The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-02-02
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Today ia Ground Hog Day.


Today ia Ground Hog Day.
st. Valentines day is next.
Monday was certainly OF the blue
variety.
Scarlet fever has again broken out
in our city.
Coasting has been enjoyed by young
and old on College Hill, this week.
On February % a postal savings
bank will BE- started at Taneytown.
William Eckard has moved into his
new barber shop, which is two doors
below his present location but is r.
the same building.
j. wv. Lockard a. Son, Liberty
street, have accepted the agency for
the Buick automobile. DIR. Charles
r. Foutz has purchased a Buick car
from the above firm.
It the annual meeting of the Saw
age Mountain Brick Company, Frost
burg, Md, the following officers were
elected: Charles c. Gorsuch, this
city, president; John "a Caldwell,
vice president and manager.
MIR. Lawrence w. Wroth, OF Balti-
more, has accepted a position al as-
sistant librarian at the Pratt Library
Mr. Wroth A. nephew of Misses Mat
tie and Jennie Wroth, Winchester
Place, and has many friends in this
city.
The half-sleet, half-rain which fell
Sunday night and Monday morning
covered the streets and pavements
with a veneer of ice, causing several
person and animals to slip and fall
and adding another variety to the
list Of unusual weather conditions
experienced since Christmas.
The Rev. Frank M Gibson, n. D.,
who has been rector Of Ascension
Parish i'm this city for the past seven
years and who last week presented
his resignation to the vestry, to take
effect February 25, will go to Balti-
more to be librarian of the Maryland
Churchman, the official organ Of the
Bishop Of Maryland.
Sheriff Elias M. Davis has appoint
ed his son, Harry 4. Davis, deputy
Sheriff in place OF VIM. Sharrer, who
has been acting in that capacity since
the election of Sheriff Davis. Mr..
Sharrer will move to Manchester
shortly, where he will act a. deputy
sheriff for Manchester District, I'M
der the appointment OF Sheriff Davis.
The following bill was introduced
in the Senate on Wednesday by Sena-
tor Snader: ITO refund to Margaret
H. Jones money paid to the State in
T-
fund money to Elizabeth G. Smith
money paid to the State I'm error;
same reference. Sanctioning certain
requests made by T.. ID. Rhett; same
reference"
The temperance bill introduced by
Calvin R. Chew in the House last
week, is to prohibit the sale Of liquor
within mile of the Methodist Prot
estant and Methodist Episcopal
Churches and Public School at Can
Der. It looks as if the bill was franz
Cd to prevent any party from obtain
ing a liquor license for the hotel at
Gambler, which has repeatedly been
the case.
Mrs William Fl. Zimmerman, wife
OF Prof William iii. Zimmerman, Bal
timore, formerly of Western Maryland
College, IL i'll at her home from
pneumonia. She was taken III last
Wednesday while on a visit TO a
friend on Park Heights avenue. Prof.
Zimmerman has just recovered from
an. illness of two months, brought on
by an attack OF pneumonia, but is now
in good health
a suit filed in the United States
District Court by the Baker Whitley
Coal Company to recover $4,000 dam
ages against the Western Maryland
Railway recalls the litigation result
ing from the refusal Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad and the Western
Maryland Railway to permit vessels
to BE- locked at their coal piers by
any other tugs than those owned by
the late r.. M. Spedden.
The Western Maryland Railway was
Wednesday made defendant in pro
ceedings before the Inter- States Com
merce Commission filed by the Union
Tanning Company, operating tan
neries throughout the Carolinas and
the Virginias- The plaintiff charges
that the rates charged by the defend
ant on shipments of leather from the
tannerieS to points along the line OF
the Western Maryland in West Vir-
GINA are excessive and discrimina-
tory.
a reporter for one of our local pap
ers met a friend on the street this
week, and asked him if H. had heard
OF anything. He replied Yes, a gen.
tleman was unconscious up the
street" The reporter took out his
pamphlet and commenced TO take
notes, asking what caused it. His
friend said it was caused by sleep
ing. TIE repol ter, seeing the joke
showed his pencil and pamphlet in
his pocket and walked off while his
friend laughed.