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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-12-15
why SCRATCH AND SUFFER I?
ECZEMA CAN it, RELIEVED by
SOOTHING APPLICATION.
Try This Remedy at Our Risk.

Try This Kennedy ag our Rl1k.
Skin troubles are often the most
puEzling or all diseases, and physi-
clans have been at their wis end for
years to treat them successfully.
Meanwhile people scratch and suffer
untold torments.
We now have a remedy, Saxon
Salve, compounded for the two-fold
purpose of healing the skin as soon
as possible, and allaying at once the
agonizing itching.
It is astonishing, even to us, to see
how this new skin remedy Oh ours
softens, soothes and heals the skin
In all sorts OF eruptive disorders
such ed eczema, BARRIERS itch, ring
worm and letter. The itching stops
In few moments and the healing
process begins so promptly that you
can see improvement i'm a few days
Saxon Salve is guaranteed to sat
isfy you In any case on skin trouble
or you get your money back
Shaw Drug Co., Westminster, Nd.
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ELMIRA JANORA DUTRER.

late Of Carroll county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof legally
authenticated, to the subscriber, on OF
before the 9Th day of July, 1912,
they may otherwise BY law be excluded
from al benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 5th day
of December, 1911.
E. ARABELLA DUTRER,
dec At FxecutriY
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LEGAL NOTICES.
commissioners NOTICE.

The County Commissioners Of Carroll
county will meet at their office, in West
minister, every Monday in December,
1911, for the transaction of business.
By order,
D. EDWARD DODRER,
dec1 Clerk,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-12-15

With the Coming Of Middle Age
There IL letting down In the physical forces often
shown i'm annoying and painful kidney and blad-
der ailments and urinary irregularities. Foley
Kidney Pills q splendid regulating and
strengthening medicine mt such On time. Try
them. For Sale by all Druggists.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-12-15
Fine Carroll Co. Farm.

I am instructed to sell fine farm Of
PIG Acres located near Taneytown. Ex-
cellent land in fine condition. 200 acres
cleared Well watered; good fences;
fine orchards; good stone residence, 2
large barns and other outbuildings.
This is an opportunity seldom offered
to acquire a good farm in that section.
For price and particulars apply to
j. LELAND HANNA,
822 Equitable Building,
oct 6 1y Baltimore, Md.
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DIVIDEND NOTICES.
dividend NO. 21.

dividend NO. II.
Union Mills Savings Bank
Of Carroll County. Md.
Union Mills, Nd. Dec. 2, 1911.
The President and Directors of ~
Dank have this day declared a semi
annual Dividend or
THREE PER CENT.
upon the Capital Stock OF the Bank.
clear Of all taxes, payable December
Slst 1911 Stock books close Decem-
Der 81, 1911. at - m, reopen January
2, 1912, at LIZ m.
q. =. BANKERT,
oec VI Treasurer.
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He always was q bad egg, but no
body seemed to notice IL while he
was rich"
Yes, III was all right until Inc was
broke. Sacred Heart Review.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

This il to give notice that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Or
phans Court of Carroll county, Mary
land, letters testamentary on the per
sonal Estate Of
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E~OR SALE--

Without opiates or harmful drugs of any kind
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound stops coughs
and cures colds. Do not accept any substitute
For Sale by nil Druggistsp a
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-12-15

A Japanese war-ship foundered IT. o.
storm on November "a, and forty-1ve
of the crew OF sixty persisted.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-12-15

THE Superior Drills and the Dairy
Wy Maid Separators sold by p. T.
Bennett. of Sykesville, are the best now
made on the market.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-12-15

It has been rumored around New
York that plans are under way TO e.
tablish a new steamboat line between
Baltimore and the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-12-15

One OF the largest game preserves
in the world is to be created 10 west
ern Canada, taking In practically all
of the eastern slope of the Canadian
Rockies.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-12-15

Scientists have recently proved by
Investigations at Pixies Peak that hui
man lungs at that altitude 14,147 feet,
can absorb 40 to so per cent more
oxygen than at the sea-level.
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BICYCLES.
BICYCLES.

