The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-08-26

Mr. and Mrs. DaIpha Bosely and Mr..
A. NJ. Craver came to Oakland yester-
day from Kitzmiller. Mr.. Bosley
purchased a Buick car and the party
returned home in the car.
Mr.. Herman Creutzburg left Oak
land this morning for Berkeley Springs,
West Va, where he will receive treat
ment for rheumatism with which he
has been q sufferer for several years.
Mrs. J. W. Kennedy and daughter,
Miss Elsie Kennedy, of Washington,
D. c., who spent some weeks in Oak
land where they were guests Of Mr.
and Mrs. H. c. Sincell, returned home
yesterday afternoon.
The strike Of the miners of the Bloom
ington Coal Company, the result of dis
satisfaction over the checkweighman,
has been adjusted by the appointment
of new weighmaster, Charles Bren-
dlen.
The farmers of the United States
are now engaged in harvesting enor-
nous crops perhaps the greatest ever
produced in this country, government
forecasts indicating SIP, 600, 10000 crop
yield for 1875. Can YOU realize how much
that is?
LOsT-A travelling bag on the road
between Sam Whites place and Geo.
Moons, containing a lot of children s
clothing and other garments. Finder
will be rewarded if same is left at
Dixon & Kelso's store. Mrs D. NJ.
DIXON Adv. 26-tf
Sheriff Scott and Deputy Dewitt
made atrip to Kempton Tuesday to arrest
two parties. The Sheriff SAYS the
the mines at Kempton are run
ming day and night, and the company is
loading II large steel cars a day. New
houses for the use of miners are beng
constructed and everything about the
mines is full Of activity.
The descendants Of Godfrey Stemple
will hold their 4th reunion in McCrum's
Grove at Aurora, August Is, 1915. The
announcement reads as follows: We
hope that every one of the Stemples
will take an active interest, and be
present, making this the best reunion
we have ever had. Write to all whom
you may know to be descendants of
Godfrey Stemple and invite them to
come.
The National Hotel, GrantsvilIe,
is probably dong a greater bust
ness these days than any other hostelry
in this end Of the state. Each day
finds large number OF autoists from
surrounding cities at the hotel for the
evening meal The run to Grantsville
can be made from Cumberland or any
other town within a radius of twenty
or thirty miles within at least two
hours. Because of the short time it
takes to make the run, numerous mo-
tor parties visit the National each
evening for supper. Press Cumber-
land
The Davis Coal and Coke Company
contemplates starting their new plant
near Bloomington in d few days. The
new plant consists of the following A
large boiler and power house, located
between Savage river and the old Bux-
ton mines. This plant is equipped
with several large boilers, a high speed
engine, large generator and dynamo.
and large switch board; new electrical
haulage engine has been installed in its
building at the head of the incline,
where it will raise and lower the min
ing cars to the new steel tipple at
Franklin, w, Va, where the coal will
be dumped automatically, the power
being furnished by an electrical motor
installed in the tipple. The dumping of
the cars has been so arranged that one
man can do the work that was formerly
done by four or FIVE. 1t will require
I the service OF eleven men to handle the
coal and attend to the other work around
the new tipple. All the switches and
head blocks will be worked by cleo
tricity. This plant when once placed
in operation will have daily output of
nearly eight hundred tons and is the
only one of this kind in this section
The plant was built by the Huyler-Pa
terson Company. incorporated. of near