The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-07-17

Mt Walter Savers, Smallwood, is
time keeper for the Hassen Paving
Company. At present he Is located at
Hanover, Pa.
The School Commissioners OF Queen
Anne's county, have awarded a schol-
arship for Western Maryland College
to Aubrey Smoot, of Stevensville.
Three freight cars were OF the
track in the yards i'm this city on
Sunday morning by a freight engine
pushing them through the derailer.
Mr.. Howard Rinehart, SON of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Rinehart, West Main
street, left on Sunday for Atlantic
City, where he has secured a position
with an electrical firm.
MI. Clarence Valentine, Of Creag-
erstown, was in this city Monday to
receive bids from Smith & Reifsnider,
on lumber to build hotel i'm place of
the one recently destroyed by fire.
The Western Maryland Railway
Company will run an excursion from
Baltimore to Cumberland on Sunday,
stopping at this city for passengers.
This will be the first excursion for
several years to run to Cumberland.
The Western Union Telegraph Office
will be moved to the Western Mary
land depot from the Office OF the
manager of the @. & p. Telephone
Company, as soon as an office can be
erected in the waiting room on the
gentlemen's side in the depot.
The Sunday school of the Church of
God, at Carrollton, will hold it's an
nual celebration in Charles Taylor's
Grove, near the church, Saturday
July 25th, beginning at $50 a. m, and
continuing until night A special pro-
gram will be rendered and band will
be in present. All are invited to at
tend.
Elmer Byers, of Union Bridge, who
was learning to ride motorcycle, &C
companied by o. Hess, on another
machine, July ), at a hill near IT.
Buffing ton's residence, on Middleburg
road, lost control of the motor through
defect in the handles, jumped, and
landed on his left foot, sustaining a
fracture Of the bones at the ankle.
The will of the late Edgar McCau-
| ley, of Baltimore, gives 500 to his
the residue will be divided equally be-
and his second wife, Mary o. Nc
Cauley The will was executed i'm
ISL. The second wife also shares a
policy of life insurance with the son.
After eating sand for more than a
year to cure stomach disorders, for
mer Congressman George w. Cromer;
John w. Fitzgibbon, once assistant
state factory inspector, and Harry w.
Long, an attorney, of Muncie, Ind,
say that they have been cured COM
pletely. They say the sand never
failed to relieve them whenever they
had an attack.
The new bus arrived on Sunday
afternoon, and was put into commits
sion the same day. The bus is quite
different from the old one, instead of
being closed up it is open with five inn
mense seats and is capable of holding
five passengers on a seat It is painted
up in a gray color. With the two
buses running Mr.. Bowers can prob
ably handle all passengers.
A notice was sent out BY General
Superintendent Ennis, OF the West
ern Maryland Railway Co, to the
effect that the company will pay of
employees twice a month in the
future instead Of monthly as here
tofore. The new rule, which becomes
effective Immediately, applies to the
whole system. Every employee from
the officials down will be affected.
! To simplify their dispatching ser
vice, the Western Maryland Railway
will put into operation on the West
Virginia division a complete telephone
system. The telephone service has
been in use between Cumberland and
Hager5town and has proved its SUI
lperiority over the telegraph system
\ for handling trains. The telephone
system will also be installed on the
| ConneRsville division.
| Criswell-Mallory Inc, contractors,
who are building the state road from
Frizellburg to Taneytown, will lay a
railroad track and haul stone from
the quarries at Pipe Creek, on the
| DR.. Kelbaugh farm, and distribute
them along the road to the concrete
machine. The engine that is to be
put in service is capable of hauling
eight cars of tons each, making 80
tons at one haul The contractors
say they can save money by this sys-
tenn Of hauling.
Mr. w. III. Koontz, formerly OF
Canada Hill, who secured a Freder-
lex bride by advertising, and who was
married at Frederick several weeks
ago, by Rev. z. Fl. lamar, to Miss
Barbara Smith, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. William III. Smith, OF near Nc
Kaig, has returned to Frederick with
his bride. MIR. Koontz stated he would
endeavor to secure work in Frederick
as his wife prefers to live there and
like to live in Maryland" Mr..
Koontz had been living at Hanover,
Pa.
An automobile party OF seven Lit
tlestown, Pa, people had narrow
escape from serious injury July s at
the big hill at the Shriver farm, near
Union Mills. A broken spindle caus-
ed one of the - wheels to leave the
machine, seven passenger Kline
Kar, belonging to Maurice ~ Wehler,
cashier of the Littlestown Savings
Institution, and other damage was
done to the automobile before it was
stopped. Fortunately the car did not
Ioverturn and the occupants, who in
cluded Mr.. Wehler's family and Mr.
and Mrs. Moudy were unhurt.
Attracting the young men to the
farms instead OF educating them
away from them, as il declared to be