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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-10-24

poses, according to the press, to do
what he can to avoid enforcing the law
Is it an intimation that he desires to
render aid and comfort to potato boot
leggers or that he thinks there are
more votes to be saved in not enforcing
the act than votes to be gained in en-
forcing it?
The time was when people had an
old fashioned idea that when Congress
passed laws it was the duty of the eX-
ecutive department to- enforce them.
Mr.. Wallace is a very important mem
Der of the executive department. But
evidently the impression that laws
were passed to be enforced belongs to
the horse and buggy days. If we are
going to have referendum why not
let the potato growers vote on whether
or not they want to have the law en-
forced. What is little thing like the
constitutional rights of Congress
among friends?
And to think what that sturdy Dem
ocrat Andy Jackson said and did about
notification!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-10-24
DIED
HENRY ALBERT WEIRES

Henry Albert Weires, 81, farmer of
near Accident, died Wednesday,
October Is, at the Allegany hospital,
Cumberland, where he had been adj
mitted two days previous.
He was a son of Christopher and
Elizabeth Steele Weires, of LaVale.
Besides his parents he is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Florence Baker
Weires, and the following brothers and
sisters, Walter L. Weires, Cumber-
land; Robert E. Weires, Romney, w.
Va; Mrs. Anna Dick, LaVale; Mrs.
Myrtle Porter, Eckhart; Mrs. Marga-
ret Huber, Baltimore; and Ethel and
Elsie, at home.
He was born in LaVale December 8,
1897, and lived there until April 10,
1882, when he moved to his farm near
Accident.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday afternoon from St. Mark S
Reformed church, Cumberland, Dr.
Eugene Skyles, his pastor, officiating,
assisted by Rev. G. NJ. Kunkle, Of st.
Paul's Lutheran church, Accident.
Pallbearers were David Green, Charles
Minnick, Ernest Emery, Howard
Stair, Thorner Smith and Ellsworth
Martz. Interment was in Green
Mount cemetery, Cumberland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-10-24
SELBYSPORT

There will be worship services on
Sunday morning, October 27, when
Rev. R. L. Maness, pastor, will have
charge.
Mrs. D. L. Fike and daughter Miss
Pauline and Mrs. A. J. Thomas spent
Monday with Mrs. James Fike.
Mrs. VERNE Smouse and son, of
Oakland, visited at the home of Mar
tin Frazee recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cryle WEIGH, Mrs. Nc
CARNEY, Pennington, Pa; Mr.. and
Mrs. Adams and two daughters, of
Davistown, Pa; Mrs. Helen WEIGH and
son Harry and Mr.. and Mrs. Foster
WEIGH, of Uniontown, Pa, visited
Mrs. Alice Grove on Sunday.
Bruce Miller attended the Miller
family reunion at Engle's Mills on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byard Liston and
son Billy, Somerfeld, Pa, spent the
weekend here with Mrs. Amanda Lis
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey Liston and two
children, Confluence, Pa, visited their
parents here on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah VanSickle and
family visited D. L. Fike and fam
lily on Sunday.
A delightful birthday dinner was
given in honor of Harvey Umbel's
65th birthday on Sunday at his home.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Lear and two children, Mrs.
Myrtle Frazee and two children, Ross
Umbel, Robert Croft, Confluence, Pa;
Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. FRESHMAN, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Umbel, Grantsville; Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Michael, James Press
man, Mrs. Mary FRESHMAN, Frost
burg; Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Sines and
two children, Mr.. and Mrs. Orval Ross
and family, Friendsville; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Umbel and two sons,
Gladys Umbel, Russell Sanner, Selbys-
port. Mr.. Umbel received many use
full gifts and bounteous chicken din
ner was enjoyed by all present.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-10-24
Number OF Traversers Given
Hearings Before Justice White

A number of prisoners, being hello
in the Garrett County Jail on various
charges, were before Justice Charles
F. White for preliminary hearings or
Monday afternoon.
Willie McIntire, Negro, being held
in connection with the Coffman-F Fisher
robbery, the charges against him be-
ing breaking and entering, resisting an
officer, shooting to kill and larceny
waived a hearing and was remanded
to jail in default Of bond in the sum
of $4,000.
William Saunders and Frank SaUn-
ders, on charges Of receiving stolen
goods, arrested in connection with the
Ccffman-Fisher robbery, were each
held under $500 bond.
Charles "Leech" Wilson, charged
with larceny of sugar, was held under
bond of $500.
Kenneth Jordan and Perry Dawson,
charged with breaking and entering
and larceny, were held under bonds
Of $500 and $500, respectively. Theo-
dore Lewis, implicated in the same
charge, waived a hearing and was held
under a bond of $500. Jordan and
Dawson furnished bond and were re-
leased from jail.
Glenn VanSickle, charged with as
sault and non-support of his wife
and children, was given a hearing on
October IS, and was held for action
of the March grand jury.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-10-24
AVILTON

