The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-02-25
Mr.. Joseph II. Franklin, i bedfast

Mr. j. ". Grouse has been sick al
his home, but j. improving.
a number of our citizens attended
the automobile show at Baltimore this
week.
r. w. Mather & Sons are pushing
the work on their new department sc
as to occupy it by spring.
The Western Maryland College base
ball club will play Rock Hill College
club at Rock Hill on April 81.
A number of Eagles from this aerie
attended the banquet given by the
Hagerstown aerie on Wednesday.
Harry Gosnel is remodeling room
in the Main-Court Inn into which he
will move his store about April LIST.
The $4,000 stock Of the First Ma
tional Bank of Hampstead, j. all sub
scribed and application made for the
charter.
The new way of receiving disease
i by mail. Two persons at Scranton
Pa, have smallpox by receiving letters
from North Carolina.
J. Bibb Mills, well known in this
city, delivered an address in Rogers
Memorial Episcopal Church, Balti-
more, on Sunday night.
James Boylan, executor, sold on
Saturday the residence of the late Jas
Boylan, Pennsylvania avenue, to Mrs
James Boylan, this city.
J. Howard Miller, the polite clerk OF
Miller Bros. Co., has accepted a posi-
ton with G. Thomas Kemp & Co.,
Frederick, and will enter upon his
duties on Monday.
Rev. a. J. Gill, of New Windsor,
OBLIGATED at the funeral of Charles IL.
Heinlein, at Frederick, on February
10, who died at San Francisco, and
was buried at Mount Olivet cemetery.
Nicholas Heating, of Baltimore, who
defrauded Mr.. Rufus Woods, formerly
of this county, out of STA, is to board
after hearing in that city on Monday.
The dedication services of Garrett
Park Methodist Episcopal Church,
Baltimore, were held on Sunday. Rev.
DR.. Herbert C. Richardson, formerly
pastor Of the Centenary M. E. Church,
is its pastor.
The Maryland Christian Endeavor
Union will hold its convention in
on OCTOBER rs, rs and ~.
The society will also hold their first
summer, conference at Pen-Mar from
July Is to %.
The name of Western Maryland Col
lege has been mentioned 81 q possible
contestant in the Johns Hopkins-F Fifth
Regiment athletic sports to take place
at the Fifth Regiment Armory, Balti-
more, on March -.
lido MI. Lewis, proprietor of the
Central Hotel, has made number Of
needed improvements to his hostflery.
With the assistance of Manager VIM.
B. Smitten he has made big changes
in his lobby and cafe.
The Albion Hotel is under the man
agement of E. Paul White, assisted by
Fl. L. Bradford. Both are young men
and will endeavor to make a success
of the hotel business by using the
latest hotel methods.
Mr. Snader offered a resolution on
Tuesday in the House, expressing the
sympathy of the House with Judson
Hill, of Carroll county, because of the
death of his wife. Tit was adopted and
ordered spread upon the minutes.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Hesson
to Amend the laws regulating the ap-
pointment of judges and clerks of
election was favorably reported in the
House on Wednesday and went to a
third reading without objection.
The postoff1ce being closed on Tues
day surprised a number of our citi-
zens. The patrons of our postoffice
all holidays our postoffice closes at
a. m, with one delivery in the morn
ing.
J. Wesley Biggs, Stonersville, closed
a deal last week with Amos Smelser,
of the same place, for the transfer Mr.
Biggs' residence at Stonersvilie for
MIR. Smelser's residence on East Green
street, formerly owned by Michael
Yingling.
MIR. Ira r. Englar, clerk at the
Western Maryland Railroad depot has
resigned his position to take effect
March /, to 60 on his fathers farm,
Englar, near Medford. Mr..
Charles Roger, of Spring Mills, will
be his successor.
Eastern College base ball club is
booked to play the Western Maryland
College here on May IS, and at
Va, on April Is. G. E..
Sparrow is to coach the Eastern Col
lege, who played short stop and man
aged the Frederick team last year, and
also played in this city IN nearly every
game.
Mr.. Howard Schaeffer, teller in the
Farmers and Mechanics National
Bank, has resigned his position to ac-
cept one in the Auditing department
of the ID. & O. II. r., Baltimore. Mr.
Schaeffer has been in the employe of
the bank for number of years and
has made many friends i'm his cour-
teOus manner.
Mr.. Carroll Skunk, treasurer of the
Consolidated Public Utilities Company
has accepted q position as teller with
the Farmers and Mechanics National
Bank, in place of Mr.. Shaeffer, who
resigned Mr. Skunk was an employee
of the above bank before he accepted
the position with the Utilities Com
pany, and the work will not be new to
him.
Washington's birthday was -e-eele-
brated as usual at the Western Mary
land College by the Philomathean and
Webster Literary Societies holding an
in the Alumni Hall in