The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-12-12

Husbandry, will convene in Baltimore
on December 10Th and 18th.
Mrs. George Shartzer has so far re-
covered that she will be removed from
the Home Sanatorium as soon as the
roads and weather will permit.
Mrs. J. A. Hayden, Mrs. S. E. Flow
ers and Mrs. J. A. Enlow, of Mountain
Lake Park. were guests of Mrs. Captain
R. R. Sanner, in Oakland, Friday.
Mrs. Leslie King, of Weston, W. Va,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
E. Bolden, in Oakland. Mrs. King will
remain here until after Christmas.
Mrs. F. A. Thayer returned to Oak
land last Thursday, after spending some
weeks visiting in Ithica, N. Y. Wash
ington. D. c., and Gaithersburg, Nd.
There appears to be quite demand
for farms about Sunnyside by home
seeksrs. Quite number of farms
have been priced lately and prospects
for sales are flattering.
State Roads Commissioner Andrew
Ramsey, L. T. Downey, Resident Engi-
neer, and Messrs. joni A. Lemmert and
G. T. Townshend called at the Republi
can Office Monday afternoon.
This is the time to do your Christmas
shopping. Kline. of Cumberland, occu.
pies one full page of the Republican this
week in telling our readers of the many
bargains to be had at the big store.
Owing to the death of brother of a
member of the Oakland Collegian
Basket Ball team the game which was
to have been played here Saturday
night with the Fairmont team, has been
cancelled.
Just when the hen family were get
ting ready for business there came along
the blizzard of last Sunday and Monday,
with it's snow, its bowling wind and
freezing atmosphere. Eggs continue to
be luxury.
The relatives of Miss Annie erosion,
deceased, are trying to break her will,
on the ground of mental incompentency
and undue influence. The Oakland
Lutheran church was one of her
benefciaries.
The tenth annual convention of the
American Road Builders Association is
in session, in Philadelphia. Among the
delegates appointed by Governor Colds
borough to attend the convention was
Mr.. C. F. Hammond, of Oakland.
We had the second touch of real win
ter the first part of the week. The
mercury in the thermometer getting as
low as 10 degrees above zero. About 8
inches of snow fell during Sunday night
and Monday Monday a fierce wind
prevailed.
Messrs. Smith Whltworth and Will
liam Seaber, of Piedmont, W. Va.
expert coon hunters. returned from a
two days hunt near Bond, this county.
They killed a coon that weighed a
fraction over twenty pounds, and sew
large opossums.
County Treasure Emroy spent part
of Friday and Saturday in Oakland, and
while in town called at the Republican
office. Mr.. Emroy insists that all taxes
must be paid on or before January first,
next, or he will have to advertise deli
quent properties for sale.
Tomorrow night the attraction at the
Maryland theatre is Mr.. Fred Werth-
elmer, who will present the World 5
Masterpiece, Satan or The Drama of
Humanity" in four acts and five reels.
Produced at the enormous expense OF
5000, 900, and representing six months
of continuous work.
For SALE CHEAP-One Cash Register
4 Show cases, set Fairbanks platform
scales. Enquire, BRUCE KIsNER, Otta-
way, Md. ADVERTISEMENTS.
Charles G. Watson, city attorney,
of Frostburg, Alfred Jeffries, water
superintendent and several others at
tended the trial in the Circuit Court last
Monday of the State Road trespass case,
which the town of Frostburg appealed
to that body several weeks ago from the
judgment of Grantsville magistrate.
There were recently Dutchered in
the vicinity of Markleysburg, Pa, five
hogs that weighed when drawn, as
follows: $40 pounds, 525 pounds, 523
pounds, 504 pounds, 463 pounds a total
of over one ton and quarter of drawn
hogs. In the Oakland market the
five hogs would have brought $285. so
cash.
The many friends of Rev. Isaac
Kuyepdall of Keyser, w. Va, will re-
greet to learn that he remains in very
precarious condition and expects to re-
turn home soon. Some time ago he
went to New York City expecting to
leave that place soon afteward for the
mission field in China, but his health
has been so bad that he has not been
able to go.
John S. Martin, of Oakland, spent
last evening and today in the city, re.
turning to Grafton this afternoon. His
father, F. T. Martin, who is a patient in
the Powell Hospital at Grafton has i'm.
proved considerably in the past few
days and sat up yesterday for severa
hours. James and Mary Martin have
returned to Oakland, -Fairmont West