The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-01-16


"A slight ire occurred at the West
minister Metal Foundry plant, John
street, on Wednesday afternoon about
O'Clock The fire company respond
ed to the alarm and extinguished the
blaze
MIR. ID. u. Farrar's property On
Green street, now occupied By Mr..
Fred TT. Knapp and family has been
rented by Mr.. John Il. Bennett, who
will move there in the spring.
"a large meeting or the Woman's
Civic League was held yesterday at
ternoon in the Opera House, when the
work or the past year and plans for
the coming year were discussed and
officers were elected. a report of
what took place Is being prepared for
next weeks Advocate.
MIR. Charles r. Woods, the noted
Prohibition worker, formerly OF Finks-
burg, was operated on by DR.. Finney
at the Union Protestant Inhrmary,
Baltimore. Sunday night for appendi-
citis. lie Is rapidly improving and
there is every hope for speedy re
covery.
II Two cases against the Washington,
Westminster and Gettysburg Railroad
Company were argued in the Maryland
Court OF Appeals, Annapolis, yester-
day. 1t seems that this railroad COM
pany il up against a lot of ill luck in
trying to secure a right-of-Way
through Hyattsville.
" Quick specimens OF worms, believed
to be new pest that is preying upon
fruit trees in this section, were found
by Theodore Mccoy OF Funkstown in
the trunk of an old apple tree he cut
down on his premises. The worms
are nearly an inch long, Of light
brown color and have wirelike tails
about an inch in length.
| Telephone connections have been .es-
tablished this week by the local COM
pany as follows: -Beas-
man Contracting Company, Union
Bridge 19r; David 8. Eyler, near
Taneytown 42-3; Harry L. Feeser,
near Taneytown 42-13; William G.
Feeser, near Taneytown 42-15; Will
lam Hyde, near Union Bridge 1918.
Mr.. Ellsworth Miller, of York, Pa,
was arrested by Officer John Stem, in
this city, on Wednesday upon a war
rant for wife desertion. Miller l.
formerly Of this city but has been liv-
ing for some time in York, Pa. He
left his wife few days ago and came
here. He is in Jail waiting for an
officer of York to take him back to
that city.
High winds swept Carroll county on
Monday and the temperature sank
steadily until the thermometer regis
tered 8 degrees. Accompanying the
wind was a furry OF snow which last
ed but short time. Tuesday was
the coolest day of the winter, the
thermometer registering zero i'm town
and from to below zero in some
places outside Of town. The weather
began to moderate Wednesday night.
Struck by train of the Western
Maryland Railroad Company at Hillen
Station shortly after 9 o'clock last
night, William Bundick, 20 years old,
a window washer, was instantly kill
ed. His body was taken to the
morgue pending an investigation.
Bundick had been at work on a train
and was passing over the tracks when
a train i'm charge of Daniel McBee, the
engineer, was being backed into the
station.
a telegram was received this week
her mother, Mrs. Margaretha Dorsey
Newson, was seriously i'll at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Ella Saunders,
i'm Bristol, Tenn. Mrs. Newson cele-
lbrated her hundredth birthday In this
city the 23rd of last February. She
has many warm friends here Her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
ii. Dorsey Newson, of New York,
In Cfannd nf ~ hnr- hndufdn VA
second telegram received by a friend
here this morning, states that Mrs.
Newson was paralyzed last Friday
night, but is now recovering.
At the annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Reisterstown Savings
Bank, Reisterstown, the following were
elected directors to serve during the
ensuing year: F. H. Zouck, Reister
Russell, Jas. Core, wv. j. Shriver, o. z.
Weller, William Byerly, Albert w.
Fuss. The directors organized by
electing Frank III. Zouck, president;
Reister Russell, vice president; James
Gore. secretary; II. IT. Russell, cash
ier, and John Byerly, assistant cashier.
The Scout troop at Mt. Airy, Md,
under the new leadership OF Scout
master Chester M. Hood, reports re-
newed interest. The Patrols are
holding their weekly meetings at the
homes of the boys. The first of these
meetings was at the home of Patrol
Leader Corydon Gowman and after
the business of the evening Scout
games were played and refreshments
served. The next meeting will be at
the home of Scout Harold Shipley.
AT the regular annual meeting OF
the stockholders of the Westminster
Fertilizer Company held January 10,
the following were elected directors
for the current year: w. U. Marker,
George r.. Marker, John ID. Schaeffer,
| Of j., George H. Hunt, Alfred Steven
son, A. H. Huber, M. Chew, Fl. S.
v Roop and Theo. r.. Englar. The board
organized by electing w. U. Marker,
president; George IT. Hunt, Vice Pres
ident; a. III. Huber, Secretary-Treas-
urer and manager.
"Sculptored Masterpiece" a three
reel Ambrosia will be shown at the
Opera House tonight. This il said to
be most marvellous picture and Is in
teresting from start to finish. Satur-
day another good bill will be put on
Stolen Identity" in reels, How
Women Love-" and An Elephant on
His Hands" The chief vaudeville at
traction will be House and Jeffries in
remarkable act of skill and comedy.
Our citizens should ask MIR. Beach to
secure the great five-reel army and
navy picture. lit is filled throughout