Secondhand MORTOR FOR SALE.
Also secondhand wheels constantly on
hand. A full line Of Sundries on hand.
II. "a. LOGUE, Playground Hill.
nov 10 c. & P. Phone 6-W.
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FoleyS
Honey
and Tar

Will cure q cough or cold no
matter how severe and prevent
pneumonia and consumption.
A Guarantee.
This iB to certify that all
druggists are authorized to re-
fund your money IL Foley's
Honey and Tar fails % cure
your cough or cold. Contains
no opiates. The genuine II Ia d
yellow package. HFuSE suRSUIUR
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
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Stefansson, the explorer. has found
i'm the arctic regions OF British Co.
lumbia a race OF blond Eskimos who
are Scandinavian i'm appearance. They
had never seen white man or an In
dian,
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The United States grand jury at
Chicago began an investigation to de-
termine whether railroads operating
between New York and Chicago have
been giving rebates to the theatrical
companies.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-12-15

The Tennessee Democratic state
committee called Democrats pr {.
mary for April 20, 1912. State officers
will be nominated and delegates to
the national convention will be chosen
mt this primary.
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More than a thousand persons are
now fishing for fresh-water pearls in
Caddo Lake, Texas, and 1t il estimat-
ed that more than million dollars
worth of pearls are waiting for the
fortunate discoveries.
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Removal Notice.

Il have moved TO the store vacat-
ely by L. G. Cash on the corner 'e-
lpw the post-ohice, Come to st,
Kae, or phone in your orders. |
viii treat you right and will be glad
TO see YOU at any time. Ny phone
RE,
humber is SO. =
\ Yours very truly,
n, J A. WEssoN.
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council Proceedings.


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iresent VI. u. DAVIS, Is. C. II ,>aa,
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log. PRESIDENT
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and seconded rla' the stree, com
Ifut.' look MO 'he m1ll,r of put
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ordnance ioroidding penu.ng ot
swine IN the town OF Madison, was
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What Kia. Of Insects?
Yours very truly,

I'D. Land, wing q few miles
south west of towp, brought into
this office selurdays q number Of
cotton bola tfst had been bored in
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Card of Thanks.
Editor Enterprise RecoldcT

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EDnl,,1ifip.J

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entire Associate D..
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

THE Burgarized Burglar"
1.-THE Call of the Wilderness"
The Mississippi Blossom Will Sing:
Hell Do the Same Thing over
Again."
"You Needn't Go to College if You
Have Been to College Inn"
To say that the Mississippi Blossom
won his audience last night would be
putting it too mildly. He simply cap
tivated every one, and if you were
not one of the many laughing throng,
you missed one of the brightest nights
Of your life. For tonight, he is go
ing to give you a complete change
and We want to call special attention
to his song, He'll Do the Same Thing
Over Again." which is one of the
it lacks just one word, and that is
possibly" for you must know that
this refers to the great Blk Six"
and tells you just how he was going
to strike out those Athletic batters
OF course this was written before the
world series started, and would have
been all right, if they had just taken
Baker into consideration. With this
exception, this is one of the greatest
! selections ever offered a Brunswick
audience, and we will no doubt have
several requests for a repetition, but
as the Mississippi Blossom has such a
great repertoire of just such, it is
doubtful if we will be able to repeat
this, so you had better hear this to-
night.
"The Burglarized Burglar"
This will furnish the comedy for the
evening as far as the pictures are
concerned. A poor young man is court
ing a rich girl. and while she favors
him, her father does not. To see how
he RECEIVERS a necklace of pearls thai
has been stolen from her house, tha
her father intended to give her as &
birthday present, You must see this
"The Call of the Wilderness"
A drama of unusual merit. Taker
midst the magnificent scenery of Col
orado, ii abounds with beautiful nat
ural scenery that alone makes it worth
seeing. On Wednesday, matinee ant
night, we are going to offer one o.
the greatest hits of the season. enti-
tied "A Good Old Dollar Bill" This
is direct from New York, and we
guarantee that it will be the biggest
thing seen in the city in many moons
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Averts Awful Tragedy.

