The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-26
The Fair opens Tuesday next.

atives.
Attorneys w. R. Ofutt and j. C.
Renninger were at Kitzmiler Tuesday
on professional business.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Gordon Mealy left
Oakland yesterday for a visit of a few
days to relatives at Morgantown, West
Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Weimer and child
rem have gone to Washington where
they will reside during the winter
months.
Every day at the Fair next week will
be an interesting one. Make your az
engagements to be present one day or all
four days.
Miss Flora Williams. of Kingwood,
WHO was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
H. Leonard. has returned to her home
in that city.
Former Assemblyman Fred. G. Fox
and Mr.. ]. M. Friend, both of Friends
vile, were in Oakland yesterday on
business before the County Commits
sioners.
Stewards Studio will be open during
the Fair only. Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmo Browning and
family. of Fairmont, W. Va, arrived
in Oakland Monday going from here
to Mr.. Browning's home near Oakland
where they will spend two weeks.
1t would be a splendid thing if Garrett
county people would subscribe and pay
for more than its quota of the Fourth
Liberty Loan Bonds. The bonds are
the best investment one could make.
Former Senator W. McCulloh Brown
and Miss Brown, who spent the summer
in Oakland where they occupied the
Palmer cottage on Green Street, left
here Tuesday for motor trip through
New England and the east.
A real estate transaction was consum-
mated on Thursday last when Mr.. John
w. Davis traded his Third street resi-
dence to Prof. Bender for his Second
street home. Mr. DAVIS is moving into
the newly acquired property this week.
WANTED:-Ten good Cross
Tie Makers. Will pay 80 cents
each for making. Good timber;
chestnut and oak. Apply to
Ralph T. Thayer, Supt., FREE
PORT COAL COMPANY, Oak
land, Maryland. advertisement
Private John Scott, son of former
Sheriff and Mrs. Bert C. Scott, who
was sent to Camp Meade about two
weeks ago for limited service, has been
assigned to duty in Oakland where he is
engaged in clerical work at the office of
the local war board. He arrived here
Saturday night and will probably re-
main several months.
Tuesday the Garrett County Fair,
which has been success each succeet-
ing year since its institution, will open.
Tuesday will be Red Cross day at the
Fair and as the net proceeds will go to
that worthy society it should be the
patriotic duty of every resident of the
county to be present and thus assist
1.-THE greatest mother in the world.
For SALE-A fine black pony, 3 wears
old; gentle and we'll broken for children.
Enquire of Sara Hayes, East Oakland,
for particulars. Adv.
Mr.. James F. HamiII, eldest son of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Semmes Hamill, of
Oakland, left here Sunday morning for
Baltimore where he will Renter school
for the winter months. During the
summer just passed the young man did
excellent service as secretary and later
as chairman of the Council of Defense
for Garrett county and will pursue the
work still further while in Baltimore.
Grafton lawyers are patriotic and are
claiming record for full steam ahead
in fulfilling the regulations of the work
or-hght' ruling. One of them is work.
ing at glass plant and according to
the Cumberland times of yesterday At
torney Fred T. Martin, of Oakland, in
blue jumpers, is working in the pipe
fitting department of the b & o. shops.
Others are operating coal mines and
other necessary win the war trades and
occupations.
The Red Cross benefit social held at
the Green Glade school house by the
litty.ry society Of that section on last
Saturday night was quite a success,
notwithstanding the bad weather then
prevailing. The sum of $40 was realiz-
ed which has been turned into the
treasury of the Red Cross. The COM
mlttee having charge of the affair was
composed of Misses Beatrice Friend and
Mae Lee and Messrs. Harvey Oss and
Robert Friend. The committee desires
to thank all who patronized the affair
and contributed IN making it the success
it proved to be.
The attention of the readers of The
Republican is directed to the notice ap-