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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-03-21
The boz, form Growing Contest

At The 1t meeting OF the School
Board Of Carroll County Il vas deaId=
cd to conduct IN this county Boys
Acre Growing Contest" under the au-
spleeg Of The agricultural department
OF the nj. AIRY High School. The con
test twill b. opened to all boys Of the
county between tho ages of 10 and l.
years inclusive. and will be held IN ae-
cordanee nth the rules of the I. :.
Department Of Agricultural
There VII be three prizes as fol
lows:
First. Ten dollars In gold and : trip
TO Washington. d. G.. for a week II
which time the winner will receive
a certificate of efficiency In corn
growing from the L. s. Department
of Agriculture Second, all expenses
paid To Washington. ID. c., ut the Hame
time that winner of first prize vii 20.
Third. = double shovel eultiYator or
some farm implement equivalent IN
value.
All entries must be received BY J. /.
Smith not later than April 2fst. Prizes
will be awarded for the best yield per
acre. Each acre must be in com
RAAA aAAAEAI nA9AH A1AGhAg AiI
must not BE- bIseeted by a gtream Of
water or lie IN an especially favorable
location. Tie basis OF award 1HI.
greatest yield per acre 60 per cent
and End. beat showing of profit on
investment % per cent.
When the corn Is harvested II VII
be weighed when husked and the Yield
determined.
The aere entered In the contest vii
be carefully measured by the rural
school teacher Of that locality or some
inspector aent out by the department
of agriculture. IN calculating the net
profit Of the Yields commercial fer
tilizers aud lime will be figured At
cost, but al after expenses including
manure. nan and team labor viii be
rated at D uniform charge.
Each contestant will be required 10
give an account Of the crops grown On
the land the preceding three years
and to keep record of the time and
manner OF nloHing the land, the date
and number Of the harrowIngs before
planting the corn and the time, man
ner and amount of fertilizer or barn
yard manure applied.
For further Information apply At
once to ]. I. Smith.
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GArrett-mmI.

= esunnyEldo.9 near IIneBoro, on
Tuesday afternoon. March 18th. at
% O'Clock the wedding - solemn
I'D nf Miss Cora EzleIIa Nsnlz, OF
Ianeboro. and Mr.. Oscar William Oar
TT. nf Millers The bride vas at
tended by Miss MAR Katherine
Snyder. Of Alcsla, and tn groom by
n apancer l.. Wenlz. The simple
aad solemn ceremony - performed
= tn brother OF tn bride. Rev.
AbdIal HnsA Wentz. professor Of BIB
IIeal Literature at Gettysburg Col.
leg
- complicated round of ceremony
nd no pomp OF decoration Kere al
loved 10 eclipse the piaIn aud serious
beauty Of the act Of union Itself. In
mail circle OF the eIoaszi relatives
the sincere VOWS Of marriage were
sealed.
After the ceremony the happy
young couple and the assembled rela-
IIRea partook OF the wedding dinner
IhaI had been prepared Around the
board we're gathered IN addition 10
The bride and groom. Mr. ] Y. Wentz.
father Of the bride. Mr. and Mrs.
Nelson W Garrett. parents of the
groom. Miss Katherine Snyder. Mss
Mary Wentz. Prof AbdIeI Ross VENT.
MT Spencer L. Wentz and Mr. John
y. Wents.
IN the evening a large host of the
Kro0mis friends called aud rendered
thsIr good wishes
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Maryland Day nj the High School.

Next Tuesday, March %. will be
celebrated at the High School as
Maryland Day. this day being the
279th anniversary Of the landing of
the first settlers At st. Mary's. A
program consisting Of readings
and music appropriate 10 the occas-
lon will be given b. the pupils OF the
school This will be followed by an
address by DIR. Edward F. Buchner,
head OF the Department of Education
aud Philosophy at the Johns Hopkins
University. The tonic which has
been selected by the State Superin-
tendent OF schools for discussion at
this years Maryland Day anniversary
Is: The Ancient CITY Of Annapolis and
How II came to be the Capitol of
Maryland Most Of the readings
given by the pupils VII have a direct
bearing on this subject. and 1t is ex-
peeted that DIR. Buehner Will also use
this topic as the basis Of his address.
DR.. Buchner Is scholar of the very
highest standing. and man of very
engaging and attractive personality.
The principal and teachers OF the
High School extend 4 cordial invita-
ton to the friends and patrons of the
school to be present at this celebra-
IInn
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Ninth Dl.irlel spelling Contest

