The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
Finest line OF Fancy and Toilet Arti-
cles in town at Offutts'.

There are at present enrolled in the
public schools of Oakland 1854
scholars.
The ministers of Frostburg are agi-
tating the question of adopting cur
few law for that town.
Fine Barred Rock Cockerels, $1.0O
to $3.50 each. Sire scored 904. Miller
Bros. Box 70, Grantsville, Md. ct
Mr.. and Mrs Percy Proctor are now
in Pass Christian, Miss, where they
will remain for an indefinite period.
Mr.. G. Kennedy and son John went
to Keyser yesterday where they have
contract to pave a portion of that
town.
Go to the Tasker mine, two and a
half miles from Swanton, for coal.
Full satisfaction guaranteed.
mar LIST l.. f. TAsKER.
Mrs. Annie Nelson has shipped her
household goods to Pittsburg, where
she and her daughters will reside in
the future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius G. Renninger
were the guests of the latter's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Scherr, at
Eglon, Sunday.
Services will be held in st. Mark S
Ev. Lutheran church next Sunday
evening by Rev. w. D. Nicoll, of
Eglon.
A local teachers institute will be
held at Friendsville on Saturday, the
Goth inst, the program for which will
be found published elsewhere in these
columns.
The largest number of hats we have
sold is proof that our styles and prices
are strictly right. To make room for
our holiday goods, we will close out
our ready-tO-wear hats at great re-
duction. MRS. S. G. SMITH.
Mrs. d. E. Bolden, accompanied by
her daughter Miss Leah and little son
EmrOy, went to Cumberland last Sat
urday on a weeks visit to relatives
and friends.
Ex-Sheriff Austin Brown, who has
been for the past two weeks at Key
ser, w. Va, where he had charge of a
large furniture and undertaking es-
Establishment, is home this week to as
sist in the Bolden & Brown store here.
Mr. Joseph E. Harmed and family
are now domiciled in their new home
on Second street, having moved their
in last Thursday. The dwelling is
modern in its appointments and is an
ornament to the section of town in
which it is located.
When you are looking for Christ
mas presents don't pass Smiths Cut
Price Store without taking a peep at
the many beautiful, useful articles
just suited to this season. And the
prices-well, just come and see how
much you can save buying at Cut
Prices.
The public sale of the Gov. Thorn
as lands lying in this county took
place Saturday and was conducted by
the trustee, Mr.. E. H. Sincell. In all
seven tracts ranging in size from so
acres to 51S acres were offered. Three
tracts were sold and the remainder
withdrawn as the bids received were
deemed insufficient.
The bell for the Oakland school
house which has been purchased by
popular subscription among the pu-
pills attending the school and the citi-
zens of Oakland, has been ordered
and is expected to arrive here and be
in position by January list. The bell
with the mountings will weigh about
500 pounds. The cost of the bell will
be $3.50.
When a farmer who saw football
game the other day was asked about
it by a neighbor he said: "Nothin'
to tell. Just let twenty big hogs out
on soft field any day and then
TIN ow down peck or so of corn in a
sack and see um go for it, and you'll
know bout what a game of football
looks like to a farmer Only the
hogs don't cripple each other quite
so badly.
That cold wave got here all right.
1t came Thursday night with the
heaviest fall of snow in the same
length of time that ever visited Oak
land. Friday morning the "beauti-
full measured eight inches on the
level. From that time until this
morning the mercury galloped up
and down the tube, going from 40 de-
grees above to 70 degrees below zero.
And the end is not yet.
The practice of ruthlessly cutting
down trees growing along the road
sides on the Oakland driveway, the
roads to Mountain Lake Park, Boil
ing Spring, Eagle Rock and along Up
lands avenue, adjacent to the Deer
Park Hotel grounds, received atten-
ton at the last meeting of the Deer
Park Village improvement Society in