The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-11-13


Mr.. Jerry ]. Pendergast, of Hutton,
spent a part of yesterday in Oakland
on business.
Mrs. H. A. Crop and mother, Mrs.
Heyer, and little son, Hosmer, all of
Clarksburg, West Va, spent several
days last week with Mrs. C. B. Cropp
and son Frederick.
Mr.. Philip T. Peddicord, of Balti-
more, where he is employed in the
general offices of the Western Mary
land Railroad, spent two or three
days this week with his family in Oak
land, returning to Baltimore Tuesday
night.
Yesterday at Fernleigh Manor, Mr..
j. W. Mccullough, until recently the
owner of the farm which he disposed
of to a Washingtonian, sold at public
auction the personal property on the
place consisting of live stock, farm
implements, ETC., netting about $4,000.
Monday was the first day of the
hunting season for pheasants in this
county with the result that many gun
ners were in the brush early in the
morning of that day and succeeded in
bagging in many cases the limit of
birds before others had bestirred
themselves from their slumbers. The
game, especially pheasants and rab-
bits, are reported as being plentiful
and easy to bag.
Mr.. Claude Harvey and his brother.
Mr.. Scott Harvey, both of near Kitz-
miller, were in Oakland on Tuesday
when they called at The Republican
office. The former recently returned
from Tioga county, New York, where
he has purchased a dairy farm, dis
posing of his farm in this county to
his brother, whose land adjoin, thus
giving the latter more than seven hun
dred acres in his farm
Mrs. John c. Randall has rented
the large corner room in the Nally
building on Second street with the in
tention of opening an up-to-date res
taurant and has already received from
manufacturers in various parts of the
country modern fixtures and furni-
tu"e for the room. AS soon as the
same are installed the place will be
opened to the public. 1t is the inten-
ton of the proprietress to cater to
the travelling public and to families
where meals may be procured at any
time.
Mrs. Julia B. Taylor, of Baltimore,
who is greatly interested in missions,
especially in the China field, is at the
residence of DR.. Kimmell on Oak ST.,
where she has many articles made in
the industrial school of Foo Choo, by
the inmates, and these articles, suita-
BILE for Christmas gifts, are being Of
fered for sale by Mrs. Taylor, the
entire proceeds of the sales going to
the mission cause. The sum of $50
will support a Chinese widow for an
entire year, and there are thousands
of these child widows in China.
At the Presbyterian church in Oak
land on Tuesday night the first ami
versary of Armistice Day was appro-
priately observed in a prayer and
praise service ar which addresses
were made by Drs. Ely and Shultz,
of the Presbyterian and Methodist
Episcopal churches, respectively, and
also by Mr.. Joseph E. Harmed and a
representative of the American Red
Cross, the latter having been assign
ed to the work in Garrett county by
the National organization who will en-
deavor to instruct classes in home
nursing and the care of the sick. On
Saturday the first class, composed of
girl students of the Garrett County
High School, will be instructed, fol-
lowed on Tuesday afternoon when the
matrons of town to the number of
twenty will assemble and be instruct
ed. The meeting on Tuesday evening
at the church was fairly we'll attended
and was intensely interesting.