The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-06-25
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE Is, 1915
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


The raspberry crop il ready to pick
and il is said will be a bumper crop.
Even ia being neutral a man wants
N be on the right side rather than be-
left.
the consumptive who IL ordered to
drink whiskey may acquire a strong
breath in spite OF his weak lungs.
Mr.. George Stair, Pennsylvania
avenue. is building a residence at
Finksburg, which IL nearing compile
ton.
Messrs. Blaine Edmondson and
Roby Barnes, OF Gambler, have pur-
chased new Ottman and Taylor sepa-
rators.
Mr.. Herbert Bixler, or Bachman's
Valley, is having all the buildings on
his farm painted, both interior and
exterior.
Rain, sunshine, hail, rain and
sunshine was the weather program
for this city Tuesday Oh, it was a
delightful day.
Mr. y. G. Crawford and family have
moved from Baltimore to the resi-
dence formerly occupied by MIR. z.
Lee Erb, Court street
John d. Keith, Of Gettysburg, Pa,
has been elected president OF the
Emmitsburg Railroad, to succeed the
late Judge John Motter, OF Frederick.
A new real estate and insurance
firm has been formed in this city IN
der the name or Case and Crawford
Co., with Office at 211 East Main
street.
The Rural Letter Carriers Associa-
ton, Of Carroll county, will hold a
meeting at Taneytown, July 5th.
Watch next weeks issue for place
and program.
In last weeks edition we published
that the new educational building
erected within the last year will be
dedicated On Wednesday, July 30,
should have been June 30.
The School Commissioners Office
will be closed from Monday until
Friday on account of the superin-
tendent and assistant attending the
Maryland Teachers Association meet
at Ocean City.
The County Commissioners on Mon
day received and filed the bonds of
the following tax collectors: Charles
". Wantz, Westminster district; Chas.
Edward Stem, Franklin district, and
Edward +. Smith, Mt. Airy district.
Postmaster Coonan made his first
appointment since becoming post
master, this week He has selected
Mr. Horace Bush, this city, as mes
senger and utility man to fill the place
now occupied by Mr.. Frank Fringer,
this city.
Frech & Allen, contractors, have
sent samples of their oil to DR..
Eugene Sullivan, this city, who has 1t
on exhibition at his office. The
above firm has two wells in operation
and about 80 barrels day Is the yield
from them
The Ladies' Aid Society Of Salem
Methodist Episcopal church, near
Bloom, will hold an ice cream festival
in the grove adjoining the church, on
Saturday evening, July IL, beginning
at O'clock The Taylorsville Band
will furnish music.
Criswell & Mallory. contractors,
who Just completed part OF the con
crete road from this city to fancy
town, have secured a contract at
Syracuse, N. ", to build eight miles
of State road at that place at cost OF
over $4,000 a mile
DR. III. MI. Fitzhugh and family have
moved from their residence on East
Main street To their handsome new
residence on the Ridge road, near
this city. DR.. Fitzhugh has located
his office i'm the room adjoining John
D. Bowers grocery store, and former
ly occupied by the Westminster News
Company.
BY his will filed for probate in the
Orphans Court of Frederick county
on Saturday, the late Judge John G.
Motter disposes OF an estate variously
estimated at from $4,000 to $4,000
Arthur ID. Willard is named as the
executor. The will l. dated October
10, 1914, and codicil thereto is
dated April 2, 1915.
Mr. M X Beale, of Baltimore, and
Mr.. Benjamin Dorsey, this city, have
sent their stable of thorough bred
race horses to New York, where the!
Will be entered i'm the races which
will start tomorrow. One of theiI
horses took first money three times al
HaVre de- Grace races, and several
others came in for part Of the money
in other races. They expect to make
a good showing at New York.
Sterling Yingling, 20 years old, Of
Reisterstown, who underwent blood
TRANSMISSION operation Saturday at the
Union Protestant Infirmary, Balti-
more, was slightly improved Sunday
night. Physicians opened vein In
the arm OF the patient and one i'm the
arm of his brother, Roscoe, joining
the two blood vessels with tube
Though weakened by the quantity Of
blood he gave, Roscoe Yingling was
able to leave the hospital a few hours
after the operation.
Members on the Door-to-Virtue
Lodge a. II. a. a. M-, of this city, at
tended banquet given by the
Monocacy Lodge. at Taneytown, Mon
day evening, and were well pleased
with the entertainment. Those In
The party were George r Gehr, Geo
w. Babylon, r. X. Shaw, o. WI. Grouse
ID. Snyder Babylon, o. Fisher Wantz
James Pearre Wantz, w. Fl. Davis, w
~. Sharrer, WV. Frank Thomas, Harry
Starr, DR.. Chas. R. Foutz, Denton
Gehr and Harvey IL. FrizZell.
Mrs. Cora Bowers, wife OF Green
berry Bowers, Liberty street, fell
from cherry tree by a limb breaking
She was holding to-, causing her 70
drop upon picket fence. splinter
linz her right leg between the knee and