The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
News of local interest will be found

News of local interest will be found
On every page Of this issue.
The latest report as to the location
OF Blue Ridge College 10 that it will
90 to Myersville.
The Forest and Stream Club will
hold its annual meeting, Tuesday
night, s o'clock, at Mftchell's Art
Gallery. There will be an election of
officers and the selection Of the camp
site for the year 1912.
There will be an entertainment in
the school house at Oakland Mills,
Md, Saturday, May is, at s p. m
Two short plays will be given and
other selection. Local and out OF
town talent will take part. Admission
10 and Is cents. All welcome.
Mr.. Edward S. shriver, Of Baltimore
formerly Of this city, was chosen a
delegate to the International Typo
graphical Union Convention, held in
Cleveland at the biennial election OF
officers of the Baltimore Topographic
cal Union in Baltimore on Wednesday
Mr. a. ". Moore, or this city, has
leased from the w. IT. Davis Co., a
30 horsepower Overland touring car
to be used i'm connection with the new
Brass Foundry at Waynesboro, Pa
Mr.. Howard Barnes has purchased a
touring car from the above firm. The
new 4-cylinder horsepower Hender-
son motor cycle has arrived at the
firms shop.
The committee which was appointed
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of 600 season tickets at So each az re-
quired by the ChautauQua Association
before 1t will give the weeks enter
tainment to Westminster, will hold a
final meeting tomorrow evening at the
residence OF Mr.. III. =. Gorsuch, chair
man. There are 100 tickets yet to be
provided for.
The Bug House on West Main street
was robbed last week of 100000 dead
flies, more or less. Two of the con-
testants for prizes, on being apprised
of the theft and realizing the immense
advantage such a theft would be to a
rival contestant, got on the thief's
trail and the flies were soon returned
to the Bug House and cremated. A
second robbery took place Wednes-
e
tickets were stolen from the Bug
House by youth, about o'clock.
Bids have been received and are be-
| ing tabulated by the Western Mary
land Railway Company for 5000 tons
Of 90-pound American Society of Civil
Engineers section, open-hearth stee.
rails, for the current years replace
ment requirements. The details Of
the awarding of the contract will be
known in day or two. The cost will
be $4,000 1t was originally con
templated to purchase 1000 tons al
this time, but careful investigation
OF present and likely future require
ments for the balance of the year lee
to the amount being cut to 5000 tons.
That interest in the fly crusade is
growing il evidenced by the fact thai
during the past week a number Of
farmers have come in for information
on the subject and have bought traps
and set them. The Association fol
Public Welfare has had correspon-
dents to send in flies from al far al
Taneytown and Owings Mills and z
number have come In from the sub
urbs. The hardware stores repor
that more fly material has been solo
than ever before at this season ant
that second and third orders have beer
sent for extra supplies to meet thu
demand.
q correspondent from Ffnksburt
writes as follows: Farmers ar
planting corn and it L. said that man.
Of them will have to replant larg'
quantities the second time on accoun
OF the great number of insects which
are destroying both farm and gardel
crops. III is not any wonder that sucl
IL the case, for people are destroying
all kinds OF birds, and IL legislation II
not soon taken to prevent the destruc
ton of birds, it will be almost impos
sible for the farmers to grow any kinc
of farm crops, even with the mos
powerful insecticides. Birds such a!
crows, black birds, blue jays and 9th
ers that are branded a. pests are ir
fact the farmers friends. relate the
following incident which happened IT
my neighborhood: An EnglishmaI
owning large farm shot crow thai
he supposed was pulling up corn, and
upon cutting open its craw he found
three grains OF corn and fourteen cut.
worms"