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Evening star., 1935-10-16

The Edison Electric institute re-
ported today that Electricity produc-
ton for the week ended October IL
totaled 1857 .127 900 hloWatt hours, an
upturn Of l.6 per cent over the pre-
ceding week and 1877 per cent over the
corresponding week Of 1884.
The fact that the index did not
change indicated that the rise over the
preceding week conincided with the
seasonal trend.
Power output in all sections Of the
United States scored gains over the
like week last year. Percentage gains
were: New England 1879, Middle At
lantic 7.6. Central industrial l87 west
Central lis, Southern States So,
Rocky Mountain 29.6 and Pacific
Coast 6.5.
Evening star., 1935-10-16
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE

poultry-Plymouth Rocks, fancy Yellow
meated; 3te pounds or over. 22s23; fancy
RHODE Island Reds and White Rocks. 1sa2..
Dressed poultry-Chickens. Western
dryfpicked and dry-packed. 23laa261a.
Evening star., 1935-10-16
PARIS EXCHANGE RATES.

PARIS. October q fP,-Three per cent
rentes. 10 francs 20 centimesi 4iz per
cent rentes. ~. so
lar was quoted al I5.I1I2.
Evening star., 1935-10-16
DISCOUNT RATE CUT.

AMSTERDAM, October 16 @.-
The Bank of the Netherlands today
reduced its discount rate to 5 per cent
from per cent.
Evening star., 1935-10-16
FOREIGN RONpS
MONTREAL SILVER.

j. MONTREAL. October 16 R.-Silyer
futures opened steady. December. 66 4Ob;
March. 66.90b; May, 67.30b. Bid.
Evening star., 1935-10-16
RUBBER FUTURES.

NEW YORK, October 16 LP,.-Crude
rubber futures opened firm. j. 20 Is
higher October. l2.s0b; December
12.92-95; March. 13.17-ls. Bid.
Evening star., 1935-10-16
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK. October 16 P,-Over-the-
counter market bank and trust companies:
Evening star., 1935-10-16
POWER INDEX HITS
NEW PEAK LEVEL
Edison Institute Discloses
Upturn of 1.6 Per Cent
From Week Ago.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, October 16.-For the
second successive week output of elec-
trio power scared to an all time record
high.
The Associated Press adjusted week
ly index of electric power production
remained unchanged at 1915. A year
ago the index stood at 93.4.
The index, based on 1929-l930 as
100, is adjusted for seasonal and long
term trends. The range of recent years
follows.
Evening star., 1935-10-16
DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED

NEW YORK October 16.-Dividends
declared prepared by the Standard Sta
tistlcs Corp).
Pc Stk of Pay
Rate. riod. record able.
Evening star., 1935-10-16
FEDERAL LAND BANKS

NEW YORK, October 16 Rl.-Federal
Land Bank bonds:
Quotations as Of . o'clock)
Evening star., 1935-10-16

Dividend rates in dollars based on last
quarterly or semi-annual payment An
idends. Paid this year Paid last year
Companies reported in receivership or
being reorganized ePayable in stock.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-31

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-31
Inspection of Calendar DisclOses
List of Memorable Dates

