The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-09-26
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Fine Fall weather.
This is oyster season.

The leaves are beginning to flush
with Autumn's tint.
The real turkey trot" will begin In
the barnyard in a few weeks.
The recent rains have put the ground
In good condition for seeding.
The County Commissioners on Mon
day transacted their regular routine
of business.
The melancholy days have come
we will have to part with that good
old itraw hat
The residence Of Wesley Steele.
Pennsylvania avenue. is receiving a
fresh coat Of paint.
Mr. Carroll Lockard, Liberty street.
reports the sale of large number OF
1914 Buick automobiles.
The show window in the store room
of William c. DeYi1blss. West Main
street, Is being remodeled.
Eve created fashions for women.
and now her daughters are drifting
back to her original designs.
4 person cannot tell from the size
of crowd on the street whether It Is
a fight or a political discussion.
The building being erected by Mr..
George W. Albaugh on West Main
street. will be another Improvement
for our city.
The store room Of Mr.. John ID. bow
ers, East Main street, viii have an
up-to-date heating plant installed. d
S. Gehr Is the contractor
The store front of the Eagle Cloth.
ing Store and the Westminster Tailor
ing Co.'s stores, West Main street. re-
ceIYed a coat OF paint this week.
Carroll county experienced It's first
real frost on Tuesday morning Thu
meadows looked as IL 1t had showed
Overcoats we're brought down from
their summer storage and we're worn
The farm of the late Columbus
Engleman, near IInwood, WAS sold By
the heirs to Mr.. " II. Zepp, of thu
above place. The farm ID among thu
best I'm that community and contains
over 100 acres.
The opening gun In the Democratic
campaign will be fired September 81
at the Rennert, Baltimore, when Blail
Lee. Emerson {. Harrington ant
Caleb G. Magruder will be notified o.
their nominations for United Statei
Senator. Comptroller and Clerk Of th'
Court OF Appeals. respectively. ant
when the newly elected State Contra
Committee will meet and organize.
4 savage boar attacked the horse o
Jesse Hood. free rural delivery ear
rier on the Buffalo road. about MIL
from Mount Airy. few days ago. TIL
boar, which belongs to Raymond
Brashears. ran out of a field. rushed
under the horse and with is tusks dis
,emboweled the equine, which died il
a few minutes. The horse had beef
purchased recently by Mr.. Hood 10
$40
Matt Ryan, an odd character II
the political world. of Wilkes Barre
Pa. who Ras candidate for 1T
Commissioner at the primary election
has Just filed his expense account Hitl
the court. II Is out OF the ordinary
He enters up the following a. hi
total expenses: Oats for mule. D
cents: three drinks of liquor. for thbs
who needed II, 30 cents. two glaHHe
of soda, for temperance voters. i
cents total. $780,
D. Ernest Wright. of Union Bridge
a machlnist In the employ af IN
sonsly injured on Friday by belnI
caught between an engine and III
floor at the erecting shop. HagerstoKn
A crew was taking the engine out L
the turntable when the accident &C
CURED. Wright was caught in
space of about eight inches and ma.
be injured internally. Ills condition
is considered serious.
The usual cold weather prediction
are beginning to be heard. One 0
our weather prophets says: Timer
has been an abundance Of Wild frni
this year, while the cultivated fafie
ties have not been up 10 shat the,
usually are. have also noticed tia
there will be an abundance of nntf
and still another sign that haY
noticed is that the rabbits and oIhe
animals With fur have unusuall
heavy coats this year"
All trains east and west we're delay
ed several hours on Saturday an
Sunday BY freights on the Western
Maryland Railroad. On SatGfda
morning SIX cars jumped the track a
the Coal Ghntes. caused By a brokel
rail On Sunday an engine and fou
cars jumped the track on Slinglufi
curve, about a mile east Of New Wind
sor. It is said thai the engine jumpe
the rail where q slow order was place
for bad track. The Hagerstown an
Port Covington wrecking crews place
the cars and engine on the tracks.
The Herald Company, organized /
engage In the publishing and genera
printing business. has begun the pub
1ieation In sykesyIlle, of the Sykes
vile Herald, a weekly newspaper de
voted to publishing the local news 9
the town and contiguous territory 1
Carroll and Howard counties. Tn
editor is Albert NJ Hall, Of Riverdal.
Nd, who Is connected with a news
paper feature bureau in Washington
Before taking up the Washingto
work Mr.. Hall was for number c
years an editor Of the Syracuse n
Y Herald. The business manage
of the newspaper Is David w. Deal
Mr.. Halls son-in-Iaw. He Is prac
tieal printer with long experience 1
Baltimore and Philadelphia.
According to the last reports G
conditions to State Bank CommIsa
Toner j. Dukes DoHnes, there were 1
operation N Maryland Id State Bank
and Trust Companies Or these B 0
about 20 per cent. are entitled t
positions on the roll of honor, whie
is made up of banks that have in tn
form of surplus and profits combine
an amount larger than their capita
Ii Is gratifying to know that OF tn
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