The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-03-20
THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE, MARCH 90 1914
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Have you your auto tag for 1914?
y Any many q girl wastes her time
trying to cultivate her vocal range
when cooking range would be more
In her line.
Some one has borrowed the Car
roll County Atlas" from this Office
we should be glad TO have 1t returned
a. soon as possible.
An appropriation of $4,000 was
made BY the State to the Western
Maryland College at Annapolis on
Wednesday.
The ". I. Gorsuch Son Company
has finished building a new hay and
straw shed, and is now receiving hay
and straw.
The bill introduced by Delegate
George to prohibit the carrying or
shipping OF game from Carroll county
was passed.
St. Patrick's day was fine but We'd
nesday was murky, with snow and
rain. Who said that Tuesday was
the weather breeder?
Mr.. Eugene Mccartney and Mr..
Thomas Rickle, of this city, have
started to dig foundations for resi-
dences on Liberty street extended.
The sale of County Commissioner
John Wesley Myers, Of New Windsor
district, was held on Monday and
amounted to $1,000. The sale lasted
4 hours and 20 minutes.
Miss Lahore Reese, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Reese, was
operated on at the home Of Mr.. John
Sullivan and Wells. She is improv-
ing.
Mr.. III. I'll. Harbaugh, Of this city,
has rented one part of the Central
Hotel and will have 1t remodeled so
it can be used as a garage When
completed, he will rent out automo-
biles for pleasure parties.
"A bill providing for tax of 81 a
year on dogs is being drafted by the
Farmers Association OF Frederick
county to be sent to Annapolis. The
money is to form fund to indemnify
farmers and others from depredations
committed by dogs.
Spring begins on Saturday, March
21, at three minutes past six in the
morning, Washington mean time. At
that time comes the tvernal equinox"
when the sun "crosses the line" The
days in the northern hemisphere are
then longer than the nights.
The Alton Peerless automobile
truck of Thomas, Poole & Hunter was
received on Tuesday and given test
by loading over tons of stone upon
it which were hauled out on the Mea-
dow Branch pike. The truck pulled
the load easily: On Tuesday the ma
chine was taken to Mount Airy, where
the firm has contract.
Jesse Derr, whom a jury declared
insane and unable to resist his i'm
pulse to steal, and who Friday morn
ing was ordered to Sykesville for
treatment and who declared he would
never be taken to the place alive, was
taken there on Saturday and still
lives. Derr stated he was SURF -ised
at the accommodations of the place,
and said he liked it exceptionally
well. He was. allowed all the smok-
ing and chewing tobacco he wished.
Mr.. Tip Fogle, who has. rented the
second story OF the building occupied
by Doyle a. Magee and the Carroll
Merchandise Company, has remodel
ed all the rooms. He has also made
one room into large and comfort
able pool room, which is open for
business. He will have bowling
alley in the basement when ..om-
pleted, and will open an automobile
garage in the rear of his place of
business, where he will have automo-
biles for rent.
a colored boy employed by Mr..
Cornelius Hull, near Krider's Church,
left about o'clock Sunday night for
an unknown destination. When he
left he stole a horse from the barn,
and rode for a long distance, it is
supposed, as the horse was found
the next morning on the Bach
mans Valley road, white with larher,
having been turned loose after the
boy had gone far enough to avoid
being captured. The colored boy
was taken by Mr.. Hull from an in
stitution in Baltimore
The suit of Harrison G. Ward. a
well-known farmer OF Jamestown,
Montgomery county against the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company for
damages in the amount OF $4,000 for
personal injuries, came to an abrupt
termination yesterday when Judge
Edward O. Peter, of Montgomery
county, granted prayer submitted by
the counsel for the company instruct
ing the jury to return verdict for the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Messrs.
Bond & Parke, this city, and "a. M.
Bonic, of Pikesville, represented the
railroad.
Methodist Protestant ministers Of
the state are looking forward to the
approach of their annual conference,
which meets in Milford, Del, on April
A, with great expectations and antici-
pations. The much-talked OF union
with the United Brethren Church is
bound to come up and as this confer
ence Is known to be divided on the
matter, lively debating will be heard
when the matter is formally present
ed to the body for settlement. Mr..
George R. Grumbine has been elected
delegate to represent the local church
Members of the conference who will
attend from this city are Rev. Or. D.
u. Greenfield, DR.. II. Ill Lewis, Rev.
pr. IA. T. Elderdice and Rev. DIR.
George r. Brown.
"A pruning and spraying demon5tra-
ton will BE- held i'm Mt Airy for the
benefit Of the people Of that section,
who are interested in the subject The
demonstration will be given on Frank
@. Dorsey's property on Saturday. |
March rs, beginning at 4 ID. m, and
will be in charge Of representatives |
from the Maryland Agricultural Col