The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-07-30

cd the scholarship to the Western
Maryland College by the School Com
missioners OF Baltimore county.
The photograph of Company Fl in
Camp at Hagerstown, which appeared
in our last issue, was taken by James
p Mitchell, photographer, this city.
The Reformed Church Sunday
school will hold its annual picnic i'm
Reese's woods, near Meadow Branch
Brethren Church on Wednesday, Au-
gust III.
The Rev. +. NJ C1itt, pastor of Bay
View Methodist Protestant Church,
Elkton, Nd, has accepted a call from
the church at Union Bridge, and will
assume his new duties this week.
Sunday school at the Bethel of the
Church of God, at Warfieldsburg on
Sunday, August 1st, at 1.3O d. M. and
preaching by Rev. Harry +. Brown
at go D. %. Come to these services
and We will try to do you good.
The Young Peoples Society of Baust
Reformed church will hold their an
nual picnic in Rodkey's grove Thurs
day afternoon and night, August s.
Union Bridge Band will be present.
Prominent speakers. Supper served
Csc.
Charles Myers, resident of Way
nesboro, Pa.s and a hackman at Pen
Mar Park, was badly beaten up by
several men and left unconscious on
the road In the mountains near Pen
Mar, close to the Red Hen, a saloon,
July p.
Nine freight cars were derailed ON
east of Sykesville shortly after Ill
o'clock Saturday morning, blocking
both east and west bound tracks. The
wreck was caused by broken f1ange.
No one was injured.
The Western Maryland Railway
Company announced last week that a
contract had been let for the immed-
late construction or 80 miles OF au-
tomato block signals on the Western
Maryland, from Big Pool to Williams
port and from Hagerstown To Emory
Grove.
The annual Sunday school picnic
Of st. Pauls Reformed Church, this
city, will be held on Wednesday, Al
SUBJ - a. IAcCSO near the
Meadow Branch pike Automobiles
will convey the children and members
Of the congregation to and from the
picnic grounds.
The funeral OF Philip Ham took
place Saturday at Chester, Pa, where
he was killed In the Baldwin Loco
motive Works. He was the youngest
child Of the late Isaiah Ham and was
about 38 years or age. He Is sur
vived by widow and number OF
brothers and sisters. Mr. AZ U. Eng
lar, this city, attended the funeral.
For the third time in recent years,
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sta
ton al Leicester was broken into and
robbed Sunday night. The safe was
found Monday morning empty Of
money and stamps left there Sunday
night and with the door apparently
blown of. Express parcels in the
office are also believed to have been
taken.
With but a short time until the
opening of the annual campmeeting
season at Emory Grove, which begins
Saturday, August x, and closes Au-
gust p, the Rev. DR.. Carlisle T.. Hub
bard, pastor of Monument Street
Methodist Episcopal Church, Balti-
more, the religious director, and many
of his assistants are busy arranging
for the meetings.
Boarding house proprietors and
people who spend the summer in
their cottages at Pen Mar say that
50 far this has been the dullest year.
Pen Mar has known for long time.
There are not the usual people in the
boarding houses and the daily excur-
sions DO not bring as many persons
to the mountain. For some reason,
the dancing floor is not patronized.
as it once was.
More than two miles OF the Deer
field-Thurmont road was improved on
Saturday by q gang of workmen, Al
composed OF property owners of that
section Of Frederick county. The
days labor was entirely free and do
mated to the county. County Com
missioner Frank M. Stevens, whose
hip was dislocated several weeks ago
when he was thrown from a horse,
was on the scene of the work and
acted as superintendent of one of the
forces of men.
On July LIZ, 1890, double wedding
took place at the parsonage OF the
Mt. Joy Lutheran charge, the con-
tracing parties being John e. Nc
Donnell, OF Gettysburg, and Miss
Mary Richter, and John w. Bollinger
and Miss Lille Keefer, of Harvey.
Rev. III. M. Heilman, the pastor of Mt.
Joy at that time performed the double
ceremony. On last Saturday, Just
Is years later, the silver annivel sary
OF this happy event was celebrated
by the two families, who spent the
day along Rock Creek at the attrac-
tive spot within sight of the Mt. Joy
parsonage.
Although he was an excellent
swimmer, Charles Arlington, 15 years
old, OF Baltimore, was drowned late
Sunday afternoon when he dived Off
the pier at River View. His body was
recovered after some difficulty by
swimmers who were near when the
young man disappeared. His cousin,
Frederick Jaeger. OF Sykesville, had
been spending some time at his home.
and the two young men planned an
outing Shortly after 3 o'clock Ar
rington went in bathing. His cousin
refused to 20 into the water and re-
marked that he was going back to
the city after bidding his cousin
good-by.
After existing az matter OF con-