The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-09-18
Al o. DIFFENDAL, Manager.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. IS. 1914
LOCAL AFFAIRS

Testimony in the Springfield State
R1=rttal case, with Frank Ely was
taken on Monday at the Court House
Mary c. Morris, Sykesville, answer
ed one OF the puzzles published in the
Baltimore Sun and received a prize.
Tae Western Maryland College are
scheduled to play a game of foot ball
on November with Rock Hill Col
Iege. i'll this city.
Services at Baust Reformed Church,
Sunday at $50 p. m. Y. P. S. at l.3O
I'd. MI. A stranger will preach Martin
sch ~eitzer, pastor.
Nr. Abraham Wilhelm, Of Hamp-
stead, was taken i'll while in Balti-
more on Monday and was taken to
the Mercy Hospital for treatment
The son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Luther
Zepp. of Fenby, was taken to Balti-
aore Hospital on Tuesday morning
suffering from dangerous case OF
typhoid fever.
The Cadillac Automobile Company
will shortly put on the market an
eight cylinder car For years factor
ies have been working on a car OF
that kind and the Cadillac is the first
to accomplish the feat.
-rv" Albaugh rolled i'm on Monday
night with a Saxon automobile, the
arst of the kind in this city. From
the features explained about the car.
ID is the most convenient vet. "Cy''
says 1t can be used for anything. 1t
ssust be some handy
A chimney in the dwelling occupied
by MIR. Ed Rifle, or Thurmont, caught
On IRE. and the blaze communicated
With the woodwork IN the building and
roof. The FIRE alarm bell was sound
ed and persons responding quickly put
VIM DIRE out before much damage was
done.
o. Pleasant Valley Lodge, No. 132
knights Of Pythias, az Frizellburg
continues to have interesting meetings
On each Thursday evening Two Of
our members, Brothers John d. Fow'
Ter and Charles 0. Dickensheets, spent
several days i'm Baltimore recently or
lodge duties.
A valuable black horse of Sheriff
Albert l.. Davis was kicked on Sunday
.y another horse and had to be killed
-7ae horSe wasl IN the stable with .
aunber OF other horses and 1t is sup
posed one got loose and kicked thu
.,aa killed. The horse was on MIR
Davis farm at Bird Hill.
An extra eastbound freight traiI
coilided head-on Monday near Chews
willie on the w. M r. The trainmel
saved their lives by jumping and wer,
badly bruised. A box car, pushed il
front of an engine on train 301 wa
wrecked and both locomotives badl.
WI damaged. The cause OF the acciden
has not been placed.
Two valuable registered Holsteil
COWS belonging on the farm Of 81
Josephs Society, Thurmont, cot on
OF the field at night and wandered OF
the Western Maryland Railroad. Whel
near Flint siding train came aloni
and both were struck and hurle,
down a steep bank. One was kille'
outright and the other injured s.
badly that it was necessary to xii
her.
By the head Of a match flying int
the clothes of Mrs j. d. Crowl, Cente
street on Monday night caused tn
loss OF a dress, which burned tE'
large places in 1t. The match wa
struck in the dark while the dres
was hanging on the bed post, but n
attention was paid to the lighting o
it, and went to bed when MIR. Crow
awoke saying he smelled smoke, an
on looking found the dress in
blaze. The fire was extinguishe,
without any other damage.
While returning home September
about half past ten o'clock at nigh
Phenton Englar heard dogs tightin
about his fathers buildings, at Uniol
Bridge. whereupon arming himsel
with stones he proceeded to investi
gate. When he reached the place
which II near the hen house, the figh
was over but he was surprised to Sc
man, whom he recognized in tn
bright moonlight, coming out Of tn
hen house with three chickens il
each hand. Instead Of using TIL
stones on the dogs, he threw them a
the intruder who fed but dropped hi
booty.
Every widow was broken, a 30
foot sign torn from its position, an
a large hole torn in the roof of tn
portico of the Suburban Hotel, q
Park Heights avenue, Baltimore, q
ESQ o'clock Saturday morning by a
explosion. Whether it was a pran
or an attempt to wreck the place ha
contained either in a cartridge o
small bomb. William Arnold, tn
hotel Waterman, had just complete
his rounds at ESQ o'clock, and wa
eating his luncheon in the pantry
when he was suddenly thrown to tn
Aoor by the explosion. After pickin
himself up he rushed to the road, bu
did not see person or automobile i
sight. A large hole about ~ inche
in diameter. the shattered window
and the sign, which was thrown abou
30 feet 10 the yard, were the result
OF the explosion.
On Tuesday morning the Patriot
Order Sons of America dug groun
for the erection Of the monument !
the memory Of Francis Scott Key a
Keyville, at the birth place of Key
Preston B. Englar, editor of the Car
roll Record; wv. C. LeGore and III.
Stoup are the committee who will co
operate with the State executive com
mittee of the Patriotic Order Sons O
America for this enterprise Nationa
Master OF Forms William J. Heaps ha
just returned from visit to tn
State camps of Tennessee, Delaware
Pennsylvania and West Virginia il
the interest OF this monument and a
each point was enthusiastically re
ceived and promises of liberal contri
buttons were received at each Stat
camp visited West Virginia, the la