The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-28
EVANSVILLE.
By G. w. Diefenbach
Trial Attracts Attention.

A trial was held IN the municipal
building before Justice William G.
Keller last Wednesday evening, in
which Dewey Yommer, of Grantsville,
was charged by James Morton, of
Frostburg, with secreting musical in
| struments which Mr.. Morton claims
were taken from an automobile or
automobiles used by the orchestra
some time during April, 1926. Mr..
Yommer, who is conductor on the
Casselman Valley Railroad, together
with other members of the train crew,
found the instruments concealed be-
hind some timbers near the railway
tracks, and took charge of them,
keeping them safely until the own
ers should be found. Mr.. Morton
claims he advertised the loss of the
missing instruments. Mr.. Yommer
was dismissed and Mr.. Morton re-
gained possession of his instruments.
Attorney VIM. R. Offutt was counsel
for Mr.. Yommer, and Attorney Min
nick, of Frostburg, for Mr.. Morton.
The trial attracted the largest num-
Der of persons that have attended a
hearing before Justice for long
time. Every bit of available space
within and around the municipal
building within hearing was crowded.
Slides Off Road.
Gilber Friend, accompanied by his
brother from Swanton, while travel
ing eastward up the west side of
Negro Mountain on Saturday after
noon in a Buick roadster, was slightly
cut when their car suddenly lurched
over the bank and rolled down the
hill for a considerable distance,
damaging the machine considerably.
Wet, oiled macadam is said to be a
constant menace to safe motoring
whether up hill or down. There have
been large number of accidents on
this particular mountain, most of
them due to the slipper condition.
Lightning Causes Injury.
While taking in hay flash of
lightning, last Thursday afternoon,
caused the team of Irwin Baker to run
away with load of hay, throwing
Daniel Baker off, bruising him con-
siderably but, fortunately, no bones
were broken. Mr.. Baker has been
confined to his bed since that time,
but is improving. Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Baker and their son, Allen, were all
more or less shocked by the flash.
Allen states he was in the act of put
ting a fork full of hay on the load
when the stroke came. The current
ran up his arm and caused him
momentary blindness. Messrs. Guy
and Hubert Stanton, with their men,
Bursey Whitacre and Sherman Hare,
who were at work across the river in
the same locality, all distinctly felt
the shock. They saw the Baker team
run away; saw Mr.. Daniel Baker be-
ing picked up by his son, unconscious,
giving them much concern as to his
safety.
Negro Mountain Rattlers.
Edward Beachy and son, Alvin,
while taking up hay in one of their
| fields several weeks ago encountered
large yellow rattle snake, which
they succeeded in capturing, the prize
having nine rattlers and button.
Mr.. Beachy states he kills several
rattlers on his farm each summer and
that finding several in day in his
hay field requires a good nervous
system to keep going.
Miss Conner Advancing.
Miss Marie Conner accepted a po-
sition at teacher of shorthand in the
New Jersey College of Commerce,
Atlantice City, last week, beginning
her duties on Monday of this week.
Miss Conner entered the Strayer
Business College, Baltimore, last
November and completed the steno-
graphic course in creditable manner
in spite of having been compelled to
lose two months from her work last
winter because of the illness of her
aunt, Miss Gertie Hone. Miss Conner
taught in the public schools here in
the county for a number of years and
in the elementary schools of Cumber-
land for two years before entering
the business college to prepare for
her new field of work.
44th Studio Evening.
The 44th Studio Evening program
was given last Friday night by the
pupils of the Holmes and Wallace
Studios in two parts.
Part |.
Thoughts for the Discouraged Farm
er, Mr.. Clyde Miller.
Serenade, ..... Miss Mabel Younkin
What My Lover Said, Miss Helen
Folk.
Bride Song, Mrs. Geo. Diefenbach.
The Guerdon, Miss Agatha Black.
Part III.
Fraudvoll und Leidvoll, George Die
fenbach.
Deaf Beethoven, Miss Dorothy Ed