The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-01

The fellow who tries to get through
Iffe on his face naturally has a hard
cheek.
MANY a fellow won't take no for
IN answer till the girl says yes to
some other fellow.
No man has mastered the science
of drinking until be can hit the bot
tIe without being hit back
Many a fond parent has realized
that il is better to keep q young
man in check than to keep him In
checks.
Quite a number of young men In
this county took the civil service ex-
animation for rural carriers at
the High School Building Saturday.
MIR, William G. Simpson, teller at
the Westminster Deposit & Trust
Company, handed his resignation to
fine hoard of directors, which was &C.
ceJted.
The Republican County Central
Committee met in the Opera House
Wednesday morning and organized
wv electing Theodore X. Brown,
chairman and Lewis Shriver secre-
-tary.
On Monday the formal notification
~ the Democratic State candidates
will take place at the Hotel Rennert,
Baltimore, at II o'clock noon. "a
number Of our Democrats from this
60 lnty will attend.
MIR. Voter are you aware that Tues
day, October 5, between q. m, and
9 D. m, il the last day you can
register to vote at the coming cleo
ton. Let every Democrat attend TO
being registered on the above date NO
he can vote the straight ticket on
November z.
"a Sunday school Rally will be held
at Thomas Chapel on October 10. at
go b. n. There will be good address
e. by prominent speakers, singing
and recitations by the children Of
TIE school, In case or bad weather
it will be held on October ~. Every
body welcome
Last Sunday. September 26, four B.
=. wv Westminster Troop. Nos. I and
2, namely Derr, Diffendal, Edwards
and Miller, cycled to Manchester,
Hampstead and various places Ed
wards and Miller had cycled 70 New
7 indsor, Union Bridge, Uniontown
e.c., two Sundays ago. making an
q eraga, of 81 miles per trip.
The September term Of the Fred
erick county grand jury completed
its 15-day session late Friday after
noon and filed with Judges UrneT
and Worthington Its report In which
the dominant feature was the scoring
of the present primary election law
and the recommendation that the law
be repealed
Samuel II. Rosenstock, manager
and vice-president Of the Frederick
City Packing Company, Frederick
was Friday night found guilty 81
violation OF the State Child Labor act
ana fined So. or the hundreds OF
children employed during the vaca-
ton period 10 Frederick this Is the
only violation that has been discov-
cred.
North Branch Public School al
Harrisonville has been closed indefi-
nitely by the health officer. Tbs
reason for this action Is a diphtheria
epidemic which has swept over Har-
risonville and the adjacent rural dis
tricts Three cases have developed
during the last week and all OF the
victims have been pupils at the
North Branch School.
At a regular business meeting OF
the Church Of the Brethren, i'm Balti-
more city, on September a. Elder W
Z. Roop, Of this city,i was elected
Presiding Elder OF the Fulton Avenue
Congregation for a term of two years
In addition to his regular pastoral
duties here, Elder Roop has also
five year charge Of the congregation
located in Long Green Valley.
John, 10-year-old son of o. Edward
Stoutfer, Western Maryland Railway
night telegraph operator at Edge
mont, was run over and killed Sat
urday near Edgemont by locomo-
tive which he attempted to board
The boy had been riding the engine
and attempted to grab the hand
catch on the tender. It was too high
and he missed his hold and fell I'm
der the locomotive. His body was sat
in two across the hips.
The Western Maryland Railway
earnings for the third week in Sep
TENDER still show consistent gains
over the corresponding period OF last
year. The total for the week was
$207,437.27, an increase Of $780,
S6557. For the three weeks on Sep
TENDER the earnings were $612, 435.44,
against $502,715.10 for the same
period Ia 1914. The reports for the
current fiscal year indicate an in
crease OF 1854, 1859.
Twenty-one coal cars were wreck
ed Saturday on the Western Mary
land Railroad, on the Maryland side
OF the Potomac river, just opposite
keyser, wv. Wa. The wreck was caus-
ed by a broken fiange- No one is
known to have been injured, but the
engineer said he saw two tramps
board the train shortly before the
accident. AZ search was made and
one man was found under car in
The wreckage. He was only slightly
injured. The other tramp has not
been seen and 1T IL feared he H. I'M
DER the wreckage..
On Monday afternoon last Past
State President Seabrook, or the
Patriotic Order Sons of America,
made an address to about five hun
dred boys and girls and half that
number of adults, at the Patrick
Henry" public school, near Patterson
Park avenue, and Biddle street, Bal
timore- The occasion was the pre-
sentation to the school BY Washing
ton Camp No. o, of Baltimore, of ca