The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-07-29

Farmer Lloyd Styles, of the Flat
Woods settlement, was in Oakland yes
terdaY.
Finish the season with d new straw
hat. at Sincel's Saturday only 90 cents
Adv.
Mr.. John Ridenour, Of Bedford. Pa.
is spending week with his sister, Mrs.
Bosley in Oakland.
On Thursday night. August 5th, some
Of the Great Chiefs Of the State will pay
an official visit to the local lodge of Red
Men.
Miss Susan Shirer, of Baltimore. was
weekend visitor at the home Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Z. Shirer in
Oakland
C. L. Smith and family of Davis,
motored to this city Yesterday. They
were accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Z.
c. Tilson.
Mir. and Mrs. George Fleming and
daughter Mildred, of Garland. n. c.,
are expected to arrive here tomorrow
to visit relatives.
Mr.. D. Y. Morris, father of Mrs.
Benz. H. Sincel, is lying quite i'll as the
result Of a stroke Of paralysis, which he
suffered on Tuesday, the 18th inst.
Representative Eagle, of Huston
Texas, now stopping at Deer Park,
motored to Oakland Tuesday. They
came through from Texas in their car.
Col. Casteel, brother Of Mrs. ". A.
Gender, of this city, motored from near
Huston, Texas, to this city the first of
the week and is visiting relatives here.
For SALE-One Sterling Thresher; !
6 h. p. |. H. c. Gasoline Engine; l re-
built /. H. C. auto Truck. For prices
and terms, write or call upon r. NJ.
Holman, Friendsville, Md, Stiff.
Mrs. F. W. Schroeder. Of Grafton,
W Va, arrived in Oakland Tuesday
evening and is the guest Of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred. A. Thayer at their home on
Third street.
Mr.. C. W. Friend, of Friendsville,
accompanied by Mr.. jacob S. Meyers,
also OF Friendsville, visited Oakland
Monday anu remained here until Tues
day evening.
J. c. Chevront. superintendent
of the West Virginia and Maryland
Gas Co., at Oakland, was visitor in
Homecoming Tuesday. Mr.. Chevront
was formerly located in Homecoming.
Miss Mary Flanagan, of The Republ-
can office, left here this morning for
Chambersburg, Pa, where she Will
visit friends and relatives for the next
ten days.
Mr.. James o. Hinebaugh adyertises
in this paper today the sale of his live
stock and livery equipment, which bust
ness he is compelled to relinquish ow-
ing to poor health.
Col. A G. Houriet, of Washington.
D. c., Superintendent of the insurance
department Of the Knights of Pythias.
spent Yesterday afternoon in Oakland
visiting among his brother Knights.
An epidemic of hog cholera has brok-
en- out in Frederick county and is caus-
ing great anxiety among the farmers.
The county is also alarmed over a dis
ease which has broken out among the
poultry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Selby and son,
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Mercer and son.
and Miss Mamie Selby, all Of Lisbon,
Md, and DR.. J. Gilbert Selby, of Cum
berland, were guests on Sunday of DR..
and Mrs. B. F. Selby at their home on
Alder street.
Messrs. C. T. Kelley, A. H. Parsons,
and F. w. Candy, of the booster com
mittee of the Terra Alta Chautauqua
Association, were in Oakland Yesterday
afternoon and evening advertising the
old folders contest to be held in CON
nection with the chautauqua beginning
on August 18th.
Senator and Mrs. Snader of New
Windsor, Carroll county, Md, were
guests of Senator and Mrs. H. J.
Speicher, at Accident last week. Sena-
tor Speicher boosted Garrett county by
showing his guests Mountain Lake
Park and other places. Senator Snader
was delighted with what he saw Of
Garrett county.
Mrs. Francis A. Ward celebrated her
ninetieth birthday at the home of her
granddaughter, Mrs. Taylor Morrison,
on Friday of last week. Mrs. Ward is
hale and hearty and takes lively in
terest in social and business affairs.
She is now on visit to her daughter,
Mrs. limbaugh, at Oakland, Md. -
Echo, Keyser, W. Va,
The man who continually knocks
his home town is generally the one
who does the least for it and receives
his all from it. And he is most surely
the one who receives the least respect
from the rest of the people of the town.
If the town is worth living in it is worth
boosting. To give it knock is an in