The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-11-13

Today il the 18th day Of the month.
The hoodoo.
It's a question now whether a town
has more garages or moving picture
shows.
ALI railroads of the United States
unite in offering farms for tens OF
thousands OF Belgian immigrants.
The back of new hair brush can
be removed, permitting II to be
cleaned by pouring water through it.
There ought to be enough steel and
lead in the soil of Belgium to make
mining profitable as soon as the war
Is over.
Mr.. n. H. Baumgardner, cashier OF
the Westminster Deposit e. Trust
Company, who has been dangerously
i'll with a carbuncle on his neck, is
now well on his way to recovery.
Forget the election, but remember
the millions of homeless and hope
less people of bleeding Belgium, who
are facing starvation and the rigors
Of cold climate, through no fault of
their own.
There will be a meeting OF the
Loyal Temperance Legion Saturday
afternoon at $50 o'clock in assembly
hall, High School Building All the
members and their friends are urged
to be present.
Hunters will do we'll To consult our
classified columns and note the many
farms that are advertised against tres
passing. More are added each week
and land owners and the tenant farm
ers say they intend to enforce the law
Four brothers, members OF the
Boys Corn Club of Georgia, produced
S24 bushels Of corn on four acres Of
land this year. Luther Alfred of |
Pickens county, one OF the brothers,
won first prize at the State Fair for
the greatest yield from one acre. He
produced 227 bushels.
Foot-and-mouth disease now raging
among cattle in IA States is communi- |
cable to humans, the Department Of
Agriculture announced yesterday, but
its effect rarely Is serious. The De-
partment urged, however, that humans
keep away from diseased cattle to
avoid spreading the infection, and
recommended the using Of pasteurized
milk
Champion Tillie Alcartra, a Wood
land COW, of Woodland, Cal, has set
new record for milk production in
excess of 10000 pounds i'm year. The
year will be up tomorrow, but the
30,000-pound mark was passed several
days ago Tillie Alcartra is a 5-year-
ri lnfn ID EN,-sn ,1A
record last year, surprising by few
pounds the 29,592-pound mark made
by Massachusetts COW.
Chairman Arthur p. German, Oscar
Lesser and Levin w. Wickes, OF the
State Tax Commission together with
the secretary, Allan G. Girdwood, paid
their first official visit to Carroll
county yesterday They went to the
Court house, where they met the
County Commissioners and the tax as
sesser of Carroll county, and went
over the assessment books with a
view to equalizing the assessments in
this county.
At meeting of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union held at the
home Of Miss Elizabeth l.. Herr,
Thursday evening, November 18th, a
vote Of thanks was extended the gen
tlemen who marshaled the parade.
The farmers who SO kindly loaned
their horses and wagons and to all
who helped to make the parade such
a wonderful success. Signed by the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Of Westminster.
Records kept by Secretary Howard
Hill show that 81 accidents were re-
ported to the State Industrial Acct
dent Commission from November LIST,
when the workmen's compensation
law went into effect, up to Monday OF
this week. Of the number reported
only two were fatal. The commits
sion has not as yet examined the re-
ports for the purpose OF ascertaining
whether or not all the injured are
protected under the law.
The following new telephones were
installed by the @. e p. Telephone
Company: Elder Thomas Eckard,
Taneytown 42-14; r. MI. Thomas,
Hoffmansville, Hampstead 1913; Jos.
Burke, near Hoffmansville, Hampstead
1856; J. L. Eckard, near Hoffmans-.
vile, Hampstead 29-6; C.. Frank Law
fon, near Hoffmansville, Hampstead
29-2; Charles III. Smith, near Beck
leysville, Hampstead 29-4; Thomas E.
Bollinger, near Beckleysville, Hamp-
stead 29-12
The Frederick County Medical So
ciety, at a meeting Wednesday, elect
ed DIR. Thomas B. Johnson president: