The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-04-17

age on Oak street.
Miss May Loughridge, of Tuxedo
Park, n. Y, is visiting in Oakland, her
father, Mr.. George F. Loughridge,
who is again i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Hammond re-
turned to their home in Oakland on
Monday after having spent few days
at Meyersdale, Pa, with relatives.
The Mountain View Hotel will open
a new dining room on Easter Sunday
and will serve a special dinner from
1890 to 200 o'clock that afternoon
Mrs. Leah F. Sincell, who spent sew
eral weeks with her children in Key
ser, Cumberland and Homecoming, re-
turned to her home in Oakland Tues
day afternoon.
Mr.. Loyal T. Riley, who is studying
for the Lutheran ministry at Gettys-
burg, Pa, was here yesterday for a
brief visit to friends, going on to his
home at Fairmont last night.
Mr.. w. A. Sturgiss will go to Nor
gantown tomorrow morning to attend
the funeral of his cousin, J. Clark
Pickenpaugh, who died very suddenly
at his home in that town yesterday.
Mr.. Michael CAVITY in company with
Mr.. Walter Hinebaugh badly damaged
the formers automobile, a Dodge Sc
dan, yesterday when they met in col
lision with a culvert head on the Crel-
lin road near Oakland.
Miss Elizabeth Pierce, teacher in
the grammar school. who recently I'M
derwent an operation for appendicitis
in a hospital at Frostburg, returned to
Oakland Sunday and has resumed her
work in the school.
Am having an Easter opening on
Thursday, April 18th. All ladies of
Oakland and vicinity are cordially in
vited to attend. Sincerely, FRANCES
DORSEY, The Hat Shop, 90 Second
Standardization sits
Attorney Norval Speelman, of
| Friendsville, was in Oakland yester-
day on professional business when he
visited The Republican office and had
inserted in the present issue of this
paper the notice of sale of valuable
property located in Friendsville. See
advertisement for particulars.
Miss Lille Rockwell, Methodist
Missionary from the Isabella Thoburn
! College, of Lucknow, India, will adj
dress a union meeting at the Metho-
| Il CT al, T,,ncJox-
22nd, at 1880 o'clock. An invitation
is extended to all to attend the meet
| ing. A silver offering will be received
The Tri-Mu class of the Methodist
Sunday school will hold a food ex-
change in F. A. Smouse's store, Sat
urday, April 18th. If you like cake,
bread, rolls, candy, potato salad and
other good things to eat, call at two
o'clock and your wants will be sup
piled. Colored eggs will be a spec
ialty at this sale.
An alarm of fire Monday afternoon
took the department to the Harry Hell
big residence on the outskirts of town
WILLY II was hio~ONClIu JllctJ q lCdh-
ing gas pipe had become ignited and
had communicated the flames to the
interior of the building. 1t was
tinguished by the chemical engine af-
ter several holes had been chopped in
the side of the house to permit the
entrance of the hose.
At a special meeting of the City
Council held Monday night the appli-
cation of Mr.. Raymond Houck for
permit to build a gas filling station
at the corner of Fourth street and the
State road opposite the Harry Helbig
property, was granted and also Mr..
c. N. McIntire was given a permit to
erect his proposed new building at
the corner of Third and Alder streets,
work upon the excavation for the
foundation having been started yes
terday.
No doubt you have heard of the
disastrous flood that devasted Pied
mont, March 18th. We were unfOrt-
innate enough to be submerged under
water, and just as soon as we can
complete salvaging and conditioning
our stock it will all be offered to the
| pubic LOT sale at WHICH time we VIII
sell our entire stock, consisting of
mems, wOmen's and children's ready
tO-wear clothing. furnishings, shoes,
etc. This sale will mean much to you
as the Dixon Store is known miles
around as the store that sold quality
merchdanise. WAIT and WATCH
for the announcement of the SALE
in this paper. S. G. DIXON CLOTH
ING COMPANY, PIEDMONT, WEST
VA.-Advertisemen Sit.
Several erroneous statements were
printed in an article appearing in the
Baltimore News under glazing head
lines last Thurday concerning condi-
tons in Oakland in which it was
boldly stated that women without es-
corts We're unsafe on the streets after
nightfalP' along with a lot of other
misstatements that cannot be borne
out by facts and were probably the
Icreation of an imaginary brain. Oak
land has always enjoyed the reputa-
ton of being one of the most orderly
towns in the State and no women have
ever been molested on the streets.
The statements in the Baltimore pa
per quoted officials with the state
ment that drunkenness is now more