The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-10-09
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. 2, 1914
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

man 1- that committee.
III EaE- cost Senator John Walter
9Th Of Maryland, $5,500.14 to Sc
oI--a I,fs nomination by the Democratic
1@--v fgr tile United States Senate.
Tariff bulletin No. 80 issued by the
z--nrfr Service Commission has r.
AGED the freight rate on cement from
T-rfcn Bridge to Taneytown to soc net
W.T. ton.
Mount Saint Mary's Foot Ball Team
of Emmitsburg, came 70 thls SHY 20
CgFrrdav and defeated the Western
Maryland College warriors by score
of 13 to Nj.
The Mayor and Common Council on
Monday curtailed expenses by drop
rfrg from the police force trafhc
ofFcar. Thomas KreglO. The dlscon-
tfuuiug of a traffic officer is only
temporary.
In our last issue we stated that Mr..
Crrrre Hosfeld, Cranberry, had lett
4 basket of peaches at this office. we
wish to apologize to Mr.. Noah Hos
field. who was the gentleman that pre-
sar-ed III with the fine peaches
Gorera, who conducts fruit
market on West Main street, has en-
Iarged his business by renting the
ronoccupied store room at the Forks
nr -he Road, where he will open ms
second fruit market. 1t Will be open
ed on Friday of next week.
ON Monday evening the Mayor and
civ Council met at the council cham
man and made the tax levy 30 cents %
+Ee s1OO for 1914, divided a. follows:
RI cents for general purposes; 10
cents for light and water, and cents
ror paving interest on outstanding
bonds.
number of churches in this c1ty
aor county observed Sunday as Peace
Day as appointed by the president q
tha United States Eloquent sermons
Il which there were strong pleas for
world peace and disarment Of the ma
ti0us we're delivered from pulpits.
SpeciaI prayers for peace were part
oh the services.
-Four bows from this city visited
their James in Hanover, Pa, on sun
dav, and some time they had, but they
forgot their girls when they reached
the square in Hanover, where they
had to repair two tubes tnat sollle
rerscn or persons had driven lacks in
Ilty were 6AdCIIs nuns, ~
watch. before they were ready to
start
The State Roads Commission t1led q
motion of appeal Wednesday 1n the
case of the commission against
threshing-machine owners Of thal
county. The commission sets forth
that about a dozen owners Of machines
have violated the law, damaging the
State highways, which cost about
$4,000 a mile to build and between
S4No and $500 a mile to keep oiled
Chester Wiles was awarded a YER
dict of ! cent by jury in Frederlck
Tuesday afternoon against RoDer,
Tyler in a damage suit for $3,OOI
damages. Wiles' house at WILLOW
Springs was dynamited several weeks
ago and his accusations led to a hgh'
with members of the Tyler family II
which several persons were injured
Wiles asked the damages for assault
Daniel Gomez, the protege Of tbs
late Miss Hattie Bollinger,was brought
to this city from Mississippi by Messrs
Stocksdale and Shoemaker, who r.
turned from a business trip to Merl'
dian, Miss. Mr. Gomez was placed II
Western Maryland College, to BE- edu'
Gated He is boarding at Mrs. Brod
bees, Park avenue, and at present i
unwelI, complaining from stomacf
trouble.
Postmasters of all classes from
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia ant
North and South Carolina were a
Washington for the opening session
Monday OF their annual convention =
ha most pYh1Dll
showing how such packages SHOULD
be packed to insure against damage ir
transmission. Postmasters were urged
to refuse all offered such Al were not
properly packed.
A telephone message was received
in this city by DIR. Luther :. Bare, thal
man was badly cut and beaten al
the Coal Chute and that his services
were needed The doctor hurried w
the Coal Chute and after good hum
through the bushes at the head ol
Winters dam found John Nelson, q
this city, lying in the stream of water
with his nose broken and his face
swollen from bruises. He was brought
home after having his hurts dressed
Mrs. John Debold, 77 years Old, near
Emmltsburg, was thrown from 9
vehicle Monday night and received
concussion OF the brain She was re-
turning from Emmitsburg with he1
son, when the latter got out to hold
the horse while an automobile pass
ed. When the boy got back in the
vehicle, he struck the horse and Il
plunged, throwing Mrs. Debold head
long. She was picked up unconscious
and carried to farmhouse and Az
tended by a physician. Her condition
is serious.
= Well-dressed man, giving hi name
as Henry Myers, is at Montevue Hos
pltal Frederick, awaiting furtbeI
Identification. Tie was taken into Gus
tody Tuesday and was unable TO give
any information concerning his home
mi occupation. lie had about $40 In
money and gold watch. In his
pocket he had a return ticket from
Frederick to Thurmont, and Today
excursion ticket from Baltimore to
Frederick. At times he murmurs the
name Henry Myers" He H. about 55
years old, feet inches tall and has
mustache.
Admonishing his hearers that the
END OF all things is near at hand,
Elder r. r. Baer, president of the
chesapeake Conference or Seventh
Day Adventists, Monday declared that
tnls world was destined to be changed
ana that this was the time when the
righteous should be looking for the