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


Sunday morning the thermometer
registered four degrees below zero.
Family reunions and socials were
the attractions for this week in this
city.
There will be shooting match held
on the Gun Club ground, on John
street, Saturday.
Masqueraders are having their
turn during the holidays I'll char
acters are represented.
Everyone who can skate has been
taking advantage Of the good ice on
the ponds around our city.
Mr.. Benjamin Poole, OF Gambler,
was taken to a hospital in Baltimore
on Sunday evening, where he had his
hand treated for blood poison, which
is seriously infected.
Hon. John Hubner, Gainesville, a
member of the board Of managers
OF the Springfield State Hospital,
celebrated his 74th birthday Satur-
day.
The employees of the passenger and
freight department of the Western
Maryland Railway presented Agent
rocking chair as Christmas remem-
brance.
The Advocate is the recipient OF
very handsome calendar from Stoner
a. Hobby, insurance agents, this city.
1t has a beautiful picture Of the
Panama Canal, printed 10 attractive
colors.
DR.. William K. Martin, OF Harrison
vile, who has been a patient at the
University Hospital undergoing treat
ment for a compound fracture of his
arm, sustained several days ago while
cranking his automobile, has returned
to his home.
A large congregation attended Cen
tenary Methodist Episcopal Church
on Sunday evening to hear DR.. Thomas
t. Lewis read and Miss Adele Meade,
Of Baltimore, violinist, accompanied
by Mr.. Albert Mitten on the organ,
play several selections.
Preliminary estimates by Postoffice
Department officials place the num-
Der of parcel post packages handled
during the Christmas rush at $780,
100000, and indicated that the volume
OF parcel post traffic for 1914 will
total nearly 1,000,000,000 packages.
Much interesting and valuable in
formation concerning not only schools
and colleges and similar institutions
but also general educational methods
In Maryland is expected to result
from the Rockefeller Foundation sur
vey, which will be commenced early
in the new year.
Thomas, Poole G. Hunter, contrac-
tors, who completed the state road
from Eldersburg to North Branch
about a month ago, are busy hauling
tools and material to their storage
houses in this city. The firm bid on
several other contracts for road build
ing which will be given out shortly.
Secretary James S. Nussear, of the
Maryland State Fair and Agricultural
Society Of Baltimore County, has sug-
gested to those In charge OF the horses
for the French Army which have been
sent to Baltimore for shipment that
they be stabbed at the Timonium Fair
grounds, where there is ample accom-
mediation for 1,500 or more animals.
Harold Sunderland, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Sunderland, OF near OW-
ings Mills, was severely cut about the
face and his left eye Saturday after
noon while coasting down a hill along
the Reistertown road near his home,
when he lost control Of the sled, which
ran into a fence. The boy, who is but
10 years old, was thrown from the sled
and landed against the fence.
Two men walked into Goods -four
ing mill at Midvale, near Edgemont,
about o'clock Saturday night, when
Jacob Bear was preparing to close the
mill and, covering him with a revol-
yer, demanded the cash in the cash
register. While one of the robbers
kept Bear covered his companion took
over 500 from the register and both
men made their escape. Officers took
up the trail OF the robbers, who are
believed to have gotten away into the
mountains.
The pupils of Glyndon School gave
an entertainment Friday afternoon
entitled Christmas in Other Lands"
IN the midst Of the exercises Santa
Claus appeared and distributed candy
and oranges along with some per
sonal advice. He was assisted by
some of the members of the Womans
Club. In the absence of a patrons
many necessary comforts in this
school building, az well as means of
entertainment on the school grounds.
The executor of the estate of Edgar
McCauley, who was shot and killed
last June In his home at West Airing
ton BY his wife, Mrs. Mary $. McCau-
ley, who was acquitted by a jury on
the grounds of self-defense, has insti-
tuted suit in the Circuit Court in
against the Fidelity and
Casualty Company or New York to
recover $500 On an accident policy
issued to McCauley, OF which McLau-
ley's wife was the beneficiary and
which the company refuses to pay,
claiming, it is alleged, that McCau-
ley's death was not accidental. The
declaration filed when the suit was
docketed states THAT McCauley, who
was native of Washington county
and whose first wife, who secured a
divorce from him, resides in Hagers-
town, took out an accident insurance
policy on September 16, 1912, and re
newed it i'm 1913. Mrs. McCauley was