The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-11-06
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

nave taken out licenses at Towson to
hunt in Baltimore county.
Tba saloon keepers have raised the
Dricp of liquor to Is cents drink on
the colored people, it is said.
some people never accomplish any
thing because they spend all their
lives talking about what they are e.
Ing to do
halloween passed off as usual and
with the same destruction to property
"a IN past years. A show case at the
Eagle Clothing store was pushed over
and smashed.
Mrs. =. J. Groh, youngest daughter
of Frank T. Mammalian, died at Spring
field. Ohio, at 1890 o'clock Sunday
morning, November u, aged twenty
nine years.
Rev. Calvin ). Slagle, ID D., pastor
OF st. Pauls Reformed Church, Bond
street, was elected president Of the
Potomac Synod Of the Reformed
Church at the opening session IN Al
toona, Pa, on October II.
MIR. Harry ID. Fowble. West Main
street has purchased the e. o. Grimes
property, opposite John street, from
w. Frank Thomas, trustee. Mr.
Fowble will move. in the property
next week.
When am erroneous statement gets
into a newspaper the Hammer Club
gets mighty busy. But il you are al
ways al careful what you say a. the
newspapers are you won't get into
much trouble.
The Ladies' Aid and Christian En-
deavor Society of Providence Metho-
dist Protestant Church will hold an
oyster supper at the Gambler Hall on
November 26, q and %, beginning at
3 N. IN. All are very cordially invited
to attend.
All the base ball world received
with a gasp Of keen surprise the an
nouncement that Eddie Plank, Chief
Bender and Jack Coombs, than whom
greater trio of pitchers never per
formed at one time for the Athletics,
had theiE- names erased from the ros-
ter Of the team they helped win five
American League penants.
Ten tickets were sold from this
station on Saturday night on the
special excursion run by the Western
Maryland Railway to Pittsburgh.
the train reached Pittsburgh. The. ex-
cursion vas success. The excursion
on its return trip arrived In this city
at s o'clock Monday morning.
Clarence Cootes, colored, who was
arrested about two years ago in
Taneytown for robbery and sent to the
House of Correction, where he escaped
last August was located i'm York, Pa,
by Chief Of Police John A. Stem, and
arrested on Friday in that place and
delivered To the House OF Correction
on Sunday morning. There was a
small reward offered for Coote's cap
ture. which hardly paid the expenses
for officer Stems trouble.
MIR. Jesse r.. Berman was appointed
Notary Public for the State OF Mary
land, October 20, by the Governor. Mr..
herman il chief clerk to the general
foreman al Hillen Station, Baltimore.
and has been with the railroad COM
pany about two years, having started
In the blacksmith shop at Union
Bridge. BY energy and ability he has
rapidly been promoted to his present
position.
In addition to the half-dozen forest
fires that have been burning on North
and South Mountains, new fire of
considerable proportions broke out on
the west side OF South Mountain and
have nearly reached Pen-Mar Park. All
the cottages and amusement buildings
at the resort were threatened with
destruction, but a large force OF fire
lighters has apparently checked the
spread of the flames in the direction
OF the park
The report of the Western Maryland
Railway Company for September II
regarded by the officials as one of the
most satisfactory the company has
issued since the present management
TOOK control. 1t shows an increase in
the net operating income for the first
Tune In months, although the volume
OF gross business was less than for
the corresponding month last year.
The saving has been effected Tn the
rigid economies President Carl r.
Gray has put into effect since he be-
came head OF the road. For the
month the expenses have shown a de-
cline Of e53,118, while for the three
months ended September 30 the de-
crease was $147,503. The greatest
saving in both instances has been in
transportation expenses.
Willard Staub, aged Is years, son
ot Mr George r. Staub, near Union
Town disappeared from his home on
october 81. when he started from his
brothers, MIR. James Staub, Wakefield,
TOT his home. When he started from
his brothers he rode as far as the
cross roads, about mile up the road,
with NIT. Pete Zile, where he cot out
Oh the buggy and started to walk. A
stranger. supposed to be- tramp,
described alb 6-feet inches tall, black
nalr and heavy eye lashes came along
and took young Staub with him, a.
tney were seen together I'm Union
Bridge on Sunday night, October 25,
No. &c meadow OF MIR. Joseph Smith,
wnere they were camping. His
tatner has been going day and night
lying 70 locate his whereabouts On
FRIDAY last Information was sent To
nus father that the stranger was seen
a. WalkerSville, but the boy was mot
S wltn MIN, supposlng he had young
Stau0 secluded some where until a
neight came along 20 they could skip
unuer darkness. Young Staub goes
W and answers to the name OF Tommy
10 htg neighborhood. Twenty-Five
collars reward has been offered for
sue return to his father. HE can be
Inscribed a. follows: Weighs 100
pounds; about y feet tall; has blue
eyes and light hair.