The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-10-14

chased a cylinder 5O-hOrsepoWer
Kline automobile from Herr & Baby
Ion.
This office received a letter from
Frank B. Matthews, of POcomOke City,
Nd, who il conducting with grand
success the Parker House there.
Bond and Parke, attorneys, sold at
private sale the Peter Magin farm
consisting of 102 acres and So square
Ierches, to Joseph Miner, of Small
wood, for $4,000.
There will be special services held
at Friendship school house, Fenby, Oc-
tober 16 at 3 o'clock. Rev. E. o.
Mehring will preach. Sunday school
at 40 D. m. Everybody is invited
to attend.
John Rickle, this city, painfully in
jured his right foot by having the
sharp point of crowbar to drop up
on it while at work at Union Bridge
carshops last week, which passed
through the foot.
The Y. r. 8. G. z. of st. Johns
Leister's) Lutheran Church will
hold a birthday social on Tuesday
evening, October is, at z o'clock at
the residence of J. Henry Lester,
near Brummel. Public invited.
In an article written by William
Fl. Anderson, superintendent of the
Maryland Anti-saloon League, he
quoted as follows MIR. Talbot is
3 good fellow, and says that Anti
Saloon League is not fighting the
man personally"
Rev. Harold NJ Rider, of Balti-
more, former pastor of Centenary M.
E. Church, this city, delivered lee
ture on The HAYES and Have Nots,
in the lecture room of the Centenary
NJ. E. Church, OH Friday night before
large congregation, which was very
much appreciated.
President Bush, of the Western
Maryland Railway, and party, came
to this city on Sunday afternoon
from Baltimore i'm an automobile,
and met special train from
HagerstOWn, on which they departed
for Baltimore The automobile that
brought the party here left Glyndon
the same time the Ais train did. and
arrived here 10 minutes ahead Of the
train
The annual Farmers Week meet
ing will be held this year from No
vember % to December 2, at the Fifth
Regiment Armory, Baltimore. Last
year the meeting attracted many
persons interested in the products OF
the SOIL Prizes amounting to nearly
5000 will be offered for the best milk
and butter. The first prize for milk
will be $50, second $50, third 20,
fourth SIS, and fifth $40. In the but
ter contests the first prize will be SIS,
second $40 end third 50.
The G. & r. Telephone Company's
new Directory of Western Maryland
will 20 to press tomorrow, the 18th.
We are informed by MIR. Claude
Algire, its District Manager. that il
will cover West Virginia and part OF
Virginia, and it will be the most COM
plete directory of this section OF
the country ever issued. Every sub
.scriber will receive one, and any one
desiring to change his list number
can have it done by notifying Mr.. AL
gre by phone, not later than noon
next Monday.
The Police box installed by the c.
& P. Telephone Company at the rail-
road for the benefit of town officers,
can also be made use of by the pub
lie. Whenever the services Of an
officer are required during the day
or at night you can call the Oper-
ator, asking for the police station,
or call No. ?. The officer will ans
7Wer the phone and hi services can
BE- obtained, which should give IN
added sense OF security to our citi-
zens The phone Il Oh regulation
police type enclosed Tn an iron case,
and Is placed on the pole ut the gate
Watchman's box.
A plot was arranged between the
prisoners in our county Jail some
time during the middle Of the week
to escape, which was overheard by
Mrs. Kemper, who notified the sheriff.
The scheme was well laid, and on
Sunday Sheriff Kemper suspected
tnat the escape was planned for that
day by the actions of the prisoners.
About night fall Sheriff Kemper sta
toned himself on the inside OF the
wall; Deputy Sheriff secured ladder
and perched himself upon the top OF
CO. wall, and Mr, Townshend occu-
pied y window to capture them Az ~
attempt would be made to escape.
At MI o'clock the prisoners appeared
1n TIE yard, and after a number oK
attempts tO throw R M hook over the
+a wall, with III rope attached, gave up
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