Threshing and potato digging is
now in progress, with Jesse Merrill
holding the belt as the champion pota-
to grower of the community, his
yield being over a thousand bushels.
Albert Kelley, Of Masontown, is
spending several days at the Jesse
Merrill home.
George Grove purchased an automo-
bile one day last week.
Orville Stark and family spent last
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
Joshua Turner.
Helena Hummel spent a few days
with her aunt, Mrs. George Hummell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ohio Fike and men,
bers of their family spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harland Friend near
Friendsville.
Miss Mary Merrill was in Frost
burg on Monday.
Hazel CLANCY was recalled to her
work at the Amcelle factory one day
last week.
Arthur Broadwater and family, of
Homecoming, were visiting relatives in
this section on Sunday.
Charles CLANCY and son Ellis were
callers at o. S. Fixes on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Broadwater.
of Cumberland, were here Sunday
when they visited Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Grove.
George Fike was painfully injured
one day last week while engaged in
working on truck for Orville Stark,
the injury consisting of bad cut over
his eye.
Jesse Merrill and family were Wis
iting various places on Sunday.
Herman Broadwater and family
spent Sunday evening in Westernport.
Lee and Alvin Broadwater made
business trip to Frostburg on Satur-
day.
DR.. Peck, OF Oakland, had charge Of
the first aid meeting at Avilton on
Thursday on account of the absence
of Miss Helen Miller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-10-24
IN DAYS OF OLD
FORTY YEARS AGO

George NJ. Mason was having an ad-
dition built to his mill on Green street.
Ground was broken and the stone
hauled for the foundation of the new
town hall on Third street.
Forest fires were raging in many
sections of Garrett county, especially
along the tracks of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad between Piedmont, w.
Va, and Oakland. Much damage to the
forests resulted.
Pheasants were reported to be more
numerous than for many years. King
Delawder, dealer in game, purchased
125 of the birds in single day. They
were shipped to eastern cities where
they commanded high prices.
A fire on the roof of the building
owned by c. C. Michael, on Railroad
street, was eXtinguished by the quick
action of Harry West, who scaled a
high board fence, climbed to the top of
the structure and removed the burning
shingles with his hands. Had the fire
gained Roadway the heart of Oakland's
business section would have been
wiped out, as a strong wind was blow
ing at the time.
A large three story brick building, to
be used jointly as an apartment house,
store and hotel, was being talked of
for Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-10-24
TWENTY YEARS AGO

The Republican was filled with polit-
zeal announcements, front page and all
other pages being almost entirely filled
with advertisements of the candidates.
A play, entitled, "Lost, A Chaper-
on" was in preparation. The charac-
tiers include Harry Turney, Harry
Weimer, Julius Littman, Walter Kahl,
Edward Lewis, Felix Robinson, Ada
Glotfelty, John Browning, Mrs. Albert
Kahl, Ruth Michael, Norine Ault, Mrs.
Browning, Grace Bowman, Miss Falk-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-10-24
Legionaires To Meet

A meeting of Proctor Kildow Post,
No. II, American Legion, will be held
ON Monday evening, October %, at
7:30, in the City Hall.
Officers for the ensuing term will be
nominated and elected. There will be
refreshments. All members are urged
to attend. Ex-service men not men,
bers of the organization, are also in
vited to be present.
1t was also announced that the drum
and bugle corps would also nominate
and elect officers at this meeting.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-10-24
Rates Of Subscription:

Advertising rates made known upon
application at the business office
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-10-24
TWENTY SEVEN LICENSES
ARE ISSUED DURING WEEK
Fourteen Apply For Permits Sat-
urday-FOur Don't Publish"

Marriage licenses to twenty-seven
couples were issued during the week
ending Monday at noon from the office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in
Oakland, bringing the total for Octo-
Der thus far to 72.
Saturday was another busy day at
the license bureau, fourteen applica-
lions being granted on that day. Four
of those issued during the week were
marked don't publish" while appli-
cations for licenses were refused two
couples.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-10-24
POTATO NOTIFICATION?

