The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-10
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


Western Maryland Railway il aft
er BIZ tract OF land from the Win
ans estate at Port Covington
A photograph of the graduating
class of the Westminster Theological
Seminary was given in the Baltimore
American Thursday morning.
The following auto licenses have
been taken out: II. Knauff, Maxwell,
30; Harvey Lockard, Cameron, 20;
and John Huffman, Buick, %.
It is said that the w. M. Ry., in the
adoption of its summer schedule, will
provide for a number of new trains
out or Baltimore for Gettysburg and
Pen Mar.
Mount St. Joseph's College, at Irv-
ington, was defeated by the Western
Maryland College, on the formers
grounds on Saturday last by score
or 3 to 8
Theodore r.. Brown was appointed
Police Justice by Judge William H.
Thomas, on Monday to succeed Ed
win w. Shriver, whose term expired
on May s.
MIR. Walter IN. Ritter has purchased
the Weetenkamp Hotel, att Sykesville,
and will remodel the well-known
hosiery and change the name to
Carroll Hotel
Charles E. Everhart, yard master
for the w. M r., in this city, has
been appointed deputy sheriff for
Carroll county. Look out hobo for
Officer Everhart.
Mr. Raymond Myers, East Main
street, has accepted a position as as
sistant bookkeeper at the Consolidat-
ed Public Utilities Company, vice
Thomas ON. Baumgartner, resigned.
Mr. M SANTOS il having erected in
the rear of the Candy Kitchen large
building where he is going to install
a new gasoline engine and big ice
cream freezer, for the manufacture Of
ice cream.
Thomas Chapel Sunday School, at
Tannery, will hold a Mothers Day.
Service on May 18th, at 2.3O D. m.
Mrs. S. K. Herr, Of Westminster, will
be present and make an address. The
public is invited to attend.
The Westminster High school again
defeated the second team of ball hust-
lers from the Western Maryland Col
lege. The game was played on
the Athletic grounds, and score was
4 to 5. L. Smith did the twirling for
w. H. S.
Captain James s. Baer, who has
been connected with England s. Bryan
and Carroll Oak and Tanning
Company, located at Tannery, for the
past AZ years, has handed the latter
company his resignation, which took
effect on May LIST.
Messrs. John Mitten, Samuel My
ers, Chauncey r.. Jerome, and Chas.
Brown, this city, left on Tuesday
morning, for Baltimore, where they
will act as detectives at Port Gov
ington, for the W. M. R. Company
during the strike of the stevedores.
The suit Of Joseph G. Hellane, who
was injurd in Hagerstown last No
vember, against the Western Mary
land Railway Company was comprOm-
Used Wednesday, the company agree
ing to pay Hellane $3.50 and the costs
of the suit. Hellane, lost a foot as
the result of collision between two
engines.
we are the recipient Of the Beaver
County Democrat, weekly newspap-
er of Beaver, Oklahoma, sent by Mr..
Claude Tilden Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James E. Smith, East Main
street. Mr.. Smith was a COMMITTEE
man to a large Democratic County
Committee meeting to perfect Demi-
cratic organization of his county be-
fr,rR which he n tn11inc ~
The w. M. R. yards in Hagerslown
were blocked all day Sunday as the
result of the heavy shipment of
freight. All told, over 100 loads
were shipped east and west and the
shipments were among the largest in
the history Of the company. About
500 empty coal cars and others were
delivered, and for several hours II was
impossible to move the cars. All the
available men worked night and day
to relieve the situation and there was
no accidents.
Governor Goldsborough and mem
bers of the building committee of the
Springfield State Hospital inspected
the two new cottages, the new pow
erhouse and the hospital buildings
generally Wednesday at o'clock i'm
the afternoon. In the party, besides
the Governor, were: EX-State Sena-
tor Beasman, John Hubner, chairman
of the building committee, and C. Will
bur Miller, the newly appointed mem
Der of the hospital board. A meeting
Of the building committee was held
the business of which was mainly
taken up with an awarding Of con
tract for laundry machinery. Super
intendent ]. Clement Clark, of the
hospital, was on hand to welcome the
visitors and entertained them at din
ner