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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-17
THE MARYLAND BIBLE SOCIETY'S CORNER
'"The Word of Our God Shall Stand Forever

leave to go with them to Moab. This
should have ended Balaam's connec-
ton with Balak, as the prohibition
was definite and clear. But o, the
power of the rewards of divination!
In all ages it is true that a "gift
blindeth the wise" and "the desire for
reward perventeth understanding.
Balak, not to be discouraged, sends
again to Balaam, making the same re-
quest, with promises of great rewards
and honors. 1t was on this journey
that the ass demonstrated with the
prophet for his unjust treatment of a
dumb animal.
At last Balaam arrived at the final
Stage Of his journey, and appropriate
offerings were upon the altar. Then
came the word of the Lord: GLOW
goodly are thy tents, o Jacob, and thy
tabernacles, o Israel, as the valleys
are they spread forth, as gardens by
the rivers side, and as cedar trees be-
side the waters. What hath God
wrought" Balak's wrath and disap-
pointment knew no bounds, but Bal
aam, despite his unexpressed desire,
pronounced only blessings upon Israel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-17
0 N E M | N u T E
Sc R M ON
By REV. WALTER B. BROCK
THEY ALSO SERVE"

Ephesians al: 81, Paul, the prisoner of the
Lord"
The great Apostle spent much of
his time in prison. Thus did hostile
world in darkness attempt to smother
the eternal Light of Truth and Life.
No doubt these imprisonments, in
terrupting his carefully planned evan
gelistic campaigns, seemed like ire
parable calamities. But we today real
ize that the Apostle rendered his
greatest service, for the Kingdom of
Christ during those enforced delays
in his regular program of work, for it
was only in prison that the busy mis-
sionary could find leisure to write
those magnificent epistles which are
an invaluable portion of Scripture,
our primary text book of Christian
faith and doctrine.
st. Paul was not the only one whose
plans have been upset, and whose
CIlOStI ll1e WUIh Hdo USSA IuQSly III
terrupted by unforeseen and unwelcome
developments which when they hap
pen seem to be irreparable calamities,
but which, viewed in the perspective
of history, prove to be blessings in
disguise. For every Christian, as for
the Apostle, the closing of one door of
opportunity means, in the Providence
of God, the opening of another door.
When one task is taken from US an
other and perhaps more important
one is given us to do.
Milton discovered this same truth
when he was thrown into dungeon
darker than any Paul knew. Out of
that black imprisonment came two of
the most radiant poems that have il
Illuminated the mind Of man-Paradise
Lost and Paradise Regained. In his
"Sonnet on His Blindness" Milton
said: "They also serve who only stand
and wait"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-17
MARYLAND HISTORICAL MEMORIAL HASMANY VISITORS

family. He took bred Scott to the law
firm of Field & Hall in the hope of
finding some solution of the problem.
The lawyers advised the Negro to sue
for his freedom. His contention was
that under the Missouri Compromise
Act (Which prohibited slavery in the
domain north of the compromise line,
except the State of Missouri) he had
been amancipated by reason of his res
idence in Illinois and in Wisconsin.
CATER years of litigation, the case
of bred Scott finally came before the
Supreme Court of the United States at
the December Term of 1856.
"Chief Justice fancy held that Ne
gro slaves were not intended to be in
cluded within the meaning of the term
citizen under the Constitution of the
United States, and therefore had no
right to sue in the Federal courts.
"After expressing this opinion, the
Chief Justice nevertheless went on to
discuss the provisions of the Missouri
Compromise Act. By virtue of this
statute the fact that bred Scott lived
in the territory acquired by the Lou
isiana Purchase made him free. But
fancy held that Congress had no pow
er to pass such an act. True, the Con-
stitution authorized the Congress to
make all needful rules and regula-
tions respecting the territory or other
property belonging to the United
States But, said fancy, this power
referred only to territory belonging
to the United States at the time the
Constitution was adopted.
"The effect of Chief Justice Taney's
decision was therefore to decide that
Congress had no power to destroy a
property right merely because the
owner took the property into free ter
ritory; that Negro slave was a chat
tel which under the Fifth Amendment
to the Constitution could not be taken
away from it's owner without due pro-
cess of law; and that the Missouri
Compromise Act was unconstitutional
and void"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-17

