The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-05-05
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

cleaned the dust from our streets, and
helped the early planted corn and
potatoes.
Walter =. Papworth, Of Syracuse,N.
wv, who married granddaughter Or
w. ". w. Seabrook, this city, recently
VOL $500 piano by writing the words
Cranes Pianos" 74SO times, o.
card 315x6 inches.
W. II. Davis & Company have built
garage and repair shop, on John
street, and have as head of It, George
n. Osborne, chauffeur and mechan-
Il, who has come to them with the
highest recommendations
Fire that started from a passing
locomotive Oh the Western Maryland
Railway burned over several acres or
timberland at Pen-Mar Park, ON Mon
day and destroyed the handsome cot
tage and contents belonging to Miss
Mary Lower, OF Baltimore.
The Middle Conference OF the Mary
land Synod Of the Evangelical Luth-
eran Church will be in session next
week, from May to 10, at st. Johns
Neister's) Church, near this city. The
conference sermon Will be preached
Monday, at 1880 D. a., BY Rev. asa
Richards.
Mrs Mary Fl. Armor, president Of
the W. O. H. II. of Georgia, spoke IT.
Alumni Hall last Saturday afternoon,
before large audience. Mrs. Armor
is gifted speaker, ana she made
a splendid plea for temperance.
she was here under the auspices of
the M. &. +. U., ~ this city.
70 keep up to the minute with the
times, George Osborne, proprietor of
the Star Moving Picture ParIor, West
Main street, will erect pipe organ
i'm his play house. Only one moving
picture show in Baltimore has this
feature, which shows that Mr.. Osborne
is doing everything to please patrons.
" reel team will De organized by
the Westminster Fire Company 81
Monday evening at 1880 O'Clock for
the purpose OF entering the races at
Homecoming il June, where The
annual meeting of the Maryland
State Firemen's Convention will be
held, and all persons interested are
earnestly requested to TX present and
help to make it q success.
The threatening weather Sunday
kept the attendance or the Baltimore
Motorcycle Club down to q few vet
eran riders in the run to Ridgeville.
The lowering clouds kept many OF the
riders from starting, and the few vino
left the cIubrooms It 10 A. NJ. were
more than pleased that they started,
as the little rain which fell during
the afternoon only tended to lay the
dust and make the going more pleas
ant.
The 18th annual commencement "
the Westminster Theological Seminary
w thc Methodist Protestant church,
Will he held May z, $ and9, AZ which
time Ia students will be graduated
into the ministry. Rev. H. L. Elder
dice, y. ", president of the seminary
will deliver IT, baccalaureate sermon,
Sunday morning, in the Methodist
Protestant church, and the alumni
sermon viii he preached BY Rev. R. M.
Day, in the evening.
The state Oratcrical Contest which
was held in Alumni Hall, lat Friday
evening, was well attended and Was
very .creditsble in every way.Tho four
young orators, representing Washing
ton, Maryland Agricultural, Western
Maryland and vt. Johns Colleges, all
made good speeches. The Judges
awarded first prize to Maryland ~
neutrality-suspicious. IL. M Sylvester;
ma second prize to Western Maryland:
speaker, Carl Twigg.
For the first nine months. Of this
fiscal year Western Maryland VIII s.
port a decrease of only $4,000 in net
revenues from railway operations, as
compared with tn nine months ended
March Oh, 1910. In view OF Lhe un-
satisfactory state Of the coal trade
during the past winter and in the face
of an increase Of only 100000 in
gross, this showing is exceptional
when compared with the operating re-
ports OF other roads serving the same
territory.
Last Saturday night about 1920
o'clock q. brick house belonging to
Nelson A Brown, OF near Silver Run,
caught Oh fire ana was completely
destroyed as were also its contents,
cream separator, lard cans and other
utensils and contents. The building
was about OF z feet from Mr. Brown's
residence and was insured in the
Littlestown Company, and the con-
tents were insured in the Dug bill
company Inc loss Is somewhere
between $500 and $500.
Peyton e. Poole, OF Mt Airy, Who
was found guilty of manslaughter Fri
day by a jury at the Towson court
house for the murder Of his niece,
Viola Poole, was sentenced to 10 years
ID the penitentiary Friday morning
by Judge Duncan. In passing SEN
tence the Court said: The jury in
this case has shown exceptional
clemency, and while there were NO
eXtenuating circumstances surround
ing the case, i will impose the max
imum penalty Of 10 years"
The will Of the late DIR. David IA.
Devilbiss, OF Mt Airy has been filed
for probate in the Orphans Court, OF
Frederick county. He leaves all Or hls
estate, both real and personal, to his
wife, Lizzie M. Devilbiss, To ~ held In
trust by her until their son, Roger M.
Devilbiss, becomes of age, when the
property II to be sold. Mrs. DevilDlss
is to have the same interest "A the So
tate AZ she would have had II ne
had died interstate. To Roger DeTlhdss
he gives 5000 ia lieu Cf the amount
given to his two daughters for their
education. The residue of his estate
Is To b. equally divided between Roger
Devilbiss, Margaret r., and Edna C-
Devilbiss, his three children