The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-05-14
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY "a. 1915
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Last year pOpuldI SoA5 - uiinOS.
Nv antiqUated as woman's nat OF
last month
The state road from EIdersDurg to
North Branch has received it, spring
coat vi oil.
The regular monthly meeting OF
wv civic League will be- held Thurs
dav. May 20, at 3 o'clock in the Opera
House.
An endurance run was made Sun
dav bv a number Of automobilists
from Chapel Hill, Pa. They stopped
III this city for lunch and rest.
wv. John r. McCaslin, the Balti-
more theatrical agent, IL giving the
naople III Carroll county big time
with his tented organization. A
show that will please the old as well
as the young.
Pleasant Grove Sunday school
SandyviIle, will hold az ice cream
and strawberry festival on Saturday
night, June 9Th. III weather is bad
that night, it will be held the first
fair night of the following week.
Walter T.. Martin, of Arlington, who
has been seriously i'll for several
months and who recently underwent
an operation for appendicitis, Is now
recuperating at the home Of his faith
er. William Martin, Eldersburg-
NJ. William IL. Earhart and family
w Silver Run, have moved from Sill
YER Run to the residence vacated by
Mrs. Maria Orendorff, East Main
street. Mr.. Earhart has charge OF
driving the bus on the Westminster
and LittlestOWn line.
The Public Service Commission OF
West Virginia has entered an order
against the Western Maryland Rail
way recurring it to make no further
efforts to increase its rates 70 pas
senger fares within that State from
y cents To 3 cents q mile.
Paul Smith, OF this city again pilots
Charlotte Hall School to victory over
Leonard Hall by score of to n, at
LAonardtown, Md The feature OF
the game was the pitching Of Paul
who allowed only three hits, and
would have scored shut out if his
team mates had not made two costly
errors
The County Commissioners in
spected several bridges in Myers
and Uniontown districts on Tuesday
Charles Eyler, who attempted sui
eide with pair OF scissors at our
Jail last week, was declared insane
and was sent to the Springfield State
Hospital for treatment.
On the charge of the larceny of $40
i'm gold George Warner, farm hand
in the employ OF BENJAMIN Ledley, OF
GIyndon, was arrested Monday after
noon Detective Bradley claims that
Warner admitted stealing the money
while Mn. and Mrs. Ledley were Al
church Sunday morning.
The United States District Court
passed an order authorizing the
trustees VI the Westminster Metal
and Foundry Company to sell
all the copper, brass, zinc, iron and
other metals The trustees are now
trying to find a purchaser. An effort
Is also being made to find purchaser
for the plant and machinery who will
operate Id.
by a decision of the Judges of the
Orphans Court of Frederick county
Mrs. Annie Clary, wife Of John W
Clary, will receive $7S5 out Of g
claim Of $3.50 made by her for ser
vices alleged to have been rendered to
the late John III Clary. The estate
was valued at about $1,S00- n H
Steele, of the Westminster bar, and
.. Princeton Buckley represented the
estate.
Thirteen coal cars OF an eastDound
freight train On the Western Mary
land railroad were wrecked at Grace
ham, Friday morning. The train Was
going down a grade when wheel
broke The car turned sideways and
a dozen others were hurled against
the embankment Between 400 and
500 feet of track was torn up and sew
eral hundred tons of coal we're scat
tered for about the same distance
The wrecking crews had the cars and
coal cleaned UP by p. m, and trains
running on schedule time.
A frame dwelling occupied by FRITZ
SanGusky ana his son, August SAN
dusAy, and which was considered one
of the landmarks of the Second dis
trict Of Baltimore county, about one
mile from Harrisonyille, was destroy
ed by fire Saturday night from an I'M
known cause. The occupants were
away when the fire broke out. The
son entered the house in an effort to
save some OF their belongings. Reach
ing the second floor his escape was
cut off and he had to jump from one
of the windows. Ills ankle was
sprained.
Lewis B. Rinehart, no years old
was instantly killed Saturday al
Cavetown as he was returning to his
home At Chewsville from Smithsburg
In q wagon. His team was struck by
Western Maryland Railway locomo-
tive, which was returning from High
held to Hagerstown, after helping ia
push a heavy freight train over the
mountain. Mr.. Rinehart fell asleep
and the horse he was driving, after
crossing the track at Cavetown
wandered along the railroad and was
struck by the engine The horse was
badly mangled, the wagon was COM
pletely demolished and the contents
Of the wagon were scattered along
the track for distance Of 100 feet.
Fire OF an unknown origin, but be-
heved to have been caused by an in
cendiary, destroyed several buildings
near Berrett, belonging to Marshall
Wetzel, on May 3, including black
smith shop, shed and cider mill. The
hr0 was first discovered about &