of their
newspaper and spin their yarn. 1t is
one of the greatest sources of fine
humor.
The same relations between small
town editors and their people is re-
vealed in the serious things of the
community. Check up on the progress
sive movements of small communi-
ties. 1t may be a strawberry festi-
val, spring style pageant, cotton
carnival, a chamber of commerce
drive. 1t does not matter what the
project may be or where the commu-
nifty is located, usually you will find
that back of the project is the COM
munity's newspaper Newspapers in
small towns not only publish the
births and deaths and intervening
happenings of their people, but they
are power stations as well. These
stations supply force that pushes
communities forward.
People look to the small town edi-
tor for leadership. Rats broke into
lady's chicken house and killed 80
biddies. "You ought to get our town
to put on a rat campaign" lady's
voice came over the telephone. A dog
bites child. Radio interference in a
neighborhood. The traffic laws are
not enforced. Dope peddlers are ram
pant. Always to the editor people
come with these troubles. When ask
ed to write a letter and sign it for
publication regarding some pet an
noyance, the complainers shirk delib
erately. The editor must pull the
chestnuts out of the fire. He is, in
reality, the worlds greatest "chest-
nut puller."
No profession has a monopoly on
compensating values. Every branch
of every calling, journalism in par
ticular, has its compensations. They
are to be found in the grind of the
big CITY daily, but somehow | think
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
A Country Editor Looks at Life

ject today may next month be work
ing diligently with him in the cham
pionship of another project.
There are hundreds of editors in
small towns who have won the re-
spect and esteem of their readers
because of courageous editorials. Per-
haps courageous" is the wrong word.
Championing things that are right is
more matter of conviction" than of
courage" An editor who has OBJ
served the reactions of human nature
understands that the public will not
permanently condemn position that
is sincere. Of course, the editor may
temporarily have the majority
against him. They may think of him
in terms of fire and birthstone and
they may talk loudly. But in the end
the public will forget and forgive.
That's why 1 say conviction" Per-
haps the time when courage is needed
is when the editor must differ with
his friends. 1t is much easier any
day to oppose enemies than friends.
A newspaper does not have to be
militant in policy to sponsor an edi-
torial policy that is aggressive. Ev-
cry small town editor can find
enough things about him to keep an
editorial page constantly hot. And
he need not be a crusader or a re-
former. 1t just means that the prob
lens in a small town are very per-
sonal to the people.
Of course every now and then an
agitated subscriber will call at the
newspaper office and demand that his
subscription be stopped. Frankly, a
reasonable number of cancellations
should not make an editor feel badly.
1t proves that people read what he
writes. 1t indicates backbone and
signifies that the editor is not indulg-
ing in spineless fence straddling. A
handful of disgruntled readers can
not injure a newspaper by merely
cancelling their subscriptions. The
chances are that the ex-subscriber
will borrow the paper Of his near
est neighbor and continue reading it.
Queer as it seems, however, usually
when a militant reader stops his pa
per he seems to think that cancella-
ton will greatly injure the newspa-
per.
1t is stimulating to observe the in
dications Of pride, interest, vanity
and good nature as revealed through
the people who call at small town
newspaper office. Last winter was
very mild. A subscriber had a few
banana trees growing in his front
yard for ornamental purposes, and
in the middle of January bunch of
this tropical fruit ripened. To the
office he came and pre-
sented it to the editor with his compl-
mentS, ALWAYS the farmer with his
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
ORDER NISI

Julius Littman, Mortgage. VS.. George T.
Kerins, ct al.
No. S099 Equity. In the Circuit Court for
Garrett ounty. Maryland.
ORDERED, By the Circuit Court for Gar
rett County, Maryland. this 29th day of No
vember. 1882. that the sale of the property
mentioned in these proceedings, made and
reported by Fred. A. Thayer, Attorney, be
ratified and confirmed. unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown on or before the
Both day of December next provided copy of
this order be inserted in a newspaper pub
lished in Garrett county once in each of three
cember, next.
The report states the amount of sale TO be.
100000. A. G. ROSS, Clerk.
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ORDER NISI

George A. Whorl, ct al. VS.. George Bowser
No. 3097 Equity. In the Circuit Court for
Garrett County. Maryland
1T is ORDERED, This 22nd day of Novem-
Der, 1882, by the Circuit Court for Garrett
County, sitting in Equity, that the sale of the
property mentioned in these proceedings as
made and reported by Fred. A. Thayer, attor-
ney be ratified and confirmed, unless cause to
the contrary thereof be shown on or before
the 23rd day of December next provided a
copy of this order be inserted in some news
paper published in Garrett county once in
each of three successive weeks before the 10th
day of December, next
The report states the amount of sale to be
$4,000. A. G.. ROSS.
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Tuesday, January 10, 1888,
Notice of Stockholders
Meeting
The Farmers Bank of Oakland,
Maryland.

