The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-05-22

Charles county voted dry on Satur-
day by majority Of 974 over the
vets.
Mr. Lewis Haifiey, OF Union Mills, n
at the Maryland Homeopathic Hos
pital, Baltimore, for an operation.
Mr. Truman B Myers, this county
a bluejacket OF our Navy, is stationed
at Vera Cruz, Mexico. He is on the
Nebraska.
"A marriage license was issued al
Towson on Saturday to Leroy R. Reif-
snider, Middleburg, and Elsie Thomp-
son Burton, Upper Falls, Md
Western Maryland College reserve
ball team was defeated by the Blue
kidge College club, at New Windsor
on Saturday last by score of to L
Death rate in the United States was
higher by y Of 4 per cent In 1919
than in 1912, according to a statement
by the Census Bureau in Washington
this week.
Eight cars were derailed and one
man was injured in a freight wreck
on the Western Maryland Railway,
near Jacks Mountain Tunnel. Satur-
day morning. The train, through
freight. was coming down the noun
tain when the last seven cars with
the caboose, jumped the track and
rolled over, carrying with them
brakeman John Harbaugh, who was
seriously injured Traffic was block
ed for several hours.
Frederick county will have no sum-
mer school this year. All plans to
have Carroll, Montgomery and Wash
ington counties join with Frederick
county in big summer school to be
held in Frederick county have been
dropped. The Frederick County School
Board, which organized on Wednes-
day, May 18th, with two new mem
bers, reported that there would be no
summer school, because of the late
ness OF drafting plans.
Mrs Anna NJ Harris, 35 years old,
a trained nurse living in Baltimore,
was arrested last week on the charge
OF stealing a diamond ring. She con
fessed to stealing jewelry at various
places valued at $500. Mrs. Harris
was engaged to nurse the late William
r. Fowler, Of this county, during his
illness. Almost all of the jewelry in
the Fowler house was missing when
she left. Mrs. Harris says she be-
lieyes she is a victim of kleptomania.
She il out on bail.
Rock Hill made it two straight from
Western Maryland College by win
ming, ii to 3, at Ellicott City Saturday
afternoon. The boys from up the
state were entirely outclassed. How
ard, of Western Maryland, struck out
liz of the Rock Hill players, but, while
his team mates were assisting In re-
firing the other men IS hits and II
runs were made In the second in
ming Meyers, Of Western Maryland,
went back to the fence in leftfield and
made a pretty one-hand catch of a
hard-hit drive, robbing the batter Of
a three-base hit.
First steps were taken to place
university and collegiate education in
Maryland on higher plane when
Governor Goldsborough, in compli-
ance with an act of the last legis-
lature, appointed six regents, one
from each Congressional district of
the Maryland State University, an in
stitution created by cooperation OF
the several colleges and professional
Lewis and Hon. Joshua W. Miles will
represent Western Maryland College;
and Herbert c. Bixler and j. Walter
Englar, Blue Ridge College.
George H. Houck, who for many
years has been identified with the
theatrical business in Baltimore, Sat
urday celebrated his eighty-aixth
birthday. He entertained a number
of old friends at dinner at the Hotel
Rennert Mr.. Houck. in spite of his
advanced age, is enjoying good health,
For many years it had been Mr..
Houck's custom to give dinner on
his birthday, and a few years ago he
discontinued the dinners, but Satur-
day night he gathered a number Of
his old friends around him and enter
tanned them. Mr. Houck was born in
Manchester, Nd.
The following Masons from Man
chester and Hampstead paid frater-
nal visit to Patmos Lodge No. 34S, F.
& "a. MI. at Hanover, Pa, Friday ev-
ening: Past Masters George H. Show
er, DR.. A. M. Bush, j. w. Hoffacker,
III. M. Musselman and Robert McJ.
Shower, Samuel I'll. Adkins, Charles ].
H. Ganter, Amis Shultz, Edward Tip
ton, Guy Henson, Harold Frankforter,
John Bush, Elwood Murray, Edward
Cox, f. B. Newbell; ]. p Baltozer, ID.
o. Martin and Harry Blocher. Fol-
lowing the work of the Master
Mason's degree, the lodge repaired to
the Mansion House for refreshments.
County Commissioner Frank nj.
Stevens has become recruit to the
ranks of demonstration farmers of
Frederick county, and Saturday Coun-
ty Farm Demonstration Emory O.
Remsberg went to Mr.. Stevens farms,
near Creagerstown, for the purpose Of
giving him instruction along the lines
required for tracts for demonstration
purposes. The fact that Mr.. Stevens
has consented to place portion Of
his farm aside for demonstration pur-
poses is regarded Of special signifi-
canoe, for as a member of the Board
of County Commissioners H. refused
to set aside any Of the county's money
to pay a portion of the salary of the
farm demonstration.
Mrs. Frank Taylor, colored, Of Mt.
Airy is at the Montivue Hospital,
Frederick, suffering from burns which
her physician says will prove fatal
and her two children, aged IA months
and 3 years respectively, are being
cared for by relatives at Mt. Airy,
both suffering with horrible burns, as
the result of an explosion of a can of
cOal-old i'm her home Saturday. The
home was destroyed. About 10 o'clock
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