The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-10-07

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surroundings show signs of thrift and
industry.
The Jennings Railway, the artery of
trade and commerce for Jennings and
the mines in the Casselman basin, is
we'll conducted road. The track and
sidings are kept in the very best or
der, and it will compare favorably in
every way with most of the branch
railroads of the Baltimore and Ohio
System. The rolling stock includes 3
locomotives. Engine No. conveyed a
representative of The Republican from
West Salisbury to Jennings and the
engineer in charge, Leroy Kenner,
showed him every courtesy. H. c..
Palmer is engineer of engine No. 8,
with shay attachment for heovy
grades. He is an old experienced en-
gineer and keeps his engine in good
running order.
Besides the coal mines, there are
several small saw mills along the
line. The proprietors are the Cassel-
man Lumber Co., Blocher Brothers
| urban and Llewellyn) and Senator
H. J. Speicher.
Near Grantsville, Uriah Stanton has
three coal mines.
The village of Jennings does not
show any signs of retrograding, but
has every mark of prosperity. The
buildings are all in good state of pres
ervation. The town has three stores,
a hotel, two school houses and two
churches.
In fine, large, commodious build
ing is the Jennings Brothers store, To-
Gated near the railroad. This store
| is well stocked with general merchan-
disc and under the management of W.
w. Baum. 1t is run in an efficient
manner. The Jennings postoffice is al
so located in this building. In the
same building is the Office of the rep
resentative of the Jennings Brothers,
and manager of the Jennings railway,
E. W. Woodward, a gentleman who is
courteous to all who visits the office,
either on business or otherwise.
Mr.. George Hoover also keeps a
good store at this place.
The Jennings Hotel is an up-to-date
establishment and has electric lights,
baths and other modern conveniences.
Every detail of the establishment is
looked after with the greatest care.
The Manager, Charles Faidley, and
his estimable wife spare no pains to
make their guests feel at home and
provide them with every comfort An
persons who are guests at the Jenn-
ms Hotel cannot fail to observe Mr..
and Mrs. Faidley's bright, interesting
and intelligent family, as fine as can
be found in Maryland.
Jennings has two good churches,
Lutheran and Methodist Episcopal.
The Lutheran church, built in 1909,
costing $1,000, is one of the incest
small churches than can be found in
any small town. 1t is built of cut
stone. 1t has seating capacity of
over 200 and is built in the form of an
L, the smaller wing being for the Sun
day school. The interior is neatly fin
ished, the wood work grained and the
ceiling finished. Rev. ]. L. Marvin, of
Bittinger conducts services every two
weeks. w. H. Quinn is the sexton in
charge of the church and keeps it in
the neatest condition. Miss Alice
Quinn is organist.
The Methodist Episcopal church, al
so built in 1909, is neat building.
There are services every two weeks,
conducted by the pastor of the M. E..
church at Grantsville. This church
has prosperous Sunday school with
Simon burst as superintendent.
Both churches are free of all debt,
and the members of beth congrega-
tions can well feel proud of the self
sacrificing devotion they have shown.
Jennings has two schools. The pri-
mary school is taught by Miss Lilieth
Wiley, with a good enrolment. The
school for the advanced pupils is
taught by Miss Myrtle Custer, with an
enrolment of "a; an additional num-
Der will be enrolled later in the season
The school terms in both schools is
nine months.