The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-12-24

evening.
Last Saturday one thousond tons of
barb wire wasshipped from Philadelphia
to England.
/ Miss Gladys Browning is spending
the holidays at Westernport, the guests
of relatives.
Miss Mary E. Porter went to Grafton,
W. Va, Tuesday morning, where she
will spend Christmas.
Mrs. Willis Echard was paralyzed
Tuesday night and yesterday morning
was still unconscious.
F. A. Werner. Simon Keefer and
Erwin Stemler, of Finzel, were in this
city last Thursday.
William ]. Dixon, of Pittsburgh, Pa,
representing the Ford automobile, had
business in Oakland Monday.
Fred Stahl last Monday morning took
Charles House to the Honse of Correc-
ton, where he will spend seven months.
We regret to announce the serious
illness of Merchant S. P. Specht. at his
home in Deer Park, who has been
suffering for several weeks.
Miss Virginia johnson, of Washing e.
ton, D. c.. spent Saturday night and
Sunday in Oakland where she visited
her aunt. Mrs. Lou Thayer Walters.
Women own 1891 shares of the
81, 159 shares of stock of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad company or 48.17 per
cent of the stock belongs to the women.
Rev. George Kepler will be the
preacher at the Methodist church next
Sabbath morning. Mr.. Kepler will be
pleased to meet all his friends on that
occasion.
E. L. Ryder, an attorney. of Ossin-
ing, N. Y, has sued the New York
Central Railroad for two cents. The
Railroad company has sued Ryder for
eight cents.
Wheat sown this fall in MARYLAND
was 658, 900 acres, $1,000 more acres
than was sown in the fall of 1913. The
increase in acreage sown in the United
States is a, 200. 900 over 1918.
The mail carrier to Accident Mon
day had two-horse sled loaded to its
utmost capacity with mail sacks. The
people living on that mail route evident
ly are going to have big Christmas.
Dixon & Kelso has siz extra clerks in
their store last Saturday. They were
busy most of the day. They are liberal
advertisers, consequently get liberal
patronage from The Republican read
ers.
1t is said that Alonzo Pyles, of near
Howesvill, threatened to shoot him
self day or two ago, his brother I'M
dertook to take the revolver from him,
In the scuffie the revolver went off,
killing Alonzo almost instantly.
Some one asks what has become of
the boy who used to be satisfied Christ
mas with tin watch with the hands
painted on. Apparently he has grown
up and is going to give his boy a gold
filled article. guaranteed not to need
regulating for month.
Among the students who are spend
ing the holidays with their parents in
Oakland are Joseph and Miss Anna
McComas, Stanley Mitchell, Lawrence
| Divop uoro1J HorpoI Mnrr;c Sinoal
Harry Weimer, Earle Smith, John
Martin and Billy Littman.
Christmas services at St. Peters
Catholic church will be as follows: $50
a. m. high mass followed by two low
masses at $3.50 a. M. the second service
will follow, the service closing at 1920
a. M, with high mass. Father Connel
will be assisted by visiting priest.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Alexander and
son Earl have just returned from the
East where they were visiting Balti-
more, Washington. the Eastern Shore
of Maryland. the city of Denton and
| through Delaware to the Atlantic Coast.
They say Garrett county is the best
| vet
The Methodist Sunday school of Oak
land will have its entertainment Christ
mas night. 1t will be very interest
| ing occasion. There will be recltations,
music and presents for the scholars
The musical program will be of great
interest. There will be an orchestra to
assist.
DR.. Moore, pastor of the Methodist
church, last Sunday, announced an open
house on December 31st, from p. m.
to II p. m. to the members of the church
and all their friends, at the parsonage
That he and Mrs. Moore would be
pleased to meet them, shake hands with
them and have few words of good
cheer. A pleasant way to spend the
last day and the last hours of 1914.
Sabbath morning at 1890 o'clock Mr..
Homer E. Turney, an Oakland boy,
well and favorably known, preached
his initial sermon in the Lutheran
church in Oakland. Mr.. Turney is a