The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-02-20

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A fur neck-piece was found near
The Advocate Office one day this
week. The owner can have 1t by
calling here and identifying it.
An oyster supper will be served
Saturday evening by the Finksburg
school, If the weather Is unfavor
able IL will BE- served Monday even
ing.
Mr.. Charles E. Fink has sold four
building lots on Liberty street ex-
tended, to Eugene Mccartney, Miss
Alma McCaffrey, Thomas Rickell and
William j. Utz.
Mr.. George T. Eyster, of Emmits-
burg, died at his home on Wednesday
morning. He il well-known jeweler
of that place, having lived there Ill
his life.
Rev. DR.. H. L. Elderdice, of the
Westminster Theological Seminary,
will deliver an address tonight at
Lauraville Methodist Protestant
Church On -Old Sweethearts.
Elder j. X Miller, Of the DR.. White
Bible School, of New York, is con-
Quoting Bible class session this week
at the Brethren Church, on Bond
street. The meetings are held each
evening with good attendance.
After working all winter Mr.. Clar-
ence Zahn, East Main street, has
eventually invented a whistle out Of
pump used to pump air into automo-
bile tubes. The chauffeur that carries
1t on his car will certainly have TO
get up some steam (wind) to make 1t
blow.
When it il considered that there Il
only one bank to every 9T00 persons
in the United States, while in the
United Kingdom there is one to ev-
cry 3407 persons, and in Canada one
to every 300 persons, it cannot be
said that too many people in this
country pay by check
Bankers and merchants OF Freder-
lex have detected the. circulation Of
spurious half-dollars supposed to
have been sent to that city. Tho
coins are new, or the dates OF 1911
and 1912, and are 80 good an imita-
ton that many have been passed. 1t
is regarded as a dangerous counter
felt and a number are supposed to be
in circulation.
While on his way to attend funer-
al Eli Bortner, 73 years old, was
struck by a pusher engine on the
Northern Central railroad at Glen
Rock. The aged man was wandering
across the tracks in snowstorm To
board the train. His defective hear
ing, it is believed, prevented him from
hearing the approach of the engine.
The accident took place in view OF
dozen or more persons.
The following extract Is from o
letter written by Mr.. j. Brooke Fink,
from North Yakima, Wash: Il was UP
at the ranch all day YESTERDAY with q
man who il an authority on pruning,
and spent a very profitable day tle
was we'll pleased with our trees. IL
the weather continues mild will be-
! gin pruning next week and will be at
the ranch every day. 1t will take me
and two others about thirty days 70
prune 10000 trees"
On February 9, the fires of Wash
ington Camp, No. 80, P. o. S. of A., Of
MARYLAND We're kindled at Dublin,
Hartford county, by the state e1ecu-
\ tive committee There were 80 names
on the charter warrant and 81 Of
them were present The camp was
organized by Brother Eugene Wor-
\ thington, Of Washington Camp, No
N 73, vi Hampstead. Brother Worthing-
\ ton has already organized Camps "a,
70, 81, SO and indirectly rs, and now
has added No. 80.
The little hamlet of Della was dis
turbed late Monday night when a
fight started at the home Of Urls
NALL, Stony Row. Clarence Nall Is
suffering with cuts on his arm. When
the excitement was at its height Pa
trolman West appeared on the scene,
arrested the father, Urls Nall; his
four sons, Orval, Clarence, Edward
and Sylvester Naill, and a boarder,
William Fogle, and locked them up in
\ the Gainesville Police Station on the
charge Of being disorderly.
Certainly that grounding who re
tired to his Information was some
| prophet Mother earth, as viewed
| from without, has been no place FOR
such weaklings a. that gentle crest
ure. Winters long-delayed arrival
must be accounted as something re-
markable in the severity of its cold,
and there is still abundant time for
plenty of snow. The great storm of
| 1883, which has gone down in history
AZ ''the blizzard" did not make its
appearance until the second week OF
March-still nearly a full month
away.
The Mems Club Of Reisterstown
and Glyndon has arranged with the
Maryland Agricultural College for
series of six lectures, to be held at
Franklin High School, ReisterstoWn.
The club il a community club, hold
i'm 1T meetings once month az enc
Franklin High School. 1t has
membership Of 100, and is very much
| interested in matters pertaining to
the community. 1t has endorsed the
proposed bond issue Of 100000 for
schools, and has strongly advocated
the purchase Of the Reisterstown
turnpike by the State Roads Commits
sion.
On Tuesday Doyle & Magee, dealers
lin agricultural implements, signed
the lease OF the building occupied by
them so it could be remodeled for the
occupancy of the Carroll Merchandise
Company, and Mr.. George a. Bixler.
The floors OF the building will be
lowered almost level with the street,
requiring but one step to reach the
landing. The Carroll Merchandise
Company will occupy the room used
BY Doyle e Magee, and Mr. George -
Bixler the side vacated by The Mer-
chandise Company. MIR. Bixler viii
fit ND a smoking room to accom-