The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-10-16
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. l6, 1914
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
MD YOU bet on the Athletics:

The First Regiment Band was en-
a.1a1 at Hagerstown Fair On We'd
1asday to furnish music.
me remaining foot ball schedule az
NJ St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg
b.e been cancelled on account OF the
occidental death of player.
~ Methodist Episcopal Church
choir was entertained by Mr. &. N.
Corguch in the social hall at the
church on Tuesday evening" Refresh
ments were served.
Mr Charles T.. Fink, administrator
cold on Saturday afternoon the Helen
Y Grimes property, containing 2
swelling house to Mr.. D. Snyder
RabyIon, West Main street, TOR S5OlO
william S. English, member Of
+,,a senior class OF Mount st. Mary's
College. was fatally injured Sunday in
came Of football on the college
nar1nus and died an hour later with
out regaining consciousness.
The Square Deal Garage, at the
PaiIroad. have received carload Of
1l15 Maxwell touring cars ana nave
them on display at their garage. Inc
arn1 sold a Chalmers roadster this
week. which was kept in stock.
Mr.. g. N. Myers, formerly OF Bach
mans Valley, and Mr. George Wege
yho pitched ball for the Westminster
club several years ago, but both oi
Hanover. Pa, have on exhibition al
+hA Hagerstown Fair a. number 81
prize birds.
Tohn X. Geist, Of Shawan, has pur-
chased of the heirs the beautiful
farm Of the late Alfred Fowble, al
Fowblesburg. In the spring he ex,
meets To occupy it with his family
The place has 203 acres Of land anC
q good dwelling and outbuildings.
The country estate Of The late
Jcseph Friedenwald, founder OF one
M Baltimore's largest commercial en-
terDrises and prominent for many
wears in political and philanthropic
circles, in the Worthington Valley
Aas been purchased by Bernard Fen
wick, the local banker, for a resi-
dence. The property, which IL SIC
uated near Glyndon, and which COM
prises about 900 acres, was for many
years known as one Of the finest cul-
tirated farms in the section. Tine
purchase price was reported to De
about $4,000.
William Baltzell, of Thurmont, was
killed, and Charles Slower, OF Ne"
Midway. seriously injured Tuesday Dy
q falling scaffold on the farm OF
linton Mehring, near WoOdsboro. IDS
men were completing cement Sic
and were working near the top when
tn chain supporting the scaffold gave
WAY. They fell 40 feet. Baltzells
SKULL was fractured and he died in
stantly. Stover's left arm was brok'
en-, one ear nearly torn off and be
was bruised all over the body. Lie
was unconscious for half an hour
BaltzelI is survived by widow and
two children.
The following program has been ar
ranged for the dedication or the
Memorial Grove Of the Jewish Home
for Consumptives, at Reisterstown
on Sunday afternoon at 3 O'CLOCK;
Invocation, Rev. DIR. William Rose,
nau; trio, Atilla, Verdi, Mrs. Ethel
Rust-Miller Frank Ill. Miller anC
George n. Castelle; address Our Me-
mortal Grove, President Rev. Dr
Adolf Guttmacher; address, Rev. Sid
ney z. Goldstein, Of Free Synagogue
New York; address, DR.. Henry Bar
ton Jacobs: Planting Memorial Tree
DR.. Joseph Z. Gichner; trio, God Is
Love, Abbott, Mrs. Ethel Rust-Mlller
Frank l.. Miller and Rev. George n
Castelle; kaddish, Rev. DIR. Adolf
Guttmacher; benediction, Rev. Dr
Charles a. Rubenstein.
The September revenue Of the ma
ton fell off $6,000,000, shortage IN
customs OF $9,5OO,000 being partially
Offset by an increase Of internal
revenue But this change IL not an
accident due to the war; it is the END
aimed at by the Underwood tarlH'
Duties were reduced and It was n
tended that the customs revenue
should not be made so large as IT
was under the Payne-Aldrich tarlff,
which was i'm force year ago un-
doubredly the war has seriously ar
fected the revenue, but the greatest
effect was in the first few weeks.
Commerce il nearly normal now, and
such decreases Of customs revenue as
were suffered i'm August and Septem-
Der are not to be expected in succeed
i'm months .-Philadelphia Record
James Brightwell, colored, CHIEF
trouble chaser for ID. $. Gehr's hard
ware store, had the experience of his
life on Tuesday with a loaded cigar
Jim asked a hardware drummer 1or
cigar, and the drummer had IN
stock Just the sm0OtheSt and m1ldest
cigar that was ever put on the mark
et- James thought he was getting A
real 25c smoker. He accepted the
cigar with the greatest of dignity ana
lit it, while the store clerks waited
for the bang. James exclaimed how
good it was and shot it into his
mouth, when the powder In the cigar
went zip, zing. Jim gave yell that
could b. heard q mile. He Will not
accept another cigar. When the fun
started 4Charles Johnson, the colored
bootblaek left out yell thu made
the tin pans and iron pots tingle on
the shelves in the store.
AS the result Of an early morning
pistol duel at Sykesville, Edward
Thomas, a negro, is in a serious con-
dition at the University Hospital,
Baltimore, with bullet wounds In the
head and chest, and Edward Barnes,
q white man, is locked up In the
Sykesville Jail, charged with assault
The wounded negro was rushed TO
Baltimore i'm an automobile and the
physicians instructed to turn him ov-
Or to the local authorities as soon o.
he had recovered He will be charg-
ed with assault. The shooting ARRAY
happened shortly after midnight Tues
day morning. According to witness
es, the negro opened fire On the white