The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-05-26
FLOHRVILLE.
a New Village i'm Carron County.

Ills village - SlLudteu AT InG juno
ture of the Freedom road with the
Eldersburg road leading to Sykesville
and is about miles north OF Sykes
vile.
Fifteen years ago the ground On
which the village stands was compos-
ed of woodland and fields, but since
the purchase by the State of the farm
OF Ex-Governor Frank Brown, where
Springfield Hospital has since been
erected, there has sprung up a de-
mand for homes for employees OF the
hospital, and the result has been a
new village which liz assuming notice.
able proportions, and we wish other
people to know Of our town and its
location, advantages, and opportuni-
tiles for investors I'D real estate.
The land, now occupied by houses,
was formerly owned by Jeremiah
Flohr, a prosperous farmer OF this
Ex-Governor Frank Brown and moved
here from Frederick county.
This land was then purchased for
about $40 per acre and the first lots
which were sold In 1900 brought $125,
They have steadily increased in value
$400, according to the situation, and
there are not many desirable lots for
sale along either the Freedom or Ed
ersburg road as they are owned by
other people and will bring a larger
price in the future, and the owners
are holding on to them.
The village has lately been plotted
and laid out in avenues, and there will
be shade trees planted along them in
the future.
highways and the people living there
on: Springfield avenue, on which are
the houses of James Lockard, who is
the able and energetic blacksmith at
Springfield Hospital; J. Leroy Clarke,
OF Ballston, Va, which is occupied by
Emory Barnes and Harrison Day and
their families: Victor A. Ecker, Chas.
Knoll, Thomas p. Buckingham, and
Eugene Trayer. Then on Main street
are the homes of Joseph Hooper and
Robert and Lee Moore, and in Central
avenue, are two dwellings owned by
Mrs. Reaver, of near Berretts, and &C
cupied by John q. Price. and family,
and Ralph Hood and family, also q
double dwelling, owned by J. F1ohr
and occupied by Harvey Hooper and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Gambler and
new single dwelling recently built
by Mr.. Flohr and occupied by Chas.
Barnes and wife. On Freedom avenue
are the houses OF z. M. Alexander, a.
w. Hoffman and Joseph Brandenburg,
also a house recently built by MT.
Wolbert and occupied by MIR. Murray
Kindly and wife and another house in
@r n1f frfr MT@
dly's house The home OF VIM. II.
Linton Is also on Freedom road near
by
We are not SO many in numbers
vet but we are steadily increasing
and there are no indications OF race
suicide either, and in the course Of
a few more years 1t will positively be
necessary for school, and as we will
furnish the school room, it will be UP
to the school commissioners OF this
county to furnish Us teacher, and
we hope they will do SO when the time
comes for it.
We are in need Of a store and be-
lieve it would be a good stand for
small country grocery, and we hope
some enterprising man will locate
here and start store.
Mr.. Flohr, the founder of our town,
is erecting a chapel on the corner.
of Main street and Central avenue,
for the comfort and spiritual welfare
of our citizens.
The corner stone will be laid next
Sunday, May %, at 8 p. m. and the
public is invited to attend.
We are somewhat annoyed by the
fast running Of automobiles sometimes
and wish they would run slow while
running through our town, as there
are many small children and they
some times get on the road, and while
there has no accident ever happened
here, yet 1t is well to be careful, and
we hope all autoists will heed this
notice and abide by it as we will do
our best to keep the children out OF
the road, for their. busy mothers can
not always be with them, or we will
elect a town council and mayor and
pass ordinance establishing a speed
record.
| We are progressing and hope the
hospital will sell US electric current
when the new power house is built.
There have been four artesian Wells
bored. Two wells dug this spring,
two new houses built, one in course
of erection, church and basement
schoolroom now building, and We hear
there will be two more built. II
there is another town in Carroll coun-
ty with an equal record we want to
hear from it. We have eighteen
houses and population of eighty
people.
we also have a garage for two auto
mobiles. The automobiles will be
here this week or next.
| e. M. ALEXANDER