The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-10-04
Mrs Tobias c. stocksdaIe of Finks

Mrs. Tobias c. Stocksdale, of Finks-
burg, and sister, Mrs. Katherine
Wampler, Of Hampstead, are visiting
in Thurmont, Md, and Chambersburg,
and Fayetteville, Pa.
Mr.. Carroll Lockard, of the firm of
| j. W. Lockard & Son, Liberty street,
has purchased the machine shop own
| ed by Lucius Haller, West Green
street. Mr.. Lockard will open a re
pair shop and garage after making
several Improvements.
! Charles Grumbine, the 6-year-old
son, of Mr.. Frank Grumbine, while
playing on the lawn at Mrs. Milton
Schaefaer's, West Main street, last
Friday fell down and sustained a
| fracture of both bones in his left arm
between the elbow and wrist.
/ An eiocution and piano recital will
take place this evening in Alumni
Hall at o'clock when Miss Hazel
Waters, of Pittsburgh, Pa, the new
teacher of piano at the college will
! be heard for the first time. Miss
Mamie C. Lease, the elocution teach
! er, will also give several readings.
Two coops of homing pigeons be-
longing to III. :. KoppenhafeE and
Lane Reisler, Of Wiconisco, Pa, were
liberated at s a. M, Sunday at the
railroad station, in this city. The
owners report that the pigeons ar
rived home at 9 o'clock, just one
4 hour later.
Thomas Chapel will have a Sunday
School Rally on October 18th, at 2
o'clock d. m. Rev. /. T.. Bennett and
Mrs. S. K. Herr, of Westminster, and
Mr.. Emory G. Ebaugh, of Carrollton
vial deliver addresses, and there will
be special music. The public is in
vitgtSt
Nr. Charles H Runkles, of Mount
Airy, exhibited in Baltimore on the
floor of the Chamber of Commerce
Monday one of the largest ears OF
corn ever shown there which was
grown i'm Maryland. 1t was about ID
inches long and was fully s inches
in circumference at the base. The
ear weighed 8 pounds.
j.. H. Pepper, who has been appoint
ed general freight agent of the New
York Central Railroad, arrived in
Baltimore and opened Offices in the
Continental Building. Joseph T
Kingsley, who is connected with the
freight department of the Western
Maryland Railway Company, has been
named travelling freight agent OF the
New York Central, and he will make
his headquarters in Mr.. Peppers
Office.
An extra train made up of passen-
ger coaches was wrecked near Mo-
nocacy briogoo late sat".u mo,u,nz
by striking a truck load of ties. The
truck was being rf.,ushed on the main
track DS -.4e section hands, when the
I'm came along striking the truck
| throwing the engine off the track be-
tween a switch and the main tracN,
and derailing and damaging the
coaches. Passengers, we're all trans
ferred around the wreck
G. A. Steiner, superintendent, Of
the Maryland Division Of the West
ern Maryland Railway Company, has
been transferred to the West Virginia
Division as superintendent, which
position he held at the time that J. q
Shepherd became general manager
| of the road. F. will be succeeded as
superintendent Of the Maryland Divis-
ion by H. II. Berry, now superintend-
ent of the West Virginia Division
The change became effective on Oc-
tober l.
That the New York Central Rail
road Company will turn up some day
as the owner of the Western Mary
land Railway Company, If il il not
already the owner, is the belief III
railroad circles. 1t is well known
that the New York Central interests
dominate to a large extent the policy
of the Western Maryland, and more
than once the assertion has beer
made that the control of the bca
road is now i'm the hands Of the same
people who guide the destinies OF tffe
big New York Central system.
The milk conference held Monday
night at the Franklin High School
of Reisterstown, was largely attend.
ed BY the residents Of Reisterstowr
and Glyndon and the neighboring
farmers. 1t was held under. the au-
spices of the Glyndon Porch Club, oi
which Mrs. B. Holly Smith is presl-
dent, and the Woman's Civic League
n or Baltimore. MIR. H. H. Murphy
principal Of the high school, presided
Miss Harlean James, secretary or tne
Woman's Civic League, spoke or the
work Of the league and its efforts In
securing for Baltimore a purer milk
supply, ana Dr. j. Holly Smith told
| of the work of the Congress or
Hygiene and Demography, held ir
washington. The principal address
was made by DR. G. Hampson Jones
who spoke more particularly to the
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