The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-01-26

his grip you hear so much about is
md of grabber. He grabs every
boy in sight. He believes in the
opan door policy too, he lets every
BODY into his clutches, regardless of
natanality, and depends upon col
lectfg duty by dealing with them
aftet they are in. He is anti expan-
sion Though, for when he gets a good
grip ION ycs, contraction of your
boundary ensues rather than expan-
sion.
Many good items of news are lost to
a newspaper every week by the mod
esty II the people. Ordinarily news
paper man feels a delicacy in pu .hing
himself into the presence of other peo-
pie t3 inquire about who is and who
is nqt going somewhere, but he often
doesn't 1t has been said that a man
whoa will stop a newspaper man on
the street and give him a piece of
news is the best man alive.
Mr.. Patrick H. Mason, of Elk Gar
den, visited relatives in Oakland from
Monday until this morning, when he
returned home. During his visit here
family reunion took place at which
time all the members of the fam
lily composed of Mrs. p. A. Chisholm,
Medsrs. ID. NJ, George NJ. and Patrick
H. Mason, were present. This is the
first EAe in long term of years that
the family gathered under one roof
and a delightful time was spent by
them
AT a meeting of the State Board of
Education held in Baltimore on Jan
uary 18th that body decided that the
several Boards of County School Com
missioners within the State had the
sole right and authority to appoint
assistant teachers, which decision
settles a question which has for some
time been troublesome to some of the
school commissioners boards in other
| counties, they claiming the right to
employ assistant teachers while the
trustees of the schools claimed the
same right.
CAPITALISTS should not forget in
their mad rush for wealth that Gar
rett county offers as good, if not bet
ter opportunities for the safe invest
ment of money than any other coun-
| ty in the state. She has an album
dance of rich farming, grazing and
| fruit producing lands, besides thous-
ands of acres of undeveloped coal,
timber and mineral lands accessibly
located at reasonable prices. A little
capital coming now into the county
will make it the foremost in wealth
and business of any other section in
the whole State.
A man high up in life insurance
circles is authority for the statement
that the big insurance companies are
paying out enormous suicide claims
| just now 1.-The public has no appre-
citation" he said, 'of the magnitude
of business done by these gigantic
corporations. The number of deaths
resulting from suicide last year is
greater than ever known in the his
tory OF life insurance. | estimate the
payments last year on suicide claims
alone reached an average of nearly
$1,500,000 to each one Of the com
panies.
There is a runner current in Oak
land that Attorney Roberts, of Wheel
ing, representing j. B. Sommerville,
the receiver for the Loeb Lynn
Heights hotel property, has given no.
tice to those interested that he in
tends to file exceptions to the audit
distributing the proceeds of the sale
of the property and carry the case up
to the Supreme Court of the United
States. Mr.. Roberts, besides repre-
senting Mr.. Sommerville, also repre-
sents number of persons holding
receivers certificates issued by order
of Judge Jackson of the United States
Court forthe District of West Virginia.
If the case is carried up to the Su-
preme Court it will require a year or
more to settle the matter. Mr. Ham
i'll, of Oakland, was the trustee ap-
pointed by the Circuit Court for this
county who made sale Of the property
some time last month which was pur-
chased by the Baltimore Building and
Loan Association that corporation be-
ing the mortgages.
| Why not Oakland?
An effort is being made by citizens
of this city to get the West Virginia
Pulp and Paper Co. of Piedmont to
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