The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-22

May OULH - DGCUTdIlUu Lay.
Mr.. James F. Rinker is seriously
i'll at his home on East Main street.
When 1t comes to town pride ii
pays to be a booster. A kicker never
amounts to much.
Many residences and business
houses in town are being freshened
by a coat of paint. 1t gives US a
prosperous appearance.
Mr.. Henry Cassell, OF Avondale, has
purchased a handsome 6 cylinder
Hudson automobile from J. w. Lock-
ard & Son, Liberty street.
! Little Carroll Lockard, Jr., who
was recently operated on In Balti-
more, has improved sufficiently 10 be
brought home this evening.
, Nothing seems quite so good to us
these days al when the town sprink-
Ter passes BY One thing would be
| better-a little oil on the streets.
| DIR. Fernand Bonnotte, professor Of
modern languages at Western Mary
/ land College, and Mrs. Bonnotte are
planning a trip abroad this summer.
\ The ladies OF the Civic League com
mittee thank you for past patronage
and hope you will remember their
\ food sale every Saturday from to 4
! p. m.
| Warfieldsburg public school will
hold its annual strawberry and ice
cream festival at the school house on
the afternoon and evening of May %,
beginning at o'clock
"A fete by class No. z, Of the Metho-
dist Protestant Sunday school, Union
town, will be held on the lawn adjoin-
Ing the parsonage, Saturday evening,
May 80. Everybody welcome.
Boys and girls of Westminster
the number of flies received each
week is increasing, and now that the
summer is here to stay, get busy.
Bring in your flies and get the cash.
Mr.. Plus Orendorff, West Main
street, is considerably bruised by
falling through the cellar window to
the cellar floor, about 10-foot drop
in front of the Red Front Store on
Saturday. He is confined to his
home.
The c. & p. Telephone Company
has installed the following phones
this week: Mr.. Luther Saylor, Union
Bridge lew; j. ". Engle, Union Bridge
42-4; James Roop. Union Bridge 1918;
A. II. Geiselman, Hampstead 47-5;
Joseph Englar, Union Bridge ALI.
]. P. Fenwick, a conductor of a
freight train of the Western Mary
land Railway Company, was inter
nally injured yesterday while trying
to couple cars at Hillen Station. The
cars came together with a crash,
catching Fenwick before he could step
out from between them.
Mr.. Harry Nusbaum, Court street,
an employee Of the Consolidated Public
Utilities Company, was painfully
burned about the face. arms and hands
on Monday by a gas explosion i'm the
cellar at the residence of Rev. w. L.
Seabrook, East Main street. Mr.. Nus
baum was looking for gas leak with
candle when the explosion occurred.
Are you planning to spend the
second week of June in Westmins-
ter? If SO you can enjoy the Fire
mems Convention and Home Coming
celebration, the Western Maryland
College and High School commence
ment exercises. Come and mingle
with the jolly throng which is sure
to be here.
The Hagerstown and Frederick
Railway Company, which was recent
ly financed is considering the con-
struction OF links to Brunswick and
Emmitsburg. Toward Brunswick, the
road now goes as far as Jefferson,
about six miles away. In the north
ern end Of the county a spur Of the
system reaches to Thurmont, about
seven miles from Emmitsburg.
Charles NJ. Doyle, Of Chambersburg,
Pa.. was in this city on Tuesday
soliciting orders for decorations dur
ing the Home Coming Week and Fire
mems Convention. Mr.. Doyle will ar
rive here on June l with his force of
decorators and make preparations to
decorate the buildings of the town.
He will make his headquarters with
Zadock Talbert in the building known
as the Central Hotel, East Main
street.
The largest train Of loaded freight
cars ever hauled by single 1ocomo-
tive on any railroad in this section
was drawn to Hagerstown from Cum
berland Wednesday by Western Mary
land Railway engine No. 776, one of
The new COHlpOuHu type ISCOnL1s Du11I
for the road by the American Loco
motive Company. The train, which
was more than one and one-quarter
miles long was made up entirely Of
steel coal hoppers and had an approx
innate tonnage of 100000 pounds.
The run was made in less than three
hours.
With 500 Knights Templar from six
Communicates of Baltimore present, a
special Ascension Day service was
held yesterday afternoon in Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church. The Rev.
III. nj. Lichliter, knight Templar
himself, preached. Eminent Grand
Commander William Chapman Jen-
ness was in command, which formed
at the Masonic Temple. on Charles
street, at o'clock and marched. to
the church. Messrs. c. V. Wantz,
John ID. Bowers, @. Fisher Wantz, O.
I'D. Gilbert, Frank z. Miller, John III.
Cunningham, L. A Halter and R. Lee
StOner, members Of the Door-to-Virtue
Lodge, this city, took part in the
parade and attended the services.
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