The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-05-17

Yesterday Attorney George l.. Stocksdalt
completed his twenty-ffth year as member
of the Carroll County Bar.
At 10 a. m this morning the Weather Blu
reau sent out the following bulletin: Fail
tonight; Saturday partly cloudy and warmer
Miss Lulu Harwetel, of Ladiesburg has the
honor of being the first to have tomatoes in
her garden-two nearly as large teacup
The corporation is laying cobbestone the
width of the alley from William d. Henry's
blacksmith shop to meet the other already
laid that runs to Green street.
Miss Emily Orendorff, East Main street.
lost four pieces of embroidery to shirt waists
between Odd Fellows Hall and Church street,
Or from Main to Green on Church street.
The ADVOCATE is the recipient of an at
tractve pamphlet of Braddock Heights, com :
piled by Allan M. Wood, which has just been
issued by the Frederick and Middletown Rail,
way Company. Thanks.
Samuel Graham, son of Harry Graham. liv-
ing on the Zepp farm, near Finksburg. ha d
| his left leg broken in two places between the
knee and the ankle Wednesday by horse
running off and throwing him out.
Wheat has taken big rise in price the past
week owing to the speculations of Wall street,
| and today N. |. Gorsuch Son Co., this city,
| quoted it at IS cents, and it is possible it will
| 60 even higher.
An exhibit of the work done in the Manuel
| Training Department will be held at the High
School Building ON Thursday and Friday OF
next week, between the hours of 10 a. N. and
2.S0 p. m. The public is invited to view the
exhibit.
A fierce forest fire that burned over many
acres of valuable timber land on South
| Mountain last week, in the vicinity of Pen
Mar, ragged "a hours before it could be gotten
under control. The loss will be heavy. The
fire was extinguished Monday.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs. John
| Newdegger, of Hampstead district, near Leis
ter's Church. who have been i'll for the past.
| two weeks with pneumonia. will be glad to hear
they are very much better and their complete
recovery is expected.
C. NJ. Tritsch, of Hagerstown. for Il number
of years connected with the mechanical and
| operating department of the Western Mary
land Railroad, has been promoted TO the
position of master mechanic Of the Mary land
Division, with headquarters in Hagerstown.
While working at corn crusher last week
Andrew Rhoderick, aged about IA years, son
of Mr.. William Rhoderck, of near Urbana,
had his right foot caught between the cog
wheel of the machine, and his toes were so
badly crushed that they had to be amputaled
The Gettysburg Compiler says the petitions
which are being circulated praying for a COM
mutation of the death sentence Of VIM. Eyler
| to Imprisonment for life are very faulty, and
will do Eyler more harm than good. One of
the allegations made in the petition is that the
trial was "a miscarriage of Justice"
What is supposed to De the most important
and interesting ball game of the season will
h. koll no oil tt,,dp 1tyr tn
morrow afternoon at 2.3O O'Clock, between
the College team and the Maryland Agricul
tural team. Western Maryland has shown
remarkable strength, having won eight straight
game, and this game will decide the cham
pionship Of the Maryland colleges.
Mr. James D. Mitchell, photographer. this
city, exhibited at this office this week 20 views
of the Duffy Malt Whiskey Company plant at
| CarroltOn. Seventeen were of the interior
and 3 of the exterior The views were clean
and distinct, showing that the photographer
thoroughly understands his business in all its
branches
| Fifty permits were granted to boys and girls
under 16 years of age at Frederick this week
to work in factories, in compliance with the
Child Labor Law. Twenty applicants were
refused. Mr.. Shonfarber, of the State Bureau
of Statistics, stated that canning factories will
be allowed to employ children over II years
of age without permit, between June and
| October Is.
The Virginia Consolidated Copper Com
pany, which has been operating the old Lib
! erty copper mine, near Liberty, Frederick
county, for the last three years, is reported to
have struck rich vein of ore. The company
which will be equipped with ore crushing ma
| chinery. The plant is on the property of
Manassas O. Repp, which has been leased for
20 years.
A hole two foot square was burned in the
roof of the residence of j. David Crowl. near
this city, on Wednesday morning about 1l.3O.
| The fire is supposed to have started from the
chimney, as the fire was close to it. Mr..
| Crowl was on his way to see his men. who
were working near this city, when he luckily
detected the smoke issuing from the roof He
quickly got bucket of water and extinguished
the fire before any great damage was done.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
held its annual Mothers Meeting at the home
of Mrs. Dora l.. Zepp, Finksburg on Thurs
day, May 9th. The threatening weather in
terfered somewhat with the attendance, but
those who came felt well repaid. The pro.
gram consisted of readings by Mrs. Bond,
Mrs. s. B. Stocksdale, Mrs. Shreeve and Mrs.
Tobias Stocksdale. A beautiful solo was rem.
dered by Mrs. Joseph Stocksdale. The meet.
ing closed with an address by the pastor, Rev.
S. F. Cassen.
A slight wreck occurred on the w. M. R.
R. on Saturday night at Glen Morris between
local freight and light engine No. 348. The
cause of the wreck was that the fagman of
the local freight failed to flag the extra en-
CINE. which piled into a car breaking it and
slightly injuring the engine. 1t might have
been of more serious nature, but The engi.
neer on the light engine saw the train a short
distance away and reversed his engine, which
had nearly stopped when the collision &C.
Cured.
Friends in Frederick of Mr.. William P.
Maulsby are urging him to become candi.
date for the Democratic nomination for At.
Maulsby would strengthen the ticket in West
ern Maryland and that Frederick county is
entitled to recognition in the coming cam
pagn. Elk. Senator Jacob Rohrback strongly
indorses him for the nomination. Mr.. Mauls
by is the son of the late Chief Judge William
P. Maulsby and is one of the leading attorneys
of Western Maryland. He has never held q
public office and has never been a candidate.
While he would not make a contest for the
nomination, if it were rendered him by his
party, it is said. he would accept it. He is a
brother in law of the late Chief Justice John
Richie, of Frederick. Mr.. Maulsby is q
stepson of Mrs. Anna p. Maulsby. this city.
Entertaining Friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Barnes had the pleas
ure of entertaining q few of their old neghbors
and friends on Sunday last Among those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ward, o.
Finksburg; Mr.. and Mrs. James Bowers, o.
Reisterstown; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Little, oil
Smallwood; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fowler
Ogg's Summit; Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Taw