One of the AAA's biggest problems
has been the potato control legislation
passed by the last Congress. Unherald-
ed and unknown to most of us, it burst
across the sky with meteoric brilliance
when few enterprising newspaper
correspondents published in their peri
odicals the fact that it regimented
every man who grew few bushels of
spuds, provided for potato stamps and
against potato bootlegging, and was
designed to raise the price of the hum
BILE tuber to the point where it could
look porkchops and bacon in the face
without blushing.
So great was the cutlery from small
potato raisers and householders al
ready bedeviled by the high price of
flour and pork products that there was
intimation it might be impossible to
enforce the regulations because the
late Senator Long had filibustered an
appropriation bill to death. Some even
intimated that the passage Of the po-
tato regulation act was a Republican
plot to put the Brain Trusters Sin bad"
with the housewife. Later it developed
that the act was sponsored by true
and loyal Democratic statesman from
North Carolina
But at any rate the agitation against
potato RECOMMENDATION had its effect and
newspapers of October quoted Secre-
tary Wallace that: II am going to do
all can to avoid enforcing the Potato
Control Bill" Later he is said to have
added, give merely indicated my own
attitude"
But the good secretary reckoned
without his host. The potato moguls
from every state which boasts of pota-
to moguls, assembled in Washington in
a belligerent mood Their expenses
were paid not by the AAA or any other
branch of the government. They dug
down in their own jeans and bought
their own tickets because they were
angry and wanted to 90 something
about it.
The session in Department of Ag-
riculture edifice was a stormy one.
The potato moguls were really sore
about the statement credited to Mr..
Wallace that he would do what he could
to avoid enforcing the potato control
bill. Late in the session Secretary
Wallace is said to have appeared and
made a clarifying statement" but
only after the potato moguls had init
mated that the AAA had been bluffed
out of its potato regulation plans by
the Liberty League or Congressman
Jim" Wadsworth who had announced
that he would raise as many potatoes
as he pleased.
Secretary Wallace is said to have
smiled beneficently to the assemblage
and to have explained that his personal
attitude in no way altered the enforce
ment of compulsory legislation" 1t is
said that he also suggested referen-
dunn to find out just how much support
the potato act had among the spud
growers of the country.
The significant thing is not the divis-
ion of opinion among potato growers
on the regulation law. 1t lies in the fact
that the secretary Of agriculture pro-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-10-24
0 NE NJ | N u T E
Sc r M ON
By REV. WALTER B, BROCK
LIGHT
Matthew 5:14 Ye are the light of tn,
world.

Matthew 5:l4 1e are the light OF the
world.
Light and Life are synonymous
terms. Dark and Death mean the
same thing. All the physical life of the
world is dependent upon the light of
the sun. The green chlorophyl in the
leaves of trees and plants has the mys-
FERROUS power Of catching and fixing
the energy of the suns rays. The veg
etable world derives it's vital energy
directly from the sun, and the animal
world lives upon the vegetable. Thus
the food we eat is literally condensed
sunshine.
If the light of the sun were put out,
all physical life on earth would be sim
ultaneously extinguished. This world
would CONCEAL into vast ball of frozen
death. For light and life are synono-
nous; darkness and death mean the
same thing.
AS all physical life derives from the
sun, so all spiritual life comes from
Christ, the Sun of Righteousness. "He
is the true light that lighteth every
man that cometh into the world" If we
abide in Him in constant fellowship
our faces will reflect the light of His
joy, our words will be luminous with
the light of His truth, our lives will be
radiant with the light of His love. And
wherever we go, the shadows will dis
appear, the darkness of evil and the
gloom of despair will vanish before
the reflected glory of the Light of the
World.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26
PARISH NOvENA
 OPENS SUNDAY
ObIate Father to Conduct Services at Immaculate
 Conception Church

