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

Harrisburg civic league wants the
curfeW for children under 16 years OIL
age.
MIR. Louis Sachs, of Baltimore, made
run i'm his Oakland automobile to
this city i'm hour and IT minutes
yesterday morning
We understand that the Tidewater
Portland Cement Company Is taking
steps to separate the burning and
drying kilns with a view to elimin-
ating the dust nuisance.
BY request the "Old Folks Concert"
which was given several years ago
will be repeated i'm the lecture room
of the Methodist Protestant Church,
Thursday evening, February T.
Last week fire destroyed the sack
house belonging to the Cement Com
pany's plant at Union Bridge, to-
gether with $4,000 cement sacks and
several machines for cleaning and
sewing the sacks. 1t Ii not known
how the fire originated.
"a ten day Bible Institute will be
held in the Brethren Church, on
Belle Grove Square, in Westminster,
beginning February 18th Rev. J. K.
Miller, Of the White Bible School,
New York, and w. Z. Roop, have
been chosen as the leading instruc-
tors.
An interesting meeting Of the
Woman's Club was held Tuesday af-
ternoon at the home of Mrs. q. o.
Grimes, Jr. A feature of the meeting
was the talk by Mr.. M. T.. w. Sea-
brook, editor Of The Sentinel. On
"MaryIand's Part in the Settlement OF
the Slavery Question"
| Elected president OF the Thurmont
National Bank, Lester 8. Birely, ~
years of age, has the honor Of being
the youngest head of financial in
/ stitution in Maryland and one of the
youngest in the country. Mr., Birely
succeeds Col. J. R. Rouzer, who de-
! clined reelection owing to failing
health.
Rev. DR.. IT. M. Hare, Of Ohio, will
shortly begin his work in Maryland
as Superintendent of the Anti-SalOon
/ League successor OF Mr.. M. Fl.
| Anderson. DR.. Hare lead the tenn
perance fight in West Virginia last
year andW it will be recalled that
West Virginia adopted the State wide
prohibition amendment by about u.s.
900 majority.
| The eleventh mid-winter banquet
of the Western Maryland College
alumni will be held Friday evening,
February s, at 7.30 o'clock at the
Hotel Rennert, Baltimore. All who
have ever been students at Western
Maryland and their wives and hus-
bands are included in cordial in
fa a+f ThnGn
banquets have grown in attendance
and interest each year.
A Social Progressive Club was organ
lied in this city last Tuesday night. Off
GERS were elected and the bylaws and
rules were voted. The officers elect
ed are: Preston Bixler, president;
Charles Arnold, vice-president, Joseph
Stewart, secretary; Peter SANTOS,
treasurer, and David Bankert, assist
ant secretary. The rooms of the club
will be in the Times Building and will
be furnished with mission furniture.
For the first time in the history Of
Frederick county the County Com
missioners appointed Monday a wo-
man, DR.. Georgia Devilbiss, vaccine
officer. DR. Devilbiss will serve in
Creagerstown district The new APP
pointee is a practicing physician and
was recommended by Commissioner
! Frank M. Stevens Mrs. Dev1lbiss
! lived On West Main street, this city,
for several years.
| The Chautauqua salute Is the latest
institution to come under the ban as
distributor of colds, influenza and
tuberculosis. Resolutions condemn
ing the familiar fiutter Of handker-
chiefs which marks many gatherings
were presented In Washington to the
Public Health Service and to the
Society for the Prevention or Tuber-
culosis by an organization, which
works actively for the cure and pre-
vention of the white plague.
Mrs. Reginald D. Foster, well known
in this county and throughout Mary
| land as leader in suffrage work, was
married OF Saturday in New York city
to Mr.. Herbert B. Reed, OF Orange, n.
IT,, and New York. Mrs. Foster recent
ly resigned active participation In sufr-
rage campaign to care for the two
children of MIR. Reed, following the
death of their mother who was aclose
friend of Mrs Foster. Mr.. and Mrs.
Reed will make their home in Orange.
On Tuesday morning about 10
O'Clock while cutting timber on the
Deer Park farm, known as Bunker"
for Mr.. Lester 9. Patterson, George
Barnes, So years of age and son OF
Mr.. Jabez N. Barnes was caught I'M
der a tree that he and another labor
er were telling and was seriously in
jured. He was at once removed to
the home OF his parents and is suffer-
ing, 1t Is said, from Commissions about
the head and body and probably from
internal injuries.
A sister testing with another on the
marriage question brought to light the
fact that Miss Elizabeth Knierien, Of
2714 Eastern avenue, Baltimore, had
been the wife for seven months OF
Elmer y. Hammer, stenographer In the
Office OF States Attorney William II.
Broening, also Of Baltimore. The
wedding took place In Westminster
and was to have been kept secret
until the twenty-third birthday an
niversary Of Mr.. Hammer, which oc-
ours next month.
The Carroll Record states that
through the generosity OF Mrs. Mar
garet Fringer, the Lutheran Church
I'm TaneytoWn will soon become the
owner of the property adjoining the
church, now owned by Edward Har-
man. Mrs. Fringer pays all Of the
$1,000 purchase price but 800, which
the congregation will pay. This u
y splendid gift which the congre-
CATION can utilize as 1t sees fit, In
numhar of WAYS hut for this year at