The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-02-05

You don't always have to wait till
man Is dead To discover that he has
will of hi own.
Steal kiss from girl and she
will naturally insist that you put ii
right back where you got it.
"a marriage license was issued I'm
Baltimore Monday to John F. Bankert,
Silver Run, and Florence w. Simpson.
A marriage license was issued in
Baltimore Wednesday to Louis O.
Barnes, Hampstead, and Lottie l.
y Slater, this city.
N "A marriage license was issued in
Towson Wednesday to Charles r.
Alexander and Mary T.. Myers, both
of Carroll county.
v Judge Thomas on Monday drew al
juryman Jacob Rinehart Hesson in
place OF Frank WI Warehime, Of
Myers district, excused.
An assignment for the benefit OF
their creditors was made on Wednes-
day by David E. and James Z. Walsh,
of this city, to their brother, Michael
<. Walsh.
lit il said, that a large tonnage of
coal now carried over the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad would undOubted-
ly be transferred to the Western
Maryland Railway by the Rockefeller
interest.
Young Sanders, or Bishop street,
| who was taken to the University
Hospital, Baltimore, with fractured
leg, was brought to his home on Sun
day. He il improving but Is not able
to use his limb.
The first Of a series OF sermons On
the Life of Jesus, illustrated by the
stereopticon, will be given in the
Methodist Protestant Church, by Rev.
Edgar r. Read, Sunday evening, Feb
ruary n, at 7.30 o'clock. You are in
vited to be present.
N "a small barn on the farm of Ed
ward Dayhoff, about half mile from
Littlestown, was destroyed by fire
about one o'clock Sunday morning.
An automobile truck, two tons of hay
and buggy were burned along with
the structure. The origin il IN
known.
William II. Warburton, OF Elkton,
Nd, has accepted an invitation to
deliver an address at a dinner on the
evening of February y, in honor of
the anniversary OF the birth OF
( Abraham Lincoln, which is being
pulled off by the local Republicans OF
this city at the Main-Court Hotel.
All OF the streams il this county
were out over their banks on Monday
and Tuesday. At Asbestos the water
was very high, flooding low lands.
Many cellars in this city had water
i'm them. lii was a familiar sight to
see the water pump run through the
cellar window with two men pumping
I water.
Walter Breitweiser, son of John
Breitweiser, near Tannery, painfully
injured his right hand Monday while
he was feeding fodder cutter Ev-
ery finger and the palm of his hand
had the flesh stripped from them by
the knives. How the young man pre-
vented the knives from cutting his
hand Of seems a miracle.
On the charge of assaulting Mrs.
Charles Z. Renner, with whom he
formerly boarded, Emmert Everhardt
a Western Maryland Railway engin-
eer, was arrested at Hagerstown by
Deputy Sheriff Champion Saturday
night Justice Joan Ankeney releas-
ed him On 5000 bail The trouble
grew out of a quarrel over a board
bill.
The high water from the Monocacy
backed over the road and stopped
operation at Steiner's mill, near
Buckeystown. Sans, Hunting, Israels
Catoctin and Fishing creeks covered
fields for a distance Of half mile
along their course and flooded roads
to the depth Of from three to five
feet. Traffic was closed on all coun-
ty roads between LeGore's and Creag-
erstown and fencing was carried
away on the farms of Joseph Meser
and Roy Leatherman.
The Rev. DR.. Frank NJ Gibson, Ii
brarian Of the Maryland Diocesan
Library, Baltimore, has received word
OF the injury OF his mother, Mrs
\ Alexander F. Gibson, at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. George r. Newell,
in Orlando, Fla, where she was
spending the winter. Mrs. Gibson
slipped and fell in the house, break
ing her right arm and thigh. The
accident happened last Thursday
Her condition Is said To be as favor
able a. could BE- expected at her ad-
vanced age.
Christian Endeavor Week will be
observed in the Methodist Protestant
Church by three special services
Sunday, February Z, at $50 p. M, a
special program will be carried
through, with Mr.. Frank MatheI
leading. On Wednesday there will
be a Uni service Of the Midweek
Prayer Meeting and the O. IT, Society
led by the pastor, at which service
messages will NV heard from all for
mer presidents of the society and q
brief talk by the pastor on THE
Worthwhileness Of Christian En-
deayor."
TnroWn from their seats when
they were fording a small stream
former County Commissioner y
Thomas Anderson and Stanley r.
Almony, OF near White Hall, Md
had a narrow escape from drowning
on last Monday. One OF the wheels
Of the buggy sank i'm hole and both
men were hurled into the water. Mr.
Anderson was being swept down the
stream, but managed to catch hold Oh
some bushes and pulled himself
ashore. His friend, Mr.. Almony, was
carried farther down the stream and
was pulled in by means or rope
which was thrown to him.
On Friday, February y, at 7.30 p
MI, there will be a C. T.. Rally, Oh
the Lutheran and the Church of GOO
i. and M P EndeayOr Societies in The