The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-03-05

on Monday.
MT C- WI King returned today from
Woodstock, WI, with "a load OF good
Virginia horses.
The Civic League will hold an
oyster supper March IL, II and 13, in
Firemen's Hall.
Farmers are busily engaged in
blowing up the earth for the spring
planting Of corn, &C.
The Sykesville Bus Line changed
It. schedule this week, which will be
found in another column.
A horse runs from Hanover to Kings
dale, distance of about 10 miles.
The horse ran away with a buggy
to it.
Mr.. George ~ Mehring, Of Littles-
town. "a, has sold hi farm i'm fancy
town district, to MIR. Edgar iii. Brown,
Taneytown.
The members Of the fraternal orr
der of Mystic Circle had refreshments
after their regular meeting on Mon
day evening.
The stockholders of the Democratic
Advocate met Tuesday and elected the
same directors and officers for the
coming year.
The many friends or Mrs. Nelson
Gilbert, West Main street, will be
glad to hear she is convalescing after
a month of serious Illness
John Hopkins ball club will play
W- M- al, at Homewood, On April "a
W M- n. IL also scheduled for May
with g. Johns College, here.
Thomas, Poole e Hunter have been
awarded q contract to build two miles
of State road at Cumberland, which
they will commence in the early part
of spring,
"A contractor i busy with auto
trucks hauling stone for the re-sur-
facing Of the Washington Pike The
stone il hauled from the railroad,
where it comes on cars.
A movement to organize a bank at
Blue Ridge Summit is on foot One
of the prime movers is said to be
Charles Gardner, of Baltimore, who
some time ago purchased the prop
erty formerly occupied by the late
George It'll Oliver.
Mr. Joseph Devilbiss, who until re
Gently was engaged in the general
merchandise business at Reese, this
county, has accepted a position with
Mr.. William l.. Hammond, dealer in
general merchandise, coal, lumber,
etc, of Hoods Mills, and entered up
On the discharge Of hi duties March
LIST.
A meeting of the farmers Of the
Fourth district was held Monday in
Red Mems Hall, Glyndon, in the in
terest Of organizing a grange for that
community. Addresses were made
by James 1T. Anthony, State organizer,
and Henry Fri Fuss, of Union Bridge
Another meeting will be held March
~, when it il expected to organize a
grange.
The Rev. T. H. Wright, who had
intended to retire from the ministry
at the coming Methodist Protestant
Conference, has decided to remain at
Pipe Creek and Uniontown Churches,
the congregations refusing to accept
his resignation. Milton a. Zollickof-
fer, delegate to the Maryland Annual
Conference, which meets in Washing
ton on April Z, has been instructed to
ask for his return.
Frank Kreitz, IA years old, of En-
mitsburg, was thrown over an en-
bankment Tuesday with load Of
corn "A blind horse he was driving
fell on top OF him. He was pinned
beneath the wreck for four hours in
nearly a foot of water Becoming
alarmed at his absence, his son,
Joseph Kreitz, started to look for
him He found his father in a semi
conscious condition from injury and
exposure.
Accompanied by contingents from
nearly every improvement associa-
ton, community and neighborhood,
club, social organization and by
many private citizens of Baltimore
County , joint committee of the Con-
federated Improvement Association
and the Confederated Patrons Clubs
of the Baltimore County Public
Schools appeared before the Board Of
County Commissioners at ToWson
this morning and made strong ap-
peal for an immediate levy of the full
8 cents appropriation for school
buildings.
In a circular just issued to the
stockholders Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, Daniel Willard, Presi-
dent OF the Company, calls attention
to the increased burden that road has
had to assume on account of the So
called Full Crew laws in five of the
states in which it operates and to the
similar movement in other states to
adopt the same measure. At the pres
ent time effort il being made to have
this law repealed by the legislatures
in session in the states where it is in
effect on the Baltimore and Ohio,
namely, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Ohio and Indiana
Course of lectures at Western
Maryland College Rev. George p. Eek
man ID ID, editor Of the Christian Ad-
vocate Of New York City, has been en-
gagged to deliver a course OF four
lectures on The Bible as Literature"
at Western Maryland College, on the
18th, 18th, 18th and 18th of March, in
Smith Hall, at 4.30 p. m The course
will cover such topics as ''The Place
of the Bible in Literature" The
Poetry and Oratory of the Bible"
The Fiction End Humor Of the Bible, m
THE Bible, the most persistent Force
in Literature" Social, Ethical and
Spiritual Values of the Bible" No
admission charged. All invited.
The State Tax Commission is now
very busy making its assessment of
banks and other corporations i'm the
counties. The work lin Baltimore hav-
ing been done first because OF the dis
count limit there. The Tax Commits
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