The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-05-30

on next Sunday morning In the West
minister Methodist Protestant Church.
Don't forget to patronize the Fire
mems festival which will be In prog
ress at Firemens Building tonight
and tomorrow night. A good concert
each night by the First Regiment
Band
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hammond and
two children, of Baltimore, moved on
Tuesday into the residence of Mr.
Joseph ID. Brooks, on Willis street.
which they will occupy during the
summer.
A meeting OF the Mems Club Of
Ascension parish will be held Thurs
day evening, June 5 in the parish
house and will be addressed b. the
Rt Rev. John G. Murray. Bishop Of
Maryland.
The name Of Miss Grace Knapp was
accidentally omitted last week IN
naming the young ladies who acted as
ushers at the woman's suffrage meet
ing held Friday evening May 16. IN
the Opera House.
The trustees OF Mt Olive Methodist
Episcopal Church will hold their an
nual Ice cream and strawberry fes-
tlval on June Z, commencing At $40
D. m. The Morgan Chapel cornet
Band will furnish music.
Our city is as peaceful n ever under
guard OF our new Chief Of Police
John Stem. He is always on the hus-
tie and from present prospects It
looks as II he will make - good m
officer as ever patroled our city.
The Palace OF Flames. the greatest
FIRE scene ever produced. will be
shown at the Opera House tonight.
This show was especially selected for
Memorial Day by Mr.. Beach. and I'll
without a doubt please the public.
Benjamin F. Poole, trustee, sold At
public sale on Saturday property
In Gambler to Frank c. and GsrIIe
warehime for 5000. The property
contains 10 acres of land and > frame
dwelling house; Ivan Ia Hon. Esq.
attorney.
Captain Richard b. cTeecy. Of the
Battleship Michigan. stationed II
Portsmouth. Va. and Mrs. ereeey.
arrived here on Wednesday to spend
several weeks with the latter.H
mother, Mrs ]. l.. Reifsnider. Ter
race Hill.
Appropriate Memorial Day services
will take place at o'clock today II
the Opera House. Rev s. reese
Murray will deliver the address. and
a number OF children will take part
In the parade TO the cemetery to place
flowers on the flag marked graves
W. II. Chapman, of Denver. Col. Who
is 81 years old, has reached Hartford
Conn, completing a walk of 10000
miles, which he made as the result n
q bet. He left Ave younger men who
were making the journey with him far
behind in New York. He will receive
81 for every mile he walked.
Two engines on Thursday morning
ran together head-on at Flint. about
3 miles West Of Thurmont. on the =
NJ h. both engines were damaged
but no one was hurt. Both engineers
saw each other in time TO nearly
stop where they met. The cause oi
the accident has not been placed.
Although four months have passed
since he disappeared, no information
has been received by the family con
corning the whereabouts of Thomas
Coyle, aged II, of near Emmitsburg.
and relatives have almost given II
hopes of finding him. II was IN
Monday, January 20. that the youth
was missed.
The closing exercises of Mt Airy
High School were held last Saturday
evening at Masonic Hall As the III
Airy school has just become an ae-
credited high school. and the four
years course was inaugunated this
year. there was no graduating class
Mr.. o. b. CoblentZ, of Frederick. made
the address of the evening. Medals
were awarded Miss Lydia selhy Tor
excellence in elocution, and Miss Hes
sic Walker for the highest general
average for the year.
We are indebted TO the Johns
Hopkins Press, of Baltimore, Nd. foT
a valuable pamphlet on The Land
System in Maryland from f720 10
1865 by DR. Clarence ?. Gould. Pro
lessor OF History in the University d
Wooster. The pamphlet contains
four chapters which will form par
of larger work intended to cover
the economic history of Maryland In
the period designated The chapters
all of which contain valuable Infor.
nation, are entitled: The Granting
of Land" The Charges on Land.
THE Management of Land. and
.Manors."
The work Of repairing and ollIne
the streets has been going on thia
Company OF Philadelphia has con.
tracted to furnish the oil at from
TO Q 1-2 cents per gallon. The worE
Is In charge of A Crawford Smith
Jr. II is estimated that about $4,000
gallons will be used on our streets
Three hundred tons OF crushed stone
were ordered from the Security
Cement and Lime Company Of Hag-
erstown for the work. The men rep
resentlng the company came here
from Baltimore where they had been
engaged in putting 100000 gallons d
oil on the roads of Baltimore county
Westminster will have the UnIYer-
silly Extension lectures next winter
The committee of ministers and lay
men met on Monday evening at the
residence of Mr.. II. P. Gorsueh and
selected as the subject for the series d
six illustrated lectures: European
Relations to the Foreign East" The
lecturer will be Prof. Ian Hannah. o.
Cambridge University. II possible
the committee will arrange for the
lectures to begin on Tuesday, Jan
uary 2, and continue for six conseeu=
tive Tuesdays. The season tickets
o. Ut.