The spelling contest held by the
representatives from the schools Of
the Ninth district. IN Monday. March
l7th, WA : decided success in every
particular. Al IHe schools. but nna.
being represented.
There HaHa twelve contestants pres.
ent and In tie written contest the fol.
lowing spelled II - words correctly
Lillian Hoffman. aud Julia Yohn. NJ
Enterprise school. Esther l. Hooper
and TollY Il Conway. OF Hoopef.a
Delight school. nd HIlldA l.. Bowers.
OF Winfield school The following
spelled - 81 IL . worda correctly.
oliver Price aud AYrle Young. of
IayloraSille school. aud Hanson
Franklin. of Pleasant View school
Consequently. IL above named usre
declared the winners IN the written
contest.
Then came Iae oral contest IN
which LILLIAN Hoffman and Hanson
Franklin we're declared the winners.
IN the final contest, which was IL
SO oral, Julia Yohn and Esther I.
Hooper were he winners and Will be
the delegates 10 Westminster, April
1ith.
This contest. i no other benefit va
derived from Il. aaa the means Of
arouslng. among the friends and par
ents OF the children. an interest in
school work u nothing else has ever
done, as there Has quite a large
crowd present throughout the contest
who gave It their undivided attention.
while the heEI Of order prevailed.
Sickness kept or genial BupeTintend-
ent from being present which Waa
very much regretted by all.
JAMES FARVER
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PROF. M0REL0CE Is GIVEN PIC.
TuRE d SCHOOL.
Spelling Contest n New Windsor
sehooI.

SG11UIs
The spelling contest for New Wind
sor district was held at New Windsor
school, March i. which the patrons,
teachers and pupils enjoyed very
much
We were glad 10 have our able
superintendent. Prof George More
lock, and our genial school commia-
sloner. Mr.. 6. 9. DeYilbisa, with Us,
also Messrs. :. P. snader and George
d. Englar. trustees. Of said school.
One of the attractive features of the
day was the immaculate condition OF
the school room and the work done by
the school.
The room Haa artistically decor
ated, even % much 30 that II cast .
pleasing surprise upon some of the
former students 10 see those classic
walls they FeIl knew. and between
which they bad spent many weary
hours. pouring over tireaome books
now so elegantly adorned with draw.
lngs
The work cannot speak too highly
of the able md progressive scholar.
ship OF the principal. Miss Hanna
Skunk.
A few remarks we're made by Prof
George MoraIoek and the follovlna
program Va rendered:
Singing. lind = Helping Hand.
scripture reading Elder A. r. snadar
prayer, Rev. J. 7. Marah; address oi
welcome. Paul Baker. reading. Mra
McDufy On baseball. Hilda Brown
solo, Panaiez 4aan Thoughts Dear
Helen Pelry. instrumental Mariana
Snadors reading. announcement
Evelyn Bond. HoIo. VIII the Angels
Let Ne PlHYs Grace Brown: solo
Dreams Of Long Ago. Erma Fowler
solo and chorus. sIumber Song: read
ing. Ia thu Morning. Florence strina.
solo, A Little ghIId Shall Lead Them
Naomi Lowell. reading. That CoIl
Spare bed. Lambert smelhor. pre-.
aeutatiou speech. Grace Brown. Prof
horcioek - presented with a picture
drawn b. EfHa Fowler, Of New Wind
anr school. aud zen him with all IL
good wishes . - success as super
intcndent n = Heho0ia Of Cafral
county.
Prof George aofsIock pronounced
the words In 18th Tie written an
oral contest I'd congratulated III
winners and II other contestants oI
their very ezs.IIeaI spelling. Cor
inne Hafmau I'd Frank Car
baugh. Of SeR Windsor. and Guy vi
hoim, Of apFIuEdaie schools. hayinI
spelled all To #aTda. and I<o Warmer
Of Retreat. md Maurice Erb. Of In
spod schools = ut uf so
Those Rha IaoE part Ia the I'm
contest xsHG ZaTInHe Harman, FrauI
Carhangh. q - Windsor. Guy VII
helm. Of anHInEaaIe. selHe Ecker. .
NArEtgui Lse Warner. of Retreat. -.
Hines and Maurice Efb. tanpa6t
achoala
The YietoFz n h final contest uef.
Iorinne iaTmaa nd Frank CarbanFh
of Ncw Windsor school
Theas to 81 represent New Wind
Hor district II h sounty contest
which all taHe place at the HIgI
School building d April II.
Nellie Ecker. Naraton. Guy VII
helm, apringdaI.. isae Hines. In
wood s. hooiH he honorable mention
The following eamiltea had eharEl
ot the contest HIaa Hanna skunk. o
New Windsor school. Elizabeth Mer
INK, spfinEdaie. Edna Wilson. Med
ford & 4nHFH#HUUIHnI
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Lectures byDHHuckel.

