The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-31

Work In the George B. Jackson
torpedo factory was resumed on Mon
day.
Painting, roofing and general re
pairing ia=going OF very literally 1n
town nowadays.
The famous annual ball game be-
tween the Army and Navy occurs to-
morrow, June l.
street has sold 1000 bushels of pOta-
toes since last fall.
The Westminster base ball team will
play the Hanover team in Hanover,
Pa, on Thursday, June 20.
Come out to the ball game tomor-
row afternoon and give the local
team "bOost" and, incidentally, the
town
The cellar has been excavated for
a dwelling house which will be built
by Mr.. John Poisel opposite Wash
ington avenue on Main street.
Memorial service will be held at
Firemen's Hall, Hampstead, Saturday,
Al uu6 ~ a. a. 5U III. IL TLGN. - -
Clarkson will deliver the Grafton
An old newspaper man is author
ity for the statement that it Is quail
ity not quantity that makes the home
paper valuable to the reader. a
thousand and one things OF deep
concern are i'm your home paper that
never are seen in. city paper.
A large congregation attended the
lovefeast at Meadow Branch Church
of the Brethren Saturday night. Ed
IT Victor Long, Of Hagerstown, as
sisted by Elders J. Walter Englar and
Abraham Snader, OF New Windsor,
and Luther Petry, OF Indiana, con-
Quoted the services.
Mr.. Jefferson D. Hooper, of Tay-
louisville, has purchased 10-passen-
ger automobile from the international
Harvester Co, for the purpose OF car
rying passengers to and from Bal
timore, Frederick, Hagerstown and
other points. The seats are longi-
tudina1 and it is very comfortable.
The banquet given by the .Reisters-
town Masonic Order on Friday eve
ming was attended by James Pearre
Wantz, o. Fisher Wantz, John TT. Cum
ningham, DR. Jesse 5. Myers, Charles
Hesson, Charles F. Miller, Jr., ]. Wal
ter Skunk, H. D. Fowble, George w.
Babylon and Ivan I. Hoff, of this
city.
Last Sunday evening the Mission
airy Society , Of Grace Reformed
Church, Taneytown, held it's eighth
anniversary. Prof. J. II. Apple, of
Woman's College, Frederick, spoke
on the Layman's Missionary Move
ment, which 10 now nation wide and
embraces 1T Protestant denomina-
tons.
The Right Reverend John G.. Muir
ray, Bishop of Maryland, will preach
in Ascension Episcopal Church Sun
day morning. A reception will be
given in his honor tomorrow evening
in the chapel on Court street from 8
to 10 O'clock Members OF the vestry
and their wives will receive the
guests.
DR.. James W. Reese and Mr.. Allen
T. Bacon were delegates from Assem-
sion Church to the one hundred and
twenty eighth annual convention OF
the Protestant Episcopal Churcn of
the diocese of Maryland, which was
held in Emmanuel Church, Read and
Cathedral streets, Baltimore, ON We'd
nesday and Thursday.
On June 26, an astronomical event
of great interest will occur i'm the
passage of the moon between VI and
the bright star Antares in the South
eastern region Of the heavens. The
brightest heavenly body now in the
sky is Jupiter which has well enter
ed the evening sky and pours out it's
steady, golden radiance.
The eight newly elected bishops
and the two missionary bishops who
were elected by the General Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church, were consecrated last Sunday,
at Minneapolis, Mimi, the entire
membership Of the College Of
Bishops Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, uniting in the service.
With special services and appro-
pirate sermons the Feast of Pente-
cost, or Whit-Sunday, was celebrated
last Sunday in several of our
churches. lit is considered one of
the most important feasts. On this
day the Apostles who were assem-
bled at Jerusalem, after the coming
Of the Holy Ghost, went forth into
the highways and preached the COS
pei.
The Middle Conference Of the
Maryland Synod of the Lutheran
church convened in the Lutheran
church at Walkersville, last week.
The conference opened with ser
mon by Rev. Asa Richards, president
of the conference. The Middle Con-
ference is composed of the Lutheran
churches in Frederick and Carroll
counties and the church at Lovetts-
vile, Va
Commencement exercises at Penn
sylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa,
celebrating its eightieth anniversary,
will be held June 9-12. The Bac-
calaureate address will be delivered
by President William a. Granville on
Sunday morning On Wednesday the
address to the graduating class will
be delivered by Hon. Harry M. Cla-
baugh, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, D. c., of the class of IT. The
81.
The Health Officers Bulletin for
April, issued this week states that
102 deaths resulted from tuberculosis
as compared with 80 in March. In
April a total of 153 deaths from in
fictitious diseases occurred in the
counties of Maryland, There were
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