The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-12-01


Oakland photogra pliers, closed their
gallery in Oakland yesterday for the
winter months and expect to return
to Virginia where they will spend the
winter.
Rev. J. l.. b. Jones. of Cameron,
West Va, former pastor of the Terra
Alta NJ. K. church, was in Oakland
yesterday as the guest of Rev. J. b.
Workman and family at theMethodist
parsonage
Col, A. q, Sturgiss, who went to
MOrgantown last week. accompanied
by Mrs. StuTgiss and daughter Nell,
returned so Oakland Monday even
ing. Mrs. land Miss Sturgiss remain
ed in MorgantOwn-
y bazaar and supper will be given
in OfTutt's Hall the evenings of De.
cember Sth and 9Th under the auspices
of the Ladies Aid Society of the NJ
4. church. Articles useful and fancy,
suitable for Christmas gifts, will 5a
sold
Prof. j. Frank McBee, principal of
the Oakland High School, will leave
for Baltimore this afternoon where he
will attend the annual meeting of the
School, Principals Association of Mary
land to be held in Baltimore tomorrow
and Saturday.
CIarks5arg threatens in iocular
wav to lay a main to the Ohio river
for water. The present supply has
become so scant that there is much
suffering among live stock, the only
beings in Clarksburg who use water
for dri1king purposes.
Mr. Charles c. Speicher. of Acct
dent, as trustee of the estate of his
recently deceased mother, will offer
at trustees sale on the premises at Ac-
cident on Friday, December 23rd, a
valuable lot and house See adver-
tisement elsewhere in this paper to-
day.
Mr.. Thomas +. Flanagan, of Oak
land, left here yesterday morning for
OutcTOp, Pa, where he has secured
position as construction foreman
with the Henry G. Huston Lumber
Co. which corporation is engaged in
putting down an extension to their
railroad.
The mining plant Of tie Datesman
Coal Company, located near German,
was sod last Saturday as mortgagee's
sale, the price realized beng in the
neigborhood of $4,000. A Philadel-
phia syndicate purchased the prop
erty which will be put Into operation
as soon as necessary repairs and alter
ations in the plant can be made.
Clifton w. White, eldest son OF Mr..
James w. White, of Oakland, left
here lest Wednesday for st. Louis,
Mo-, where he will remain a few DAYS
and then go on to the Pacific Slope
where he expects to locate perma-
nently. Mr. White is frst-elass cleo
trician aud will follow this avocation
in the west. The best wishes of his
many friends in Oakland accompany
him.,
The Fadrmont papers state that
there are but few cases of smallpox in
that town and these are well under
control. 1t has been reported that
there are 100 cases OF the disease in the
town. They allege that there are now
but five, with six convalescents and
ten others who have recovered. All
of them are still euarantined. There
is no danger OF a general.outbreak. A
daily statement is to be published
signed by the head of the board of
health stating exactly how manycases
there are and giving any other infor-
nation that may be deemed necessary
The bazaar and supper held the past
week for the benefit of st. Peters
church, closed on Saturday evening
with success. The amount realized
by each table will be published later.
The winners of the several articles
ratified were, hand-painted pillow,
little Miss Mary Nelson; walking doll,
Miss Isabel Hamill; crystal and gold
rosary, Miss Catharine Greaser; bar
rel of flour, Lee Mason; photograph
of Rev. Cornell, Miss Julia Coolehan,
of Baltimore; sofa pillow, Miss Mary
A. Shaffer, of Hutton; lamp, Miss Mary
Carney, of Hinton; pig, F. T.. Martin.
The leather rocker was not ratified,
owing to the failure of some to return
coupons in time, therefore the rocker
as well as the silver set, will be rallied
during Christmas week. The ladies
are very grateful to all those who, by
donation or otherwise, contributed to
the success of the bazaar.