The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-06-07
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE z, 1912
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Friday, June IA, is Flag Day.


Friday, June IA, is Flag Day.
Our next holiday IL the 4th Of July.
Sunday School picnics and festivals
will soon BE- in full blast
With favorable weather farmers C.
pect to begin harvesting in about a
month.
Over q hundred automobiles from
various points were in Westminster
on Sunday.
More orders for cement pavements
and other cement work are on the
books Of local contractors.
Mrs. Sallie Engleman, Bond street
ID having her residence painted. Lip
py & Cassell are doing the work.
The wholesale destruction or the
strawberry crop Is now taking place
and we are all having hand in it.
We are already beginning to shiv-
e. over the price OF coal next winter
The usual reductions for summer de-
livery have not been made and the
prospects are that in the winter
the prices will be higher than ever.
The Supervisors of Election mailed
each member of the county central
committee or the Democratic and Re-
publican parties, notices to send in
the names OF appointments for the Of
fees OF register, judge and clerks for
the coming election.
Out of 3O students who will gradu-
ate from the Western Maryland Col
lege on next Wednesday, "a are from
Maryland; two from New Jersey, one
from Georgia, one from Massachu-
sets, one from West Virginia and
one from Pennsylvania
One of the largest loads of corn ever
hauled on the ReisterstOWn road was
taken to Baltimore last Saturday by
the six-horse team of s. Fl. Cooper, OF
Hampstead. The load was weighed
by Mark Eckenrode, or the Seven-mile
House, and weighed 1880 pounds.
Company TT, Maryland National
Guards, left this city On Monday
morning for target practice at Glen
went to the range. Last year Com
pdAy II AlduC d 6OON 4CCOAQ 81 We
hope it will repeat the same this
time, but with better marks.
Strawberries 80 large that only 16
can be placed in a quart box sounds
like the vision of a nature faker, but
MIR. J. TIT. Thiernau, of Dorsey, How
ard county, has raised crop OF them
and is having difficulty convincing his
friends OF the truth OF his claims III
TIL he actually shows them the pro-
duct. One of the berries nearly con-
stitutes mouthful.
Door-to-Virtue Lodge, Carroll Royal
Arch Chapter, held banquet at the
Main Court Hotel on Tuesday evening
at which 40 members were present
The chapter presented Dr.Wm. r. Nc
Daniel, the past High Priest, with g
jewel, in recognition of his services
DIR. Mcdaniel has been the High Priest
for number OF years.
Failure OF seed corn to terminate Fl
causing many OF the farmers OF Bal
timore county to replant much Of
their crop. Potato bugs and cut
worms are also giving the farmers
trouble. Early in the season planters
were warned by the bulletins of the
Agricultural High School, at Sparks
to test all seed corn before planting
and certain rules were laid down as
to how the tests should be conducted
Those who followed instructions have
had little trouble.
Some excellent photographs, the
work of Mrs. @. R. Miller, of Balt1-
AT,A r@Ta TAT
plement of the Sunday Philadelphia
Public Ledger. In two of the photo
graphs, showing the anchor of the
Maine and the Maine dead" taken In
Arlington Cemetery, is shown Miss
Ella Miller, daughter Of Mr.. George
wv. Miller, ~. Main street. tn pic
ture OF General Meade's headquarters
at Gettysburg, is shown Mr.. G. Harry
Gist, former Westminster man.
Mr.. Claude Il. Smith, Of Beaver, Ok.
lahoma, son of Mr.. and Mrs. James E
Smith, of this city, has announced his
candidacy for the Office OF County At
torney for Beaver county, at the Au.
gust primaries. Mr.. Smith is a grad
uate of Western Maryland College
and practiced law in this county from
1899 to 1909. He has been at Beaver
Oklahoma for the past three years
Articles endorsing hi candidacy ap-
pear in the last issue Of the Beaver
county Democrat and the LaKemr
Mirror. We shall be glad to hear Of
his success.
The annual camp-meeting of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will open
at Emory Grove Oh Friday evening
August 8. The opening sermon viii
be preached by Bishop Rudolph Dubs
of Harrisburg, Pa, on Sunday morn
ing, August I'll. Rev. DIR. U. ~. Helsse
Of Union Square Methodist Episcopal
Church, will be religious director Of
the camp. He will have associated
with him i'm the religious work Of the
camp large number of clergymen Of
the Baltimore Conference. During 9
part Of the camp @. Hanson Arpe, 81
evangelist Of Allentown, Pa, will be
present. E. T. Jones, the musical di.
rector of the camp, will organize q
large choir, which will sing at all
services. On Saturday, August TO-
special services will be held on the
World in Baltimore, the missionary
exposition which will be held in Sep
TENDER. Saturday, August II, will be