The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15


BoWlers On Wednesday evening.
| "a rutflor r. been circulated that
there il a counterfeit Buffalo nickel
with date 1913 ia circulation.
The Ladies Aid Society OK Finks-
burg Church will hold a strawberry
and ice cream festival an May 30.
Many out-of-town guests are 80
pected to b. present att the subscrip-
ton dance To b. given In Boyles Hail
this evening
|. The firm OF rech-AlIen-B easman
|. Contractors, has been dissolved MIR.
Frank Beasman sRvering hi connec-
ton The dissolution was by mutual
consent.
Mir. Uriah Babylon has transferred
hi home from the residence Of hi
nephew, Mr. George Babylon on East
Main street, to that or Mr. George %.
Morningstar, on Pennsylvania avenue
His health is much improved.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
Providence Methodist Protestant
Church will hold an Ice cream and
strawberry festival On May 16, at the
hall at Gambler. All are very cordial
ly invited to attend. Supper will al
90 b. served.
The Westminster High School ball
club will play Union Bridge on
Athletic grounds On Saturday after
noon at o'clock. "a good game can
By looked for al the High School has
defeated Union Bridge this year and
the latter will try to come back
The Opera House bill for tonight
will be- great and should be seen. The
program will be: Dazzle Black Eye"
Crystal; His Younger Brother"
Frontier; Hawk Eye and the Cheese
Mystery" Powers, and two reel
feature, ITO Save Her Dad" On SAT-
urday night vaudeville and pictures.
Something good
\ The following new subscribers have
been received by the O. & r.. Tele-
phone Company this week: C Howard
Myers, Union Bridge 35-3; J. III Hart
sock, Union Bridge 35-5; William
Wright, Union Bridge 35-6; Walter
Selby, Union Bridge 35-12; Frank r..
Myers, Union Bridge 35-13; q. =.
Burlington, Union Bridge 46-2.
a local option mass meeting will
be held i'm the Mechanic Hall, Union
town, On Tuesday evening, May 40, at
lis o'clock for the purpose OF organic
\ I'M the first precinct OF Uniontown
district. The meeting will be non
political and undenominational IT.
purpose is to give the coming young
men and young women square deal.
v President Yeiser and Rev. w. IL. Sea-
brook will address the meeting. Ev-
erybody welcome, ladies and young
people are specially invited.
The school house at Logs Station
was broken into Sunday night, the
interior defaced, desks smashed and
the building set on fire in three places.
Notices were written on the black
board threatening Miss Hazel Boiler,
the teacher Sheriff Conrad, OF Fred
erick county, has been asked by the
trustees to make an investigation.
Sheriff Conard and Deputy Jones ar
rested man and woman near Thur
mont Monday on the charge OF at
tempting to burn the Logs school
building. The pair refused to give
their names and were committed to
Jail.
Last night the ladies Of the Woman's
Missionary Society Of Centenary
Methodist Episcopal Church served a
menu supper in the social hall of the
N church, and a. 8 o'clock ~ interest
v I'M meeting was held in the audience
room of the church, conducted by
Mrs. Don Colt, president Of the Balti-
more branch of Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society. The feature Of
the evening was most instructive
and interesting talk by Mrs. o. o.
Spamer, a missionary from Southern
China, who in a handsomely embroid-
cred Chinese costume told Of her life
and work in China.
The officers and board OF directors
OF the Asbestos Land and Improve
ment Company met at their office, 1T
East Main street, Monday, May al.
After completing the general business
of the meeting they appointed an g.
ecutive committee composed Of Dr. ;.
Luther Baer, William "a. Davidson, DR.,
and Edward wv. Case, ali OF this city,
to look after and care for the business
Of the company. This company has
ground broken to build houses at
Asbestos and will complete four in the
near future on Ward avenue. Owing to
the delay caused by the slow ar
rival Of the material by freight at the
Asbestos Station, they have been yin
able to rush their building at this
point.
Several days. ago the little do D.
longing to Miss Mabel Weant, Willis
street, began a prolonged fit of violent
barking, and rushed across the street
into the kitchen OF Mrs H- XII Dewey
and bit her on the hand. That night
MIR. Weant had TIN do killed and H.
head sent to the State Board of Health.
Yesterday Officer Stem received a
message from the Board stating that
the head was examined and that The
do had been rabid. Officer Stem
since receiving the information has
killed 20 dogs Oh more which H.
found at large without muzzles- Mrs.
Dewey IL taking the Pasteur ,reat-
ment The doc was presented to
Mabel Weant by Mrs Dewey about
four months ago.
During last Friday evenings storm
the lightning performed some queer
stunts near Warfieldsburg. a bolt
struck the old mud house On Steven
sons Hill knocking out almost every
window pane and making deep cracks
in the plastering, 20 that the house
had to be abandoned. III was occupied
by Mary Thomas (colored) and her
children. The most remarkable freak
played by lightning anywhere in this
section for years occurred The same
evening when a large tree in the
woods near the mud house va
struck ana torn to splinters which