: course OF lectures Of unusual in
terest Ia soon to be given at Western
Maryland College By Rev. Oliver
Huckel, ID. D.. Of Baltimore. The
general subject Of these lectures will
be Some Nineteenth Century Authors
and What They Have Meant to Me-"
and the authors treated will be
Carlyle, Ruskin, Tennyaon. Browning
and Lanier. each author forming the
subject OF a lecture. The first lecture
Of the course viii be given in Smith
Hall. on Monday. March 81. at 4.30 p.
m. and the others xIll be given on
following Mondays IT the same hour
and place. These lectures viii be
free to the public. and all who wish
TO hear them are cordially invited to
be present.
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Frazier.

IN I Frazier proprietor u aired.
efiek eHfe and one OF the beHt known
Democrats IN Frederick. did = tha
Cts Hospital Sunday following N
operation for double hernia = be
came - II the Inauguration = Wash
inEtnn and WnH taken To fha hospital
three daga later.
He - one Of the leading uFo-
motefH Of outdoor sports n Western
Maryland and gave literally IN
charitable organizations Il - 4
candidate Tor the Democratic namIua-
tIon for Sheriff He vas On of Iha
promoters of the professional
baseball team which represented The
city several years ago and - or
ganizer Of the famous Diamond Ia
keIbaIl team. which Won lie State
championship three yeaHH 80 lie
va xsIl known In this cit.
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HOUSE, FURNITURE and.
JEHELRY BURNED.
HRS. GORDON CUMMINGS PROPERTY
1t FREEDOM, OCCUPIED BT rs.
HARf 4. ELLIOTT AND "a
III, DESTROYED BT FIRE
ON MONDAY.

One Of the most destructive fires
occurring In this county for many
years vas that OF Monday Hhen the
pied b. Mrs. Mary X. Elliott and fam
lily in Freedom district was burned to
the ground together with the furni-
ture and much valuable IeYelry.
How the fire originated Il not
known About 3 o'clock In the after
noon several members OF the family
who we're downstairs heard something
fall upstairs and upon investigation
discovered the flames which had al
ready made too much headway - per-
nit anY chance OF their being exIIn-
gulzhed. It Is thought probable TINT
the fire started in some way from the
chimney.
The residence, which Yaa owned by
Mrs. !. T. Gordon Cummings. Of WASH
ington. .. G, was n large 29=ronm
house. and vas leased already fur
niahed b. Mr. Ralph Elliott about
three years ago. The ElllaIIz are
Southern people Several thousand
dollars sorth OF jewelTy md silver
ware. lie property OF the Elliott fam
iiy "a destroyed, and almost IL Of
the furniture and fioihIHE u the
huuzs HsHe burned.
HfH Elliott barely escaped HIIh her
lie ans vent % Tho SECOND floor
soun afIer the IRE was discovered 10
enrry III some icwelry nd other
YainaHisa She WAS overcome nth
smoke md fell unconscious = ihe
-four. Ter son. who had zesn - 20
nnaIaIfH= ran after her and stumbled
orr her lie carried her . Il fnar
Of IL house and down The hae# steps
To - vas about $1,000 zIth
small insurance.
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Link.

