The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-01-29

Mrs. Smith, Union Bridge mOthe
of Mrs III Id. FoWble, West Mail
street, is dangerously ill.
Mr.. /. p. Miller, merchant On ives
Main street, has purchased an Over
land automobile from Mr. wv. iii
Davis, agent, John street.
Plans for the organization OF {
volunteer fire department at Ellicot
City have been consummated with thu
election Of officers and the naming o
committees.
this city. 1t il reported that ONE
I The thief stealing one at a time
until he cot the last
After two days of debate ON the
general state Of the national defen.
ses the House Friday passed without
roll call the Army Appropriation
bill carrying S101. 100000.
Our streets were coated with sleet
on Sunday night which made walk
ing very treacherous. A number had
their ups and downs on Monday
morning. The downs were very un-
pleasant.
Sixty bushels of wheat were stolen
from the granary OF Mr.. John Flater
Sandyville, recently The thief who
stole the wheat must have had his
nerve with him to get away with that
amount of wheat without being de-
tected.
J. Hilton, infant son of Rev. S. Hill
ton and Helen Orrick, died January
17 at noon at the home of his par
ents, Hagerstown, Nd, aged two days
Funeral the same afternoon at 4
o'clock. Services by Rev. Charles r
Shaw; interment in Rose Hill. Rev
Orrick was pastor OF the Episcopal
Church, Court street, up until he re-
ceived the call to Hagerstown.
Receivers were appointed Monday
for two more business men OF Fayet-
tie county, Pa. William M Thomp-
son, brother Of J. Y. Thompson, the
coal land operator gave his assets
as $1250,000 and his liabilities as
100000. Jaspar Augustine, a bust
ness associate OF y. W. Thompson,
placed his assets at $1,168,OOO and
his liabilities at 100000
Reports have been made to Harry
A Roe, State Commissioner OF Mot
or Vehicles, by the State Roads Com
mission, OF points on the State roads
where danger signs should be placed,
as provided by an act of the last Leg
islature. Mr.. Roe Is now making his
plans to have the signs erected az
fast as the work can be done. They
will be Of enameled sheet iron,
mounted on cedar posts.
1T il reported that John nj. Fftz-
gerald, former president of the West
president of the Davis Coal and Coke
Company under separation plan.
Carl NJ. Gray, president OF the rail-
road, il also president of the coal
company. 1t is known that plans are
being drawn to increase the output OF
the Davis Coal and Coke Company
from 100000 tons to 100000 tons
by sinking new shafts.
"A lost stenographer's note book,
containing testimony of one of the
defendants witnesses and all of the
plaintiffs rebuttal testimony will
bring about the abandonment of the
appeal of the Maryland Good Roads
Commission In the case against the
threshermen i'm Frederick county. At
the-same time, it is most likely-that
new proceedings will be instituted i'm
the summer and another case dealing
with the same questions, tried.
The citizens Of Webster street have
been annoyed for the past few weeks
by milk bottles being taken from
their door steps in the morning. To
capture the thief several put out
patrols, but did not capture the
thief, but the milk bottles were still
getting away. This week the thief
was caught Tt was beagle hound.
The dog went to the door, took the
bottle in his mouth, carried it back
to the alley where it would dig the
paper lid out and drink 1t.
The funeral Of Mrs Nellie Multi
nix, wife or Claude Mullins, who died
at her home in Ridgeville on Sun
day Of a complication OF diseases,
aged % years, took place on Tuesday,
with services in the Methodist Prot
estant church, Ridgeville, conducted
by her pastor, Rev. McCasklin. Inter
ment was in Pine Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Mullinix was a daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Browning of Pars-
vile who survive Besides her hus-
band she also leaves two young sons,
Edward, aged 2 and an infant, five
days old, and three brothers and two
sisters.
Notorious lines are being estab-
lished in various parts Oh the State,
and the Public Service Commissioner
is tracing them up to require that
they file schedules OF rates. Al fast
as they are located they are comply
ing with the orders of the Commits
sion to file their tariffs, but up to this
time no complaint has been filed al
leging that their charges are IN
reasonable. The geographical for
nation of the State is such that the
State roads form shorter connecting
links between towns than do the rail-
roads i'm most instances and the de-
velopment Of this means OF transit Is
expected to be rapid.
The Dorchester Republican, the
successor to the Standard Journal and
The Standard, has suspended publ
cation at Cambridge, Md. The reason
assigned by the editor and publisher,
Albert Laigh, is lack Of patronage.
The Dorchester Standard was started
a number of years ago by Governor
Phillips T. Goldshorough, and finally
sold out by him. After the sale by
Governor Goldsborough the Standard
began to 90 down and passed through
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