The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-10-11

| Mr.. Anderson H. Etzler, of Woods
boro, has purchased the Powell Mill
It ThurmOnt.
MIR. Earl Thomson, who lives near
this city, has secured employment as
brakeman on the Western Maryland
Railway.
The Smallwood Grange will hold q
fair and oyster supper on November
2, beginning at 10 o'clock a. m, and
continuing until after night.
Mr.. Harry Perry, conductor on the
W. MI. r., has been promoted to as
sistant train master. MIR. Perry lives
at Union Bridge and his jurisdiction
Is from Highf1eld to Baltimore.
Four gentlemen from this city
started for the York Fair via Keymar,
but owing to the piece Of junk pile
OF an engine on the Western Mary
land train, they missed connections
by about IL minutes, and had to re-
turn.
A force of men on the Western
Maryland Railway are busily engaged
In putting in heavy bridges in place
Of the old ones, between here and
Emory Grove. 1t will require some
time to complete the work after
which the powerful locomotives re-
Gently purchased by the company will
run through here to Baltimore.
Prospects throughout Carroll coun-
ty are excellent for poultry Of all
kinds for Thanksgiving. Driving
through this section a great many
young turkeys, geese, ducks, guineas
and other poultry are to be seen. On
account of the high prices of meat,
1t is expected that turkeys will COM
mand good rates.
Nancy $. Smith has filed the tit
ling of a suit against the w. MI. Ry.
Co., for damages for the death OF her
husband, who was killed year ago,
it is alleged by the explosion of a
gasoline engine used to pump water
into the railroad company's tank at
High1eld. The amount Of damages
has not been set forth.
| The council of st. Benjamin's Re
formed church, near this city, has
added to the improvements of the
church by erecting lightning rods.
The church is undergoing repairs,
having recently been struck by light
ming for the third time. The rods
were furnished by Messrs. John G.
Skunk and r. e. Lee Hutchins.
Rev. DIR. Thomas Freeman Dixon,
OF Frederick, went to Barton, Md,
Monday morning, October 7th, where
The will attend the meeting Of the
Baltimore Presbytery, which con-
vened there on Monday evening. DR..
Dixon, who 1s secretary OF the CON-
mittee in charge of the New Windsor
College, will make the report of the
committee to the Presbyterry.
The Eighth Maryland Conference
of Charities and Correction will meet
in Cumberland, December Srd, 4th
and 5th to discuss problems OF public
health, of charity organization. those
related to county and city institu-
tons, and dependent, defective, and
delinquent children. Mr.. George
Schwarzenbach, prominent merch-
ant OF Cumberland, is the president
OF the conference this year, and H.
Writ Steele, of Baltimore is the gen.
eral secretary. The conference has
about four hundred members, and ef-
forts are now being made to largely
increase this membership, particular
ly in the counties of the state.
The management of the Opera
House has secured the services of a
fine concert company, composed OF
four artists under the direction OF
| the Ithaca Conservatory OF Music,
which will give an entertainment in
this city on the night Of November
| 9th at 8.30 o'clock. We hope the
attendance will be a large one % that
the infringement will feel encouraged
to bring this class Of entertainment
to Westminster more frequently.
Generally when a case gets into
Court it means no compromise, but
the usual order of things was upset
i'm the case of Isaac l.. Hankey
against Harry B. Ogle, both Of near
Creagerstown. Some time ago MI
Hankey brough suit against
Mr. nGlaral1siRGf five hundred dol
Jesuit Of trespass,