The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-12-02
SYKESVILLE ITEMS.
Decembers7 is Corn and Pumpkin Day
Personals, Etc.

DECEMBER L.. Richard Trippe spent Sunday
with the Misses George.
The Methodist, Presbyterian and Episco.
pallan Churches held union services in the
Methodist Church on Thanksgiving morning.
Rev. j. FOLLY Marsh preached the sermon,
| and the ministers from the other churches
assisted in the services. The congregations
were well represented.
| The little daughter of Burgess Hughes met
| with painful accident one day this week.
Her cousin, Willie Cook, while practicing
target shooting, shot wide of the mark and hit
her in foot.
Josephine and Helen Warfeld, the little
daughters of w. Fl. d. Warfield who are at
tending school at Mt. DeSales, are spending
their Thanksgiving holidays at home.
Misses Dorothy Mellor and Lillian Schultz
are home from Powhattan College for the
holidays
Marie Mcdonald, who is spending the win
ter IN Baltimore with her grandparents, and
attending school, is also at home.
Miss Olive Otis is visiting her uncle, DR.. j..
Clement Clark
Miss Laura Elliott, of the Eastern Shore of
Mary and, is the guest of Miss Marjorie
Sprecher. Miss Fanny Sprecher is also at
home for the holidays.
Irving Harris, midshipman in the .. S.
-'"'J; 10 opeHuihS thanksgiving WIFI Aio
parents.
Standby Dorsey and Miss Annie Day, of
Morgan, were quietly married in the manse
Of Springfield Church by the pastor, DR.. Chas.
Dudley, on Sunday November 26th.
Misses Kate and Mary Mcdonald are spend
ing the winter in Baltimore.
Miss Grace Ridgely, daughter of Mr.. J. 7.
Ridgely has returned from visit to her sis
ter, in Aberdeen. Md.
Col. and Mrs. VIM. King, of N. Y, are
visiting Mrs. Kings mother, Mrs. Hewett,
near Berret.
Mrs. Thomas Anderson entertained a few
friends on Friday, December l.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Cromwell are spend
ing Thanksgiving with Mrs. Cromwell s moth.
Ell, Mrs. A. Gosnel
You hear much about corn and pumpkins
in Carroll and Howard counties these days.
Thursday, December It'll, will be 'Corn and
Pumpkin Day. at Sykesville. This has be-
come an annual event. Wade H. D. Warfeld
& Co., lumber and grain merchants, offer
premiums each year for the heaviest pumpkin
and the best corn. This year there will be
awarded five premiums, each So in gold. For
the best ten ears of field corn, for the heaviest
pumpkin, for the best pumpkin pie, for the
heaviest load Of produce hauled during the
year, and for the teamster driving the team
uduIuS Tue heaviest lOdu. Int COIltSI 10
open to all farmers of Carroll and Howard
counties. Great interest is manifested in
these contests, and they have done much to
improve the condition of corn produced in
this section. The deep yellow corn, now
raised through Carroll and Howard counties,
is sought after on the Baltimore market, and
will bring q premium over the western corn.
A few years back II barrels to the acre was
considered large yield, now Is to 20 barrels
to the acre is frequent. The awards will be
made at the Lyceum.
There will be an address by DIR. Augustus
Stabler on Rotation Farming and Corn Breed
ing; Miss Lillian Wilson, Of Tome Institute,
Port Deposit, Nd, will give Il lecture en-
Domestic Science; Ramsey, the magician, will
entertain the children, and the Springfield
Orchestra will furnish the music.
The Glenwood County Club, of Howard
county, and the Freedom Grange, of Carroll
county, will attend. Everybody is invited.