The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-13

Good morning! Have you cleared
your platform of snow?
Miss Connell, of Terra Alta, was in
the city few days last week.
Attorney Chas. D. Smith, of Terra
Alta, was in Oakland several days
this week
Mr.. Truman P. Warwick, of Bloom
ingtop, was in Oakland, accompanied
by his bride, last Saturday.
$4,000 to loan. Enterprise Real
Estate g. Development Co., Ravens
croft Building, Oakland, Md. 40 4
Mr.. and Mrs. John o. Michael left
yesterday morning for Baltimore
where they will reside in the future.
Mr.. Austin Brown, of Piedmont,
spent Sunday in Oakland with his
family.
Commander R. NJ g. Brown, who
has been quite i'll at Morgantown, is
improving and will be able to be out
again.
Olin f. burst, of the regular Army
and stationed at Fort Thomas, KY,
arrived here on three weeks fur
Tough Tuesday morning.
Assemblyman Charles A. Ashby
came home Saturday from Annapolis
returning thence Tuesday morning,
accompanied by Mrs. Ashby, who will
remain east a week or ten days.
Capt. Chas. E. Headley, proprietor
of The Oakland, has begun advertis-
Ing his hotel thus early in the season.
He has sent several thousand copies
of neat little booklet to all parts of
the country which sets forth the ad-
vantages of Oakland as a summer re-
sort.
A report has been in circulation
about Oakland for some days to the
effect that man, whose name can
not be ascertained, was riding toward
Accident on the Hooppole road last
Saturday and his horse got beyond
it's depth in a snowdrift and froze to
death.
General G. l.. Smith, of Fairmont,
has been appointed senior vice com
mander Of the veterans of the Span
ish war of this State. He was lieu
tenant-colonel of the First West Vir-
GINA Volunteers and was extremely
popular with the men of the regi-
neutrality-suspicious. Dominion.
General Smith is popular wherever
he is known.
A petition is being circulated in
Oakland and vicinity and is receiving
many signatures praying the Legisla-
ture to take no action with reference
to the law already passed by the
House of Delegates prohibiting the
sale of liquors in District No. IA out
side the corporate limits of Oakland.
The petition is rather late in being
circulated to have the desired effect.
The Board of County Commission
ers in session last week transacted a
vast amount of business in the way
of making transfers and hearing ap-
peals on assessments. Several mat
tiers came up during the session that
is of Importance to the people-the
assessment of the lands and personal
property of persons residing within
the disputed territory along the West
Virginia line, being one of them.
Notices will be served upon these
parties to pay their taxes to the
Treasurer of this county, thus plac-
ing the officials of this county in a
position to take action when neces-
sary to uphold the claims of Garrett
county to territory in dispute.
The West Virginia State Educa-
tional Association will again hold
their annual meeting at Mountain
Lake Park. 1t is called for the first
three days of July. They thorough
ly enjoyed the Park last summer,
and in view of the rare facilities Of
fered by the splendid buildings the
desire was unanimous to return again.
This meeting is destined to become
one of the annual features of Noun
tain Lake Park. Prof. Thos. G. Mil
Ter, State superintendent of West
Virginia, is very enthusiastic over
the outlook for this years gathering.
Hundreds of earnest teachers will be
present and plans are already matur-
ing for an unusually attractive and
brilliant programme.