The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-04-29
OUT OF TOWN HAPPENINGS
A Variety of Interesting Paragraphs
for Republican Readers.

part of last week at Westernport.
Rev. C. W. Good, of Swanton. went
to Elk Garden, w. Va, and preached
in the Southern Methodist church Sun
day.
John Thomas Bittinger and Bessie
Ellen Bittinger, both of jennings, Md,
took out marriage license in Cumber-
land.
Miss Virginia Rush, of Accident,
visited Terra Alta friends, and from
Terra Alta went to Cumberland with
Miss Fike.
The farmers all over the county had
busy week putting in their oats
crop. Wise is that farmer who sows
large acreage.
Mrs. C. Q. Hook and Miss Bertha
Rush. of Friendsville. were the guests
of their sister. Mrs. Ross Watson. for
the past week at Terra Alta. g..
We would suggest to the farmers of
Garrett county that they prepare for a
bumper crop of buckwheat this fall.
There will be a demand for it.
Mrs. Mollie King. of near German,
has just returned from her visit to the
Panama exposition. and, of course. is
delighted at everything she saw.
Prof. Freeman F. Guard of Selbys-
port, was business visitor in Meyers
dale, Pa, last Friday and went from
there to Pittsburgh Prof. Guard is one
of the most proficient music teachers of
Garrett county.
Mrs. Yeast-Have you seen the nom
Reliable whisky bottle?
Mrs. Crimsonbeak- but what I'd
rather see is nonrefillable husband
Yonkers Statesman.
According to the information in dis
patches, there is a pleasant prospect in
the Blue Ridge and Cumberland Valley
region for everything in the way OF
fruit from strawberries to apples. The
dispatch makes special mention of
peaches and cherries.
Henry Casey, of Accident. who was
taken to a Baltimore hospital some
months ago, by DR.. Ravenscroft, fol-
an operation for non union of a broken
leg resulting from kick of horse is
getting along nicely. The surgeon
found it necessary to plate the bone
Mr. Casey will soon be able to return
home.
Prof. ]. C. Beahm who was princi
pal of the Salisbury, Pa, schools fol
two years after having established ar
enviable reputation as teacher ir
Garrett county, and who declined re
election as principal of the Salisbury
schools last fall to accept the principal
ship of the Boswell schools. and has
heen unanimously chosen by the
Boswell school board 10 continue at the
head of the Boswell schools for 8
period of three years.
Maryland, State which yearly uses
over 40, 900, 900 feet of lumber more
than it produces, can i'll afford the for
est fires which for the past weeks have
been burning over large area of the
mountain land in this section. Forest
fires, besides menacing life and prop.
erty. means much more than a none.
tary loss in timber consumed. They
not only destroy existing forests but
the possibility of future forests, they
kill the game animals, and render
beautiful regions mere desolations.
Our neighbors of Preston county
have employed their county agent for
another year. The past year demon
strated the value of an expert farmer,
backed by the State Agricultural Col.
lege, to the farmers of the county. II
was big money making investment tc
employ him. The Preston county farm
ers who raised seed potatoes for the
market sold their crops at 80 cents 6
bushel and will not be able to supply
the demand. Farmers of Garrett
county get busy. Plant Irish Cobblel
and Green Mountain potatoes.
A little pamphlet written by W. D.
RIggers. of Detroit, deserves wide
circulation for its portrayal of the evil.
that follow In the train of the fly. The
indictment is lengthy one, but it is 6
true bill. The fly is put in the same
class with the mad dog, the snake ir
the grass and the wild animal roaming
at will, for the fly is insidious. H,
turks in every corner. He p ants hi.
disease germs on your bread. HI
buries them in your butter. He dro Wn:
them in your baby's milk bottle. Their.
is no escape if he once enters YOU
home. The lesson is obvious put
your screens in early. Don't wal
until the enemy is legion, but start tn.
battle while there is some chance Of
winning. The fly must go.
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