The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-02-27

Y The western Maryland College
base ball club ia scheduled to play
the Maryland Agricultural team on
May ?, at College Park
Committees OF the Woman's Civic
League met yesterday afternoon nc
the residence OF Mrs. Charles e.
4 Stewart and made plans to hold an
oyster supper and bazar In Firemen' q
Hall the evenings of March 10, 20 and
21.
MIR. Arthur @. Englar, who conducts
a machine shop for automobile re-
pairing at Herr az Babylon's coach
shop, West Main street, has purchas-
ed an up-to-date lathe and drill which
will arrive shortly. With the install
shop will be able to handle all kinds
of work.
A wrench has been missing from a
hose reel of the fire company since
the Gorsuch fire. II any person has
found the wrench the fire company
would thank him to return it. as it
can only be of use to the company. It
ID used only around a fire plug In
case Of fire, when turning on the
water.
Mrs. Austin Gallagher, of Carroll
Orchards, chairman Of the tree com
mittee Of the Baltimore Civic League,
addressed large meeting held at the
home of Miss Katherine Frick in Bal
timore yesterday. Mrs. Gallagher
said that the committee was working
to arouse greater interest In the plant
ing of trees for purposes of health,
beauty and economy.
| Members of the committee in
charge or the trades display parade
to be held during the Homecoming
Week in June were on the town Sat
urday getting the various business
places to enter floats or some attrac-
ton to make the parade a success.
Nearly all of the business men have
signified their intention of entering,
by placing their names on a subscrip-
ton list handed to them.
All those who are interested IN the
University Extension course of lee
lures, which proved SO entertaining
and instructive this winter, and who
Y desire to hear the lectures continu-
ed next year, are requested to meet
in the lobby of the Times Building
this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Sixty-five
tickets have been pledged already, but
the sale Of 200 tickets will be neces-
sary to guarantee the expenses of
the course.
\ Dr. Claude a. Stoncipher, formerly
Of this county, convicted of commit
ing statutory offense, lay on his bed
in the hospital at the Maryland House
of Correction, at Jessups, Saturday
and said he did not expect to live
much longer He is suffering from
Bright's disease and physicians say
at the best he can live but two years
more, even though he were granted
the conditional pardon considered by
Governor Goldsborough, which was
recently denied.
| Governor GoIdsborough on Friday
sent in the following additional ap-
Ipointments for Carroll county to the
Senate to be confirmed; School Com
missioners, y. Wesley Hoffacker, Man
chester, and DR.. William D. Hopkins.
Mt. Airy, both being re-appointed
and both being Democrats. Supervis-
ors OF Election, o. Moritz Zepp, West
minister, and William F. Bricker,
Taneytown, Republicans, and Edward
o. Diffendal, Westminster, Democrat,
the last being reappointed.
James A. Harbold was awarded
$4 900 III a damage suit against the
Western Maryland Railway, at fork,
(PaD Court yesterday. Harbold was
brakeman in the employ of the COM
pany, and on March s, 1913, while
helping to shift cars at Spring Grove,
knocked against a car standing on
the siding and was badly hurt about
the head, face and arms. Harbold
alleged that the company was negli-
gent in putting its siding too close
to the main tracks and not allowing
sufficient room for trains to pass.
Abolition of the 400 road supervis-
ors of Washington county and the
changing of the entire system Of road
building in the county was recon-
mended by County Surveyor Ernest R.
Darby, who was appointed county
road superintendent at a salary of
81 500 a year, at a meeting Of the
County Commissioners last week. The
recommendation was adopted. The
county will be divided into 16 road
districts, each containing about 40
miles OF road, under road foreman,
who will be in charge of all road
building and repairing in his district.
The foremen will be appointed by the
County Commissioners, but will take
their instructions from the county
road superintendent.
Those of our readers who are so
fortunate as to have net incomes of
over $4,000 Tor $4,000 in case of hus-
band and wife, should bear in mind
that under the provisions of the Fed
eral Income Tax law sworn returns
must be made to the Collector of In
ternal Revenue on or before March i
for the purposes of taxation. The
penalty for not making such returns
is not less than $40 nor more than
ST. 900 in every case" No return Of
incomes not exceeding $4,000 is re
quired. The necessary blanks for
making returns may be secured from
John B. Hanna. Esq, Collector Of
Internal Revenue, Baltimore. In
getting at ones net income no deduc-
tions are made for personal, living or
family expenses.
Mr.. John Trite, Pennsylvania
avenue, was seriously injured on Sat-
urday afternoon about l o'clock in
front of the residence Of DR.. John y.
Stewart, on Pennsylvania avenue,
when Mr.. George Sherman, who was
driving along in his sleigh, ran over
him, breaking three ribs and bruis-
| Ing his face considerably Mr. Trite