The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-08-14

The canning OF corn il In full blast
at our factories in this city.
Many of the manufacturers have
advanced the price on all products by
the existing war conditions.
The stork left a girl at the resi-
dence OF NH. and Mrs Harry Smith,
East Main street, last week.
Mr.. ~ c. Erb, West Main street,
was one of the bidders for the cree
ton Of Thurmont school building. Mr..
Erb is a well known contractor.
/ While Mr.. John IT, Conway, near
Gambler, was cleaning his horse on
the 10th Of August, the horse threw
his weight upon Mr.. Conaway's right
shoulder, causing a fracture Of his
right collar bone. DR.. NJ. l.. Bott re-
duced the fracture.
St. Johns Lutheran Sunday school
will have their annual picnic in the
grove adjoining the church Saturday,
August % The Alesia Band will
furnish music. Singing and addresses
will form the program for the day. All
kinds of refreshments will be on the
ground for sale.
! The Western Maryland Railway
+, Company has sent so refrigerator
cars from Baltimore to the fruit
belt here to Be used in moving the
biz peach crop The railway com
pany expects to handle in the neigh
borhood of 5000 cars of fruit from
, the fruit belt between Hancock and
Edgemont.
| The residence of the Union National
Bank, formerly occupied by the late
\ J. w. Herring, has been leased to MIR.
o. r.. Emigh, vice-president and gen
eral manager OF the Baltimore Roofing
& Asbestos Manufacturing Company.
Mr.. Emigh will take possession as
soon as the house is remedeled-
about the last of this month.
/ A meeting Of the Young Peoples
Missionary Society OF Bosley Metho
dist Episcopal Church was held last
evening at the home of its for
mer president, Miss Anna NJ. Bacon,
/ near Butler, who for several months
was student in a missionary school
| in Chicago. Miss Mary Bosley pre-
sided. The Rev. John S. German took
| part in the services.
"A barrack on the farm OF Thomas
Owens, Woodbine, was struck by
lightning and destroyed by fire with
25 tons of hay and many farming i'm
plements which it contained and four
head of cattle were instantly killed
when the storm Tuesday afternoon
struck that place. Ten cattle were
standing under a giant tree when it
was struck and felIed by lightning,
but six escaped.
Through the efforts of Congress
man David J. Lewis, and after trying
for the past six years, Charles E.
Welker, of Libertytown, who is total
ly blind, has succeeded in securing
a pension from the U. S. Govern
ment OF $50 a month. Mr.. Welker
served i'm the army in the Philippines
and while in the service received an
injury, which resulted in losing the
sight of both eyes.
Threshermen of Frederick county
are still pursued by the Good Roads
Commission, and Friday three more
warrants were issued for Frederick
county traction engine owners and
Resident Engineer G. A. Tenney ar
rested one man near New Market, O.
T. Davis, upon the charge of oper-
ating traction engine with cleats
upon the State roads. Two warrants
have also been issued for traction
engine owners about Mt Airy.
1 Get after the fly and get a prize.
The fly committee meets each Satur-
day afternoon at the Times Building
to receive flies and give prizes for the
most flies brought to them. On Sat
urday two 20-pound candy buckets, 3
five pound bags and cigar box OF
dead flies were received by the COM
mittee. $18-45 was paid out and So
moving picture show tickets handed
out. Alfea Magins received first prize
$120 and S picture show tickets.
Struck by an engine as he walked
east On the platform of the Western
Maryland Railroad Station at Wal
brook at 7.30 o'clock Saturday night,
Joseph :. Johnson, 10 years old, 263S
West North avenue, Baltimore, was
hurled Is feet. His recovery is con
sidered doubtful. The manner OF the
accident puzzled the bystanders, as
Johnson was on the platform at the
time. The engine was attached to
passenger train No. and was going
east.
Plans are being completed for the
Iconstruction OF bridge on the Liberty
road, at North Branch, between Bal
timore and Carroll counties, to re-
place the old wooden structure, which
was destroyed by fire several weeks
ago. The bridge will be constructed
under the supervision of the State
Roads Commission. 1t will be con-
structed, il il said, under the Shoe
maker act, the State paying one-half
the cost Of construction, while Balti-
more and Carroll counties will defray
the remainder.
Oats stalks feet 10 inches long with
a head filled with grains 10 inches in
length is what several acres of Mr..
John w. Eyler, OF Tannery, il grow
ing. Mr.. Eyler ID progressive farm
er and progressive Democrat.
A heavy wind, hail and rain storm
passed over Harvey and vicinity on
Saturday evening and played havoc
with the growing corn. The stalks
Of corn have had the blades cut clean
from it, fences and trees were blown
down and other damage noted. The
damage will run into hundreds OF
dollars.
With a bullet lodged in his back,
nine-year-old James Walter Gambler,
of Reisterstown, is confined at the
Maryland General Hospital, where he
was raRnp late Friday NIGHT ic