The Democratic advocate., 1909-05-07
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Straw hats are ripe.
Court begins next Monday.

Straw hats are ripe.
Court begins next Monday.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of Zion will
hold festival the first Saturday In
June.
MAY wheat sold In New York We'd
nesday at $l.35, said to be the highest
price ever paid for 1t in that month.
The survey OF the Carroll county
roads selected for improvement Will
be made by the Good Roads Commits
sion this month.
The Westminster Hardware Conn
pany and Gilbert & Gehr will not close
their stores at p. m, but VIII be
open at their usual time during the
evening.
In the Office OF the clerk OF the cir
cult court In the month OF April there
were recorded 129 deeds, 40 mort
cages Is bills of sale, and 10 mar
riage licenses were issued.
Maurice Green, Reese, was thrown
from his buggy and slightly hurt on
Tuesday evening by the horse being
frightened at an automobile and run
off The vehicle was broken up.
The old freight house has been
moved away so as 10 give room for
the building of the new one. temp
orary milk platform has been built
on the opposite side OF the track
The shirt factory owned by j. Ezra
Stem and operated by Luther Wimert.
on John street. is crowded with work
with the result that several good po-
sitions can be had by operators in
need of work.
Fred Littleheld's good colt Jubilee,
for which his owner refused a big
price last year, broke down in his
work q few days ago, at Plmlico, and
has been retired to the farm at Middle
burg, this county.
Subscribers to the fund TO estab-
fish Y. M. G. A. building In Westmin-
ster held a meeting In the Royal Ar
canum rooms Monday evening, and
adopted a resolution to the effect that
the project be abandoned for the pres
ent.
The operetta Pauline" which has
been so successfully rendered In Union
Bridge, Taneytown and other places.
under the direction Of E u. Reindol-
lar, will be reproduced on Thursday,
May l3. at Taneytown, for the benefit
of St Joseph's Catholic Church.
We are indebted to C. II. WestAway,
formerly of this county, for a copy
Of the Armour Company calendar. Mr.
Westaway Is in the employ OF this
company In Chicago. and his friends
will be pleased to know that he is
making good In the Western city. He
says he cant do without the Advocate.
The first run to be made by any OF
the new Atlantic type locomotives,
which was purchased from the Bald
win Locomotive Works, by the w. NJ.
H. r., passed through this city on the
Blkins Express this morning. II will
90 back on the fast mail this evening
The engine is 15i and massive piece
u machinery.
In the annual contest of the Mary
land intercollegiate Oratorical Associ-
alton, held in the auditorium OF the
Maryland Agricultural College Satur-
day night, the first prize was won by
Cadet W. M. Aikenhead, of Easton,
Md, representing the Maryland Agri-
cultural College; J. s. Turner,of West
ern Maryland College, was second
The Westminster Fire Department
has accepted the invitation TO meet
with the other volunteer fire COM
panies of the State at Cambridge in
June. They will be accompanied by
the First Regiment band Of 36 pieces
IL satisfactory arrangements can be
made. The company will enter in the
contests.
The pupils OF Westminster high
school will give an entertainment at
Odd Fellows Hall Friday, May IA. The
larger scholars will take part In
drama, while the smaller ones will
produce a cantata. The proceeds are
to be devoted to the library OF the
primary department The admission
will be rs cents for adults and 10
cents for children. No reserved seats.
There will be an entertainment and
festival at Eastyiew schoolhouse on
Saturday afternoon and evening, May
Is, by the pupils OF the Eastview
school, to begin at 3 b. M, at which |
time the Patriotic Sons of America |
will present the school with flag
and Bible. Presentation by the SMALL |
wood Lodge at p. M Festival 10 be-
gin ct D. m. Proceeds for the beue-
fit Of Eastview school, No. 15. E. d. !
No. 4.
Baltimore society got itself into the
papers the past week Mrs. Alfred |
4. Booth, daughter of Cen Thomas l
J. ShTyock, left her husband and de-
olares the separation Is permanent |
Marshall Winchester threw glass Of /
champagne in his wife's face at pub
lic reception und when he got home
blacked her eye and wrecked the /
furniture In tho house Mrs, Win 4
chester's brother evened things mp by I
giving Winches'er a good thrashing
Mrs. Winchester will sue for divorce.
Looks as thou she ought to have (
no difficulty in getting It.