The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-06-27
Nobody complainln' about the dust

tauqua early.
Let The Advocate follow 20,
wherever you go.
There are bridal smiles enough
IN Carroll county to supply sunshine
for the entire season.
We've had the blackberry rain, anf
the goose hangs high. Also thu
watermelon deluge and the sugar
corn soak.
The drought was broken last Sat.
urday by a violent thunder storm &C
companied by high wind and SHARP
/ flashes OF lightning. Considerable
rain fell Saturday night and Sunday
Denton Cole, a lad who works for
NJ. e. Campbell, butcher, while riding
his bicycle last Friday afternoon on
Main street was run over BY an auto
! mobile and one Of his legs was frae-
tnred at the knee He Is now able
to be about.
/ Wednesday morning while Benjamin
| Dorsey was putting a horse to q
runabout at the livery stables Of
Wilson & Wilson, the animal got
away and ran up College Hill, nearly
running over little Miss Anne Ref
snider, who was driving In her goat
cart.
Mr., Granville Skunk Is considerably
bruised up as the result OF an acct
dent which occurred Wednesday
morning when he was driving on the
Washington turnpike His horse be
came frightened at little girl riding
/ horseback in a field, and ran away
/ throwing Mr.. Skunk out. No bones
we're broken however, and Mr. Skunk
has recovered from the effects Of the
shock.
/ A concrete curb and gutter has been
/ laid on Court street on the property
OF Mr.. George w. Albaugh from Main
street te the alley. and next week
F 3 concrete pavement will be laid On
! The same property. This will Ger
tainly be n great improvement 10 thai
! part of the town. and Is only one Of
many improvements which have re-
Gently been made by East End cit
zens The West End had better Look
10 its laurels.
Mr.. Harry Nc. KINNEY haa purchaa-
ed the milk route of Mr.. Joseph 7
! Hunter and will start business JUS
!. He announces that he Will run :
i Iubercullne tested herd. and thai
milk will he handled under the mozl
approved and sanitary conditions
Special attention viii be given milk
for babies.
Abolition of county almshouses NJ
advocated Tuesday by Governor
goldsboHaagh aI the Hemi-annnaI
meeting O the Eunacy Commission
With the members Of the boards q
the various State institutions for thf
insane aud feeble=minded The Coz
ernor said he hoped the next JegIa=
lature would act faforably upon t.
Idea. lie stated nat In hi judgment
ne :imshonseE afe only places foI
ne spread and renewal n feeble
mIndedue#H and h hoped To haxa
worked 81 and adopted = system :
sanitoriums so located as 70 best aerYf
the needs Of the various SECTIONS .
ne STATE.
\ locomotive drawing wrrckIHa
car anu f8ur DO cars amHzbed m
he caba1#e on IHe rear nd OF
string Of : freighlz Monda. night ~
the Western Maryland Railroad JuzI
above NHIbrOOk Station. dEmollHhIuz
the oabonse and one freight ear The
Immediately caught FIRE aud IL tool
he engines halt N hour 70 get wa1si
~ the steep emhankment at thai
point Tie cabooHe was consumed
Nth par of the freight ar, whiaI
Eaa empty. Thirteen men If the crsH
N the Houthbound train jumped dow
he cmhankmcnt The trout part .
The locomotive US badly smashed
Richard Fleagle. conductor OF -.
moving train. va riding On the pie
Of the engine aud just managed !.
Jump down the ambankmsnt befori
the craah came. The wrecking cree
passed through IhIg cIIY about
O'Clock that afternoon.
At a special meeting Of the CT
Council called By Mayor Walsh Ia
Tuesday night, II vas decided TO I'm
prove the following streets Green
Bond. Liberty, John. Carroll. Union
Webster. Court, Court Place. and Col
Iege Hill. The streets are 10 be waIe
bound maeadam. Ike Pennsylvania
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them sometime nett week A con
crete curb and gutter Will be pu
around the court house. terra colt
sewer vii cross Union street aloni
the alley toward the West End publ
! school. aud the Council I'll take =
With the Western Maryland Rallwa
, officials the matter Of improving Raj
, road avenue IN addition to the
/ street improvements two garbag
J carte have been ordered aud two M
viii be employed 10 collect all refuH
J and waste matter on the improves
streets This Is 4 movement for
; Greater Westminster and merits ii
commentator of all our citizens.
Looking to the securing Of an auto
mobile fire truck At Reisterstown.
largely attended meeting Of the Res
Ierstown Volunteer Fire Gompun
vas held Monday night. when w,
Stevenson was elected chief an
Joseph shaffer, formerly o. this cit.
: assistant chief S. s. Yingllng, preaI
dent of the company presided. Ate
- members had been enrolled, a CON
mittee was appointed. consisting OF
. Y. Towel. +. G. YinglIng. Lee
! Hobbs, ]. Y. Brown and Y G. Mel
, tam, to wait on the County Commits
sIoners and ask their aid IN purchaa
, Ing an automobile truck for the II
) lage. Another committee. eonsistIn
, Of g. H. Stevenson. O.. Il. Gilman
) Raymond Russell. ]. NJ. Gnrrie an
. II. II. Michael, was appointed TO cir
/ eulate two petitions. one asking III
School Board for the use Of the Of
building at the Franklin High Schoo
for the company and the other to col