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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-01-23
Dance Near Eldersburg.

One of the most successful surprise
dances Of the season was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Zahn,
near Eldersburg, on the evening OF
Thursday, January 18th by their many
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Zahn are noted
for their hospitality, and about 7.SO
the guests began to arrive in numbers
and soon all were gliding over the
waxed surface to music furnished Dy
Messrs. Levi Gambler and Snyder
Arnold, Of Gambler. At late nour
refreshments were served in aDund-
ance and all departed for their homes
thanking Mr.. and Mrs. Zahn Tor their
evenings entertainment.
Those present were: Messrs. and
Mesdames-Lewis Zahn, Tyson Har-
rison, Ernest Clark, Robert lahn,
George Beasman, Alfred Linton, Land
Stem and Mesdames- Luther Zahn
and =. IT. Jones; Misses-Ruth Gibson,
Mary Gorsuch, Mary Duvall, Marjorie
Manch, Eliza Murphy, Bessie Gambler,
Mae Brothers, Evelyn Stem, viola
Barnes, Virginia Duyall, Margaret
Dell, Grace Hatfield, Eva Ford, Emily
Beasman, Ethel Beasman, Annie Beas-
man, Este Bosley, Mildred Ward
Helen Zahn, Marjorie Zepp, Treva
Ward, Mary Brothers, Lydia Ward.
F1ossie Hood, Mary Zahn, Marjorie
Murphy, Lydia Gambler; Messrs:-
Marshall Warner, Leo Caltrider, VIII
mer Caltrider, Chas. Duvall, Herman
Gibson, James Hughes, Leroy Beas-
man, Todd Ford, John Beasman, Car
roll Ford, Worth Barnes, Snyder
Arnold, George Gambler, James
Bowers, Ashland Stocksdale, Earl
Hatfield, Roy Gambler, Harvey Ward,
Melvin Ritter, Bradley Ward, Thomas
Zones. Edward Brown, Albert Barth-
low. Joseph Nichols, Vandiver Myers,
Roger Dell, Lester Ward, Vernon
Stocksdale, Carl Stem, Clarence Stem,
Edgar Barnes, Harry Naylor. George
Schwartz, Oliver Mosner, Bernard
Uhler, william Doyle, Levi Gambler,
William Bush, Jr., Leslie Barnes, Gil
bert Stimax and many others.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-01-23
He L. His Own Grandfather.

Angus Carney, who has announced
that he is his own grandfather, has
his neighbors doing mental arithmetic
which makes The Age OF Anne" q
mere primary problem. He has com
piled the following:
/ met a widow with granddaugh-
ter and I married the widow. Then
my father met my stepdaughter and
married her; that made my wife the
mother-in-law OF her father-in-law,
made my stepdaughter my stepmother
and my father became my step-son.
Then my stepmother, the daughter OF
my wife, had son.. That boy was, Of
course, my brother because he
was my fathers son, but ne
was also the son OF my wife's
daughter, and therefore my grandson.
That made me grandfather Of my
wife's grandson. Then my wife had
son; my mother-in-law, the step
sister, is also his grandmother be-
cause he is her stepson's child. MY
father Is the brother-in-law Of my
child because the stepsister Is his
wife. / am q brother Of my own son
who Is also the child OF my step-grand-
mother. I am my mothers brother
in-iaw; my wife is her childs aunt;
my son Is my fathers nephew and
am my own grandfather.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-01-23
Pleasant Valley Band Serenades Bride
and Groom.

For The Advocate.
The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Myers was much enlivened on Thurs
day evening, January Is, when the
Pleasant Valley Band, having ~ ar
ranged, gave their son, Raymond, and
bride, hearty, good fellowship sere-
made, as is the custom of the band
when one OF its members takes to
himself a life-partner 70 embark On
the eventful voyage Of the life of mat
Life's Dark Vale We
Wander Till Jesus Comes"
1t was rather calculated to surprise
Raymond and his bride, but they got
wise" No matter, the evening passed
quickly in one continuous round of
merriment and pleasure. They had
supposed the serenading was all past,
but they were surprised after all. The
refreshments were bounteous and OF
all the best.
Among those present were: Messrs.
and Mesdames- Myers,
Jacob Myers, Charles Eckard, Chris
topher Zepp, John Masonhimer, Up
ton H. Myers, William I'll. Myers;
Misses-Ruth Hahn, Mary Roach, Mil
dred Devilbiss, Mollie zepp, Lottie
Myers, Anna Hahn, Pearl Myers, Helen
Zepp; Messrs-Edward Welk, Sam
Myers, Will Frock, Claude Myers, Ed
ward Zepp, U. e. Myers, Lewis Wantz,
John Kemper, Clarence Myers, David
Feeser, Carroll Lester, Russell Smith,
Vernon Myers, Archie Tucker, Evan
Zepp and Willard Smith.
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The Philadelphia Record.

The people of this section Will DC
delighted to learn that arrangements
are being made with local news
agents under which it will be posi-
BILE for them to get the Philadelphia
Record every Sunday morning ln the
near future. The Record, although
printed in Philadelphia, the chief Re
publican city OF the country, has al
WAYS been a Democratic newspaper.
MANY consider it the leading Demo
cratic newspaper Of the north, and II
~ such a good newspaper that even
Republican Philadelphia has Tor many
years past accorded it the largest CIT
culation OF any Of the newspapers
printed in that city.
The Sunday Record has recently
been enlarged and improved In It's va
rious departments. Ii includes NOT
only a news section giving all OF the
late news OF the world but p snort
story magazine to which many OF the
best authors contribute, "a general
magazine section devoted to informa-
ton for men, women and children, a
four page comic section in colors sucn
a. the children and grown-ups crave
for, a splendid sporting section ana
many other features, making paper
or upwards or fifty pages which Is SOLO
for only five cents.
Those DESTROYS OF receiving The
Sunday Record, will assist greatly IT.
the completion OF arrangements Tor
an early service, by placing their or
der with the local news dealer.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-01-23
AGRICULTURAL BILL PASSES
Measure Appropriates $4SO,OOO To
Aid Farmers.

The Agricultural Extension bill,
providing for Federal aid in the dis
semination Of specific farm informa-
ton by practical experiments and
through publications, was passed by
the House Monday by vote 81 III
to 8. Under the measure the various
State agricultural colleges would re-
ceive Federal funds to finance plans
for acquainting the farmers with
facts established by the Department
of Agriculture.
As It passed the House the bill
would provide for an immediate ap-
OF $4SO,O0O. Of which $10,-
900 would 60 to each State complying
with the requirements of the law.
The appropriation would be increas-
ed by 100000 each year for nine
years and after a 10-year period
would become a permanent annual
Of S3,000,000.
The bill was called up by Repre-
sentative Lever, of South Carolina,
under a motion to suspend the rules
and with less than an hours debate
was rushed through. 1t Is scheduled
for consideration in the Senate
this week.
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DEATHS.
OgIe.

Mrs. Christine Elizabeth Ogle, wild
OF the late George W. Ogle. died at
the home of her SON, MIR. Robert -
Ogle, Of Creagerstown, on January Il,
at $50 o'clock. Death was due to old
age. she had been confined to her
home since May last Mrs. Ogle was
a daughter Of the late William Hinea,
Of near Logs station, and was the last
of her family. She leaves five sons,
as follows: William B. Ogle, OF Tim
onium, Baltimore county; Lewis q.
Ogle, and Robert l.. Ogle, of Creagers-
town; Allen @. Ogle, Of Waynesboro,
Ia, and Harvey B. Ogle, Of Logs
station.
The funeral took place On Friday
morning at 10 o'clock with services In
the Creagerstown Reformed church,
conducted by Rev. G.. II. Bready, OF
" alkersville, assisted by Rev. +. T.
Heimer, of Thurmont Interment was
made in the cemetery adjoining the
church.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-01-23
WAYNESBORO FOUNDRY COMPANY
DECLARES DIVIDEND.

Seven per cent. ON Preferred and TEN
Der cent ON COmmOn-Officers and
Directors Elected.
The following news item, in which
a number of Westminster people will
be interested, was published January
13 in the Waynesboro, Pa, Daily
Record"
The annual meeting Of the Waynee-
boro Metal &c Foundry Co., was neld.
this afternoon, at the Office Or the
company.
The annual report OF the business
for 1913, shows total sales Of $l34, 95l,-
50, On which there was made a profit
of s1O,531.9O. "a dividend Of z per cent.
on the preferred stock and 10 per cent.
on the common stock was declared,
payable January 5. There is sur
plus OF $5905.34 after all dividends are
paid. The company Is now busy and
the outlook for 1914 is good.
The following officers and directors
were elected:
President-C. M. Tritsch.
Vice president and general manager
q. " Moore.
reasurer-George IT, Armacost.
Secretary and sales manager-Allan
r.. Bacon.
Directors-C. M. Tritsch, a. ".
Moore, Allan 4. Bacon, George ~.
Armacost, :. G. Benedict, T. ID. Gilbert.
George B. Beaver.
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Haines.

Mrs. Martha Jane Hatnes, widow of
former Sheriff Ephraim Haines, OF
this county, died Saturday AZ her
home, 722 North Carey street, Balti-
more, Of pneumonia. She was nearly
81 years old. She is survived by three
sons. Harry c., Carroll W. and Leroy
ID, Haines, and two daughters, Misses
Ella @. and Emma A. Haines. one
sister, Mrs. William Englar, and two
brothers, John and Edward CasselL
also survive. The funeral took place
Monday from Winters Lutheran
Church, near New Windsor, Rev. y. w.
Baughman officiating.
The pallbearers were: Messrs.-
Charles L. Repp, George B. Englar,
Phil Crawmer, J. Win Snader, Samuel
Lantz and Charles Sellman.
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A SSI0NEE OF ASSIGNEE g.
IN OF 49,
MORTGAGES SALE

BY virtue Of the power and author
ity contained in mortgage fruM
Maggie a. Brown to the Sykesvifie
Bank of Carroll County dated July %s
1906 and duly recorded among the
Real Estate Mortgage Records OF Car
roll County in Liber d. p. g., No. g.
folio 145 &C., and by various assign
ments duly assigned to the undersign-
ed, + will offer at public sale on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, 1914,
at the Court House Door, In West
minister, Carroll County, Maryland, at
1 o'clock p. m, all that farm contain
ing ~ Acres and 10 3-5 Perches Of
Land, more or less, situate, lying and
being in Carroll County aforesaid,
near Hoods Mill, and adjoining the
property Of Joshua and Lynn Trayer,
Howard Leatherwood and others.
This property lies on the Morgan
Chapel Road, about one and one-guar-
ter miles North of Hoods Mill. The
improvements consist OF a dwelling
house, tenant house, wagon shed, hen
house, wood shed and other necessary
outbuildings; the land is in a good
state Of cultivation; about three acres
of it being wood land.
Terms of Sale:-One-third Of the
purchase money in cash On day of
sale or upon the ratification thereof
by the Court; one-third in six months
and one-third in twelve months, or all
cash at the option of the purchaser or
purchasers.
GUY w. STEELE,
Assignee Of Assignee OF Mortgage.
Francis ]. Albaugh, Auctioneer.
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EverARrt.

George w. Everhart, one OF the
Oldest citizens OF Manchester, died
Thursday evening. January 10, az the
home Of his son, Charles J. Everhart'
from the effects Of stroke Of paraly-
sis Mr.. Everhart was in his seventy
ninth year, and is survived by three
daughters and three sons: Mrs: my. H'
Geiselman, Mrs. Albert Brilliant, MIS-;
E. Lippy, Charles r., Frank w ana
George A. Everhart.
Funeral took place Saturday 81 !
o'clock from his home. The ReN. Dr.
Il. 5. Land, pastor of the Reformed
Episcopal Church, conducted the
services. Burial was in the Reform
ed Church Cemetery.
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BecEley.

Mrs. Christianna Beckley, wife OF
Justice John Henry Beckley, Of Refs
terstown, died Sunday of the intirmi-
ties Of age. She was rs years old.
Besides her husband she leaves six
children, Mrs. George Johnson, Mrs.
George Naylor, Mrs. Bertha Mckewen
and Mrs. Philip Beckley, OF Relsters-
town; Mrs. Julia Gemmel, Or Bait
more, and Harry Beckley, OF Monroe,
N. c.. The funeral took place Tues
day afternoon from the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. George Johnson
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Slower.

Mrs. Eliza Slower, widow OF the late
George w. Slower, died January 10,
AT the home of her son, William t.
Slower, in Littlestown, Pa, from in
firmities, aged IS years. She is sur
vived by two sons, G. Harry Slower, OF
Hampstead, and William P. Slower, q
Littlestown. Also twenty-three gland-
children and twenty-five great-grand-
children
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1.-THE LOCUSTS,"
"A Fine Farm situated i'm Freedom
District For Sale.

L will sell privately the fine farm
known as f"The Locusts" owned by Mrs.
"A. p. Gordon Cumming and containing
about 2O8 ACRES. The Mansion House
was burned this spring. the other i'm
provements consist OF tenant house, the
servant house, shop, two bank barns;
wagon shed, barrack and all other nee
essary outbuildings. About 20 Acres
of it is meadow land. Water is pump
ed by gasoline engine to the buildings.
Plenty of fruit, shrubbery, &c. il j.
located about mile from the new state
road and about four miles from Sykes
vile. Possession can be given at once.
Write or call upon
GUY w. STEELE,
Attorney,
july IL tt Westminster. Md.
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80 &. Nam Street, Westminster, Nd.

Special offering, excellent farm Of 65
Acres, plenty of fruit, good water and
buildings, 81 miles from Westminster.
Price So, 10000.
155 Acre Farm, 80 Acres in good tim
Der, excellent buildings, within IL miles
of Westminster. Price $6500.0O.
Farm rs Acres, located within several
miles Of Westminster, about IL Acres
excellent timber, good meadow land,
farm suitable for dairy farm.
Farm so Acres, located within 11 miles
of Westminster, good land and build
ings, abundance fruit, particularly well
located.
Farm 152 Acres, new buildings, within
All miles of Westminster, plenty Of fruit,
one of the best meadows in the County.
Particularly adapted to dairy purposes.
Farm IA Acres, excellent land, within
81 miles Of Westminster, good buildings,
abundance of fruit, under high state Of
cultivation.
A new Cottage. eight rooms, steam
heated, handsome bath room, with every
modern convenience, located on Penn
sylvania Avenue.
We also have q number Of other
farms and town properties, which we
will gladly show and quote prices and
terms upon application.
aug 20
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FIRE INSURANCE FREE
ALMOST

| have saved money for others
and can do the same for YOU
I am now prepared TO write Fire Insur-
ance on Dwellings, Household Goods in
the very best companies for almost
nothing; as low as $500 $1,000.
You cannot afford to be without the
protection at the price 4 charge Be
fore ypur present policy expires, see
me first.
CHARLES l.. GOODWIN,
AIi kinds of Insurance.
OS l.. Main ST., Westminster, Md.
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Our Large 1914 Catalogue Now
Ready.

Our Enlarged 1914 Catalogue IL d Beautifully IT.
Illustrated 80 page budget of valuable information to
the Farmer, Trucker and Poultry Raiser. 1t is a
mine Of information Of everything in gardening
and is the result Of our So years OF practical
perience. Send for copy to-day.
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Lessons learned in the school OF
experience are remembered the long
eSt.
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NEW YEAR PRESENTS !

Vacuum Cleaners, Hand and Electric
Power $500 up.
Washing Machines, Hand, Water and
Electric Power 500 up.
NATIONAL, l08 Z. Saratoga St.,
nov 283m Baltimore, Md.
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Let us estimate ON your work.
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Send Us Your Order-Now.

Our supply Of Greater Baltimore Tomato Seed
Is limited Among many others this season, we
have already supplied one large Indiana Gamer
1000 lbs. and another large 800 lbs. Prices
Pkts. l0c. u o. zoe. o. 35c. 2ozs. 60c. u ID.
GIL 90. Y lib. S1.75. Ii s. 80 nostnaid
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KEEFER'S REMINDER.

Shorts, Bran, Corn, Oats, Wheat
Screenings, Baled Hay and Straw.
Agent for Westminster Steam Landry.
Phone 38 F. Free Delivery.
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Better Than Stone Ever Was

Just doubles the yield OF many Of the best Can
ming Tomatoes YOU have ever grown. Brilliant
Red Color-One Of the Handsomest Tomatoes you
have ever seen for Canning Purposes. Ripens
Evenly To The Stem-Is Free From Ridges, Cracks
and Blight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-12
KENNEpEC COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT
ITS JURISDICTION
Explanation of Increase Which
Was Vested in. That Body by
An Action of the Last Legis-
lature 81