Stricken With heart dIHeaaa salle
on her 50 u church. Mr. EonHia 2
Ink. = years old. 2aII EdmaHdaoa
avenue Baltimore, died suddenly
Wednesday night
Nf# IN sas advised u -. Ut
II = members Of her fanzII# Int
she - - aeII che would aHIug lie
WaIk Alter crossing tn EdmHuIHon
avenue bridge fhe suffered I4InH In
H. I.If idH. and. on h HH.Irs uf
friends. zhe started back home ae-
eomnanIed by her granddaughter.
Mis- NHHIa T. lAuk
Tie Uainz increased md -. -
aided L h afilce 0f Dr EnssTa= where
Hha ID few minutes Ialsf
NJ I.inE vas born - Frederick.
ID zhe e survived b 81. : u.
Ca IInE. one daughter. II Addie
: IN. and several grandchildren
shs - hen a member Of = pauI'a
congregation for many feaF#
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It 70, He VIM Get Drlde, sS.

sNeethearts In their youth. parted
and each welded to another. and final
i LETT free TO marry again. Joseph Six,
7e years old, of Warrensburg. and
Mrs. Sarah Addlesperger. e5 years old,
Of Taneytown, took out , marriage
license at Frederick on Wednesday.
The prospective groom vas former
i : constable In Frederick county,
but for number of years lived In the
West. where he amassed considerable
means. After the death Of his wife
he made return trip to hiH old home
IN this State and found that the sweet
heart Of his youth had lost her hns-
band. Correspondence and IN engage
menI followed.
mr.. Six declined to say when the
wedding would take place. but inti-
mated that II would be IT the home
Of the bride In TaneyIovn.
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Transfers of Real Estate.

David 2 Panebaker ct al. to Henry
Il. Mace, convey a tract OF land. Tor
5000.
Solomon D. Mehring and wife to
John L. Myers, convey acres and Il
square perehes, for 800.
Clarence ". zepp and wife TO chas.
E. Eckenrode and wife. convey f2.6s6
square feet, for s2107.50.
Elizabeth Wimert ct al. to Blanche
Ditman and husband, convey 14.4o0
square feet. for So.
Oliver B. Fowble and wife to Sara
M. Whitehill, convey 2 tracts of land
in New Windsor,for $3.50.
Sara NJ. Nhitehill and husband 10
George z. B. Englar and wife, convey
SO 40 square perches, for sl70o.
John ". Davidson to Joel W. David
son and wife, conveys IA acres and II
square perches, for sS06650.
John ". Davidson to Edward +
Davidson and wife. conveys Z acres
and l square perch, for $l365.i0.
John ". Davidson to Ira y. David
son and vile conveys rs acres, ;
roods and IS square perches. for
S7073.62.
SallIe n. Warner and husband 10
Eli Warner. convey lots, for 250o
Charles Z. Fink, trustee, to The
Sykesyille Realty and Investment %.
convey so Of an acre, for $500.
james .. Harris and wife to Geo.
Il. Bollinger and wife, convey .
acres. fof $1,000.
Leander 1. Albaugh ct al. to Joseph
II. Lippy. convey LOT of land IN snyd=
ersburg. Tor 80.
J. Edward Evans and wife 10 Philip
Horpel, convey 26 $40 acres. for i.
First National Bank Of sykesfille
ct al to The sykeBIlle National Bank.
convey lot of land In Sykesrille. Tor
$4,000.
Franklin Hale and wife to Charles
+. Brengle. convey GS acres aud u
perehes. for $500
William D nnstion and wife IN Ia =
mond Angel. convey 100 Ii acre..
for $4,000
James Il. stoner and wife 10 TRAN
". Miller. convey 1920 square feet.
for 800.
William Il. Thomas TO Solomon ..
Mehring. conveys 3 acres and 4
square perehes. for S2j5.6s.
Frederick ]. Nagle and wife 10
Benjamin T. Martin, convey aere.
for s1125.
Josiah Cute IN Elizabeth Il shank.
conveys lot IN Taneytown, for S1G1a-
James \. Mott and wife to Edward
j. koernar and wife. convey p !
acres. fof s975.
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IIHH[II

