The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-02-23

The Ladies Literary Club met OF
Tuesday afternoon at the residence q
Mrs. Il. III. Lewis, College Hill
Mr.. Jesse F. Albaugh, East Mai
street, il spoken of for our mex
mayor. He would make an excel
lent one.
Mr. Franklin u. Lee, of the COnsoli
dated Public Utilities Co., was takel
to a Baltimore hospital OF Wednes
day for treatment.
Yesterday was Washington's Birth
day. The courthouse and banks Wer'
closed, and only the morning deliver.
of mail was made
The subject of the sermon of Rev
w. e. Seabrook, at Trinity Lutheran
Church, Deer Park road, next Sunda!
morning will b. The Courage q
Jesus"
The Times has gotten out some
very attractive Office calendars.
good cut of The Times Building ap
pears at the top, and the figures ar'
large and legible.
George z. Best, a conductor on th'
Northern Central Railroad, who rum
between Key Mar and Frederick, ma.
been promoted to run from Balt1
more to Harrisburg
Mr.. Ira e. Grouse will leave mex
Thursday for Chicago, ILL.,, where %
will represent The United States
Guaranty Company in the Jus
Claims Department" He will have
charge OF nine western states
The w. NJ. Ry. in less than "a hours
delivered over 1000 carloads Of Goa
from Cumberland to tideWater, sayi
the Hagerstown Mail of last week
All the available motive power Wai
used and nearly all the trains were
drawn by two engines
Camp 25 II. o. of =, will give
concert drill and luncheon at Davis
Hall, March Z, at 7.30 p. m. Concer
will b. given by John Stems Minis
trels, assisted by Prof. MaI1otte, o.
Philadelphia. Admission for children
15 cents; adults, p cents.
a young man from this county
who partook too freely Of the cuI
of JOY at Hanover, Pa, last week
was arrested, and locked up in the
Blue Hen" where he spent the
night. The young man resisted ar.
rest. He paid his fine and was re
leased.
Mrs. Margaret Haines, who has re-
sided at the Methodist Protestant
Church Home, East Main street, since
1903, was paralysed last Saturday
morning, and has not been able tc
speak since. One side of her body il
affected. Mrs. Haines IL iii her 81st
year. She has no near relatives.
The Silver Medal Oratorical Con
test will BE- held Tuesday evening
March 5, at 7.30 o'clock, by the pupils
of Westminster High School in theil
auditorium. Admission will be 1C
cents. Two medals will be give.l tt
those receiving the highest grades
The proceeds will BE- for the benefi1
Of the school library.
The Typographical map of Carol
county mentioned i'm last weeks paper
has been issued and is on exhibition a.
this office. Mr. r. TT. Quinlan, agent
has sold over 1000 of the maps ir
this county. The map is an excellen
one, and will BE- useful for many rea
sons; there are a few inaccuracies
however in regard to some Of the
roads.
Some of our readers complain thai
certain items of local interest are moi
il the paper, simply because they Ok
not find them on the first page or or
this page. AS a matter of fact, We
aim to have news of local interes
on every page, and often the very
item they are looking for escape:
their notice because they only reat
the first and fifth pages Of the pap
er.
Howard $. Thomas, OF Liberty
Md, has had his coffin made ant
has designed a marker to be placed
over his grave. a. soon a. the
marker is finished he will dig hi!
own grave and place over it TEN
porary covering until the time
comes to use it. Thomas, who Ii
So years old and in good health
says he decided 20 years ago to pla1
for his death, but only recently be
gan to carry out the plans.
MIR. and Mrs. Samuel Hartman, two
aged residents Of this city, were mar
ried So years ago, February 22. Boil
are in excellent health notwithstand
ing their advanced ages, Mr.. Harmal
being in his S3rd year and Mrs. Har
man in her 8Oth. They have tx liv
ing children-Messrs. ] Fisher, o
Baltimore; John S., and Charles Fl.
OF Sandyville; Mrs. John IT, Rickle, q
near this city; Miss Jennie and Mrs
A. P. Gruber, of this city. There ar
"a grandchildren.
Hanson J. Williams, Of Taylors
vile, who was taken to st. Agnes
Hospital, Baltimore, On February ITO
for an operation, may become blin'
al a result of a kick received from
one OF ~. a Crawford's horses, NOR,
than a week ago He was operated
on Tuesday in an effort to restor'
his sight. Williams was taken tt
the institution about eight days ago
after he had been rendered I'm
conscious by the kick OF the horse
When he revived it was discovered
that he could not see. After his ar
rival at the hospital n suffered seq
eral hemorrhages Of the brain.
fancy Lodge, No. 28, Taneytown
has proven to the jurisdiction tina
it's aim is to teach to every goot
man the principles OF friendship
love and truth. Tit has recently ad
mitted Is candidates, having anon,
it's membership men from all walk
Of life, including five ministers. II
the past six years it has Increases
its numerical strength from 80 t
lila members. Such work a. thu
brethren Of fancy are doing SHOULD