The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-06-14

This iS Flag Day.
Westminster j. full or visitors this
week.
The teachers are holding meeting
at the High School today.
Nothing would improve Centre
street more than to have the weeds
cut down between Main and Willis
streets.
| Miss Marjorie Lewis, College Hill,
has been elected assistant teacher OF
piano at Western Maryland College
for next year.
at It Benjamin's Lutheran Church,
OH Sunday, June 18th, Sunday school
will b. at 4 o'clock, and Children 4
Day services ait ? o'clock
| Automobile licenses were issued to
Francis Orendorff and T. Koontz, near
this city, this week. 5. y. Frock, Wood
bine, REQ, -; @. ?. Sappington, Tan
eytown, Ford, 20.
Rev. John o. Yoder, pastor Of Sill
yer Run Lutheran Church, has re-
signed, his resignation to take effect
June oath. He will preach his last
sermon on June 23rd.
The directors of the Westminster De
post and Trust Company declared on
Thursday last a semi-annual dividend
of 5 per cent clear of all taxes and
payable June 20, 1912.
Misses Florence Ridgeway Kelley
and Mary YOhn Of Carroll county
were among those VINO graduated last
night from the State Normal School,
Baltimore; 58 diplomas were given.
Don't forget the corn institute to be
held at the Court House in Westmin-
ster, Saturday, June %, at 1870 p. N.
DR.. Richard F. Hill, director Of Farm
ers Institutes, will have several very
able lecturers with him on this occa-
sion.
1t Is said that the bands accompany
ing the firemen to Hagerstown refused
to take part in the contest Thursday
night if the First Regiment Band, Of
this city, was entered They felt, it
il said, that it was useless to compete
with our splendid band 90 the First
Regiment Band took the train for
Westminster yesterday evening.
"a rumor was circulated through
this city on Monday that an automo-
bile had been struck by Western
Maryland train at Avondale crossing
near Mr.. JAS w. Beacham's farm. The
automobile was not struck by train,
but had broken an axle on Friday,
which put it out of commission, and
the car was side tracked for repairs.
Mr.. Bernard Carter, one Of the
ablest lawyers the State has ever pro-
duced died yesterday morning at his
cottage at NaFragansett Pier, r. J.,
from sudden attack Of heart trouble.
For more than a quarter Of century
MI. Carter was the acknowledged
leader Of the bar. His funeral will
take place at I'll o'clock tomorrow
morning from Old st. PauIs church,
Baltimore The judges Of the Court
Of Appeals will attend in body.
In an opinion delivered yesterday
morning by Judge Pearce in the Court
of Appeals, the decision of the Iower
court was affirmed in the case of the
Mt Airy Milling and Grain Company
against Charles A. Runkles, which
was tried during January last and
resulted in a verdict FOR the defend
ant. Talbot and Prettyman repre-
scented the plaintiff and Guy w. Steele,
of this city, and Robert B. Peter, Of
Rockville, appeared for MIR. Runkles.
a woman's institute will be held in
the Grange Hall ait Medford, Saturday,
June 22 There will be two sessions,
the morning session beginning at 10
O'Clock, the afternoon, at 1870. Two
very interesting and helpful talks will
be given by each of the speakers, Mrs.
a. G. Muhse, of Washington, ID. C.,and
Miss Mary Burnitte, of New Jersey.
Mr. George o. Brown, one of the lead
ing poultry experts OF Maryland, will
talk on poultry; DR.. R.F. Hill, will be
present at the morning session. Gen
tlemen as we'll as ladies are invited to
attend. Sandwiches and coffee will
be for sale in the dining room at noon.
Although policeman and searching
parties from Waynesboro and Pen-Mar
have been securing the Blue Ridge
Mountains all week in the search of
clues leading to the whereabouts Of q
boy and girl, who disappeared at the
park Thursday, the search proved
futile. Clifford Freshman, aged liz
years, who went to WaynesbOro about
two months ago from Thurmont, Md,
and Mary Weller, aged IS, Of the same
place, are now hidden away in the
Blue Ridge Mountains, between Pen
Mar and Eldgemont, Md. The We'll
Ter girl went to Waynesboro to visit
her mother,who has married a second
time. She had been living with her
grandmother in Thurmont. They
we're sweethearts when they played
together in the Maryland town, and
after they met again they went to Pen
Mar and were last seen Thursday