A noveena in honor of the Immac- ulate Conception will open Saturday evening at the Church of the Im- maculate Conception at 7:3O o'clock and continue for nine days, closing on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Sunday, December 8. The course of the sermons will be preached by the Rev Peter Larkin, and Oblate Father.
 This Novena will not be solely for the Children of Mary, the Rosary Confraternity and the Third Order, but for every member of the parish, men as well as women, whether they belong to a society or not.
 The lower floor of the Mulcahy Memorial Hall on Cole street has been placed at the disposal of the Holy Name card players of the church. Games will be held Mon- day evenings at 8 o'clock.
 Instructions in Christine doctrine for the members of the Rosary Con- fraternity will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rosary and Benediction will be said Thurs day evening at 7:30 o'clock in grate- full recognition of Gods goodness during the year.
 Next Sunday, the first Sunday of Advent, the annual collection for the Catholic University, will be taken up in the church. Envelopes for this collection were distributed at the masses last Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26

Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald to-day announced one of the largest group of Connecticut road improvement projects this year, the letting, which calls for contrac- tors bids on December 5, including IS different jobs to be undertaken with the aid of federal PWA funds in 16 towns. The length of highway, all of a local town nature, to be m- proved in these projects is 40 miles. Two bridges will also be built.
 All IS jobs come in the PWA cate- gory, and all but seven entail gravel or broken stone surfacing. These seven cal flor bituminous and wa terbound macadam pavements.
 The two largest projects are those involving about 3 2-3 miles of wa terbound macadam on Hayes road and Shunt Pike in the Town of Rocky Hill, and about two miles of the same type surfacing on the Old Derby Turnpike and Rimmon road in the town of Woodbridge.
 Grant Necessary
 In asking for bids on this work, Commissioner Macdonald called the attention of contractors to the fact that mo contract will be awarded until an allotment of funds by way of grant has ben made by the fed- eral authorities and until an offer of grant b the Federal Emergency Ad- ministration of Public Works has been accepted by the respective municipality"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26
CATHOLIC SCOUTS
 HARTFORD GUESTS
McEvoy, Hennessy Repre- sent City at Report
 Meeting at Hotel Bond

Judge Frank P. McE;voy ana James J. Hennessy represented Wa terbury at a meeting of scout ex- ecutives of Catholic Boy Scout troops throughout the state and members of the Diocesan committee last night at the Hotel Bond in Hartford. Reports of the progress in organization of scout troops in the Catholic churches in Connecticut were read and 1t was indicated that the membership of the troops has increased.
 Speakers included Ralph H. No- dine, regional executive of the Boy Scouts of America, of Boston: Hey wood H. Whaples, president of Charter Oak Council of Boy Scouts of America, Judge McEvoy and Bishop Maurice F. McAuliffe, who sponsored the movement to increase the number of Catholic Boy Scouts in the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26
SUCCESS ASSURED
 IN SCOUT APPEAL
Joint Campaign for $l5,- 900 Subscribed By Pub-
 lies Generosity

Nearly $13,0O0 has been raised in the joint Boy and Girl Scout cam paign according to reports made at the final meeting of committee members last night at The Elton. It is estimated that $2,000 more has been raised in outside districts and that the quota of $15,160 will be reached within a week or two.
 Approximately $200 more is needed to fill the city's quota and this amount will probably be raised be- fore Monday night. Reports from outside districts will also be made Monday.
 Those who received red stars last night were R. H. Walsh, L. M. Gibbs, H. c. Post, G. A. Schlander. F. T. Healey, Miss Cora Crompton, Mrs. Cowper- thwait, Mrs. 0. H. Nye, Mrs. c. A. Manning, w. s. Curtis, and Leonie Williams.
 Those receiving silver stars were c. J. Bartlett, Layton A. Rose, and H. E. Coe. Those get- ting gold stars were M. Sugen- heimer, F. E. Smith, Mrs. Earl Smithies, Miss Mary Hennessey, and Mrs. William Gager.
 Complete returns follow:
 Division A: w. s. Curtis, lead- CT. 1. Capt. Hills $5l1; 2. Capt. Bartlett $700: 3. Capt. Manning $416; 4. Capt. Rose $563; 5. Capt. Swanton $246.50; 6. Capt. Sugen- heimer, $37o; total $2,815.50.
 Division B: 0. D. Nye, leader. 2. Capt. Webster $483; 8. Capt. Schlander $662; g. Gait. Chapin, $647.50; 10, Capt. Crane $425.50; Il. Capt. Mills $292.50; total $2,- 510.5O.
 Division 0: R. s. Munger, lead CT: 13. Capt. Brodie $416; IA. Capt. Burrell $618; IS. Capt. Healey $3O6; 16. Capt. Tnglis $299; 1T. Capt. Scott $41O.50; IS. Capt. Trau- rig $308; total $2,350.50.
 Division E.: Mrs. 6mithies, lead- CT. 51. Capt. Bartlett $344; 52. Capt. Carringtotn $S16; 53. Capt. Cowles $299.75; 54. Capt. Tolles $321.50: 55. Capt. Webster $279.50; total $1,560.75.
 Division F: Miss Hennessey, leader. 56. Capt. Crompton $386.50; ST. Capt. Reilly $392.25; 58. Capt. Shanahan $367.50; 59. Capt. Will Hams $24O.25; 60. Capt. Guilfoile $253.50; total $1,640.
 Division G: Mrs. Gager, leader. 61. Capt. Pratt $400.50; 62. Capt. 0 Cowperthwait $500; 63. Capt. Van Tassel $397; GA. Capt. Parton $319; 65. Capt. Johnson $246; to- tai $1,763.25. Grand total $12,- 928.25.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26
PUBLISHER, WELL
 KNOWN HERE, DIES
Francis Atwater Pounded Several Newspapers;
 Native of Plymouth

