The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-01-13

Mr.. Joseph McComas, son of DR.. and
Mrs. Henry w. McComas. returned to
st. Johns College, Annapolis, Sunday
afternoon, being accompanied by his
father. The young mans departure
for school was delayed on account of an
attack of the grip which he suffered
shortly after the new year.
Every operator of an automobile run
nlng his car after today without tags
may have fine and costs to pay as
Motor Commissioner Roe has ordered
the law enforced. Get the 1916 tag or
do rot blame the officers for pulling you.
If you are arrested it will be your own
fault. You have had proper warning.
Deliver US from that town which
seemingly has more people in it, to the
square inch of territory at least, who
would rather kick and knock at the
town and people than anything else. ex-
cept do nothing to advance its interests,
and the peoples prosperity.
In another column of this paper today
Mr.. Gllmor S. Hamill, as mortgage,
advertlses at public sale, to occur on
February 9Th in front of the Court
House, very valuable farm located
about miles north from Deer Park,
containing little over thirty acres,
the property being improved and is we'll
watered.
Our front page advertisements con-
tain much reading that 1t would be prof.
table for our readers to take advantage
of. D. M. Dixon & Co.. and Messrs.
Offutt, of Oakland, and Whetsell &
Browning, of Deer Park, offer great
bargains in certain lines of merchan-
disc. Read the advertisements and
take advantage of the cut prices on
staples.
Another serious wreck occurred on
the seventeen mile grade of the B. & O.,
Thursday afternoon. The wrecking
crew from Kevser was hurried to the
scene. All traffic was delayed for sew
eral hours. The company are expert
encing great deal of trouble from big
boulders that become dislodged from
the mountain side and which land on
the track and delay traffic.
The weather man seems to be crowd
ing all the seasons of the year into the
month of January. During the first
ten days of the month we have had sun
shine and freezing; rain, sleet and snow;
10 inch ice. mud, several inches deep,
and at least eight inches of snow. One
day the thermometer registered 60 de-
grees above zero, another day IL de-
grees below zero. No wonder we have
had an epidemic of gripp.
On another page of today's Republi-
can will be found the complete list of
appoin tments of road supervisors as
made by the Board of County Commits
sioners in session last week. I'M
mediately after the appointments had
been made the commissioners transact
ed some routine business and then
adjourned to meet on February 7th for
the transaction of business.
The sale of the Col. John T. McGraw
property. both real and personal, locat-
ed at Deer Park, is advertised in these
columns to take place tomorrow on the
premises. Sheriff Bert C. Scott is
making the sale under an execution is-
sued against the property at the suit Of
the Second National Bank of Parkers-
burg, w. Va. Mr.. G. Semmes Hamill,
of the Oakland bar, is the legal repre-
sentative of the bank. '''
A surprise birthday dinner was given
Mrs. Jane Wolfe last Saturday in honor
of her seventy-fifth anniversary, the
affair taking place at her home on Third
street. Among those present were
Former Sheriff and Mrs. Bert C. Scott,