The Democratic advocate., 1907-08-02

About 80 young ladies and gentlemen spent
Wednesday at Pen Mar.
On the fourth page of this issue will be
found the general statement OF receipts and
expenditures for Carroll county.
The machinery department of the Western
Mar, land Railroad Company will be moved
from Union Bridge to Hagerstown Lext week
Mr.. Harry ii. Harbaugh, liveryman, has
applied for liquor license for the First Ma
lional Restaurant, now occupied by James W.
Branzel
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles C. Caple. formerly
of Ers'siew, but now residing in Green Spring
Valley, Baltimore county. buried their young
est child, a daughter aged 8 months, al Sandy
Mount cemetery on Monday last. July 26.
The Pen.Mar Express which usually re
turns TO Baltimore via of the Baltimore and
Harrisburg Division of the w. NJ. r. R., re
turned over The main line on Tuesday evening
on account of freight wreck on the B. Il Ii
near Highfed.
Mr.. James d. Mitchell, photographer, East
Main street, will leave on Sunday evening TO
attend The convention of the National Pho
tographers' Association, which meets in Day.
ton, Ohio, next week He will also visit the
Photographers Supply Factory in Columbus,
Ohio.
The storm of Thursday morning caused a
p0stponement of the picnics by the Methodist
Protestant and Methodist Episcopal Sunday
schools until today, when the schools turned
out in iul, the Methodist Professionals picnic
ing in the gre We ut the Pool and the Methodist
Episcopas in Mr.. Theodore Englar grove,
near this city.
A bank barn belonging to Frederick Walk
ling, Jr about mile from Reese, was struck
by lightning yesterday morning during the
heavy ihundergust and burned to the ground.
All of his provender, consisting of wheat and
hay. and great deal of the farming utensils
were consumed All of the live stock was
saved.
A freight wreck occurred early this morn.
ing at Union Bridge by an engine and three
cars jumping the track as it entered the Union
Bridge freight yards, throwing the three cars
crosswise of the track, completely blocking
the main line. The cause of the wreck is
supposed to have occurred from an open
switch. Several trains were from to hours
late.
The recently organized South Mountain Oil
and Development Company is making ar
rangements to prospect for oil and natural
gas in the locality of Highfeld, Frederick
county. A quantity of lumber and drilling
machinery mas Deeil W thC
prospecting will begin, and it is the purpose
of the company to make thorough search in
that section of South Mountain for oil and
gas.
Camp No. 80, P. o. s. of A., of Harvey,
Md, held their annual celebration and festival
on last Saturday afternoon and evening, which
was attended by a large crowd. The occasion
was enlivened with music by the Mayberry
Concert Band. Appropriate addresses were
delivered during the afternoon and evening
Maryland now has an unbroken chain of 20
camps of the order, and the prospects for
many additional are favorable.
Mr.. George O. Grossnickle. of the firm Of
Collins & Grossnickle, Frederick, met with an
accident at Woodbine, on Saturday last He
was assisting in unloading traction engine,
and as it was being taken from platform the
machine tilted. striking Mr.. Grossnickle, re.
sul,ng in cracking two of his ribs on the left
side, cutting his left hand and bruising his
head He is getting along very nicely and
was able to be at his place of business this
morning. The engine was for Governor War
field TO be used on his farm.