The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-12-13
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

VOcate before the new 4ear comes.
Mr.. William Everhart, formerly Of
this city, is undergoing treatment at
the Sabillasville Sanitorium.
Evan I'll. Ensor, Jr., of near Glyn-
don, shot jack rabbit on Wednesday
Of last week, weighing seven pounds.
George N. Wiley, resident of Nor
risville, Md, died last Friday at
SykesyiIIe Sanitorium from an attack
Of grippe.
Eggs are coming down. The Car
roll county hen In doing her best to
relieve the food stringency of the
times.
Mr.. Charles Swinderman, secretary
and manager OF the cafe for Mr.
John Leffert, at the Railroad, COM
pleted his goth year or faithful ser
vice last week.
IL Uncle Sam could bring down the
high cost of living, 1t would be fine
Christmas gift to- the public at large
and one which would be greatly ap-
preciated.
The Christmas holidays at Western
Maryland College, begin this year on
Wednesday, December 18, and end on
Thursday, January 2. Nearly all Of
the students generally 60 home at
this time.
The George T.. Lescaleet property,
near Bloom, containing 20k acres,
was sold on Friday last by Ferdinand
ID. Schaeffer, Mortgage, and Ivan T..
Hoff, attorney, to Samuel M. Wright,
for $1250.00.
Mr.. John Walsh, OF Carrollton, met
with a painful accident last Saturday
when his hand was nearly sawed off
by circular saw. He was taken to
the Maryland university Hospital,
Baltimore.
Members of the Church Of God have
broken ground for a new church edi-
fee along the Blue Mountain road,
near Pen-Mar. The pastor Of the
church near Highf1eld will be the pas
tor Of the new congregation
Christmas is rapidly drawing near,
and il the shop early" cry is to be
needed no time can be lost. Not
counting tonight when q great deal Of
shopping will be done, only nine
shopping days remain between now
and Christmas day.
The splendid showing of the West
minister and Carroll county banks Is
still maintained by the statements
published last week, and II the pres
ent indications are not amiss, the con-
dition Of the banks will be still more
solid year hence.
The death knell of the Lincoln High
way was sounded at Washington last
week when, after fifteen unsuccessful
meetings the Lincoln memorial COM
mission decided to approve the design
for a monument to the martyred pres
ident submitted by Henry Bacon, a
New York architect.
The public appears to have for
saken the governments sober postal
card for the gaudier production Of the
souvenir shop, for the report OF Pub
lie Printer Donnelly shows that only
770,253,39 cards were printed in 1912,
while in the preceding year the big
establishment turned out 1,280,895, $40.
Last Saturday while MIR. Jacob f.
RAIDER, of Finksburg, was in this city
the two front wheels of his wagon
broke down. The wagon was loaded
with coal and mill feed. One of his
horses also became quite sick the
same day and veterinary was called.
Mr.. D. Roger Englar, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. David w. EDglar, OF Med
ford, has been elected a member of
the Maryland Society of New York
city, where he resides. Mr.. Albert
Ritchie was elected president, and a
banquet was held this week at the
Waldorf Astoria.
Westminster Council No. 1887, Royal
Arcanum, elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: r., T.. *. Herr;
". r., ID. E.. Walsh; Sec., J. G. Diffen-
dal; O., H. P. Goodwin; Treas, T. r.
Cassell; Col, z. J. Butler; Chap, Chas.
Manahan; G., G. w. Babylon; w., Geo.
l. Fisher; S., Jehu Roger; Trustee,
z. Thos. Babylon; Representative to
the Grand Council, K. X. Herr; Alter
nate, Jackson Myerly .......
Efforts will be made in the near fu-
ture to reopen the Savings Bank Of
Libertytown, at Libertytown, which
State Bank Commissioner Downes
closed some days ago. Former Pres
ident Stanley A. Kenny, Of the institu-
ton, who was in Baltimore stated
that the banks board of directors are
planning to ask permission of the
the bank as soon as possible.
Union Bridge is aptly named Early
settlers built bridge across a stream
that separated them and called the
community, that grew into fair sized
town, as IL is called, in ncommemoration
of the joint labors of those on the two
banks of the stream in building the
bridge. The community was first
known az Pipe Creek Settlement"
"Pipe Creek" is a very much trans
formed version Of the Indian word
"Apoochlekee" and has no etymolo-
gical connection with water pipes,
pipes Of peace or any other sort Of
pipes.
While the farmers and others in this
latitude have been congratulating
themselves upon the extraordinary
weather we have been having for this
season OF the year which has enabled
the toilers i'm the field to gather and
house their corn crop, they must not
complain at the brand OF weather
which Rev. Ira R. Hicks says is in
store for us this month. We're to
have a zripsnorting time and big sup
ply OF snow for Christmas the prophet
says, with plenty OF cold-nothing
more than what could be expected for
this month of the exchange OF pres
ents
Bone-head argument by President
FITZGERALD and General Manager
SheRherd of the Western Maryland
Railway i'm regards to double track
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