The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-08-22

SESSION at TIE IOuTL House
on Wednesday August q
from 10 am. to 3 pm. for
J the purpose of giving
transfers to voters. Pri-
mary Election on Monday,
September 3. Primary
Registration September }.
Mr.. and Mrs. William sharrer. WI.
lis street. are receiving congratula.
tons on the birth Of a daughter last
Sunday morning.
The school board of Worcester
county has awarded Western Mary.
land College scholarships to ]. Samuel
Price, Jr.. Snow Hill; John Collion
and J. Russell Blodes. Pocomoke City
4 severe electrical storm passed
over the northwestern part of this
county Monday evening The barn Of
II. Frank Delaplaine. on the old Cash
farm was struck by lightning and
burned 10 the ground. with his whole
crop of hay and grain. All the stock
was saved
Little Miss Phoebe Virginia Trayer
the Il-year-old daughter OF Mr and
Mrs. James 7. Trayer, of this city.
sent 81 To the Babies MIX and Ice
Fund which is being raised In Balu-
more. She wanted 10 help the babies
and deprived herself OF a ohIld's lux
nries until she had saved Il The
rest she collected from relatives and
friends.
The Opera House program for to
night will be Business Must MOI
Interfere The Tenderfoot.H Turn. .
aMorgan.E Treasure reels. State
Troops Eneampmenta at Belnir. the
only picture OF it kind made. Sat
urday night: Playing With Edged
Tools" Her Night OF Anguish" :
reels. tifat class vaudeville entertain
mont, and "Belair Eneampmont"
The installation Of officers for the
ensuing term was the special feature
At the meeting of ealanthe Lodge. No
30. Of Union Bridge on Monday night.
August ! This work has been delay.
I'd longer this term. but Deputy Grand
Chancellor sclby decided that II was
best 90 vat until al vas In readiness,
even at the risk Of being among thu
tardy In Tie performance Of this dutY
An unusually severe electrical storm
passed Over Frederick county Monday
Two barns were struck b. LIGHTNING
and destroyed. Tie barn 81 Thomas
ftttlngeT. near I0ya Sation, several
miles from Thurmont was destroyed
The barn Of Frank Anderson. Al
Evansville. vas aIzo destroyed Thu
barn was flied vii crops he stock
IN the barn vas gotten out safely. hui
al outbuildlngs seHe destroyed. 9fhe
loss Is estimated II from $1,000 "a
$1,000
record for quick and satisfactory
answer II complaint wa made b
The Western Maryland RaiIzaY tom.
pany. Monday. when the Public Ser
fIee Commission received \ letter Kay=
: iHg that ne Company had appointed :
: station agent for tho town If Hamn.
ztead : petition asking The Commits
ion 10 compel tn railway company
: 10 appoint m agent Tor that place ~
received y the Commission 81 Friday
The petition was signed b. many real
dents Of Hampstead
! large and eommodioua social hal
+ being luiii In II. rear OF Centenary
Methodist Episcopal church All 50
eial events In connection 18th IL.
J church ~ be he'd there aud a gym
E HaHlum III be ilIIed up fof ths u.
81 the YuunK people. Ths heatinI
: plant Il aIao to be moved into the nea
| building. the cost d all the improve
ments approIimatInK sJa00 IL i
| hoped thai the building vii be cad
, Tor use Early In November. J. Web
| zter EbauTh is the contractor.
! Mr. John Brooke Fink. Of this olty
will leave Sunday Tor a tHu months
e visit TO Ihe Yakima VALLEY. Wash lng
: lon, where he and mis- father, Mr.
E Gharlcg :. Fink. haYe a large tract .
! land Mf. Fink goes at tn time I.
2 Look after the harvesting md aelllnI
9 Of their potato crop which i a IN
: one this season. : number Of Carroll
: county people are interested In thII
l proposition with the MeaarH Fink
1 Mr j. Bernard Fink will ACCOMPANY
2 his brother and remain permanently
. IN Washington.
The SAUNDERS Of citizens IN the We
end Of town were disturbed IN sunda!
night IL Hr. Paul Price. Vest Mall
T street, crying Thief" A number o
) hls friends fastened TO his rescue bu
9 the wouIdbe- burglar had flown. Hos
: ever a iaTge rat waH killed which Ia
d made considerable noise among Mf
= Prices stock of teaa &C shich h
: had stored in a room The burglar In
: not been apprehended up 10 this time
T The Burgess and Commissioner
1 together With the citizens Of Me-
+ Windsor. have petItioned the Publ
J Service Commission to order til
|. Western Maryland Railway 10 ato
d Its fast nall train. known n No.
9 1t that place.
{ Present indications are PROMISING
!. for an average corn crop Of perhap
Il something even IN excess Of thai
There waz only n short period whel
i the lack Of rain caused Apprehension
d that the crop might be n eomnaratIf
7 failure. That was followed by fra
Iquent showers. and. occasionally con
tinued rains for a day or Two In sue
: eession. The effect of this has bee
: marked and ordinary field corn ha
: rarely ut this period OF the ssasoi
, given promise OF better yield. Can
a ming, which Is nov going To the fac
n tory, In not equal To this showing, hu
{ the yield Is fairly satisfactory anu tn
h quality Is excellent Tomatoes ar
: also OF exceptionally good quality an
: are yielding fair crop. The sam
! may be said OF garden vegetables gen
z orally. and truckers and farmers nav
: no reason to fear unusual shortage L