An inspection of a 1885 calendar
discloses that Friday, the thirteenth
falls only twice during the year, these
two times being in September and De
cember.
Legal holidays, days of celebration
and days for religious and other OBJ
servances are listed throughout the
year as follows:
New Years Day, Tuesday.
Grounding Day, Saturday, Febru-
airy 2,
Lincoln's Birthday, Tuesday, Feb
ruary IL.
St. Valentines Day, Thursday, Feb
ruary IA.
George Washington's Birthday, Fri
day, February %.
Ash Wednesday, March 6.
st. Patrick's Day, Sunday, March
IT.
Maryland Day, Monday, March 25
April FOOLS Day, Monday, April 1
Good Friday, April 10.
Easter, Sunday, April 81.
Mothers Day, Sunday, May II.
Decoration Day, Thursday, May 80
independence Day, Thursday, July
a.
Labor Day, Monday, September 2.
Maryland Defenders Day, Thurs.
day, September IL.
Columbus Day, Saturday, October
IL.
Halloween, Thursday, October 81.
Armistice Day, Monday, November
II.
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, No
vember %.
Christmas, Wednesday, December
rs.
More holidays fall on Thursday than
on any other day this year.
Memorable Dates
Memorable dates in history include
the following for February:
list, 1789-Gen. George Washington
elected first President of the United
States.
End, 1819-Treaty signed with
Spain for purchase of Florida.
3rd, 1917-United States severed
diplomatic relations with Germany.
18th, 1847-Thomas A. Edison, sci
enlist and famous inventor, born.
18th, 18O9-Abraham Lincoln born.
18th, 1932-The Goodyear dirigible
Columbia" was wrecked.
18th, 1851. S. Battleship Maine
blown up in harbor of Havana.
22nd, 1732-George Washington
born.
The weather forecast for the month
carries a story of blustery and cold
weather until February 81, after
which it is expected to be mild and
unsettled.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-31
THINGS ONE REMEMBERS

The public has heard the electric
industry of the United States abused
shamefully for the past six or eight
years, by many persons who wished
to curry public favor by attacking
something or somebody. Political at
tacks were often sickening in their
unfairness.
The politicians used the collapse of
the great insult utilities to clinch their
arguments as to the iniquity of the
"power trust" and prove that the
whole industry had been manipulated
to the detriment and robbery of the
public. ~
But what has happened? Three of
the principals in the insult proper
ties were tried before three typical
juries in the center of the territory
where the properties were located and
where sentiment against the principals
was supposed to be greatest. In all
three cases the juries brought in YER
diets of mot guilty" of the various
charges to defraud the public. Nobody
has yet claimed that the juries are
tools of the "power trust.D
A fair-minded person wonders if
many of the blanket charges leveled
by politicians against the electric in
dustry as whole might not fall just
as fiat if the facts were known, as did
the evidence before the three juries in
the insult cases. ~
Experience teaches that it is well
to be on guard against anyone who is
continually accusing his neighbor of
wrongdoing. ~.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-31
Exams. For Civil Service Posi-
tiOnS Announced

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open COM
petitive examinations for engineering
craftsmen, junior medical officer, as
sociate supervisor of elementary ed
ucation, with salaries ranging from
$1,000 to $4,000 per year.
The closing date for receipt of ap-
plications is February IS. More in
formation may be obtained from JOS
eph Station, postoffice, Oakland.
The Civil Service Commission has
made the announcement that no one
can promise appointments to positions
under civil service and states that
from numerous letters received it
would indicate that misleading infor-
nation is being given to the public by
agents of some of the correspondence
schools which give instruction in prep
aration for civil service examinations.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-31

gard of the reporters, which impels
many of them to give him the best of
it when it can be done without VIC
lence to the facts" Chiefly the "best"
consists in stressing his gallant
charm" This is interesting as show
ing how little things can affect great
issues, but Of even more interest is
Mr.. Krock's observation that 81 deep
ly, and with reason, suspect this Ad-
ministration of more ruthlesssness,
intelligence and subtlety in trying to
suppress legitimate unfavorable COM
ment than any other l have known"
**&
Coming from a man of experience
and standing, that is a pretty inter
esting accusation. And there is con-
siderable evidence to support it. Ger
tainly there has never been in Wash
ington set of men more resentful of
disagreement than these New Dealers,
IilOIS h4oPOoCu w lOIlSIQGL IduudIIOI
their due, less tolerant of criticism.
Their methods of meeting it vary.
Some invent discreditable personal
stories about the critics; others dark
ly and indirectly talk about reprisals;
others develop a sort of militant
martyr complex.
1t is an extraordinary thing in an
administration which has been so
lavishly supported by the press. Mr.
Roosevelt himself has been known to
write personal letters of complaint
about correspondent to his publish
err. He did exactly that not long ago
in the case of a correspondent of a
New York paper. Neither the cor
respondent, the editor nor the pub
Usher have yet been able to see that
he had real basis for complaint. 1t
might have, but it did not lose the
correspondent his job. 1t seems all
extraordinary thing for President
of the United States to have done.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-31
SOMETHING GOES WRONG
WITH EXPERTS

