The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-31
The month OF May ends today.

The month OF May ends today.
Some farmers have commenced
making hay.
No grave Of soldier, We hope was
forgotten yesterday
Maryland received $4,000 in auto
mobile licenses last year.
Wheat is looking fine, and the farm
ers are exceedingly happy.
MIR. Jos. r. Yingling, Of Pleasant
\ Valley, lost fine young heifer On
Thursday.
Some farmers who planted corn
early are compelled to replant great
deal Of it.
The sprinkler has been On the job
this week and there was plenty Oh
dust to b. settled.
The second meeting Of the new
Board of School Commissioners will
take place on Monday.
The Howard county tax rate has
been fixed at S7 cents on the 800,
which il quite 81 increase.
The first Pen Mar excursion over
the w. Mr. RI r., for the season, 1912,
passed Through this city yesterday.
Rev. Frank Hersh, of Philadelphia,
Pa, will preach q trial sermon at
Kreider's Lutheran Church on Sun
day morning.
Smith & Reifsnider, West Main
street, have laid concrete pavements
in front of their properties. Paul
Case was the contractor.
If the locust blossoms have anything
To do with it, indications are for
good corn crop. The saying is"Plenty
OF locust blossoms, big corn crop"
Mrs. VIM. H. Yingling, who is at
the Woman's Hospital, Baltimore, Is
| getting along nicely and expects to
ley very soon.
Yesterday was Decoration Day.
Courthouse, banks and public Offices
were closed all day, and the stores
closed at noon.
The following school trustees have
been appointed: Morgan Run-Mes-
srs. Elias c.. Shipley, John wi. Hook,
Iogue; Gamber-B. +. Gorsuch, Geo.
B. Knox and r. w. Barnes.
Rev. r. w. Doty preached at Kreid-
er's Lutheran Church last Sunday to
large congregation. There was
not room i'm the church for more than
half the people who came to hear the
farewell sermon.
The Westminster Fire Company's
reel team will go to Waynesboro, Pa,
on next Wednesday to participate in
all the races Of the Firemen'S Con-
vention The fare to Waynesboro
will b. $3.50 round trip
The Door-to- Virtue Lodge held
memorial services at their lodge
room, Wantz Building, yesterday aft
a body to the Westminster cemetery
parted brothers.
Owing to their inability to secure
guarantors for the 600 season tickets
as required by the Chautauqua Asso-
citation, of Pennsylvania, the commit
tee in charge of the matter, has Civ
en the matter up and there will be no
summer Chautauqua in Westminster
this year.
The officials Of the Western Mary
land Railway Company passed through
this city on special train for an
inspection trip over the road to Con-
nellsville, Pa, on Wednesday morn
II ing. They will also 20 to Pittsburgh.
The first telegraph line over Con-
nellsville extension was cut in on
Wednesday.
Mr. Roberts Greenfield, son of Rev.
DIR. and Mrs. D. l.. Greenfield, and
student of Johns Hopkins University,
has accepted the position of librarian
at the University during the session
of the summer school Mr.. Greenfield
graduated with high honors from
Western Maryland College last June,
and is making an enviable record at
the University.
Charles TT. Smith, colored, of Walk
ersville, Md, was arrested at Union
Bridge on Monday by officer Franklin
T. Bachman, for disorderly conduct at
the railroad depot and given hear
| ing before Officer Brandenburg, who
committed him to Jail for the Novem-
Der term of grand jury for carrying
concealed weapons and partly de-
stroying the Union Bridge lookup. He
was UIOuSnI mere dHu lOuSGu Ill jail
on Tuesday morning.
The following auto licenses have
been issued for owners in this coun-
| ty: w. H. Hoffman, Manchester,
Cadillac 10; J. 0. Snyder, Hampstead,
Autocar is; N. Grove, Manchester,
Ford, 20; J. E. Frizzell, Westminster,
Maxwell, Sc; w. G. Fowb1e, Wood
bine, Ford, 20; DR.. A. F. Cronk, Max
well %; A. Gosnell, Ford 20; and M.
A. Poole, Ford 20, Mt. Airy Harry
Little, Ford 20; Noah Brown, Ford
20, and Walter Coppersmith, Buick,
| is, Westminster, Md
The directors of the Western Mary
land Railroad left Pittsburgh yeater-
day morning to take an inspection
trip over the company's tracks. With
i'm the last few weeks the Connells-
vile extension has been completed
and while the formal opening will not
occur until July 1, cars are now being
operated over the new roadbed. Aft
er making the trip to Cumberland the
directors will be in Baltimore several
days. Then will be announced the
exact date on which the Connellsville
branch will be thrown open for public
travel.
A disgraceful scene was witnessed
on East Main street, Saturday after
noon, as a result of reckless driving
and drunkenness Messrs. Herbert
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