The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-02-19

Wheat is quoted at $1.54 today.
Giving advice TO starving man is
poor sort Of charity.
Some people are 10 eager for
church gossip that they would even
pump the organ Ha N
Monday being Washington's birth
day banks and Court House will mot
be opened on that day.
Unless they get something for
nothing some people always con-
slider themselves stuck
Mr.. c. S. Conway received many
beautiful birthday cards On the
fiftieth anniversary OF his birth.
An entertainment for the benefit Of
the school will be held at Pine Knob
on Friday evening, February 18th
Postmaster General BurIeson an
! nounced on Tuesday that Emory r..
Warner had been appointed postmas-
ter of Detour.
"The Country Store" which is the
main feature ait the Opera House on
Wednesday evenings or each week, Is
growing in favor
Westminster Bargain House viii
d
merly occupied by Mr.. George A-
Bixler as a cigar store, at The Rail
road
The Girls Club of Grace Lutheran
Church will give play entitled, Our
Church Fair" next Friday evening,
February 26, in the lecture room OF
the church.
The State Live Stock Sanitary
Board is sitting tight on its embargo
against receipt of cattle, hogs and
other domestic animals except horses
and mules from other states.
The Ladies Aid Society OF Provi-
dence Methodist Protestant Church,
Gambler, will meet at the home OF
Mrs. D"vid Lester, February p, at
u p. 10. Everyone welcome.
MIR. ]. p. Crowl. Centre street,
has force OF men and saw
mill, saving lumber in his woods
near this city, which he will use to
build several houses near his home.
MI. Guy Fowler, now located with
the Westminster Nursery, has &C
copied a position with the p. IL
Shriver Company, of this city. Mr..
Fowler will enter upon his duties
March LIST.
| Charles Loss, Of Hanover, Pa, a
baggage-master on the Western Mary
land Railway, while unloading milk
cans at Greenmount Station, on Sat
urday evening, slipped and fell from
the car severely bruising his right
shoulder and the left side Of his
chest.
A compromise was agreed upon
Tuesday morning between Charles IA.
Lewis and the Western Maryland
Railway Company by which the for
mer will get $1,000 damages for in
juries alleged to have been sustained
when his team was struck by a train
at the crossing near Sabillasville.
Wilbur Blickenstaff, son Of William
II. Blickenstaff, of Thurmont, and
Mehrle Smith, son Of DR.. A. ]. Smith,
of Wolfsville, both about 16 years old,
have disappeared from home. The
Smith lad is said to have been located
with relatives, but Blickenstaff has
not been heard from. The boys met
and planned a getaway.
1 The shooting match at the Gun
Club grounds on Wednesday was
quite interesting before large
crowd. Some very good scores were
made, as follows: at 100 targets,
Hawkins 9S, Baseberry 93, Wantz 7S,
Graham SO, Krantz 96. Those snoot-
ing at 30 targets were: Spencer 5O,
Mort 81, DR.. Stultz IA, Wetzel AS,
Dorsey a.
The following new telephones were
installed by the G. & P. Telephone
Company: John wv. Keefer, Ridge
Road, New Windsor 1924; Rev. 0. E.
Tiffany, Westminster 129k; Mrs a.
Gilbert, Westminster 215f; Joseph j.
Kineker, near Westminster, West
Minister 1857; Louis Green, Jr., near
Carrollton, Westminster 1929; ~.
Frank Armacost e Bro, Hampstead
1O3r.
The Civic League held its regular
monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb
ruary 18th, ia the assembly hall OF
the High School The committees
were formed for the year, and the de-
tails for an oyster supper were dis
cussed. The supper will BE- held in
Firemen's Hall. the 18th, 18th and
18th of March, and il il hoped that
there will be a hearty cooperation
from our citizens
AT a meeting OF the stockholders OF
the Democrat and Journal, Of Tow
son, held Wednesday, it was decided
to accept an offer for the purchase Of
the paper made by the Title Guaran-
tee and Trust Company on behalf OF
clients. III IL stated that a substan-
tial price was paid for the paper. 1t
was owned by the Maryland Publish
ing Company, Of which Arthur p.
German, Jr., il the principal stock
holder.
M "A concert was given Friday even
ing in Russells Hall, connected with
Franklin High School, Reisterstown
under the auspices OF the Board OF
Student Activities, with the assist
ance Of the Patrons Club. The Wal
brook Ladies Chorus, composed OF
30 voices, gave the concert numbers
under the direction OF Sherwood r.
Murphy, tenor soloist at Memorial
Protestant Episcopal Church. Miss
Alma Heise, an instructor in elocu-
ton, read.
N A whirlwind campaign looking 70
the adequate protection or the wild
bird life of Maryland is to be under
taken at once, and to this end emil
nent naturalists and apostles of wild
life preservation are To b. invited to
come to Baltimore and lead the cam
paign, which was inaugurated last
week at the Academy OF Sciences
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