The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-03-29

The Maryland Legislature will ad-
journ at midnight on Monday next
April 1.
The wv. M. r. r. Company paid
Jver $4,000 to employees of tn road
lt HagerstOwn OIL March 19-
The Western Maryland College Sec
md team is to play a game of foot
5all with the Polytechnic team, al
Baltimore, OFT November r..
Next Sunday afternoon - o'clock
Mr.. z w. Plaenker will lecture in Odd
Fellows Hall on The Passover and
Church of the First Born
On account Of land slides OF The
West Virginia Central Division. OF
he w NJ Railway last week, the fast
nail was delayed several hours each
lay for four days in succession.
The Western Maryland Railway %.
will soon have a large force OF men
Strengthening the bridges on the main
line so as to run its heavy trains
and large engines over the line
REV. Smith Hilton OrrIck assistant
at Enpa7uel Episcopal Church, Bal
1more, has accepted the call extended
him by the vestry of Ascension
Church, this city. Rev Orrick, will
succeed Rev. Dr. f. M. Gibson
Next Thursday, April A, the Carroll
County Teachers Association will
meet at the Westminster High School,
when the teachers will receive their
salaries for the spring term The
School Commissioners office a. the
Court House will be closed or Friday
and Saturday, April and 6.
Messrs. William E. Davis and Elias
n Davis, executors Of William Har-
Eison Davis, deceased, OF Wednesday,
sold the home farm, containing So
acres, l rood and II square perches
of land, more or less, to Mrs. Pearl
G Davis for $8500.OO. Mr.. Francis J.
Albaugh was the auctioneer
Mr. John Flohr, Of near the Coal
Chute, who is a patient at the Uni
rersity of Maryland Hospital, Balti-
more, suffering from a fractured leg,
; rapidly improving. Mr.. F1ohr fell
about no feet from platform at the
Tidewater Portland Cement Works at
Union Bridge, on February 81.
This week people are fiockng to the
spring opening of our stores, to- see
the bewildering array OF beautiful
hats and bonnets, and the attractive
spring and summer materials. We do
not believe any town the size OF
Westminster has more up-tO-date
stores ne every description than we
have Lere. If you do not believe this,
I ONE and see.
This week we have mailed packages
Of vegetable seed to a number or our
and only regret that
there was not enough to send pack
age to each one on our list. The
seed was sent to The Advocate by
Hon. J. Fred G. Talbot, from the y.
; Department Of Agriculture. We
have about % packages at the Office
which we will be pleased to give to
any subscriber who calls and makes
the request. -
There il a great deal of complaint
from residents OF Lineboro and vi
cinity about the bad condition Of the
roads in that neighborhood. The tax
payers of the community say that the
roads are worse in that section of the
county than in any other, and that
a. they pay taxes just the same there
as people do in other parts Of the
county, they feel that their roads
should receive attention. What are
the road supervisors doing? Why
don't they get busy?
BY order or the Interstate Commerce
Commission the Western Maryland
Railway Company is directed to sus-
pend until July 30, 1912, pending a
investigation, its proposed ad-
vance in refrigeration rates on fruit
the Commission holding
that the proposed advance on it's face
appears unnecessary and extortionate.
The advance i So per car on all
fruits and vegetables except apples
Refrigeration on apple shipments
shows an advance of So per car. The
advances are from points on the
Western Maryland to points in the
official and Southern classification ter
ritory.
There are a good many complaints
that the coming wheat crop has been
injured by the severe winter, especi-
ally in the low lands, but the rains
Of last week seem to have helped
conditions generally, and some think
that on the whole the outlook is not
so bad. They claim that while the
wheat has undoubtedly been dam
aged by the cold weather, vet it will
come through all right and give
good yield. These people say that
wheat last fall, on account of favor
able weather, made L fine growth of
top, and it was natural for this to
freeze. They say the large top
growth meant strong roots, and that
these are as good as ever, and stand
ready with warm weather, to send
out new shoots which will surpass
the old.
The trustees of Blue Ridge College,
Union Bridge, Md, have decided to
move it's $4,000 plant and equipment
to Bridgewater, Va, and consolidate
with the BridgeWater College. We
that this decision was in
large measure brought about by the
DUST nuisance of the Tidewater Port
land Cement Plant, about which there
has been a great deal of complaint in
that whole community. Both the in
colleges mentioned are institutions of
the Church of the Brethren. The
greater institution at Bridgewater, in
case the consolidation is consummat-
Cd, will be known a. Blue Ridge Col