The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-01-22
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Harold Wood, Of Mt Airy, has en-
tered the Baltimore Business College,
Baltimore, Nd. His friends wish him
success.
4 marriage license was issued in
Baltimore Tuesday to Clarence IL.
Hampshire and Edna Stuler,of Hamp-
stead
The Farmers Institute will be held
in this city on February and 3. The
sessions will be held under the su-
pervision of officials of the Mary
land Agricultural College. All farm
eTs and others interested should make
it their duty to be present at the ses-
sions.
Mount st. Mary's Basket Ball team
defeated tile Western Maryland Col
lege team on Saturday at Emmits-
MN burg III looked like a walk-away
for the mountaineers in the first half,
but the WI. MI @. woke ND in the sec-
ond session and played hard to win
the game.
Alexander Jackson, colored Balti-
more, tried to put one over on the
new Compensation law act, by draw
ing two salaries. One from an in
surance company for his supposed
injury and the other by working at
his profession, hod carrier. Tie was
arrested.
The annual meeting OF the Wo-
mans Civic League, of Westminster,
will be held la the Assembly Hall,
of the Westminster High School, at
230 D. ID. On Thursday, January 28th.
The election of officers will take
place and other important business.
A large attendance is desired Mem
bers will please bring or send their
dues
Pushing in the Notwithstanding
with a surveyors pole, thieves gain
ed entrance to the Western Maryland
Station at Spring Grove, Friday, be
tween II o'clock noon and | p. m,
by attaching a wire to the button
spring, which was pulled from the
outside, allowing them to raise the
window. Eighty cents in change and
five tickets were stolen.
On Saturday night telephone
message was received at the railroad
depot that man was using the rail
road as a bunk somewhere near the
Foundry, and to send officer HELM
to get him away before train ran
over him. Officer Helm went to the
spot where the would be snoozer
was taking his nap, but failed to find
him, but on his way he passed man
that looked like he was the party
"a special feature OF the Health
Week exhibition and exercises at the
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty
Building, Baltimore, early in Febru-
airy will be a daily display OF motion
pictures showing, among other
things, incidents In the warfare on
disease waged successful in other
cities. One Oh the films will show the
methods I'm which the bubonic plague
danger was diminished In New
Orleans by the determination of rats
Another series or pictures will be
concerned with the house fly.
Interest is being manifested by
local breeders in the biz poultry and
pigeon show, which is to be held on
January rs, 27, rs and 20, by D
Bolgiano & Son, in their building al
the corner OF Pratt and Light SITS.
Baltimore. a distinctive feature Of
the show is that each days receipts
will be turned over to one OF the
local charity organizations since
the announcement was made that the
show would be held to take the place
of the usual poultry show many
dealers In the state have become In.
terested i'm the plan and are cooper.
ating with the officers.
This ID the third COW to have y
fork run into ifs stomach In tbs
vicinity of Carroll street This
time MIR. John ?. Heltibridle, resid-
ing on Carroll street, was the unfor.
tunate person to have his cow to die
by some person running pitch fori
into it, stomach from which it died
few days later. The COW would
have had a calf in few days and
was very valuable one. There
should b. some steps taken to prose
cute the person who has the mania
to destroy the lives Of animals Ar
this way and cause the loss To the
owner. Some time ago Mr. John
Henry Strevig and Mr.. Alfred Croft
living in the vicinity had cows tc
die from the same cause. 1t Is SAID
certain party is accused for the
injuries inflicted.