More than 10000 people have visit
ed the home of the late Roger Brooke
fancy, celebrated American jurist,
since it was thrown open to the public
at Frederick, Maryland, in 1880. The
home is memorial to Judge fancy
and to his brother-in-law, Francis
Scott Key, author of the Star Span
gled Banner. In writing about Chief
Justice fancy and his public career
in the current issue of the National
Republic, Edward S. Delaplane says,
in part:
Zone of the questions which the
hostesses at the fancy Home are fire.
quently asked by tourists is, What
was the bred Scott case?'
"The title of the case, as found in
the United States Supreme Court Re-
ports is bred Scott VS.. John F. A.
Sanford. 1t was decided by the Su-
preme Court at the December Term
of 1856.
"In 1884, DR.. John Emerson, a sur
geon in the United States Army, went
from Missouri, a slave state, to Illi-
nois, and later to Fort Smelling, an
outpost in the Territory of Wiscon-
sin. He took with him Negro slave
named bred Scott.
"Ordered back to st. Louis, DR.. En-
erson left Fort Smelling in 1887. With
him went bred Scott and Negro wo-
man, Harriet, whom bred Scott had
married.
"While on the steamboat on the
Mississippi, before it reached the
boundary of the State of Missouri,
Harriet gave birth to a daughter. A
second daughter was born after her
return to St. Louis.
CDR. Emerson died in 1874. The Ne
groes then became the property of his
widow; but Mrs. Emerson moved to
Massachusetts and left the Negroes in
st. Louis under the care of Taylor
Blow, son of Peter Blow, who had
been bred Scott's master in Virginia.
"Taylor Blow was at loss to know
what to do with bred Scott and his
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-17
BITTINGER

The persistent rains and mild
weather which prevailed last week,
cleared the countryside of snow and
ice, but left the roads in very bad
condition for travel.
At the annual meeting of the Bit
finger Mutual Telephone Company
held in this village last Saturday at
ternoon, Orville C. Glotfelty was
elected president; Nelson Orendorf;
vice-president; William Bowser, gen
eral manager, and E. S. Brenneman,
secretary and treasurer.
While rain storm was in progress
here last Sunday afternoon the mem
bers of the Woman's Missionary Soci-
ETY. of the Lutheran church held their
monthly meeting in the auditorium of
the village church with a very good
attendance.
William Schrock, of Iowa, came to
this section last Sunday for a visit
with his aged father, Jonas Schrock,
who remains quite ill at his home near
here.
Clarence Stephens is spending few
days in and near Canton, Ohio.
Truman Butler, of the Backwoods
Settlement, was a business caller in
this village on Thursday of last week
C. E. Ellithorp attended the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
First State Bank at Grantsville last
Tuesday afternoon.
Harvey Broadwater, Walter Broad.
water and Archibald Bittinger, of the
Backwoods community, were business
callers in this village last Saturday
morning.
Walter Bethel, Harvey Knox, Ear
Stark, Randall Beachy and Raymond
Klotz motored to Cumberland on bus
mess one day last week.
Elmer Wiley, who is employed as
coal miner near Uniontown, Pa, spenr
last week with his sister, Miss Edn;
Wiley here, recuperating from a re
cent illness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-17

Even the most enthusiastic World
Courier must admit, however, that the
victory was only a Phyrric one at
best. For along with the reporting of
the resolution went this statement
which seems to revive the substance
of old Reservation Number Five,
which provides as a price for our ad-
herence that the Court shall not rem
der an advisory opinion in any mat
ter in which the United States has or
claims an interest without consent.
In order to realize the importance of
this provision, if it is enacted, as it
undoubtedly will. be, because a ma
jority of the Senate is said to favor it,
we must go back to the World Court
fight during the Coolidge administra-
ton. At that time the World Court
resolution was pushed through the
Senate but with it went Reservation
Five providing that, if we join the
Court, it must agree in advance not
to pass on any matter in which the
United States has or claims an inter
est. So important was this reserva-
ton regarded by World Court MEM
bers that they would not accept our
membership under such conditions.
The anti-Court Senators will attempt
to see that the substance of the reso-
luton is still binding.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-17
BALKAN AND BALAK

