The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-01
II. O- DIFFENDAL, Manager.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 4, 1914
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

The manager of The Advocate 80
ceiTed "a card from Mr. C. C. Gorsuch,
this city, from Berlin, Germany the
card reads: Safe in Germany after
a pleasant ocean trip"
lLr Charles r.. Fink, Attorney
named in mortgage, announces that
thu sale of the house and Tot Of JOs,
A. Naesche, which was advertised for
May 2, will not take place.
Mr. Frey VI. Harver, Frizellburg, has
moved mi stable from tn above
place To thu stable i'm the rear Of the
residence or Mr. IT, O- Diffendal
Bond street, where H. il buying. sell
I'M and exchanging
The services Of Prosperity Lodge,
II. %. %. ~, at NIT. Airy, scheduled for
Sunday afternoon, and which were to
have been addressed by Rev. Dr.
Thomas Freeman Dixon, OF Frederick.
Wa postponed until Sunday afternoon
next.
Five minutes il coming to b. Re-
garded a. a proper limit To tn time
consumed in a single call over a
party line telephone and this recog-
milton ID likely to make tn ne Of The
party line telephone much pleasanter
than it often ID now
Miss Harlean James, secretary Of
The Baltimore Civic League, made q
very short but instructive talk On
Home Gardening Friday night AT the
Opera House. The talk wa illus
trated by beautiful lantern slides.
While i'm Westminster Miss James was
the guest OF Mrs. Charles II. Stewart,
president OF the local Civic League.
The time for spring cleaning has
arrived, and all should see to III that
their premises are put into sanitary
and attractive condition There ID no
excuse for filth about the home, and
there il danger or every character in
foul accumulation. Premises neg
lected will become unsanitary and UNI
slightly, and eternal vigilance il the
price of health and cleanliness.
The exercises connected with the
thirty-frst commencement OF West
minister Theological Seminary will
take place May s., beginning with
the baccalaureate sermon, which will
be delivered by President Elderdice
next Sunday morning at the MethO-
dist Protestant Church, and the alum
mi sermon by Rev. ~ O.. Dixon Sun
day night. The commencement will
take place Tuesday night. May 81 Six
students will be graduated into the
ministry.
MIR. Fred ID. Miller, OF this city, il
promoting concern i'm Norfolk, Va,
to be known a. The Southern Metal
and Foundry Corporation of Norfolk
and Portsmouth" to b. capitalized at
100000 which will refine brass foun-
dry residue and manufacture engine
and journal brasses. III il said that
the company will begin operations or
the Belt Line within ninety days Mr.
Miller was formerly president of the
Westminster Metal and Foundry
Company
Municipal officers for Syke-ville
will be- voted for On Tuesday, May p.
Dr. I'D. B. Sprecher has been nomi-
mated for Mayor, and tx of the fol
lowing nominees will be chosen for
members Of the Council: II. mi Mel
lor, Harry M. Phelps, Wade H- ~.
Warfield, II. II. jenkins, William IA.
Bennett, n. III. Bennett, William Mel
vile, George Schrade, R- W- Carter,
William Fairbank, Levi Barnes, Dr.
j. NJ. Morris. Dr. Fred. Waesche and
John Harris.
Brooke Dorsey, colored, or Liberty.
ID in Jail and viii probably b. held
for an investigation a. to hls sanity.
April 22 the negro went on "a ram
page at hi home, about "a mile from
Liberty, and succeeded in smashing
much Or the household goods and
several musical instruments which he
priced very highly. III IL stated the
negro IL subject to such attacks ana
has been at Montevue several times
for treatment and has each time r.
turned home apparently cured
An order greatly simplifying the
cashing OF money orders Ia been
sent out by Postmaster-General Burle-
son and has just been received NV the
local Postotfice- Til makes id possible
tO cash at any office in TIM United
States-not i'm Alaska on the colonial
possessions-any money order issued
It'll the Continental United States.
That means that money order drawn
To a person supposed tO be living ln
New York, but received in Westmins-
ter, may ~ cashed here-that Az is not
necessary to send the order to New
York to be- cashed.
The Washington, Westminster and
Gettysburg Railway Company viii not
be allowed to construct grade cross
ing over the City and Suburban Rail
way Company's track south or
Hyattsyille Oh over Columbia avenue.
This III the ruling of the Public ser
vice Commission made Saturday. III
III victory for Hyattsville and the
Citv and Suburban Company. The
commission ordered that tn tracks
of the Washington, Westminster and
Gettysburg Company be constructed
OVER the city and Suburban tracks or
W Tiaduct and att Columbia avenue
crossing either an overhead Or ara
underground crossing may be used
The mad DO which bit three of our
citizens Wa shot on Friday evening
by Mr. Guy Leister, near this city,
lIr- Leister was blowing in W neld
when, looking around he saW dOg
following him in "a furrOW. Mr. LelS-
ster knew of thu mad do scare ma
seeing that this do tailed with the
description of thu one that wa mad,
scared III off To thu rear of the field
Then making few more circles with
his plow, Mr. Lester, took his horses
to the barn, procured his gun ana
went tO the place where tn DO wa
lying The animal made "a jump, and
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