The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-07-23

Il - 'AoAlCu LIE HOIue OF MT.
and Mrs. Claude Rifle, Liberty street,
and lett 2 fine boy.
Mrs Charles Yingling, Bond street
was operated ON at the Women's Hos
p1tal, Baltimore, Wednesday.
IL takes 1913 pounds OF raw silk to
make the holy carpet for the annual
Mohammedan religious services.
The T. +. T.. held an outing in the
\ grove of Mr. Theo. +. Englar, near
this city Wednesday. a pleasant day
was spent.
MIR. VIM. Il. Lucabaugh, near Gran
berry, was elected director OF the
Union National Bank at a recent
meeting Of the directors.
Last years national bird census
gives about 1000 birds to the square
mile, or nearly two to an acre. About
one-tenth of all the birds were Eng
lish sparrows.
MT. John w. Huntsberry, Adams Elk
press Agent, at Frederick, and for
merly filling the same position here,
has entered the employee OF the OK
Fibre Brush Works at the same place.
His duties will be in the shipping de-
partment.
The Sandyville Willard w. G. II. III.
will hold musical and entertainment
on the lawn of Mr.. Frank Magee,
Tuesday night, July 27. at o'clock.
IL inclement on Wednesday night.
The Family Album" will be given
and two splendid musicians from Bal
timore viii be present, a pianist and
vocalist.
| Elaborate preparations have been
made for the annual Liberty picnic
and tournament, to be given by St.
Peters Catholic church, of that place,
and of which Rev. FIR 8. j. Kavan-
augh is pastor. The picnic will be
held in Pine Mountain Park, about
one-half mile south OF Libertytown, on
Wednesday, July 2S.
/ The property known as Oakland
Mills, on the Patapsco river, which
went into the hands of receivers
some time ago was sold at auction
this week The sale included the en-
tire village of Oakland, tenant houses,
mill buildings, etc, and 104 acres of
land. To sell an entire town at auc-
ton is something of novelty here.
The annual gathering OF Odd Eel
/ lows and their friends, Thursday,
/ August 5, at Pen-Mar Park, promises
to eclipse not only all reunions SEIZED
uled this year, but reports indicate
that the number of people that will
assemble on the mountain side on that
day will surpass all reunions in the
history of Pen-Mar.
' The danger" signs that have been
put up at certain places along the
State roads, and that are supposed To
4 be some sort Of warning to automobile
speeders to slow down, are about as
much good as though they were hung
on the moon Not one driver in fifty
pays the slightest attention to them
nor to the speed limit either, for that
matter.
Persons favoring the DRY" cause
are much interested In the great tenn
perance demonstration which will be
held at Wild Wood Park, Mt. Airy
Saturday, August 2. Some OF the most
prominent dry" workers in the coun-
try have been secured to make ad-
dresses, and a lively program has
been arranged, which promises TO at
tract great crowds.
Five crates containing 80 dozen
u
ster of Thurmont, we're stolen from
his storage building near the Western
Maryland railway. The crates were
loaded on wagon that was backed up
to the building. Constable Clarence
w. Idle and Mr. Eyler tracked the
vehicle across the mountain to Blue
Ridge Summit, but there all trace was
lost.
Good roads in some sections OF
Baltimore county have caused farm
lands-in fact property of all kinds
to almost double in value. If there
are those who doubt this statement
let them investigate for themselves.
We have i'm mind a small farm that
the present owner bought very few
years ago for $4,000 and has since
refused $4,000 for it. Good roads did
the Jeffersonian.
a call for meeting Of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee, to be
held at the Rennert Hotel, Baltimore,
at 1 o'clock on Thursday, July 20, was
issued this week by Chairman Murray
Vandiver. The object is to have the
committee ratify the agreement BE-
tween Mr. Vandiver and Chairman
Galen w. TAFT, of the Republican State
Central Committee, fixing September
! Ia as the date for the State primaries.
IT has been nearly year since the
last meeting.
"A charter was issued by the Secre-
tary Of State Of West Virginia Tues
day at Charleston, the capital or that
State for the incorporation Of the
Fairmont and Helen's Run Railway
Company of Baltimore. with an author
\ lied capital stock of 100000. The
/ incorporators named in the certifi-
cate are Western Maryland officials,
and this at once stamps it as West
ern Maryland proposition. The line,
which II six miles long, is being built
7 To connect the two new mines the
Consolidation Coal Company Is open
ing in the Helen's Run fields OF
West Virginia with an outside mar
4 ket.
Among the several features of the
showing made by the Western Mary
land Railway Company for the year
closed June 80 there stands out that
! the deficit has been reduced to less
than $4,000. For the year 1911-1912
the deficit was $41S,499, and for 1912
! 1913 the deficit was $1,349,397- This
shows III an amazing degree how the
financial aspect OF the property has
been changed, and indicates that be-
fore another year rolls around, UNI
less something unforeseen occurs,
there viii BE a surplus, something