The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-09-13
was Defenders DAY.

Of the good Old summer tlme ne1
Monday.
Stone Chapel Sunday school wil
hold an oyster supper October AIS
afternoon and night. SmallWOod or
chestra will furnish music.
Al: Colonel Rogers Brine, native q
Carroll county, has been promotes
from the proving grounds at Sand,
Hook, M. Y-, tn succeed Genera
Crosier ~ Chief of the Ordnance De
APARTMENT. Colonel Birnie has seVera
brothers and sisters who reside AZ
lTaneytoWn.
The Automobile Club of Maryland
has issued notice tO speeders ant
reckless drivers Of motor vehicles
requesting them to cease such prac
tees upon the county roads, - Tux
blame for such disregard of the Law
is often placed alike upon the limo
cent and tn guilty
Taneytown il tn have what promis-
Is It'd d. an interesting entertainment
course this winter. There will prob
ably be one program in October, one
| in November, one in December anG
two in February Among the attrac-
tons will d. male quartet, q magi-
clan and variety program.
\ Sunday, September marked tn
44th anniversary of the years 81 H
Crawford, Sr., Hanover, "a, Ia
been engaged in auctioneering real
estate and personal property. His first
work in that line was near Wakefield
and 16 years ago ~ went To Hanover
where he has, been engaged in this
line Of work ever since
Howard NJ. Matthias, of Reisters-
town, filed a bill Wednesday in tn
| Circuit Court at Towson for 80 ab-
solute divorce from hi wife, Mrs
Ira C Matthias. The couple were
married in 1907 and have one child
Mr. Matthias carries Oh the cigar
manufacturing business ait Reisters-
town, and il a son of Jacob Matthias
this city.
MIR. James ~. Rinker, East Main
street, exhibited at this Office Oh Sat
urday last, two varieties of tomatoes
grown in hi garden. There were AZ
small yellow tomatoes, known o. the
golden nugget, Oh one stalk, and
white tomatoes, known a. Child's r.
splendant, On another stalk. As
many - 100 golden nuggets" were
On one OF the vines On Saturday
morning.
The following new subscribers
have been added To the list OF the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company The Western Union Tele-
graph CO., telephone building ir
Westminster-cal telegram; Royal
lO. Clagett, Alesia Hampstead 1922;
Jesse WI Freck, Key fancy
town 31-14; Weldon B. Duvall, War
fieldsburg- Westminster $685. .. @
Kaufman, near Baile-Westminst
809-4
Mr.. James q. Quinlan i again il
the county selling the excellent mar
of Carroll county prepared by the
State Geographical Survey Mr
| Quinlan tells IL that this il the
greatest county for buying maps Gha
M has ever struck. Tie has sold 1906
maps in the county, $50 off which
were sold in this city. Tit j. said tina
only very Intelligent people appreci
ate maps, 20 we can pat ourselves or
the back.
The Mount Airy High School vii
institute this year an agricultural
course for four years. st first there
will b. only one class, which will d.
vote the year to the study of soils ant
fertilizers. The work will be- prac
tically a. we'll a. theoretically taght
The department has good liborary
limit will test milk for butter fat, viii
run a terminating test for grains ant
will give spraying demonstrations fol
the farmers
Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner, elemen-
tary worker of the International Sun
day School Association Of Chicago
I'LL, will visit the following Sunda!
schools in this city on Sunday morn
ing /: Methodist Episcopal, from 9.1;
$50 to 945; Reformed, from 9.45 tx
10; Lutheran, from 40 to 1915. "A
conference for all the primary Sun
day school workers Of the community
will be held at Grace Lutheran
church in the afternoon at 2.3(
o'clock, when Mrs Bryner will speak
Rev. Dr. John :. Bowers, president
of the Maryland Annual Conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church
Wednesday announced that H. hat
named Rev. :. F Cassen, of Finks-
burg, to succeed the late Rev. TT. r.
Wright A. pastor of the Towsor
Church Rev. MIR. Cassen will a.
sumo charge of his new work within
the next two weeks. His successor
ait Finksburg will BE- selected later
Rev. MIR. Cassen j. one Of the bes
known ministers in the conference
and has served many charges in tht
district. He j. about ~ years old.
That the Western Maryland Railwa!
Company IL shortly to do some *
tensive new financing il the repOr
in important financial circles. Tht
proceeds realized through the sale o
the $10,O00,0O0 per cent. gold notes
which were dated January 4, 1912, anc
will mature July 4, 1915, 1T l. declared
will b. used to liquidate Indebtedness
incurred through the extensive i'm
provement and betterment plans com
pleted and under way. q consider
able amount has also been expended
for equipment Tit ID contended in tht
reports that the large amount alread.
expended il not drop in the buckle
to what will b. needed when th
broad, comprehensive plans alread.
worked out by President Robertson
and the directors are cOnsummated.
Sixteen German manufacturers, VIII
are in this country to attend the ses
siona Of the Congress Of Applet
Chemistry, in New York and Wash
Iington, Monday visited the Tidewate
Portland Cement Works, near Uniol
Bridge. They we're shown over th
plant by Manager Richard *. Meade
The visitors commented upon the *
tent of the plant. tn the party whicl
returned to New York in the evenini