The Democratic advocate., 1906-08-03
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvITIES.

Saturday of next week.
The Southern Methodist Episcopal Church
at Mt. Airy, which was destroyed by fire on
July 10, will be rebuilt at once.
j. Edgar Summers, formerly of Warfelds-
burg, is in the barber business IN Milwaukee,
Wis, and is doing good business.
Professor Fleagle, school teacher in this
county, has been appointed principal Of the
high school at Myersdale, Frederick county.
Rev. Hugh l.. EIderdice, of Westminster
theological Seminary, this city, preached at
Penn Grove Pa. Camp Meeting las; Sun
day. as
The barn on Nj. Cornelius Hull's farm,
near Krider's Church, was struck by lightning
on Friday evening which tore off part of the
roofing.
Clayton, son of Mr. Jesse Stoner, near
Westminster, who WAS operated on in Bain
more for appendicitis recently, has returned
home cured.
The German Picnic held at Deer Park will
take place tomorrow. This is looked too as
one of the greatest events of the season in that
part of the county.
John t. Yingling, of Bachman's Valley,
brought to this office oil Saturday a stalk of
rye that measured feet, and says ii stands
that way all over the field.
During the month of July 49 deeds, Il mort
CAGES 9 bills of sale and ] certificate of Incor-
poration were received, and IA marriage Ii
censes were issued by the Clerk Of the Court
The fifih annual Tournament and Horse
Show that was to take place at Never Die
Park, near Spkesville, on Thursday, August
2, was postponed on account of the bad weather
antil Thursday, August 3.
Mr.. Samuel d. Shipley, of Sykesville, is
candidate for the appointment OF superin
tendent of the Maryland House of Correction
He has 3 strong Endorsement and stands a
splendid chance for the position.
The picnic of the Methodist Protestant
Sunday School of this city, which was to have
been held today, bad to be postponed on &C
count of the excessive rain Of yesterday,
making it unfit to go into the grove. Another
date will be fixed.
The annual reunion of the members OF the
Brethren Church Progressive Dunkar'is Of
Maryland and adjoining States WAS held on
Wednesday at Pen. Mar, and about 1000 per
sons we're in attendance. Carroll county was
represented by a large delegation.
Jacob, sou Of Jacob Fitze, near Avondale,
met with very painful accident last Saturday.
He was taking the harness from a mule in the
stall when the mule backed to run out of the
stable breaking his right wrist DIR. NJ. l.. Bou
rendered the necessary surgical aid.
Mr.. Leonard Frizzell, Of rear WHrhelds
bugv, while driving down steep bill near
Bloom on Sunday was thrown from his
buggy and painfully injured. HIS mule be.
came frightened while descending the bill and
started TO runaway, at the bottom OF the hill
there's big tree, which the mule ran into
aud knocked its brains out and smashed the
buggy TO pieces.
The people Of our county are aware by this
time that the proposed change that was TO
take place in The Free Rural Delivery has
been established. IL any of our subscribers
do not get their paper this week, lei US kno~
by mail the number of your carrier and where
Won last received II. Our postmaster and his
corps of assistants are doing all in their power
TO slraighten out the tAngie.
The large barn on the farm tenanted by
Mr.. Charles K. Corbin, near Warheldsburg,
and owned by Mrs. William Y. Frizzell. Of
Bloom, was struck by lightning July y, and
buraed to the ground, with most of ITS con
tents, which consisted Of wheat. hay. farming
implements, etc. Loss on barn 500; Insured
in the Dug Hill Company for $500; on con
tents $500, covered by Insurance IN the Ger
man American Company.
Master Everett. the year-old sou Of Mr.. A.
L. Fowble, of Manchester, met with aeci
0ent Oh J1t1 tuaA WIZ WI cC AaNHh ~ "t1
memory. He, in company with crowd OF
neighbors' boys, were coasting down hill on
the running gear Of m old buggy with board
laid from spring to spring and while descend-
ing hill his leg got caught between the spring
and axel and when the wheels turned on the
lock, broke the limb between the knee and
thigh in two places. The fracture was re.
duced BY Dr. J. H. Preston, Manchester, as
sisted by Wm. r. =. Denner.
Miss Ethel Sireaker, daughter Of Ambrose
Streaker near Daniel. was struck on the head
with stone and severely injured by some an
known person July %. Miss Sireaker who is
about l9 years old, had been attending pie
mic held by Enterprise Lodge of Good lem
plars and was returning home In buggy with
q companion after nightfail, when she was
struck by tke missile and rendered usensihle.
She remained in an unconscious condition for
a long time aud il was feared might not re-
cover, but has now regained consciousness
and il is thought is not permanently injured.
Brotherly Love Lodge. No. SAT. Of Colored
Odd Fellows, held public exercises on Sunday
IN Odd Fellows Hall, this city, which were
largely attended Among those present were
a number of prominent white citizens. Ad
dresses were made by Capt. Harry Franklin,
commander of Patriarchy No. 8, Ballimorei
ex. District Grand Masters Alexander Hens
lev and julius c. johnson, of Baltimore; Dis
trict Grand Master Joseph II. Garrett, Of Ar
bulus; District Grand Secretary Jesse l..
Nichols, of Govanstown; District Grand Treas
urer Alfred A. Mitchell, of Baltimore, and
District Grand Director John A. Williams, OF
Hagerstown.
The Upper Country Tobacco Growers As.
soeiation and the farmers OF Howard, Carroll,
Frederick and Montgomery counties will hold
two days picnic and fair at Wildwood Park,
Mount Airy, on Friday and Saturday, August
20 and III. Hon. C. Hays Taylor. of Indian.
epoIis, secretary of the National Tobacco
Growers Association, will be present each
day and address the farmers and planters upon
the subject of profitable Prices for all Farm
Products and How to Obtain Them" William
NJ. Hays, assistant Secretary Of Agriculture,
Washington, will be present Saturday and
make an address. The Maryland Experiment
tai Station will have representative present
each day to assist in the meetings.
The Hanover Record Of August 1st says
Prior TO the late Civil War. Carroll county
contained quite q number OF slaves. There
are districts, however, at this time, in which
there are few colored people. Manchester
district, adjoining Mannheim township, York
county, has none. About Is years ago a col
ored man moved into the vicinity OF Alesia-
Md. to cut wood With him was a white
woman who served as cook. He remained,
however, but two days, for the evening after
HIS arrival about so men visited the building
with axes and cut it down. Since that time
but one colored man, j. Powell and family,
resided near Manchester, hut they left about
year ago and moved to Westminster.
On July 25 one of Howard Fuhrman's White
Wyandotte cockerels, weighing about q
pounds, came to the kitchen door (as if to
tell Mrs. Fuhrman his trouhle) with a snake
wrapped around his neck, so tight that his
nice red head was blue from want of eircula
ton and the wind pipe being also choked so
that he could not breath property. Mrs.
Fuhrman went to C. f. Shelters mill, where
her husband is employed. to get him to dis
r4tch the snake. Upon returning, to the sur
prise of the Fuhrmans, the snake was still on,
bat had loosend somewhat The cockerel
was chased around the yard, the barn and
back for some time before be could be gotten
into his coop, where the snake lost IFS grip
and dropped off, The time that it was known
to have been on was no less than half an hour
with no telling how long before it was discov
cred, The snake measured about 22 inches
in length. 1t appears it did not bite the cock
erel, as he is around as hardy as the rest.