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


| High priced apples don't sound like
pie.
1t is 80 days since Kansas has had
any rain.
! Blue Ridge College will open on
Tuesday, September 16, with an excel
lent outlook for a large school attend
ance. The new buildings are not
quite completed but comfortable &C
| commodations are provided for all
the students and faculty.
The Health Officers Bulletin for
July states that in the countier of
Maryland 200 deaths resulted from in
fictitious diseases during the month
95 of which were from tuberculosis,
35 from whooping cough, and 20 from
typhoid fever. There were 3 cas.'s of
typhoid in Sykesville; l in Mt. Airy,
and 2 in Westminster
Col. Austin Gallagher, of Carroll
Orchards, Industrial commissioner of
the Western Maryland Railway, will
represent that road on the inspection
trip through the Chesapeake and Della
ware Canal to be made September IL.
Mayor Preston has extended an invita-
ton to 100 Baltimoreans to go as his
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will be made under the auspices of
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Asso-
citation. 1t il expected that all of the
Maryland Congressman will be i'm the
party.
A pleasant day was spent at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Dodrer,
when they entertained at dinner on
Sunday, August 31st: Mr.. and Mrs.
William Dodrer and daughters, Grace
and Agnes, and son Herbert; Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Wantz and sons, Charles,
Ralph and David; Mrs. hurry Dodrer
and children, Charles, Glen, Ida and
Catherine; Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Byers
and sons, William and Russell, all Of
Westminster, and Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Tilden Dodrer, of Hanover, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ephraim Williams, of
Bloom, entertained on Sunday last
some Of their friends. Among those
present were: Mr.. and Mrs Eph-lim
Williams, MIR. and Mrs. John Cook,
MIR. and Mrs. Richard Owings, MIR.
and Mrs. Carroll Williams, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Schneider, Mrs. Sarah E.
Prugh, Mrs. Laura Prugh; Misses
Elizabeth and Emma Williams, Hilda
Prugh, Alice Williams, Mildred, Fern
and Julia Schneider, Bertha, Cleatie
and Elsie Williams, Eliza Frizzell, Of
Baltimore; Annie Wagner; Messrs.-
John Barber, Reuben and Chester
Williams, Monroe, Herbert and Boyd
Chickens were killed and eggs
smashed when North avenue car in
Baltimore, struck the wagon belong
ing to George Hebbel, 2701 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, yesterday morning. The
vehicle was crossing Pulaski street
when the car struck 1t and threw the
driver, John Geisner, and the other
occupant, Theodore Hoffacker, OF Car
roll county, to the street. a number
OF crates OF chickens were overturned,
killing some Of the fowls and several
dozen eggs were rendered useless.
Neither man was seriously hurt, and
Hoffacker, who was bruised, refused
to go to a hospital. The damage to
the wagon and contents amount to
about $40.
The Manchester and Mechanicsville
Base Ball Teams will cross bats on
1.-THE Westminster diamond on Saturday.
This game will be for the champion
ship of Carroll county, as both teams
are claiming the championship. Me-
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ter at Mechanicsville, and Manchester
having defeated Mechanicsville at
Manchester, il was decided to play the
odd game on neutral grounds and d.
\ Westminster il equal distance from
both places 1t was selected. This
will be an exciting game from start
to finish as the teams are well match
ed and both play good ball. A large
crowd will be present to see this
game. Manchester will bring a num-
Der OF rOoters along and Mechanics
| vile also will be well represented.
The people or Westminster are sure
I'd turn out I'm numbers d. this game
has excited a great deal OF interest in
this community.