The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-27
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

After next Tuesday you may eat
oysters.
Monday, September 6, will be Labor
Day; also circus day.
Get the habit of voting the Demo-
cratic ticket. It's good one.
Geo. F.Eckenrode and family moved
from Liberty street to Bond last week
Charles w. King, droyer. will re-
ceiye carload of Virginia cattle this
week.
Winters Brothers, near New Wind
sor. have built hog mouse 40x20 feet,
two stories.
Geo r. Gehr. cashier of the First
National Bank, is suffering from
carbuncle on his left arm.
Five hundred and forty-seven tick
cts were sold from this station TO the
Emory Grove camp while in progress.
The Montgomery county fair will
be held at Rockville, beginning Tues
day. August 81. and continuing four
days.
Anne Arundel Republicans say they
will offer no opposition to the candi-
dacies OF Judges Brashears and For
sythe.
Seyenty-one tickets were sold TO
Luray Caves on Thursday from this
city for the excursion over the W. NJ.
r. r. to that place.
Herbert Babylon. OF Bachman's Val
ley. formerly a Carol county teach
er, is salesman in the new grocrty
store Of J. G. Coshun. Of Hanover
The Rev. Peregrine wroth. pastor
OF the Church of the Messiah. Balu-
more. will preach at the 1890 SER
vice at Ascension Church. on Sunday
next,
Frank Snyder, the popular clerk In
the Stouffer drug store. Union Bridge.
will sail on Saturday from New York
for Panama, where he has secured a
position
Two or three men have looked over
the Main-Court Hotel since IL closed
with view TO its purchase and con
tinuance as hostelry. Fine opening
for a good man.
Corn is being hauled In to the can
ming houses, but there will not be
more than half crop. The yield Of
white potatoes will fall OF from one
half to two-thirds.
In another column will be found
tho advertisement OF the Good Roads
Commission asking proposals for the
building OF the road from this city TO
Cranberry Station.
The Uniontown base ball club de-
ha 1 I'M
day, in twelve inning game. The
score was to 6. The clubs will
cross bats again on Saturday.
A wasp's dirt house was Knocked
down In this Office one day this week,
and in one of its cells was found dead
20 small spiders. evidently stored
there for the winters food supply.
Mrs. Aaron Plowman, Clear Ridge,
pulled tomato In her garden which
weighed forty ounces--2Ik pounds
She presented It to James NJ. She'll
man. He says 1T surely was big
one"
Pierce zile. in getting out stone in
the Gilbert quarry, near Uniontown,
on Friday, fell distance Of
ten feet His shoulder bone was
broken and his head and leg were
badly cut
DR.. Lewis X Woodward. Ernest
Sponseller, Frank II. Cassell and j..
Frank Diffendal made flying trip 20
Hanover on Tuesday evening In an
automobile. and they came back the
same evening too.
The street force has been at work
Il rIa I'll he
weeds and grass. A little oil sprinkl-
ed In the cutters would prevent the
further growth of vegetation and
cause the water TO run of more free
ly.
ID. G.. Fiscel, of Uniontown, left at
the Advocate office yesterday a bas-
ket OF fine mountain peaches. He
will be In Westminster, at Ecken-
rode's carriage shop. Tuesday morn
ing, with a wagon load of this choice
fruit
Ira r. Englar, who drove the Adams
Express wagon In this city, has ac-
cepted position as baggage master
for the Western Maryland Railroad at
Westminster. Thomas Little fills Mr..
Englar's vacancy with the express
company.
A festival will be held nt the resi-
dence Of James NJ Stoner. Pennsyl-
vania ayeune, tonight and tomorrow
night Proceeds to be used in the
building Of a new sections house for
the Reformed church. The West End
Mandolin Band will furnish music.
The first concrete building to be
erected In this county is now in pro-
gress by JOS. b. Boyle, and will be oc-
cupied by the Postoffice Department.
The sides and end of the building will
be made of solid concrete, with iron
used as braces running through its
center, and the front of concrete
blocks Paul Case is the contractor.
A. b. Cook ard VIM. Reed, expert
builders, of AdaIns county, Pa, return
home today, after being employed for
one month by Tire Westminster Nur-
sery budding ovkr 100000 peach and
other trees. Pref. Thos b. Symons,
Of the State Agricultural College. was
Ia this vicinity last week inspecting
orchards. and paid visit TO the