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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14
Academy Of Music.

Frederic Thompson presents Robert
Hillard in "a Fool There Was" at the
Academy Of Music, Baltimore, next
week. All the weirdness OF Kipling's
famous poem, The Vampire" is con-
veyed i'm Porter Emerson Brownies
play. Nothing in New York's theatre
cal offerings of last season caused
more thrills or stirred up more vig0r-
GUS discussion. The verdict stamped
the play a. tremendously dramatic,
and Mr.. Hillard's acting as the most
powerful and fervid of his career.
The play il full or sharp contrasts,
with glimpses Of sweet and serene
home life, and moments of comedy
flashes OF pure epigram and episodes
OF tragedy. It relentlessly drives
home the moral, that heartlesS w0-
man OF subtle fascination can easily
wreck a strong mans life. The man
OF the play il rich, inOnOred, gifted
He meets the vampire woman on the
deck Of big ocean liner, at the mo
ment OF sailing; III enamOred of her,
becomes her fool" deserts his wife
and child lie IL wrecked morally,
mentally and physically, while the
woman laughs at his infatuation ana
filings crimson rose leaves in hi face,
The final Development OF this Dol9
story is tense, thrilling, gripping ana
graphic The verdict last spring w.
no other play OF recent years has been
more faultless1y acted.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14
THE SYKESyILLE NATIONAL BANK
The Stockholders Meet and Elect
Board of DirectOrs-The Board of
Directors Organize And Then Ban
Quet.

For the Advocate.
Usually the election of directors is
about all that il accomplished at an
bank, but not so with this prosperous
and up-to-date institution.
The election was from 10, a. M, I'M
til noon on Tuesday, January the 18th.
Immediately following the election,
the directors qualified and elected the
following officers
Wade II. d. Warfield, President; c.
Harvey Bevard vice president; VIM
wi. Chipley, cashier The directors
are Johnnie E. Beasman, John T.
Ridgely, Charles =. Beck, Wilmer r.
McCardell, z. M. Mellor, James M.
Gather, Lloyd B. Shipley, VIM. H.
Forsythe. Jr., G. Harry Bevard, Samuel
d. Shipley, John w. Selby, Harry r.
DeVries, G. A. Mullinix, Asa Hepner,
Benz. II. Hess, Louis III. Schultz, James
B. George, Albert A. Dorsey, VIM. H.
Chipley, Pennington T. Bennett, Wade
FL. ID. Warfield. All the stockholders
and their friends were invited to the
Lyceum at / o'clock where sumptu-
Gus banquet was served by Caterer
JOS. G. Lippy, which lasted until after
3 o'clock, during which time over 200
patrons and friends of the bank were
entertained During the banquet the
music rendered by Messrs. Hepner and
Forthman, was feature of the occas-
ion. NJ
Wade H. d. Warfield was selected
President in 1901 when the bank was
organized and has held the office con-
tinuously since.
This bank has always been noted
for its progressive methods which have
brought it success from the time of its
inception. Managed strictly in the
interests Of its patrons and for the adj
vancement of the territory it repre-
sents by q board of directors who have
grown up with the community, and
who are familiar with every business
condition OF the neighborhood, and
with deposits of over quarter Of
million dollars, The Sykesville Ma
tional Bank is in a position to take
care of every interest demanding bank
ing facilities. Its officers are always
ready to extend to depositors, not
merely ordinary business courtesies,
but every possible help and counsel as
well.
The STOCKHOLDERS receive regularly
per cent. per annum, and the sur
plus is constantly increasing. Under
such circumstances it is no wonder
that all coming in contact with this
bank, are impressed with feeling OF
friendship, trust and stability.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14
THE BOUNCING OF CLIFFORD Pm
CHOT.

