The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-02-24
Public sales will start this week.

| fuDllC safes Will START IHlS week.
The grand lodge Of I. o. o. T.. will
visit Salem Lodge T. O. o. T. next
Monday night.
q number OF locals left over from
last week will be found on the
second page OF this issue.
Washington's birthday was not SO
bad. But you had to keep hustling
If you wanted to keep warm.
The entertainment held BY the mem
bers of Grace Lutheran Church will
be repeated on Tuesday evening next.
The Western Maryland College base
ball team is scheduled to play the
University of Maryland On May 8, at
| Baltimore
The Methodist Episcopal Church at
Overlea, which Is being erected at a
cost of $4,000, is expected to be ready
| for dedication On May 7.
Profs. Close and Simmons, OF the
Maryland Agricultural College, dem
onstrated in Pruning and Spraying"
in the orchard of James w. Beacham
| yesterday afternoon.
Ex-County Treasurer Jno. z. Masen-
himer, OF Manchester, Md, is IN
der treatment for some illness. We
hope it is nothing serious, and wish
him speedy recovery.
Mr.. George II. Folk, ofrAlesia, who
was injured in freight wreck on the
W. NJ. r. R., on December a, 1910, at
Maria Furnace, Pa, Is at hospital in
Baltimore for treatment.
Peter =. Zepp and Charles 0. Glenn
son, trustees, sold on Saturday two
tracts of land, at Marriottsville, to
Mrs. Elizabeth =. Ways and Miss
Daisy 5. Zepp, for $1150.00.
The twenty-third anniversary of the
Benevolent and Aid Society of St.
Pauls Reformed Church, this city,
was held at Davis Hall last night at
s o'clock. A program was rendered
and refreshments served.
The gun club held their shoot on
the gun club grounds, John street, on
Wednesday and received cold re-
ception. That is, the weather was
cold. The records Of the marksmen on
the score card were very good.
MI. John III. Mitten has resigned
his position as manager of the Ameri-
can Sentinel, on account Of his health.
We are sorry TO hear of our brother
printer retiring from active work,
but hope he will soon regain his
health.
Several fishermen left on Wednes-
day for some stream or fish market
to catch a mess of the fnny tribe. We
haven't heard Of their catch of fish,
but wouldn't be surprised Il some
didn't catch colds, as the weather was
bitter cold.
Quite an exciting time was exper-
fenced at Grumbine's Shirt Factory,
West Green street, yesterday morn
ing, when escaping gas from the gas
engine filled the factory. Some of
the ladies were made very sick. The
proprietor tainted.
A disagreeable snowstorm struck
this city about 10 o'clock Sunday night
and continued until Monday afternoon,
when the sun made its appearance and
stopped the bad weather that had been
existing for some time, turning it to
clear and cold weather.
VIM. Sullivan, Frizellburg, purchas-
ed the residence of John Z. Walker
sold at that place on Saturday last.
Mr. Walker will have sale of his per-
sonal property on March Is and move
to Chicago, where he has secured a
position with a railroad as engineer.
The board OF managers Of Spring
| field State Hospital for the Insane met
Friday last in Governor Crothers'
Office in Baltimore and took up the
consideration of plans for new build
ings. The new buildings projected in
clude power house and two cot
tages.
! The value of advertising in The Ad-
vocate is attested to by Mrs. Tobias
| Oursler, Of Cranberry, who advised
us as follows please discontinue
my advertisement in the Advocate Of
( dwelling for rent, as I have received
applicants from every part of the
county. I have rented
MI. Edwin II. Manning, of Oklahoma
\ City, Oklahoma, formerly Of this city,
! has accepted the general agency for
4 the Fidelity and Deposit Company Of
Maryland for that State. Russell
Bixler, son Of Mr. and Mrs. George A.
! Bixler, Pennsylvania avenue, has &C
cepted position under Mr.. Manning,
and has entered upon his duties.
/ q six-foot vein of good coal has just
been discovered in the big tunnel
building on the Western Maryland rail-
way extension, near the Mason and
Dixon line. 1t is the same seam that
is being developed by the Bald Knob
Mining Company, near Mount Savage,
Md. This is proof that these mines
are on a level with the new link. They
are located within half mile OF the
Western Maryland.
A certificate of incorporation OF the
! Woodensburg Cemetery Company was
recorded last week at Towson. The
incorporators are Messrs. William n.
! Musselman, Leonard x. Clifton and
| Ernest z. Wooden. The company Will
| have no capital stock. II was formed
to purchase from the trustees of Mount
Gilead Methodist Protestant Church
! the church and cemetery property
known as Old Mount Gilead, located
about one mile north or Woodensburg.
I The large limestone quarries at
Marriottsyille, owned by Wade IT. ID.
! Warfield, have been leased to Albert
r.. Arlington Steam drills and all the
latest improved machines will be in
stalled at once and four kilns will be
operated constantly. These quarries
are a part OF the property Of over 200