The Democratic advocate., 1909-04-09
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Dullu1nS d house on LIBERTY street.
Joseph L. Matthias has moved to
Edward Weaver's house, East Main
street.
Ex-Mayor o. D. Gilbert will build
a number of houses on Bond street
this summer.
A number of the students of West
ern Maryland College nave gone home
for the Easter holidays.
Several students from the Theologi-
cal Seminary are in attendance upon
the M. P. Conference in Baltimore.
Fred. w Hull, paperhanger West
Maip street, will occupy Mayor Say
lor's home, after the Mayor vacates in
June.
The house of John Daley, near this
city, which was destroyed by fire re-
Gently, is being rebuilt. Paul Case
is the contractor.
Second Baseman Ray Spencer, of
Patapsco, formerly of the Westmin-
ster team, is in Baltimore trying for
a place on the Albany On. " Base
Ball team.
B. F. Poole, living near Gambler,
lost a valuable horse on Wednesday
of last week George w. Frizzel was
blowing with the animal, when it
dropped dead.
Rev. John B. Bolton will preach at
Warfieldsburg Sunday, April 49, at
2.30 p. m. Mrs. Bolton will preside
at the organ and will also address
the Sunday school at 1.30.
The Bard Avon Club, of Baltimore,
composed of 10 young ladies, will give
"OId Clem's Mystery" at Odd Fellows
Hall Friday evening, April 16, for the
benefit of Centenary NJ. e. Church
Company H, Westminster Fire Com
pany and First Regiment Band will en-
tertain the citizens of Westminster
with a street parade on Easter Mon
day night at 730 o'clock in full dress
uniform.
Manager Clarke, of the Albany club,
is in Baltimore trying out number
OF players for his team, and is said
to be especially pleased with the work
of Ray Spencer, who played second
base for Westminster last year.
The first road to be improved by
the State in Carroll county will be the
one leading from Sykesville to Gam
ber. The survey for this road was
authorized by the Good Roads Com
mission on Tuesday, and the work
will be started in few days.
A young Samson was in town this
week He lifted everything in sight
in the humanity line and number
of cannon balls on a pole. He broke
chains with his hands and breast as
if they were made of cotton, and drove
a number of nails through an inch
plank with one blow of the hand, with
the nail between his fingers.
Annapolis is the lucky town. 1t
is to get the 600-foot wireless tele-
graph tower to be erected by the gov
ernment, which will cost nearly $780,
600, be capable of sending messages
5000 miles and of receiving them from
a distance of 1000 miles. Annapolis
is no longer an out-of-the-world town.
1t is fast coming to the front.
officer Helm had a chase for his
money on Friday when negro was
caught riding on a freight train in
this city. The negro was stoned by
a brakeman, who made him jump to
the ground, after which Officer Helm
chased him over the hills toward the
West End of town. The officer gave
up after mile chase and left the ne
gro go.
On Wednesday night the Westmin-
ster Fire Company elected the fol-
lowing delegates and alternates to
the Maryland State Firemen's Con
vention which meets in Cambridge in
the second week in June: Delegates
Michael E. Walsh, S. G. Stoner, John
H. Cunningham, J. Pearre Wantz,J Johr
H. Mitten; alternates, Harry B. Ho3
facker, Florence Little, Harry Cootes,
William Helm, William Utz.
Baltimore papers are making her
oine of Hilda Bowersox, aged 10,
who, when her sister Ida, aged II,
was bitten on Wednesday by cop
perhead snake, sucked the wound and
extracted the greater part OF the
deadly virus, in all probability saving
her sisters life. The sisters are
daughters of Edward BoWersox, who
formerly lived near F'inksburg, this
county.
Mayor John B. Saylor, who pur-
chased the two store rooms on west
Main street, opposite BOND, is reniou-
cling them and will take possession
about June 1. He will have his bake
shop, ice cream parlor, store and resi-
dence all in the same building. VII
liam Heird, who occupied one OF these
rooms, will move into the adjoining
store room, owned by J. Walter DAVIS
end formerly tenanted by J. Thomas
Roop, auctioneer.
Through the untiring. effort OF
Harry D. Fowble, freight agent FOR
Western Maryland Railroad Company
a new freight depot will be bullt
shortly along the railroad on the
site where the old one now stands
The dimensions will be 100x32 feet,
and will have switch built along
side of the house instead of the Nam
track. The office will be moved 10
the new freight depot instead OF
where it is at present. The freight
office in the depot will be used for
passenger traffic only.