The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

HrO1. simpson CnlS week VlSlJ0Q
schools in Mt. Airy and Uniontown
districts.
Tuesday, October 10, is National
Apple Day" Everyone is expected to
eat an apple on that day.
E. o. Grimes, West Main street, is
having his residence painted. c. E.
Bowers has the contract.
The Democrats of Myers district
will hold a meeting at Silver Run
Saturday evening, October 23., Speak
ers will be announced later.
Mrs. C. R. Miller writes from Melil-
1909: Am here with the Spanish
army, 10000 men in the field and
camps"
We start next week the regular fall
advertising Of the Dolly Madison shoe.
This shoe has achieved wide popu-
Iarity, and its sale is constantly in
creasing.
Frank E. Williams, Republican can
didate for comptroller, and Charles ].
Bonaparte are billed to speak in West
minister next Wednesday, October 13,
at p. NJ.
The Central Hotel, Main and Cen
tre streets, is being repainted. Meade
Chler has charge of the work. The
property is being otherwise improved
for the new landlords.
The Baltimore American-Star that
is printing Photographic sketches
daily of the Leading men of Mary
land" honored Judge James R. Bra
shears in it's Saturday evenings issue.
T. w. Mather & Sons continue to
spread out. They have purchased the
building now occupied as a postoffice
and will add it to their present struc-
ture as soon as Col. Herr moves out.
John Driscoll has opened a black
smith shop at the railroad, near the
new freight depot Mr.. DriscoIl is
an experienced machanic, having
worked a number years at the bust
ness.
Members of the county central COM
mittee and candidates on the Demo-
cratic ticket are requested to meet
at the Advocate Office at 10 a. m.
Monday, October 18. Important busi-
ness.
Comptroller Herring on October 1
announced a quarterly distribution of
the State school tax, the amount be-
ing payable on and after October Is.
Carroll county's portion of the fund
is $7,O42.1s.
Work on the reconstruction Of the
classification yards of the Western
Maryland Railroad in Hagerstown
began this week. The enlargement
of the yards will necessitate the ex-
penditure Of about $4,000.
Howard E. Koontz, Liberty street,
is erecting a building next to his
creamery for J. w. Lockard & Son,
who will move their furniture and au-
tomobile business thereto. The build
will be of brick and two stories high.
A. S. Burkholder's store, at Gran
berry, was broken into on Friday
night, September %, but the thief was
shot at before he was able to enter
the window he was prying open and
left after being shot, as he left blood
on the window sill.
The York Brewery, York, Pa, owned
by Karl Katz, of that place,was sold to
a corporation in Philadelphia recently
Mr.. KatZ owns a property on Green
and Liberty streets, in this city, and
also conducts the saloon formerly oc-
cupied by Jacob L. Wire.
There will be an interesting recital
at Alumni Hail. Western Maryland
College, next Friday evening, October
Is, at 8 D. m. The program will be
given by Miss Mamie Camilla Lease,
reader, and Miss Ethel Garrett John
ston, pianist. The public will be well
coined
Governor Crothers and Senator
Rayner will come to Westminster by
train tomorrow morning and, accom-
panied by DR.. J. w. Herring and a
number of other prominent Democrats
of this city, will go In automobiles to
Manchester, to be present at the big
meeting there in the afternoon.
The passionist fathers will close
the mission at ST. Johns Catholic
Church next Sunday evening. TWO
lectures to non-Catholics will be de-
livered at ST. Johns Catholic Church
by Father Alexis on Monday and
Tuesday evenings, Oct. IL and II, at
7.30. All are cordially invited
The stable of William T. Butler, at
Warfeldsburg, was destroyed by hre
September 20, with contents-buggy,
sleigh, feed cutter and provender.
The loss was 5000, with an insurance
of $50. How the fire started is mys-
terry, as Mr. Butler was in Baltimore
and his wife and children were away
from home at the time.
The neighbors of John J. Black,
near Gettysburg, visited his corn field
Wednesday night and cut off his IL
acres of corn in three hours. There
were 81 in the party and they did the
work by the bright moonlight all un-
known to Mr. Black, who was hurt,
several weeks ago by being caught
beneath a grain drill and has been
unable to be about ever since.
A formal motion for decree OF
foreclosure and sale Of the Western
Maryland Railroad in accordance
with the findings and conclusion in
the report of Mr.. John Hinkley, spec