The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-12-09
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Send in your hog weights.
sleighing was all the talk this
week.
Butter dropped two cents on the
pound in Baltimore on Wednesday.
Frank Power, this city, has opened
UP a general insurance Office on
Court street
Local freight was delayed several
hours on Monday by freight engine
jumping the track at Logs Station.
The Western Maryland Railway has
placed an order for 10000 tons OF
steel rails for their Connellsville, Pa
connection.
Mayor and Common Council met
in their assembly room on Monday
evening and transacted their regular
routine work.
The Advocate received very nice
calendar from John MI. Roberts, rep
resentative of the American Bonding
ct Co., for this county,
The first calendar to be received
at this office for 1911 was presented
by John e. Eckenrode & Son, coach
builders. 1t Is very handsome.
VIM. S. Forwood, of Belair, Md.
was appointed Deputy State Fire
Marshal, TO fill the vacancy caused by
the death OF Charles e. Herring.
Charles B. Eichelberger, who was
convicted of manslaughter at the
Washington County Circuit Court,
Hagerstown, last week, was senten-
ced to pay a fine of $3.50.
Hon. T. Herbert Shriver was Sc
lected from Carroll county to solicit
funds to defray the expenses OF the
big Democratic jubilee to be held in
Baltimore ON January IL.
Charles T.. Fink, this city will not
leave here to locate on the farm ne
and his son Brooke purchased in Vir-
ginia recently. His son Brooke will
have charge OF the farm.
DR.. Earl I'll. Snavely, assistant to
DR.. Clement Clark, at Springfield In
sane Asylum, SykesYille, has accepted
the appointment of third assistant at
the Essex County Hospital, at Over
brook, N. J.
November was one of the windtest
on record. The northwest wind,
twenty-five days during the month
made overcoats and heavy wraps
come from their summers storage OF
moth balls.
Communion service will be held by
Rev. G. w. Baughman, at Mt. Union,
Sunday, December 18th, at 10 a. m.
FridQV even
ing preceding at z O'Clock. Service
also on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings.
By scanning the column under the
head of Court House News" you Will
find article of news missing, it 1sthe
Orphans Court" minutes. We were
notified by the Register of Wills Off
Gals that NO work for publication
was done. This is something un-
usual for that busy department.
Tobias Harner, juryman, and John
Walker, gate-keeper, at the November
term of Court, had a narrow escape
from injury ON Thursday evening
when their horse became unmanage-
able and ran upon the pavement
at DR.. Sullivan's, East Main street.
The horse was caught as it was about
to go into a tree.
Among the members Of the reception
and entertainment committee for the
Democratic jubilee to be held in Bal
timore January II are Hon. Johnzle
Z. Beasman, Charles <. Fink, DIR.
Joshua W. Herring, John M. Roberts,
John Milton Reifsnider, DIR. Frank I.
Shaw, Guy w. Steele, r. w. Walden,
W. w. Walden, John II. Stoner and
Daniel J. Hesson.
Robert r. Lyles, colored, aged q
years, was found dead in stone
quarry near Taneytown, Sunday
morning. He and friend had gone
driving on Saturday night from Get
tysburg, Pa, where he was employed,
and Sunday morning about daylight
he was found dead, his friend uncon-
scious, the horse badly injured, and
the buggy brokenS
Two men were injured and 13 cars
derailed and damaged in freight
wreck, caused by the fifth car OF the
train jumping the track ON trestle
on the Baltimore and Harrisburg
division Of the Western Maryland
Railroad Sunday at Toms Greek, 8
miles from Highfield. The injured
are Conductor T. p. Merkell, who was
hurt In the back and neck, and Brake
man g. Fl. Folk, who suffered a Sc
we're scalp wound. Both men were
taken to hospital i'm Gettysburg.
Those who received premiums at
the annual State Horticultural Show
and the Farmers Week at the Fifth
RnHTPrrgw@% nmHA Mmm
week from this county were Charles
l1owndes Bennett, Sykesville, first
prize for Domino /. apples; John j.
Reese, this city, second prize on
Keffer pear; Christ Schnaubel, East
view, second prize On Timothy Hay;
W. III. Forsythe, Sykesville, second
prize on Alfalfa; n. T.. Duvall, Wat
ersville, second prize ON milk and
butter; a. Kurtz Myers, Frizellburg,
third. Mr.. g. G.. Snabley was elected
a vice president