Francis Atwater, founder of the Meriden Daily Journal and at one time owner of the Waterbury Re- publican, died yesterday at his home in New Haven following an illness of three years. He was 76 years of axe. He bought the Republican in 1901 and sold it the same year. He also held ownership of the New Britain Daily News for a short time. He founded the Meriden Sunday News in 1884 and it later became the present Meriden Daily Journal.
 MT. Atwater was a native of Ply- mouth and he entered the newspa- per field by founding the old Winde- more Weekly Forum in Wallingford. From then on he was associated with various publications through out Connecticut.
 The deceased was at one time director of the Red Cross at Hav- ana, Cuba. While there he founded the Havana Post. He also served a term in the Connecticut state sen- ate. In his later years he was prom inently connected with several banks in the state.
 He is survived by his widow, Henela (Sellew) Atwater and sever- al nieces in Waterbury. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon in New Haven with burial in Wall nut Grove cemetery, Meriden.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26
Highway Projects
 Depending On WPA
Is Contracts Involving 40 Miles of Work, Two
 Bridges to Be Awarded If Plans Are Approved

Sealed bids on the IS jobs will be accepted from contractors until 200 p. m, Thursday, December 5, at the headquarters of the State Highway Department in the State Off1ce Building, Hartford.
 The proposed work was briefly described by Commissioner Mac donald as follows:
 Public Works Projects
 Town of Bridgewater: About IT, O74 feet of rolled bank run gravel on the Henry Sanford road and Christian street.
 Town of Burlington: About 1910 feet of waterbound macadam on Milford street and about 3l,383 feet of loose gravel on six sections of Town Aid roads.
 Towns of Ledyard and Preston: About 25,612 feet of rolled bank run gravel surface on five sections of Town Aid Roads.
 Town of East Haddam: About D. 431 feet of loose gravel on the Hay ward Lake road.
 Town of Pennington: About A. 873 fet of waterbound inacadam on the Fieneman road.
 Town of Marlboro: About 22,787 feet of rolled bank run gravel on the Cooley, Bull Hill, South, Chap man and Jones Hollow roads.
 Town of Middlefield: About 11,287 feet of lose broken stone and two bridges on the Miller, Strickland, Hubbard and Laurel Brook roads.
 Borough of Naugatuck: About A. 030 fet of bituminous macadan on Spring street.
 City of New Britain: About 6,775 let of bituminous nacadam on seven sections of city streets.
 Town of New Hartford: About 12,- TAO let of rolled bank run gravel on the West Hill and South Roads and about 6,318 fet of loose gravel on the Maple Hollow and Holcomb Hill roads.
 Town of Newtown: About 19,846 feet of rolled bank run gravel on the Walnut Tree Hill, Taunton and Huntington roads.
 Town of Rocky Hill: About 13,- 986 feet of waterbound macadam on the Hayes road and Shunt Pike.
 Town of Wilton: About 5,428 feet of rolled bank run gravel on Olm- stead Hill road.
 Town of Windsor Locks: About T. 204 let of bituminous rnacadam on six sections of Town Aid roads.
 Town of woodbridge: About Ill., 477 feet of waterbound macadam on the Old Derby Turnpike and the Rimmon road.