The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-01-19

Charles W. Melville, of Sykesville,
has sent in his application to Cover
nor Goldsborough for the job on the
Live Stock Sanitary Board.
Washington Camp, No. 10, Patriotic
Order Sons of America, of Tyrone,
will hold a public meeting, in the
camp room, Maus's Hall, on Tuesday
night, January Goth. An interesting
program is being arranged. Address
ses will BE- delivered by State Secre-
tary William James Heaps, District
President, wv. r.. Seabrook, and Rev.
Martin SchWeitzer. The public il
cordially invited to attend.
The case OF the United Railways
and Electric Company, Of Baltimore
w. r. Nathan Dean, which was ap-
pealed from the Circuit Court for
Carroll county to the Maryland Court
of Appeals, was argued on Wednes-
day at Annapolis by Guy W. Steele,
who represented the appellant, and
T. S. Offutt and r.. H. Archer, Jr., for
appellee. Dean is trying to recover
damages for injuries received at
Towson by an electric car jumping
the track.
The following Board of Directors
and officers Of the Hampstead Bank
were elected January 8: president,
VIM. TT. Wheeler; vice president,
Whitfield Stansbury; treasurer, ,.
| William Kelbaugh; assistant treas-
urer, Preston wv. Snyder; directors,
VIM IT. Wheeler, Whitfield Stansbury,
Charles T. Harvey, Henry 8. Cooper
John H. StanHbury, Irwin 8. hefster,
hRichard "a Martin, Charles wv. Muir
ray, II. "A. Rinaman, George R. Rupp,
and w. IT. 8. Allgire.
The following officers and board OF
directors were reelected for the en-
suing year, by the stockholders Of
the First National Bank Of Hamp-
stead, on January 8: president, Ed
gar NJ Bush; ;. vice president, William
A. Abbott; cashier, r. Blaine Murray;
directors, Edgar M. Bush, William A.
Abbott, Amos R. Schultz, Joseph M.
Armacost, Robert e. Merryman, Thee.
Watson Tracey, William J. Brown,
Conrad F. Sehnell, John U. Leister,
George w Sharrer and Thomas WI.
Shamberger.
Tit ID reported that John ID. Rocke-
feller has assumed control of the
Western Maryland Railroad. It il
understood that Rockefeller il the
largest individual stakeholder He has
| two representatives on the board or
directors in Frederick IT. Gates and
Henry z. Cooper. Among the other
directors are T.. ID. Adams, represent
alive of the Deutsche bank of Berlin;
A w. Krech, president Of the Equit-
able, and Winslow s. Pierce, former
| ly close associate with Geo. ]. Gould
now with Kuhn, Loeb & Co., in the
reincarnation of the Wabash. Mr..
Gould is also a director but control
of the road passed from him when it
was organized.
After 26 years of faithful service
with the Jos. Dixon Crucible Co,
of Philadelphia, Pa, as manager for
the firm, William J. Coane, father Of
c.. Lynn Coane, this city, presented
his resignation to the company Tie
resigned - manager of the above
company to accept the vice presi-
dency OF the Oiax Metal Company, of
Philadelphia About 3D. employees or
the Dixon Crucible Co-,tendered Mr.
Coane a banquet atthe Hotel Majestic,
that city. There were Is courses
served. Nearly all present were call
ed upon to make addresses. G. Lynn
Coane, who was present, made lO
minute talk He says that it was
great function.
The postoffices Of Maryland receiV-
ed $46,66S.70 for registered letters
and packages sent from Maryland Of
fees during the fiscaI year ended June
80, 1911 and 372,746 parcels and let
tiers were registered during that per-
iod at the States Offices. The State
has 10 daily publications, which are
classified - second-class matter; one
tri-weekly and two semi-weekly pub
locations. There are also IT, the State
\ 124 weekly papers and 1O semi
monthly, Az monthly and 17 bl-
monthly publications, and S quarter
lies. There were 7,131, 1882 pounds OF
"cent-a-pcund" matter mailed during
the fiscal year indicated. This record
was exceeded by only is States.