The Democratic advocate., 1907-11-29
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
LOCAL BREvITIES.


Mr.. j, Granville Skunk, this city, it is said.
will be appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff
Townshend.
Henry Stremmel, of Black Rock, has sold
n ,Joseph Stremmel, of Merose, his farm
consisting of 1876 acres for $1,000.
The fall convocation of the Arch Deaconry
of Cumberland Protestant Episcopal Church
closed last week to meet at Mt. Airy next
year.
The ADVOCATE received a very attractive
calendar of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Company from Mr.. w. Riley Myers, the
agent.
Miss Ethel Hall, assistant at Gambler, re.
signed to take another position. Prot. Slmp'
son filed the vacancy by putting in Miss Ellie
koontz.
The Oyster Supper held in Salem M. f.
Church South, at Henryton, for the benefit OF
the church, was II great success. netting
$42.30.
Mr.. David NJ. Mickey, the obligng clerk
at the Westminster Hotel, will leave next
week for Baltimore, where he has accepted
position with Mr.. Harry E. Crout at the Club
Hotel.
Mr.. John Yingling, of Hampstead. who pur.
chased the Geo. P. Furhman farm recently
sold it last week to Jeremiah Stansbury and
Conrad Nagle, of the same place, tor
Sc, 400.
VIM. f. Kolb, of Union Bridge. has ac,
cepted the position of travelling salesman tor
Levering & Co., Baltimore. made vacant by
the resignation of Jeremiah Belt Townshend,
who was recently elected sheriff.
We would again call attention of Mayor
and City Council to the numerous holes IN
the pavements on Main street. The weather
will soon freeze up for the winter when
nothing can be done to remedy 1t.
A heavy snow prevailed in this county all
day on Sunday last, which made the day
most disagreeable one. The snow fall i'll this
city was much larger than in other parts of
the county. On Tuesday about O'Clock a
small skiff was seen TO fall
The marriage of Archie NJ. Srimmel and
Miss Abbie NJ. Young, both of Woodsboro,
has been announced. They were married on
Monday of last week at Taneytown, Md, by
Rev. w. f. Wheeler. The groom is IA well
known professional baseball player, and the
bride has been teacher in the public schools.
A Young son of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Keagy,
OF near Littestown, is suffering from IA ring
worm in his scalp, thought to have been con
tracted from being scraped by the teeth of a
pet dog. II is feared that the hair will never
grow on the afflicted parts, and that the little
fellow will be partially bald the remainder OF
his life.
A souvenir postal was received at this office
this week from f. w. Magin, of Davenport,
Wash, where he is employed by II. W.
Thomas who conducts large ranch. lhe
photograph shows II large machine drawn
by 81 horses, which cuts, hrashes and
sacks the wheat at one time. Mr.. Magln Is
from this county.
BY superior all around playing and excel
lent team work the Mount Washington foot.
ball team, defeated the Western Maryland
College team at Mount Washington Saturday
last by the score of % to 0. The college
BOYS made a plucky fight, but being over
weighted by the Mount Washington team,
were unable to accomplish anything.
Recently while making room to extend his
store room, Harry Myers, Litttlesown, was COM
PEELED to have a tree cut down. The tree
was purchased % years ago from Samuel
Gurelius; but the singular coincidence was
that it was felled by MIR. Gutellus. A horse
shoe, hung on Il limb close to the tree number
of years ago, WAS found completely imbedded
i'll the very heart of the tree.
Ground was broken for the Jewish Home
for Consumpt;ves on the Westminster pike,
near Reisterstown road, recently founded by
Mr.. Jacob Epstein. Wednesday. The cere'
mOny consisted of prayer by Rabbi Adolf
Guttmacher, an address by Mr.. l.. p. Ham
burger, president of the institution, and an
address by Prof. Jacob Hollander. Mr.. Jacob
Epstein broke ground for the new structure,
in which strenuous campaign against the
white death among the Hebrews will be begun.
The Jury in the case of Conductor Alfred
NJ Clay, who brought an action for $50, 600
against the Western Maryland Railroad, at
Carlisle, Pa, returned a verdict at O'Clock
Saturday granting Clay $4,000. The West
ern Maryland will probably appeal. Clay
was conductor on Reading train. which ran
into draft of Western Maryland cars which
stood on "Y" a, Gettysburg. The Western
Maryland cars displayed no light and Clay
was badly injured in the collision which oc
CURED.
The Western Maryland Railroad has adopt,
ed policy of retrenchment similar to that OF
many of the leading railroads of the country,
and during the last two weeks has laid of
about 600 men. In addition the Company
has reduced the working hours at its shops
located at Hagerstown, Union Bridge, Nd,
and Elkins, W. Va, from 10 hours day to 9
hours, so as to give employment to as many
as possible. The men who have been laid of
were employed in the shops and on the road
They live at various points along the Western
Maryland between Baltimore and Elkins, W
Va.
Mr.. Richard Jerome Offutt, of Poolesville
has just sold his fine black stallion Papillol
to the Gambler Stock Company of Gambler,
Carroll county, for 81, 500. Mr.. E. G. Ship
tbo visit !.
this vicinity and looked up the record O
Papillon, and when he returned to Carroll b
assured the company that he was more thai
satisfied with the bargain offered by Mr.
Offutt. This is the second stallion sold b
Mr.. Offutt this year, both of which have give
great satisfaction. Papillon weighs 1856
pounds and was bought by Mr.. Offutt frou
TAYLOR & Jones, Importers of Williamsville
Ill.
sThe Building Up of an Industrial Com
mnnitv'' was the subject of an address givel
last Friday night, by Mr.. Rufus K Wood
general agent of the Maryland Steel Company
and a member of the State Board of Educa
ton, before the students, members of the
alumnae and friends of the State Norma
School. Mr.. Wood laid particular stress upo
the public school system and the factor it wa
in the upbulding of any community. Th
speaker told of the surroundings at Sparrow
Point and said that it was the diigent watc
that was observed by those in charge of tn
community which kept it up to its presen
high standard. An arbitrary rule of the com
pany is that every child of any employe be
tween the ages of 6 and IA years must atten'
school. The Normal Glee Club sang severa
selections during the evening.
Lawrence, the son of Mr.. John Miltol
Reifsnider. E. Green street, is PLAYING grea
game of football for the Navy eleven of which
he is a member. On Saturday the Nav
played the Virginia and the Baltimore Amer
lean on Sunday published the following
"Reifsnider pleasedthe Navy contingent will
several good gains. Lange played brillian
football and got in one run of 10 wards. tb
longest of the game. Toward the latter mar
ofthe game Reifsnider got the ball at mid6el,
and ran 25 yards past virginia's rich
tackle. Douglas and Reifsnider FOLLOWED
with gains. and Richardson, who had bee,
substituted for Jones, carried the ball 10 NOR
in two tries. On the next run Reifsnide
carried .the ball over and Lange kicked
difficult goal"