The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-06-19
The canning factories are running
day and night.

George Parke's home on Court street,
one night last week.
The expense of boarding the petit
jury in the Edmond trial at the
Main-Court Hotel, for about three
days cost the county $1O5.
Stone Chapel Sunday school will
hold it, annual strawberry and ice
cream festival in the hall joining the
church, June 20. beginning at A
O'Clock, unless the weather should be
unfavorable, in which case it will be
held the following Monday evening
Carroll county was not represented
at the statewide conference of lead
ing representatives Of the Progress
sive party, which was called to order
by Gen. y. Stewart Macdonald, in
Baltimore on Wednesday. There are
quite number of Progressives in
this county.
Mr.. Charles il Peltz, Of near Avon
dale, has 40 or 50 workmen in the
field this week picking over ton Of
gooseberries per day, which are sent
to the canning factory of Mr.. K. R.
Taylor at Reese Next week MT
Peltz will have from 40 to so bushels
of currants on hand.
"A letter was received by Mr. Peter
SANTOS, East Main street, from his
brother, Mr.. Zacharias SANTOS, who
left New York on May 21st for his
native land-Greece- lin his letter
he states that he arrived at Paris,
France, on May 30 in good health. He
will spend some time in Switzerland,
and Italy, after which he will leave
for Greece, where he will visit hi
father and relatives.
Between 30 and 40 boxes of dyna-
mite, to be used On the state road
which is being built to Manchester,
were stored in barn near Brummel
on Tuesday, and during the night a
horse i'm the barn cot loose and upset
I several boxes, breaking one open and
strewing the contents over the barn
floor. Several OF the sticks were
trampled to pieces by the horses
What kept the dynamite from explod-
\ ing Is not known.
4 Mr.. O. nv. Barnes, of Winfield, wish
es to thank his neighbors and friends
/ for their timely assistance Wednes-
day OF last week. During the storm
on that day lightning struck the barn
OF Mr. Barnes and it burned to the
ground. The residence and other
buildings would most probably have
caught on fire had not a number oil
the neighbors rallied to his assistance
There was fortunately no live stock
' in the barn at the time.
At a meeting Of the State Roads
Commission, held on June Sth, q
contract was awarded to the Luck
Construction Company, Roanoke, Vir-
ginia, for the improvement of sec
ton of State road in Baltimore coun-
ty, from Bucks Lane to the Ole
Court Road known as the Liberty
Road, a distance of ABB miles, con
struction to be 14-foot macadan
road. Work on same will be started
as soon as conditions permit.
The Liberty road contract, With
others awarded for the rebuilding Of
this thoroughfare from Browns I'll
to Eldersburg in Carroll county, viii
mean a total expenditure of ovel
$19O,OOO This great highway wher
completed will be the air line route TX
Eldersburg and the northwest. a lev
miles north of Eldersburg il West
minister and few miles south /:
Sykesyille. Both are on the State roat
running north and south at tha
point.
There will be a meeting at the
Methodist Episcopal Church, at Tay'
louisville on Monday night, June ~
at d. m. of all persons interested il
temperance, for the purpose Of push,
ing the Local Option work in thai
district The president, G. M. YES
err, IL Expected To be present, and al
so Rev. T. NJ. Dickey, president of the
Mt. Airy league, Rev. wv. ID. King, ant
Rev. Mr. Cochran. There will be
special music and it is hoped thai
there will be large attendance.
State Comptroller Emerson G. Har
rington has made public a quarterly
distribution of State school funds, in
GLIDING the usual school tax, The
amounts OF the free book fund and
appropriations for approved higf
schools in the city OF Baltimore anC
the several counties. The total dis
tribution of the school tax il $685.,
1922; that Of the book fund, $37 500
and for approved high schools, $31 ,075
Carroll county's share Is as follows
School tax, $7,S24.7S; Book fund
$1,162.05; High schools, 1925.
Rev. W. L. Seabrook is wondering
who has his overcoat. Mir. Seabroof
left Westminster in his runabout, or
Monday evening, for Taneytown
where later he made an address at {
banquet of Monocacy Lodge. A. F.
"a. MI. About a mile from town or
the Uniontown road, he found that he
had dropped his overcoat and at once
turned back to search for it, "a farm
er, driving a load of pea vines, in
formed him that it had been picked
up by a gentleman in an automobile
headed for Westminster. Though il
il a long time before winter, the
MIR. SeabrOok will be grateful for the
return Of the coat.
The act passed by the General a.
sembly of Maryland at the session Of
II 1910, calling for a new registration oil
voters throughout the State, will, nc
doubt, cause much labor for the
political workers. The vote i'm Car.
roll county is 5000 and there being
no county ticket in the field, the cleo
ton being only for the United States
Senator and Congressman, it will re-
quire much labor to have the voters
register, particularly so in the rural
districts, where the vote IL scattered
which will necessitate many miles Of
travel to the registration offices
There has been mo general reRfStra-