Something seems to have gone
wrong with the collegiate plan for in
creasing the foreign market for cot
ton. According to Frederick Gardiner,
Associated Press financial writer,
foreign buyers have been snubbing
the South's number one product in the
world market and threatening to up
set calculations as to how fast the
country, through its production re-
striction plan, could reduce its bur-
densome surplus"
The American production has gone
down through crop control, it is stat
ed. Exports last season fell about a
million bales, which was not regarded
with emotion, but exports for this sea-
son have declined, it is estimated,
nearly two million bales. This is not
so good and deserves some study.
Some of those in charge of the pres
ent program say the decline has been
due to decreased consumption abroad,
especially in Germany, and to the
troubles of the gold bloc countries.
But others, not in charge of the
government program, who claim to
know something about cotton, think
that the collegiate program directed
from Washington is responsible. Our
going off the gold standard was sup
posed to increase rather than decrease
our exports to gold-standard coun-
tries, so why blame the gold stand
ard?
The crop in America was decreased
to raise the price Of the product. But
the plan has served also to stimulate
foreign agriculturalists. With the
price higher and America producing
less, these foreign cotton growers
have increased their output, growing
cotton much cheaper than America
can. AS a result, nations which for
merly bought large quantities of our
cotton are now buying cheaper from
producers alien to US, and will buy
more if the present program contin-
ues. .."lo.
The South voted for new ideas in
agriculture even if it dosen't like
them. 1t has been able to "dish it out, ?"
it ought to be able to "take it."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-31

Wallace studios on Monday evening,
February 4, at 8:15. Descriptive
poems and ballads will be given by
Miss Helen Folk and Mrs. Wendell
Lohr.
Birthday Party
The teachers of the Grantsville
school gave a surprise party to Miss
Mary Miller, one of the teachers, in
honor of her birthday, at the Cassel-
man hotel on Monday evening.
Mrs. Davis Entertains
Mrs. N. R. Davis entertained the
ladies' bridge club at her home on
Monday evening with bridge, followed
by refreshments. Mrs. C. o. Bender
was winner of the prize.
Church Services
M. E. Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Catholic service at 10 a. M Reformed
Sunday school at 1:3O and worship
at 2:30. Lutheran Sunday school at
9:45 and worship at II a. m.
Personals and General
Ray Georg, Keyser Ridge, won End
place for his certified potatoes in the
Maryland Farm Bureau Federation
Potato show held recently in the LORD
Baltimore hotel, Baltimore.
Lieut.. Macon Williams, commander
of Co. 1926, CCC camp of New Ger
many, is i'll in his apartments at the
Casselman hotel.
Miss Daisy Shoemaker has secured
a position with the Celanese Corpora.
ton at Cumberland.
Mrs. Stewart Rodamer will enter.
tain the M. E. Ladies Aid society il
her home on Thursday evening.
The members of the Reformed Mis-.
sionary society will be entertained or
Wednesday afternoon by the Re
formed Missionary society of Sails
bury, Pa.
The school bus from Bittinger has
experienced much difficulty in get
ting in on time, due to the driftec
condition of the roads.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-31
Blackwater Falls Park Is AdvO-
Gated for Tucker County

A study of possibilities of creating a
State park at scenic Blackwater Falls,
in Tucker county, West Virginia, %
miles south of Oakland, has been pro-
posed in the West Virginia House of
Delegates, now in session at Charles
ton.
Blackwater Falls has been hidden
for years from all but those willing
to tramp over a forest trail. Recently
highway was opened by CCC work
ers, making the Falls more accessi-
BILE.
The proposed study would be made
by committee of three senators and
three delegates. They would SUBMIT
heir report to the Legislature for &C
ton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-31
Few Motorists Realize How
Much Taxes They Pay

