The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-05-09

Farmers are busy planting corn.
The early planted potatoes art
coming up.
Ar. oliver shipley purchased
Quincy engine Fl. p. and outfit OF
Joseph L. Baust, this week.
There will be meeting OF the
Civic League next Thursday after.
noon at 8 o'clock in the Opera
House. All the ladies are requested
to attend.
Reorganization of Sunday school
at Bethel Church, Warfleldsburg on
Sunday ut $50 a. m, sharp. At
1890 a. IN, preaching by Rev
John II. Gonso.
Stone Chapel Sunday school viii
hold its annual strawberry and ice
cream festival in the pavilion ad-
joining the church, Saturday even
ing, May 81, commencing at o'clock
Ii the weather should be unfavorable
1t will be held the following Tuesday
evening.
The c. G p. Telephone Company
has this week installed phones in
the following homes: S. Trump Herr
Westminster 63f; j. Gloyd Diffendal.
Westminster 198w; Frank G.. Wilson,
Union Bridge AK; Jesse L. Snyder
near Westminster, 831-6; A. II
Young, ST., near Uniontown, West
minister 831-11.
The Ladies Mite Society OF Patapsco
Circuit met at the parsonage on May
s, at Gambler. The general routine of
business was transacted and the fol-
lowing officers elected: Mrs. r. w
Barnes, president; Mrs. Peyton Poole
LIST vice president; Mrs. Lee, End vice
president; Miss Louise Ridgely, Sec
rotary; Mrs. Frank Gorsuch, treas.
urer.
A rumor is abroad to the effect that
Mayor Walsh is opposed to the Civic
League placing cans on the street
for waste paper. The Mayor en-
phatically denies this and says he is
ready to assist the Civic League III
every way he can for the benefit anc
improvement of the town. He says
he will do all in his power to enforce
the ordinance forbidding paper to bt
thrown on the street.
The revival services of the Church
of God which had been in progress
nearly nine weeks in Carroll Tenn
perance Hall, closed last night with
40 converts. There will be baptiz.
ing by EMERSON on Sunday after
noon on the property of Mr.. David
Green, at Reese. Two of the ordi-
nances Of the Church of God, the
washing of the saints feet, and the
Lords Supper will be observed OF
Sunday evening.
A large number of men gathered
in the Opera House last Sunday af-
ternoon to hear DR.. Howard M
Kelly's lecture on ''The Fight for
Morally Clean Town, Whose Duty Is
it?' The celebrated physician was
secured by the Mems Adult Bible
Glasses of this city. While the Civil
League is busying itself with clean
ing up Westminster, it is fitting that
the men should aid in giving the town
moral cleaning.
Italian Joe is with us again this
week making sweet music on thu
streets with his violin and harp.
The Girls Club is arranging tc
hold a dance on the evening of May
III, in Firemen's Hall at $50 o'clock
ALI those who contributed to the
dances during the winter are invited
Mrs. Thomas Turtle, East Main
street, was taken to DR.. Howard M
! Kelly's Sanitarium in Baltimore, on
Thursday for treatment.
Manchester Base Ball Club will
open the season tomorrow by cross
i ing bats with the Keystone Wire
Cloth Club Of Hanover, Pa. Man,
chester also has the following games
scheduled: May 17,Hanover Shoe Fac
tory; May "a, Jefferson A. c., of jeff
erson, Pa; June 81, Mohawk A. G.
of Washington, d. c.; July 4, dou'
BILE header with the Altoona Pleas.
ure Club, of Baltimore. The clut
has a few more open dates, for Satur-
| days and would like to hear FROM al
strong uniformed teams, Reisters
! town and Westminster preferred
Address challenges to Chas. G. Nit
! ten, MI nchester, Md, or phone Hamp'
stead IL.
| Mrs. G.. M. V. Follett, field secretary
of The National Florence CrittenteI
Mission, is in this city. She is
authorized to present the work, or
ganize circles and to solicit contri
buttons. This mission is great
interdenominational missionary so
ciety for the uplift Of fallen girls. anG
for making a way Of escape through
the open door of Florence Crittenter
homes in America and foreign coun
tries. There are IA homes in this
country, stretching from Maine to
! California, and from Mexico tC
to North Dakota 1t maintains apre.
ventative department where young
unprotected girls are sheltered and
I! from which they are placed in posi-.
tions. The National Florence Crit
tenten Mission Society is endorsed by
both Houses of Congress, Charter
given by special Act of Congress and
signed by the late William Mckinley
former president of the United
States.
This is a busy week for Rev. w
| l.. Seabrook. AS Court clerk he has
completed the making up of the dock
cts and other work preliminary to
the May term of court, which will be-
gin on Monday In his church work
he officiated at baptism and we'd
ding at his residence, this city. On
Sunday next he will preach and con-
duct confirmation services at his Deer
Park Road church, followed by the
Holy Communion, at the morning SER
vice. In the afternoon Camp No. 73
P. o. S. of A., Hampstead, will observe
Mothers Day" by a service in the
Lutheran Church. Mr.. Seabrook will
preach the sermon. On Wednesday
night last, he delivered an address at
Camp No. 81 p. o. s. of A., at Carroll
ton, and tonight expects to make an