The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-08-25
{. O. DIFFENDAL, Manager.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUG. %, 1911
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


The Western Maryland Railroad
co. has started work on the new ce-
ment curb and platform which will
extend from Green to Main streets.
Orders were received on Thursday
of last week to shut down all depart
ments in the Western Maryland Rail-
Tay shops on the line till September
1.
The Teachers Institute will be
held In this city beginning Monday,
September II. The public schools
will open the following Monday, Sep
TENDER Is.
The reason many Of our subscrib-
ers did not receive last weeks Advo-
cate at the regular time is that an
iron bar OF the printing press broke
before half the papers were printed.
We regret the delay but It was IN
avoidable.
The Agricultural Society Of Mont
gomery county will hold a county
fair at Rockville, on August 20, 80.
81, and September ]. There liz a
half-mile race track, and purses and
premiums to the amount of $4,000
will be offered.
On Monday evening in Belle Grove
square there will be an open air meet
ing held in the interests of Woman
suffrage. Addresses viii be made by
Dr.Donald R-Hooper and Miss Louise
Frazee, of Baltimore. I'll. r. Gorsuch,
OF this city, will preside.
We were misinformed last week in
regard to two OF the pallbearers at
the funeral OF Mrs. Harver, wife Of
Frederick Haryer, OF FriZellburg. IN
stead of John Sweigart and George
Harmon, the gentlemen were Noah
Brown and James Norris.
The ladies of Ascension Episcopal
church will have a supper and sale
on Thursday, August 31st, from five
to ten D. IN. Supper 25cts. Music
from 7.30 to 800. Fancy articles, ice
cream, cake and caramel will be sold.
A silver offering Is expected at the
door.
Capt James II. Long, author of the
Red Book, and internationally re-
nowned as a Gettysburg battlefield
lecturer, died last Sunday night after
an illness of several weeks caused by
the bursting of a blood vessel. He
was we'll known to many people in
this city.
The County Commissioners permit
ted the Court House to be used for
the Blair Lee meeting last Tuesday
and will permit either the Democrats
or Republicans to use it during the
campaign, owing to the fact that Odd
Fellows Hall has been closed for
Improvement
a meeting was held at the Court
House Tuesday evening il the advo-
cacy of the candidacy Of Senator
Blair Lee. General Il. Herbert Shri-
yer presided, and music was furnish
ed by the First Regiment band. Sen
atOr Lee and Ex-Governor Warfield
were the speakers.
Last Sunday while Mr.. and Mrs.
John Loney, of near Melrose, were
attending campmeetIng at Summit
Grove, their .three-year-old son fell
from the loft in the barn To the
threshing floor, a distance of about
- feet, resulting in compound frac-
ture of one Of his legs.
Automobile licenses were recently
issued to the following Carroll coun-
tians from the office OF Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles George: Thomas
Koontz, of this city, Metz II; John M.
Edmonson, Of this city, Maxwell L.;
T.. &. Hill, Sykesville, Ford 90; Robert
l.. Pickett, Woodbine, Ford 20.
Joseph +. Hunter, who lives near
this city, has half-grown freak
chicken with four legs. The chick
en- only uses two of its legs but the
other two ~-- perfectly good except
that one c.y has two scratchers.
Mr.. Hunter also has a pumpkin two
years old which is as solid as the day
Ii was taken from the vine.
The Maryland Motorcycle Club and
The Baltimore Motorcycle Club made
a run to this city last Sunday. The
captains of the two clubs decided to
have both clubs run to Ridgeville, the
M- NJ. e. to 20 from Ridgeville to
Westminster BY way of Taylorsville
and New Windsor, and the p. M. & to
return to Baltimore by way of the
Frederick pike. The runs were made
as planned and the NJ Nj. q. travelled
total distance Of SO miles, while the
H. nj. g. covered 81 miles.
The baseball grounds on Green
street extended are about finished
and ready for use The first game
will be played on them this afternoon
az $50 o'clock, between the local
team and Mechanicsville, and the
second game will be played tomor-
row afternoon at 8 o'clock between
the local team and the Highfield Col
legians. Admission TO each game ff-
teen cents. we congratulate the
boys on their new grounds, and hope
they may win many victories there.
While $. G. Holbrook, or Harrison
vile, Md, was returning from Gwynn
Oak Park late Saturday night with his
cousin, Miss Catherine Ritter, and a
party OF friends, the horse which he
was driving SHE'D at pile az weeds
which had been cut and placed in the
roadway. The animal reared and
kicked, causing the buggy to upset,
and the couple were thrown out. The
rest of the party left their carriages
and ram to the assistance Of the
couple. They were picked UP and
placed in another carriages and taken
70 Mr HoIbrook's home. Except for
few minor bruises, they were IN