The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-04-05

3 Mr.. w. a Lindsay, Liberty street
| has moved tO house on West Main
! street
Mr.. Roscoe Bell, of near Carrollton
' has moved to a residence on John
street.
MIR. Ross Bell has accepted a DO
sition with the Westminster Hard
ware Company.
The Union Sunday School OF Bach
mans Valley will meet to reorganize
on Sunday at 4 o'clock
Public schools OF the county closed
Wednesday for the Easter holidays
and will reopen Tuesday
Mr.. Charles D. Diffendal, John
street, has moved into the house Va
Gated by MIR. J. II. Ryland, Carroll
street
Mr. II IT. Ryland has moved from
Carroll street to residence vacated by
Mr.. =. Nv. Huntzberry, West rdain
street.
A marriage license was issued in
Baltimore Wednesday to John G.Snad-
er and Emma L. Otto, both Of Carroll
county.
Rev. Edgar H. Read, OF Baltimore,
lectured on Biblical Literature yes
lterday afternoon at the Theological
Seminary.
MIR. John w. Huntzberry, former
express agent here, moved TO Freder-
! lex last Friday, where he will fill a
position in the same capacity
The Carroll County Teachers Asso-
citation met at the Westminster High
School yesterday and the teachers re
ceived their salaries for the spring
term.
u "A freight wreck occurred near
Fowblesburg on Wednesday morning
on the wv. M. Try. which caused sew
eral hours delay. Three cars jumped
the track and rolled down an en-
bankment.
The six-cylinder Klein Car Of Mr..
N Arthur Englar, UniOntOwn, Md,
caught fire On Sunday evening, while
in Baltimore, and damage resulted
to the extent of 500 before the fire
was extinguished.
ii The Sunday school of Deer Park
Methodist Protestant Church will hold
Easter services on Sunday evening at
" Al
able the services will be held at the
same hour Monday evening.
The heavy storm Of last Tuesday
evening played havoc with the tele
graph wires on the railroad. All
were down east Of Lawndale, causing
an extra set of dispatchers to handle
the L.44ns from Baltimore to Emory
Grove.
m Three train riders were brought
here from Union Bridge yesterday by
Officer Bachman for hearing before
Justice Edwin wv. Shriver. Two were
left off with paying a fine, and the
other dismissed on account Of his
!, health
Mr.. J. Carmichael, Division Engi-
Ineer, of wv MI. Ry., accompanied by
! the land agent OF the railroad, was
in this city last week negotiating for
land at the east end of the railroad
yard for a larger freight yard and
more trackage.
AT the meeting Of the Mayor and
Council last Monday evening next
week was appointed a. cleaning-up-
week in Westminster. Collect all
your garbage and refuse into box or
basket put it in the street or alley and
it will be carted away.
MIR. Samuel wv. Lawden, of Aber-
deem, Hartford county, has purchased
the butcher business OF Charles E.
Brown, of this city, and will take
charge Monday, April Sth. Mr.. Law
der has had many years experience in
the business, in Baltimore city, and
his intentions are to conduct an up
to-date meat shop.
MIR. J J. McCarty, deputy commits
sioner of Motor Vehicles Of Baltimore,
was i'm this city on Tuesday night and
Wednesday and gathered in few
automobile owners who were run
ming with borrowed licenses, and
some who were only displaying one
number plate. He will make trip
to this city once week this summer,
to look over the speed busters.
Miss Emma j. House, Of Walbrook,
has purchased the William DeVilbiss
: farm containing y acres located on
! the Baltimore and ReisterstoWn pike
near this city The sale was effected
: through the real estate office of Edw.
w. Case; the price realized was $4,000.
Miss House will move on her proper
ty about the middle Of April, after
making some improvements on it.
President Alexander Robertson, of
the Western Maryland Railway Com
pany, has resigned as head Of the
Davis Coal and Coke Company, owned
by the railroad. Mr. Robertsons res
ignation is due to the fact that he de-
sires to devote his entire time to the
Western Maryland. Mr.. Robertson
will be succeeded by J. M. Fitzgerald,
Of New York, well known in coal
trade circles.
a meeting of committees Of shop
men from Elkins, Cumberland, and
Hagerstown, in the employ of the
Western Maryland Railway was held
Wednesday in HagerstoWn, and pre-
liminary action was taken looking
to demand for higher wages. An
other meeting will be held later in
the week, when it j. expected to take
final action. 1t is not known how
much of an increase the men will ask
! for.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist Protestant
Church will give a home missionary
entertainment in the lecture room of
the church on Friday evening, April
18th Miss Clara W. Lewis will deliver
lecture on Making Americans" il
Illustrated by stereopticon views The
Christmas Bell Of the First Church,
a dramatic production will be given