The regular annual meeting of the
Stockholders of THE FARMERS
BANK OF OAKLAND, MD, will be
held at the banking room of the cor
poration in Oakland, Md, on
Tuesday, January 10, 1888,
at HOO o'clock A. NJ, for the pur-
pose of electing a Board of Directors
and transacting such other business
as may lawfully come before the said
meeting. BERNIE TETER,
Asst. Cashier.
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By JOHN OLIVER EMMERICH
Publisher McComb (Mississippi) En-
terprise.

He observes human nature
without big-city veneer. He is a
perSon-not a machine. He has
the fun of crusading for his pet
ideas.
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Notice of Stockholders
Meeting
The First State Bank of Grants
vile, MARYLAND.

The regular annual meeting of the
Stockholders of THE FIRST STATE
BANK OF EVANSVILLE, MD,
will be held at its banking house in
Grantsville, Nd, on
Tuesday, January 10, 1888,
at 200 o'clock P. M. for the purpose
of electing a Board of Directors for
the ensuing year and for the trans
acting of any other business that
may be brought before them.
Asst w. L. THOMAS, Cashier.
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Notice of Stockholders
Meeting
The Garrett National Bank of
Oakland, Maryland.

The regular annual meeting of the
Stockholders of THE GARRETT MA
TIONAL BANK OF OAKLAND, MD,
will be held at its banking house in
Oakland, Maryland, on
Tuesday, January 10, 1888,
between the hours of two and three
o'clock P. NJ. for the purpose of elect
ing a Board of Directors for the en-
suing year and for the transacting of
any other business that may be
brought before them.
43-5t. G. A. FRALEY, Cashier.
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Tuesday, January 10, 1888,
Notice of Stockholders
Meeting
The First National Bank of
KitzmiIIer, Maryland.

The regular annual meeting of the
Stockholders of THE FIRST MA
TIONAL BANK OF KITZMILLER,
MD, will be held at it's banking house
in Kitzmiller, Nd, on
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Tuesday, January 10, 1888,
Notice of Stockholders
Meeting
The First National Bank of
Oakland, Maryland.

The regular annual meeting of the
Stockholders of THE FIRST MA
TIONAL BANK OF OAKLAND,
MD, will be held at it's banking house
in Oakland, Maryland, on
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Notice of Stockholders
Meeting
The First National Bank of
FriendsviIle, Maryland.

The regular annual meeting Of the
Stockholders of THE FIRST Ma
TIONAL BANK OF FRIENDS
VILE, MD, will be held at its bank
ing house in Friendsville, Nd, on
Tuesday, January 10, 1888,
at 1000 o'clock A. NJ for the purpose
of electing a Board of Directors for
the ensuing year and for the trans
acting of any other business that
may be brought before them.
Asst ORVAL A. WEIGH, Cashier.
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Tuesday, January 10, 1888,

at 1000 o'clock A. NJ. for the purpose
of electing a Board of Directors for
the ensuing year and for the trans
acting of any other business that may
be brought before them.
1875 DELBERT DAVIS, Cashier.
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Tuesday, January 10, 1888,

at loo o'clock P. M. for the purpose
of electing a Board of Directors for
the ensuing year and for the trans
acting of any other business that
may be brought before them.
Asst R. L. WILSON, Cashier.
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Notice of Stockholders
Meeting
The First National Bank of
Grantsville, Maryland.

