The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-23

next week.
Pen-Mar was opened last Sunday
for the summer, and was visited by a
large crowd.
Miss Bernadette Ham, West Main
street, Is visiting friends and relatives
in Baltimore.
During the summer there will be no
evening service at st. Paul's Reform
ed Church, this city.
III. Clayton Trumble, has been elect
ed cashier of the Libertytown Savings
Bank, in place Of R. G. McCandlish,
resigned.
The reel team Of the Westminster
Fire Department Is seriously thinking
of entering the reel races to be held
at Frederick on July A.
The Orendorff building is being re
painted, as Is, also the building oc-
cupied by the Westminster Printing
Company, West Main street.
The Sandyville base pail club was
bumped by the Westminster High
School on Saturday last by a score of
IL to 2. The game was played on the
NOAAO5C 6AOAAAS.
According to the announcement of
the Comptroller of the Treasury, made
Friday, Carroll county receives S.
065.19 for the public schools, and ST.,
171.42 for the free book system.
Last Friday, Edward Helwig, the
eleven-year-old son or G. 2. Helwig,
Of this city, fell out Of a tree on the
farm or Harry Little, near this city,
and broke both arms.
There will be meeting Of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association
on Monday evening, June 26, at eight
o'clock, at Firemen's Hall. 0. D. Gill
bert IS president of the Association
and G. B. Jackson secretary.
The Maryland Bankers Association
met at Deer Park, Md, this week
George r. Gehr, cashier of First Ma
tional Bank; J. Fl. Handley, cashier
Of Westminster Savings Bank, and +.
Thomas Babylon, attended the con
vention.
Some Of our public spirited citizens
have consulted the Mayor and Coun-
Gil in the matter of extending the State
road past Smith-Yingling's canning
factory to Main street They seem to
have favored the project, and we I'M
derstand that bids will shortly be re-
quested for this purpose.
In Grace Lutheran Church on next
Sunday, Rev. Hetrick will preach a
sermon to the children on "The Story
OF two Bears" Parents are urged to
bring this to the attention OF their
children. At the evening service the
Sunday school will hold its Child
ren's Day. exercises.
Lieutenant Colonel Geo. F. Land
ers, Coast Artillery Corps, command
ing officer at Fort McHenry, has been
transferred to Fort Mckinley, Port
land, Me-, and will leave Baltimore
next week. Colonel Sanders is a
brother OF Mrs. Ralph Roger, Of this
city, and is frequent visitor here.
Frank p. Doherty, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Doherty, Of Woodbine,
Howard county, was awarded the
alumni medal which is the highest
honor offered by the law department
OF the University OF Southern Cali
fornia. He graduated last week after
having been a student there for three
years.
Mrs. Fl. s. Roberts is having a
change made in the front Of her resi-
dence on West Main street, this city,
by having the wall of a portion of the
first story set back several feet and
a porch built which will extend into
the recess thus formed, and out sew
eral feet over the sidewalk. George
A. Six is doing the work.
The stockholders of the Blue Noun
tain House Company met at Hagers-
town yesterday, elected officers and
decided on number Of improvements
to the Blue Mountain House. The
Maryland Pharmaceutical Association
will hold its annual convention there,
beginning June 80; and the Maryland
Underwriters Association will meet
there July II.
"A great many cement sidewalks
have recently been laid in this city:
they would be great improvement
except for the fact that in some cases,
fine shade trees have been sacrificed.
Why not put down the cement walks
and let the trees remain also /? Each
tree which Is cut down detracts in q
great degree from the beauty OF our
streets.
The Westminster Gun Club Is max
ing preparations for big shoot to
be held on the clubs ground, John
street, in August. a committee has
been appointed to make up list OF
premiums one OF which will be Civ
en- each successful shooter in the
class he il enterer. A number Of
professionals will be present, includ-
ing Storr, Malone, and others.
Libertytown is to have water
works OF its own il the plans of the
Volunteer Fire Company materialize
Orders have been given to Civil En-
gineer z. c. Crum to begin surveys
the latter part OF next week, and the
work will be pushed as fast as pos
sible. A stream, called Town branch
which runs through me town, will be
utilized for a supply.At present the
town il equipped with fire depart
ment, which owns an engine, but an
adequate water supply is lacking. The
fire company has about SO members.
A motion for a new trial in the
case OF J. Nathan Dean, of Hartford
county, against the United Railways
and Electric Company, Of Baltimore,
was argued before Judge Brashears,
in the Circuit Court for this county,
~ Wednesday, Dean sued the COM