The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-07-12

There are at present seven inmates
at the county jail
New wheat il being received at the
mills OF the ". IT. Gorsuch Son Com
pany, and Englar g Sponseller.
Plans are now being considered BY
the County Commissioners for gen
eral overhauling and reconstruction
of the jail. Many long needed i'm
provements will be made.
A lawn fete for the benefit of the
Church of the Ascension, Court street,
will be held on the lawn of the par
ish building this evening and tomor-
row evening, July 12 and 13.
d. Glenn wv. Horner East Main
street has been appointed to the
State Veterinary Medical Board He
Is also a member Of the American
Veterinary Medical Association.
Messrs. Beach and Power, proprie-
tors of the Opera House, dissolved
partnership this week, Mr.. Beach buy
| ing Mr.. Powers interest, and taking
over the business. He will continue
To show good moving pictures and
vaudeville.
| First Regiment Band and Company
\ III, M. N. G., will leave on Sunday for
Mount Gretna, Pa, where they will
go into camp. 1t is doubtful Wheth-
er Captain Weigle will accompany
the regiment, as he has been sick for
several days
| Mrs. Ella Rouzer, widow Of John H.
Rouzer, of Thurmont, Md, discovered
two burglars in her room shortly after
Tuesday midnight. She was awaken
81 by one of them lighting match
near her bedside and screamed for
help. Both escaped.
The addition to the railroad switch
which starts at the Ice e Cold Storage
plant Is being put down by a force
of men. The switch will be as long
again when it is completed. 1t is used
for all trains to pass on, for, on &C
count Of the long freights which 20
through here the old switch was i'm
adequate.
Rev. DR.. w. :. Phillips, a well
known member Of the Maryland An
nual Conference, died Wednesday
morning after a lingering illness. He
was a graduate of Western Maryland
College and was a trustee of that in
stitution At the time Of his death
he was pastor of First Methodist Prot
sstant Church, Newark, N. j.
Maryland Commandery No. 4,
Knights Templars, will celebrate it,
one hundred and twenty-second ami
versary by holding an outing at Pen
Mar Saturday Afternoon. Arrange
ments have been made with the West
ern Maryland Railway for a special
train which will leave Hillen Station
n1a or ~
The Maryland Commandery was or
gained in 1870, and j. the oldest COM
mandery in the United States. q large
delegation of Knights will join the
party at this city.
| The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wednesday transferred 10 engine
crews from Hyndman to the Western
Maryland to help trains up the big
Savage grade, while the Baltimore and
Ohio is using the Western Maryland
pending the clearing Of the Sandpatch
tunnel. Tit il stated that sections of
the tunnel have been falling in all day
and some railroad men who have seen
the wreck say it will take at least so
days to clear it. The least estimate
Of the amount of debris to be removed
is 100000 cubic yards.
Extensive preparations are being
made by members of the Arcadia
Volunteer Ffremen Company for the
dedication of their new hall July 20.
The program will include addresses
by prominent residents Of the county
and musical selections. The hall,
which is nearly completed, l. two
stories high, with the first floor ar
ranged for the fire engine and the
ho1 &c
so by 25 feet. The chemical engine
formerly at the Gardenville engine
house will be stationed at Arcadia.
fancy Lodge, No. %, of Taneytown,
held its annual memorial service June
81. After the exercises in the hall
the members ard friends proceeded
to the cemetery, where they decor
ated the graves Of their departed
brothers. This lodge has grown
wonderfully during the few years of
it's existence and they are now plan
ming for a fall campaign with anti
cipated success. Brother John J.
Reid is the special deputy and Broth
er Harry T.. Feeser Is the deputy
These brothers, with others, are act
i've in the ranks.
Rev. @. Herbert Richardson, pas
tor Of Garrett Park Methodist Episco-
pal Church, formerly pastor of Cen
tenary Church, this city, preached last
Sunday night on the text Righteous
ness Exalteth a Nation" and con-
demned the conduct of the Republi-
can National Convention in Chicago as
shameless" and conspicuous for a
lack of righteousness. He said AT
ter 40 years utilization with the party
N I shall vote against Taft and Sher-
man as protest against successful
fraud" Mr.. Richardson was lavish
in his praise of Wilson and Marshall.
Western Maryland passenger train
leaving this city at 10 a. m. for Elkins,
was derailed late Wednesday after
noon at German, so miles south of
Cumberland. Several passengers were
painfully injured. The accident il
supposed to have been due to broken
angle bar. The lead truck of the COM
bination car, the second in the train,
was first derailed. The combination
car and the day coach went over the
embankment on their sides. Had the
cars kept turning, they would have
landed in the Potomac River. The
mail coach, the first in the train, and
the parlor car, in the rear, were de-
rallied, but remained upright.
The large fire which occurred at
Arlington about 1.3O o'clock Wednes-
day morning was first discovered by