The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-03-21
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Inc log ufhR ms deem usen On HOIne
of the county roads with good results
Miss Beatrice Snyder has returned
to this city to resume her duties as
cashier at the Opera House.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph n. shrlyer
moved on Monday into their handsome
new residence on Willis street
Mr. Frank NJ Shaw has rented an
Office on the second floor of The Times
Building for the conduct Of his lngur-
anCe business.
Mr. rank Miller and family of
Wakefield. will move next week to the
other side Of New Windsor. near
Sans Creek.
Mr.. Howard Baker. left this city
Monday for HagefBtoHn. where he Will
probably secure position He was
with the Fred II. Knapp %
Mr. Arthur Englar and family. of
Linwood. have moved into the lower
part Of the new residence Of Reyerdy
Snader, West Main street.
Miss Nettie NhitmoTe. teacher IN
Westminster High School. was oper-
ated on for goiter yesterday II the
Union Protestant fnfrmary Balti-
more.
Prof. y. NJ. Vine. formerly presi-
dent of Bfue Ridge College. l. now
located at NoodsIde. Del operating a
fruit farm under tie firm name OF
Wine a CARRIER.
Mr. Granville Efb. salesman IN the
store of Nusbaum Jordan. has ae-
cepted Il position With Hoehgehild.
Kohn 4 Co. Baltimore. and Will enter
upon his new duties April |.
Evidence of the passing away of
the passions engendered By the Civil
War Is the announcement thai a home
for Confederate veterans Will shortly
be established at Washington.
Mr.. Frank Mather has been elected
delegate and Mr. I. Scott Jordan. al
ternate. to the Annual Conference of
the Methodist Protestant Church
which meets in Lynehbnfg. Va. In
April.
Preparations are being made for a
fitting observance Of Maryland Day
in the public schools Of the county,
next Wednesday. March p. An
napolls has been selected Is The text
for that occasion.
All subscribers 70 The Advocate
changing their place Of residence this
spring will kindly notify Us of their
can be delivered without any interrnp-
ton in the service.
An alarm of fire xas sounded on
Friday afternoon about 3.45 O'Clock
for the chimney On Englar 4 Spon-
sellers mill. al the railroad, which
caught fire. The fire Naa extIngnIsh-
ed without any damage.
A second meeting Of the Mems Club,
formed under the auspices Of Aseen-
sion Church. will take place next
Wednesday evening in the parish
house aud will be addressed by Hon.
Joseph Packard. Of Baltimore.
The tuberculosis car which stopped
here on Thursday. March Ii and re-
manned until Wednesday. March 10.
was visited by many of our citizens
who received instructions which. II
followed, will doubtless be quite bene-
fetal
The name of the person who stole
the lens from the moving picture ma
chine at the Opera House on Wednes-
day of last week Is known, and If he
does not return 1t By Monday of next
week he will be arrested and prose-
cuted by Mr.. Beach
The planet Venus Is now outshining
all other heavenly bodies except the
sun and moon. It reached Its great
est brillianey az an evening star on
March Is. No one can miss 1t In the
southwestern sky Just after nightfall.
If the sky Is clear.
The American Sentinel has this
week returned to q single weekly Is
sue of the paper on Friday, instead of
semi-weekly as 1t had been Issued for
the past several months. This decis-
ion was reached last Saturday at a
meeting of the board Of directors.
The campaign for raising the $780,
900 fund for Gettysburg College has
progressed rapidly that less than
$4,000 yet remains to be secured be-
fore the time limit. July 10. 1913. The
amount must all be IN before that
date In order to secure the $4,000
promised through John D. Rockefeller,
which Is given on condition that the
college raise $4,000. and in addition
cancel Its debt of $4,000.