The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-07-23
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Corn is in tassel.

n'harIand Sunday from here for the
enaciaI excursion over the W. M- T.
states Attorney =. Q. Weant IL i'm
growing his property on Court race
Nv having a concrete drain put
around it.
VAL OF concrete blocks has been
-,acad A. high as the lawn in front
y the property of Mr. w. +. Myers,
Liberty street
evangelist Harry G.. DutroW preach
~ IN the inmates at the County Home
az Sunday and made quite an impress
sion upon his audience.
Naomi. the 6-year-old daughter Of
~ and Mrs. Henry Dull, of Patapsco,
vii from a straw stack and fractured
bar arm. She is improving
stoner & Hobby, insurance agents,
hove added to their insurance line the
Aatna Disability. This is one Of the
strongest companies il the world.
Taneytown ball players took game
from the Thurmont CLUB al Ianey-
town On Tuesday by the score OF IL 70
z Taneytown made more runs IN the
second inning and Thurmont did In
nine.
Mr. Reuben Alexander, Pennsyl-
vania avenue, has purchased the White
Farm near Keymar, and moved there
on Monday. The farm contains 24O
Acres. In the purchase all the stock
and crops we're included
The western Maryland Railway
COMPANY has erected concrete base
at the railroad crossing next TO Ros-
anstock's store, on which they Will
Mace an electric signal to warn per
sons of the approach Of trains.
Providence Methodist Protestant
church will hold its annual Sunday
school picnic, on Saturday, July 24th'
beginning at 10 a. m. The Iaylors-
vile band will be present. All are
very cordially invited to attend.
The Sunday school Of the Church
.of God, at Warfieldsburg, will hold an
ice cream festival On the lawn in rear
of the Bethel Saturday evening, July
"a commencing at o'clock p. 10. 1t
weather is unfavorable will Pc helo
Tuesday evening.
Sterling Yingling, of ReisterstoWn'
Who was a patient at the Methodist
Protestant Infirmary for about nVe
weeks, and who underwent seVeral
operations for blood TRANSMISSION, rett
the hospital Wednesday afternoon. lie
il now on the road to recovery.
The Home American Mission work
ers who have been conducting PUBIC
services on our streets, and In Mary
land, under the leadership of Harry 81
DutroW. have been notified by the Of
fcials Of the Mission Workers to dis
continue their work in this State for
one year.
improvements, costing $4,000 will
be made to st. Johns Reformed
Church at Creagerstown. The church
is one of the few buildings tnat
escaped when the town was wiped
out by fire several years ago. II vas
built in 1882 and is one of the land
marks OF the county.
Sixty=five miles an hour and an the
traffic officer saw was a streak Oh
yellow. This speed was made Dy
yellow racer (?D, and was done by
sport from Westminster, near Boons-
borO, en- Sunday. On Tuesday ne re-
ceived word that he exceeded tne
speed limit by 1910, and was warned
not dust the pike again.
Albert Gosnel1, Woodbine, and Fl
mer Jenkins, OF Sykesville, were In
jured Wednesday, when a touring car
il which they were riding skldded
and turned over near Ridgeville. Both
were pinned beneath the car ana
were released by Dr. Y. u. Chaney.
Gosnell fractured his upper Jaw ana
may have fracture at the base OF
the skull. Jenkins had four TIPS
fractured and may be internally ln-
iured.
Farmers along the highway between
ThUrmont and LantZ have designated
Saturday as "get-together day, When
everybody is expected TO turn IN ana
help to build a good road LII tney
cannot work, money equivalent VIII
be taken One force will start near
Deerfield and work toward Thurmont'
while another force will begin near
the iron bridge over Owens creek and
work the other way The farmers say
they are more sure of getting a quick
er and better road by doing the Work
than by losing time to get the County
Commissioners to do it. The latter
have furnished pipe for water drains
Cardinal Gibbons was ST. years old
today. lit is hard to realize that ne
is now fairly started on his way to
become a nonagenarian, for his health,
firm tread and alertness belle his
years. Yet the records prove II, for
it was on July 20, 1884, that ne vas
born In Old Town. The Cardinal mas
been spending the last few days Ia
Carroll county, at the home oil ~
Herbert Shriver, at Union Mills. he
has spent the great majority OF ms
birthdays for many years past af me
Shriver home. He Is very fond OIL
that particular spot In Carroll county
and he often goes.
Howard III. Brown, a travelling
salesman, has been granted an alb
solute divorce from Helen Aurella
Brown, by Judge Amber In the Cir
cult Court, Part 2, Baltimore. They
were married at Crisfield, Md, ON
July 20, 1905, and separated June a
last. II his testimony MIR. Brown
said that he and his wife had lived
AT the Waldorf at North avenue ana
Charles street for several years, and
that although she went Outfrequent-
" at night, he did not have hts sus-
picions aroused until o. friend told
MIN he did not have wife. Then a.
said he employed a private detective
and located her and man Am house
on Mccullough street. MIR. and Mrs
Brown lived in this. city some time,
boarding part Oh the time AT the Main