The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-12-12

meSSrS- Henry Spelcher. OF Accident,
and Clyde Shartzer, of Oakland, re-
turned home Saturday night from Pine
Grove, West Va, where thew disposed
of one of the horses imported by the
we'll known firm of Speicher Bros. of
Accident.
Miss Lois FraIey celebrated her four
teenth anniversary last Thursday even
ing when she entertained nearly fifty
of her young friends. A number of
games were played, after which delicious
refreshments were served by the young
hostess to her guests.
Mr.. Lee Gortner of Morgantown, w.
Va, son of Fred Gortner, of near
Mountain Lake Park, was in Oakland
last Saturday and Sunday, starting from
here Monday morning for Lynn Haven,
Florida, where he will spend the winter
or may locate there permantly.
A saw mill for the purpose of manu-
featuring into lumber the timber stand
ing on the Amman lands near Mt. Lake
Park, is being erected upon the tract
and operations will soon begin. Morrell
Jamison, of Oakland, who until recently
was employed by DR.. McComas, will
have charge of the logging.
Miss Ethel Loar. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawson l.. Loar, cf Grafton, w.
Va, who suffered an attack of the heart
while student in a Philadelphia in
stitution, and who was brought to the
home of her grandmother, Mrs. Mary
LOar, in Oakland two weeks ago, was
taken on to her home in Grafton Monday.
Preparations for the observance of
Christmas are under way by the various
Sunday schools of Oakland. Special
programs have been prepared by the
Sunday school boards of the various
churches and these will in all probability
be carried out in full. AS usual the
members of the Lutheran school will
have their entertainment on Christmas
eve.
Happy Jack, in THE Thoroughbred
Tramp" is not one of those burlesque
characters that are so often put into
plays without rhymth or reason, but to
attempt to bring out the far fetched
comedy that has no connection with
plot. In the above named play the
tramp is the character about which the
plot is woven. At the Maryland Thea
tire on December 16, l9l2.-A1vertise-
ment.
Mr.. Thomas Kenny, of Tunnelton,
w. Va. was in Oakland last week one
day arranging to move here with his
family, when he will become one of the
corps of telegraphers connected with the
B. & o. Office He will succeed Mr.. John
Murphy in the local office, the latter
transferring to Mountain Lake Park.
Prince, one of DR.. NJ. c. Hinebaugh's
driving horses, was found dead in his
stall at the Doctors stable in Oakland
at an early hour Sunday morning. The
animal was found lying in a pool of
blood and is supposed to have been
taken violently i'll some time during the
night and in its struggles ruptured
blood vessel. The horse was valued at
5000.
Mr. and Mrs. c. H. Jennings, of
Towanda, Pa, passed through town one
day last week enroute to Jennings, Nd,
where he has extensive lumber interests.
The couple had just returned from New
York where they attended the great
animal horse show. MIR. Jennings
purchased several head of fine imported
draft and trotting stations for his stock
farm at Towanda Meyersdale Repub-
lican.
How often in this world we meet
men who might have been bright and
shining light, but the love of some
loved one kills all ambition and life be-
comes joKe-a thing to laugh at. This
is the story of Happy Jack in The
Thoroughbred Tramp. With him
everything takes on comic aspect and
his laugh is so contagious that his audi
ence always laughs with him. This
play will be at the Maryland on Monday,
Dec. l6. The Thoroughbred Tramp"
is one long laugh from start to finish. -
Advertisement.
Messrs. N. j. Patterson and c. E.
Bailey, of Uniontown, Pa, representing
the Tri-State Lumber Company, were
in Oakland last night when they closed
the purchase of the Bond and Glotfelty
timber located near McHenry, taking
immediate charge. Mr. Austin Brown,
who has been saving the timber on con-
tract, will complete the work. The
manufactured lumber will be shipped
from Oakland.
Mrs. Lucien P Smith, of Morgantown,
whose husband went down in the Titanic,
is now in hospital in Cincinnati with a
fine boy that was born the other day.
She is daughter of James A. Hughes.
the member of Congress from the Fifth
West Virginia district who resides at
Huntington. Mrs. Smith has received
a telegram of congratulations from Mrs.
John Jacob Astor, of New York City,
who also lost her husband on the Titanic
and who also has given birth to fine