The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-02-03
SYKESylLLE liens.
4 Bundlng BOOm-Narrov Escape from 4
Fatal Aeeideni-FaIlure Of Ice Crop. Etc.

F9sRrARY 2.-Ths appointment Of Nr. Asa
Hspnsr a. postmaster here plsAses his many
fr,eads. This is Mr. HepneT's third term IN
uthce.
M. W. II. b. wartsli Is spending week
in Wheeling visiting her psrru's, Mr. aud Mrs
WA,erhouSe-
NJ, louise Gosasll has returned from
Baltimore. whsrc she has been spending sew
eral weeks.
Mr. Ida Gorsueh, wbo has been the guest
sf Ms. Charles Wattie.i. Was Unexpectedly
called home Wednesday BY the illness OF her
mother.
Ms. Z. NJ. Mellor has been on a visit TO
her daughter Dorothy, who Is = student IA
Po~halan College, Charlesiown, W. Va.
Lack Nsrceron speat Sunday With hrs par
cots. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mereeron.
Josephine and Helen Warield have been At
home for = Tee days.
Gertrude. Dud.y and Berret. children OF
Mr. and Mrs. W. Berry Niolette. are visiting
their grandfather, Mr. Joseph Berret. M.
Viol~,tc has lately moved TO Baltimore from
Alexandra, Va.
Miss Webb, Of Mt. Airy, IS visiting her
cousins, the Misses Jones
The prospect Of failure ia the ice crop Is
agiyating the people Of this community The
Hnspital viii no doub, put up an ice plant to
.uruly its need. but where the private fam
lies aad butchers zud merchants and Others
Sho must have ice Will be able to get II Is q
question.
Wild. Warheld Is having his store build
ING toro down this week and will build hne
brick store 90 the same site. The new buIid,
ing will correspond with the bank, which IS
Of messed brick with marble trimmings, and
Is owned by Mr.. Warheid.
The roads are unusually muddy even tor
this season OF the year. The board walk IS a
blessing to pedestrians aud the street lamps
give Gifted look to our town, but you had
better not stroll or drive from The drug store
TO the Methodist Church by botel heights
avenue. The SIoug b of Despond could not
compare with that bog ia the corporate limits
of our town. Teams driving trom the lumber
ard 10 unload at Mr.. Warfeld's warehouses
are often mired and not uufrequently over
,urn.d. The half can never be told.
A building boom hiss struck here. New
houses are going up fast. Mr.. Z. NJ. Meilor
has Just finished two pretty cottages WIN bay
windoSs and fancy porcheS, on his lot near
the Methodist Church. J. Harvey Fowble Is
uniting up a fine house to be occupied by his
f,,nily As soon rs completed. Walter Hawkins
is now living in his new home, near Spring
field Church.
Revival services are still being held in the
Methodist Church. Rev. DR.. Dudiy preached
on Monday night.
Miss Bessie Wilson has returned after a
three weeks visit to Baltimore aud Phiadel.
phia. -,
The mumps keep merrily on. Swelled
heads are the order of the day, and camphor-
ated oil is in great demand.
The C. & P. Telephone Co. have been
changing all the phones in this exchange to
the silent ring system, which is q great I'm
provement on the Ave and six on line system
we have been accustomed to.
Miss Fairbanks, who has been sick, is back
at the exchange.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Robert Carter gave pleasant
reception to their friends last week.
Miss Lula Brooks is spending several weeks
in Laurel with her sisterin-law, Mrs. Louise
| Brooks.
Mrs. Perrin Hobbs is visiting her son. Guy
Hobbs
John Nichols, aged So years, of Marriotts
VILE, on the B. L o. Z. r., last Saturday
while watching a west bound train was struck
nv the pilot Of an east bound train. His face
was badly cut and bruised, but fortunately he
was thrown in such way as TO escape more
serious injury. His wounds were dressed by
the company's surgeon, DR.. D. B. Sprecher, OF
| Sykesyie. Mr. Nichols was improving when
| last heard from.