Timely advice given Mrs. c. Will
loughby, of Marengo, Wis, Or. No. y
prevented a dreadful tragedy and
saved two lives. Doctors had said
her frightful cough was "consump-
ton" cough and could do little to
help her. After many remedies failed,
her aunt urged her to take DR.. Kings
New Discovery. 81 have been using
it for some time" she wrote, land III
awful cough was almost gone. It also
saved my little boy when taken with
q severe bronchial troSble" This
matchless medicine has no equal for
throat and lung troubles. Price, soc
and $1.00. trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by Roses Drug Store.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

GRANDMA'S SOAP POWDERS. six
packages for Csc. At BARNHILL'S,
phone 159, 2122 Norwich street.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

BORAX SOAP, six bars for 25c.
BARNHILL'S, phone 159.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

b. F. Lewis, who has been so seri-
ously i'll at his home near Jamaica, is
slightly improved
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

]. S. Bradley, Jr, of the Yaryan Ma
val Stores company with headquar-
tiers at Toledo o. spent yesterday in
the city.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

w. B. Isaac, an old Brunswickian,
now of New York, arrives today to
spend few days in the city.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

0. A. Calhoun left last night for
Atlanta, where he goes to accept a
position with the Southern as ticket
collector.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

me WSdLneF.-f OTeCdSL IOr IOudy
in Georgia: Fair and cooler with
probably light frost.
Registration SmaIl-The registra-
ton for the city primary at which
| four aldermen will be nominated, is
still very small, although the books
have been open for three weeks. The
list in full up to yesterday is pub
lished elsewhere in this issue.
New York Fans will take note that
the Mississippi Blossom" will sing
at the Pastime tonight, "Christy VIII
Do the Same Thing Over Again" pos
sibly one of the greatest hits of the
season. Tomorrow, the feature of the
year. "a Good Old Dollar Bill"
Committee TO Meet.-Notice was is
sued yesterday to the members CT t2c
city executive committee for a meet
ing on Friday, October 27. At this
meeting a date will be selected for
the coming primary, rules will be
adopted and other matters disposed
of. The primary will be called for
some time between November 20 and
rs.
Six Pictures of every variety at the
Cool Grand tonight-dramas, come
dies, comedy dramas, Western dra-
mas, educational, travalogue, and in
fact pictures of every description Our
highly accomplished robust tenor sing
er, Mr.. Logan, will sing "Oceana Roll"
after the third, and then again after
the second reel
Died in Prison Willie Edwards,
better known around Brunswick as
bee Hive" who was sent to the pen
itentiary q few years age rom this
county, died Saturday at Sandersville
where he was at work on the coun,y
chaingang. His body was Inferred in
that city, although his mother, who
lives here, forwarded money neces-
sary to have the body shipped to this
city, but the remains had been in
TERED before the money was received.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

". R. Cox is in Ambrose, Ca, called
there by the death of his sister.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

B.. L. Fox of Atlanta was amorg
the visitors to the city yesterday.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

Capt. ]. A. Foster of Savannah is
spending few days in the city.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

Fassar Cate will return to school
at Stone Mountain Wednesday.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24
A Day s Doing
Briefly old

The Weather.-Forecast for today
in Georgia: Fair and cooler with
probably light frost.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

r. H. Manser has returned from q
few days visit to Atlanta.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24
TIE PASTIME.
Matinee and Night.
THE BureIarized Burglar"

y y y y y y y - y y y y >
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

Wesley Greenfield is spending a fe1
days in Savannah.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-24

Postmaster Smith is in Atlanta.
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Personal
Mention

Postmaster Smith is in Atlanta.
Wesley Greenfield is spending a few
days in Savannah.
R. H. Manser has returned from a
few days visit to Atlanta.
Fassar Cate will return to school
at Stone Mountain Wednesday.
Capt j. A. Foster of Savannah is
spending a few days in the city.
v. R. Cox is in Ambrose, Ca, called
there by the death of his sister.
B. L. Fox of Atlanta was amorg
the visitors to the city yesterday.
u. f. Lewis, who has been so seri-
ously i'll at his home near Jamaica, is
slightly improved.
w. B. Isaac, an old Brunswickian,
now OF new YORK, arrives today to
spend a few days in the city.
o. A. Calhoun left last night for
Atlanta, where he goes to accept a
position with the Southern as ticket
collector.
]. S. Bradley, Jr., of the Yaryan Ma
val Stores company with headquar-
tiers at Toledo o. spent yesterday in
the city.
BORAX SOAP, six bars for 25c.
BARNHILL'S, phone 159.
GRANDMA'S SOAP POWDERS. six
packages for 25c. At BARNHILL'S,
phone 159, 2122 Norwich street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
Fooled Night Riders.

