The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-07-21

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main few weeks.
Rev. and Mrs. G. R. Williamson en-
tertained Class No. II of the M. E.
Sunday school at the parsonage Tues
day evening. The class is made up of
quite large number of boys ranging
in years from twelve to sixteen.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. n Robinson left
Oakland last Friday morning for Phila-
delphia where they will reside indef-
nitely. The departure of these excel
lent people from Oakland is deeply re-
GREETED by their many friends residing
here
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Miller and
daughter, of Washington, D. c., are
visiting relatives and friends in Oak
land and other parts of Garrett county,
Mr.. Miller having arrived here Satur-
day night, his wife and daughter pre-
ceding him by several days.
MIR. and Mrs. John Mountain arrived
in Oakland Sunday evening and on
/ Monday Mr. Mountain resumed his old
! position as foreman for Mr. J. E. Fran
els. road contractor. For the present
Mr.. and Mrs. Mountain are stopping at
the Browning Hotel.
County Surveyor A. c. Mason, ac-
companied by Mr.. F. A. Thayer and
his son Ralph and E. H. Sinceil, Jr.,
went to a point near Frostburg Tues
day to make survey of large tract
of land which is to be subdivded into
| smaller parcels and placed upon the
market.
Carmel Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
at Carmel, w. Va, will hold its annual
picnic at that place on Saturday,
August 9Th. when program including
amusements of all kinds will be carried
out. The main feature of the picnic
will be tournament which will be
ridden at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon.
Mr.. Louis Gortner purchased from
Messrs. Renninger & Offutt, receiv-
ers, the stock of general merchandise
assigned to them by E. M. Robinson.
Mr.. Gortner has consolidated his goods
with those he recently purchased and is
occupying the Robinson stand in the
Ravenscroft building on Second street.
A dog belonging to Ken Browning
was bitten by rattlesnake Tuesday
and although the animals head be-
came swollen to twice its size the bite
is not expected to prove fatal. The
snake was in wheat field on Mr..
Browning's farm and was killed by the
harvest hands. 1t measured about
three feet in length.
Five members of the Mountain City
Band, Messrs. Charles Liller, c. H.
Echard, Dennis Rasche, Wall Brown
and Roy Hinebaugh, left Oakland yes
terday morning for Keyser, w. Va,
where they Joined the Keyser band and
went from that point to Moorefield, W.
Va. to furnish music at the Democratic
Congressional convention to be held
there today.
The government chief chemist SAYS
that ice cream is very injurious to the
youth of the country during the heated
term. The next thing some scientific
iconoclast will be holding forth on the
deleterious nature of the moonlight-ex-
cursion germ and the dangers of the
park -concert microbe. And the youth
of the country will continue in these
germ-inviting ways and will survive, as
it has done since romance and ice cream
were invented.
Dating from Monday Grafton will be
perfectly dry" the authorities having
ordered stopped the sales of ''bevo,"
near beer" and the like. Since the
town has been dry" malt establish
ments have hourished. At a recent
meeting of the men who have had much
trouble, arrests having been made from
time to time. it was agreed by them to
voluntarily quit the business.
Attention is directed to the advertise
ment of the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege, which appears in this paper today.
The College has had an upward tenden-
cy for many years until it stands today
well at the head Of schools of like char
acter i'll any part of the country. The
faculty IS large and thorough in all
branches. Maryland youths seeking an
education along technical lines should
favor Maryland schools and the Agri-
cultural College is one of the best.
The West Virginia Supreme Court of
Appeals, opinion by Judge Miller, has
decided that it is legal for social clubs to
sell to their own members. The decision
was based on a case from Logan coun-
ty, where club insisted on the right to
sell intoXicants to its own members out
right without any lockers or other
evasion. The result was the Indictment,
trial and conviction of Everett Atkin-
son. who took the case to the Supreme
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