The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-09-06

The Pen-Mar season will close
Sunday, September Is.
The katy-dids are playing their
mOurnfuI tunes every night
Mr. wv. ~ Judy, this city, has &C
cepted a position with the Western
Maryland Railway Co, a. telegraph
operator
! Ex-Mayor Ernest J.. Sponseller, has
purchased a 1913 Overland automo-
bile from w. H. Davis Co., John
street. The car is the latest model.
The sum of $3.50 was realized at the
lawn fete held last Friday and Satur-
day nights on Court street, for the
benefit Of the Church Of tn Ascen-
sion
The Silver Run and Pleasant Val
lev congregations of the Lutheran
charge have unanimously elected Rev
J. L. Hoffman, of Scranton, Pa, to be-
come their pastor, and a call has been
forwarded him.
Monday was Labor Day. The post
Office, county and municipal offices
and banks were closed The heat OF
the day was intense. About o'clock
there was a thunder storm, some
lightning and terrific doWnpour OF
rain
Miss Madeline Warehime, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Warehime,
of Waynesboro, Pa, formerly OF this
county, received pair of art vases at
Pen-Mar on August 20 for being the
best lady dancer at the contest held
by the park managers
The engine o. the Blue Mountain
Express broke down on Wednesday
afternoon at the Coal Chute, delaying
the train about I hour. The gearing
on the left side Of the engine broke
and had to be taken off, putting the
locomotive out of commission.
Work will be started next Monday
afternoon on a concrete walk which
| il to lead from st. Benjamin's Luth-
eran Church to the cemetery. II j.
requested that a. many male members
| of the church a. possible will come
and help with the work On Monday.
| Local automobile owners are very
much worked up over the increase IN
the price of gasoline. 1t has been
quite an item with them and they fear
that the liquid will go still higher.
1t was not very long ago that gasoline
II Was ll C6uLS 5dA1OA DuL Inv -
has gone up to 18 cents.
u. wv. Lockard & Son, Liberty street,
report the following sales of autOmO-
biles last week: MI. Herbert Essich,
near Westminster, 1913 Hudson 81;
Mr.. Harvey Stone, Westminster, 1913
Maxwell 30; Mr.. Frank Myers, West
minister, 1913 Buick 80. The firm has
received it's 1913 Buick demonstfator.
Seats have been removed from g.
number of the old passenger coaches
and the cars loaded with cement for
shipment Cattle cars have also been
LINED with paper and used for the
same purpose to meet the demand OF
the Cement Company, Union Bridge,
which needs at least 80 cars per day
to ship it's products.
officers and employees of the West
ern Maryland Railway are Boosting
that they are in advance of the West
Virginia Legislature in adopting the
, individual drinking cup, which j. now
used exclusively OF ali passenger
trains On the system The new Mary
land law against public cups j. in
effect and the company has banished
them on the whole system.
The Western Union Telegraph
Office was moved from the railroad
station to a room in the c. & P. Tele-
!, phone Co.'S office, East Main street
where the Western Union has placed
! MIR. Sherwood Cox, of Westover, Md.
:. Iin charge of the business of the Com
A pany. By the transferring Of the
Office all messages will have prompt
attention and better services will be
: instituted
Messrs Herr & Babylon have re-
ceived from William Bennett, OF
> Brandy, Va, an order for Is carriages
and buggies to be finished and ship
ped to Aiken, S. O.. not later than DC
Itober. On account of this large order
and the other orders or their books
A they were unable to exhibit ar Tim
NJ onium Fair this week, which j. the
> first time they have missed doing e
: in 25 years.
A squash, which is some squash
and possibly the largest one in this
county is growing in the garden OF
, Mr.. Frank K. Herr, West Main street
? 1t measures AZ inches in length
4 There are many more there, averag-
Inc a foot. Two seeds made all. Mr
N Herr cut part of one off for use. While
hanging On the vine it measured 11
inches; it il now IA inches in length
? having gained inches.
kilograms received by relatives in
this city on Sunday morning announ-
2 ced the death of Miss Edith LaMotte
7 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ]. L. La
Motto, formerly Of Baltimore. Hel
death occurred at Pueblo, Col, &c
which place the LaMotte family moved
A about five years ago hoping the eli
mate would improve the health o1
!, Miss LaMotte Interment will be
! made in Colorado. The deceased was
9 niece Of Mrs. Joseph w. Smith
Bond street.
Stockholders and creditors filed q
bill in equity at Hagerstown Friday
: asking for receivers for the Hagers-
= town Brewing Company, capitalized al
100000. Judgments, suits and other
claims against the company aggregate
$32, 900. The plaintiffs are B- ~
Craig, Lilly MaXey, Martin @. Corbett
n 5. B. Piper, z. J. Abbaticchio, a. Alb
t baticchio, Warner Utts, all stock
holders, and Victor Cushwa & Sons
= who secured judgments amounting tc
e nearly $4,000 against the company
:, The town authorities of Union
/. Bridge have had all cutters opened
!. over the town the past week 30 thai
!. there IL no stagnated water any
where. we might also note that for the
r past several years there were at least
several cases Of typhoid fever in town
at this season of the year, while thus