The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-10-06

Pity the poor election officers on
November z.
The great Hagerstown Fair will be
held next week.
Housewives will soon have to Gov
er their flowers
a number or our citizens attended
the York Fair this week.
Postmaster Harry p. Gorsuch in
spected Route 16 last week
The weather bureau reports a very
little rainfall in September.
The golden rod is in its glory and
It Is now time to put away straw hats.
Fighting Blood" the most exciting
Biograph ever shown. See 1t at the
Pioneer.
The last rose of summer IL lovelier
than any and ia certainly much harder
to give up,
Robert N. Koontz, OF Union Mills,
sold his property in that place to Ed
ward Lease.
M II. bantz, East Main street, ia
having his house painted Lippy and
Cassell are doing the work.
Democrats, next Tuesday ia the last
Registration Day. Get registered and
vote the straight Democratic Ticket.
Mrs Aaron Null, Of Silver Run, re-
ports having raised a sweet potato
pounds.
The postal savings banks which
were designated for New Windsor and
Sykesville will be opened on Friday,
October is.
Mrs Clayton Bell, of near this city,
was taken to the Woman's Hospital,
Baltimore, on Wednesday morning
for an operation.
Walter Fl. Davis, John street, has
on exhibition at his garage the beau
tifu1 1912 30-horsepower Fore-door
Overland automobile. 1t Ia of the
latest pattern.
Maurice Dutterer, son of Austin
Dutterer, living near Stonersville,
mashed two fingers OF his left hand
very badly by getting them caught In
a feed crusher.
Miss Grace Reese, OF East Main
street, will leave next week for
Philadelphia, Pa, where she will take
the course in trained nursing at
Hahnaman Hospital.
Tuesday night burglars were prowl-
ing around Bridgeport, a small vii
lage near Taneytown. They raised a
window In the kitchen OF Isaac Iker.
a blacksmith, and ransacked the
place.
At the regular monthly meeting OF
the Mayor and Common Council on
Monday night last the annual levy
for 1911 was made aS follows: for
light and water, 16 cents; interest on
| bonds, cents; general purposes, 30
cents, making 30 cents on the one
hundred dollars.
Judge VanBibber died last night at
his home near Belair. He had been
in failing health for over year. He
was regarded as one or tue best plead
ers at the bar of this Stat and was
well known to many residents of this
city. Several of his ancestors are
buried in the cemetery OF Ascension
Episcopal Church.
The Knights OF Columbus Oh West
minister, have arranged with the West
ern Maryland Railway Company, to
run their train, commonly called" The
OWL" on the night OF October 10th,
leaving Hillen Station, at 11.30 p. m,
and special tickets will be sold at
reduced rates that day, good on any
train going to Baltimore, but only
good to return by 1.-THE OWL. Look
for the advertisement in our issue Of
the 18th, inst. also see posters.
Last Saturday a spirited game of
football was played between Western
Maryland and Lehigh, at South Beth
lehem, Pa, resulting il a score OF IL
to >, Id favor OF Lehigh. Western
Maryland had the forward pass down
finely and worked it often for long
gains, but when it came to bucking
| the line Lehigh was like stone
wall. Lehigh had considerable
\ trouble with Western Maryland,
many of her best gains being made
around the ends. Bowers made
pretty touchdown for w. MI. @.
DR.. +. FL. Lewis Is attending the
fourth Ecumenical Conference of all
branches of Methodism at Toronto,
Canada. He will deliver an address
upon Responsibility Of Methodism ID
World Wide Evangelism" Other
prominent Maryland Methodists who
are attending the conference are
Bishop Alpheus w. Wilson, Bishop
Luther B. Wilson, Rev. DR.. +. r.
Tagg, Dr. John T.. Goucher, Rev. DIR.
II. IT. Little and James e. Ingram.
This is the first time this conference
has been held On this side Of the At
lantic It will be In session until
October la.
Last Friday afternoon, u furious
wind-storm accompanied by little
bit Of rain did considerable damage
at Reese, about three miles from this
city on the Baltimore pike. It was
very much in the nature of cyclone,
starting about three o'clock, not last
ing over three minutes, and combining
its fury to one small section. Mrs.
Elias Reads bank barn, 40x60 feet,
was blown down, also the wagon
shed and shop and about 80 fine APP
pie trees on the place were uprooted;
almost everything In fact except the
residence. About ten acres of corn
belonging to Oliver Chew, I'm mile
furti er On, were also ruined.
Two men, suspected OF being con-
nected with the burglaries recently
committed at Union Mills, A1es1a,
Manchester, Bridgeport and Littles-
town, were brought to the jail i'm this
city ON Wednesday They were cap-