The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-12-21
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1901
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
Merry Christmas to all.

day, and continued until p. M, attaining a
depth of about one inch.
c. j. e.. Ganter has resigned as letter car
rier at Manchester and Carroll C. Warehime
has been appointed in his place.
Stanley C. Beaver has been appointed post
master at Taneytown to succeed Preston B.
Englar, and Asa Hepner at Sykesville.
At II m. yesterday, Friday. the Wealth
er Bureau sent out the following bulletin
Fair and continued cold tonight and Saturday.
Another supplement is sent out with this
issue of the ADVOCATE. In it will be found
some advertisements and considerable reading
matter.
Letters of administration upon the estates
of Granville s. Haines and John l.. Stull were
granted this week. Neither left a will. The
personal property of Mr. Haines is estimated
at $4,000 and that of Mr.. Stull at $4,000.
As our paper is delivered in this city Friday
afternoon we are asked to say that Miss E. S.
Jacobs, Director of the Cooking School at
Washington, d. c., will deliver a lecture to
the ladies at Odd Fellows Hall, at 1880 p. m.
Admission free.
Telephones have recently been installed by
the Western Maryland Telephone Company of
Carroll County for j. Grattan Doyle, Jacob
l.. Shaffer and Sisters of Notre Dame, West
minister; Reed Bros, Union Bridge; A. C..
Richardson, Smalwood, and Jonas Wagner,
Medford.
From shortly after midnight on Sunday
until o'clock Monday morning there were
almost continuous succession of heavy show
ers. At times il seemed as if roofs and win
dows would be crushed by the heavy fall of
water or that the high wind would blow them
off or in.
The mild weather of last week ended on
Sunday morning, from II to O'Clock, by a
heavy downpour of rain. This was followed
by colder weather and Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday morning the mercury was well
down and remained from 10 to II below the
freezing point.
The following have been chosen by the
faculty of the Western Maryland College to
contest in the preliminary intercollegiate ora
torical contest: Howard s. Robinson, j..
Dawson Williams, I. II. Lewis, Jr., G. l..
Humphrey, H. C. Hancock, George Medders
and Robert R. Carman.
On Christmas day banks and public offices
will be closed. The postoffice will be open
from to a. m. and from to p. m. There
will be the usual early morning collection and
delivery The afternoon collection will be
made at o'clock, from Washington avenue
to Grumbine's, on Main street only.
gone some noteworthy improvements by hav-
ing the woodwork on the exterior frightened
with few fresh coats paint. The parsonage
also received some needed repairs. Miss
Maggie Stoner and her mother furnished the
vestibule of the church with a very pretty
lineoleum.
Mr.. Charles c. Gorsuch will entertain the
children of this city and vicinity at Odd Eel
lows Hall Christmas afternoon. Talent from
Baltimore will be brought to afford amuse-
ment, and boxes of candy will be distributed.
Last Christmas afternoon the Hall was filled
and the probabilities are that no less will be
present this year.
The County Commissioners last Monday
appointed Ford A. Barnes a special constable
for Freedom district, subject to removal at the
pleasure of the Board; DR.. Charles R. Foutz,
physician to the Board of Health, for one year
at salary of $25. 90; and DR.. Thos. j. Coonan
physician to the Jail at a salary of $50 90 per
annum. George Cromwell colored, of West
minister district, was allowed special pension
of $500.
The new telephone line to Baltimore was
opened to the public on Tuesday, and the
subscribers Of the Western Maryland Tele
phone Company of Carroll County can now
communicate with over 5000 banks, trust com.
panies and business houses in Baltimore.
They can also talk to Hartford and Cecil coun.
ties, and as far as Wilmington, Delaware.
Other connections will be made soon, and the
service, in the territory covered, will be fal
wider than by the 9. and P. line.
William France, colored, of Sykesvile was
committed to Jail here on Friday of last week
by Justice d. S. Brandenburg, upon tht
charge of receiving goods, knowing them to
be stolen. Hisvattorney, Jno Milton Ref
--esniddes got out writ of habeas corpus, and &
bearing was had before Judge Thomas OF
Wednesday 1t was alleged that there was
not sufficient evidence to hold him. After
taking testimony the Court remanded him tt
Jail to await the action of the Grand Jury.
Mr.. M. l.. Main, we-known manufac
turer of Hagerstown, last Sunday quietly eel
ebrated the fftieth anniversary of his birth
Mr.. Main is a son of the late Capt. Daniel L.
Main. and was born at Myersville, Frederick
county, Md. At the age of 15 years he lief
the farm to clerk in a store at Woodsboro
Later he taught school for two years and theI
engaged in business at Westminster. Nint
years ago he moved TO Hagerstown, and since
then has been actively associated with thu
business interests of that city.
A lady subscriber to the ADVOCATE living il
West Virginia, noticing in the advertisement
Oft. w. Mather & Sons their announcement
of Christmas tree ornaments, wrote TO thu
firm to send lot, inclosing the money to pa.
for the same. Some years ago subscriber Il
the ADVOCATE, living in Illinois, seeing
special trowel advertised by Westminste
hardware merchant, wrote here and secures
one Through advertising our merchants re
ceiye many orders by mail from people livini
at considerable distance from this city.
Messrs. n |. Gorsuch & Son, of this city
are manufacturing one thousand barrels o
Passover -four for the Orthodox Jews of Bal
timore. Rabbi Schaeffer visited the mill OF
Monday and the process of cleansing or puri
fying It began. When completed the mil
was started and representative of the Rabb
was left to mark each barrel of flour as
comes from the packer 1t is at once ioade
in cars and shipped to Baltimore. The yer
best grade of Carroll county wheat is used i
the manufacture of this flour. N. |. Gorsue
& Son have been making this -four for 5 years
Mr.. S. E. Frock, of ConnelsviIe, Pa, Wis
tied relatives and friends in Carroll this week
He is a native of Bachmans Valley. but ha
resided in Connellsville for about II years
Hewas nominated for sheriff of Fayette conn
ty by the Democrats without opposition, an
at the late election was elected by So majority
The county is Republican by about 1900 ma
iority, and his popularity is attested by tn
splendid victory he won. The next highes
Democrat on the ticket was defeated by owe
500 majority. Mr.. Frock said he felt conf
dent of success from the day of his nomins
ton, Notwithstanding the odds he had to ovei
come.
The special farmers institute for Wester
Maryland opened at Odd Fellows Hall, thl
city, yesterday morning. The attendance
the morning was fair, and in the afternoo
was very much larger. 0. C. Gregg, Super
;ptendent of Farmers Institutes, of Minnesota
spoke in the morning ON improvement Q
Dairy Stock The other speakers wefe Col
Joseph H. Brigham, Assistant Secretary 0
Agriculture. whose subject was "Departmen
Of Agriculture and Foreign Markets" and L
H. Kemick. Bloomington, Illinois, the cham
pion baby beef feeder, whose subject wal
isWhy and How Grow Baby Beef. = The
ADVOCATE next week will publish a full repor
Of the meeting and lectures, and will issue one
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