Few motorists have any real con-
ception of the taxes they pay in the
course of year, according to H. R.
Hamill, local representative of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jer-
sey, who revealed that taxes averag-
ing Sill now are levied upon each
barrel of crude oil costing sos cents
to produce. His is in addition to mo-
tor vehicle registration taxes, sales
taxes, taxes on tires and tubes and a
variety of municipal, county and state
taxes.
"If all the types of federal, state,
and local motor vehicle taxes current
ly imposed were paid on one passen-
ger car the annual tax bill for this
single automobile would total $121,"
Mr.. Hamill pointed out. "This fact is
all the more impressive when one con-
siders that the estimated average
value of the average motor vehicle is
$4,000
"The heaviest tax levies are state
and federal gasoline taxes. In addi-
ton, however, every time a motorist
buys gasoline or oil he is also contrib
uting to the payment of real and per-
sonal property taxes, income taxes,
severance taxes, lubricating oil taxes,
pipe line transportation taxes, capital
stock taxes, corporation franchise,
stock and mercantile licensing and in
spection taxes and many other assess
ments.
Despite the multitude of taxes as
sessed against petroleum products the
motorist today enjoys lower prices for
gasoline than he did ten years ago and
American motorists pay considerably
less per gallon for their motor fuels
than do motorists of other nations.
This is due in large part to the super
Tor efficiency of American petroleum
companies and to their policy of pass
ing on to the consumer savings re-
sulting from advanced methods of pro-
ducing, refining and marketing their
products"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-31
EVANSVILLE
Mrs. Nancy Layman Carey

Mrs. Nancy Layman Carey, widow
of the late Jacob o. Carey, died on
December 4, 1884, in the home of her
daughter, Miss Lucille Carey, Rich
mond, Va, at the age of "a years.
Interment was made near Hunters
vile, w. Va. Mrs. Carey was born
near Grantsvllie on February Is, 1860,
the daughter of the late George w.
and Sallie Mccormick Layman. She
was married on September IT, 1881,
and was the mother of five daughters,
four of whom survive: Mrs Myrtle
Grose, Richmond, Va; Mrs. Mamie
Jordan, Marlinton, W. Va; Mrs. Kath-
leen Shoemaker, Charleston, W. Va,
and Miss Lucille Carey, Richmond, Va.
Casselman Motor Co. Changes Hands
Floyd Diehl, who recently sold his
interest in Motor Service Company to
his partner, Harvey Gortner, has ac-
quired the Casselman Motor Company
business and real estate, which is sit
uated adjoining the Dorsey Cassel-
man Hotel, from the owner, Joseph F.
Fahey. Mr.. Fahey was one of the
founders of the Casselman Motor Co.
and built it up to business of impor-
lance in the community. Mr.. Fahey's
plans for the future are not known at
this time.
Contradictory Temperatures
On Monday morning of this week
the temperature was below zero in
Grantsville while at Keyser's Ridge,
five miles west, and at a considerably
higher altitude, it was 10 degrees
above zero, difference of 10 degrees.
In winter time one naturally expects
. to find the colder temperature on the
higher ground, but in this particular
case it was reversed.
Studio Program
The Women's Physical Culture class
will present program of Scotch
Irish, Danish and Bohemian foil
dances in costume, at the Holmes and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-31
IN DAYS OF OLD
FORTY YEARS AGO