The regular annual meeting of the
Stockholders of THE FIRST Ma
TIONAL BANK OF GRANTS
WILLIE, MD, will be held at it's bank
ing house in Grantsville, Md, on
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Tuesday, January 10, 1888,

between the hours of two and four
o'clock P. M. for the purpose of elect
ing a Board of Directors for the en-
suing year and transacting any other
business that may be brought before
them.
Asst. A. C. STANTON, Cashier.
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The Washington times., 1932-03-14
Dry Forces In the House Defeat Vets
Repeal Resolution, 227 to 1877

Continued from Page -
considered in State cOnstitu-
tOnal conventions, to which
delegates would be elected on
this issue.
Votes Size Surprise
The size of the vote-414 out
of a total membership of 433-
was something of a surprise,
There are 435 members of the
House, but there are two vacan.
cies, one in the Twenty-ninth
Pennsylvania district and in the
Seventh Mississippi.
Wet hopes from the outset had
been based upon a large number
of absentees, for their own lines
were closely knit and solid, while
those of the drys had not been
considered so unified under their
leadership. However, on the test
the drys came through.
The galleries were crowded as
The Washington times., 1932-03-14

family in Jamaica, and all the
people in the house had been
properly identified.
mo one was arrested in Hope.
well, N. j., this morning by
any officers and we have moth
ing to indicate that such an
arrest is anticipated.
"A woman from Jackson,
KY, communicated to these
headquarters to the effect that
a New Jersey car was seen
three miles from Jackson ana
the people driving the car had
with them a curly headed baby
boy. This matter was i'm.
mediately communicated to the
Lexington, KY, police for a
Checkup. We are awaiting a
report.
"Word was received from
SenduSky, Ohio, that important
information was available there.
This was Immediately referred
to the prosecutor of Erie COun-
ty, Ohio, with the request that
he investigate the circumstances
and give us his findings. This
matter still was under invest
CATION and no report received
as yet"
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
LEASE SHOALS,
NORRIS REPORT

A 50-year lease of the Muscle
Shoals nitrate plants to private
interests was recommended in a
report submitted to the Senate
today by Senator Norris, Insur
gent Republican, of Nebraska, on
behalf of the Senate Agricultural
Committee.
The report recommended pass,
age of Senate joint resolution
authorizing the President to lease
within one year the nitrate plants
to any person or corporation for
term of SO years for produc,
tion of fertilizer. If no lease
is made within the 12-month pc
riod, government operation would
be undertaken.
Declaring this offer was a test
to determine whether those who
have been clamoring for private
operation as a means of prOdISc-
ing cheap fertilizer were on good
faith" the report said.
Every proposition Of lease 50
far made has always had with
in it a limitation of fetilizer .
produced by which practically
no fertilizer would be produced.
In every bid made 1t has been
discovered the proposition had
somewhere, very beautifully
concealed within itself, a joker
which, when exposed, clearly
showed the object of the least
was to get possession of the
power facilities"
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
SH0USE URGES
HOUSE PASS
TAX BILL
Joins Mills in SoIidifying b.
partisan Backing for Sales
Revenue Feature

Leaders of the Democratic
party today joined hands with
powerful influences in the
Hoover Administration to as
sure passage of the $1,096,
100000 tax boost bill in the
House.
While warning elements in
the House spared for ad-
vantage during a days lapse
in debate, spokesmen for both
the Administration and the
Democratic party entered ac-
lively into the campaign for
votes.
Jouett Shouse, chairman of the
Democratic National Executive
Committee, called upon House
Democrats to redeem the Nations
credit and save it from the con-
sequences of a deficit for which
he held a Republican Administra-
tion responsible.
Hoover Satisfied
Following the unqualified in
dorsement of the bill by Secre-
tary of the Treasury Ogden Mills,
Administration leaders sought sup
port for the measure. President
Hoover is reported satisfied with
the bill although he has made no
public statement.
The Ways and Means Com
mittee will be called together by
Acting Chairman Crisp Cd, of
Georgia, to consider minor amend
ments to the manufacturers sales
tax. These changes, he believes,
will send the bill through the
House with a big majority.
ShOuse Backs Bill
ShouSe disclosed that he is re-
questing Democrats to vote for
the bill. He Endorsed the manu-
facturer'S tax as a necessary
means of raising revenue.
Declaring that the budget must
be balanced. Shouse said:
Between now and July 1 sew
eraI billion dollars of financing
must be completed. If the Gov
ernment should be forced to
pay 5A to 519 per cent Tor its
funds, the effect upon all out
standing bonds industrial,
municipal, State, county, and
Federal-is obvious.
There would necessarily be
further material drop in the
prices of these securities because
their market value Is depend
ent upon the rate of interest
the Government is compelled to
pay"
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
Police Check DenUer Mob Reported
To Have Flown East. BY AirpIQne

