The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-05-27

! Miss Irene Rudy, of Bayard W.
Va, spent Sunday in Oakland with
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Rudy.
Dr. Henry w. McComas has i'm
proved his home property very much
by having the dwelling and buildings
located nearby painted and otherwise
improved.
Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Grubbs left
Oakland Tuesday morning for Balti-
more where the former went to at
tend the sessions of the General AS
sembly of the Presbyterian church,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy B. Rudy and Miss
Lola Feather, Cumberland, were Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Rudy at their
home in Oakland on Sunday last. Mr..
Rudy is manager of the Coffman-
Fisher store in Cumberland.
Mr.. F. L. Cavis, who left Oakland
with the closing of the offices of the
General Construction Corporation, 60
ing with his family to Washington,
D. G., was in Oakland day or two
this week on business.
Mr.. R. D. Houck returned to Oak
land this morning from Mount Saw
age, Md, where he had been since
Sunday, having been called thence by
the very serious illness of his father,
Mr.. Daniel Huock, who is suffering as
the result of heart attack.
The Farmers Bank opened last Sat-
urday under conditions that presage
its success. Many of the stockholders
and nearly all of the officers were
present at some hour during the day
where customers and prospective Gus
toners were heartily welcomed.
Mr.. ]. c. johnson, who was injured
in an automobile accident which oc-
Cured about three weeks ago as he
was returning to Oakland from a
Pennsylvania town, is able to be out
but has to depend upon crutches in
order to move around.
Stephen W. Faherty, of Hutton, en-
ployed by the Stanley Coal Company
at Crellin as miner, was painfully
burned about, the face and chest last
Saturday by the premature explo-
sion TO charge of power. He was
brought to Oakland where he was
treated by DR.. NJ. C. Hinebaugh.
At the regular session of the Or
phans' Court held on Tuesday of this
week letters testamentary on the es-
tate of the late Abraham Moon were
issued to James T. and Zachariah H.
Moon, who qualified as executors; let
ters of administration on the estate of
R. A. C. Howard were issued to ]. G..
Howard.
Mr.. ]. H. Fookes, of the Mount Airy
Canning Company, was in Oakland a
day or two this week on business con-
nected with his enterprise, which is
now assuming wonderful proportions
and furnishing market for the pro-
duct of a large number of farmers
who are now specializing in the grow
ing of peas and sweet corn.
Deputy Sheriff w. D. Casteel has in
his possession a letter mailed yester-
day at Swanton in which the writer
declared he would not be taken alive
upon a warrant now in the officers
possession, in which the writer of the
letter is charged with an offense of
a breach of the law by assaulting an
other of Swanton's residents.
The new home being erected by Mr..
Willoughby Harrison on tract of
land facing the Park road, is now be-
ing finished on the interior and will
be ready for occupancy within few
weeks. In addition to the work on the
building proper, Mr.. Harrison has a
number of men engaged in building a
driveway from the main road to the
house and also identifying the
grounds.
Mr.. George D. White, of Oakland,
announces his candidacy in The Re-
publican today for the Republican
nomination for County Treasurer, sub
ject to the result of the primary cleo
ton. Mr.. White is known by proba-
bly, every voter in the county; he
knows all of them, at least, and is as
popular as man well can be. He
is making an aggressive campaign
and if he does not secure the nominal
ton for the office which he seeks it
will be no fault of his own.
Louie Waingold had large crowd
at his auction last Saturday notwith-
standing the rain of the morning and
threatening skies during the after
noon hours. He disposed of much
live stock, many automobiles, acces-
series and other accumulation of per-
sonal property coming to him in the
cause of business during the past six
months or since the date of his for
mer auction sale. Fair prices were