The Democratic advocate., 1915-04-23
Straw hats have made their ap-

water. but below and above it-Welli
Al There will be another excursion to
Pittsburgh tomorrow. The passen-
gers will 90 on the 11.47 a. m train,
Mr., George Sneak, Mt. Pleasant,
owns hog that has eleven pigs nine
days old weighing from eight to nine
pounds each.
Postmaster General Burleson t.
sued statement defending the stand
Of his department for reduced rates
for the transportation OF mails.
Sunday school will be reorganized
Sunday at Warfeldsburg at 1.3O p.
III. Preaching at 2.3O y. m., BY Rev.
q. T. Tiffany. Good attendance is re-
quested.
MIR. Joshua Ditman, Pennsylvania
avenue, has been a subscriber to The
Advocate for 81 consecutive years
and in that time he has never missed
one edition.
The Ladies' Mite Society OF Pipe
Greek Church will hold a name social
in Medford Grange Hall, at Medford,
Saturday, April "a, at 8 D. m. The
public il cordially invited.
The @. g. P. Telephone Company
was done out Of several quarters on
!. Sunday by some person depositing a
tag about the size of a quarter into
the telephone deposit box at the rail-
road depot
Mr.. Joshua Snyder, the capable
engineer on the shifter between Union
Bridge and this city, has moved from
Baltimore to Union Bridge, where he
Is comfortably located In a property
that il convenient to his work.
LaTena's circus which exhibited
here Monday brought to this city a
small number of people The crowd
was not as large as on previous at
J fractions of the kind, due to the
busy season of the farmers, we sup
pose
Bernard Lynch, Oh Baltimore, while
driving an automobile on North
avenue, struck the motorcycle Of
Joseph Ronoser, at $50 O'Clock Sat
urday evening ROnoser was knock
ed off the motorcycle and his left
leg was injured.
\ Arthur Jones, of Baltimore, and
Frank Smith, Of New York, were
arrested by Western Maryland Rail-
way detectives Saturday on the noun
| tain, near Highfield, charged with
robbing three freight cars at High
field. Some shoes, cigarettes and
other things were taken from the
cars, it il alleged
Wednesday afternoon while Mr..
Joshua Thomas Barnes, carpenter
residing on the Deer Park Road, was
working on the Junior Order Hall, at
Gambler, hatchet fell on him cutting
/ his head severely. DR.. Wells dressed
the wound and on Thursday afternoon
he was taken to St. Agnes Hospital,
Baltimore, in Mr.. George Benson's
\ car
v Mr. y. Hampton Baumgartner, the
press agent of the company, is pre-
pairing a history OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad from the beginning,
/ and also an interesting article On
what has been accomplished by
| President Willard i'm the expenditure
Of 800 100000 for the improvement
and betterment OF the physical con
dition of the road, and also in the up
liftment Of its moral standard. This
will no doubt BE- a most interesting
narrative
Rev DR.. Lincoln a. Ferris. pastor
OF Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church, Baltimore, has
accepted an invitation to deliver the
address at the commencement EXer-
cises of the Westminster High
School, to be held in the Assembly
Hall of the High School Building on
Tuesday evening. June Sth. DR..
Ferris IL one OF the most eloquent
public speakers in Maryland, and the
High School Is to be congratulated
ny hayirm CaatrrnI bic cnruinnr ifc
Commencement orator.
The jury summoned by Sheriff
Leonard Quinlan to inquire into the
condition of the portion of the Bal
! timore and Reisterstown turnpike,
| located In Baltimore county, met
Saturday at the courthouse at Tow
son and, after hearing testimony, de-
cided that the road was not in the
condition it is required to be kept
The turnpike company has 10 days
i'm which to appeal to the Circuit
| Court against the verdict Of the jury,
and il this il not done, an order will
be passed preventing the collection Of
toll on the road. The turnpike COM
pany il represented by Thomas a.
Murray and Elmer J. Cook. Nego-
tiations are pending for the pur-
chase of the turnpike by the State
Roads Commission.
7 Japanese Tea to be given BY the
ID e A Society of the Reformed
church, Friday, May "A, at 7.30 p. m,
III the armory, directly above the
Opera House Mention was made in
last weeks paper Of the program
consisting OF selections from a
Japanese Operetta. Directly after
the musical part OF the program tea
and waters will be- served by wait
resses in costume, while the stage
setting II being prepared for the
play This sketch called The Lady
from Philadelphia" is very humorous
with quick, snappy action. Four
male and four female characters
comprise the cast. Ice cream, straw
berries, cake and candy will b. sold
from charming Japanese booths after
the performance.
Horses ID well trained that they
can harrow field without a driver
are something, as rule unknown,
but County Commissioner Frank M
Stevens, of Creagerstown, vouches
for the truth of this story, which he
told ON Monday When / was COM
ing to Frederick ! saw the horses
hitched To the harrow ON the farm of
Raymond Null, taken to the field.
saw the driver 60 back to the barn