The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-02-27

The Board of County Commission
ers will meet in regular session on
Tuesday, March 18th.
DIR. and Mrs. W. T. Daley, of Terra
Alta, were visiting friends in Oakland
Sunday.
Mason Bros. want one car load of
buckwheat; will pay cash or exchange
feed. 49-3t
Mr.. George T. Brew arrived home
Friday from Rouceverte, West Va,
for few weeks stay.
Sheriff W. A. Maffett advertises
elsewhere in THE REPUBLICAN to-
day the sale of small piece of real
estate to take place at Grantsville on
March Goth.
Our Annapolis letter this week is
interesting and gives some facts with
reference to the proceedings of the
Legislature thus far in the session.
Speicher Bros, Accident; J. P. Lips
comb, Deer Park; Rev. w. H. Miller,
Terra Alta, and Miss Marie O'Mally,
Warrington, w. Va, are among our
new subscribers this week.
Mr.. c. E. Ellithorpe, of Bittinger,
who was recently appointed School
Commissioner by Governor Smith,
came up to Oakland Monday on bus
mess.
Work on the Garrett County Tele-
phone Company's line from Deer Park
to Swanton has been abandoned for
the present owing to the unsettled
condition of the weather.
Mr.. A. l.. Spiker. of Fairmont, w.
Va, was in Oakland yesterday. He
will go out to Idaho next month with
a party of Fairmonters for the pur-
pose Of prospecting for gold.
Judge David W. Sloan, one of the
Associate Justices of this Judicial
Circuit, will leave Cumberland shortly
for trip to Florida for the benefit of
his health. Judge Sloan has been in
poor health for year or more. He
has been slowly but surely improving
lately, much to the satisfaction of his
friends in this seton.
Mr.. Will Weber arrived home Sun
day night from indianapolis, Ind,
where he attended meeting of the
American Carnation Society last
week. Mr.. Henry Weber, ST., was al
SO present at the meeting and expects
to return to Oakland the latter part
of this week, having been absent a
month or more travelling in the South
and West.
All through trains on the Baltimore
and Ohio both from the East and
West are running from two to four or
five hours late owing to the high
waters interfering with the roadbed
at numerous points. Last night train
No SO, due at Oakland at 4.46 p. m,
did not arrive until after 10 o'clock
the delay being occasioned by high
waters in the Potomac east of Cum
berland.
A number of ladies and gentlemen
went to Mr.. g. w. Delawders place
down on Deep Creek Monday night
in large sled and enjoyed the hospi-
tality of Mr.. and Mrs. Delawder at an
elaborate turkey and vegetable din
ner, returning to Oakland at an early
hour Tuesday morning. The trip
down and back was greatly enjoyed.
Those in the party were Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred. A. Thayer, Mr.. and Mrs. J. E.
Harmed, Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Sincell,
Mr.. and Mrs. King Delawder, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. H. Sincell, Mrs. Lou Waters,
Miss Mollie Peddicord, Drs. E. J. M
Button and j. G.. Robinson.
Advertising is the life blood of the
business world today. Well directed
advertising is like the powerful search
light of river steamer, thrown upon
distant cottage on the bank, cut
ting it out like picture painted on a
black canvas. The timid buyer will
follow the rays of the searchlight OF
publicity, just as surely as will the
eyes of the steamers passengers fol-
low the light thrown from their vessel.
They will not search the surrounding
gloom for objects of interest when a
beautiful picture is thrown before
them. Prospective buyers will not
search the surrounding gloom for
your competitors, if the searchlight
of publicity is turned on your own
place of business.
Mr.. Jos. Smithman, a prominent
citizen of Oakland, is the proud own
er of six beautiful Angora goats. On
Sunday last he turned them out to
give them little sunshine. Two of
them tackled a fine young apple tree
in the yard and in less than five min
utes they had masticated enough of
the bark to ruin the tree. From my
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