The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-09-13
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

I
1912.
NH. Frank Power, Bond street, sold
his Ford runabout tn Mr- Charles W
King, this city
INIT. Airy was visited by terrific
thunder storm Saturday afternoon
Much damage was done to growing
crops.
Mr. Paul Easton, of near Morgan
Run, shot and killed an eagle OF Mon
day which measured feet from tip
to tip Of it, wings
The trial Of m. Bruce McCleary, of
Hagerstown, who IL being held in the
Washington county jail for tn muir
der of Mrs. Mamie =. Henry, will in
all probability d. moved to- The Cir
cult Court for Carroll county, at
Westminster
MIR. J. Pearre Wantz, trustee of the
William Rinehart estate, last week
sold the old Anchor Hotel tO Mr.
Howard E Koontz, for $500 Mr-
Koontz expects To improve the prop
erty by erecting several new dwelling
houses there
Mrs. J. wv. King, Pennsylvania ave
nue. met with painful accident On
Monday morning. Or her way To the
factory, he slipped 81 round
stone and 1T turned and her t. was
twisted in such manner that liga-
ment was torn in her hip
The Northern Central Railway has
purchased gasoline section motor
cars for use Oh it, line of track b.
tween Frederick and York. Will the
Western Maryland Railway continue
to allow it, section employees to tug
"a heavy hand car home after hard
days work ?
"a party of negroes numbering about
18, drove from this city to Gettys-
burg Oh Saturday last and made a
raid On the souvenir stand AT the
Jennie Wade Museum, and when con
fronted with the prospect Of arrest
disgorged articles tO the value of
about $500.
Union Bridge base ball team a.
ministered defeat to the Hanover
team Ga the formers grounds last
Saturday, the score being 11 To 3.
Miller, Hamm and Small was the bat
terry Tor Hanover, while Evans and
were lid the points for Union Bridge.
The twenty-third Eucharistic Con-
gress of the Roman Catholic Church
III in session at Vienna, Austria. Dele
gates and visitors numbering upward
OR 100000 have gathered there for
the great ecclesiastical assembly.
Cardinal O'Connell il the guest OF the
Emperor Francis Joseph and will de
liver two addresses.
Sheriff Charles IT. Pagan, sold al
public sale Oh Saturday the property
of the late Jacob A Bostian, near
Ladiesburg The one-eighth interest
in farm Of 60 acres, was sold To
Jesse BOstian for Sal. "a farm of SD
acres near townsville was purchased
by States Attorney Edward O- Weant,
of this city, for $1,000.
"a dispatch To The Baltimore Sun
states that Mrs. L C Pickett, widow
of the famous Confederate general,
III seriously ill in Philadelphia. Mrs.
Pickett was to have lectured here on
the last day of the Chautauqua, but
became I'LL Or Thursday at Chambers
burg, "a, and was taken from there
To a hospital in Philadelphia.
Col. Austin Gallagher, Industrial
commissioner Of the Western Mary
land Railway, has returned from New
' London, Conn, where IT. went To at
tend the meeting Of the Atlantic Deep
II Waterways Association, a. dele
gate from the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association, of Baltimore.
Mr. Gallagher, lives On the Brooks
farm, near this city.
The young people of Sandy Mount
Church will hold a pie social and lawn
fete o. The lawn of Mr. Emory Zepp,
Sandyville, On Saturday evening, Sep
TENDER - - admission of five cents
will be charged Ice cream, cake and
confectionery will ~ for sale. There
will also be fish pond, Jacobs we'll,
and other amusements, and good
time assured all Should the even
ing prove unfavorable III will be held
the following Monday evening.
The second and last crab feast of
this season was held by the employees
oil thu Western Maryland Railway Oh
Tuesday evening 80 . o'clock The
game of grab i'll and help yourself
was started, which lasted for q few
hours, o. until The inner man was
well supplied with crabs and trim
mings. Everybody was we'll pleased
and glad It'd be present. There was one
humble face missing, but they AIT hope
To &c it present this fall when oys-
tiers become better seasoned.
MIR Joshua D Owings, one of our
subscribers, who resides Oh the Wash
ington road near Westminster pre-
scented III with basket OF the most
beautiful fruit W. have seen this sea-
son The large punches OF Concord
grapes and the peach plums were Of
a delicious flavor. There were fine
large apples of the Wolf river variety
one of which measured 151A inches
around, and the ounces were beauti-
full specimens of fruit. We think Mr
Owings will undoubtedly get some
premiums should IT, exhibit hi fine
fruit at the county fair.
At the call OF it, chairman, John H
Cunningham, the Republican County
Central Committee of Carroll county
met i'm Westminster OF Tuesday. Mem
bers were present from Ill districts
but two, and one Of these was repre-.
sented by proxy. Only two 81 three
of those present were Roosevelt fol
lowers, but they displayed 10 evi
dence of intention to desert theiI
party. The following resolution wa;
adopted without dissent Believing
that upon the continued success 81
the Republican party depends the con
tinuance of the peoples prosperity
the Republican County Central Com
mittee of Carroll county pledges TX
the Republican party and to William
Howard Taft, it, representative, w.
wavering support, and appeals to All