The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-01-05

NJ The little folks are now enjoying
the Christmas aftermoth.
" Frank Power has moved hiG insur-
ance office from SINNERS Row
/ our neighbor, The American Sem
tinel, with Lest weeks Issue, closed it,
80th volume.
] The Ladies Literary Club met on
III Tuesday at the home OF Mrs. Y. IT,
Knapp, Green street.
v The Advocate received very hand
some calendar from Wn. g. Devilbfss,
dealer In Mems furnishings and u
thermometer from Frank T.. Shaeffar,
plumber. Both are acceptable gifts
/ Thanks.
Walter 3. Coppersmith, Mail Car
rier No. C, has bought the Noel prop
erty on Webster street this city, and
intends to move there in the spring.
His property on the Mill Road near
the Pool IT, for SALE
Special watch services were held
last Sunday night at Grace Lutheran
Church, presided over by Walter =
Zepp Rev. wv. III. Hetrick, the pastor,
made some appropriate remarks z
number Oh people were present.
Next Monday, January 8, will b. the
ninety eighth anniversary OF the bat
tie of New Orleans, at which Andrew
Jackson defeated the British and land
Cd himsef in the centre of national
politics as a Democrat to be remem-
bered.
The Weather Man cooked his eye
\ towards the clouds Tuesday and hung
out the snow sign. In the evening the
snow began falling about six o'clock
and soon there was a generous white
blanket covering the earth. Most of
it melted by Thursday.
Noah w. Miller and Romanus r..
Wantz, near MOrelOck's SchOelhOnSe,
have been very much annoyed by a
certain person trespasslng upon their
lands and shooting their pigeons. The
above gentlemen are determined to
prosecute the accused if he is caught
on their lands again.
The annual election of officers and
banquet OF the Westminster Fire Com
pany will be held on Wednesday eve
ming, January liz, at 7.30 p. m. This
function is considered one of the best
held by any organization Of this city,
and this time the committee will try
to surpass all previous ones
AT the seventh Maryland Confer
ence Of Charities and Corrections
which met in Baltimore last month,
Miss Mary B. Shellman, East Main
street, was elected member of the
executive committee and the commit
tee on county and city institutions of
the eighth State Conference which
will meet in Cumberland next autumn
The Western Maryland Railway
Co., was granted by the Public Service
/ Commission, on Wednesday,its request
for permission to issue $lO,000,000 Of
three-year notes bearing interest at 5
per cent Directors Of the Western
/ Maryland met in New York on Tues
day and declared the regular quarter
ly dividend Of ! per cent. on the pre-
ferred stock.
Edward o. Weant, the newly elected
States Attorney took the oath Of Of
flee on Tuesday morning in the Court
house before Judge Thomas. He sue
ceeds,J Milton Reifsniderwho has oc-
cupied the office for the last four
years MIR. Weant gave bond for $10,-
900 and took up his new duties, after
Having received congratulations from
his predecessor.
Three sprigs from a cherry tree full
of green leaves and blossoms were on
exhibition at the Advocate Office this
week They were broken off Of a
cherry tree on the farm tenanted by
John Gail, at Avondale. Mr.. GAIL
says that if anybody doesn't believe
this statement, he may come to Avon
dale and by paying twenty-five cents,
see the tree for himself.
On Wednesday, January 8, at O.
clock a. m, the earth was nearer the
sun than ii will be at any other time
during the year 1912; on July 4, at
6 D. M, it will be at its greatest dis
lance away from that body. There
will be four eclipses during the year
two of the sun and two of the
moon. The first one will be invisible
to observers in North America; the
second eclipse will occur on April IT,.
George r.. Harvey, of Mount Airy,
who was arrested in Philadelphia
l
cling $4,000 out Of a $4,000 estate
of which he was the administrator,
was released in Philadelphia, Decem-
Der 28, Mrs. jamie IT. Hannah, the
prosecutor, declining to press the
charge Harvey was apprehended in
Baltimore last Saturday and was TAX
On over by the Philadelphia authori-
ties.
The family horse, "Jack" Of Harry
F. Cover, West Main street, drop
ped dead in the blacksmith shop
of Thomas Lindsay, John street, last
week When skinned, ten cent
piece was found in it's shoulder 1t
Is said the lump was seen in the
shoulder for years and was supposed
to be ten cent piece but how
it ever came to be there is mys-
terry. The dime was dated 1853. John
Kaufman, an employee of Mr.. Cover,
cut the piece OF money out OF the
skin.
The quarterly distribution of the
school tax was announced by Charles
H. Stanley, Comptroller, on Tuesday,
January 2, together with the free
school tax and the high-school fund.
The total appropriation of the school
tax is $25O,0OO, book fund 500 and
approved high school fund $27, 625,
making the total for the three distri-
buttons $315,125 The amount appor-
toned to Carroll county is as follows: