The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-02-06

4
! Public sales OF personal property
will soon commence.
Many of the men feel that a. good
women should economic on their
millinery
Mr.. Paul Ditman and Mr.. Joseph F.
Evans have about completed a resi-
dence at the Oar Banks, near Penn
sylvania avenue
Naturally there wouldn't be SO
much dissatisfaction in the world if
other people were only satisfied with
what they have.
Members from the al O- * of MI OF |
order OF Harvey and Silver Run paid
a fraternal visit to their brother lodge |
at Lttlestown, Pa, on Friday even
ing.
Mr. Gerald Smith, son OF MI and |
Mrs. Charles Smith, has accepted !
promising position with the New 4
York Evening World, and has already
entered upon his new duties.
Born to Captain and Mrs. Thomas
Robins at the Washington Barracks,
on January rs, son. Mrs. ROBINS,
before her marriage was Miss Eleanor
F. Reifsnider, East Green street.
The South Carolina Legislature has
gone on record in favor of repeating
the Fifteenth Amendment to the Con-
stitution OF the United States. This is
the amendment that gave negroes the
right to vote.
Mr.. Charles Handley, West Main
street, broke his right leg i'm two
places on the afternoon Of January
20, when butter chest, which he was
helping to unload at the railroad
warehouse, fell on him.
Miss Dorothy Elderdice, College
Hill, gave a reading at North Balti- |
more Methodist Protestant Church on \
Thursday evening Of last week, and |
will shortly give one at the Associate /
Congregational Church, Baltimore.
Mr.. Monroe Englar, chief clerk to
the Motor Commissioner of Vehicles,
spent Saturday doing scout duty at
Cumberland. He was looking after
owners Of automobiles and motor
cycles who were operating them
without license for 1914.
An alderney COW owned by Mr..
Paul Whitehill, cattle dealer, of Union
Bridge, dropped three calves at his
stable this week. Two were females
and the other a male. They are well
developed, healthy looking animals
and are thriving nicely The COW
was purchased on farm near Mt
Airy
, Dates for seven fairs on the Pen
; Mar circuit this year have been fixed
| by the association, which met in York,
; Pa. The dates follow: Winchester,
+ Va, September to Ill; Hanover, Pa,
~ 1fcIa
September p to %; Lancaster, Pa,
September 20 to October 2; York, Pa,
October to 8; Hagerstown, Nd, Oc-
tober is to 16; Frederick, Nd, October
; 20 to 20.
Monday was groundhog's day The
Sun was shining 50 bright and 1T
was such fine day that as soon as
the grounding awoke from his win
ter sleep and came above ground to
sniff the air, he saw his shadow and
retired in haste to his snug under
ground retreat This presages six
we don't mind if what we have already
had is sample.
: John Krebs, aged about so years,
died suddenly of heart failure Thurs
day afternoon, January 20, while
blowing in a field on his farm, near
New Freedom, Pa. Tt il said that Mr..
Krebs had not been sick and was APP
parently in the best of health when
he went to the field. When he was
overcome he fell to the ground and
died within a very short time. Mr..
| Krebs leaves a widow and several
children.
The Fly Committee OF the Civic
League met at the home of the chair
man, Mrs. Frank Myers, on Monday.
! It was decided to open the fly cam
! paign March 2. In order to make
this campaign self-supporting, the
committee will conduct an exchange
in the Lobby of The Times Building,
every Saturday from 2.30 to p. m.
An oyster supper will be held in
Horner's Hall, Finksburg, on Febru-
airy IA, for the benefit of the school.
The third annual Bible Institute or
the Church of the Brethren under the
auspices of the Bible class of which
Mr.. Z. NJ Bish is the leader, will be
, held in the church of that denomina
| ton on Belle Grove Square, beginning
February Is. The instructors will be
Rev. MIR. Miller, of the White Bible
School, N. ", and Rev. r. ID. Murphy,
; OIL bTuulLnGly Id, Lie ldLl6T oil expert
on Sunday school work. Rev. w. T..
! Roop will conduct period on Person
al Work. All are welcome, seats
free.
Judge Robert wv. Daily, at Martins
burg, w. va, decided Monday the
condemnation case of the Williams
port, Nessle and Martinsburg Railway
Company against the Standard Lime
and Stone Company in favor Of the
[ railway company. This railway Is
branch from the Western Maryland
Railway at Williamsport, running to
} Martinsburg, w. va. 1t is being built
by ]. M. Fitzgerald president Of the
| Western Maryland Railway Company,
/ and New York financiers associated
with him
Harry Beaver, plumber of this
city, who eloped on December 27 with
Mrs. Charles Mackley, sent his wife
: money last week to join him at Har-
risbUrg, pa. 1T il said that after
reaching New York, Beaver and Mrs.
Mackley separated and Beaver r.
Z turned to Harrisburg. Mrs. Beaver
/, left here on Friday to join her hus-
band, and yesterday evening the two
J returned together to this city. The
whereabouts Of Mrs Mackley are I'm
known.