The tlrm which erected the gram
mar school building in Oakland was
shortly to commence the erection of a
planning mill in the East end of Oak
land where a number of skilled me-
chanics were to be employed.
The public school opened with an
enrolment of nearly two hundred.
Charles D. Smith, brought here from
Baltimore, was the principal.
Amos Broadwater, a widower in his
ninety-third years, was married to
Mrs. Eliza Warwick, a widow aged
fifty-one, at Frostburg. The couple
resided in what was then known as
the Glades, later becoming the Bit
finger community.
Clarence F. Schroeder was placed in
charge of the Baltimore and Ohio de-
pot in Oakland as agent. D. M. Mason
was retained in the employ of the
railway company as checkman and as
sistant agent.
Eleven persons were confined in the
Oakland Jail awaiting trial at the
March term of the Circuit Court.
Three of the prisoners had just been
brought in from Swanton, charged
with having robben the residence of
Charles M. Miller at Swanton.
Marshall Scott, ST., killed wild
hog that had tusks nine inches long
and weighed five hundred pounds, ac-
cording to a newspaper from Par
sons, w. Va.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
DR.. Robert A. Ravenscroft, of Ac-
cident, after thirteen years service
as Surveyor of the Port at Baltimore,
retired from that position. He had
been appointed by President McKin-
ley.
The installation of the Rev. o. A.
Bremen as pastor of st. Marks Luth-
eran church, was scheduled. for Sun
day.
Oakland Collegians defeated the
Grafton Y. M. C. A. in basketball %
to 21. Walter Sanner scored "a points
for Oakland and Milton Sincell the
remaining four points.
Albert McRobie, Kitzmiller miner,
was crushed beneath a fall of rock in
a mine and died later in a Cumber-
land hospital.
There were two full moons during
january rather unusual occur
renee.
Ten deer were turned loose near
Connellsville, Pa, having been shipped
to that point from Michigan.
Thirteen counties in Maryland had
county agents employed.
Wheat was selling at $1.65 per
bushel, with probabilities that it would
go to higher level.
The mercantile firm of Leighton &
Harvey, at Mountain Lake Park, was
dissolved, Mr.. Leighton retiring.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-31
CountyAgent's Column
]. H. CARTER
Resident County Agent.
Office: Court House, Oakland, Nd.

Not Too Early To Plan Garden
Although the temperature may be
down to zero and the ground covered
with foot of snow, spring is not so
far away, and those families and in
dividuals who are thinking of having
vegetable garden this year should
begin laying plans now, says ]. H.
Carter, County Agent.
Mr.. Carter points out that while the
actual physical activity of establish
ing a garden may not take place for
some time, there are many things to
be bought and arranged for before
that time arrives.
For example, there is the question
of location of the garden and type of
soil. Careful thought should be given
to this factor before actual work be-
gins and it should be remembered that
most vegetables require a fertile and
well drained soil. In addition, there
must be an application of manure or
commercial fertilizer to keep the soil
in the porper condition.
1t is not too early for the purchase
of seed and it is pointed out by Mr..
Carter, an intelligent choice of the
most suitable varieties may make the
difference between highly satisfactory
and Indifferent returns. He emphasizes
the fact that it costs no more to pro-
duce the best varieties than it does
the ordinary, but the results make it
worth more than the difference.
1t is pointed out also by Mr. Carter
that number of the spring vegeta-
bles mature early enough so that a
succession of crops may be enjoyed.
For example, paintings of string
beans may be made at intervals of
ten days to two weeks, thus making
it possible to have this vegetable over
a longer period,
Last, but not least, in the case of
cabbages, tomatoes or peppers, the
young plants must be transplanted
from hotbed or cold frames to garden,
and care should be taken to see that
the transplanting is done as soon as
conditions are favorable. This means
that the seed should be planted in the
hotbed, or in an indoors box, from six
to eight weeks before they are to go
in the garden. When only few plants
are needed, it may be found less ex-
pensive and bothersome to purchase
them.
Anyone desiring further informa-
ton regarding gardens should write
to the County Agent, Oakland, Md,
for a copy of Bulletin No. 10, "The
Small Vegetable Garden"
Increase in Production of Seed Tubers
Maryland was included among the
twelve states reporting larger yield
of certified seed potatoes in 1884 than
in 1888. According to DR.. R. A. Jehle,
plant pathologist for the University of
Maryland Extension Service, a total of
94,712 bushels of seed were eligible
for certification in this State last year
as compared with 72,572 bushels in
1888. Stated in acres inspected, in
1888 more than 535 acres received in
spection, whereas the year following
the number was increased to 764
acres.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-01-31
Attention, Ex-Service Men

Alex. Hesen, Post Commander of
Proctor Kildow Post No. II, American
Legion, calls the attention of all
Legionaires and Ex-Service men to a
meeting Of Importance to be held on
Monday night, February A, at the City
hall Matters concerning proposed
legislation to be enacted at an early
day will be considered and other
business of Importance and interest
will be transacted.
All Ex-Service men are urged to
be present, according to Commander
Hesen, ~~-'.-. ~. l,,' .-.