There il no other question before
us that begins to be SO important. or
that will be 80 difficult to straddle,
as the great question between special
interests and equal opportunity, be-
tween the privileges of the few and
the rights of the many, between gov
eminent by men for human welfare
and government by money for profit"
They are not the words Of VIM.
Jennings Bryan, or any other Demo-
crat calling attention to the evils Of
the day, but the language of Mr.. Gift
ford Pinchot, a multi-millionaire with
a backbone and an honest heart He
was Chief Forester under Roosevelt
and until last Friday under Taft whose
duty it was to conserve the land and
timber and other natural resources of
the United States for the public, and
prevent the trusts from stealing them
Now he il private citizen with cour-
for the President couldn't stand, or
those back Of him wouldn't, for such
language, for such reckless indiffer-
ence to the welfare Of the practices OF
the Republican party, so he was dis
charged.
Looking at it from the standpoint
of INSTRUMENTATION on the part of a
subordinate official, the President was,
of course, right i'm ordering him out
of the Forestry Division of the De-
partment of the Interior a servant
cannot be allowed to tell. publicly
what's going on i'm the house, if its
detrimental to it. Yet, we should not
be surprised, if it would not in the
end, have been better to agree with
him and discard some of the old ring.
MIR. Pinchot l. in the right, and
though he may not be very diplo-
matte in his speeches, the people will
be glad to have more of the same kind.
Looks like some one il riding to a
fall, and we venture to prophesy that
id will not be Clifford Pinchot. q high
fence is surely looming up in front
of MIR. Taft and his "reactionaries."
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Stoner, Expiring Laws, chairman;
Public Buildings, Contingent Fund for
Executive, Pensions and Inspections.
Snader, Militia, Retaliation and As
sessment
Hill, Agriculture, Public Records.
The Baltimore Sun made these com
Pulmonary remarks in reference to
Senator Beasman and Mr. Shower:
Senator Beasman, Of Carroll, is one
Of the veterans of tie upper house in
point Of service. He l. unassuming
in manner, is always approachable
and is one of the most popular mem
bers OF the Legislature.
Sergeant-at-Arms Shower, Of the
Senate, is entering upon his fourth
term in that capacity. He Is quiet
and unassuming in manner, and is one
of the most popular officials about the
State House. What Mr.. Shower does
not know about the duties of a serg-
eant-at-arms could % written upon
ones thumb nail He is a protege Of
Senator Beasman,of Carroll, who takes
pride in having every man he recon-
mends make good"
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"a Complete Surprise.
For the Advocate.

For the Advocate.
On January the many friends of
Miss Helen Barthlow, Of Baltimore,
and Maurice Gorsuch, Of Asbury Park,
". J., gave them complete surprise
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. +.
Poole. The young people al gathered
and came in as a complete surprise
and were invited to the parlors, where
Miss Barthlow played the piano and
Oscar Monroe with the cornet, render
ed some fine song selections; also a
number of plays where enjoyed until
IL p. m. Refreshments were served
in abundance at late hour. After
spending very enjoyable evening all
departed wishing Miss Helen and
Maurice many more happy surprises.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. B.
f. Poole, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ware
hime, Misses Grace Bush, Daisy Poole,
Helen Barthlow, of Baltimore; Viola
Shipley, Edith and Blanche Smith,
Gladys Shipley, May Arnold, Laretta
Shipley, Nellie Gardner, Edna Barnes;
Jarrett Shauck, Melvin Shauch, Ray
Brown, Oscar Monroe, Jesse Shipley,
Elmer Davis, Franklin Poole, Maurice
Gorsuch, Asbury Park, ~. Jill; Samuel
Smith, Dennis Buckingham, William
Bush, Charles Barnes and Jabez
Barnes
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A Holiday Party.
For the Advocate.

For the Advocate
MI. and Mrs. Joseph d. Shipley,
near Sykesyille, gave a holiday party
Monday night, December p, in honor
OF their guests Mr.. and Mrs. George
A. Poore, Of Washington, D. C. The
guests began to arrive at an early
hour and were cordially received by
Mrs. Shipley, Mrs. Poore and Miss
Shipley. Vocal and instrumental
music were enjoyed by all present.
Social and party plays, dominoes and
other games were INDUCED in until
II o'clock, when refreshments of
all kinds were served. Those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. George Poore,
of Washington, D. c.; Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph B. Shipley, Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore Blizzard, Misses Mabel Parker,
Blanche Smith, Lora Powder, Min
ME Poole, Edith Smith, Virgie Muir
ply, Grace Gambler, Edith Myers,
Clara Smith, Lydia Gambler, Lands
Blizzard and Gladys Shipley, Larry
Shipley, Dennis Buckingham, Brice
Poole, Reuben Poole, Vially Miller,
Roy Gambler, Vandiver Myers, Berry
Buckingham, Alfred Linton, Samuel
Smith, Lester Blizzard, George Gard
ner and Jesse Shipley
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Birthday Surprise Party.

