The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-07-31

Schrock has turned quite a lot of
Park property this year, one piece he
had being sold twice during the pres
ent season.
Mountain Lake Park and this end
of District No. can furnish more
candidates for all Offices should the
occasion require AS it is nearly all
the candidates for the House of Del
egates are residents of the one Dis
trict and there is a rumor that an
other former member of the lower
house has the bee buz-z-z-z-z-ing at
lively rate in his hat. He was
splendid representative and it goes
without saying that should the bee
keep up its tune and bring matters to
focus he will be renominated and
elected, for the people have confidence
in him as man of honest convic-
tons and clean, moral habits.
The jewelers. Convention, the men,
bership of which body is composed of
retail jewelers. from nearly every sec
ton of West Virginia, held a two
days session here last week, when
matters pertaining almost entirely to
the trade were discussed from almost
every angle. Among those in atten-
dance noticed Mr.. George w. Loar,
of Grafton, who is native of Oak
land, and who is one OF the leading
men engaged in the trade in the state.
The social side of the convention was
not neglected, though it was deemed
business meeting for the purpose
of discussing business matters.
The Rosemont has recently gone
into other hands, Mr.. Del. Borland
and his daughter, of Luke, Nd, being
the purchasers, who will take charge
of the property shortly.
An unusually interesting school of
missions will begin on Friday of this
week, and will continue until and in
GLIDING the 8th of August Some of
the best talent engaged in mission
work, both home and foreign, will
be on the platform and will give adj
dresses at stated intervals, the pro-
grams being out which will be fol-
lowed consistently throughout the en-
tire. eight -days of the convention. On
Sunday the day will be especially in
teresting when the morning sermon
will be preached by the Rev. DR.. F.
j. Prettyman, chaplain of the United
States Senate, who will bring mes
sage to his hearers which will be both
encouraging and interesting.
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, will be
present every morning at the hour of
nine o'clock when he will lecture on
various subjects having 10 do with
the mission work. On Wednesday ev-
ening Bishop Hughes will address the
assemblage upon a real live subject
and one that should appeal to every
man and woman in the country, it
being entitled "The Religious Side of
the Army" Bishop Hughes recently
returned from France to which coun- |
try he had been sent by his church to
make an exhaustive study of the lives
of the men in the trenches and to
bring back with him the impressions
thus Greater. Bishop Hughes is one of
the great men of his church and the
lecture promises to be one of the best
ever delivered from the Mountain
Lake Park platform.
On Tuesday evening at the Old Au-
ditorium, Rev. S. Hall Young, a mis-
slonary and author of note, will de-
liver an illustrated lecture on Alaska.
The speaker was a missionary for a
number of years in that frozen coun-
try and will speak from personal ex-
perience.
DR.. j. F. Goucher will be here on
Saturday and from him we hone to
have some information respecting the
outlook for the future of the Park.