The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-22

Misses Gladys Montgomery and Hat
tie Sweiger, of Clarksburg, are guests
of Miss Gladys Martin in Oakland.
Don't let SincelI's Shoe Sale pass
without taking advantage of the low
prices.-Adyertisement.
Mr.. James Compton, who is employed
at Granttown, West Va, is spending
this week with his family in Oakland.
Mrs. Thomas Little Sr., is spending
this week at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Reitz at Salisbury.
Pa.
Mr.. R. T. Frazee, of Pittsburgh, and
Miss Nora Brown. of Hyndman, Pa.
are guests of Mrs. Austin Brown in
Oakland.
Mrs. W. D. Reed, of Fairmont. was
the guest several days recently OF DR..
and Mrs. A. Moore at their home in
Oakland.
Mrs. Milton Sincell left Oakland for
Flint, Mich, Sunday morning, where
she will visit her father and sister for
some time.
Misses Dorothy and Mary Kennedy,
of Parkersburg, West Va, are visiting
their grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Martin
in Oakland.
DR.. A. Moore and son Dana went to
Clarksburg. West Va, this morning on
business. They were accompanied by
Rev. w. NJ. Shutz.
Mr.. James Boyle, of Baltimore, where
he has been engaged in the insurance
business, is at his fathers home in Oak
land for visit of some duration
Mrs. Bowie johnson, who was the
guest of her son. Mr.. Bowie johnson in
Oakland few days recently, has re-
turned to her home IN Washington, D.
. c.
The Republican has for publication
three letters from Garrett county SOL
dlers now oh duty in France and which
. will be printed in future issue of the
paper.
Mr.. Calvin Grim, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
where he's at the head of the Cal Grim
Detective Agency, arrived in town
Tuesday afternoon to spend a short
time with friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Slabaugh and child
rem, Of Clarksburg, West Va, spent
Saturday and Sunday in Oakland where
they were guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John A. Wolfe
County Commissioners Clerk Walter
G. Myers will leave Oakland this eve
ming for Pittsburgh Pa, and Canton,
Ohio, at which latter place he will visit
his sister, Mrs. Samuel Bowling.
Mrs. A. K. Hendrickson, of Hicks
vile, Ohio, has returned to her home
after visit of ten days to Mrs. D. NJ.
Dixon in Oakland and Mr. and Mrs. E.
W. Kelso at Mountain Lake Park.
Lieut.. Mark S. White, who spent ten
days in Oakland with his brothers and
sisters, returned to Camp Hancock,
Augusta, Ca, where he is attached to
base hospital staff as a sanitary officer.
Cheap John" Michael, for many
years resident of Oakland, but now
living in Baltimore with his daughters,
is spending week or two at the home
of his nephew, Mr., John D. Michael,
near town.
Mr.. R. s. Browning, who was re-
Gently appointed deputy State Game
Warden for Garrett, Allegany and
Washington counties, returned home
Tuesday from an official visit to the
lower counties of his district.
Mr.. Harold H. Harmed returned from
Washington Tuesday to which city he
, journeyed Sunday with the intention of
enlisting in some branch of the service,
but as all enlistments have been closed
for the time being his application was
rejected
Rev. Samuel E. Wicker, pastor of
the Oakland Lutheran church, is in re-
ceipt of letter from his brother
Corporal Harry Wicker, written from
the base hospital in France, stating
that in action at Sergy, which occurred
on July Both, he had received two
wounds, one through the wrist and the
other through the shoulder of his left
arm.
Just one hundred sugar-beet mills in
the United States now are ready to
turn out tons of sugar to furnish energy
to our soldiers as soon as the sugar
beet crop is ready for harvesting. Six
teen of these mills were built during
, 1917 and equipped for handling the crop
of 1917-1918. The capacity of these
mills ranges from few hundred tons
to 8, 900 tons of beets each twenty-four
hours.