The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-12-13

terian church will hold an exchange at
the store of Mr.. Herman Creutzburg
on Saturday, Dec. 18th. Bread, rolls,
cake, pies and fancy articles will be on
sale. The patronage of the public is
solicited.
Steam from bursted pipe in the
Ravenscroft building on Second street
Tuesday night made it appear from the
street that fire was in progress with
In the building and the delusion was not
expelled until an entrance was forced
and the trouble discovered.
Mr. Wllloughby Harrison. who has
been in Washington for some weeks, is
spending this week in Oakland, expect,
ing to leave here in day or two for
Clarksburg. He will return to Oakland
early IN the spring and go to his farm
south of Oakland for the summer.
In many homes of Oakland prepare
tions are being made to receive and en-.
terrain members of the families who
have been absent at school, in the
army and away upon business during
the Christmas Holidays A happy home
coming it will be in many homes.
Mrs. John J. Sweeney, of Oakland,
who was successfully operated upon
about two weeks ago at a Cumberland
hospital, was brought to her home in
Oakland Tuesday evening by her hus-
band, who went to Cumberland the
same morning to accompany Mrs.
Sweeney home.
A. }. Alexander, Of near Hoyes, who
visited his son, Private Alexander at
Camp Gordon, Ga, returned to his
home in the county Monday morning.
At Gordon Mr.. Alexander met quite a
number of Garrett county soldiers and
brings the news that all are well and
quite satisfied with their lot.
These are the DAYS when extra care
must be taken to prevent fire. Es-
peclalIy is that useful but also danger
Gus little article, the match to be used
with never-relaXinR yigilence. for a
goodly percentage of losses and lives
are to be laid to the negligence with
which 1t is habltually handled.
The Lutheran Church Work and O,s
server of this morning contains the fos
lowing that will be Of interest to Oak
land people: 'At Spokane, Wash, our
missionary, Rev. Otto A. Bremen, has
secured a most desirable corner lot on
Hamilton Avenue, one of the main
thoroughfares of this city, and hopes to
erect chapel on the same next spring.
Mrs. Edward Bittrnger and Miss
Marguerite Roth, both of near Gortner.
left Oakland on Friday last for visit
of few days to Baltimore and also at
Camp Meade in which cantonment Mrs.
Bittinger's brother, Harvey Gortner. is
member Of Company &, 3I3th In
fantry. They returned to their homes
Monday.
Rev. w. NJ. Shultz, pastor of st.
Paul's n. E. church, left Oakland yes
terday afternoon for brief visit to
Washington, D. c., and Richmond, Va.
In the latter city his eldest son is a
medical student who will graduate in
the spring. Upon completing mis-
college course he will probably enter
the army.
Attention is directed to the adver-
tisement of the Delco-Light system.
which appears elsewhere in this paper
and for which Mr.. j. B. Martin, of
Terra Alta, West Va, is the agent.
Mr.. Martin has installed a number of
these plants in different sections of the
county and has now a number of
untitled contracts to install plants at a
number of farms.
Trains over this division of the Bal j.
more and Ohio Railroad have been run
ming from to five or six hours late ever
since Saturday when the cold snap
made its appearance. Railroad men
when asked why conditions do not i'm
prove state that the motive power of
the road is in such bad state of re-
pair that it is impossible to improve
things until men and materials can be
secured to make the necessary I'M
QroVements to bring the locomotives up
to their usual state of efficiency.