The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-03-28

pour Of rain of Wednesday and yester-
day
On Tuesday Mr.. Charles J. Peltz, of
near this city, addressed the fancy
town Grange on Intensive Farming"
Mr.. Peltz is a very successful poultry,
fruit and vegetable farmer, and his
remarks we're heard with great deal
of interest.
Representatives of the Just Govern
menl League are asking our citizens
to sign a petition to the General AS
sembly of Maryland asking for the
submission to the voters of the State
of constitutional amendment grant
Ing the right of suffrage to women.
The Democrats carried Hagerstown
In the municipal election on Monday.
In the first ward John T. Diffendal,
Democrat. formerly of Union Bridge
defeated William II. Startzman, Re-
publican This makes the third time
Startzman has been defeated.
The Western Maryland Railway
trains we're interrupted yesterday for
several hours by landslides on the
Gonnellsyille division and the wall OF
a bridge IN the mountains above
Thurmont Outside of these acct
dents the road was In good shape.
The season promises to be a good
one for the farmer because of the eX-
eellent winter The wheat crop prom
iaes well. and excellent stands OF
grass have been secured. and unless
there should be an unusual drouth
between now and harvest time. these
two crops will be large Much Of the
work 10 be done in the spring has been
done. due 10 The open winter, and less
pioHinE remains to be done than ever
before in the eountys history at this
time Of The year 1t Is thought
The {. / z Telephone Company
has Installed the following telc-
phones since our last report Charles
u Nash. near Mt Zion. Hampstead
sG-l4. Harry o. Faryer. Franklin
Vile Nes Windsor 1928: Hampstead
Garage %. Hampstead INV. ]. Wes-
Leg shaeffer. near Manchester. Hamp-
stead 81. YIN. II Wolf Union Bridge
13-11 Joseph y. Brooks and Joseph
! /. Baust. Westminster 269. Ivan T..
Hoff. Westminster 27ls MiltoU A.
Myers s25-14. Consolidated Public
! Utilities %, power house. sir; A. &.
Englar. -
] Another parade in Washington Ia be-
j In planned y the executive com
mItIEe IF Ihe National American Wo-
|mana Suffrage Association for April
! III. when tie extra session Of Con
+ KFszz GonEgneH This time the parade
I'll Il neither 50 long nor so clabor-
aIa H tie one married By disorder in
! IL streets q March afd Five hun
! dfed md tbirtF=one women. including
Representatives from each ConErca-
zInHai district Hill march TO the Capt
! - where they vii present 90 the
members d Congress their arguments
I'D petitions n favor Of equal sun
ITage.
/ IazI NesK n tha Southern MrthD-
! d church = II Airy. portions taken
! from to pageant Darkness Hnd
! i5zhL recently produced in Ialti-
more. NzTr reproduced b. members
= - church under The direction ~
! III = : Gowman Mrs GOvman
! selected IL music and arranged the
/ program aHI nns scene from tho
- giant - meetIHg o. Livingstone
nd Stanley Ms given 4 chorus 81
, saIee= assisted N The presentation.
IH55 IL mir Haa a decided success
II admission u - esnta aas charged
~ h proceeds sill 20 To missions
/ Tt church HaH sell dilrd
TIE saBaeFirtIau ard party which
! ~ given II - nariah hall Tuesday
Ia=eaInz for the benefit II 81 Johns
/ lhoIr 6HHreh saH a decided sue
|oazH aEaT ~ persons participating lu
u
although : - xsfn "a number Of
IaBIez q bridge Whist and cu,hrc
: large number IF handsome prizra
. seTe EIFen The highest scores were
HzHz = II Smith nlIlingHIca and
! N.H= ETzzs EsaHe During the evening
punch I'D candy were sold and after
- game sandwiches. coffee and cocoa
Ksfe old II orchestra played dur
IN IL evening Quite large sum
~ realized
TO- gtabaugh. aged - years. near
DaIouF. VI fatally injured IN a
peculiar manner last week He had
EoEz - HiTaRHlaek To cut some
! = -. IaklnE with him a largo knife
uHsd fof such purpose he assembled
a ladder and II some manner lost hts
balance and jumped To the ground
j IL released HI hold upon tho knife.
which came sliding down the stack
and tn blade entered HIS back aud
/ penetrated The lung The young man
! pulled ths knife from his body and
ataFtad toward The residence. but fell
/ exhausted Il died several hours
later IL was the son Of Joseph
: GIaDauEh
The report Just Issued by the Ameri-
IN Telephone and Telegraph Com.
nany fsr The Year ending December
!. lal2. shows that the telephone
h become IN the United States. to a
greater extent Than anywhere else In
! lie world. household necessity
! There are nov 10000 towns. cities and
hamleIH from which telephone mes
aagea my Be sent. This is 5000
more than the number of poBtofices
] IN he United States. 10000 more than
/ The number Of railroad stations and
nearly three times the number OF
regular telegraph Offices. There are
altogether 7.45G.174 telephone stations
IN The Bell system. which is an in
crease over last year of s23,449 sta
lions.
: spark from a traction engine on
Monday morning set fire to the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Emily j Cushing, near
Narfle.dsbnrg. and II was burned TO
The ground together with nearly all
the furniture and 81 In money. Mrs.
Cushing lived in the house with her
son and daughler-In-law. Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Cushing. but was visit
! Ing relatives ont of the county and
l. haR = nj. -, L..
at the time. 1t was a small house
! / -. IL Il |. - Z.