The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-08-21
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

MI j. EDWARD Beck, OF Waynes
boro, Pa, formerly of Linwood, is q
candidate for the Pennsylvania Legis-
lature On the Democratic ticket this
fall. Mr. Beck has our best wishes.
Basing his predictions on the facts
that birds are preparing to migrate a
prognosticator predicts frosts as ear
ly as the beginning Of September. He
says September 14, 1851, there was a
heavy frost, and from present indica-
tons we may receive a frost this
year earlier than September Is.
A large quantity of material has
been hauled to Libertytown, to be
used in the Dolly Hyde" Copper
Mine, which IL to be- reopened for min
Ing purposes after having been closed
many years. The copper in this mine
is said to be of fine quality and plen-
tiful, but mining there has been diff
cult owing to the large quantity OF
water with which the mine is flooded
lt IL hoped that with the superior
pumping facilities or the present day
that difficulty can be overcome.
The Western Maryland Railway
has finally succeeded in finishing up
its great "housecleaning" task, which
j. one of the things to which Presi-
dent Carl R. Gray has given hi at
tentiOn for the last several months
With the submission of the June
statement of the railways earnings
and expenses comes the news that the
process of clearing off all the old
maintenance charges, which have
been hanging fire for an indefinite
period, has finally been accomplished
The funeral Of Joseph H. Bemiller
Hanover, Pa, was held August 10
services at his late home, conducted
by Rev. A. NJ Heilman, of ST. Mat
thew's Lutheran church. Interment
in the family lot in MT. Olivet Gene
terry. Among those attending the fu-
neral from out of town were: Mrs
Mary Snyder, John Snyder, of fancy
town; Theodore Bemiller, Frank Be
miller, Miss Mary Copenhaver, OF
Silver Run; MIR. and Mrs. Daniel
Cretin, OF Union Mills; Miss Alice
Emig, Mrs. Noah Emig and daughter
Beulah, Mrs. Jacob Krebs, of Brod-
beCks.
A definite plan is now being ar
ranged for the gradual development
ana Improvement of the Hagerstown
fair grounds into beautiful park. "A
portion Is to be built each year and
future expansion can be arranged bet.
ter by artistic plans now partly com
pleted A feature of the new design
will be the grouping Of the buildings
This will b. followed by the erection
of an Agricultural Hall, want badl!
felt. A tunnel or subway will bt
built which will relatively speaking
enlarge the grounds to about one
third of their former extent because
one-third of the grounds is contained
within the area of the race track.
According to Judge Henderson, o
Cumberland in handing down al
opinion in the case of Harry w. Yon
ker, charged with driving a Traction
engine with cleats over the state roat
it IL perfectly legal to drive such an
engine over state road for agrlcul
tural purposes, but when a Traction
engine is used as motive power Il
draw a wagon train, then the stat
and county authorities have a RICH
to get out an injunction against tn
engine drivers. About a dozel
county men have been arrested by tn
order OF Resident Engineer Tenne,
in Frederick county, Md, charge,
Win OpC1 dl1OlA VI NlCnbSN
over state roads in that county.
Calanthe Lodge, Knights Of Pythias
No. 133, ait Union Bridge, reports on
applicant elected to receive the ran
Of knighthood at the meeting Of Mon
day evening, August 3rd. Plans ar
on foot for an aggressive movement
which, if carried to a successful con
clusion, will result in a handsom
addition To our roster before VA
close OFT the present term. One .
our active members, Brother Edwar
Jung, has recently removed to Bait
more. We commend Brother Jung t
the fraternal care of our Pythia
brothers in the city and trust that
will avail himself Of the opportunitie
presented for visiting a number 2
Pythian lodges and becoming az
quainted with large number Of on
brother knights.
While driving a two-horse teal
owned by Beasman & Allen, contrat
tors, shortly before 10 o'clock Tues
day morning, James IL. Sullivan,
years old, suffered fracture OF hi
left arm when the team ran down
20-foot embankment. Sullivan is no
confined to the Franklin Square Ho:
pital- The team was loaded wit
dirt, which was to have been used
filling UP underneath the new bridg
att Frederick avenue and Gwynn
Falls, Baltimore. When Sulliva
pulled his team into position to dun
the dirt, the horses started off dow
the embankment. At the bottom (
the hill, the horses fell and Sulliva
w. thrown On top OF them. In tryin
to extricate himself from between th
horses, he was kicked on the arm.
George White, negro, of We'
Friendship, borrowed a gun frol
Robert Day, farmer, saying that \
wa going To kill grounding
short time later he met Edward Hacl
EFT, another negro, who works IL
Day, and is said to have fired at Hacl
EFT, blowing away part of his rigl
shoulder and inflicting other injurie
that may cause the latter's death. Tt
shooting, which was the outcome OF
feud between the negroes, took plac
Monday afternoon, and after search
ing about the woods for hou1
Deputy Sheriff Ritter, one of the poss
that set out on a hunt for White cal
tured him and the gun and turne
him over It'd Sheriff John I'd. Long. Tt
negro ~ held pending the outcome /
Hackett's injuries. DR.. ID. B. Sprecl
er, Of Sykesville, who attended Ii
wounded man, said that his chance
for recovery are slight.