The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-05-28
Monday being Decoration Day no
mail will be delivered by the rural

Oh the Dlrtn OF son..
The fast mail bumped head-on into
a freight engine near Detour yester-
day morning. The only damage sus-
tanned was two broken pilots.
Miss Moreno May Everhart, a
student of the Westminster High
School, made "a perfect mark i'm her
attendance during the school terms.
Yesterday was the coolest May 27
i'm the history of the weather bureau.
Nearly all vegetation was killed by
the heavy frost Fruit also suffered
Sister Mary Fortunate, who died
May 10, Mt tile Notre Dame, i'm Balti-
more, was at one time an instructor
at C Johns Parish School. She
was buried Friday.
The Medford Grange will hold an
ice cream and strawberry festival on
Thursday evening, June 10, In Med
ford Hall. Music to enliven the oc-
casion will be present.
MIR. Jesse Bale, trustee OF J.
Howell Taylor, trading az the Carroll
Merchandise Company, sold the stock
and fixtures, &C., In the Red front
Store to bedford Grocery Company,
for $2300
Miss Alice Toon, teacher of mathe-
mates OF the Mt. Airy High School.
was operated upon in Baltimore
hospital Monday for appendicitis. She
IL getting along nicely Miss Toon IL
from North Carolina.
The State Roads Commission put on
record at the Clerks Office yesterday
the deed OF the Baltimore and Refs
terstown Turnpike Co. The purchase
price was $4,000, and the length of
the road required was "a miles.
The ladies or the Home for the Aged
of the Methodist Protestant church,
on East Main street, will hold an Ice
cream and strawberry festival at the
home on Saturday afternoon and eV-
ening, May 20. The public is cordial
ly invited.
The deed for the Baltimore and
Reisterstown Turnpike Company was
placed on file Saturday i'm the office
OF the Clerk OF the Court for Balti-
more county conveying the turnpike
to the State Roads Commission for a
consideration OF $4,000.
Edward Miest, of Greensboro, n c.,
travelling salesman, was struck Fri
day by Western Maryland freight
train at Chewsville, while walking
from Hagerstown to Smithsburg, and
was seriously injured. He sustained
several broken ribs and internal in
juries.
Chief Engineer Shirley of the Good
Roads Commission was in Emmits
burg recently inspecting the work On
the road now under construction
from Emmitsburg to the Pennsylvania
! line. II Is reported that at an early
date work will be begun on the road
| from Emmitsburg to Taneytown.
The following new telephones were
installed by the G. & P. Telephone
Company. Noah III. Arbaugh, near
! Medford, Westminster 827-24; David
B. Haines, near Dennings, Westmins-
ter 809-15; Jacob u Brown, Mexico,
Westminster S18-12; Mrs. Catharine
D. Clabaugh, Taneytown, Taneytown
Or.
Suing for $4,000 damages for in
juries sustained about two years ago
while going to Hagerstown on pas
senger train at Charlton Station,
Georgia a. Burney, negro woman,
was awarded $500 against the
Western Maryland Railway Company
by a jury in Hagerstown, Monday af-
ternoon-
A special sermon will be preached
at the Centenary Methodist Episco-
pal church Sunday morning by Rev.
lF. H. Havenner, pastor of the church,
to the members Of the Grand Army
Republic and Company III. Of the
First Regiment Maryland National
Guard, this city. Company III will
be in uniform.
Henry Z. Gundrum, OF York. Pa,
agent of the Western Maryland Rail-
way, who has wife and five children,
disappeared from home Wednesday
and fears for his safety are entertain
ed. Some time ago he had o nervous
breakdown and 1t II thought he has
had another attack and is wandering
aimlessly around.
Believing that the present system
OF paying OF through checks tends to
encourage intemperance among &C.
employees On paydays, the western
Maryland Railway Company, 1T IL un-
derstood, is seriously considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of adopting plan of
making all payments OF salaries over
the entire division i'm cash.
Mrs J. D. Keller, of Hanover, Pa,
entertained at reunion, her sisters:
Mrs. Isaiah Reifsnider, of Taneytown
Nd, Mrs. VIM. iii. Bachman, OF York
Pa; Mrs. J. D. Menchey, Of Philadel-
phia, Pa, and Mrs. u O. Wentz, Of
Hanover; also the following friends
Mr. and Mrs Samuel Weybright and
son, Harold, of New Windsor, Md;
Misses Mary and Edna Weybright, OF
this city, and Miss Treva Werner, OF
Glen Rock.
Prosperity Lodge, No. 58, of Mount
Airy, is doing great work and aid
linz other lodges to make an ad-
vancement by having its staff confer
and exemplify the teachings 81
friendship, love and truth. Last
Friday evening Fidelity Lodge, No
"a, of New Market, visited Prosperity
Lodge, accompanied by ~ candidates
to receive the degrees, which was
done by the staff of Prosperity in q
splendid manner. Last night the
staff journeyed to Adamstown Lodge
No. 154, and conferred the degrees
upon no candidates.
No one connected in any way with
J the liquor business can hereafter Be
come a Knight Templar i'm Pennsyl-
vania. The Grand Commandry u
Pennsylvania at the closing business
session Of the sixty-second annua
pnnr1avc Wednesday PASSED by "A bic