TRENTON. N. j.. March Il
UN.S0.-Activities of an under
world mob" who flew East from
Denver, Colo. we're being investi
gated in connection with the
Lindbergh baby kidnapping, Col. H
Norman SchwarZkopf, State police
commander, announced today.
The official midday com
Inunique said:
Information was received
that q suspicious gang from
Denver, col, had come East by
plane and were engaged in mys-
teriOuS activities in and around
New York.
'"This is being investigated,
and to date nothing of import
ance has been aScertained.
Information was received
last night that a blond baby
resembling the Lindbergh baby
was delivered to a stewardesS
aboard the S. S. City of BaIti-
more, sailing from New York
March 2 and due to arrive at
Hamburg, Germany, today.
"a radiogram was immedi-
'3tely sent to the captain of the
City Of Baltimore to investi-
gate these circumstances and
report back his findings. No re-
ply has been received as yet.
ANOTHER FALSE LEAD
"InfOrmatiOn was received of
suspicious circumstances con-
cerning q family in Jamaica,
Long Island, to the following
effet:
early on the evening of the
kidnapping. a large automobile
was driven speedily away from
the house by one man. About
2 a. m. it returned with two
men and a woman and a blond
baby. There has never been a
baby in this home before. and
since that time the baby has
been heard to cry, but has not
been seen by the neighbOrS.
An immediate investigation was
started, and during the night
the Investigation was completed,
revealing a man and ? woman
together with their child, a 2
,year-Old son, was visiting this
The Washington times., 1932-03-14

Speaker Garner called the House
to order.
Representative Linthicum CD
of Maryland, co-leader of the
coalition wet bloc with Repre-
sentative Beck (RD of Penn
sylvania, called up the resolution
which bears both their names,
on the petition to discharge.
Members began taking their
seats earlier than was their wont
and the babel of voices added to
the excitement which pervaded
the House. The galleries were
choked with women equaling if
not outnumbering the men.
Four women, memberships.
Kahn (RO of California, Mrs.
Pratt (R) of New York; Mrs.
Rogers (R.) of Massachusetts,,
and Mrs. Owen Cd of Florida,
were in their seats promptly.
Immediately after the prayer,
Representative Blanton CD of
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
LINDBERGH HAS SECRET WAY OF IDENTIFYING BABY
.ACE. E.|N.HOLE. IS WITHHELD
FOR SOLE GUIDANCE
Of K|DNAPERS

! still under investigation today at
York, Pa.
DR.. M. B Shellenberger, osteo.
path, said a man with a cub
machine gun entered his office,
demanded, and received a treat
ment.
The patient then forced the
doctor to accompany him to the
waiting room, where a woman
and baby sat and asked:
do you recognize the baby?"
When the latter looked non
plussed, the mar said.
Its the Lindbergh baby"
Shellenberger declared the man
gave him a note addressed to
Lindbergh. It demanded 100000
ransom, after which the baby
would be delivered today or to-
morrow at Bedford. Pa.
The woman and baby left
while the man kept the doctor
covered with his weapon.
Another unusual angle was sup
piled by Calvin Petty, of Kings
ton, about five miles from Hope
we'll.
He said he was approached by
a stranger near his home Satur-
day night, who said:
you don't know me and /
don't know you. How much
would you ask to take the Lin
bergh baby back to its homer"
Petty mentioned $4,000 for the
service. The stranger, however,
declared he would return with 100
81 bills. probably tonight.
Police reported Theresa DeriSi,
whose mother operates a gasoline
filling station near Hopewell.
would go to New York today and
attempt to identify from rogues'
gallery pictures three men who
shortly before the kidnapping
stopped and asked the way to the
Lindbergh home.
The same men were seen again
near the Lindbergh home two or
three days before the child was
abducted.
From Schwarzkopf's office it ap-
peared the clue furnished by the
TombS' prisoner questioned first
by Morris Rosner, mystery agent
working reputedly for Lindbergh
and later taken to Hopewell, col
lapsed like all the others so far
followed. ..-
Johnson PhiIOsOphic
Investigators sent to Brooklyn
and north Jersey, police said, ap-
parently referring to the prison
er'S leads, checked up on two
gangs, but found they were e>not in.
volved in the kidnapping.
Henry Johnson, friend of Betty
Cow, Lindbergh nursemaid, held
charged with illegal entry into
America, gave his first interview
since he was detained by Con.
necticut police and later New Jer,
sey authorities, and questioned in
connection with the kidnapping.
He said:
Il know nothing Of this case.
"They are going to send me
back to Norway because / jump
ship and stay here five years.
l don't mind that. When
have saved money, / will come
back again regular and be an
American citizen.
Betty Cow? She's the fin.
est girl I know. Sure 1 marry
her, If she have me and have
the money"
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
.APACHE'S TRIAL
PROVES LURE
To INDIANS
Braves, SquaWs and PapooSes
Assemble for Coed Murder
Case; Sentiments Divided

