The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-07-17

Mr. Frank billiard, this city, has
purchased Metz car.
Wheat is sprouting in the shocks
from the rains we have been having
this week. But corn Is shooting up
right along.
Mr.. John Schweigart, Jr., West
Main street, has accepted a position
as stenographer i'm the office of the
@. B. s. Brewing Company, Balti-
more.
\ Preparations are being made by
the corporation to repair Bond street,
which has been in bad condition for
some time
f. p. Warehime, this city, has
opened up an upholstering and antique
| shop in a room formerly occupied by
Englar e Sponseller as an office on
Liberty street.
Two or more officers from Commits
sioner Roe's force were in this city
on Sunday to take the numbers of
automobile and motorcycle owners
who are violating the law BY speeding.
Commissioner Roe was also here.
The severe electrical storm which
passed over this city on Friday night
last did considerable damage to corn
fields, fences and trees in the upper
part of the county. Telephones were
put out of commission i'm many places.
! The Baltimore Star of Monday says:
The state editor would appreciate in
formation as to the Revolutionary
services of Adam Smelser, born 1924;
died 1886. He is buried at Winters
~ nTprn knr% f.,
New Windsor.
The Penn Grove camp ground IL
now a scene or activity About one
hundred persons are now residing in
the cottages and new ones are ar
irving daily. No new cottages have
been erected this season, but in
few weeks every one Of those now
standing will be filled up.
The first big deal in peaches in the
South Mountain fruit belt was made
at Smithburg Monday, when w. III.
Chandler & Co., of Scranton, Pa, pur-
chased the output of the orchards of
p. W. Barkdoll, Dr. J. Fl. Besore, S.
Jason Geiser and Allan S. Geiser,
amounting to about Is carloads, or
about 10000 baskets. The growers
received cents pound for the fruit.
The growers will pick and pack the
fruit and the buyers will furnish the
baskets.
BY exceptions to the report of the
trustees and the audit filed at Fred
erick on Monday by the heirs OF the
late DR.. Charles r. Hoffman, OF Fred
erick, Mount st. Mary's College at
\ Emmitsburg, may lose $53,09409,
yhf ph of 30 he
the specific direction in the will of
DR.. Hoffman that a stone church be
erected in the site OF the old church
on the hill, and not in the comb or
plain below, and near the college
buildings"
The Lutheran Sunday school of
Silver Run will hold its annual pic
mic in the beautiful grove of David
Boose, on Saturday, July 26th, after
noon and evening. Prominent speak
ers will be present a feature Of the
program will be an illustrated lee
ture. The children will have drills,
motion songs, recitations, etc. The
Pleasant Valley Band will be present.
The ladies Of the school will serve
supper in the grove for all. who wish
to remain for the festival.
\ Chief Of Police John A. Stem was
mailed conundrum in the shape Of
a letter this week by George s. Hellis,
Eldersburg, Md, a representative of
the Eastern Division of the National
Star Detective No. 10, which he
has not solved. 1t seems that Hills
had arrested two ''coons" and wanted
Officer Stem to bring his patrol
wagon and haul them in. From the
way he spelled coon" it is hard to
tell what kind of coon he meant.
We have variety of coons, one class
live on Union street and others make
their home in the woods.
The Hampstead base ball club was
defeated on Saturday BY the West
minister club at Hampstead, by the
score of to A. This is the second
game played, the first went to Hamp-
stead. The game was we'll played
and exciting. Immediately after the
above game the second team OF Hamp-
stead got chesty and said they could
put the necessary slant on the local
club After an argument and O.
money consideration the game was
started for five inning session. At
the end Of the fifth the runs were
ISOuhICu IudL WeSLu1nS-
ter had 10 and Hampstead o.
a bolt Of lightning killed five Hol-
stein cows out Of herd OF nine late
Monday afternoon on the farm OF
Thomas j. Callahan, at Woodensburg,
i'm the heavy rainstorm that passed
over that section. A peculiar freak
Of the lightning was that it left no
mark on the cherry tree under which
the cows had taken shelter from the
storm, and no mark on a fence, run
ming beside the tree, nor could there
be found any trace where it had
struck the cows. Mr. Callahan went
out to look for the cattle and found
five OF them lying on the ground
dead and the others standing about
them. Mr.. Callahan said that there
was only one bright flash of lightning
and that no thunder accompanied it.
The cows were all young and Mr..
Callahan is much distressed over his
loss.
DR.. A. T., Knoderer, who for the
past fourteen months has been In the
Philippine Islands in the Govern
ment's service as dental sergeon to
the different army posts, has return
ed to the United States with his wife
and daughter. They are at present
with the wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward @. Lynch, 5703 Baltimore
avenue, Philadelphia, former resi-