The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-09-04

Dr. Robert s. Wells, OF. Gambler
who Is at st. Agnes Hospital, BaIti-
more, with typhoid fever, IL somewhat
improved.
Mrs. Maria Orendorff, East Main
street, sold her farm containing 152
acres, situated near StonersviIle, to
Jacob o. Insanogle, Lewistown, Md,
for $12,OOO.OO.
John Holland. colored, aged about
81 years, who had escaped from the
Connellsyille Insane Hospital, was
captured near his home, Libertytown
and taken back last week
VI MIR. Warren I'd. Cross, formerly
chief detective of the Western Mary
land Railway and living in this city
is now detective on a Western Rail
road. He was in Baltimore this week
Reports in political circles last
week named John III. Cunningham as
the probable secretary to the Work
iingman's Compensation Board. The
salary attached to this Office Is $4,000
a year.
The annual harvest home services
will be held at Emanuel's Reformed
Church, at Baust, Sunday at 1890 a.
m. Catechise before services Y. p
81, at T.30 y. IN. Martin Schweitzer
pastor.
MIR. Albert I'll Barnes, near Gam
Der, left a sample of his millet that
he is harvesting, and it is some millet
too. 1t Is 51a feet tall and Is fine. Mr.
Barnes has our thanks for some fine
cantaloupes he left for us to sample
We pronounce them fine
The committee of Patapsco Acad-
envy, near Linthicum Heights, Mary
land, has appointed as principal OF the
academy Miss Ida @. Hall, now a
teacher in the high school at Centre
willie, Maryland. There were about 80
applicants. Miss Hall Is a graduate
or Western Maryland College.
Horses at Snow Hill, Pocomoke
City, and other places in Worcester
county, are dying fast from some I'M
known disease, according to tele-
gram sent to Charles w. Neville
chairman of the State Live Stock
Commission. In response to the ap-
peal Mr. Melville has sent man to
investigate conditions and to offset
the disease, IL possible.
The Western Maryland Railway
Company was sued for $4,000 dam
dSGD III IlC III SOulI 6dLuL ldJ
for the death of John w. Schnitker
night Waterman for the Consolidated
Gas. Electric Light and Power Com
pany, who was struck and killed by a
train on July % last on Belvedere
avenue, Arlington. Mabel |. Schnitker
widow or the deceased, and their two
children brought the suit.
William j. Crebbs, of Woodsboro
who was arrested August p, in Fred
erick, upon the charge of carrying
concealed weapons, and who frankly
told the officers that he carried re
volver to insure himself against being
run down by automobilists, was Mon
day afternoon released from the House
Of Correction, where he had been sent
for three months, after his refusal to
pay $50 fine.
Mr.. George w. Brown, supervisor OF
assessments for Carroll county, has
completed and sent to the state tax
commissioner a list of license issued
in the county. He finds that there
are $50 traders licenses and 60 fe-
male traders licenses issued up to the
present time Mr.. Brown has received
cards Of instructions for copy OF all
the real estate in the county. All
farms of 10 acres and over are to be
listed separately, and farms under 10
acres are to be kept separate. All
lots and public service corporations
are also to be kept separate, making
three classes of properties to be CLASH
fed
Hay fever" and all its imps, sleep
less nights, aching head and eyes,
irritation Of the nostrils and perpet-
ual sneeZing, il here again. Hun
dreds of people are suffering from
the fever, for this is the time of the
year that it fiourishes. Those who
can have made for the high ATTITUDES
in wild chase to escape the fever,
for while not serious, it is one of the
most disagreeable fevers that prevail
in this section Of the county or all
over the state. 1t is reported that for
six weeks now those that are not i'm
mune may expect to get the fever. II
is said that when the disease once gets
a grip it returns each year without
fail.
M1schievous boys VINO opened q
switch on the Western Maryland
Railroad, at Frederick avenue and
Gwynns Falls, Baltimore, are respon-
sible for the wrecking OF coal train
Tuesday afternoon in which two men,
the firemen and engineer, narrowly
escaped death, and which caused a
loss of large sum Of money to. the
railway company The train was
bound south and was not going at q
rapid rate of speed and it is probably
due to this fact alone that Robert SiSk,
the engineer, and Earl Price, the fire
man, were not killed when the heavy
train ran into the open switch. The
engine, No. 757, was attached to a
long train of gondolas loaded with
coal When it ran into the switch the
engine was derailed and in turning
over turned the cars with it. A box
car loaded with lumber, standing on
a siding, was knocked into Gwynns
Falls and demolished.
The Maryland Good Roads Commits
sion, in court in Frederick Tuesday,
filed a bill asking for an injunction
gines in Frederick county from oper-
ating such engines over the improved
highways of the state. Judge Urner
did not grant the injunction as asked,
but set September 10 as the date on
or before which the traction engine
owners must answer, and he set Sep
TENDER ~ as the date for full hear
/, ing i'm the case. The persons whom
the Good Roads Commission allege are
using the improved roads for oper-
ating their engines with cleats are: