The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-12-15

Next Thursday, December p, win
ter starts in on it's Journey Let us
hope that Old Man Winter will be
little easy with us.
Usual monthly visits, S. l.. Fisher,
graduate Optician at Boyle's Drug
Store, will be Thursday, Friday and
Saturday Of next week.
The J. o. U. A. M, attended in a
body the morning services at Centen-
airy NJ E. Church Sunday Rev. E.
IT. MoWbray the pastor held the SER
vices.
Our stores are opened each even
Ing until Christmas, and any persons
who cannot visit the stores in the day
can do so during the evenings and
make their Christmas purchases.
l. J. d. Crowl, Center street, had a
photograph taken of Is porkers hung
on a long heavy pole on Monday af-
ternoon, which made a fine appear
ance. The total weight of the hogs
was over 5000 pounds. J. D. Mitchell
was the photographer.
Stoner & Hobby, insurance agents,
this city, have presented the Advocate
with one of the most handsome cal
endars ever given out in this city, On
the calendar engraved in colors is
the first Thanksgiving by the Pill
grims. Few pictures Of greater his
torical value than this have been
! painted in recent years. In fact, the
whole setting is one that could hard
ly be eQualed from a picturesque
standpoint at any other period Of
American history
! After his machine had crashed into
that Of John T. Evley, of Woodbine,
Nd, at Stricken and Mulberry streets,
Baltimore, Friday, Louis Rubenstein
was arrested and later appeared at
| the Southwestern Police Station, on
! the charge of being on the wrong side
of the street. Evley declared that he
was southbound, and was unable to
see Rubenstein's car until it was al
/ most upon him. Rubenstein was
! fined s. and costs.
Westminster Council No. 1887, Roy
al Arcanum elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: R.,
Charles Manahan; V. r., Jackson
Myerly; O., Joseph 3. Boyle: Secre-
tary, J. GIoyd Diffendal; Treasurer,
Frank r. Cassell; Chaplain, William
r. Mcdaniel; Collector. Eli J. Butler;
| W.. George r. Grumbine; G.. Albert
c. Schlosser; s., Jehu Roger; Trustee,
Frank i. Miller; Representative to
Grand Council, Eli J. Butler; Alter
nate, Jackson Myerly.
While the family were butchering
just few hundred feet away the
home of Ernest Boone, townsville,
| burned Friday together with $100 in
cash and all the household furniture.
! The fire was not discovered until the
roof fell in. The loss will be about
! $4,000. The home was one of the
landmarks of townsville district, hav-
ing been built in the early forties by
Jacob Huffer. 1t was a tWO-and-a-
half-story brick dwelling and was
purchased less than year ago by
Boone.
! Commission houses report absorp-
ton of Western Maryland stock on
the basis of the companys financial
reorganization plan and upon the
marked Improvement in earnings,
which are running on the basis of
more than $13,OO0,000 gross for the
fiscal year. as compared with $10.930,-
600 in the year ended June 80, last,
says the New York Sun. In 1909 the
first year of the comDany's operations,
gross operating revenues were little
more than $4,000 600. Net earnings
after taxes for the four months ended
! October 81 were at the rate of So
100000 for this fiscal year.
The Musical Club of St. PauTs
Methodist church, New Windsor, will
give a musical on Sunday evening
next, at s p. m. Christmas carols
and anthems will be sung Silver,
plate offering will be taken for the
benefit Of the Music Club. At 2
o'clock in the afternoon of the same
day, a service will be held; addresses
will be made by DR.. W. W. Davis and
DR.. Howard A. Kelly, the noted sur
geon of Baltimore, representing the
Lords Day Alliance At the regular
II O'Clock morning SERVICE sermon
by the pastor, subject, The Two
Songs"