The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-09-20
Lean wear III nearing.

Leap year IL nearing
The are 27 members Of the Boys
Corn Club of Carroll county.
Geo. W. Demmitt, Taneytown, Md.
has purchased cars Of the Detroit
make.
The summer girl IL back home
washing out and ironing up for the
Fall campaign
Mr.. Harry Gosnell has purchased
a. fine gelding from the Wolf stock
farm, Of Markers Mill.
Many Westminster dogs are with
out the required collar and tag pre-
scribed by a town ordinance.
seven carloads OF stock were re-
ceived by Harry F. Cover at his cat
til yards on Tuesday evening.
DR.. s. Luther Bare is having a ce-
ment pavement laid In front OF his
residence on West Main street.
The sixteenth annual convention of
Epworth League Conference Of the
Baltimore district Will b. held AT
Mount Airy October p, %, and "a
Typhoid in Delaware town il
blamed on the activity Of flies, and
| just To shoe EN- away and swear a
little.
Twenty-six transfers we're issued
to voters by the Supervisors Of Elec-
ton at their sitting at the Court
House on Tuesday. Also 5 cut of
certificates
While playing last Friday after
noon the little SON Of MIR. Charles
! Wagner, East Main street, was shot
i'm the eye with toy rife by young
Mobley, resulting in a painful wound
The following licenses have been
taken out by automobile owners In
this county O. IT, Hastings, Union
Bridge, Hudson, %; w. Spencer
Finksburg, Stevens p: M. NJ. More
lock, Silver Run, Metz 22.
Chief of Police John N. Weigle
arrested an automobile driver for
exceeding the speed limit On Satur-
day afternoon. The machine had TIC
body. A soap box was mounted on
the frame and used a. seat
Sykesville will soon be lighted BY
electricity obtained from the Spring
field State Hospital plant. The Mar
riottsville Construction Company has
the contract to put UP the poles ant
wires. The system will be extended
to houses.
The fire-ighting automobile Of the
Gainesville Fire Company passed
, through this city on Saturday after
noon On it, way to Gainesville. The
machine was given a test from Balti
more to Ridgeville, Westminster ant
; back home.
Not vet two years have the posta
, savings banks been in operation. La
boring under heavy handicaps, sucf
~ low interest rate and limitation
of individual deposits to $500, tn
J total amount deposited has alread.
: reached $3,000,000.
Over go persons have signtf1ed the1
: intention of joining a music class Il
Taneytown which will b. instructed
BY Prof George Edward Smith during
: the coming winter. The class vii
I meet for the first time on Thursda.
| evening, October 3.
| An order for an election OF a com
! mander for the First Brigade, Mary
; land National Guard, on Septembe
, % was issued Saturday by Adjutant
v General Macklin Tit will be held a
: brigade headquarters, Baltimore, an
Col. Charles ID. Gather will be chos
| en-.
ny q speaker of national reputation
t will be present to address the frs
) meeting of the Wilson, Marshall an
| Talbot Club, which will be held II
> the Opera House on Tuesday evening
| October 4. a band Of music will al
) SO be one of the attractions On tina
: occasion.
: The w. NJ. Railroad has bough
4 tract of land in ThurmOnt distr1c
from Mrs. Emma K. Rouzer and MI
/ John :. Cuttings The railroad vii
: use the land to extend an ope
4 switch, and will take earth from ia
|. tract to fill out places in the roadbe
= which require it The price paid 10
1 the tract was $500.
e q dispatch from Frederick state
4 that prominent women will take
7 hand in making Frederick cit
. beautiful. AT a meeting Of the Civi
] Club it was decided that as long a
4 matters were left entirely in th
3 hands Of men the town would no
progress along important lines, q
, plans were made for change.