The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-03-01
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


Gas bills, coal bills, light bills, leg
islative bills-and still they come.
Willard Zepp, Liberty street, has
purchased 90 Overland automobile.
Mrs. Jennie Myers, sold her farm
konwn al the Turtle farm, near this
city.
w. Allen Murray, Hampstead, Nd,
has purchased 30-hOrsepower Over
land touring car.
Three box cars on the W. M. Ry, at
Kirk, were unroofed by the high wind
on Tuesday morning.
Lewis G. Myerly died at 4 o'clock
this morning I'm Hampstead, aged 84
years. Funeral at 100 p. m, on Sun
day.
Hundreds Of thousands Of baby
trout are to be placed in the head
waters of Maryland streams in
April
The Western Maryland College base
ball team will play Johns Hopkins
team, at Homewood Park, Baltimore.
on April ~.
The Western Maryland Railway
broke alt Of it, previous records for
handling cars, on last Saturday, when
it moved 1742 freight cars.
The Advocate received card this
week from Mr.. William B. Thomas,
at Los Angeles, Cal He states that he
and Mrs. Thomas are well and very
much interested in sightseeing.
Edward Await, of John street., was
taken to 1t. Joseph's Hospital, Balti-
more, on Saturday afternoon, for
treatment of hemorrhage at the nose.
He had been bleeding for about "a
hours.
As Washington's birthday fell on
Thursday of last week, We did not
tons until Friday evening, after the
paper was published. They are pun
lished in this issue.
The next session of the Maryland
Annual Conference OF the Methodist
Protestant Church will be held in
April at Laurel, Del Many import
ant matters will come before the Con-
ference, among which will be church
union. There will also be the cleo
ton of representatives to the General
Conference, which will meet in Bal
timore in May.
Salem Lodge I. OF O- II. No 60,
will rededicate the Odd Fellows Hall
on May TO- The dedication will be in
charge of the Grand Lodge. The
lodges comprising this district are:
Daniel and Jacob Lodge, No. %, Man
chester; Salem Lodge, No go, West
minister; 1t. Stephens Lodge No.
95, Daniel; Sulphur Spring Lodge,
No 100, New Windsor.
"a West Virginia subscriber writes
as follows: Enclosed find zoo for
my subscription to The Advocate. This
paper has come into my home for
40 years as weekly letter. 1t has
kept me SO in touch with the affairs
of the county that # am not vet a
stranger in my native county, even
after an absence of 40 years"
"a large muskrat was killed on Sun
day afternoon at the Westminster
Savings Bank The muskrat came out
OF the sewer at MIR. I'D. .. Gehr's
Hardware Store, and was far away
from it, hiding place, when several
dogs espied IL and chased IL up the
street, to the bank, where it was kill
ed. 1t was skinned and the hide sold
for 40c. tit j. said that there are more
muskrats in the sewer.
The sixth of series of center meet
ings for teachers was held at West
minister High School on Saturday Feb
ruary "a About fifty teachers were
present The work given was in
charge OF the supervisor, Mrs.
Stabler land dealt with the method
and subject matter fin teaching arith-
metic, and reading The next meet
ing will be held at Manchester,
March 9th; and the next at Silver
Run, March 10th.
A corps of surveyors of the West
ern Maryland Railway Company were
recently making surveys to lengthen
the two sidings east and west of this
city. Tit il rumored that the one at
the ice plant will be extended to the
Coal Chute, one opposite the
gas house wIii L. made over twice it.
pre----4 length The siding at Wake
field, whera a gang Of men have been
engaged in making il twice its length
il nearing completion
We learn from the Beaver County
Democrat" that MIR. Claude AZ. Smith,
formerly of this city, was one of a
committee Of three, who drew up d
set of resolutions which were IN
animously adopted at the recent Dem
ocratic County Convention of Beaver
County, Oklahoma. The resolutions
re-affirmed allegiance to William Jen-
nings Bryan, and endorsed Woodrow
Wilson for the presidential no. "a
ton. Mr.. Smith il 2 prominent Dem
ocrat in that section.
Roy Sherfey, while In the employ
of mir. Crum, of Logs Station, had the
misfortune to freeze five of his
fingers two on one hand, three on the
other, during the severest portion "a
the winter The fingers were frozen
past the second joints and had the
appearance of charred wood. Dr
Georganna Devilbiss, Of Creagers-
town, Nd, formerly of this city, sue
ceeded i'm saving four of them wholly
but was compelled to- amputate the
first finger on the right hand at the
first joint
At the meeting held on Saturday
last by the Frederick County Farmers
Association, at Frederick, 200 attended
The most important measure brough
before the meeting and upon Whlcr
the body voted unanimously, was e
adopt road law for Frederick county
The law was explained by s. B. King
of Mt Airy, president Of the Coco
Roads Association of Frederick, Carol
Montgomery and Howard counties