The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-01-24
Winter is fllrtlng with spring.

Winter is flirting with spring.
United States cattle haze. decreased
20 per cent. In five years.
A a disease appendicitis became
known about 30 years ago. =
Read the news In The Advocate, and
get 1t when i happens AZ It happens.
Remember chat Fan ounce OF pre-
vention Is worth pound Of cure. y
and be vaceinated.
Peach buds are showing life. Out
door chrysanthemum stalks are still
green, and some buds are showing.
Spring sales of farm stock and per-
sonal property will soon commence.
Our sale register is getting pretty
lengthy.
OF course folks complain about the
weather now and then, but It's doubt
less just as well that they are not the
weather makers.
Owing to an attack of rheumatism,
Miss Mary Y. Manning has resigned
her school at Mt. Airy and returned to
her home In Westminster.
May the mild weather not wind up
with an Inauguration Day blizzard.
Rural mail carriers find the roads
In some places quite rough.
Owing to the Illness of Mrs. Charles
FoWler's children, the Ladies' Aid So
eietY of the Trinity Lutheran Church,
VIII be held at Mrs. Charles Mengels.
January 20.
The Home Insurance Company o.
New York. adjusted and paid loss
for the fire that destroyed the mill
property of Joseph II. Mullinix. At
Mulllnlx, near Mt. Airy. which oe-
Cured on January 3.
Aionzo Green. son of Rev. and Mrs.
A. II. Green. of Accomac county, Va,
and grandson of Mr. George Leas.
of this city. Wednesday last jumped
from flag pole and broke both bones
Of his left leg below the knee.
The executive committee OF the
Maryland State Teachers Association
met In Baltimore on Saturday at the
State Normal School. and decided for
the next annual meeting 10 be held
In Annapolis on June 2. %. 20 and
In the near future DIR. Janney, OF
Baltimore. will visit this city and de
liver a lecture on the White Slave
Law. The meeting will be under the
auspices OF the Just Government
League Of Westminster and the late
will be made known within few
days.
There are les cases OF measles In
Gettysburg, Pa. and with moro than
40 per cent Of the children OF the
town kept out Of school BY the dis
ease. Gettysburg Ii confronted with
Its most widespread epidemic since
accurate figures on health statistics
have been keg, says the Gettysburg
Times.
Mrs. Charles Littleheld. Of Sleeps
head Bay. New York, died On Wednee-
day. January L. aged about 20 years
She Is the mother OF Mr.. Fred Little
field. Of Brook1eld Farm. near Mid
dleburg. Mr. and Mrs Llttleheld.
and daughter. Miss Thelma. and Mra
L y Walden. attended the funeral
last Friday
! handsome new pipe organ. pre-
scented to the NalkerByIlle Methodist
Episcopal Church. Frederick county.
b. Mrs Margaret Bale md Misses
Elizabeth and Lydia CaaEalI. Of West
minister. as a memorial IN the late
John and Nancy Nieodemns. wa
dedicated Sunday Re- Or r.. L
Watson, Superintendent q tho West
Baltimore District OF The Maryland
Conference. delivered the dedicatorY
sermon.
Il developed TINT Maryland vas first
under the wire IN delivering her vote
for Wilson and Marshall n the Office
Of he ce=PTnaIdent In IL Capitol
at Washington Wednesday. according
10 he Washington bureau Of The
Sun" A, Goldsborough. OF BaItIz
NOR. who W. the official messenger
of the Maryland electors. reached he
goal Just two minutes ahead Of Fit
william McMaHieTa Woodrow. the NeK
Jersey ballot-bearer
| The fraternal order Of Mystic Cir
Gle elected the following officers On
Monday. Worthy Ruler. Il. y. Cor
such Vice Verify Ruler. Mira John
| L. EekenTode. Chaplain. Mrs. Frank
shaeffer: Worthy Collector Charles
L. EYerhart. Worthy Recorder. DR.
| George Il. naughman. Worthy Treas
urer. J Thomas Anders. Marshall.
Mrs Elmer Hoppe Guard. Hrs. Albert
/ Thomson; Trustees. John ] Reese.
| J. Hoffman FuHs and John l. Ecken-
rode.
We desire 70 call special attention
TO the fact thai a two weeks course
in Horticulture. VIII b given n
the Maryland Agricultural College.
beginning, Monday. January 9th.
This course Il designed for practical
men engaged IN this Industry In the
State. All phases OF fruit and truck
growing. insect pests and diseases
will be discussed by men who have
made special study of the subjects.
There will be practical demonHtra-
tons In all phases OF the work
In last weeks issue of the Saturday
Evening Poet. Lynn II. Msaklns. well
known to number OF people In this
/ ely. contributes a very interesting ar
tiele upon Diamond Back TerrapIna.
! The article Is illustrated ~ a picture
taken at a banquet in Baltimore, and
the likenessea Of number Of we'll
known Marylanders can be recognized
among them being Ex-Gos Warfield.
/ Ex=Mayor j. Barry MahooI Congress.
man J. f. {. Talbot, Jerome Joyce.
and others.
The residence Of William L. Poole.
at Noodbine. WAS destroyed by fire
last Saturday evening, together with
all the furniture. involving loss Of
$1,000, covered BY insurance. After
supper Mr.. Poole, an emnloye of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany. and his wife walked a short