The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-12-05
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To the Editor Of The Republican:
Never has Swanton had 4 more inter-
esting and successful Thanksgiving
service than that held in the Methodist
Episcopal church on Thursday night.
Nov. 23th. The church which is very
pretty in its architectural style and
finish, was nicely decorated for the &C
casion, the arrangement of the decora-
tons showing that some master hand
had been at work. Among other things
that attracted attention was this, in
large letters, nicely p -anged, 80, give
thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
The flowers for the occasion wera fur
nished by Mrs. S. NJ Fairall.
Although the roacs were N very
bad condition, making driving very I'M
pleasant. yet the church, which is the
largest in the district was well filed by
as an attentive and appreciative
audience as ever assembled in Swa1ton.
The song service was in charge Of
Pro- 7 T. Groves assisted by his class
ana the Loeb Lynn Male Quartette. AT
7 p. m, the organist, Miss Percie
George, began to play America" and
my Country, It's of Thee" was sung
as never before in this place. This was
followed in rapid succession by enc sp-
propriata song after after another by
the choir and the Loch Lynn MaEy Quar-
tette, sill being well reEder.C. The
singing Of the Swauton class proved
that they rad been well 'raine by
Prof. Groves, while the Quartette in
singing their fine selections So well,
made most favorable impressiaa
Ats p. m. the Rev. J. B. Workman,
Of St. Paul's NJ. f. church, Oakland,
began a Thanksgiving sermon, from
the text Blessed is that Nation whose
God is the Lord, " g Psalm, L verse.
The song service had well repaid every
one present for their trip through the
mud, but for nearly one hour Rev.
Workman gave us one Of the best
Thanksgiving Sermons it has eve r been
our privilege 10 hear. The audience
gave close attentitn to the eloquent
words as the speaker called attention
in mastery way to some Of the many
things for which we as 4 people ard a
nation should give thanks u Almighty
God Surely God hath not dealt so with
any Nation.
EAT the close OF this eloquent and very
appropriate sermon our postmaster, Mr..
, W. w. Sweet, in a very apt ana inter-
esting address, called attention to the
fact that the pastor, Rev. Albert Engle,
was to be pounded then and there. The
pastor seemed to take the matter good
naturedly and replied in a way that
he had not been hurt very badly by the
pounding" he had reviewed, and by his
kind and appreciative remarks in reply
one would almost have supposed that he
could stand it some more. " The
pounding" amounted to S14 10 in cash
and large box of groceries. The ser
vice then closed by singing Praise God
from Whom all Blessings Flow, and
from the manner in which il wa sung
it seemed that each one present was
grateful for this happy and very success
full Thanksgiving service.
Badly Injared in Coal Nine.
Last Saturday Geo, Folk, a son of
Frank Folk, was badly injured by fall
of coal in what is known as the Aaron
Beachy mine, ar EVANSVILLE, Mo
The young mans skull was fractured,
and he also sustained other injuries,
! the extent of which could not be as
certained at the time. He was at once
taken TO the Cumberland hospital.
For Sale.
Two Shropshire bucks, and one OK