The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-07-24
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Rrvan and Kern Club with 215
members was formed at Hagerstown.
Peter Engard, of near this city, has
hoon a subscriber to the Advocate for
sc years.
No trouble to live the quiet life in
westminster. Even the circuses have
cut us out.
picnickers report that the drouth
hoe had no deleterious effect on the
jigger crop
The M. P. Church is receiving
coat of paint. Charles E. Bowers is
doing the work.
Druggist Rose is having the front
If his store painted. Meade Ohler is
welding the brush.
Seven weeks is long time between
drinks for the vegetable kingdom, but
better late than never.
Patapsco M. E. Church will hold
lawn fete on the evenings of Friday
and Saturday, August IA and Is.
Nintv-one tickets were sold from
account of the Lutheran Reunion.
Gilbert & Gehr are having a concrete
navement laid on Liberty street side.
Ezra G.. Brown is the contractor.
Several of the Tuesday morning
trains were delayed East of Lawndale
bv freight engine being off the track.
If the drouth had continued much
longer the vegetarions would have
been compelled to go back to meat
diet.
A concrete pavement was laid
around the parsonage of the M. E.
church this week. Ed Hoff did the
work.
new suburb, to be known as Wal
dron Park, on the Reisterstown turn
bike, near Slade avenue, will be de-
veloped.
Mrs. Jacob w. Caple, to the right of
Fnksburg, fell Wednesday morning
and broke her left arm between the
elbow and wrist
The farmers reunion began yester-
day at Taneytown and continues to-
day and tomorrow. The rain came
lust in time to put them all in good
humor.
The Carroll county banks and trust
companies have on deposit nearly $4,-
100000, about S1O0 for each man, wo-
man and child in the county. Let's
divide up and start over again.
An accident happened to an extra
west bound freight on Sunday after
noon at McGinnis' siding, which de-
rallied the tender of the locomotive.
All trains were delayed about 80 min
utes.
Talking about hard luck, a West
minister man says he passed two
sheath GOWNS on the street in Baftf
more one day this week, and both
times he was on the wrong side of the
pavement.
The electric light and power plant
was closed down on Wednesday night
on account of placing new smoke
stack, to take the place of the old one
which was partly destroyed by the
wind blowing about 80 feet of it off.
A project is on foot to build an cleo
tric railway from Hagerstown to Sc
curity, two miles from the former city,
ON the Western Maryland railroad,
where the Maryland Portland Cement
Company, is erecting $1,O00,O00
plant.
st. Johns Catholic Fete will COM
mence tomorrow evening Saturday
and continue until and including Sat
urday week. This is the largest fes-
tvity of the kind held in this county,
and draws large crowd each night.
There will be the usual attractions.
A very pleasant event was solemn
lied on the 10Th day of July at the
nome OF Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin War
rem, when their little grandson, Lands
franklin, was baptized by Rev. G. w.
baughman, after which supper was
served to all present. The same day
was also the birthday of Ward B. War
rem, father of the child.
The Sykesville Athletic Club easily
won the first of the series of games
Ior the championship Of Carroll coun-
" from Mount Airy Saturday after
noon by to 4. The home players
scored all their runs in the first two
l.nlngs The batteries were: Sykes
mlle, Shipley and Smith; Mount Airy,
1000
Inc New Windsor club has several
open dates during the months of Aug
u.s. ust and September, which it would
;lhe 10 NIL with some strong clubs
~ tne city or state. None but the
strongest clubs will be considered.
he .l Bartlett-Hayward Company and
Ie Cnesterfields, or all teams in their
tiass tiS preferred. For dates and par
os uculars address J. G. Gilbert, man
sger, New Windsor, Md.
Inc county commissioners are ne
SSuuating for fumigator for distri-
Suuon tS among the health officers of
tr o county. A can of the stuff was
NJ. ro.neo loose in the Advocate Office,
oUs. Os because we needed it, but to dem
wh"te hstrate its possibilities, and our
Sao.n %uo,e force will freely testify to it's
sooaassn-dealing soas powers. Any germ that
fh;. ss unnarmed through a contest with
ho odorlferous destroyer deserves to
promoted and retired on full pay.
,o Inc Inc rain of Tuesday came too late
nroa gave the potatoes and early garden
fOuucts. fsr The early corn is also too
win sone to be benefited but late corn
cron pe nelped, and may make half
sbop,, bp II the remainder of the season
Of a,u tns De favorable. A large acreage
matoaes to,natoes had been planted. To-
apo es "1 cannot recover from the dam
t6s aileady done. The rain will help