The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-09-20
Some of our farmers are making "a
econd crop OF hay, which is a good

Some Of our farmers are making
second crop Of hay, which is a good
one.
There nave recently been a number
of "apple butter boiling parties in
the county.
The cloudy and rainy weather kept
many Westminster people from at
tending the Hanover Fair.
Young Taylor, son Oh Mr.. Clark
Taylor, of this city, fell off the bridge
at the sewer, corner or Main and
Church streets, last Monday and frac-
tured his left elbow joint
Another buggy had its rear wheel
torn off Friday while standing at
Main and Liberty streets in front OF
the ID. 8. Gehr hardware store. III
Is a dangerous practice to tie a team
at that corner leaving the rear wheels
projecting % far out on Liberty
street.
The Progressive party Is booked
to form an organization for Carroll
county with a mass meeting i'm this
city on September 26. Charles Bona
parte and m. WinslOw Williams, turn
coats, who have been holding Offices
under the two great parties, Will
make addresses.
An automobile belonging to the
Westminster garage caught on fire In
front of the garage yesterday morn
ing just a. Mr. George Huff, chief
mechanic, was starting to drive It to
Hanover, Pa. Mrs. Huff was on the
back seat. The fire was extinguish-
ed by putting mud on the carburetor
There has been a prolific crop Of
potatoes, tomatoes, grapes and gar
den truck generally, this, summer
but an almost general scarcity 81
apples and peaches. Nearly every
body with a little patch of garden
has been repaid bountifully for the
work of planting and cultivation, not
withstanding the damage by pests OF
various kinds
The first registration day will be
October 1st., and the second day, o.
tober 8th. These will be the only
days for registration this year, as the
last sitting, the 18TH, will be for the
revision and correction Of the lists
only. As a registration was held iT
May, just prior to the primaries, 1T IL
believed that the number yet tc
register, even though IT IL "Presi.
Dental year." will not be unusual.
The death OF Mrs. Z. b. Taylor
wife of Rev. Mr. Taylor, former
rector Of Ascension parish, was
great shock to her large circle O.
friends in this city. Mrs. Taylor
died Monday morning at Hartford
Conn.,, where she had been taken tc
hospital by her sister, Miss John
son. During her long illness she va:
great sufferer. Besides her hus
band and her sister one brother sur
wives. Funeral services were hell
in Hartford, on Tuesday, after which
the body was taken to Philadelphia
Pa, and inferred Wednesday after
noon in the family burying ground.
Fifteen loaded cars Of an eastbounC
b. a. O. freight train jumped thu
track and were wrecked near Wood
bine Tuesday night As the car
bounded over the ties cap on al
oil tank came off and a terrific eX
plosion followed a brakeman from
Baltimore was hurled 80 feet int
the Patapsco river, but escaped un
hurt. The wrecked cars were pilet
Ill d LldSS dlI SOOA LOOh L4 81 -
cars were totally destroyed The re
Election of the fire was seen from Mt
Airy. The cars were loaded witt
lime, oil, copper wire, etc. tn
wreck was caused by spreading rails
Charles Burkholder, of Shippens
burg, "a, fiagman On Western
Maryland Railway train, was strucl
by the Cumberland Express, abou
300 yards East of Linwood Station
on Wednesday morning about 1913
O'Clock -cnd fatally injured. Burk
holder vas sent out to flag all train
coming east, for his train, which wa
working at Linwood, and becomin
tired he slt down on the rail an
went to sleep. Engineman Williar
Shaw saw DurkhOldera short distanc
ahead and blew several blasts on tn
whistle and applied the brakes, bu
could not stop his train in time t
keep from striking the man. Burk
holder was placed in the train an
brought to this city, but he died be
fore reaching here. His body wa
taken to the undertaking parlors G
James M Stoner, Pennsylvani
avenue, and prepared TO be shippe
to Shippensburg, Pa, the same even
ing. Burkholder was aged about a
years.