The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-12-04
F O. DIFFENDAL, Manager.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Mr. william R. Yingling, Cranberry,
Tiled three hogs Tuesday, their COM
hinad weight being 1179 pounds.
Mr. Milton II. Leese, Bachman's
valley. slaughtered two hogs, 3O6,
95S and two S month old 228 and PIT.
marriage license was issued in
baltimore on Saturday To Ralph =.
csu and Clara NJ. Garner, of fancy
town, Nd.
The total loss from the foot-and
mouth disease in York and Adams
counties amounts to 600 up TO the
present time.
The collection at the Union Thanks
Giving Day service amounted 70
sl650. II was sent to Mr.. Robert
Garrett for the Belgian Relief Fund.
One OF our subscribers living in
baltimore county made a special trip
IA This city Saturday in order to pay
H. subscription. This proves his
allegiance to the Democratic Advo-
cate.
Horses were sold by weight in West
virginia last week for the first time,
a Martinsburg firm having purchased
n Dair of Purcheron horses for 1O12
cents per pound. The pair weighed
2135 pounds.
Mr.. Charles J.. Thomson. Pennsyi-
yauia avenue, has opened a sale and
exchange stable for buying ali grades
of horses. He conducts his business
At Fl. H. Harbaugh's Palace Stables,
East Main street.
The ladies of Centenary Methodist
Episcopal Church, East Main street,
are holding an oyster supper and fair
in the Social Hall of the church and
will continue it Friday and Saturday
nights of this week.
John w. Humbert, Of Union Mills
has broken ground for a new store
and dwelling house On the lot recent
lv purchased BY him from e. D.
Weant, trustee for Sarah G. Lippy. He
expects to have the building COM
plated By April !, 1915.
Basketball practice has begun at
Western Maryland, and large num-
Der of candidates responded TO the
call OF Coach FELTON,. Although two
of the men who played regularly on
the quint last year were lost by grad
uati0n, the prospects are exception
ally bright for winning squad.
MIR. o. v. Heath, proprietor Of the
Eastern Hotel, had a narrow escape
from injury last Saturday afternoon
near Pikesville when the rear wheel
OF his automobile broke down while
he was running at a lively clip. An
other wheel was procured and put on
am the machine went ON as If nothing
h 1 happened.
Governor Goldsborough stated Mon
day that he had decided to declare
Saturday, December 26, legal holt
doy Christmas will fall on Friday,
and he believes it would be well not
to sandwich a work day between
Christmas and Sunday. Thus the
holidays will begin on Friday and
continue over until Monday.
Martin l.. Main, of Hagerstown, for
merIy Of this city, has filed suit for
81 900 damages against HagerstoWn
officials for building a brick wall ~
feet long and y feet high on the line
between his property on West Frank
lin street and the city market house
The ownership OF the ground on which
the wall is erected is in dispute.
Recommendations from State Audi
tor Ray of changes in methods or &C
counting at the Springfield State Hos
pital for the Insane, Sykesville, were
accepted Monday by the Board 81
Public Works. The recommendations
which have been kept from the pubic,
were made as the result of an audit q
the institutions accounts by the State
Auditor.
large delegation Of taxpayers
were before the County Commission
ers or Baltimore county recently 70
ask for a new road from Me1lke
mill, Baltimore county, to the Carroll
county line near Hampstead. Inc
taxpayers of that section have al
ready raised 1900 While no def
mite promise was made by the Com
missioners they are expected TO act
favorably in the matter.
The State road from Myers lane 20
Sherman's farm on the Manchester
road had all OF the stone laid and
rolled this week. The road may not
be turned over to the State until next
year, as the sides of the road have V
be graded and the road repaired
number of the teams left on Thanks
giving for Hancock, Md, where an
other contract has been awarded the
firm.
On November rs the All Stars bowl
ing team, of Hanover, Pa, defeated =
team from Union Bridge, Md, on the
Casino Alleys, by a margin OF "a pms
Kelly OF the Union Bridge team was
high man with 112 pins to his credit
The highest score OF the All Stars
was 109 by Babylon. The members
of the teams were: All Stars-BaDy-
Ion. Trossel, Sherman, Snyder ano
Kick; Union Bridge-kelly, smith
Palmer, Snyder and Foreman
Advent, the preparatory season TOT
the celebration of Christmas, began
Sunday. It also marks the first day
of the Christian new year me TOUT
weeks of Advent will be especially oD-
served by the ritualistic churches
Catholic. Episcopal, Lutheran and Re
formed. Special services will be he!d
and in the their sermons the preach
ers will admonish the faithful TO pre-
pare themselves worthy 10 ceieDrate
the anniversary OF Christs coming In
to the world On Christmas Day.
Because OF an accident to q freight
train near Maria Furnace November
%, train No. 8, the Pittsburgh Express
was run over the main line to Baltl'
more, while a train was sent from
Hanover and filled out the schedule
from this point To Baltimore. The
accident happened to train 10. 2lS,
night freight which runs daily De-
FWnan Haynrsfnwn and York, and