The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-07-03
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY ;, 1914
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

The first ripe peaches grown IN the
mountains Id the vicinity oil Smith
burg were shipped last Saturday The
consignment consisted Of y baskets
Hoods Mill was visited by a heavy
hail and rain storm on Sunday night
Corn was beaten down, fencing and
trees leveled and wheat shocks scat
tered all over the fields
The platform of the Western Mary
land Railway station was torn up Tor
W feet by the bursting OF sewer
piye underneath, caused by the pres
sure of water passing through It.
Two car loads of foreigners ar
rived In this city on the milk train on
Monday afternoon. They will be en-
Dloyed by the b. r. Shriver Co., in its
canning factory, and to pick beans.
The passengers, on the Owl train
last Saturday night had to walk from
MI. Theodore r. Englar's farm 10 THIS
city ON account of caboose's jump
Ing the track. The train was delayed
for some time.
During one Of the storms last week
4 bolt of lightning entered the window
OF Dr. U. Edward Myers home in New
Windsor and struck gun, spllnter1ng
the stock Of the gun. The gun be-
Ionged to the colored boy employed
nv DR.. Myers. No damage was done
to the house or its occupants.
The Western Maryland Railway
Company Saturday settled with Mrs.
Mary W. Stuart, widow Of William St.
Clair Stuart, who was killed In the
company's yards in Hagerstown last
sprfng. Mrs. Stuart was paid $4,000
and the children, William st. CAR
and Richard St. Clair. 1000 each.
fine program has been arranged
for the annual picnic of the Grand
Lodges of Maryland and Virginia,
Good Templars, to be held at Mount
Airy August i. DIR. II. Alexander
Cairns. of Newark, n. J., and Dr. 4.
NJ. Hare, superintendent OF the Mary
land -Anti-SaIoon League, will be the
principal speakers
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias N. Davis, Liberty
street, are on a visit to relatives 10
Ohio. Mr.. Davis writes US as follows
from Ashland: 1--WE are well and
are having "a good time. The country
il beautiful. Have been on some 2OO
acre farms. On one OF these farms i
stood On the porch at the residence
and could look over it and see other
farms at the same time"
lit III feared that States Attorney
Joseph L. Donovan, OF Howard
county, who was seriously injured
last week when a tree was blown
across the automobile which ne was
driving, near Hanover, Pa, Is suner-
Ing from internal injuries. Mi. Dono-
van has not yet improved in the man
ner it is believed he should and shows
symptoms of injuries other than the
cuts and bruises on his body.
The high waters of the Patapscc
river Sunday night washed out POT
tion of the ford recently constructed
between Baltimore and Howard coun-
ties AZ Ellicott City. As conse-
uuence traffic Monday was diverted 70
Leicester and Hollofields. The heavy
rainstorm which passed over WOOD
stock and Sykesville about oclocK
Sunday night caused the river to rise
four feet in 20 minutes.
Overcome by the heat Saturday
afternoon, Benjamin +. Harris, Oh
years old, one OF the Oldest residents
i'm the vicinity of Glenelg, died before
a doctor could be summoned. MT
Harris was a farmer and was IN tne
fields experimenting some work. ~
was taken i'll and some of hls en-
ployes carried him to his house. "A
physician was called, but MIR. harris
was dead before he arrived IT, n
survived by widow ans several
children.
A. ]. Koontz. the well known UNI
breIIa expert, OF Hagerstown, spent o
week at Fountain Valley, hi native
heath. picking cherries. Mt. hoontz
who IL ~ years old, proved himself
~ IVY champion cherry picker He
pirkad more cherries i'm day tnan
younger persons picked IN two Gays
He challenges any other man OF ms
are to the same amount Of WORK a.
sides being an expert in this line, ut
Koontz is accomplished in the art OF
initiating and can sing through y
horn any song he hears either N
English or German, French or tai
ian dialect.
Rev. George FL. Enfield, who Is
graduate of the Western Maryland
College and has for the last teN
years been preaching as Metnodls,
Protestant minister, was ordained anc
installed as pastor OF the HaWle1
Memorial Congregational Church, IA
Monterey, on Tuesday. The sixty
fifth meeting OF the Washington AS
sociation of Congregational Churches
was held there in connection Wit
the ordinary ceremony. The delegates
were guests OF the members OF en-
church. Rev. DIR. Oliver Huckel, Fey
Mark Wells, Rev. w. J. Richards ant
J. Henry Baker, layman, all OF Bal
timore, took part in the services
On Saturday night, June 20, Wash
ington Camp, r.. o. ;. of -, No. 3O
of Day, Md, held rally at Pickett
Hall, where Brother w. u Seabrooh
state vice president, and Brother "A
IL. Davis, sheriff of Carroll county,
member of Washington Camp, 10. 6S
OF SmalIWood, made stirring address
w. Vice-president Seabrook has beer
untiring i'm his efforts and has visitet
a great many camps throughout IN
state during his administration; IN
has attended also every function q
Importance held in Baltimore city an
several on the Eastern Shore. I'M
rally at Camp No. 30 was one OF tn
most successful that he has attend
ed. The camp has 80 members, 30 Q
whom were present, besides larg
delegation from Washington Camp
n.y. * 70 WinfiaId After the clos