How Carroll Came Home" is set forth
by Joseph A. Aitscheler in our next SUM-
day Magazine.
Carroll had gone from his southern
mountain home to the Philippines, where
he enlisted as a private in the war with
Spain. He had spent three years there
fighting bandits and head-hunters and
had become one OF the best sharpshooters
among his associates. When he came he
brought his fine, high-powered army rife
with him and started to walk across the
mountain to his former home. On the
way he found his aunt, who lived alone
in an old mansion. covering in terror in
her house, waiting for the arrival of a
band of night riders. who were going to
burn her tobacco and buildings because
she had refused to obey their orders
about selling her crop. OF course, the
reader will guess the rest: The night rid
ers came. the tobacco was saved and
Carroll did it all with his trusty weapon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
ORIGIN OF BIBLES DEBATED.
Discussion at Yesterdays Meeting of
the Secular League.

Although they contain much that is
good. they are entirely of human pro-
duction, Prof. Charles Newburgh con-
tended. speaking OF the Bibles of the
Christians. Brahmins, Mohammedans.
Mormons and Science and Health" of
the Christian Scientists. at a meeting
of the Secular League in Pythian Tenn
pie yesterday afternoon. He said fur
Their that all represent only the con-
ceptions OF those who produced them
or of the civilization of which they
were evolved.
Col John McElroy maintained that
the Christian Bible is a divinely in
spired book, and held that this Is es-
tablished by the test of human ex-
perience. He claimed that the civiliza-
ton of the Germanic and English
speaking peoples is due to the in
fiuence of the Bible. and that this is
one great proof OF its divine char
acter. He held that in the presence OF
bereavement and death the copsolat ton
afforded by the Bible is most salts
factory.
Rev S. b. Horton, David Eeeles, p
II. Skinner, III. II. Boynton, Donald
MACPHERSON, Mrs Sarah Sawyer and
John ID. Bradley participated in the
discussion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
A Big Sassafras Tree.

To the Editor of The Star:
In an issue of The Star of some time
last month you carried clipping from
the Atlanta Constitution stating that a
sassafras tree in the latter city, measur-
ing something over seven feet in circum-
ference, was the largest sassafras tree in
the world Since reading the extract l
standing within fifty miles of Washing
ton. At four feet from the ground it
measures twelve feet seven and one-half
iches in circumference. At the base 1t
is fifteen feet seven inches. This tree
stands in Fauquier county, Va. two and
a half miles from Calverton, and eight
miles from Warrenton., 1t is on farm
called Eastern View, now owned by the
Rt Rev. A. M. Randolph, Episcopal Bish-
op of southern Virginia.
B. NJ RANDOLPH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
GREAT FIRE OF 1871
RECALLED BY CHICAGO
Fortieth Anniversary Cele.
brated-Mrs. 0'Leary's
Cow Exonerated.

CHICAGO, October 9.-Chicago today
celebrated the fortieth anniversary of
the great fire Of 1871, which destroyed
s200.000,000 worth of property and
caused the death of three hundred
people.
In Grant Park the beginning of the
fire is to be staged in realistic manner.
A reproduction of Mrs. O'Leary's his
torical barn is to be fired as feature
Of the evenings parade. A cow has been
secured to play the part Of the famous
animal which, according to the gener-
ally accepted belief, started the big
blaze by kicking over lamp.
In this connection Michael Ahern,
the only living police reporter who
covered the story, gives a version of
the affair which differs materially from
that generally taken as correct
Cow Freed From Blame.
1.-The fire was not started by a COW
kicking over lamp while Mrs.
OLeary was milking the animal" said
Ahern. The O'Learys were all in bed
when the fire started. Mrs. O'Leary
had MIXED her cows-she owned five
more than three hours before the fire
was discovered. i knew Mrs. O'Leary
well. She was a truthful woman. A
few days after the fire I interviewed
her regarding the story of the cow and
the lamp. She branded 1t as a fabri-
cation.
'It is true that the fire started in
the O'Leary COW shed, and have my
reasons for believing that some one
went there to pilfer milk from one Of
the cows.
There was social gathering in the
neighborhood that night in honor OF
the arrival of a young; man from Ire
land. One of those present told me in
after years that two women Of the
party went to the O'Leary shed to get
some milk for punch One woman
held a lighted lamp. while the other
MIXED the cow. They thought they
heard some one coming and In their
haste to escape the lamp was dropped,
setting fire to the place. That, / be-
lieye is the true cause of the fire."