Mrs Margaret IIampt wife OF
August Hampf aged 5 yeara. died al
her home IN Trenton Sunday Before
her marriage ahe Haa Miss Margaret
Myers. She II survived BY her hua-
band aud five children. Mrs. Henry
Wallet. Mrs BuhFman Martin, MIaa
Grace Hampts HarfY md William
IIampf. al! OF baltimore county, and
by several brothers nd sisters, Mrs
Hampf had been IN II health for some
time and was In : xerY nervous con
ditlOn. Ten days nHIor II her death
size poisoned herHHII ~ taking Paris
Green, aud II Is considered remark
able that she fingered on as long AZ
she did
Funeral services Were held on
Tuesday morning n Trenton Luthcr-
N Church. ReY. George y Strine. OF
Greenmount officiating Tnterment wag
made In the adjoining cemetery The
pallbearers were Judge Clinton
Tracy, James nenI. Henry Rigler.
Mitchell Armaeoat. 0Hear A1igire and
George Nash T. :. Upton a Son
funeral directors.
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nshlnR.

Mr.. nebeooa Cushing. wife Of Geo.
" Cushing. died at St Agnes los.
pltal. Baltimore. Tuesday. March Il,
nj a.i5 =. m. aged as yeara. s months
and = dayz She is survived b the
following children Mra. DeTIIe FoH-
Ter. o. Dennings; Mrs. " I Reese,
of unIonYiile. Misses Effia nd Ro-
maln. n home; also the following
siatefa and brothers; Mrs Ida ReaYer.
Mt. AIRY. William Warner. Silver
Run. Harry and Jesse Warner. ster-
ling. III, Lunday Warner. Clinton.
Iowa Earle Warner, Enterprise. and
Ray Warner. Oakland.
funeral services were held On Fri
day at 10 =. m, at St james. Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South. II Den
nings. ReY Fielding officiating The
pallbeafers were: T. ]. Gum. Thomas
Byera. I 4. Barnes, d. II. Zlle. 7. ].
Hann and John Duyall =. i Waltz
funeral director.
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apIA.

Ralph Caple. infant son Of II. and
Mrs. I. Roy Gaple, of near frlzeli-
burg. died on Tuesday, March 1s. in
this city 1T the residence Of hia uncle
and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. John Riekle.
George street His age was ! month
and Is days. Funeral and InteTment
took place At Pleasant Grove Metho-
dist Episcopal church yesterday
morning At 10 o'clock, Rev IT. Brit.
tihEham officiating. The palIbaarers
were. Ralph Lockard. Edgar Arma-
cost. nalph Leister and Frank Arnold.
+. Z. sharrer funeral director.
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Orphans Court.

Monday. March l7.--WilbuF Z. Hoy
er, administrator OF William II. R0yer.
deceased. reported sale of personal
property. settled his first and final
account. and received order to deposit
funds Of infants. children of Wm. Il.
Roger. deceased.
Samuel Z. Stoner, administrator Of
Harry D. stoner, deceased. returned
inventory Of current money.
The last will and testament OF
Anna NJ Ebaugh, deceased, was ad-
m.tted to probate and letters teata-
mentary thereon we're granted 10
John J. Stewart, who received HaT-
rant to appraise and order to notify
creditors.
Letters Of administration on the es-
tate of Charles ". Winemiller. deeeaH-
ed, were granted TO George II. Wine
miller, who received warrant to ap=
praise and order to notify creditors.
George Hardy. Arthur Hardy. chas
T. Hardy aud John II. Hardy. exeeu-
tors of james Hardy deceased. re-
ported sale of stocks, and settled their
second and final account.
John Phelps, administrator Of Mar
garet O. Russell, deceased, returned
inventory Of debts and settled his first
and final account.
Letters Of administration on the es-
tate of Elenora {. Wantz, deceased.
we're granted TO Noah c. Wantz, Who
received warrant to appraise and or
der to notify creditors.
The last vii and testament ofAnnie
l.. Morgan, deceased, was admitted To
probate and letters testamentary
thereon we're granted to Edward @.
Weant, who received warrant to ap-
praise and order to notify creditors.
Tuesday. March 1Sth.-The last vii
and testament of Mary r. A.Bakef. de-
ceased, was admitted to probate aud
letters teslamentary thereon were
granted to ]. Oliver Wadlow, who re-
ceiyed warrant to appraise personal
property and real estate and order to
notify creditors.
Letters Of administration on the ea~
tate of Ann Z. stuller, deceased. we're
granted to Mary V. Shoemaker. who
received warrant to appraise and Or
der to notify creditors.
Maud I. Lee. exeeutrix of Philip s.
Lee, deceased, settled her first ae-
count.
Bertie N. Reese and Paul L. Reese.
executors Of Theodore A. Reese. de-
ceased, settled their first account.
John ]. Stewart, executor of Ann II.
Ebaugh. deceased, returned inventory
of personal property.
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DEATHS
EngarI.

