The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-11-14

! - snow furry was noticed in Mi,
city on Sunday. - -
November is putting on u great man,
lNorthwestern) airs.
rl w. H: Davis, John street. receive,
II new 1914 Overland last week.
i Eleven brand new subscribers Uer,
put ON The Advocate books this week
Inc Pittsburgh Express On Monda,
was delayed five hours ON account N
land. GUNNER
Vernon Meyer, who was taken y,
Grafton for his leg which he broke -
monday November 8, is improving.
There are only $4,000 people in this
country who have an income OF more
than $4,000 a year. 1t takes statistics
sometimes to show how poor we arr
after all. nm
I Inc cash box in the Chesapeake and
fotomac telephone booth at the West
ern Maryland depot in Hagerstown
was carried Off and robbed. Last Sat
uroay morning Detective Charles Rur-
nett found the empty box in an Old
shed. '-A Wv
dead hogs should be buried The
ID" IL strict on this matter and every
farmer owes 1t to himself and to his
nelgnDor to prevent the spreading OF
the nog cholera. To bury or burn the
hogs dying of this disease will helm
solve the problem.
The Western Maryland Railway had
It's troubles again on Saturday. The
engine on the fast mail going EAST
blew OF union on a steam pine here
delaying the train half an hour. and
freight was wrecked in the moun-
tain the same day.
The Mems Organized Bible Class Of
trace Lutheran Church held a COLA
LION last night IN the vacant room
next to Stewards grocery store.
among the speakers were Rev. w. Ell.
Hetrlck and Rev. Ell. c. Feeman. Mr..
John Reese, president Of the class.
presided, and the occasion was a very
pleasant and instructive one.
Belief that the next Legislature will
pass a law raising the salary OF the
Judges in Maryland, is expressed nv
State Senator William M. Maloy. who
proposes to introduce the measure
providing the increase. 1t was Sena-
TOR Maloy who fathered a bill for the
same purpose in the last LEGISLATURE
introduced in the Senate, this bill
was passed, but was defeated i'm the
House Of Delegates.
Richard vi. Hamm, proprietor OF the
Eagle Hotel, Gettysburg, Pa, commit
TED suicide Friday afternoon by shoot
Ing himself in the head. Death oc-
Cured within few hours after the
shot was fired. He did not regain con
seriousness. Last spring Mr.. Hamm
went to Gettysburg with Neil McCon-
omy, of Philadelphia, and leased the
Eagle Hotel. Ten days ago they dis
solved partnership. Mr.. Hamm con-
t1nulng as sole proprietor. It Is said
That friends told him he had under
taken too great venture and that he
would lose heavily. He brooded over
imaginary financial troubles. 1t is
said he had invested all his, capital
in the Eagle Hotel
Work has gone steadily forward
this week i'm preparation for the Sykes
Vile carnival to be held next Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday. The
SykesVille Poultry and Pigeon Asso-
citation has joined hands with the car
nlVal committee and over $1,000 in
prizes are to be awarded for the poul-
try and special exhibits. A farmers
exhibit OF corn, wheat, oats, rye,
pumpkins, potatoes, ETC., will be one
or the main attractions and the farm
ers' wives will vie with one another in
competing for the awards placed on
the best canned fruits and vegetables.
fancy work, bread, pastry, etc. The
carnival proper, held at the same time
as homecoming week, will, it is
thought, bring thousands of people to
Sykesville. One of the most interest
ing events will be the annual baby
show.
Maryland Week will be observed at
the Fifth Regiment Armory in Balti-
more, November Is to %, when the
State Horticultural Society and it's
AFFILIATED bodies will hold their annual
meetings and exhibit the products of
the farm. There will be many fea-
lures OF the exhibition that will make
IL worth while for the farmer to see.
There will also be a social side, for
the visiting farmers will be guests of
the Baltimore Board Of Trade at a
luncheon, an automobile tour of the
city and boat ride around the har-
Dor. Maryland Week is largely educa-
t1onal, with exhibits from the expert
mental station of the Maryland Agri-
cultural College and with speakers OF
national Importance. Every man who
can possibly spare the time should 60.
Scientific farming means larger and
better crops and the results of
scientific farming is shown during
Maryland Week.
Springfield Lodge,No. 134, /. o. of,
at Sykesville, is working to obtain by
the close Of the year the net increase
asked of it by the grand officers, and
every indication points to the accom-
plishment of the same. There will
DC q large class of initiatory candi-
dates to 60 to Baltimore on November
"a and receive the three degrees at
the rally Of Division D. of District
No. I'll. On Wednesday evening, No
vember 5, the state staff conferred the
hebekah degree for Monumental Re
bekah Lodge, No. IS, in the Grand
/ Lodge room. A number OF the team
was absent, owing to sickness and
other unavoidable causes, but nothing
was left to make the candidates i'm