I Vi Liz AufUCdL6s
a delightful birthday surprise party
was given Mrs. Butler Gorsuch by
her husband at their home Friday
evening, January r. AT an early hour
Mrs. Gorsuch's friends began to ar
rive and they were greeted by Mrs.
Gorsuch's cheerful face. Yet on her
face beamed a look of utter astonish-
ment. Owing to the bad condition of
the roads quite a good many were
unable to be present. After Mrs. Cor
such recovered from her surprise all
were invited into the parlor where
the evening was spent in playing
games and singing hymns. All too
soon the time passed away. At 11.30
all were invited into the next room,
where refreshments were served in
abundance, consisting of cakes, can
dies, nuts, fruit and lemonade. Mrs
Gorsuch received some useful and
very pretty presents, also large
number OF birthday cards. AZ "a very
late hour all departed for their homes
wishing Mrs. Gorsuch many more
happy birthdays Among those pres
emit were Mr.. and Mrs. Butler Cor
such, MIR. and Mrs. Dennis Green, MIR.
and Mrs. Harry w. Ogg, Mrs. Harry
I'D. Caple, Misses Fannie Caple, Lille
A. Lockard, Flossie Eapley May Stocks
dale, Martha Stocksdale Harvey Caple,
Noah Sstocksdale, Herbert Fill, John
Magee, Paul Green and Lewis Gorsuch.
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Gave am @At Home"
For the Advocate.

For the Advocate.
Miss Frances Guyon SeabroOk gave
an AT Home" yesterday afternoon in
honor of Mrs. Howard G. Tompkins,
of Brooklyn, N. Y. The guests were
Mesdames Guy w. Steele, wv. Frank
Thomas, Allan T.Bacon, Chas. E.Stew-
art, William tit. Thomas, John TT. Cum
ningham, Henry MI. Fitzhugh, Frank
z. Miller, Fred. D. Miller, 2. Oliver
Grimes, Jr., Frank Gibson, Edward
p. Brundige, ID. l.. Greenfield, N. p.
Northropp, Joseph 3. Boyle, J. How
ell BiIingslea, Thomas H. Lewis,
J. Pearre Wantz and Chas. e. Fink,
of this city; Josiah Leeds Kerr, Cam
bridge; Misses Rimbach, tombstone,
Amstein, of Western Maryland Col
lege; Caroline Billingslea, Sue Billing
slea, Minnie Briscoe, Madeline Gilbert,
Marguerite Stem, Eleanor Reifsnider,
Mariana Reifsnider, Eugie FOuke,
Eleanor Fouke, Alice Miller, Harriet
Miller, Dallas Roberts, Maria Anna
Albaugh, Clara Lewis, Margery Lewis,
Lottie Lee Billingslea, Lillian Fink,
Of this city; Miss Walker, Mt Wash
ington, and Miss Chancellor, Virginia.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14
al Social Dance.

Vi Lie AuVOCdI6
q most enjoyable dance was held
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. q. w.
Gartrell, of West Falls, on New Years
eve. Among those present were Mr.
and Mrs Geo. w. Gartrell, Mr..
and Mrs. Levi Game and three sons
Wilfred, Herman and Virgil, MIR. and
Mrs. VIM. Schellers and son Frank,
MIR. and Mrs. Cornelius Brashear and
daughter Attic, John PLANE, Annie
Schellers, Harry Schellers. Carrie
PLANE, Willie Green, Pearl Brown,
Dorsey and Raymond Kelly, Orada
Long, Sadie Brown, Della and Flor
ence Gartrell, John Long, Charley
Elgen, Charley GosneIl, Roy Gosnell,
Josephine Gosnell, = T. Franklin, Vir-
lie Doris and Mary Gartrell, q. ~.
Franklin, Miss Viola Brashear, Chas.
and Roy Franklin, Philip Adams, Ed
ward Rigler and Monroe Clancy: Mu-
sic was furnished by G. T.. Franklin
and Quincy GoSnelL An enjoyable
time was spent BY all Refreshments
were served between a. and u, and
soon after New Year appeared. All
returned to their perspective homes at
ter wishing one and at happy New
Year, and hoping To meet again.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14
THE PROSPERITY OF THE PROBE
TARIAT.

