The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-03-29
Monday ID all fools day.

The rush for Easter hats has be-
gun
Sunday was Z most disagreeable
Gay, not much like spring weather
Farmers are delayed in beginning
their spring work, by the wet con
dition of tn ground
Two colts were dropped by a thor
ough-bred mare on VOLTS Stock farm
near Taneytown. Both colts are doing
fine.
\ Hay has advanced To $50 ton, or
liz cents per pound. Gasoline il 12
cents gallon, or 1 IL cents per pound
| You can take your choice to make
things 90.
NH. John TT Mitten, Of The Times,
has left two Taft buttons at this Office.
Any Good Republican who would like
to wear a Taft button may receive
one Of these by calling here for it.
u. F- IShriver Co, has moved the
dwelling along the railroad occupied
by the foreigners while working at
the canning factory during the sum-
mer, in the woods below the factory.
Fourteen loaded freight cars OF go
eastbOund - r. %. train were wrecked
near Woodbine, Tuesday afternoon,
tearing up and blocking both tracks
to such an extent that traffic was de-
layed six hours.
The store Or WV. Bradley Herring, OF
Hagerstown, Nd, formerly Of this city,
was robbed on Monday night by two
boys, aged 13 and IA years, who were
arrested The goods stolen were
found OH these boys.
The will or Mrs. Fannie =. Myers,
of New Windsor, which was admitted
to probate in the Orphans Court. Tow
son, gives everything to her son, Hen
~ F. Myers, and names MIR. Charles
IT, Ecker the executor.
Caught in a snowslide in Colorado,
Mr.. David Davis, formerly of Warren,
Baltimore county, was instantly kill
ed March 3. Tie was walking On q
high cliff and the force or the descend
ing snow forced him over precipice.
The body fell to great depth below.
An interesting meeting of the Ladies
Literary Club was held Tuesday aft
ernOon at the residence or Mrs. T.. P.
Brundige, West Main street The fea-
ture of the occasion was an excellent
lecture on Robert Burns delivered by
DR.. IT. j.. Elderdice, president Of the
Theological Seminary.
Robert Myers, son OF Malanchton
Myers, of Baltimore, Md, formerly Of
Pleasant Valley, a student at Baiti-
more Polytechnic Institute, starting
from the honor mark, overcame 31A
minute handicap on Monday night,
and duplicated his performance OF
the previous week by winning the five
mile handicap roller-skating race of
the Elmwood Roller Skating Club.
The following automobile licenses
ers in this county: w. A. Nicho-
lemus, Ford %; and N. B. Killer, Ford
22, of Sykesville Md; John TT. Cum
E. Keefer, Brush, 10, Hampstead;
burg; L. E. Stauffer, Crawford, 80,
Union Bridge; J. Webster Ebaugh,
Ford, 40, this city
Mrs. Deitrick a well known speak
er of the w. @. T. U. will be in the
county from April 9Th to April 18th
and will deliver addresses at the fol-
lowing places: Sunday, April N, at
the Methodist Protestant Church in
Finksburg, at 7.30 p. m; Tuesday,
April 9, at 7.30 p. m, at Grace Luth-
eran church in this city; Wednesday,
April 10, at 7.30 p. m, at the MethO-
dist Episcopal Church, in New Wind
sor; Thursday, April III, at 7.3O D. m.,
in Union Bridge.
What is the use of our city author
tiles going to the expense of having
the streets cleaned if our citizens, are
going to unload rubbish into them aft
er they are cleaned? Main street was
swept clean last week, but at present,
is almost in as filthy condition as at
first by waste paper, etc. officer
Weigle il determined to make az ex-
ample of the first person caught
throwing debris in the street by
prosecuting him. Let's keep our city
clean. We can do it.
For the month Of January the oper-
ating income of the Western Maryland
Railway decreased $6S,451 as compar-
ed with the corresponding period of
months ending January 81, the w. M.
reported decrease in operating in
come Of $160,149. Officials have been
informed that the Big Savage tunnel,
on the new Connellsville extension,
has been completely opened from end
to end,and III Is more than likely that
work on the tunnel will be finished
within the next three weeks.
In an effort to bring to a close a
factional difference that has existed
in the Lutheran Church i'm Middle
town, committee appointed by the
Maryland Synod held secret confer
ence in Middletown, on last Monday.
1t was composed of Rev. John G.
Bowers, president of the synod; Rev.
~. - Heilman, OF Baltimore; Rev. Dr.
:. w. Owen, Hagerstown, and Rev.
r. w. Doty, of this city, pastor Of
Salem Lutheran Charge. The COM
mittee examined a number of wit
nesses of each faction, but made no
decision.
The American Express Company
will succeed the Adams Express Com
pany in this city, and on the lines of
the Western Maryland Railway on
April list Wednesday morning a
special train passed over the Western
Maryland delivering supplies to the
places where the express company has
established offices. In this city, with
the supplies,a horse was unlOaded On
the platform of the Farmers Ferti-
lizer & Feed Company and taken to
the Franklin ,& Wilson Livery stable.
Grover Ohler the accommodating