The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-08-03

Mr.. NJ. II. Frankhouser, of near
Craneaville, was in Oakland last
Monday when he made this office a
brief business visit.
Mr.. John Ault, who has been work
ing at his trade in AMI around Pitts
burg for several months, is home for
a visit of a week, having arrived
Saturday evening.
Mr. Henry Barnard, Of Blooming
ton, was in the city Monday when he
made this office brief business visit.
\ large stock Of first-class enameled
ware; prices right. 6. A. Shirer
& Co.
Mr.. George D. White, who removed
to Baltimore with his family early in
the spring, and was employed in the
custom house there until recently
when he was removed owing to the
civil service rules, will return to Oak
land, probably this week, and resume
his residence. Mr.. Whites friends in
Oakland, and they arr numerous, will
be glad to welcome him.
Mr.. Charles Guthrie, of Accident,
who accompanied his wife to Balti-
more last Thursday in which city she
was placed in a hospital to receive
treatment, returned to his home via
Oakland Friday morning. Mrs.
Guthrie for several weeks has been a
constant sufferer but the physicians
AT the hospital hope to effect perma-
rent cure within q short time
The Cumberland NelcS sporting
editor IS suffering with Imagination
of the brain. Hank. Listen, rooters,
and hear Of pathetic tale of chesty
bunch of ball swatters from Pulpville,
little hamlet at the junction of the
Potomac and Georges creek. Once
| there resided in this forsaken burg
baseball team supposed to represent
Piedmont, one of the many small
specks on the West Virginia map. AS
is stated above, this aggregation be-
came pulled up with pride after hav-
ing defeated Cumberland twice in
one day. Therefore, when the time
came for the descent of the 'chesters'
upon the Cumberland, they were pos
sessed without doubt that victory was
moral had thnit.
Cumberland s; Piedmont 1.
The editor spent last Wednesday
and Thursday in Baltimore and An
napolis. In the latter city he sub
| mitted to the Board of Public Works
of Maryland his bid for the State
printing. Eight other employing
printers from different sections of the
State were present who submitted
bids, the same ranging from $4,000
to $4,000. No award was made as
Governor Warfield had discovered
| that during the rush of work at the
| close of the Legislature of 1904 the
printing bill had been tempered with
after its passage and prior to the
time he attached his signature in
creasing the amount allowed for this
Item from $4,000 to $4,000. While
the guilty party will be hard to locate
the Governor is determined to make
every effort possible to bring him to
justice. The award will probably be
made today but it will not come our
way as the bid submitted by us
amounted to S23, 500.
One of the leading business men of
Oakland has suggested to THE RE-
PUBLICAN that the present would be
a good time to advertise the town
| and its advantages as q place to locate
labor employing industries and as a
summer resort. Under existing con-
ditions it is admitted that the sum
mer resort business though better now
than for a number of years past, can
not be depended upon forever and
that to bring substantial industry
into the town or its immediate vi Gin
ity would do more to put money in
circulation, give labor employment
the year around and make every
thing more prosperous would be the
proper thing to do. Oakland has
many better natural advantages for
the location of manufacturing indus
tries than many towns which depend
solely upon factories. We haye the
coal handy for power producing and
while the matter is yet undertermin-
ed we may expect pipe line for the
conveying of natural gas from near
Morgantown to Cumberland to be
laid either through the town or in
its immediate vicinity before another
lively months pass. The matter, as
suggested above, will bear investiga-
! ton.