The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-12-22
LOCAL AFFAIRS

H.. George L. Benson and family
r3... moved to the Hook residence on
Eu.r Main street.
Eu.. Calvin 5. Slagle, formerly OF
-rr- city. has moved from Hanover,
"a. % Baltimore.
company Fl will postpone drilling
rutl January ,, on account OF the
Christmas holidays.
-A3o1ing match will be held at
rn. ,,Orth Branch Hotel on New
Years day. Prizes will be given to
winners.
"D!H Sol" put an end to sleishng
Yesterday when he stuck his red hot
-a.n ...3se TO it. We have Stop, and
~ .ry II it. just now.
MIR. Wesley Smith, who has been
emplcveG by the Knapp Machine
Works. chase street. has accepted a
ro@ttiOn in the Dietrich & Harvey
machine shop, Baltimore.
In a. competitive examination held
ar Annapolis Wednesday, Miss Louise
Elliott Owens won the free scholar
shin at Western Maryland College
from Anne Arundel county.
The North Branch road which is
uder construction, is all completed
except 0ne-quarter of a mile, which
makes a shorter route to Baltimore
than by the way of SykesVille.
Mr.. jeremiah Brodbeck, of Line
boro, who has been hauling stone for
Thomas, Bennett e Hunter, contrac-
tors, on roads under construction,
around here, returned to his home
Monday.
Zion Sabbath school will hold a
Christmas entertainment on Sunday
evening, December "A, beginning at 6
o'clock If the weather is unfavor-
able on that date it will be held on
Wednesday evening, December 27.
Mr. William Stoner, son of Sheriff
and Mrs. James NJ. Stoner, this city,
had his knee severely injured Sunday
when he was thrown from the sleigh
in which he was riding, that became
fast in a snow drift and upset, near
hampstead.
It cost some Christmas change to
4 few Of our sports for racing on
Pennsylvania avenue last Tuesday
They were punched by Officer Stem
on complaint by citizens. After we
get sleighing Grow and the boys
couId have some Ium racing they are
ujnched.
From reports the curves on the main
line Of the ". VI. r. Will be straight
ened at Spring Mills, AVOndale and
Wakefield A surveying corps have
jus; finished their work. From the
location Of the stakes in the ground
some OF our farmers will be asked for
some of their land to complete the
work.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Deer
Park Church have changed their
meeting day from the last Friday to
the last Thursday in the month. The
next meeting will be held at Mrs.
Catherine BARRIERS, December IS. If
the weather should be unfaVOrable it
viii be- held December 20. All are
welcome.
Troop A passed through this city
Tuesday evening on special train
for Eikesville Armory from Eagle
Pass. Texas. All the men were in
good spirits and fine health. Mr..
Bernard Lynch, formerly Of this city
J member of the Company, greeted a
number of our citizens from the train
with hearty hand shakes. He said he
Was feeling good. and looked it too.
A fire, which came near proving
disastrous, early Wednesday morning,
December -, destroyed the Woodshed,
tAree or four cords Of wood, and
smaller property on the Cal Ogle
farm Of County Commissioner Frank
VI. Stevens and Clerk Hartman L..
Gaver, and tenanted by Daniel Put
man. The farm is situated about a
mile and half southeast Of Creagers-
town.
Travellers on the short run Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad from Frederick
To- Key Mar ar! pleased over the i'm
NrOVements installed. The train, which
makes three trips daily, has been
equipped with two of the latest type
and best cars made-one a regular
passenger co: 4 and the other COM
bination. The. are electrically light
ed and are otherwise furnished the
same as those used from New York
and the West on the through trains.
The Maryland Court of Appeals in
a decision Thursday reversed the
opinion of the Frederick court In the
case Vi lJdIlCSlOI JdCquSS, plO1lll-
nent fruit grower of Washington
county, who was given verdict OF
about $3.50 against the Western Mary
land railroad for damages by fire to
his wood land claimed to have been
case is remanded for trial and the
started by an engine on the road. The
costs of the case are put upon Mr..
Jacques.
The second monthly crusade by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad against
splitting on trains and in stations will
be conducted December Is, when an
appeal will be made to male passen-
gers riding in the coaches to refrain
from the obnoxious habit. The cam
paign will be carried on by means OF
neatly printed slip calling the atten-
ton to the danger of spreading disease
and communicating the public health
The distribution of the cards will be
entirely impersonal, the plan being to
place one in each seat.
In the Circuit Court at Hagerstown
with Judge M. l.. Keedy presiding, the
case of William F. Rider against the
Western Maryland Railway Co., for
$4,000 damages was taken up. 1t ap-
pears that Rider was employed i'm op-
Grating a compressed air machine
which was used for forcing connec-
tons for air brake hose, into the hose
The machine is operated under enOr-