The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-08-26

SWANTON.
1000. /. 900. 900. .a.. 600. 900.


Judge of this Judicial Circuit and pre-
siding Judge of the Court Of Appeals at
Annapolis. was of an order well calcu-
lated to arouse pride with the usual
man; and the earnest and extraordinary
proceedings of the convention indicated
the public anxiety for the retention of
Judge Boyd in the position he now fills.
As soon as the customary organiza-
! ton and preliminaries had been conclud-
ed. eX-Judge Ferdinand Williams, him
self Judge of established ability, rose
and presented Judge Boyd for renomi-
nation. Judge Williams confined him
self closely to his written speech and
was followed with eager attention. His
| speech was an able and exhaustive pre-
sentation of the subject and from it we
! have few of his statements as follows:
Judge Boyd has taken part in nearly
all of the decisions of the Court of Ap-
! peal reported in 80 volumes, from the
/ 18th to the 10Sth volume of Maryland
Reports, and has written 32S opinions re-
! ported in these volumes volumes. He
has taken part in two thousand decisions
of the Court of Appeals. IL the Circuit
Courts Of Allegany, Garrett and Wash
ington, he has decided several thousand
cases. So great has been the conf
dence Of lawyers and litigants in his
| knowledge of the law and of his sense
OF justice that only % appeals have been
taken from his judgments, of which 20
were affirmed by The higher court and
only three reversed He has written
| Appeals at Annapolis from which ap-
peals were taken to the Supreme Court
of the United States and all three were
| affirmed by that high Court-the highest
to which an appeal can be taken" The
| address of Judge Williams abounded in
! these striking facts, showing what in
| dustry, accuracy and devotion to duty
| have accomplished in this term of six
| teen years. Attorney Gilmor S. Hamil,
! for Garrett, seconded the nomination in
an excellent address which was well re-
ceived and literally applauded. For
Washington county, eX-Judge William
j. WitZenbacher, read an elaborately
| penned paper, clear in style and chaste in
expression and rousing much enthus-
asm in the convention 1t was an adj
mirable production and so thorough in
its accomplishments that not one of the
several distinguished speakers present
from that county attempted to add a
word to Judge Witzenbacher's address.
Mr.. David J. Lewis, of Aileganv. also
read paper spendidly written and ami
mating in tone
Now, Mr. Editor, in sober language
and with the best intentions. we have
more than once called upon you to send
good Doctor to Swanton and. so far
as we can see. YOU have not given the
request passing thought. At this
| writing Mr.. George Mckenzie, an old
soldier of the Civil War; is very i'll with
typhoid fever; a son of Mr.. Jerry Man
ks is seriously i'll, and we are borrow
ing doctors from neighboring towns.
We have much more sickness from less
, alarming maladies-a doctor is in daily
need at SWanton.
Apropos to Courts Not long since
your correspondent happened to be one
of many spectators at an early hour in
CARROTS new and bright court room
and saw there what pleased him as
greatly as any demonstration of polite
ness ever pleased him in any court
! Wh-n the Justices walked from their
room to seats at the bench, in digni-
fled way the entire bar rose as one man,
ard continued standing in deferential
attitude until each Judge was seated
In so graceful an acknowledgment the
bar did credit to itself in the manifesto
ton of esteem for such court as is ours
Since our last for your columns, Mrs.
Ella West, of Baltimore, has arrived in
Swanton on visit to relatives.
With last Sunday evening, August Is,
1909, the first of series of services to
continue for week or more, Icommenc-
ed in the church of the Rev. Brum-
baugh. While the pastor will be pres
ent, it is explained, each evening, the
sermon will be preached by Miss Mabel
/ Dickey, of West Virginia. This novel
ty in Swanton chancel stimulated no
small interest in the community, "In
thunder, lightning and in rain, we
went twice to these services, and found
Miss Dickey to be young lady of pleas
ing personality, gentle in manner and
conservative in conduct. Her reading
is exceptionally clear and in good taste.
and her addresses are strictly Biblical
prudently directed and delightfully."- free
from extravagant tendencies.
The WesternpOrt Mercantile Company
has purchased the store and stock of
the late Mr.. W. w. Sweet, and opened
up promising industry Postmaster
Sweet has moved his office from the
former stand of very many years, to
somewhat less pretentious building on
! the opposite side of the road