The Democratic advocate., 1909-12-10
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

]. E. Stoner will bo nome from the
hospital tomorrow.
Samuel Brown, this city, killed two
spring pigs weighing 26S and POI
pounds.
The Union Mills Savings Bank has
declared semi-annual dividend of 3
per cent, payable December 81. &
Charles Lippy, of Philadelphia, Pa.
is guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Null, Pennsylvania avenue.
John Flater, Centre street, pitcher
on the Newark, N. ]. base ball team
last season, has signed for the year
1910.
The Grand Army Republic of this
city will banquet at the Central Hotel
tomorrow. There will be between 80
or 40 dine.
The Farmers Fertilizer and Feed
Company have built conveyor to
their warehouse to unload feed from
freight cars received by them.
Louis Sachs, East Main street, pre-
sented this Office with very hand
some imported tray he is giving away
to each customer purchasing GER
tain amount of goods.
A number of our sporting fraternity
spent Sunday at Union Bridge inspect
ing the large plant of the Tidewater
Portland Cement Company which is
being built They went on horse back.
Rev. Harold NJ. Rider, of Baltimore,
will preach at the Centenary M. E..
Of
Rider was pastor mere for several
years.
lido NJ Lewis, proprietor of the
Central Hotel, was elected first lieu
tenant of Company H, Maryland
National Guard, this city,at the regular
meeting of the. militia on Monday
night.
E. B. Rash, of Perksie, Pa, has
purchased of Harry D. Caple, his farm
containing 11S acres, located at Reese,
for $6600 The sale was made by
Edward W. Case, OF this city, real
estate agent for E. A. Strout Co., New
York.
Mrs. Mary E. Weldener, of Balti-
more, is in this city for the purpose
OF organizing an auxiliary to the P. 0.
y. Oh "A. MIS-. WcluOuOl ID oIOpPAhS
at Sc Pennsylvania avenue, where she
can be seen.
Again there is talk that the Lincoln
Highway will be built from Washing
ton to Gettysburg. Since the Presi-
dent is favorable, and a goodly num-
ber of Congressman too, it looks as
though the great road might go
through.
Miss Rose Shaeffer, daughter of
Harry K. Shaeffer, Pennsylvania
avenue, has on display at Charles V.
Wantz's cigar store, large bottle
neatly decorated with cigar bands and
labels of various designs. 1t is a
handsome piece of work, and is very
artistic.
Ray Spencer, of this city, second
baseman of the Westminster base ball
club the past season, has signed to
play with the Cleveland American
League Club. He will leave here on
February 28 for the South, where he
will ioin the Cleveland club for prac-
tice. He signed as an outfielder.
DR.. John J. Stewart, retiring Regis
ter of Wills, gave banquet at the
Westminster Hotel on Monday to the
Judges of the Orphans Court and his
deputies Those. attending were
Judges John z. Eckenrode, William
Richards and Robert N. Koontz,
Deputies Harry B. Hoffacker and
Orlando Reese The affair was en-
joyed By all, and much regret was ex,
pressed by the Judges of the Orphans
Court of the loss of Or. Stewart.
A Waynesboro paper published a
small article stating that Joseph
Eckenrode, this city, was kicked IN
the back during Q foot Dall game play
ed in that city on Thanksgiving Day
and was thought to nave had rib
broken If Joseph had rib broken
he showed no signs of it the next day,
as he appeared at this office the next
morning stating what good time he
had and the excellent treatment the
team received by the citizens.
An eloquent defense of the teaching
of the Bible was made Monday morn
ing by Rev. Dr. G. Herbert Richard
son before the Methodist Preachers
Meeting at Eutaw Street Methodist
Episcopal Church, Baltimore. Dr.
Richardson deprecated the interpre-
tations of the Bible by many students
and theologians today, and argued
that the Bible of today was the same
as of years ago, but that critics were
making a new book of it to JUSTIFY
their conduct. Rev Richardson was
formerly pastor of Centenary M. E.
Church, this city
The Pass-It-On Branch OF the Sun
shine Society, of Manchester, Nd, has
sent the Empty Stocking Club, of Bal
timore, through Mrs. John l.. Blake,
18 beautifully dressed dolls for dis
tribution at the annual Christmas en-
tertainment of tie local organization
in Ford's Opera House. For years
the Manchester organization has re-
membered the Empty Stocking Club,
not only substantially, but the late
president, Miss Ella Wentz Tracy, her
self and invalid, sent such loving and
hopeful messages, which, now that she