The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-12
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Coal men rejoice that innings are
coming their weigh"
r. il said the scale on the fruit
trees is gradually disappearing
II is reported that the w. WI. Ry., has
laid off about 200 men at Hancock, MD.
The Sunday schools throughout the
county are practicing special Christ
mas music.
Mr.. J.. D. Crowl, Centre street, hous-
ad ice from his pond today that IL 8 ~
inches thick. ........
The Westminster Grange will meet
in Davis Hall on Saturday, December
18th, at 1.30 p. m.
The price of furs of skunks, musk
rats, opossums, etc., is greatly reduced
from former years.
Mr.. Raymond l.. Frizzell, OF Mon
royia. Md, has been reappointed
deputy sheriff OF Frederick county.
The C. G. P. Telephone Company has
installed the following phones this
week: A. s. Schultz, Hampstead, 22-14,
and Emily Boone, Union Bridge 24-22.
Mr.. Howell Davis, OF Smallwood, Is
building a dust chamber and stack,
and vestal furnace and stack at the
plant of the Waynesboro Metal and
Foundry Company, Waynesboro, Pa
Mr.. Walter Taylor; near Bethel, fell
and broke his leg on Saturday night
while playing pool In Mr.. Crouse's pool
parlor. The injury being serious
one he was taken to hospital in
Baltimore for treatment.
Fourteen persons killed and nifty
six injured is the football record for
this year. The game is, no doubt, a
great one, and interesting to the whole
country, but it is going certainly to
extremes to make it matter OF life
and death.
Red Cross Christmas seals will be
on sale at the postoffice next week by
young ladies of this city. The seals
are more attractive this year than ev-
er before, and when you purchase
them you are helping in the great
fight being waged against tuberculo-
sis
Western Maryland westbound
freight train No. 301, i'm charge of a
Baltimore crew, was wrecked at Cave
town Wednesday afternoon and traffic
was delayed for six hours. One car
was thrown across the track and sew
eral others were piled on top u it.
Passengers were transferred each way
around the wreck.
plan to promote road building in
Western States was embodied in bill
introduced last Saturday by Senator
Warren. 1t would grant 100000 acres
of public lands to each Of the follow
ing States, to be sold for the and OF
road building: Arizona, Colorado,
Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada,
Utah and Wyoming.
The Mount Airy Board of Trade has
appointed a committee composed OF
A. w. Hall, 3. +. Bowman, r. l.
Runkles, J. H. Kless, =. M. Moles-
worth, Robert Spurrier, George Kreh,
William Selby, Frank G. Dorsey and
Walter r. Rudy to appear before the
Carroll County Commissioners and
ask an appropriation for new high
school building.
In consideration of the work they
have done ON the gridiron this year,
the following men were awarded the
honorary monogram Nv. M" by the
athletic advisory board of Western
Maryland College: Blair, ID; Graefe,
rs; Ward, '16; Pfeffer, is, and l..
Twigg, 16. Although the season has
not been up to it's usual standard,
these men have worked hard, and with
the amount of experienced material
and with the loss Of only two men,
Western Maryland should turn out a
championship team i'm 1914.
Champion young agriculturists from
many sections Of the country arrived
81 IN crfn RI rnR0iVl
from Secretary Houston, of the De
excellence i'm their work. Those Who
received prizes include representa-
tives of girls and boys corn clubs
OF the South and Of the potato, corn
and canning clubs OF the Northern
and Western States. Champion "po-
tato boys" were also there from Michi-
gan, Iowa, Utah, Massachusetts, and
Ohio, together with champion boy
sugar beet growers from Colorado and
several other states.
The remains OF Samuel il. Kessel-
ring, OF Hanover, Pa, who died last
Friday, were laid to rest Monday al
ternoon. Services were conducted al
me house, at 100 p. a., by Rev. e M
Heilman, Of st. Matthew's Lutheran
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OllVet cemetery. Those attending the
funeral from distance were: George
Leppo, Augustus Bowman and wife
Milton Bowman, Frank Bowman and
wife, Of Silver Run Valley; Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Cratin, Harry Cratin and
wife, Mrs. Edward Stonesifer, OF
Union Mills; Charles Sell and daugh-
ter' Miss Elizabeth, 81 LittlestoWn
Theatre-goers residing in Union
Bridge, Westminster, Glyndon and In
teresting points on the Western Mary.
land Railway, are enabled to attenc
me Saturday evening performances al
all the theatres in Baltimore City and
return home the same nights, ~ tne
result Of the additional train service
now IN operation under the new fal
schedule, between Union Bridge anc
lne Monumental City. The new sat
urday service is o. great advantage tC
tnese patrons of the road In that Il
gives them the opportunity to enjoy
tne very best that is offered I'm tnt
theatrical world. The train leaves
Union Bridge at 5.45 p. m, and ar
rlves in Baltimore At 7.3S p. m, thus
enabling passengers to reach any
playhouse il the city il plenty o.
tlme for the performance. Return1nt
ne train will leave Baltimore az -
p. m.