The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-05-21

! planting corn.
MIR. William w. Mitten, East Main
street, is dangerously ill with blood
poison.
Berrett Base Ball Team will play
| Gambler, Ak Gambler, Saturday after
noon at D. ~.
MIR. Thomas Wheeler, Gambler, liz
having his residence painted. Mr..
Albert Gambler, painter.
Herr & Babylon, automobile agents,
have sold four carloads OF Ford
automobiles SO far this season.
Company III. made its appearance
% the street Monday night and
marched down Main street, making q
fine appearance.
MT. Joseph l.. Matthias, East Main
street, placed the foundation for the
Francis Scott Key Monument. at
keysville, this week.
The Children's Day service of
Providence Methodist Protestant
church will take place on May 80. All
are cordially invited to attend.
Mt and Mrs. M. =. Tyler, of Balti-
more, are having a suburban cottage
built on Main avenue, Montebello
Terrace, and will be completed the
end OF the month.
The Carroll County Executive of
the w. G. =. r., Will meet On June 5,
at 30 p. m, in the new headquarters
In The Times Building 1t is desired
that all members be present.
The annual memorial service OF
Providence Methodist Protestant
church will take place on Friday, Nav
70. Rev. ]. M. Holmes will deliver
the message. ALL are welcome.
The Christian Endeavor Society OF
Providence Methodist Protestant
church will hold a strawberry festi-
val on Saturday evening, June 5. All
are very cordially invited to attend.
DR.. #. II. Lewis, president OF West
ern Maryland College, took part in
the formal installation or Or. Frank
Johnson Goodnow as president OF
johns Hopkins University, of Balti-
more, yesterday.
a number Of horses have been en-
tered in series OF friendly races to
be held at VOLTS Stock Farm, at
Markers Mill, Md, on Saturday, May
18th. No fees are charged and the
track is open to all.
Monday will be Whit-Monday and
Manchester will hold its usual cele-
bration- This is Manchester's red
letter day and is always attended by
a large crowd of people. The thirst
feature will be red lemonade with
stick In 1t.
Word has been received from Noah
M. Miller and his cousin, A. T.. New
conner, who left last Thursday for the
West. They expect to reach Yonngs-
town, Ohio, the latter part of this
week From there they will 20 to
Toledo and other places OF interest.
Both are having a fine time and en-
joying the best OF health
The @. G. p. Telephone Company in
stalled the following new telephones:
II. g. y. Stouffer, near Millers, Hamp-
stead 46-3; Harvey 5. Burgoon. Man
chester, Hampstead 2-14; r. w. Nc.
culloh, Hampstead 80; Mrs. Dorsey
Claggett, Butler, near Carrollton,
Westminster S22-21; John f. Crosse,
Manchester, Hampstead 34-2.
The season at Pen-Mar park Will be
informally opened, Saturday, May 20.
Prof. John BohTs orchestra will be
present. The park will be kept open
Sunday, May 80, and on Monday, May
81, Memorial day will be observed in
the usual manner, with the conces-
sions il operation. After May 81, the
park will be closed until about the
middle OF June.
Georgia A. Burney, colored, was
awarded verdict Monday afternoon
AZ Hagerstown Of $500 against the
Western Maryland Railway Company
for injuries sustained in February,
1913, while riding on a passenger
train which collided with a freight
train at Charlton. The jury was out
one and one-half hours. The negress
sued for $4,000 damages.
On Ascension Day Church officers
were elected at Silver Run as follows:
Reformed, Elders, Calvin E. Bankert
and John +. Maus; Deacons, George
L. Dutterer and John w. b. Flick
niger. Lutheran, Elders, Claude
Lawyer, y. Charles Matthias and Geo.
W. Yeiser; Deacons, Frank Matthias
and Franklin Fl. Myers. The Reform
ed congregation voted to increase the
salary of the pastor, Rev. s. Charles
Hoover, from $500 to $1,000 per year.
There will BE- a flag presentation BY
the State Camp Of Maryland Patriotic
Order Sons of America to the Union
town Public School on Saturday az
ternoon, May 22nd. Addresses will
be delivered by State President VIM.
w. Seabrook and Past State President
Dr. Luther Kemp. An appropriate
program viii be rendered by the
school. All members of the order liz
the neighborhood are requested to be
in attendance wearing their badges,
and the public generally is invited to
be present.
The Western Maryland Railroad
some time ago inaugurated very
modern priced excursion to Pitts
5urgh, and in another column will be
found an advertisement calling at
tention to another one for tomorrow.
The rate Is $500 for the round trip
which IS most reasonable, and will
afford anyone who wishes to stay a
day in Pittsburgh an opportunity to
do SO that is seldom offered them.
Information regarding this trip, with
train schedule, ETC., can be obtained
from Western MarylaLd agents.
The Democrats have carried Balti-
more by a large majority, but We are
not surprised to learn from Republic
can papers that there is no national
significance in this; 1t liz merely q
tribute to the popularity of the Dem
Ocratic candidate. But when Chicago
elected a Republican MayOr every Re-