No man wanted to swear any more
than Balaam did, and Balak wanted
him to do it so much that he was
willing to pay a good, round sum for
the privilege. However, it was not
to be. At the time of the calling of
Balaam by Balak, the son of Zippor,
the Israelites had pitched their camp
in the plains of Moab on the east of
the Jordan and opposite Jericho. Balak
was King of Moab, and when he saw
what the Israelites had done to the
Amorites, shifting them with the
sword from end to end of their coun-
try and possessing the land from
Anon to Babbok, he resolved that
some power other than mere force of
arms must be invoked if their tri-
umphant march through Moab and
their ultimate conquest of the land
were to be stayed. Balak therefore
called his wise men into council and
said unto the elders Of indian: "Now
shall this company lick up all that
are round about us, as the OK licketh
up the grass of the field"
The King then sent messengers I'M
to Balaam, the son of Beor, to Pethor,
near the Euphrates, by the mountains
of Aram, or Mesopotamiia, to call him
saying, Behold, there is a people
come out from Egypt: Behold, they
covedthe face TO the earth, and they
abide over against me. Come there
fore, now, 1 pray thee, curse me this
people: for they are too mighty
for me, peradventure l shall
prevail, that we may smite them, and
that I may drive them out of the land:
for l wot that he whom thou blessest
is blessed, and he whom thou cursest
is cursed.
This was a sincere tribute to Bal
aam's reputation as prophet. The
deputation of elders from Moab and
indian came to his door with full as
surance of help in their unequal con-
f1ict with Israel. Through this inter-
cession of Balaam they hoped to enlist
spiritual agencies too potent to be
thwarted even by the hitherto invinci-
BILE Joshua.
Now Balaam had an itching palm;
nevertheless he regarded himself as
the mouthpiece of Jehovah, and fully
realized that he could only bless or
curse as Jehovah commanded. How
ever, he said to the elders of indian,
Lodge here this night, and I will
bring you word again, as the Lord
shall speak to me-" So the princes of
Moab abode with Balaam. And God
came unto BALKAN and said, "What
men are these with thee?" And Bal
aam said unto God, "Balak, son of
Zippor, King of Moab, hath sent unto
me, saying, Behold, there is a people
come out of Egypt, which covereth
the face of the cath: come now, curse
me them: peradventure 1 shall be able
to overcome them, and drive them
OUT" And God said, "Thou shalt not
go with them; thou shalt not curse the
people: for they are blessed"
Accordingly the next morning
BALKAN told the princes of Balak that
the Lord had refused to give him
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-17
New Features May Be Added To
Forest Festival at Elkins

Horse and dog shows may be added
features of the sixth annual Mountain
State Forest Festival to be held at
Elkins on October 8, and 5, 1885.
These dates were officially fixed at a
meeting of committee chairmen with
Director General A. Spates Brady re-
Gently. The horse and dog shows will
be new feature to the festivals but
whether any of the other events on
the program will be dropped to make
room for them has not been decided.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-17
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
BY FRANK P. LITSCHERT

Once more we are in the midst of a
fight to secure American adherence
to the World Court through a resolu-
ton adopted by two-thirds of the Sen
ate. The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, by a score of IA to 7 has
voted to report out the resolution for
rebate and action on the floor of the
Senate. The proponents of the reso-
luton believe that they have enough
votes to pass it, and they hail the
vote in the committee as the first sign
of victory.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-17

as big an internationalist victory as
appears at first glance. For if the
World Court didn't like our indepen-
dent attitude in the first place, what
reason has there been for a change
of mind? If they can't run our own
business for US because of a pesky
advance understanding, why play with
US at all?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-17

With the substance of this reserva-
ton preserved as it should be, it is
easy to see, therefore, why a report
ing out of the World Court reservation
favorably, by the committee, is not
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-17