We've had five months working of
the new tariff, and what is the result?
Higher prices On the necessities of
life, and ones income just the same
or lower; men and women striking
all over tie country, and using as
their battle cry Wed rather starve
quick than starve slow" and plati-
tudes from the favored few on the
necessity Of economizing.
There can be no doubt that there
il d need Of economy, but by whom
and in what? Should there be cut
ting down of the number of our en-
ployees, or the elimination OF Ger
tain articles of food from the diet we
have grown accustomed to-? 1T would
b. rank sacrilege to suggest that the
Republican party was wrong in vast
ing the money it does in governmental
expense Ill IL anarchistic To call at-
tention to the extravaganza the fam
lilies of the trust magnates are 81
abled to indulge in by the tariff; SO
we are forced to conclude that those
who govern, prefer that the proletar-
lat shall 10 without meat.
ITS a pretty hard thing to realize
that to live, to support bare exis-
lance, the working and professional
man of America must give Up what
he has considered a necessity, since
the days when his rugged ancestors
rife supplied the table; that he must
90 down to the level of the poor Of
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. IA, 1910
THE COMPTROLLER'S REPORT.

DR.. Herring, as State Comptroller,
made his report to the General As
sembly on Monday, and 1t Il a most
valuable, important, and seasonable
document.
The utmost retrenchment" in ap-
preparations by the Legislature l.
urged, and attention is directed to the
fact that fit Il not possible to main
tain the present appropriations with
the revenues now received" This
means that taxes must be raised, or
appropriations cut down. Cut down
the gift appropriations that are not
of a charitable character.
The amount appropriated by the
State for public schools, high schools,
manual training schools, ETC., il more
than we realized, and when taken in
connection with the amount spent by
the counties upon them, we wonder
III something wrong has not crept in
to our public school system.
The suggestion of the graduation of
the price of the traders license above
100000 is excellent. For a mer-
chant who has a $4O,OO000 stock Of
goods to pay $125.O0, and one who has
a $4OO,OOO.O0 stock to pay only $4,000
per year, is so manifestly unjust, that
OF course the Legislature will prompt
ly amend the law.
The thorough and comprehen-
sive character of the report should be
a source of qualification to the people
of the State in the possession of such
an efficient public officer.
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KILLS HIMSELF.
Thomas England Shoots Himself With
Pistol,


