The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-06-14
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE IA, 1912
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


The Deer Park Methodist Protestant
Sunday School will hold its Children 8
Day services on Sunday, June 16.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Salem
Lutheran Church will hold festival
Saturday evening, July IL, in the
grove adjoining the church. Every
body will be welcome.
MIR. John Il. Zahn, East Main street,
il enjoying new cabbage and potatoes
from hi garden this week IT, has
one of the best gardens in Westmin-
ster and knows now to cultivate IL.
Miss Leona Hale, Of Marriottsville,
and Roy x. Schwartz, Of Sykesville,
graduated from Eaton e. Bennett
Business College, Baltimore, this
week. They also received diplomas.
Three young men were taken to the
Maryland House of Correction by
Deputy Sheriff Harry Davis on Mon
day morning. They were arrested for
train riding on the Western Maryland
Railroad.
a horse belonging to Mr.. Howard
Shipley, residing near this city, fell
through the overshoot DC his barn
Friday last and was cut and bruised
considerably MIR. Shipley had driven
into the barn and the timber of the
overshoot gave way.
There was good deal or excitement
in the East end Of this city on Satur-
day Afternoon when a horse with only
a halter on, came tearing up Centre
street to Main, hitched to a runabout.
The horse ran to the Manchester road
where he turned in for home.
On Sunday evening last, a large
number of colored soldiers who &C
companied the, Maryland National
Guard to camp, attended. service at
the Baptist church on Green street
and the collection amounted to $40,
to the delight Of the stewards Of the
church.
The dwelling of Frank Howard, at
Warren, was struck by lightning dur
Ing the storm On June 6 Portions OF
the end of the building and plaster OF
one Of the rooms were damaged. Mrs.
Howard was stricken unconscious for
a while and her body shows the effect
of the lightning.
Julius R. Rogers, of Columbia, S.
c., who was arrested June 6, by De-
tective Edward Comiggs, of the West
ern Maryland Railroad, for riding on
a freight train, was given hearing
before Justice Charles Foster, at the
Arlington Police Station, who COM
mitted him to the House Of Correction
for two months.
we commend the following lines
to our unfortunate farmer readers
who have been pestered by June bugs,
potato bugs, cut-Worms, crows and
whatnot:
"If your first seed don't come up,
Try, try, again;
If the bugs get on your plants
And strip them of their vests and
pants,
Try, try again"
A delegation of the residents of
Baltimore county ,petitioned the Coun-
ty Commissioners at Towson, June 6,
for $4,000 for the resurfacing of the
Liberty road, from the Old Court
road to North Branch, distance Of
seven miles, pending its permanent
Improvement by the State Roads Com
mission. The commissioners agreed to
appropriate $4,000 If the Second dis
trict residents would raise $500. This
would bring the Improvement a. far
as Harrisonville, 1t i stated about
four miles.
The Brethren, while at York, Pa,
through Scripturally inclined and alb
sorbed by the spirit, were not amiss in
their love for earthly enjoyment. At
the eating tent on the fair
grounds they consumed $4,000 pies,
600 gallons of ice-cream, 800 pounds
of butter, $500 loaves of bread, $500
dozen rolls, 1900 pounds Of straw
berry shortcake, 300 gallons Of milk,
besides tea and coffee, vegetables,
meats and cakes, and this il only a
part Of what was consumed, for
thousands of them took their meals
at hotels, restaurants, boarding
houses and private dwellings.
Eight hundred and forty-six souvenir
postals was the number Mr.. Freder-
lex ~ Hook, near this city, received
on his 18th birthday, which was June
6. Mr.. Hook is the accommodating
mail carrier on Route No. z; he
wishes to thank all his friends and
patrons for their tokens of remem-
brance on his birthday. Joseph S.
Witter, Dohnea Nygren and Charles
Mackley, employees of the Post Office,
presented Mr.. Hook with two holders
which have room for 600 cards, for
which he also extends his thanks.
The pike from Westminster to Ow-
ings Mills il now in excellent con-
ditiOn.
Mrs. R. j.. Northrop, Green street,
il in Richmond, Va. where she went
tn attend the funeral of her husbands
brother, Mr.. William Northrop, who
died on Tuesday morning. Mr. Nor
throp, was injured on May 27 by be-
ing run over by his own automobile,
which started while he was cranking
the engine. He was, however, consid-
cred on the road to recovery from the
internal injuries he received in the
accident, when he died suddenly from
heart failure He was head of the
Gould interests in Virginia, including
the street railways and power plants
i'm Richmond, Norfolk, Fredericksburg
and Petersburg. Mr.. R. r. Northrop
was not able to attend the funeral
al he has not been well for several
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