The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-08-22

The canneries OF this city are busily
engaged In canning corn.
A large number Of our citizens at
tended Emory Grove Camp last Sun
day.
Mr.. Frank r. Cassell, teller at the
First National Bank, who was report
ed as having an attack of typhoid
fever, is improving. MIR. CasseIl i
not suffering from typhoid fever.
MIR. III. Wallace Warfield went to
New York city yesterday and will re-
main there until September 2, when
! he will accompany his sister to
Europe. Mr.. Warf1eld sold his prop
erty on the New Windsor Road, near
this city last week.
We are indebted to Mr.. D. G. F1scel,
of UniontOwn, for basket Of finely
| favored peaches brought to the office
this week. MIR. Fiscel states that he
will have 100 baskets of these choice
canning peaches for inspection next
Tuesday morning, from to O'Clock
While riding his motorcycle down
Main street Wednesday evening about
7.30 O'Clock Walter Savers, of Small
wood, accidentally Rocked down lit
tie colored girl, named Gester Bruce,
who ran into the street right in front
of Dinst's grocery store. She was
picked up and taken into DIR. j. III.
Billingslea's office, where her slight
injuries were attended to. The light
on the motorcycle was broken.
Mr.. S. Kitasawa, of Japan, who is
studying for his degree at Johns Hop
kins University, Baltimore, will de-
liver his interesting lecture in Japan
csc costume, entitled "An Evening in
Japan" on Wednesday evening, Sep
TENDER 3, at s O'Clock in Ascension
Parish House on Court street, under
the auspices of the parish. The lee
ture will include descriptions of the
land and people, the Japanese chant,
the sword dance and will be illus
trated with stereopticon views. A
small admissin fee will be charged.
Charged with passing several bogus
checks, a man who gives the name of
Eugene A. Fox, and who, it Is alleged,
has been representing himself in
various towns around Cumberland as
an agent for Nj. Fox & Sons Company,
horse dealers of Baltimore was ar
rested Saturday at Uniontown, and
! locked up at Myersdale, Pa. Robert
| Fox, Of the firm Of Fox e Sons Com
pany, when asked about the matter,
stated emphatically that the man I'M
! der arrest was an imposter and was
in no way connected with his firm. 1t
| il alleged that the man passed four
checks in Meyersdale Saturday.
| A special convention Of the Mary
! land Conference has been called for
September in North Baltimore Sta
! ton Church for the consideration of
union between the Methodist Protes-
tant and United Brethren Chu1 ches.
This convention is called by President
John S. Bowers, of the Maryland Con-
ference and the standing conference
committee i'm response to two petitions
signed by more than 20 members of
the Maryland Conference. 1t is ex-
pected that every ministerial member
of the Maryland Conference anu lay
delegates from all the churches will
attend the convention. The question
has occupied much attention since the
appointment of Church Union Com
mission with power to act at the Bal
timore General Conference in 1912.
Miss Virginia Savage, after being in
Springfield Asylum for the past nine
months, considered insane by a jury
in Cumberland, was : liberated this
week. Habeas corpus proceedings
were instituted by lawyer of Oak
land, Md, and Miss Savage was
brought before Judge Thomas on
Tuesday. Upon testimony of DR.. Nor
ris, of Springfield Asylum and DR.. J.
III. Billingslea, of this city, Judge
Thomas considered the evidence of her
sanity sufficiently approved to nave
her discharged provided she be placed
in the care of her parents, who have
moved from this State to Florida.
One of the young men of this city
thought he was occupying the soft
urday night, but instead of being at
home he was occupying a bench in
front of the residence of Mrs. Samuel
Cover, on West Main street. He had
a good snooze, but being affected by
nightmare, he got up, opened the
shutter and crawled through the win
dow into the parlor. About that time
Mrs. Cover was awakened and called
to know who was down there. The
young man said he wanted light, he
couldn't see. Just about that time a
gentleman was coming along, and was
asked to take the intruder out. But
he refused by saying that he would get
some one else to take him out. The
man awakening from his stupor, and
realizing he was in wrong, made a
break for the street and beat it for
home.
Charles Bitter, II years old, near
Creagerstown, was arrested Saturday
charged with setting fire to house
on the farm of John L. Stoner. Mar
shall Beall, 25 years old, was arrested
at the same time charged with en-
ploying Bitter to do the act. The ar
rests were made by State Fire Mar
shall Myers, who had the case under
surveillance for some time. Beall
furnished $1,000 bail and was releas-
ed. Bitter was lodged in Jail. They
are said to have confessed. Beall
who is the tenant on the farm, had
some personal effects stored in the
house, which was unoccupied. Tie
carried insurance OF 500 on his goods
According to Bitter, Beall offered him
$25 to burn the house. Later they
had a disagreement and Bitter told OF
the burning. Both at first denied
knowledge of the incendiary, but after
close questioning confessed.
Postoffice Inspector Horace G
Reese, of Knoxville, Tenn, "a native
nf Carroll county and formerly a. DOS