The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-01-07

A very handsome calendar was re
ceived from William G.. Devilbiss,
dealer in gents furnishings, West
Main street.
Testers school wishes to thank the
people who i'm any way helped at the
entertainment and also those who
gave their aid but could not be pres
ent.
A number OF correspondents let
tiers and other news was received too
late for last weeks issue on account
Of going to press on Thursday, a day
earlier.
Samuel Nusenbaum, who conducted
gents furnishing store on West
Main street, appointed deed of trust
for the benefit Of his creditors on
Friday. Attorney E. o. Weant was
made trustee. Mr.. Nusenbaum came to
this city two years ago from Balti-
more.
An alarm of fire was sounded New
Years afternoon about 5 o'clock for
slight fire in the residence of Mr..
J. Ezra Stem, East Main street. The
damage consisted of a pair of burned
lace curtains and a part of a piece of
carpet. A bucket of water extinguish-
ed the blaze.
On Saturday last the new child
labor law for Pennsylvania went into
effect and selling of papers and per-
iodiCals by boys or girls under II
will be prohibited in accordance with
it. Instructions have been sent to
principals of all public and parochial
schools explaining the situation
similar instructions will reach the
parents in a short time.
A real estate syndicate, said to con-
sist of Washington people, has pur-
chased tract Of about 13 acres OF
land from the farm of Henry Clary
located near Wildwood Park The
property has been divided off into
lots, with streets and avenues, while
hundreds of shade trees have been
planted. Report has it that the real
estate people paid in the neighbOr-
hood of $4,000 for the land
The State Workmens Compensation
board exempted As firms and corpor-
ations in Pennsylvania from the
necessity of taking out insurance to
cover the risks to which their en-
ployes are subjected. Among the
number is the Lands Machine Com.
pany, Waynesboro. Corporations are
exempt from insuring compensation
liability when it is shown to the board
that their resources are sufficient tc
enable them to carry their own insur-
ance, with full protection to theil
employees.
Isaac NJ. Younkers, 90 years old
unmarried, committed suicide early
Friday morning at his boarding house
in Hagerstown by turning on the gas
in his bedroom. He was a freight
brakeman of the w. NJ. r., and came
in from his run at o'clock. At
O'Clock he answered when called tC
breakfast, but did not come to the
table. The landlady and her daughter
smelling gas, made an investigation
They found the room filled with gas
and Younkers, dressed only in his
night clothes, was lying unconscious
on the bed.
One Of the most interesting hap
penings in the local automobile world
this week was the announcement thai
over the managership of the loca
branch Of the Foss-Hughes ComDanv
exclusive Pierce-Arrow distributors
in Baltimore, Washington. PhiladGl-
nhia. Wilmington. Providence and
Newport, r. 7. All Of Maryland
York and Hanover, Pa. come under
the Jurisdiction of the Baltimore
h"anoh Of the Foss-Hughes Company
Mr. Reeves was a one time road
foreman of engines of the Western
Maryland Railway.
The first active constructive steps
! toward the switching of the Western
Maryland Railway traffic to the Green
| Spring Valley Branch of the North
ern Central, pending the improve
ments in the Wilson street tunnel OF
the P, B. & W. R. R., have begun
Lengthening Of sidings to care for the
increased traffic, the installation of a
telephone block system, regarding
and strengthening. etc, are under
way now on the VALLEY branch, and
in all probability the traffic Of the
Western Maryland will in a month OF
two be switched from it's lines al
! Owings Mills TO the Valley line.