GLOBE, Ariz., March IA Il.
Ms ).-Hundreds of Apache
Indians, their squaws and pa
pOoses assembled here today to
attend the trial in Federal
Court of Golney Seymour, q,
a member of their tribe.
Seymour will be tried on a
charge of numbering Henrietta
Schmerler, 25, a Columbia Uni
versity coed, on the Apache
Reservation the night of July
Is following a horseback ride
in the moonlight.
Sentiment of the Indians was
divided.
Many indicated they believed
Seymour should be hanged for
betraying the honor of the tribe.
Others shrugged their shoulders
in bewilderment as if they found
the ways of the pale faces"
strange.
Long Silence Broken
Robert Gatewood, star Govern
ment witness, broke eight months
silence to tell Defense Attorney
John P. Dougherty his connection
with the case.
He and Seymour, Gatewood
said, had called at Miss Schmer
ler's little cabin, in an isolated
section of the reservation, and
Seymour planned to ask Miss
Schmerler to accompany him to
an Indian dance. Gatewood said
he departed.
Later, Gatewood said, Seymour
declared he had killed Miss
Schmerler when he had turned
down her pleas to marry her. Sey-
mour. Gatewood said. told him he
had taken knife away from Miss
Schmerler. Seymour is married
and is the father of two children.
Miss Schmerler disappeared.
Nearly week later her battered
body was found by Jesus Veles-
quez, a half-breed. in a ravine on
the reservation. Physicians said
she had been attacked and her
skull crushed with rocks.
Confession Alleged
Traditional silence of the indians
baked Federal investigators for
several months. John A. Street,
Department of Justic investi-
gator, went from Ell Paso to the
reservation a1A uncovered evi-
dence that . d to Seymour's ar
rest.
Seymour, Street declare !, con-
fessed he had attacked Miss
Schmerler and then killed her
"to keep her from telling the
white men," Street is here as a
Government witness.
Miss Schmerler went to the
r walton several weeks before
she was killed. She planned to
study the customs of the Indians
aid include her findings in
thesis she was preparing for an
lvanced degree in anthropology.
The Washington times., 1932-03-14
IT,. Riley, rs, Injured
By Auto; DriUer Held

Thomas j. Riley, 76, of 221
Eighth st. S. W., is in a serious
condition in Emergency Hospital
today from injuries received when
struck by an automobile in front
of his home yesterday. Physi-
clans fear his skull is fractured.
Charles E. Kelly, 35. of 435
Fifteenth st. S. E.. is held by
police as the operator of the car
pending outcome of Riley's in
jurieS.
The Washington times., 1932-03-14

York night club entertainer and
now better known as "Schnoz-
zle" in the talkies.
Celebrating his art in his
dressing room, Durante declared
the laugh, unlike the sneeze. is
an irresistible force. He said:
Laughs come from something
you see or hear. I've laughed
in the most mOrtifyin' situa-
tiOnS.
'Tt's psychology - that's It,
psychology - that makes you
laugh when you see somebody
get it in the nose, when it doesn't
hurt you"
The Washington times., 1932-03-14

MRS. FORTESCUE Stotesbury Of
Philadelphia. has undertaken
the task of raising the major
portion of the $4,000 esti.
mated needed.
Letters signed by Cromwell
already gone out to a large
number Of his friends, asking
that they underwrite some por-
ton of the expense. Crom-
wells mother is one of Mrs.
Fortesque'S closest friends.