The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-02-13

Messrs. Roy 0. Winters and Floyd
Stahl went to Cumberland Tuesday
morning, returning the same evening
with new Buick touring car which
the latter recently purchased from
Messrs. Selby & Winters, the local
agents.
Mr. and Mrs. John ]. Sweeney re-
turned home last Friday night from a
visit of week to relatives in Cincin-
natl. Prior to going to the latter city
Mrs. Sweeney spent four weeks visit
ing her brother, Mr.. Perry Frantz, at
Akron, Ohio.
Mr.. John Martin, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred. T. Martin, of Oakland, who
spent the past two weeks cha visit to
his parents here, =. returned to the
Catholic University near Washing
ton, D. c., on last Saturday morning
to resume his studies.
Mr.. Roert Lathrum, formerly of
near Red House, but now residing in
Cumberland, was visitor to Oakland
several days during the past week,
and while here sold his farm lying at
the Gnegy church. He returned to
Cumberland Monday morning.
Mr.. Isaac A. Paugh, of near town,
went'to Cumberland Tuesday morning
and returned the same afternoon, be-
ing accompanied home by his daugh-
ter Miss Minnie, who was operated
upon for appendicitis at one of the
hospitals in that city some weeks ago.
Rev. Frank McCamic, who was the
minister on the Deer Park circuit of
the NJ. E. church for some six or seven
years and who was transferred to the
Corinth circuit last fall, where he is
doing a splendid work, was in Oak
land yesterday renewing all acquain-
tances.
Former County Treasurer Robert
l.. Fries, who returned to his home
from Akron several weeks ago after
having been employed there by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company as a
Waterman, left Oakland yesterday af-
ternoon for the above city where he
will resume his former employment.
He was accompanied by his little son
Paul.
Rev. w. A. Wade, of Baltimore, who
is secretary of the Maryland Synod of
the United Lutheran church, will de-
liver an address in st. Marks Luth-
eran church, Oakland, on Monday
night, February II, at 7.30 o'clock.
His subject will be Reconstruction in
Europe" All are most cordially in
vited to attend this service
For SALE-Military Lot No. 1891,
containing so acres, located on the east
side of Bayard county Road and of the
Frank Layton farm and at the Corunna
school house. This lot is in timber. has
good spring and brook running
throug 1t. 1t is within of a mile
Of Bayard and railway station.
Address, W. MCCULLoH BROWN, Oak
land. Nd. Advertisement
Mr.. q. p. Porter, of near town, who
was recently located at Deer Park as
local agent of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, and VINO ras been
transferred to Cumberland, where he
is now holding a position with the
same company, visited his mother and
other relatives in Oakland Sunday and
Monday of this week, returning to
Cumberland Monday evening.
Miss Nell McComas, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. Henry w. McComas who
entered upon course of training at
the Hebrew Hospital in Baltimore
several weeks ago, has been forced to
give up the work owing to her health
which has been poor since she suffered
two attacks of influenza within two
months. The young lady returned to
her home in Oakland Sunday night.
The mines of the Freeport Coal Co.,
of which Mr. Ralph T. Thayer is the
superintendent, resumed operations on
Monday after being closed down for
several weeks on account of lack of
orders. The mines will be kept in con-
tinuous operations from now on is the
expectation of the management as a
splendid contract with a large con-
sumner of the output of the mne has
been made.
Felix Robinson, of Accident, a Ju-
nior atPennsylvania College, Gettys-
burg, Pa, has again been chosen a
member of the College Glee Club. He
has remarkable musical ability, and
was a member of the club and was
included in the trips of the organiza-
ton for the past two years. He is
also sergeant in the unit of the Re-
serve Officers Training Corps now be-
ing organized by Captain Tuthill, an
officer Of the Regular Army.
AT st. Marks Lutheran church in
Oakland, where extensive improve
ments have been under way for sew
eral months past in refitting the Sun
day school room and otherwise re-
pairing it, as well as repairing por-
ton of the auditorium and vestibule,
work is being steadily pushed forward
and the completion of the undertaking
is looked forward to within the next
week or two at which time special eff
forts will be made to properly cele-
brate the event.
The Taylor Offutt Coal Company,
whose mines are located about three
and a-half miles west of Oakland on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
where the coal company has erected
one of the completest dumps and is
maintaining an up-to-date equipment
thai iS not anna iia5 in tbiS SactiOn