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

Tie canning OF corn at our factor
les il this city will soon be thing OF
tn past
The streets Of this city were crowd
ed on Saturday night. We hope our
merchants were kept on the rush by
the large gathering.
Prof. J. j. Johns, Of Union Bridge,
will deliver temperance lecture in
Tie Brethren Church, this city, Sun
day morning next, at 1870 o'clock.
Eo-raim T. Myers, East Green
street, has broke ground for the foun-
dari4n Tor lis new concrete house on
the property he purchased near Mt
Pleasant.
The Young Peoples Society of
Grace Lutheran church will hold a
Gypsy Carnival on October 7th and
Nth. JIM the room adjoining the Pioneer
E.yrin2-piCture parlor.
Quite number of our citizens at
tended the Hanover fair this week.
This fair is becoming more popular
each year " e hope by next year to
have q tair started here
Frank Davidson, a comedian, will
present his popular play Farmer
HOPKINS" in this city on October ID.
Mr. Davidson will play the roll Of
Farmer Hopkins, bat the balance Of
the parts will he filled in by our local
talent.
Chic. OF Police Weigle has obtained
several numbers OF automobiles which
have been exceeding the speed limit,
T. miles per hour, on Main street in
the last few days. He will prosecute
all, lie says, violate the speed
ordinance.
The foreigners who were trans
ported here from Baltimore by the
MavUr and Common Council to work
upon our street improvements went
Oh q strike shortly after starting to
work on Wednesday. They were paid
t. cents per hour, but not believing
it q sufficient amount for the kind Of
work, they struck for 20 cents. All
quit but about six.
Plans for the bank and office build
ing TO be erected at Hampstead, for
the Hampstead National Bank,
were completed by Architects F &,
AMI H. r. Davis, of Baltimore. 1t
will be two stories and a 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 fix
lures will be polished oak and ma
hOgany.
That Westminster has large per-
.centage of very aged persons in it's
population is very we'll known and
the fact was we'll illustrated by an
incident that came under our obser-
WALTON few days ago. Five OF its
citizens met in the vicinity Of the
railroad, quite by accident, and one
CT them, noticing that they were all
old men, suggested that each should
name his age This was done, and,
when the figures were added, the sum
total was 405, an average of 81 years.
Fire destroyed farm property valued
al $4,000 in Frederick county Sat
uldaE. Flames were discovered in q
straw rick on the farm of Miss Emma
Brown ut LinganOre, tenanted by Geo
ketauver, end before they could be
eNtlngUisEeG the wind blew them TO
the barn, setting III on fire. A wagon
shed was saved, but all the other
CUtDuildings were destroyed, to-
Setter with farm implements and
about $50 bushels of oats and barley
II is said the loss vii amount to
about $1,000
A large barn belonging to w. W..
IIapster, OF TaneytOwn, but tenanted
by farmer named Hull, about three
miles from Emmitsburg, was totally
destroyed by fire with all it's contents
Saturday evening. Four horses, his
ehtre crop of wheat, rye, oats and
nay, beside all his Farming imlpe-
ments, were destroyed by the flames
Norkmen in an adjoining field dis
covered the fire, but were too late to
save anything but two horses. The
origin Of the fire is not known. The
loss IS partially covered by insur-
ance.
The board OF directors OF Spring
held State Hospital for the Insane met
Wednesday in Governor Crothers
once and selected Mr.. Henry Adams
tne engineer, to prepare plans for 2
new central power house ard heating
pant to be erected at the institution
d. Sykesville. 1t is estimated that
lis improvement will cost about $751;
wv Bids will be asked for new
lhree-story brick ward building which
VIII accommodate $50 patients. DR.
>. Element Clark, superintendent Of
inc hospital, reported that the present
wards are crowded, there now being
over 1000 patients confined i'm them
Henry Mitchell, who was employed
~ the cement works at Union Bridge
Was lodged in Jail here ON Saturday
lof the action of the November term
VI Grand Jury by Justice Shirver fol
hlln-namming George Mentzer, bar
lender at the Union Bridge Hotel, out
vi Sl0.S9 on Friday night Mitchell
asked Mentzer to cash a check, Id ia
stated, for $11.00, which was done
After Mitchell had left on the even
lhg train for Baltimore, II was dis
covered that the check called for only
ll cents instead OF $11.O0 Word was
teiegraphed to the Baltimore police
Headquarters to arrest Mitchell who
vas on a train that would arrive there
fie Was arrested and brought To this
ely Oh Saturday.