Pistol.
With the words We'll, here it goes,
Kid Thomas England, "a years old,
442 East Fort avenue, Baltimore, for
merly Of this county, placed a pistol
to his head and fired a shot through
his brain in the kitchen of his home
about 1925 o'clock Monday afternoon.
He fell unconscious to the floor, while
the blood poured from a wound in the
head. Mrs. England, who was in the
kitchen, screamed for help and sever
al neighbors went to her assistance.
A call was sent to the Southern
Police Station and the dying man was
removed to the University Hospital.
He was pronounced dead upon his
arrival.
England was a brakeman on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Accord
ing to his wife, he returned home in
the morning, after having been on the
road. The wife has been sick for
several weeks, and England, she said,
was anxious to lay off for a day so as
to be home with her
England left home at o'clock and
returned about an hour later. He and
his wife occupy the second floor of the
house, and upon entering the house
he walked to the bedroom and took
the pistol from a bureau drawer. He
returned to the kitchen and fired the
shot while standing in front of the
stove.
England was employed by the rail-
road four years. He was married
about five years. Mr.. Mccain said he
had always found him reliable and
that he had lost but little time and
seemed to take an interest in his
work.
Besides his widow, England is sur
vived by his father, Mr.. H. E. Eng
land, of Watersville, Md, six sisters
and two hr0tharS
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Spain 1nd Italy, who look upon meat
as a luxury. But the prevailing in
crease Of everything we eat compells
the elimination of some article OF
food, and meat il now the most expen-
sive. The attack on the Beef Trust
has turned out to BE- farce, and we
must now look to the coming day,
when the dinner table will groan I'M
der the weight OF bowl Of soup
and a platter of brown bread. It's
hard, but IL the present condition OF
things continue, we must come to it
or starve.
That the high tariff is responsible
for our many economic ills l. now
conceded practically by every one.
It was % recognized by the Republic
can party two years ago, and to ap-
peased a hungry following and to SCI
cure the election Of President Taft,
revision of 1T downward was prom
ised But, as prophesized by the
Democrats, this was hollow mock
cry, and the extra session Of Con-
gress saw the representatives Of the
trusts revising the tariff in favor Of
their owners, and not the people, who
are compelled to think from where
the money is to come with which to
buy food for their children, and how
much they can afford to allow them to
eat The Dingley Tariff was bad
enough, but from the Payne-Aldrich
Bill, Good Lord Deliver u !" 1t was
said it would bring prosperity, but
it has been followed only by a pros
perity Of strikes, lockouts, and the
cries of the people for bread.
How long will gullible and foolish
public permit such condition to con-
ainue ? Does not the necessity OF
figuring on the cost of your
necessary articles of food, think
ing of which you can best dis
card, convince you that the tariff
is wrong in principle, and that it is
best to take advantage of the natural
conditions God has given, which en-
able you to make some articles cheap
er than your neighbor, and make them,
and stop trying to produce those
things which your neighbor's, natural
conditions enable him to produce
cheaper than you Don't you see that
it makes you pay more in the end,and
helps only the man who takes advan-
tage, of an unnatural condition created
by law, to reap an unjust profit?
Would it not be better for us to call
q halt in the game, and exchange
that which we can produce cheapest
with the man who can manufacture
for less than we? Surely
everyone must see that this is common
sense?
But in the meantime the tariff con-
tinues, Congress does nothing, the
heads of the trusts prosper, and the
people cry for bread. The
Steel Trust pays dividends on water,
and the daughter of its promoter and
ianancier with her friends, encour-
age and aid the striking shirt-waist-
girls, as they march the streets of
New York, crying, WED rather starve
quick than starve slow" Are they
lccuated in their apparent philan-
,hrophy, by a sympathy with human
suffering, or do they nope, or their
fathers and husbands hope, (who by
the passage Of inquitous laws have
made this condition possible) to di-
vert attention from the true cause of
the evil, the tariff, the fertile mother
Of trusts and monopolis?
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African solitudes have, changed
Roosevelt, we did not know he was
bad at anything. And yet, we now find
him naively confessing, that he killed
water-buck COW "by lucky fluke,
after q good deal of bad shooting"
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Has the suicide Of Gibson, reported
elsewhere, marked new era This
is the first time that we recall one Of
hi CHEEKY, thriftlesst and usually per-
fectly contented race deliberately
taking hi own life And 40 one
knows the cause
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Grace Lntheran Church.

Junior Catechise on Saturday at 2
ID. m. Senior Catechise at ESQ pm
Sunday school and adult Bible class
at 8 "a. m- Holy Communion at 30
a. m., continued from last Lords day.
Sermon theme at 7.30 p. m, How to
Secure Our Greatest Treasure" Xxi.
i. S. 9. Z. at 6.45 D. ID.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

If the branches of trees afflicted
with blight are cut and promptly
burned the trees may assume heal
thy and vigorous growth.
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The BF n1OilFiTnH.

The Villain still pursued her;
They were putting pair;
The villain pufEed VI cigarette,
The heroine puffed her hair-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14

Scandal IL the tattle OH fools who
judge other people by themselves.
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N All the disagreabIe people don't liVe
OH cross streets.
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The Speaker presented q protest
from the Reform League OF Baltimore
against further legislation in the mat
ter of the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF colOred
votes, which was referred to the COM
mittee on Amendments to the Consti-
tuition, when appointed. Orders were
introduced and referred as follows
"a few minor orders and bills were
presented, the one however, by MIR.
Girwood looking to the enlargement
OF the powers of the County Commits
sioners, may become inpc .tant. The
House adjourned after being in session
15 minutes.
+ Neither the Senate or House we've
i'm session long Thursday, and adj
journed until 7.3O o'clock Monday
night. The speaker announced the
standing committees, the membership
OF which is unsatisfactory to many.
Carroll being represented a. follows.
Hesson, Currency, Insurance. and
Loans.