Mrs. Susan Engard. widow OF the
late Peter Engard, died on Saturday
afternoon, March 15. about o'clock
at her residence near this city, after
an illness of about one week. Her
age was 70 years. months and 8
days. She is survived by one daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Engard. and by sew
eral brothers and sisters. Before her
marriage she was Miss Lowell.
Funeral services were held on Tues
day morning at II o'clock at Krider's
Reformed Church and we're conducted
by Rev. DR.. e. s. slagle. Interment
was made in the adjoining cemetery.
The pallbearers we're. Measrs Will
lam ii. Geiman, James Buchman,
John Schweigart. David Kaufman,
Jehu Roger and Simon Nusbaum.
Harvey Bankard & Son funeral direc-
tors.
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Smith,.

Ell y. Smith died on Wednesday eY-
ening, March Il. at the home of his
nephew. Mr.. Lewis Smith, East end Of
this city, aged 5 years. He Is sur
vived by one brother. Lewis v. Smith.
of Gist. aud one sister. Mrs. Rachel
Phillips, near KIee.s Mill. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow morn
ing Saturday # the house at 10
o'clock. Elder William Roop offieIat-
Ing IntermenI xill be made In the
Westminster Cemetery. Pallbearers
will be- Luther Wimert, Joseph
Shreeye, Thomas Buckingham, Atlee
Wampler, Philip Flater and Aaron
Sheets. Harvey Hankard @ Son fn-
neral directors.
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Bankard nron l..

Mr William A. Bankard. son of Mr..
Theodore Bankard. Of 1t. Pleasant,
and Miss Annie V. Brown. daughter OF
Mr. Noah Brown. of Meadow Branch.
we're quietly married Thursday after
noon At 3 o'clock at Salem Lutheran
parsonage by Rev. " F. Herah. The
bride was becomingly eoRned In a
blue travelling suit With Int II match.
Immediately after the ceremony the
happy couple left for n extended
trip to Baltimore. Washington and
other points. On their return they
I'll reside al the residence OF the
gsoom's father.
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IImIH.#

Word has been received here of the
death Of Mr.. Jacob Il. Hahn. a native
of Frederick county. At his home in
carrollton, Ohio, on friday, March Il.
He was born near Hoeky Ridge, on
June 10, 1S48, and resided in that sec
ton until about years ago, when he
went West. He was blacksmith by
trade and followed bis occupation as
long as he was able.
The funeral was held Monday MORN
Ing. services being held In the Catho-
lie church I'm Miamsburg at $50, and
interment in Evergreen cemetery,
West Carrollton, 0.
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Baker

Mrs. Elizabeth Ellen Baker. widow
of Thomas D. Baker, died after = short
illness On Tuesday, March Is. at her
residence in Baltimore, aged Il years.
Funeral services will be held this ey-
enIng IT her residence at 5 o'clock
and tomorrow Saturday morning
the remains will be taken to Mt airy
and inferred in the family lot IN Pros
peet church graveyard.
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Mr. c, Norman peddIeofd. aged &c
years old, died In hospital In Sails
bury, n. c.. where he had been oper-
ated on for appendicitis over two
months ago. Death resulted from
blood poison. He l. survived by his
widow, who was before her marriage.
Miss Fac Beard. Of unI0nyIlle.
Tho body was taken to Plane No. /
for burial. The funeral took place on
Sunday afternoon, March f6. at Mar
Vim chapel, one o'clock p. m The ser
vices were conducted BY Rev. W.
King, OF Mt Airy.