The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-01-20
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1906.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREYITIES.

OB6 IOuIlu pdSC iOA OthCA AONoi-
Lent begins February % and Easter Sunday
will be April 10.
The Western Maryland Railroad Company
has completed laying heavy steel rails through
Westminster.
Every farmer should read Mr.. Charles
Councilman's article on the cultivation Of
Alfalfa on the first page of this issue.
At 10 a. M, yesterday, Friday, the wealth.
er bureau sent out the following bulletin
Partly cloudy tonight; Saturday rain,
Mr.. Jacob NJ. Bfocher, of Alesia, president
of the Board of School Commissioners, who
was extremely i'll, was reported as much better
on Friday.
Mr.. Patrick Sullivan, of Hampstead district,
has been appointed door keeper in the State
Senate. and Mr.. G. W. Slack, of Freedom, a
folder in the Senate.
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster,
Pa, has received $10Gi from Mr.. Jacob
Burkett, of Sykesville, to be used in purchas
ing books for its library.
A watchman's box has been placed close to
the railroad gates, on Main street, for the
dagman that guards the crossing of the West
ern Maryland Railroad tracks.
Carroll County Teachers Association will
meet at the High School Building, Westmin-
ster, or Friday, February 2, at which time the
teachers will be paid for the winter term.
There has been and is now more sickness
in Carroll county than for many years, owing,
it is said to the open winter. The ailments
are grip, colds, pneumonia and rheumatism.
A special pension of S. was granted Andrew
Ohler, of Uniontown district, by the County
Commissioners this week, and the bond of
Cleveland Taylor, constable, for $1,000 was
approved. A number of bills we're passed
and ordered to be paid.
Emma Janice Livingstone, aged 4 years,
granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Edwin
Weaver, Of this city. accidentally fell down
the steps last Sunday afternoon and broke her
right collar bone. Dr. Wells reduced the
fracture and the child is doing we'll
According to a ruling Of Nov. 80. by Com
missioner of Internal Revenue John W.
Yerkes, it is unlawful for hucksiers, travelling
from place to place attending sales, 10 retail
cigars and tobacco from original packages as
said hucksters cannot be classed as dealers.
A pear tree on the farm of B. f. Forty, the
former old Wolfgsng farm, near Lineboro,
was cut down last week. The tree was known
to be at least $50 years old. and measured -
inches across the stump. Il bore fruit every
year but for the last few years showed signs
of decay
William Rover, Of near Westminster, who
is fireman on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
between Baltimore and Washington, had his
left wrist severely cut and received other 10
iuries from being in a wreck on Monday
morning in the yards at Washington. Mr..
Roger was thrown through the front part Of
the cab.
In order to accommodate those residing on
the line of the Western Maryland Railroad,
between Baltimore and Union Bridge, who
attend the meeting and banquet Of the Alumni
of Western Maryland College, al the Belve-
dere, Baltimore, on the evening Of January
26, "The OWL train viii leave Union Station
at u, midnight, instead Of Il.30. ITS usual
time This will enable all to return the same
night.
Mr.. Lynn r. Meekins. a graduate Of West
ern Maryland College aud well known 10 this
city, now the editor of the Baltimore Sunday
and Evening Herald, has been elected presi-
dent and publisher, to take the position held
for a number Of years by Mr.. Frank +. Peard,
who reti-es. Mr.. Henry l.. Mencken Will
take Mr.. Meekins place as editor The
change will become effective shortly. Mr..
MrekiBs was rendered his new position at II
recent meeting Of the representatives Of the
controlling interests of the Herald held 10 New
York City.
A letter to The ADVOCATE from Baltimore
says: Jennie l., wife OF Mr., 7. Lee Noel,
of 1724 Presbury street, on January made
narrow escape from instant death by the fall
ing of gate upon her. In the rear Of her
residence is the artesian well plant Of Downing
Bros. Her physician says it may be a year
before she RECEIVERS sufficiently to walk The
gate was very large and heavy, made of yellow
pine, nearly ~ feet high and over s feet bread.
The gate was open and high wind tore II
from the hinges and blew it upon Mrs. Noel
as she was passing.
The first of series of lectures by DR.. Curtis
Lee Laws, of Baltimore, was delivered in
Alumni Hall, Western Maryland College,
Friday evening of last week. The lecture was
entitled The Cities Of Italy, and was illustrated
by handsome magic lantern views some OF
which were made from photographs taken by
DR.. Laws while in that country. The first
picture thrown upon the canvass was the
Leaning Tower at Pisa, and was followed by
the Catacombs, St. Peters Cathedral, interior
and exterior of the Colosseum az Rome; Old
Rialto Bridge, Grand Canal, Doges Palace
and st. Marks Cathedral, at Venice; home
of Robert Browning and interior of famous
art gallery at Florence; the Cathedral at
Milan, excavations of Ponpeii Naples, with
VesnYius in the distance, aud other views.
The attendance was fairly large, and the lect-
ure very instructive. The lecture Friday,
January 10, is on Paris and its Environs.
Comptroller Atkinson's report, for the fiscal
year ending September 80, 1905, shows that
during the period named David P. Smelser,
Clerk of the Court for Carroll county, paid
into the State Treasury IS, 053.0 5, FROM the
following sources Traders licenses, 81
$40. Is; Traders liquor licenses, $500; ordi-
nary licenses, SS7S. 75; oyster house licenses,
1851 90; billiard table licenses, $346. So; hawk
ers and peddlers' licenses, Sl30.7S; brokers
licenses, 500; exhibition licenses, Sl3490;
cigarette licenses, $s7. 10; excess of fees Of
Office, S74s.42; tax on civil commissions,
$3.50. The report also shows that DR.. John
J. Stewart, Register of Wills for Carroll coun
ty, paid into the State Treasury for the fiscal
year 81, 7SS. rs, from the following sources
Tax on commissions of executors and admin
istrators, 81, 1912; tax on collateral inheri.
tances, $l,321.24. In addition TO the above
the tax collectors paid into the State Treasury
for the fiscal year $S8, 1865.