The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-09-01
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

A number of farmers in this cOun-
ty have started to cut of corn.
Biograph, Dams Love Affair, M
will be shown at the Pioneer tonight.
u a.. Brown is erecting good
frame dwelling house on Fair Ground
Hill.
The Main Court Hotel will be head
quarters for the County Teachers As
sociation which meets In this city on
September III.
DR.. Charles III. Foutz and DR.. Fl.
MI. Fitzhugh have purchased Hudson
automobiles ;E. V.Lewis has purchas-
ed a Maxwell.
Chas. 4. Gibson, OF Union Bridge,
was sentenced to the House OF Cor
rection on the charge of assault and
battery by Justice Shriver.
Rev. DIR. c. z. Fortunes, OF Bond
street, who underwent an operation
at the Union Protestant Infirmary,
Baltimore, ON Monday, is improving
A rally OF the Loyal Temperance
hegion, OF this city, will be held 4t
Carroll Hall tomorrow Saturday af-
ternoon at 8 o'clock. a full atten-
dance is desired. m
The Young Peoples Society, Of
Baust's Reformed Church will have
an all-day social and basket picnic,
in w. H. Flickingers grove, on We'd
nesday, September s.
Cumberland Women's Christian
Temperance Union elected Mrs. Chas-
Wilson as a delegate to Maryland
State Convention which meets in this
city on October and 4.
The Western Maryland Railway
Company has put a shifting engine
in this city to relieve the local freight
crew who have been held several
hours here to do the work.
A number of defeated candidates
have expressed themselves as salts
fed with the result and will endorse
and work for the successful candi-
dates for the election in November.
Arlington Station on the Western
Maryland Railway had its semi-an-
nual opening on Saturday morning.
Burglars pried open window and
stole the contents of the cash regis
Ter
DIR. G.. E. Hitchcock, veterinary sur
geon, is erecting large brick addi-
ton to his residence on East Main
street, this city, which will make a
great improvement in the appearance
and convenience of his property.
John Steffy, wood worker at Herr
& Babylon's and John +. Shuman,
chief painter of John E.Eckenrode's
carriage shop, left on Monday for
Washington, d. O., where they have
secured positions in their line of
work.
Our young athletes of this city have
a chance to distinguish themselves in
the municipal games in Baltimore
this month if they wish A number
of tempting prizes are offered. The
games are open to everybody in the
state.
The Second Quarterly Conference
of Deer Park Circuit Methodist Prot
estant Church, will meet at Deer
Park Church, Saturday September 3,
at 2 p. m If the weather is unfavor-
able it will be held on Monday at
Tue same uOuT.
The Sunday school OF Harmony
Grove will hold its picnic Saturday,
September 8, beginning at two o'clock
and continuing after night If the
weather is unfavorabIe it will be held
the following Monday at the same
hour. Everybody is invited
The ladies Of Ascension Episcopal
Church did horn thnir and
sale yesterday on account CT the bad
weather, but it will be held tomorrow
Saturday from five to ten D. m. Sup
per will be served from $50 until
seven O'Clock, and the music will be-
gin at 7.30.
Carroll county was visited by a
destructive rain storm on Saturday
night, which was considered one Of
the heaviest of the season. Roads
and fields were washed badly and
some bridges were washed away,
while others were moved from their
foundations.
With the Silver Run Grange picnic
at Silver Run, Md, today, the season
OF farmers picnics under the auspi-
ces of the State Grange was brought
to close. Much valuable informa-
ton has been distributed throughout
the farming districts by these meet
ings, and eminent authorities have
been heard on subjects pertinent to
modern farming AT the Silver Run
meetings the speaker was III j. Pat
terson, director OF the Maryland Elk
pertinent Station, whose subject was
''Fertilizing Fall Crops" J. II. Rails
tons subject was Popular Versus
Delegated Government.
Fifty members and friends Of the
Thalia Maennerchor Singing Society,
which was returning from a. excur-
sion to Pen-Mar and Gettysburg o.
the Western Maryland Railroad, had
a narrow escape shortly before IT. q
clock Sunday night at Union Station
when the rear car OF the train con
veying them to the city became IN
coupled and was derailed- Seven per
sons were injured. There were about
300 persons on the train AS the