The Republican., 1919-04-10
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES

Mr.. L. L. Loar, of Grafton, spent
yesterday in Oakland with relatives.
Mr.. Harry Litzinger, of Grafton, W
Va, is here on a visit to relatives and
friends.
A boy who calls his mother the "old
woman, or his father "the governor
is building upon sand.
Mrs. John A. Lantz, of Aurora, W.
Va, is in Oakland where she is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Louis Bush and
other relatives.
No more than you can eat enough
in one day to last you week can a
business man advertise enough in one
week to last year.
Mrs. J. NJ. Stanton, who has beer
at Warrington and Wheeling for sew
eral days past, returned to her home
in Oakland last night.
Miss Clara Luecke returned to her
home at Accident Monday after hav-
ing spent several days visiting Oak
land and Eglon friends.
Mrs. F. E. Rathbun went to Bloom
irgton yesterday morning to remain a
few days visiting her parents, DR..
and Mrs. H. NJ. Kemp at their home
in that town.
Misses Laura and Flossie Shaffer,
who went to Clarksburg last Thurs
day where they visited their sister,
Mrs. j. Edgar Long, have returned
to their home in Oakland.
Mr.. John T. Mitchell, who was op-
Grated upon at Cumberland hospit-
al some weeks ago. is now at his home
near town, having been discharged
from the institution several days ago.
You can't expect a woman to get
much enjoyment out of the church
services if there are at least three
others in the same row who are wear
ing more expensive hats than her own.
Mrs. E. z. Tower left Oakland yes
terday afternoon for Baltimore, where
she is attending today the Victory
Loan luncheon given by former Gov
ernor Goldsborough to the state and
county workers.
How many bushels of corn will it
take to cover checker board plac-
ing kernel on the first square and
then doubling the number on each
square thereafter. The school boy
who first answers this question will
be given credit through the columns
of The Republican.
On last Friday Mr.. II. w. Kahl.
while engaged at work in his planning
mill in Oakland, was struck in the
face by piece of heavy material
which cut a cash of large proportions
in his chin, as well as being otherwise
injured the most serious being the
injury to his ankle, which will keen
him indoors for some time.
Lieut.. Arnold A. Scherr, Medical
Department, U. S. A., who is station
ed at Newport News, Va, and attach
ed to the base hospital at that point.
spent yesterday afternoon and even
ing in Oakland with his family. The
officer had been at point in the west
with a train load of casuals and on
way back to his base stopped off for
a few hours.
What constitutes days work? We
figure it out that it depends altogeth-
er on your occupation. If you lay
brick, eight hours; if you keep house,
sixteen hours; if you preach the gos-
pei, two to ten hours; if you are
porter in a sleeping car, twenty hours;
'ou serve the government, one no.
= less; if you are a physician or
newspaper man, twenty-four hours
On Tuesday morning at point just
east of the water service station of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Oak
land the baggage car of train No. 8
was derailed when the brake rigging
on one of the trucks of the car fell
from its fastenings to the track. For
tunately the train was a light one and
running at a slow speed, otherwise
the mishap may have been serious
one.
When you pull down the town in
which your home is located, you are
pulling down yourself, and when you
build up you are building up your
self and neighbor. Try and ban
ish from your mind the mistaken idea