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

Make Christmas presents while tho
sun shines.
: Farmers are busy husking corn, AND
q good lot Is still to be husked
The election was warm, but these
past few days have cooled 1t of.
, The Western Maryland College foot
ball team will play Johns Hopkins Oh
Saturday.
Don't mind cool treatment from
the weather mantle coal dealer will
make it hot for you.
VI Mrs. Elmer Kreglo, Liberty street
was operated upon this week for some
stomach trouble, at her home.
! Mr. Andrew Fresh, Pennsylvania
avnue, was taken to Baltimore nos
pital On Friday evening for q serious
operation on the stomach.
The winter schedule OF the Western
Maryland Railway will take effect Oh
Sunday; several important changes
will be made as can be seen BY con
sultfng the time table published in
this issue. --
The Ladies' Aid Society Of MT. Zion
Methodist Protestant Church al
Ffnksburg, will hold an oyster supper
In the basement of the church on
Thursday, November 20 and Saturday
November %.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of Centenary
Methodist Episcopal Church will hold
an oyster supper on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday evenings, November 90
~ and p in the new Social Hall OF
the church.
The Westminster foot ball team is
scheduled to play Western Maryland
College on Thanksgiving Day. The
team is making all kinds OF predic-
tons as to what is going to happen
to the College team.
Samuel Barnes, a negro, was fined
$50 for hunting on private grounds in
Frederick county, without a permit.
The arrest was made on a warrant
sworn out by Game Warden Smith and
the prisoner taken before Justice OF
the Peace George r. Dennis, who i'm
posed the penalty. He was committed
to jail in default Of payment.
Mrs. Edward Thompson, OF Mt. Airy
Is confined to her home as a result OF
injuries sustained by her several ev-
enlngs ago, when she fell down the
steps OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, in Mt. Airy. Mrs
Thompson had been at the church, at
tending special services, and fell as
she was coming down the steps. She
sprained one arm SO badly that she is
unable to use it, and also sprained the
other arm. She was badly bruised
about the chin and more or less all
over the body.
Struck by an overhead bridge and
instantly killed several hours after
leaving home Sunday afternoon, was
the sad fate of Charles ?. Matthias
f1agman on the Western Maryland
Railway. He was aged about 35 years
The fatal accident occurred short
distance beyond Behring'S station, and
about 81 miles West of Emory Grove
at 4.3O p. m. The train on which Mr.
Matthias was killed was an extra
heavy coal drag enroute from Hagers-
town to Port Covington. When near
Behring'S a hot-box was reported near
the center of the train and Flagman
Matthias volunteered to 60 forward
and investigate. He did not return
within a reasonable time, whereupon
one of the crew began a search and
found Matthias lying dead on the top
of coal car. His skull was fractured
and there was deep cut above the
left eye.
Is a chicken an animal? Justice
Marion G. Miller, who sits on the lid
at Woodsboro, says a chicken is in
cluded in the animal category and
several wellknown lawyers about the
city say that the chicken can lay claim
to no such distinction. The time when
Justice Miller adjudged chicken an
animal was in his court on Saturday
afternoon, when Finkle II. Birely, OF
near Ladiesburg, Frederick county
was before him upon the charge OF
killing the chickens OF Mrs. Ida Kolb
neighbor. During the trial it devel-
oped that the chickens Of Mrs. A1olh
wandered over the line fence and upon
the wheat field Of Mr.. Birely as chick
ems will. Repeated warnings to keen
them Off puzzled Justice Miller, as he
said that in cases OF this kind the
onended party has a right to shoot the
i chickens provided he let's them remain
upon the ground where shot
Mrs. Joseph Kreimer, residing near
IrTleHuSnlp SCHOOL, Wnlle attending the
barnraising on the farm of Mr.. John
Aldridge, near Mt. Airy, on November
6, fell down a stairway and sustained
number Of injuries, and as a Jesuit
is now confined to her bed, scarcely
able to move. Mrs. Kreimer had gone
to the garnet of the house and in de-
scending she made misstep and fell
She was pitched headlong down. the
stairway and sustained one broker
rib, badly bruised right side and she
also severely sprained her neck. She
was unconscious for time, and whe1
found it was thought that her neck
was broken. After she revived she
was removed to her home. The barr
raised ON the farm of Mr.. Aldridge
takes the place of the barn destroyed
by fire on the night Of August /, wher
lightning struck the building. The
new barn, which occupies the site o.
the old one, is 40 by 20 feet in size
About S. people assisted in the rails
ing of the structure, and all the frame
work was gotten In position, and some
of the Notwithstanding placed.