What Senator johnson says is true.
The fundamental problem of whether
to join or not still remains. But it
ought to be easier to solve now than
ever before. Never has the Leagues
reputation for enforcing it's rules and
aiding peace sunk as low as at pres
ent. When opposed by one major pow
er, whether a member or not, it has
been helpless. 1t has been most sue
cessful in questions such as deter
mining the "color of ink and the
breadth of pen wipers" in interna-
tional conferences. 1t failed in Man
churia and it has failed elsewhere.
Only the other day when the Senate
had reported out the World Court
resolution, word came to US that
Italy and France had completed an
agreement in Europe, destined to set
tie the fate of Austria and the future
conduct of four or five other minor
powers. Provinces in Africa were par
celed and handed from Franco to
Italy without the consent of the gov
erned" as a part of the bargain by
which Italy agrees to "take aim" when
France says so. Italy was given the
right to go as far as it pleased in
fighting Abyssinia, not in the interest
of democracy, but for foreign trade
and African booty. In all of this the
League of Nations was not consulted.
It's name was scarcely mentioned in
disposing of the fate of Central Eu-
rope and the soil of Africa. Nobody
thought of the World Court either
kindly or otherwise. Yet the interna-
tionalists tell US that joining it will
end war and aid democracy. Where
and when have we heard words SINH
lar to that before?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-17

Now since some of the questions in
which we have or claim an interest
are the war debt question, American
tariffs, immigration, disarmament,
and so on, it is evident that some of
the members of the Court at least ex-
pected to settle some of these ques-
lions for US and didn't want to be
bound in advance. Can you imagine
what sort of chance war debt, or an
immigration question, from our stand
point, would have in a court made up
against us and in which we could
have but single vote?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-17

The old warriors in the Senate, who
by their mastery strategy, defeated
American membership in the League
and thereby rendered an invaluable
service to the peace and independence
of the country, are against the resolu-
ton in it's entirety and properly so.
AS Senator johnson, Of California,
said, when the resolution was reported
out: "The fundamental problem of
when to join the League of Nations
Court still remains. I am, of course,
opposed to going into the League of
Nations by the front door or the back
door or otherwise, and I am opposed
to our going into the League Court"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-16

beginning of big threeday SALE in Ayres Downstairs
the event Capacity Days"-because we have arranged
lat our big de aisles will be PACKED TO CAPACITY
outfit Uncertainties and homes for Fall and Winter Every
fashons--of Ayres QUALITY-at the lowest possible
Thursday, Friday and Saturday!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-16

"Pepperell' shorts with banjo
seat; vat dyed. Also fine quail
ity athletic knitted shirts.
Downstairs at Ayres.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-12
'MRS.ROOSEVELT.
OK. : STRIKER

"The Striker" one of the paint
ings in the current exhibition at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art, rep
resents the kind of painting that
Mrs. Roosevelt likes.
At her press conference she
said that when she visited the
Fourteenth Biennial Exhibition of
Contemporary American Oil Paint
ings at Corcoran, she was partic-
ularly impressed by this painting,
which shows a very defiant young
man at odds with society.
Mrs. Roosevelt was impressed,
she said, by the transition shown
in this picture and another,
painted by the same artist, which
shows the same young man when
he was unemployed. In the first
painting, she said, he had "a be-
wildered, hopeless look"
The artist, julius Block, of New
York, will be luncheon guest at
the White House Saturday. His
painting of the unemployed young
man is hanging in the office of
Marvin MacIntyre, one Of the
Presidents secretaries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-12
BONDING PROBE
| TURNS To D. {.

! The special House Committee
Investigating real estate bonding
committees began today to study
the Washington situation.
; Local judges who have ap.
proved financial reorganization
plans for defunct real estate en-
terprises and lawyers and real
estate men who have been con.
nected with the transactions will
be called before the committee to
testify.
1t is probable that the judges
will be questioned closely as to
their reasons for approving the
reorganization plans in several Of
the instances. The request Of the
Senate subcommittee, however,
was not needed.
The special committees in.
quiries into such affairs in other
cities already has resulted in the
introduction in the House of a
bill creating a Federal conserva-
tor authority which would have
power to approve or disapprove
any bondholding committee fl
nancial reorganization plan be-
fore it becomes effective.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-12
TOMORROW
CATHOLIC

