The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-08-30
Forty tickets were sold from this station to

| Forty tickets were sold from this station
Luray Caves yesterday.
The canning factories of this city all
county have commenced packing corn.
The County Commissioners on Monda
transacted their regular routine business onl.
| Mr.. Walter j. Gum, of Tay lorsville, pickle
from his garden several very large tomatoes
one of them weighing % lbs.
On Tuesday Venus the young pacing mar
owned by Mr.. Charles King, W. Main stree
finished second in race at the Kent, Quee
Anne and Cecil County Fair.
A silver tea will be given at the Ascensio
Reclory on Saturday, August 81, from
10. BOP. m. Musical at g. All cordially in
vited to attend A silver coin will be request
ed at the door.
The Westminster Postoffice will be close
at a. m. on Monday and will not be ope
again during the day. There will be col
lection at 5 p. m. The rural carriers will nc
go out on their routes at all.
The tournament held at Mt. Olive, Noun
Airy district, on Tuesday, was grand sue
cess. Claude T.. Smith delivered the charg
to the knights and Michael E. Walsh delivers
the coronation address, both of the Westmin
ster bar.
David II. Hadley, advance agent for tn
Frank A. Robbins circus, was in this city OF
Wednesday and made arrangements witt
Messrs. George w. Albaugh and Thoma
Babylon for the exhibition of the above SHOW
on Friday, September 20, on the show lot be
low the Westminster shirt factory on JohI
street. This circus is reported to be one o
the best that exhibits.
| DIR. ]. w. Devilbiss and wife, of Iowa, have
rented a residence on West Main street anc
will move here and start to practice his pro
fession shortly. Mrs. Devilbss is also prac
ticing physician. DR.. Devilbiss practiced q
yeare in Creagerstown, Frederick county
Md, going from there to the West. where he
has been forithe past IA years. The Doctors
wife is formerly of this county.
Westminster Council No. 70, Jr. o. .. A.
NJ, invites the Mechanicsville Council No.
IS, to participate in the program at Stone
Market schoohouse, September 7, when the
Westminster Council will present Bible and
flag TO the school, at six O'Clock p. m. MIR.
WASHER, of Hagerstown, and other good
speakers will be present. Everybody is in.
vited to attend.
The Westminster Country Club Tennis
team defeated the Hampstead Tennis team
two out of three sets at Hampstead yesterday
afternoon. This is the second defeat for
the Hampstead's at the hands of the Country
Club. Following are the scores: Cover
and Armacost defeat Shugars and Belt 6-3,
1910: II. Wooden and c. Wooden defea
Gehr and Mather 6, 6 4. 6 3; Shreeve and
Wilson defeat L. Wooden and Stansbury
1854.
The sacred concert given by the First Reg.
iment Band on the veranda of the City Hotel
on Sunday attracted a large audience. Sunday
the band will repeat their performance at the
same place, between and 6 p. m. Follow.
ing is the program
March. Garde du Corps. ...............Ch Chambers
Overture, Raymond. .................. Thomas
Values, Wedding Day. Tobani
Selection, Faust ..GOunod
Inermezzo, Hearts Aflame.
Overture, Poet and Peasant. ..Suppe
Mr. J. Oliver Snyder, of the firm of E
Snyder & Son, cigar manufacturers and brok.
ers, of Hampstead, is chairman of the com
mittee on credentials of the Independent
Cigar and Tobacco Manufacturers, Jobbers
and Retailers Convention to be held Septem-
Der 9 and 10 at Madison Square Garden, New
York The object of the convention is to line
up the independent tobacco interests against
the American Tobacco Company. Mr.. Sny.
der will take an active part in the convention.
Walter Scott. colored, aged 20 years, was
arrested on Tuesday at Sykesville upon the
charge of larceny, and also for being impli
Gated in the murder of Mrs. Frances Horner
and Mrs. Victoria Natoli, who were killed
with an axe at Camden, N. D., August 20.
The negro was captured while at work on the
electric road being built from Sykesville to
the Springfield Asylum. The officers who ar
rested Scott were from Baltimore and they
took iii, ir prisoner to that city and locked
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Prof Leroy Buckingham, of the depart
ment of mathematics in the Warren School,
in Ohio. paid hurried visit to relatives in
this county on Monday and Tuesday of this
week, and has gone back to resume the work
of the year in Warren. Professor Buckingham
has already proven himself to be an active
and valuable worker with the problems of
public education, aud was favorably men
toned for Il professorship at the Maryland
Normal School in Baltimore. He is one of
three hustling brothers, sons of N. Reid
Buckingham. late OF Winfield, this county.
The annual farmers fair, tournament and
horse show given by the farmers of Frederick,
Howard, Montgomery and Carroll counties
will be held at Wildwood Park, Mount Airy,
September 6 and Z. Among those invited are
Governor Warfeld. Judge Austin l.. Crothers,
DR.. Joshua W. Herring, Mr.. Isaac Lobe
Straus, Mr.. George r. Gather. Mr.. James
H. Baker, Mr.. Hammond Urner, Mr.. Thos.
w. Parran and Mr.. Caleb c. Magruder. The
tournament. for which cash prizes will be
given, will take place the second day: The
charge TO the knights will be delivered by Mr..
Charles 0. Clemson, of the Westminster Bar.
and Mr.. Guy W. Steele, States Attorney for
Carroll county, will deliver the coronation
address.
Mr.. George W. Beard, residing at Middle
burg, Pa, who was killed near Cavetown by
the explosion of boiler at a saw mill plant
of Dr. A. M. Kalbach, of Lancaster, Pa, on
Monday, is well known in this county, having
been in the employ of DR.. kalbach for a
number of years in this county. Besides the
death of Mr.. Beard. Elmer Stevens, of
Smthsburg; Samuel Shirley, of Lancaster.
and Edward Ridenour, of Cavetown, also died
from injuries received, in the Washington
County Hospital, Hagerstown. on Tuesday.
Mr.. Beard was foreman of the workmen, and
was standing close to the boiler when the ex'
plosion occurred, and was blown 40 feet in
the air. His body was terribly mangled.