The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-06-18

Master Claude RyIand, West Main
street, has accepted the devilship at
The American Sentinel
The directors OF the Democratic
Advocate declared their semi-annual
dividend Of per cent
Mr.. Charles Wesley Barnes, Or Win
field, has been elected director of
The Westminster Deposit q Trust
Company
The fast mail was delayed one hour
on Wednesday afternoon On account OF
freight wreck at Fairplay, Is miles
east of Cumberland
The children's service at Stone
Chapel which were deferred last Sun
day on account of rain, will be held
Sunday afternoon at 2. p- m
Mr. n. Green, of Carrollton Station,
made a third shipment Of cherries
from the vicinity OF Gambler The
number of pounds being 300.
The grain elevator Of Englar &
Sponseller, Liberty street, Is receiv-
ing a fresh coat of paint. Lippy &
Cassell, painters, are doing the work
The Westminster Fire Company reel
team is hard at work practicing for
the reel races to b. held at Hagers-
town on July 5th. The boys expect
to bring home some of the money.
IA rail was found broken on the main
track Of the Western Maryland Rail-
road on the crossing on Main street
the first OF the week. liz was detected
in time before any damage was done.
w. II. Davis, John street, has On
exhibition and has disposed OF several
models Of the new 1916 Overland
automobiles. 1t has everything that
goes into making an automobile a
pleasure.
The members and Sunday school Of
Harmony Grove Methodist Protestant
Church at Gist, will hold festival in
the grove adjoining the church on
Saturday, July 10, for the benefit OF
the church.
Mason and Dixon Line has been ad-
ded to the title OF the Western Mary
land Railway Company. Hereafter the
name of the road will be Western
Maryland Railway Company-Mason
and Dixon Line"
MIR. R. MI Reno, the advance agent
OF the Charles George and his Comic
Opera Company, is here and billed the
town for the performances which will
take place at the Opera House four
nights next week.
On and after June 30 there will BE-
no more hard beverages served on any
of the Western Maryland trains This
il due to the fact that the road runs
through many dry states and counties
where licenses cannot be had.
Rev. Guy r. Bready, pastor Of Christ
Reformed church at Shepherdstown,
w. Va, has resigned, and will shortly
remove to Taneytown- IT, has receiv-
ed and accepted an unanimous call to
become pastor Of Grace Reformed
church of that place.
On Tuesday evening, June %, an IL
Illustrated lecture will be given IN
Grace Lutheran church, this city, on
the subject, Child Life of the World. =
Seventy-six pictures from sixteen
countries will give typical child life
around the world. Silver offering.
Hour, o'clock.
Application was made to Governor
Brumbaugh, of Pennsylvania, by ]. w.
W. MI.
er. July s, for a charter for the new
organization which recently took over
the Waynesboro Metal & Foundry
Company. The corporate name Of the
new corporation will be the Waynes-
boro Foundry and Machine Company.
The valuable fve-passenger Havers
automobile, owned by Elmer j. Cook,
ESQ, Towson, Md, former member Of
the Maryland state senate, took ire
along the state road, near Boonsboro,
Sunday, and was totally destroyed.
States Attorney Il. o. Weant and
party, who were about to pass the
machine when it took fire, stopped and
rendered what assistance they could.
The annual report of the Mayor and
Common Council ending May 17, has
been published and which shows a
cash balance of $2,41S.S4 in bank. The
receipts from taxes amount to $16,-
315.96, from county road tax $3.042.73,
from private securities and bonds
$888.36, from licenses $1,577.16;
money borrowed, $6,50O.0O. The dis
bursements show repairs to streets
and alleys S7,165.32, street cleaning
and moving garbage $4,0S7-82, paid or
notes amounting to $500.
Local freight on the w. M. r., was
wrecked east or Gwynbrook Station
last evening and cars demolished.
The cause of the wreck Is not known.
a. carload OF coal jumped the track
which was followed by three others.
Two brakemen were hurt. MT. Wade
Hammet was injured about the back
and Mr.. James had his wrist sprained
and arm injured. James was thrown
20 feet into a wire fence and was I'm
conscious for 20 minutes. Both tracks
were blocked and trains were delayed
several hours.
Walter B. Clemson, of Frederick,
the young athlete who started in the
one hundred yard Olympiad race in
Baltimore, is a nephew of Charles O..
Clemson, of the Westminster Bar, and
resides at Walkersville, Frederick
county. He is a son of ]. Walter
Clemson, and his mother was Lula
Buckley, a daughter OF Daniel E.
Buckley, formerly of Middleburg, Car
roll county Young Clemson Is just
seventeen years OF age and Is the star
athlete of the Boys High School of
Frederick. having made remarkable
record also Id base ball and foot ball.
Besides he is an excellent student.
A Part Oh TRneytOwn Road Added To
State Highways In County.
Adams county il fortunate in get
ting through the late legislature the