The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-11-13

"a new DOOKKeeperS anu CASHIER
Office has been erected in the hard
ware store Of p. : .Gehr, this city.
Officer Helm arrested a drunk tina
tried to board freight train on Sat
urday morning.
MIR. H. o. Fogle, proprietor b
Fogle's Bowling alleys, is putting il
a third alley and installing electric
lights.
ID. :. Gehr has just finished the in,
A stallation of modern hot water
heating apparatus in the residence 81
Mr.. John J. Reese, this city.
Motion pictures OF the Methodist
pilgrimage will be shown at the
Opera House. Tuesday and Wednesday
nights, November Az and 49,
The contract for steam heating
plant i'm the new garage Of Hon &
Klee has been awarded to d. S. Gehr
the hardware man on the corner
Mr.. Fl. D. Fowble and family, West
Main street, moved into their new
home which Mr.. Fowble purchased
from w. Frank Thomas, Trustee.
The Carroll county executive com
mittee VI the w. Q. T. ". will meet
at the home of Miss Lizzie Herr
West Main street, November oath, al
o'clock.
On account Of the delay Of receiv-
Ing fine stone for the top dressing
upon the stone which are being laid
on our streets, the work of roll
! ing has been stopped
\ One Of the cannons on COnfed-
crate avenue, Gettysburg battlefield,
was fired with charge Of powder,
Wednesday night, and the trail Of the
gun carriage demolished.
4 Saturday, October 31st, the mem
I bers and friends OF the Pipe Creek
/ Methodist Protestant church came
Y with a very generous donation to the
/ Methodist Protestant Church Home,
for which the ladies return thanks.
/ Charles A. Geller, Baltimore,' was
Saturday awarded verdict OF $125
against the Western Maryland Rail-
way Company Mr.. Geller alleged
h that on May 3, 1914, as he was getting
I, or a train at Fulton Station he fell
over a stool which is used as a step.
Charles Fl. S Robinson, Of Roxbury,
/ Mass, who ran for Congress in his
district on the Republican ticket,
| filed his report at the Capitol We'd
inesday II said: II received nothing,
promised nothing, expended nothing,
got nothing" He must have done
some strenuous work.
Wednesday night on Liberty street
extended, the neighborhood was great
ly alarmed BY hearing a largo bell
ringing, thinking it was the fire
alarm, but such was not the case. The
cause of all the disturbance was
Ryland's Company Of Irish Bell Ring
ers who were serenading Mr.. Clar-
ence Cook and bride. After the con
cert all were given invitations to en-
Joy in light refreshments.
All the discussion between Wash
ington and Frederick counties over
school children from one county, at
; tending school in the other county.
\ and the desire of one county or the
iother to charge fees, is settled, it is
said, by bylaw of the State Depart
ment Of Education in which provis-
ions are made in just such cases, CIV
ing scholars in one county privileges
to go to school in the other without
paying tuition fee.
\ The woman vote i'm Chicago kept in
Office two men on a sanitary board,
controlling the expenditure of millions
Of dollars annually, when these men
would have been displaced by the
male vote. The women voted for
these men because the latter con-
sistently protested against eXtrava-
gance on the board; the men voted
against them for reasons Of political
expediency. The feminine vote in this
defense OF the sanitary interests OF
the city, so closely affecting the home
IL significant, and furnishes good
argument why women should have a
voice in public affairs.
Libertytown was given its share OF
excitement on Friday when a horse
attached to a drummer's buggy, which
was tied In front OF the store OF Mil
ton Carter, slipped its bride and
dashed wildly through the town
There were several very narrow es-
capes. The team plunged into the
horse and buggy of Rural Carrier
Charles Rhoads, OF Route No. /, and
completely demolished the carriers
vehicle, which was in front OF the
Ipostoffice. The mail was scattered
over the Streets Fortunately MIR
Rhoads had just gone into the post
office Both horses escaped with
slight injuries.
I Arrested at Camden Station, Balti-
more, shortly after 3 o'clock Saturday
morning because, the police say, he
was intoxicated and disorderly, Marion
Poole, 81 years old, OF Mount Airy
was given a hearing before Justice
Golden, at the Western Police Station
In addition to the charge of disorderly
conduct, there IL lodged against him
a charge of carrying a. concealed
weapon. When searched at the sta
ton house a pistol containing four
cartridges was found on him. Poole
said he purchased the pistol 20 years
ago, put the cartridges i'm at the time
and has never used the weapon since
His story was believed after it had
taken Lieutenant Boone a quarter OF
an hour to explode the cartridges In
the cellar OF the station house.
VI The Department at Washington has
informed Joshua w. Miles, Collector Of
United States Internal Revenue thai
the new license stamps to be ISSUED
Ion account or the war tax and which
are effective today will be received
before November 10. A. soon al they
are received those affected will be ex
pected to call and pay the tax prompt
ly. The classes affected by the tar