The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-08-28
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


louisville, has purchased a one-ton
Little Giant truck.
Tha finding III "A would-be suicide in
the person of Dr. William Al. Acker-
man. a prominent physician Of Phila-
deIphia, near Pen-Mar Park Sunday
greatly excited the summer residents
at Pen-Mar and immediate vicinity.
An exchange says a new attach
ment for automobiles is announced.
I'd X a music box, and whenever the
car IL driven 20 miles OF les #
DIars Home Sweet Home" but
when it is sent faster the tune is
Nearer, My God, To Thee"
The Supervisors of Election will
meet at their office on Monday to re-
ceive and file the petitions handed
them by the Local Option forces The
petitions, according To the law passed
INV TIN last Legislature, have To be
filed so days before the coming cleo
ton.
After a successful season Emory
Grove Camp came to a close Sunday.
There were crowds at all the services.
Nanv Of the campers will remain
there for several weeks Rev. Carlisle
Hubbard, who wa the religious di-
rector OF the camp, has left to visit
lis father, Rev DR.. z. l.. Hubbard,
near Cambridge.
A flying leap from an automobile
saved the lives of four men Saturday
afternoon at Chairman, near Blue
Ridge Summit, when their car stopp-
WI on a grade crossing ia front IA "A
raridly approaching freight train Of
wa Pathway The
men escaped with slight injuries, but
the automobile was demolished.
Tn in Canada every married man
volunteering for active service in the
present European war must bring
the written consent of hi wife be
FORE liz will By accepted by the mill
tarr authorities. Maybe III these per
mits we're required everywhere war
would cease to be possible and it
would be listed among the events OF
the past,
William Cook, undertaken, filed q
sui- Monday i'm the Circuit Court az
TDEson claiming $1,000 from the
County Commissioners OF Baltimore
county for damages alleged to have
been sustained to hearse by the
failure of the County Commissioners
or their agents to properly light the
passage way over culvert having
projecting abutments within the road
b6l.
Because Of heavy losses through
tile competition OF the parcel post,
All alleged insufficient margin Of profit
on account of the schedules placed IN
effect last winter by the Interstate
Commerce Commission and the falling
or in business due to the war, the
American Express Company and other
EXPRESS companies have laid or en-
pIoyees in New York and other
cities.
A large automobile party from
Harrisonville, passed through this
city on Monday afternoon in sight
seeing automobile for Luray, Va. The
party expects to be gone week, and
tents, cooking utensils and other artl-
cles we're taken along Those I'm the
party are Mr. and Mrs. Walter O'Dell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson Wright, Mr.
and Mrs. William Gill, Misses Blanche
Choate, Beulah Chalk, Alice Garrett
and A. Lue O'Dell.
On Monday evening while returning
home from this city to SykesFllle an
automobile containing three people,
struck the concrete abutment On the
state road about 200 yards this side
Of Smallwood and badly damaged it.
The cause of the accident was con-
tributed to the head lights going out
as the machine turned the bend to
enter Smallwood The car turned
over but the occupants escaped seri-
oUs injury outside of few bruises
and a good shaking ND. The wreck
was toed to the garage OF klee
Huff for repairs.
State President w. l.. Seabrook is
perfecting plans to place a monu-
ment in June, 1915, at the birthplace
OF Francis Scott Key, and requests
each camp of the Junior order N
American Mechanics To get busy AZ
once and raise funds adequate To
place a fitting tribute to him who
wrote The Star-Spangled Banner, 9
song we use in all our ceremonies
Let each camp at once appoint a
committee to raise as large ar
amount al possible for this fund
Carroll county expects to put 3OC
men In the Star-spangled Banner
parade.
Officer John A. Stem captured nine
motorcycle riders on Sunday who
made a speedway out of our main
thoroughfare Those who paid fines
were John 0. Taylor, 221S East
Chast street; Albert Fisher, 23 Gar
rison avenue; VIM. Cox, Jr-, 1924
Cleveland street; Wilbur " Kirkland
14l1 10th street, and Albert Mendels
1916 Eutaw Place, of Baltimore!
Roger w. Weaver, Funkstown, Md;
Joseph Earl, Woodlawn, Md; Ray
mond Dayhoff, Uniontown, Nd, and
Morlert Daley, this city officer Stem
stated that some of the above riders
were going 90 miles ara hour
Freight engine No. OBS, running
light, eastbound, collided with engine
No. 321, running backwards, about
three-quarters of mile west Of
Edgemont, on the Western Maryland
Railway, Monday evening, injurine
four trainmen. The eastbOund engine
wa i'm charge of Engineman Smith
OF Hagerstown, while Enginemar
Mammalian comprised the westbount
crew. Both engines we're running al
about % miles an hour when they
crashed together, and most of tbs
men, when they realized that wreck
was inevitable, jumped. Conductor
Taylor was severely injured, while
the others escaped with minor inju-
ries Tha wreck is said To b. due tc
the westbound crew overlooking or.
ders to pass the eastbound engine al
Doth ouoinac and fhn On.