The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-04-26
Wheat has gone I'D to s1.1O-

III Wheat has gone I'D to $1.1O-
The moon will be full next Tuesday
NJ Several laws pertaining to Carroll
county passed ry the recent Legis-
lature are published in this issue.
The main shops Of the Western
Maryland Railway ia Hagerstown
closed down Wednesday until May
l1.
Mr.. Belt ToWnshend and DR. Geo.
E. Baughman are leading the Roose-
welt forces in this county. How
queer.
A medicine man" held forth last
night ait the railroad On the subject off
soaps, toothWash, etc, before an in
terested crowd.
Dr. Jesse y Myers hs announced
his candidacy for Mayor He Wild
make an excellent one and we believe
him to be a very strong candidate.
Street music was furnished us yes
terday and today by hurdy-gurdy
from Baltimore which has been gath
ering stray pennies in Westminster.
"a new crossing Of vitrifed brick il
Centre street. Next week new cross
ing will h. laid o. Willis street across
Centre.
Messrs. Bond & Parke appeared be-
fore the Maryland Court of Appeals pa
Tuesday to submit the case of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
NJ. Guy nv. Latimer-
The dance which was announced
last week to take place at the Main
Court Inn tonight, has been postpon
cd until tomorrow night. "a number
of out-of-town guests are expected to
he present.
Mr.. Jos. L. Baust and family are
now occupying their newly purchased
residence on Pennsylvania avenue,
having moved from Frizellburg last
Friday. Mr.. Baust will continue the
sale of gasoline engines, etc,
On Tuesday the last load Of rubbish
was hauled from the alleys Of West
minister Officer Weigle states that
the street cleaners, found three times
as much trash, broken up pottery, ref
use etc, this spring a. in previous
years.
Guy w. Steele, Esq, argued before
the Maryland Court o. Appeals Oh
Wednesday the appealed case Of Mt.
Airy Milling Company, appellant, vs.
Chas. "a. Runkles, appellee The sum
Of $4,000 is claimed by the appellant
for breach of contract.
An evening Of rare pleasure il
promised to those attending the con-
cert of century of songs, to be held
i'm the lecture room of the Methodist
Protestant church on Tuesday next,
April Goth, at o'clock. The songs
will BE- given in costume. Admission,
Is cents
The following commissions were
received at the Clerks office yester
day: For the two school commits
sioners, three Supervisors of Election,
Justices of the Peace, Member of
State Sanitary Board, Manager Of Fee
male House of Refuge, Member Of
Live Stock State Sanitary Board
Gen. Charles Macklin, Of the Mary
land National Guard, recently paid
a second visit to Westminster in the
hope that he might decide on a site
for the officers encampment, which
will be held from June ? tn 15. NO
place was, selected, but the General
has several under consideration.
Playing ball On our streets j. a
dangerous pastime. Last evenins it
was the cause of a horse taxing
fright and running away. The horse
was injured. Chief Of Police John N.
Weigle will arrest the first persons
catching ball after this On our
thoroughfares We have ball
ground for that purpose, also school
grounds.
On Wednesday evening about 6 O.
clock, during the severe windstorm,
the residence Of Mr. James nj. She'll
man, near UniontoWn, was damaged
by the wind to the extent OF having
several sheets of the metal roofing
torn off the house, 8 large trees in
| the yard and in the meadow blown
down, and the wagon shed moved sew
eral inches from the base. Insured
by Charles E. Goodwin. No further
damage is reported in the neighbor-
hood.
Sparks from a Western Maryland
railroad locomotive set fire to the
brush near Blue Mountain Station.
A high wind drove the fire toward the
Blue Mountain House. The coal
house and several small buildings
were burned One hundred acres of
woodland between tibet High road and
the Blue Mountain House were burn
ed over and valuable timber was de-
stroyed The heaviest losers are
the Blue Mountain House Company,
Lewis A. R. Kohler Mrs. Ella A.
Finch and the Western Maryland
Railway Company
Yesterday Sheriff Fagan, of Balti-
more, received telegram from Pat
erson, N. D., notifying him that w. r.
Ward, wanted for the misappropria-
ton and embezzlement of insurance
funds, had been arrested in that city.
The officers have been on the hunt
for Ward, who is said to be an ex-
cellent insurance man, for about three
months. After leaving Baltimore
Ward was traced to Taneytown, Bal
timore, Washington, Scranton, Hag-
erstown and other places, by having
his mail sent from one place to an
other, he always managed TO keep
out Of the way Of the officers.
Notwithstanding all the reports that
Blue Ridge College would remove
from it's present location in Union
Bridge, Elder @. D. Bonsack, trustee,
residing i'm Union Bridge, stated yes
terday that the committee had not yet
TO c,o tho 1naa-