1t is commonly known that the ju-
risdiction of the superior court of
Kennebec county has been increased
by late legislative action. To what
extent has been this icrease and what
at present is within the jurisdiction
of this court should be of popular in
terest
The Revised Statutes of the State
of Maine show the Kennebec county
superior court to have jurisdiction over
all civil matters except complaints of
flowage and real actions in which its
jurisdiction is limited to handle cases
where the damages demanded do not
exceed $500. In criminal cases it has
exclusive jurisdiction to the same ex-
tent us the supreme court
The essential difference in Kennebec
county between the jurisdiction of the
supreme court and that of the supe-
rior is that the formers includes the
right to handle complaints of flowage
and real actions whose demand for
damages exceeds $500 Both courts
have concurrent jurisdiction in di-
vorces.
The jurisdiction held by the superior
court of Kennebec county at the pres
GIlI llltlc, Is QS|iItQ Ill Tile AClS anu
Resolves OF the State of Maine for
1913 as follows:
Said superior court has exclusive
jurisdiction Of civil appeals from mu-
nic.pal and police courts, and trial
justices, exclusive original Jurisdiction
of actions or scire factas on judgments
and recogniZances not exceeding $780,
of bastardy trials, and all other civil
actions at law not exclusively cogniz-
able by municipal and police courts,
and trial justices, where the damages
demanded do not exceed $500, except
complaints for fowage, real actions
and actions Of trespass quare claus
Jim; and concurrent original jurisdic-
ton of actions of trespass quare
clausum; libels for divorce and Of
proceedings in habeus corpus: and of
all other civil actions at law where
the damages exceed $500, except COM
plants for fowage and real actions"
THE original and appellate jurisdic-
ton in all criminal matters.
and all powers incident thereto. orig
inally exercised by the supreme judi
cial court, but heretofore conferred up
on and exercised by said superior
court is continued
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-12
RESCRIPT FROM
The LAW COURT
Hancock County.

Henrietta W. Sanders vs.. Merle Mid
dleton. Rescript. Philbrook, J.
Action to recover rent due under the
terms of written lease. in which the
defendant claimed set-off for repairs
done by himself and for which he says
allowance should be made by virtue of
an Independent. oral agreement made at
the time the written lease was made.
The existence Of such agreement was de-
MED by the plaintiff.
Held:
l. The general rule is that parol evil
dence cannot be received to contradict or
vary the terms of a written contract:
that when an agreement is reduced to
writing it must be considered as ex-
pressing the ultimate intention of the
parties, and. in the absence of fraud.
parol evidence may not be admitted to
alter or modify the terms or legal effect
of the written contract.
q While there are exceptions to this
rule which permit parol evidence of en-
gagements collateral to, or independent
of the provisions expressed in the writ
ten contract and not within its terms.
although made at the same time. yet che
existence of such engagements must be
supported by evidence of sufficient
weight to produce a strong impression of
its verify
g. The doctrine of Independent. collat-
eral agreements, as expressed in Neal
VS.. Flint. IS Me. - is not to be extended
beyond its legitimate sphere
a. Under the evidence introduced to
support the existence of the independent
collateral agreement claimed by the de-
PENDANT the verdict for plaintiff was
properly ordered.
Exceptions overruled.
Received Dec. 8, 1914.
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NO TRACE FOUND OF
HULTGREN GIRLS BODY

Although determined efforts were
made Friday under the direction OF
City Marshal Colgan to recover from
the waters of the Kennebec river the
body of little Alberta Hultgren, who
was drowned Thursday forenoon, the
efforts We're unavailing and the river
still holds its dead. a boat was
launched on the river early Friday
morning and men armed with Crap
nels and also a trawl swept the bed
of the river near the east shore all
day, beginning at a point where the
body of the little girl was reporte'i
to have last been seen, and eontln-
uing down river as far as the Ken :
nebec bridge.
Just above the bridge was wide
sheet of ice and in the afternoon this
was pushed off from the shore ana
foated down river in the hope that
the body might be found IN the eddy
underneath, but no results were
forthcoming. The search will be re-
sumed this morning and the eddy I'M
derneath the east end of the bridge
will be thoroughly dragged. Mr.. HUT
gren, father of the little girl, passed
the entire day on the shore near which
the men were working, waiting pa
tiently in hope that the body might
be found.
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Three Italian laborers who had been
injured by a premature explosion of
dynamite at the filter plant in Gar
diner Friday forenoon were brought
to this city in the afternoon and taken
to the Augusta General hospital for
treatment. The man whose injuries
are the most serious is Patsy Cogl-
ami. he suffering from a compound
fracture of the left leg, one bone be-
ing splintered, one eye was so badly
injured that it had to be removed and
the other cut so that it is feared that
the greater part of the sight will be
lost OF the other men Louis Rea was
injured about the face and nose, and
Luciano Deboneo received many mi
nor injuries on. one arm and leS
where flying fragments of stone struck
him, but neither of the men last
named are considered to be seriously
injured.