The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-04-11

Church notices will be found on the fourth
page.
John A. Schnell, of Hampstead, has been
granted patent for mechanical device.
Flavius Sullivan has purchased the Wash.
ington House. Manchester, from Archibald
Buchanan for $500
Mary l.. Stricken. of Gambler, has been
granted pension of $500 month by the
Pension Bureau, Washington.
Mr.. Theodore Derr, well known merchant
of this city, has accepted the position as man
ager of the Basement Department Of the Nil
Ter Bros Co.
NJ. Alice V Lester, executrix of David J.
Lester, sold on Wednesday, s. acres, roods
and 26 perches, near Hampstead, TO David II.
Lester for So, 1865.
The Westminster Savings Bank Gas de-
clared semi annual dividend of four per
cent. on the capital stock and two per cent
on weekly and monthly deposits.
Examiner Simpson and School Commis
sioner John B. Eppley went to Double Pipe
Greek on Tuesday on business for the School
Board and visited two schools in Middleburg
district.
A lady at Liuwood, in renewing her sub
scripiion to the Advocate. writes-"The Ad.
vocate has been u weekly visitor in our DO me
for % years, aud we receive 1t with much
pleasure"
Z. B. Thompson. the photographer sent TO
Carroll county by United States Commissioner
DR.. W. I. Harris, has obtained photographs
of 20 schoolhouses. On Monday be photo.
graphed the members of the School Board OF
county.
AT the town election in Manchester. last Sat.
urday there was bat one ticket in the field. and
L al I Ink
was elected Mayor aud John L. LeeSe, Jacob
C. Frownfelter, George +. Leese. Charles NJ.
Masenhiner aud John Z. Masenhmer eoun-
cilmen.
The stockholders of the Union Mills Saw
ings Bank last Monday elected the following
directors: t. II. Shriver, John Burgoon.
DIR. j. ]. Stewart, G. w. Yeiser, A. n. Ham
bert, John d. Schaeifer, Ira G. Lawyer, Jno.
+. Maus, John T. Datierer. Jerome kooniE,
William Frock, w. l.. d. Frock.
A subscriber ia Adams county, Pa. writes
to the Advocate Enclosed you viii hnd =
check for one dollar for another years sub
scription TO your excellent paper, which is
welcome weekly visitor at our home. IL ar
rives every Saturday evening, and We see IN
il many things Of special interest TO us
In the circuit court for Montgomery county
on Wednesday. a verdict for the defendant IN
a damage sui lot f1suIO aSAiust ttAt DAAAitheiF
and Ohio Railroad Company for the death Of
Samuel Phillips, was rendered. The evidence
showed coutnbutory negligence on the part
of the deceased. Elk Judge Bond represented
the B. Il o.
Owing to the total collapse Of the boiler IN
the Advocate Office We are indebted 10 the
Sentinel for the use of its newspaper press
this week Having TO 60 to press over three
hours earlier than usual on Friday some local
correspondence had to be curtailed. new
boiler was ordered last Monday and We hope
TO have il set up and ready for use in lev
days.
Some trouble exists IN the Deer Park Ger
man Lutheran Church. One part desire to
unite with the Maryland Synod and the other
desire TO remain with the Missouri Synod.
On the 18th Of March one party locked the
church against the other, who had engaged
Rev Mr. Schiller, of New York, TO bold ser
vice. There is probability Of the difiereEces
being settled in court.
Messrs. Stewart Brown 4 Co., bankers Of
New York and members of the New York
Stock Exchange, have opened q Baltimore
Office in the Equitable Building, and have APP
pointed as manager DIR. Frank /. Shaw, OF
Westminster Dr. Shaw is very familiar with
the leading stocks aud their value is q gen
tleman well up in banking and financial mat
tiers, and is conservative and prudent.
On Thursday School Commissioners Miller,
Engiar. Blocher, Buchanan and Prof. Simp-
son visited the new schoolhouse, Mount Ven
tus. three miles above Melrose, in the interest
of the School Board. On the tour they made
an inspection OF several sehoolhouses. Mt
Ven,ns was built under the supervision OF
Jacob Newman on most beautiful site Inc
work has been done ~ most thorough man
Il a. - arahIf MIR Newman.
the community and to the county.
Washington Camp, No. 20, P. o. S. Of A..
of Gist, on the Bird instant presented Pools
school with a United States Flag and Bible:
The public school at Gist WAS present also and
an appropriate program was rendered by the
pupils Of both schools, under the direction OF
the teachers, Misses Koontz and Coppersmith.
At the close of the exercises refreshments
were served. About tive hundred persons
we're present The room was Handsomely
decorated with potted plants, ferns and hsgs-'
The last performance in the Auditorium
Music Hail. Baltimore, was given last Salur-
day night, aud after its conclusion Mr. her'
nan was presented with large floral horse
shoe by the employees, and Miss Roberta
Keene, daughter Of Mr.. John II. keene, for
merly Of Westminster, sang 'Auld Lang
Syne', in which the audience joined. On
Monday the work of tearing down the building
was begun, and in its place Mr.. Herman IS to
erect one of the handsomest theatres IN the
country.
The happiest owners of horse flesh in Car,
roll are Frank Myers, of Westminster, and
Harry Mitten, of New Windsor. They
bought their horses from Motter 4 Lynch, OF
Westminster. Mr.. Myers horse has record
of 2.2s on a third mile track; is gentle
and kind, aud does not get frightened at
steam cars or traction engines 1t IS West
Virginia stock. Mr.. Mitten's horse is Ken
lucky stock, and fine driver and saddle
horse. Under the saddle it has all the gaits.
W. A. Hawkins, of Hawkinstown, Virginia,
was in Westminster on Tuesday and Wednes-
day, learning something of Carroll aud con.
sidering the advisability of organizing farmers
mutual telephone companies. he regards the
field as very promising and will come back
again. He will probably start to work his
plan in Freedom district. His scheme Is to
get ten, fifteen or twenty farmers to unite IN
building telephone lines, for social and neigh
borhood communication, and not as business
lines, except that one subscriber having bust
ness with another can use the line. After the
FIRST cost the cost per year will be tritie.
There will be no annual rental. Each sub
scriber viii own a phone and be taught how
to keep it in order. The lines will be kept IN
order BY the subscribers also, each one look
ing after the wires on or along his own prop
erty.