The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-11-26
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

p,ldmore City's tax rate Will be
IVY III rhe 500, a considerable in
.,sa oyer the previous year.
~. 5rst snow To fall In this city
W. tuesday. The furry Of snow
ph Iasted about 40 minutes, but was
sl .rr enough to make walking dis
Iraeable.
mo ladies' Mite Society OF Mt.
,,i 49, Methodist Episcopal church
I nm 5old a festival ia Junior Order
g M, on the evening OF December IL,
NM h,giHning at ; p. m.
M Robert Hesson, an employee at
ra.ns machine shop, Chase street,
w 'r n1a of his hands mashed BY get
NV h caught between Eelt and
.rIsy be was working around.
Tbe foot ball season is about at an
WI The only game of much Inn
,ortsnce will be fought out between
ha army and Navy, which takes
,I,cg III Philadelphia, Saturday
Wy James Boylan, East Main
srsst bad very valuable black and
Thite hound To stray away from his
,ssidence, about two weeks ago, that
Y would willingly give suitable
pWard for IL returned to him.
The MechanicsIille Council Jr. o.
HAM No. rs, will march In q body
lrom the hall in Statewood and at
tsni services in Providence Methodist
Ny Protestant church at p. I'D. Rev.
NJ Carroll Maddox will deliver the ser
M nOR
Official figures OF the recent cleo
6u show that Governor-elect Har-
nugton received a total Of 1887
votes in the State and O. z. Weller,
his Republican opponent, total Of
1876. MIR. Harington's plurality
was $751;.
A fine dog owned by Mrs. Catherine
Csrr, Bloom, had its two front legs
Mt of by running under the wheels
III q freight train that was passing
through this city Tuesday morning
The dog was shot by Officer Helm to
relieve its suffering.
The Westminster foot ball team
vas defeated yesterday by the Boys
High School foot ball team, mt Fred
srick, by the score of to 0. The
local team played well, but on ac-
count OF being penalized several times
Kept them from winning.
Tie gross earnings OF the Western
Maryland Railway Company for the
week ending November Ia were
Ng5,671.J1, or a gain OF $44, 1920,
Is compared with the same week of
lsl4 Gross income for the three
weeks was $5S7 ,O90.43, an increase of
N32,5e46O.
Another needed Improvement Il In
pr0greSs on Liberty street. TIL road
md street from the old Powder House
y George street IS being Elacadamiz-
Cd BY the County Commissioners. This
road has been in fair condition In
sumner but in spring it becomes al
most impossible.
Miss Ina Flohr, daughter Of MI.
and Mrs. John Flohr, Cranberry, was
severely injured in a motorcycle &C
cident at Boonsboro. while riding
Eth Claude Mcclellan. Miss Flohr
vas hurt about the arms, face and
bead. The accident was caused BY
he tire OF the hind wheel blowing
out
The annual Football game between
The sophomore and freshman classes
OF Western Maryland College was
played on college field Wednesday
and the sophs were victorious, to O.
Ii was generally conceded that the
aophomores would win, as they had
four men of the regulars in the back
field.
The beginning or the end OF the
Panama Pacific Exposition has been
reached, it was announced WedneS-
iay BY the action OF the fair officials
ID inviting bids on all the main ex-
mott palaces, except the Palace OF
rlne Arts and the California Building
me Arkansas Building, said to have
'ost $4,000 has been sold for $500.
Dewey Hanes, of Arcanum, Drake
county Ohio, is the champion boy
sorn grower of Ohio He raised
l9S.16 bushels on one acre this veal
"A the Juvenile contest conducted by
~ State Board of Agriculture, ant
n reward will make a trip through
as East On Board the Buckeye Corr
5oy,s special train, with his expenses
'ad by the State.
Ihe proportion OF suicides to popu
alton in 100 cities In this country las
,ear was higher than for any veal
Ilnce 1909, according to r. L. Hoff
man, statistician for the Prudential
Insurance Company, Columbus, Ohio
", Hofman's report shows tina
sSz persons killed themselves. Thi:
! at the rate of 20.3 for each 100000
y the population
y. q. Peterson, a grain expert, has
zen appointed superintendent OF The
,ort Coyington grain elevator Oh tht
western Maryland Railway Company
-ue elevator, which has cost approx
nately 100000, Is expected To BIZ
ompleted BY December 1. Mr.. Peter
ON ls one OF the best grain experts
: 1ue country. For many years nt
lay been superintendent OF elevator.
or the Southern Pacific Railroad al
Halvaston.
lhe automobile OF Mr.. George W
Ieiser, Union Mills, struck the resi-
'ence OK Mr.. George wv. Miller, Eas
40 street, Sunday morning, dam
gng both house and automobile
vi. Yeiser was On his way to Mr
lscnard's funeral and as he nearet
Nh entrance to the Manchester roat
& attempted to 20 around a machine
iaead q him, Is he did 81 the ma
alne ahead turned into the Man
hester road, and to avoid 81 acct
me he turned sharply To the RICH
,nicn locked III steering gear, which
aused The car to strike the bricl
ouse near a window smashing TIL,