The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-05-01
BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS

nainted Charles Stouch is doing the
work.
What is the capacity of your
ci,urch?" About 800 Merry Widow
hats
NJ D. Smith has added a porch 10x
20 feet to his residence, near Wood
side Creamery.
Mrs. Mary E. Otto, Of Linwood,
writes: Very much pleased with i'm
provement of paper
The prohibition committee Of York
county in the late campaign received
$3.50 and spent $3.50.
The Baltimore Motorcycle Club,
which came TO Westminster few Sun
davs ago. rode to Ridgeville last Sun
day. ....
Here is a Texans definition of a
good Democrat: "One who never
Scratched a ticket and never refused
a drink
The Western Maryland base ball
team was defeated at Washington on
Saturday by the Gallaudet, the score
being to 10.
We enroll J. N. Dehoff, of Green
mount, as a member of our Old Sub
scriber's Club. He has been taking
the Advocate "a years.
The Westminster Country Club has
leased the lot of Joseph w. Smith,
which is in the rear of his residence.
The field will be put in shape as soon
as possible for three tennis courts.
Elder F. C. Benner, of Frederick
county,a minister of the German Bap-
tist Brethren Church and a diligent
student Of the Scriptures, says that the
millennium will begin in 1915. Count
ermand the order for those battleships.
The Carroll County Medical Society
will hold meeting at Springfield
State Hospital next Wednesday, May
g. Members are requested to meet in
Westminster, from whence they will
be taken in carriages, leaving here at
$50 a. m.
Frederick Harver, of Frizellburg,
has been reappointed stable, dairy and
stock inspector for Carroll county.
Milk shippers are warned to have
their stables cleaned up and white
washed and to look out for tuberculo-
sis in their COWS.
DR.. D. B. Sprecher, a prominent
physician of Sykesville, this county,
was operated on for appendicitis. His
many friends in this county will be
glad to hear of his recovery as he
leaves today for Atlantic City to re-
cuperate, and expects in week or
ten days to be back in the medical
harness.
A Webster street housewife is one
day ahead this week. She got up Sun
day morning and, under the impress
sion that it was Monday, went to work
on her washing and had it all out on
the line TO the horror of the neighborS
and to her own modification when she
was informed that she mad broken the
Sabbath day. Monday morning she
bought a calendar with the Sundays
printed in red ink.
The Mountain House, on Fairview
mountain, Washington county, Md. ,One
of the oldest taverns in that section OF
Maryland, was burned last week. The
tavern was made famous years ago,
when the old national turnpike, on
which the inn was located, was much
used for travel. Many celebrities had
stopped at the tavern, including Jack
son. Clay, Harrison, Polk, Taylor,
Crockett and others. 1t contained
about 20 rooms.
George Beard Oswald, aged 65, one
of the wealthy men in Washington
county, dropped dead in his room at
Hotel Baldwin, in Hagerstown Sun
day morning of heart disease. For 35
years he was clerk of the Washington
County Circuit Court. He was presi-
dent of the Mechanics Loan and
Savings Bank, 32d degree Mason, and
for AZ years treasurer of the Odd Eel
lows. Several months ago he mar
ried Miss Leila frey. He left an es-
tate valued at several hundred thou
sand dollars.
James Cover has returned to his
former home at Uniontown after an
absence of thirty-eight years at Mar
rows, Va, where he and his brother
conducted large tannery, which they
recently sold to the trust. Mr.. Cover
mas purchased the DR.. Martin prop
erty at Uniontown, and mechanics are
noW engaged in putting it in thorough
repair and eQuipping it with all the
modern conveniences. He says there
is no place like Carroll county and no
paper like the Advocate.
The funeral of George E. Sharrer
on Saturday was one of the largest
ever held in Westminster. A number
OF prominent men were present from
other sections of the county and from
Baltimore. The floral tributes we're
numerous and handsome. Dr.F.M. Glib
son,of Ascension Episcopal Church of
which Mr. Sharrer was a warden, con-
Quoted the services at the house, and the
burial service at the grave was read by
Worshipful Master Charles r. FoutZ,
OF Door to Virtue Lodge, A. F. and A.
NJ, Rev. Calvin S. Siagle, pastor of
4 st. Paul's Reformed Church, taking
part as chaplain.
Associate Judge Forsythe heard
objections Monday and Tuesday to the
granting of licenses to John Weeten-
Kamp and Geo. E. Linton to sell liq-
uor at Sykesville, and overruled the
objections in both cases, each side to
pay its own costs. The objectors to
the Weetenkamp application were
John II. Wilson and Walter l.. Haw
klns, and to the Linton application
Cnarles H. Sullivan and Edwin M. Mel
lor' Many witnesses were examined
aon both Sides. These are the only
cases in this county in which objec-
tlons have been entered to the grant
ing OF licenses applied for under the
new high license law
The American Legal News, publish
#ed at Detroit, Mich, on the title page
on lts April number has picture of