The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-03-08
Another month-then baseball.

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from it, long sleep
\ Last week there were 30 sales al
vertised in our Sale Register.
The grippe il making an active
campaign in this city and county
March ID doing It'd best to b. regard
ed as a winter month instead OF
spring month
\ If you are looking for sales of real
estate consult the real estate brokers
who advertise in this paper.
The Western Maryland College will
play a game of ball, Ola May 25, in this
city, with Maryland Agricultural Col
lege.
Miss Bessie Dern, of Keymar, was
operated On at the Maryland Univer-
sity Hospital, Baltimore, last week
The operation was a success.
Rev. Isaac 8. Long, a missionary 70
India, and att one time a member "a
the faculty Of Union Bridge College.
has returned to this country.
Miss Mollie Williams, corsetiere Of
the Spirella Corset Company, has re-
turned from training school OF the
| Company held in Washington last
week
MIR. J. o.. Royston, of Hampstead
Nd, made another large haul Of tim
othy hay to Hanover, Pa. The load
weighed 6A tons and was drawn by
H 8 horses.
| Glenn Buckingham who has been
employed by the Western Maryland
Railway,a s superintendent at the Coal
| Chute, has resigned. Tie will BE- sue
ceeded by John Shipley, this city.
Mr.. John Shipley, of the Coal Chute,
had three fingers on his left hand al
most severed while loading West
ern Maryland Railway engine tender
with coal last Monday. His hand
was caught when he dumped the car
load of coal.
The toll house on the LittlestoWn
and Gettysburg turnpike, located
about half mile from Littlestown,
burned to the ground late Saturday
night The suppOsitiOn il that the
small frame building was set on fire
by some men or boys returning home
after night of carousing.
The W. IT,. Robinson Company
prominent canned goods brokers and
Gamers, of Hartford county, and Wade
| Fl. D. Warfield, have formed COM
pany to build and establish canning
factory All Sykesville "a number On
farmers have been asked to plant corn
and have manifested considerable
interest in the enterprise.
WIN. A. Jones, grand secretary, and
other grand lodge officers Of the T. O.
o. F., will be present at the meeting
Monday night, to make arrangements
May 10 to II. All members are re-
quested to he present. It will be the
Gath anniversary Of the lodge.
From the so high schools Of the
city and State, IT'S members of the
Maryland High School Teachers As
sociation met Friday at the ninth an
nual meeting of the association held
at Johns Hopkins University. All
the opening session in the afternoon
there was the largest attendance in
the history of the organization
According to its custom, the BOARD
of School Commissioners on Monday
held a short meeting ar the home Of
DR. s. Simpson, County Superinten-
dent, to discuss some important ques-
tons which were before the BoarG
for consideration. Dr. Simpson is
slowly improving and il able to direct
some of the affairs of hi office
though he is not yet able to 60 about
The Frederick News of Tuesday
states that insolvencies and deaths
among the stockholders of the de-
funct Farmers Trust, Banking anG
Deposit Company will prevent the re.
ceivers of the company from paying
i'm full the claims of the depositors
in the several banks which the com
pany operated throughout the state
and one of which was located at Mt
Airy.
The weather conditions for the
month Of February, according to the
report of Mr.. George F. Morelcck, CO.
operative observer at Westminster
were a. follows: Maximum tempera
ture, Sc degrees on the 18th; minimum
temperature degrees on the 5th anC
10th; total precipitation 2.26 inches
clear days 22, cloudy 3, partly cloudy
I'LL; total fall Of snow / inch on tht
18th; prevailing wind west; strong
wind on the 22nd; thunder on the
26th.
| Headed by Delegate Cummings
who is the chairman Of the body, oVel
go members of the General Assembly
Saturday, visited the Springfield State
Insane Hospital, at Sykesville. n
was an official inspection trip for the
House Committee on Public Buildings
The members of the committee lefl
Annapolis ait Q o'clock On specia
train. Upon reaching Baltimore they
boarded another special train, which
took them to the hospital. They re-
turned at p. m.
Mrs. Claude Erb, or Baltimore, has
been appointed principal of the I'm
ion Mills public school, to fill out the
uneXpired term Of Wm.R. Unger, who
has been appointed TO q position it
the Register Of Wills Office, this city
The past week Mr.. Unger has beer
suffering with tonsilitis, and as sooI
- H. RECEIVERS sufficiently he will en'
ter upon the duties OF his new posit-
ion. Mrs. Erb, as Miss Elda Byers
formerly taught the school, and very
successfully, and her reinstatement
will no doubt prove quite satisfactory
to all parties concerned.
Card-playing, dancing and theatre
going which for years have been
frowned on by the Methodist Episco'
pal Church, stand a fair chance to be
talxoD from hoDpafh tho han at the