The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-09-23

The streets Of this city we're crowd
ed on Saturday night. We hope our
merchants were kept on the rush By
the large gathering.
Prof. ]. ]. Johns. OF Union Bridge.
will deliver a temperance lecture In
the Brethren Church, this city. Sun
day morning next, at 1880 o'clock.
Ephraim 7. Myers. East Green
street, has broke ground for the foun-
dalton for his new concrete house on
the property he purchased near Mt.
Pleasant
The Young Peoples Society of
Grace Lutheran church vii hold a
Gypsy Carnival on October It'll and
9Th, in the room adjoining the Pioneer
moying-picture narlor.
Quite a number of our citizens at
tended the Hanover fair this week.
This fair is becoming more popular
each year We hope by net year to
have fair started here
Frank Davidson. comedian, will
present his popular play Farmer
Hopkins" in this city on October 10.
Mr. Davidson Will play The roll OF
Farmer Hopkins. but the balance of
the parts Will be filled In By our local
talent.
Chief of Police Weigle has obtained
several numbers of automobiles which
have been exceeding the speed limit,
Il miles per hour, on Main street In
the last few days. He vii prosecute
all. he says. violate the speed
ordinance.
The foreigners who we're trans
ported here from Baltimore by the
Mayor and Common Council TO work
upon our street improvements went
On a strike shortly after starting TO
work on Wednesday. They we're paid
Il cents per hour, but not believing
Il sufficient amount for the kind oil
work, they struck for 20 cents. All
quit but about six.
Plans for the bank and Office build
ing 10 be erected at Hampstead, for
the Hampstead National Bank
we're completed by Architects f +,
and II. X. Davis, OF Baltimore. II
will be two stories and 4 basement
high, of brick. stone and steel The
interior will be finished IN white
marble, With tile floors and up-to-
date mantel work. All the wood Ak
lures will be polished OAK and ma
hogany,
That Westminster has ! large per-
.eentage of very aged persons In Its
populatioA Il very well known and
the fact was veil illustrated by an
inazdent thai came under our obser=
Yation a few days ago. Five OF It's
citizens met IN the vicinity OF the
railroad, quite by accident and one
Of them, noticing that they we're all
old men. suggested that each should
name his age This waz done. and
when the figures were added, the sum
total was 40. an average u 81 years
Fire destroyed farm property valued
ii sI2 900 In Frederick county Sat
ufday. FLAMES we're discovered In q
straw rick On the farm Of Miss Emma
Brown at Llnganore, tenante1 by Geo.
Kefauyer and before they could be
exflngushed the wind blew them To
the barn. setting II on fire. ! wagon
shed was saYed. but all the other
ontbuildmgs we're destroyed to-
gefher with farm Implements and
about 1850 bushels OF oats and barley.
i Is said The loss vii amount To
about Spoon.
large barn belonging 10 w W.
GraDster, of faneytown, Int tenanted
b. a farmer named Hull. about three
miles from Emmitsburg, Kaa totally
destroyed BY fire with all It's contents
Saturday evening. -Four horses, his
entire crop Of wheat, re. oats and
hay, beside al his farming lmlpe=
ments, were destroyed b Inc flames.
Workmen In an adjoining field dis
covered the fire, but we're too late 10
save anything but two horses. The
origin OF the fire is not known. The
loss is partially covered b. insuf-
ance.
The board of directors Of Spring
Iala State Hospital for the Insane met
Wednesday IN Governor Crothera'
office and selected Mr. Henry Adams.
the engineer. 10 prepare plans for 4
new central power house and heating
plant to be erected at The institution
at SykesYlle. II is estimated that
the improvement will cost about $75.-
000. Bids vii be asked for new
thfee-stofy brick ward building which
VII accommodate $50 patients. DIR.
]. Clement Clark, superintendent of
the hospital, reported that the present
wards are crowded, there now being
over 1000 patients confined IN them.
Henry Mitchell, who was employed
# the cement works at Union Bridge.
was lodged IN jail here On Saturday
for the action Of the November term
0f Gfand Jury by Justice shirver for
Ilim-famming George Mentzer, bar
lender at the Union Bridge Hotel, out
o. s10S9 on Friday night. Mitchell
asked Mentzer to cash q check, It Is
stated, for SII.00, which was done.
After Mitchell had left On the even
Ing train for Baltimore. It was dis
covered that the check called for only
Il cents instead OF s11.0o Word was
IeIegraphed 70 the Baltimore police
headquarters to arrest Mitchell who
vas on a train that would arrive there.
lie was arrested and brought to this
aIIty on Saturday.