The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-08-14

paying caller at this office Tuesday.
Mr.. John E. Gnagey, Accidents
oldest merchant, is in Oakland today
on business.
Messrs. Daniel W. and Mark Will
son, of Wilson, were Oakland visitors
Tuesday.
Mr.. Ferdinand Williams, of the
Cumberland bar, was in Oakland
Monday evening On business.
Mrs. Brown and daughter, Miss
Emma, of Klngwood, are here this
week as guests of DIR. and Mrs. w.
H. Ravenscraft on Third street.
The First National Bank, Friends
vile, with a paid up capital of $25, 900,
pays three per cent. interest on time
deposits. IS st
The heater and radiators for the
new Catholic church in Oakland have
been received and the work of install
lug them will be begun at once.
Rev. Henry Hamill, of the Virginia
Conference NJ. E. church, was in Oak
land few days this week on visit
to relatives and friends.
Mrs. H. S. Whetsen, of Kingwood,
was in Oakland Tuesday en- route to
her home from Aurora, where she had
been on visit to her parents.
Abram Lawton, of Homecoming,
came up to Oakland Tuesday on the
excursion from the above point to
the Park and spent the day here with
his mother.
Percy Walter, of the Schley Hotel,
was over at lockwood, Pa, his for
mer home, last week attending a re-
union of the NJ. w. of A, of which he
is a member.
The band concerts given every
Thursday evening by the Oakland
Concert Band are greatly enjoyed by
citizens and visitors alike. The pro-
gram tonight will consist of high
class and a number of new selections.
Miss Belle Browning, who has for
several months past been on a visit to
relatives at and near Winchester, Va,
arrived in Oakland Friday and will
be the guest of relatives here for some
weeks.
Mr.. O. j. Sturgis, editor of the
NeaOS- Standard, Uniontown, Pa, and
Mr.. w. w. Green, also of Uniontown,
were visitors at this office Monday.
The editor regrets his absence at the
time the gentlemen called.
Labor Day will be celebrated at
Mountain Lake Park Saturday, Aug.
Is, and John Mitchell, president of
the United Mine Workers, and Sam'l
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, will be the
speakers.
The attendance upon the Mountain
Chautauqua this year is larger than
usual. Hotels, boarding houses and
cottages are being crowded to over
flowing. One of the largest crowds,
outside of excursion day, witnessed
the program of Monday evening,
which was exceptionally good.
If you want high grade of piano
or organ it will pay you to call on
Prof. John G. Robinson, who is visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. DIR. M. G. Hine-
baugh, of Oakland, for few weeks.
He represents the popular musical
emporium of Sanders & Stayman Co.,
10 N. Charles street, Baltimore, and
if your organ or piano needs tuning
or repair his services may be secured.
The Garrett Water and Light Com
pany has contracted to light the town
of Loeb Lynn for a period of FIVE
years. Twenty 10 volt 80 candle
power lamps will be used. The com
pany will also light a number of
stores and residences. The company
is also furnishing 144 lamps for the
Mountain Lake Hotel.
A few days ago one of our subscrib-
ers came in and paid ten years back
subscription. The subscriber was
thankful to us for waiting so long
and we are none the less thankful for
having received the money. Our
only regret in this particular is that
there seems to be scarcity of sub
scribers of the same calibre as the one
above referred to.
The two great powers on earth are
electricity and printers ink. Elec-
tricity, as harnessed and controlled
by man, moves what it is qualified to
propel; but printers ink has no limi-
tations. The one moves inanimate
things, the other moves man, the
most difficult of all things, animate
and inanimate, to be moved. And
printers ink goes wherever man is
found
1t is generally thought that Mr..
Ferdinand Williams, of the Cumber-
land bar, will be named by Govern or
Smith to fill the vacancy on the bench
caused by the death of Judge Sloan
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