st. Aloysius-MasseS 6 q. m.
$3.50 a. M, Z a. m, 1880 q. M, 8:15
a. M, and 1905 p. m.
st. Anthony's (Brookland y
Masses $50 a. m, 1850 a. M, and
8 a. m. Services $50 p. M, and
7:45 p. m. &c.
st. Observation-Disclosures Z a. m,
and 1910 p. m.
st. Cypriall's-MaSs 8 q. m.
st. Dominic 'S-MasseS 6 a. M, Z
a. m, and 8 a. m.
st. Francis de Sales-Mass 2
a. m.
Franciscan Monastery-Masses
6 o. m. and Z a. m.
st. Francis Xavier's - Masses
$50 a. m. and 8 a. M; children's
services 3 p. m. and 3:15 p. m.
Church of the Holy Name
Masses $50 a. m, a. m. and 8
6 m.
Church of the Holy Redeemer-
Mass $50 a. m.
Church of the Holy Trinity
Masses 6 a. M, Z a. NJ, 1880 a. m,
and 8:15 a. m.
Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception-Masses 1880 a. m. and
1915 p. m.
st. Jerome's, Hyattsville, Md
Masses Z a. m. and 8 a. m.
st. James, Mt. Rainier-Mass
at 8 a, m,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-12
Delays Fighting
Fire TO Serve
Customer

SEATTLE, Wash, April II
U.N.SD-Fire Inspector John
Reid drove into a service sta
ton near Vaughn, Wash, and
asked the attendant for a new
fan belt.
The mechanic promptly put
down a bucket of water he was
carrying to his house in back
of the station, went into the
station, got a piece of string,
measured the fan belt with the
string, went back and got
new fan belt, found it was too
big, went back and got another
fan belt and began fitting
it in.
Then, just as he had nearly
completed the job, he turned
to Reid and said:
"I'm sorry, mister, but this
will have to wait. My house is
on fire."
Fire Inspector Reid, startled,
followed him to the house, from
which flames were billowing.
Together the two men put out
the blaze.
The attendant explained later
that he hated to lose a SALE"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-12
COUNTY To GIVE
DIRECT RELIEF

UPPER MARLBORO, Md,
April 12.-Direct relief will con-
tinue in Prince Georges County
until the new Federal plans I'M
der which further grants may be
used are developed, announces
Miss Charlotte Wilcox, director.
With all relief clients taken
from the rolls last week, new
registrations are to be made next
Monday and each day thereafter
at the Hyattsville office, the
Laurel police station and the
Marlboro courthouse.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-12
LENTEN SERVICES IN DC.

st. Joseph's-Masses $50 a. m,
7 a. m. and 8 a. m.
st. Martin's-MasSes $50 a. m.
and 1880 a. m.
st. Mary's-Masses $3.50 a. m,
Z a. m. and 8 a. m.
St. Matthew's-Special masses
at 10 a. m. and 1910 p. m.
st. Patrick'S-Masses z q. m,
1880 q. m, 8 a. M, and 1910 p. m.
st. PaulS-MasseS z a. m. and
1880 a. m.
Church of the Sacred Heart
Masses $50 a. m, q. m. AMI
8 q. m.
st. Stephen's-Masses $50 o. m.
and 8 q. m.
EPISCOPAL
st. James-Services 1880 a. m,
4 p. m. and 1880 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-12
n. Y. Senate Passes
Paw Increase Bill

ALBANY, April IL G.N.S).
The senate has passed by
unanimous vote the Field bills re-
storing the salaries Of approx
mately $4,000 New York city po-
licemen, firemen, teachers and
teacher.clerks to the 1892 level.
This move will add from $14,000,-
900 to $17,000,000 to the compen-
Sation of these employees.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-12
Auto Inspections
Slated in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va, April IL.
The semi-annual automobile in.
Spection program of the division
of motor vehicles begins May /
and will continue throughout the
month, it was announced by the
division of motor vehicles.
The law requires that every
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-12

motor vehicle in use in Virginia
be inspected twice a year for
mechanical defects, such as i'm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-14

probably be reached by no other pair. To make the contract would surely be top; and to lose 1t, whether by one trick or several. would be a bottom score. There fore, he had to risk everything in a desperate effort to make the bid
 The hand offered just a chance to make 10 tricks-one club, five diamonds, and four hearts. It would be necessary te depend on a 3-3 break in hearts, and to pro- vide against a possible losing heart finesse.
 Declarer had to take the risk of ruling with his own four-card suit, and hoping to pick up the trump with dummy's three hearts, a rather extreme measure.
 After winning the first club with the ace, declarer immediate ly trumped a club in his own hand. He then tried the heart finesse, which was unsuccessful, and West returned another club.
 Declarer iruffed again, and laid down the king of hearts, his last trump. He now entered the dummy with a diamond was for tunate enough to drop the two outstanding hearts with dummy's ace. and the diamonds were all good.
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