The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-06-29

been killed.
FOR SALE-I have for sale one
two-year old beagle hound; well
trained; excellent animal for rabbits
and groundhogs. He has captured 20
of the latter thus far this year and
will trail rabbit until it is killed
or burrowed. l will sell him cheap as
l do not need him any longer. Write
Junior Brawl, Kempton, w. Va.-Ad-
vertisement 18-11*
w. A. Gender, as always before,
has a most complete line of Fire.
Observation-Disclosures.
The committe having in charge the
preparations for the third annual l.
o. o. F. reunion to be held at Noun
tain Lake Park during the month of
August, is busy getting out advertis
ing matter to all points closely. This
week The Republicans presses have
been turning over pretty rapidly to
supply the advertising demand
ed by the committee and yet there is
a lot more in preparation.
Mr.. Alvin ]. Miller, young man
born and reared near Grantsville, at
which place he has large number of
relatives, is prominently connected
with the American Mennonite Relief
administration in the famine districts
of Russia. He has been in that coun-
try for several years past and has
conducted some important negotia-
lions with the governments of both
the Russian Socialist Federated So
Wet Republic at Moscow and the Tx
rainian Socialist Soviet Republic at
Charkow.
On Monday The Republican com,
pleted the printing of forty-e'ght
thousand dollars worth of Garrett
County Lateral Road bonds for the
Board of County Commissioners which
are to be sold to the highest bidder
on Friday of this week as advertised
in another column of this paper to-
day. The bonds are in denomination
of one thousand dollars each, draw
five per cent interest, payable semi
annually and are exempt from all
State, county and municipal taxation
in the State of Maryland.
Former County Commissioner A. c.
Smith, who recently left this county
and went to join his family now resid-
ing in Fairmont, West Va, was here
Monday having come to Oakland the
day preceding from Gainesville, West
Va, at which point the funeral of his
father, the late William H. Smith,
aged 78 years and two months, had
taken place. The deceased was vet
eran of the Civil War and died at the
residence of Mr.. Smith at Fairmont
Friday morning at. one o'clock. He
is survived by three children, R. A.
Smith, of Blaine, who is president of
the Hamill Coal Co.; H. B. Smith, of
Keyser, and A. c. Smith.
Accident promises to have a lig
day on the Fourth to which town the
residents invite every Garrett conn
tian. A big picnic to be given by the
Lutheran church has been extensively
advertised at which the inner man
may be satisfied with the good things
the women of Accident prepare, and
in addition games of various kinds
will be INDUCED in. During the day
and evening music will be furnished
by the famous Frostburg band, an or
ganization well and favorably known
by hundreds of the people residing
within the borders of the county. So
if you have made no other arrange
ments for the Fourth it will be day
well and proftably spent to visit Ac-
cident.
In the "Forty Years Ago" column
of the Cumberland Daily News print
ed Monday morning of this week APP
peared the following: David Wilson
and Joseph Davis, residing near
Swanton, Garrett county, took sta
ton in tree, armed with a shotgun,
for the purpose of watching deer
lick. They waited for some time and
no deer making it's appearance, they
concluded to go home, Wilson coming
down the tree in advance of Davis,
who was carrying his gun muzzle
down. About the time Wilson reached
the ground Davis gun was acciden-
tally discharged, the entire charge of
shot striking Wilson in the neck and
killing him instantly. Wilson was
about thirty years old, had been mar.
ried, but his wife was drowned sew
eral years previous, leaving one
child"