The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-15
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! LOOK aS AJAX they had taken "a year orr
Bishop John q. Murray, of the Epis
copal Church, will all for Europ
May 30
VII The Westminster Outing Club Will
meet at the Advocate Office tonight IA
s o'clock.
The ninth annual reunion or th
Brethren Churches will take place "a
zen Mar "a July \.
Th re are still a number Or do
running about thu streets Withou
mGzzles. why dO W. allow this?
N These kind of days make "a man t.
like big boy, and five him "a sneak!
desire to play hooky from work
Mr- George Shriner, East Mar
street, Az having concrete pave
ment laid by Paul Case, contractor
N TIE Supervisors of Election fol
Carroll county burned The ballots or
Monday that were voted ait last NO
vember's election
The limbs On the cherry trees ARE
loaded with thu delicious fruit, and II
nothing interferes a bounteous croE
Will TX the result.
\ Deputy Sheriff Raymond Frizzell, Vi
New Market, wa before the grand
jury Oh the case of a colored man
stealing horse at Mount Airy.
Taneytown Lodge No. BIZ, knights
cf Pythias, will have Brother B. =
Miller as it, assistant district deputy
grand chancellor for tn year
me Law requiring all horses ID be
hlLched and not left standing on our
streets j. constantly being violated
Several times We have almost HAD
terrible accidents H. result III this
negligence, and vet thu law il not ell
forced
Notwithstanding the signs promi-
Eently placed all over our town
warning people against splitting on
tht sidewalks, there are q number OF
offenders Some Of our citizens are
complaining and have a right to com
plain because this law il not en-
forced.
| ln our last issue We stated that the
Westminster Deposit and Trust Com
pany had purchased the ground floor
where it conducts the banking Dusi-
Real Estate AZ Brokerage Company
"A - 1850 1OhlpcLly Onlg TGAGWFU
IT, lease which had expired
Fishing upon the Susquehanna has
closed with a dead loss to the oper-
ators. al the fishing floats have
been withdrawn and the shores aban-
doned. Thus will end the industry
that from the days Of the Susque-
hanna Indians has been a great asset
to The valley. Shad in a few seasons
more Will be classed among the miss
i'm.
Mr. John I'LL. Cunningham was DE-
fore The last meeting of the Mayor
and Council to request the improve
ment of Doyle street, which IL much
i'm need Of it, Representing the Gun
ningham etsate TIE rendered q strip of
land to the city to widen and straight
81 the street at that point. "a COM
mittee was appointed to attend to the
improvement requested.
Residents of Della and vicinity have
been greatly alarmed on hearing that
q rabid DO was i'm their midst last
week and bit one person and two
other dogs before it was killed. John
Frey, 3 years old, was bitten on the
wrist and has been taking the Pas
teur treatment at Mercy Hospital for
several days. Little fear ID felt for
him because the skin was not broken
and h6 shows no alarming symptoms.
Mothers Day was observed in many
Of the churches of this city and coun-
ty last Sunday in the Sunday school
and both church services, and a large
number Of the men, women and child
rem wore a white carnation On their
coat lapel in honor of motherhood.
Sermons on motherhood i'm many of
H. different aspects were preached i'm
many pulpits, and some mention of
the day was made in nearly all the
sermons of the day.
Rev wv. III Hetrick, pastor of Grace
Lutheran Church, will deliver the ad-
dress to the Alumni OF the Lutheran
Theological Seminary, at Gettysburg,
IA, On the 20 inst. Dr. Coover, a
member Of the Seminary Faculty, will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon on
Thursday, 21st inst. a feature OF
The commencement exercises will be
tecturally handsome porch or porticO
fronting the avenue on the west side
of the seminary building.
The Forest and Stream Club met On
Monday evening in the studio of
James ID Mitchell, East Main street,
and elected the following officers: WI.
L- Seabrook, president; George R.
Babylon, vice president; Frank T
Butler, secretary; J- IA. Mltten, a.
sistant secretary; Thomas Anders,
treasurer; Dr- Glenn NV. Horner,
quartermaster; J- u. Reese, commits
sary- The club will probably encamp
On the Monocacy River, Oh the farm
tenanted by Mr. De Berry. near de
tour, about The latter part of August
IA committee consisting hi Charles B.
Hunter, Dr. Glenn W. Horner and
John N. Reese has been appointed To
look for suitable site and lease a
tract Of land to erect a bungalow On
TIE property where they are going To
camp this summer.
The Washington, Westminster and
Gettysburg Railroad, which has been
before the Public Service Commission,
the Legislature and the courts for
three years or more, again appeared
before the Commission Monday morn
ing asking approval for it, plans for
crossing the tracks Of the City and
Suburban Railroad at Washington and
Columbia avenues, near Hyattsville, at
grade. The commission withheld &C
ton, pending the submission by the
City and Suburban Company Or it,
plans for the crossing. The Wash
ingtOn, Westminster and Gettysburg
railroad will traverse a rich and
populous section and will serve
$1,000 people, IT IL said. 1T j. To