The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-07-21

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! The obi Fellows. annual reunion
will b held at Pen Mar, Thursday.
|, August 10. An elaborate progam i
being arranged.
T. :. Eckenrode, clerk IT Hotel Co
lumbus, McEherrysIown, Pa, has been
compelled to return TO hie homo st
Harvey, Nd. owing TO illness.
Il Blue Ridge College win hold It's re-
union At Pen Mar. Tuesday, July 20.
4 good program I'LL Be rendered at
IL D. m Come and bring your friends.
! Did you small the onion odor on
Main street. this week? The farmers
are hauling hundreds OF bushels Of
onions 70 town and loading them On
cars Tor foreign markets. The price
i very good.
j Mr.. y. II. DashielI. superintendent o.
the public schools 81 Somerset county.
has awarded Mis- LurlIne Gibbons.
Princess Anne. an1 Milton somers.
erisfeld, scholarships % Western
Maryland College.
Mrs. c. II. v. FoIlett. Field secre-
lary Of the National Florence Crit
fenton Mission for the State OF Mary
land vas in Union Bridge last week
10 present the work OF this mission
through the churches there.
Homer Rodeheaver, Chicago. viii
have charge Of the music at Emory
Grove Camp during the last Eve days
Of the meeting. : big chorus COM
posed largely of members OF Billy
Sunday Tabernacle choir Is being or
ganized.
We are Informed BY Officer William
Helm, that Alfred Bruce, eolored, used
II pitch fork TO pick blaeEberries on
the farm OF Mr. Lee G. Leister. near
I.rummel, this week. Alfred must have
been using some Of HeIstersIown. :
Jersey lightning.
The nineteenth annual Maryland
State Grange Fair viii b held IN
OILERS grove, near Taneytown. on
august Is, Ii. II. Is and 10. The
attractions VII be greater than ever.
Democratic day VII be Saturday and
Republican Day Friday.
Prosperity Lodge. No. S., I. o. O.
=. viii hold it's annual picnic II
Wildwood Park, Nj Airy. on July 20.
These events are the largest and most
attractive OF my that are held. Invt-
A3hiVhz hANG HtIu zAtGHa@a taA AAs8
vide, and many visitors are expected.
John +. Ellason. . years old. :
breakman on the Western Maryland
Railway. was instantly killed u Tlag-
efstown. Tuesday. In ne railroad
Yards. BY being caught between :
dlnky engine and . cabooHe. lie was
horribl. crushed about one shoulder
! and hip.
The granite for the Farmers : Me-
ahanicz Bank has arrived and i now
being placed In the front Of the new
institution b. Architect Joseph l..
! Matthias. our well known granite
dealer. The granite Is white and
. handsomely designed. The bank viii
be one 81 the handHomest In the State
shen completed.
George y. WiIhIda cold his eoun-
Try place containing Ii acreH and
situated about four miles southeast
81 EmmltabnTg. 10 John y. 5lx. OF
J keysyIlle. The place Il In high
state Of cultivation and i improved
: With iine nine-room brick house
! aud neH barn. together With al nee
sasary ontbuIldingHz Mr. Skis oldest
on vii move TO tn farm April next
Samuel HoIbrook. a farmer Of liar.
. TisonxIIIe. l. in tn University Hos
nital. baltimore, suffering from pain
; mi injuries - result ~ collision
Sunday afternoon. between tbs mo-
; toTcyoIe on HElch be va riding and
. m automobile. The collision oo-
cured On The Liberty road. On the
motorcycle Nth HolbrooE va lie.
roy Frazier. also Of Harrisonxille
, Frazier. too, wa thrown u the
ground. but his injuries we're slight
| Tho automobile ~ ONLY slightly
damaged. and none OF II occupants
. Has injured
While returning TO hIs homo In
! TaneyIoNn from Hanover. Sunday
/ evening. James HelndoIlar and :
. PARTY Of friends II a motor car
Nere HIde-awIped b large anlomo-
bile and pushed down n embank-
ment. The accident occurred along
The IIllIostown pike. near sit Pleas
mt The unfortunate party va left
, IN the gutter while the auI0mo=
bIlista IN BIZ Rec car gave them
the laugh" and then KEEP right on
their Nay Fortunately none Of the
! TaneytnRn men sustained Injuries. and
they secured Two horses from neigh.
boring farmers 10 null ne machine
hack 10 the road.
Capt W II Harrison. Of the Police
Department. If Washington. D. e..
called n the Advocate yesterday 20
pay hlz respents Captain Harrison
has charge Of the HIxth district police
, patrol and from hi appearance he
Is capable 10 cope 18th anything that
NAY come before him. lie has haen a
member Of the police department for
p years i yearH OF that time he
spent IN patrnllng II the White House
He Is acquainted yin President VII
son and Elk Presidents TafI and Hoose-
xelt Captain Harrison / IN 1f
Hufus Harrison. Waodblna. and has
many relatives living In that naff 1f
the county. He Is Visiting his home
and VII remain until Moneay.
The barn Of ELI Kreppz. formerly
owned ~ Edward : HofIackef. one
mile southeast OF shermans church.
near Melrose. was struck h@light-
ming about 5 p. m. Thnrsd&y. July
i. and burned 70 the ground to-
geiher With al OF he grain. haY and
= number OF farming implements. The
I've stock was saved. Mr.. KrepDa had
Just completed hauling grain and all
Of his hay made before harvest vas
Il the barn. Considerable difficulty
vas experienced In saving the live
stock, bur this was done through the
assistance OF the nelghborH. The loss
l. estimated 1t several thousand dol
lars. the barn bo!ng a fine, large