The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-11-10
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 10, 1916.
LOCAL AFFAIRS

rue November TERM Oh the circuit
court for Carroll county will open on
Monday.
The auto truck of Albaugh-
Grocery Company has had a body put
on t and makes fine appearance.
4 supplementary shift key for type
writer's has been invented to permit
l9ver-case letters to be written
slightly above the line to serve several
purposes.
4 Greek sponge fsherman's dive to
4 depth OF go feet in the sea is be-
Itavei to be the worlds record for a
man unprotected by any sort of diving
apparatus.
An electric fare box for street cars
nat has been invented automatically
registers the correct number of fares
paid bv each kind of coin dropped
INTO It,
The floss of rubber vine growing
IN the Bahamas has been woven in
Germany into the lightest textile yet
Known that is suitable for life-pre
servers.
On Monday evening, November 18th,
Rev Charles S. Heininger, a recently
returned missionary from China, will
deliver an interesting lecture in the
Sunday school room of the Methodist
Protestant church, at 7.30 o'clock. The
public Is cordially invited.
E Eel! Brown, of Towson, one of
the oldest printers in the country, on
Saturday celebrated his eightieth birth
fav Mr. Brown reads without the
aid Of glasses and is enjoying good
health He was born in Uniontown.
ard has been a resident Of TOWsOn 80
VAA-s
Bro David Kilhefner, of Ephrata,
Ya.. will begin a series of meetings at
Sans Creek Brethren church on
Tuesday night, November IA, at 40.
The public is cordially invited.
Mrs. John Arnold and Miss Ruth
Zincnn spent Saturday and Sunday
visiting relatives in Hanover, Pa.
= RAYMOND Senseney has resigned
a5 treasurer of the Union Bridge
Banking and Trust Company, after
having been associated with the COM
parv for more than sixteen years. Al
ter J. short vacation it is his intention
n become associated with interests
elsewherA The resignation becomes
effective December [.
John p. McSherry, the nineteen
7ear-oLd son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
NcSherry, of Littlestown, underwent
an oDeration in a York hospital for
fha removal of his right eye which was
injured on the first day of rabbit hunt
ing season when he was struck in the
ave with some shot from the gun OF a
YORK hunter, who had fired at covey
~ birds which he flushed" not lar
from where McSherry was standing.
Grover Kinzy, a graduate or the
University. of Missouri, has been ap-
pointed by the County Commissioners,
as a farm demonstration for Carroll
county. Mr. Kinzy was with the
MARYLAND Agricultural College for four
years. His office will be in the once
building adjoining Roses drug store:
His dr-:es will be to visit the farms OIL
the county and instruct the FARMERS
in The attest methods in agricultural
work
Mondar afternoon the students OF
Westminster High School gave ae-
lightf1i reception in honor of the
Principal. Mr.. Charles RI. holo, WIZ
returned on Saturday, from Eagle
p,4u Tmuromptu speeches were
made by Mr.. Jenkins, OF the taculty'
Superintendent Unger, EX-Superln-
tandent Morelock and Mr.. kolb. MUSIC
was furnished by pupils of the scnool'
assisted by the High School Orcnestra.
After the program delicious relreSh-
ments were served.
The season for killing rabbits anu
souirreIs in Carroll county opened TO-
day and will close December "a. "A
hill was passed by the last Leglsla-
tur. making it unlawful to Kill par
tridges in the county for five years.
Subseuuently, however, Statewide
measure was passed providing LOT
season in all the counties opening NJ
vambnr 10 and closing December "a.
Inst which measure to abide by Is puz-
zIinp local sDortsmen and there Is talk
among hunters of testing the la" put
ting a. ban of five years on Killing par
tridges.
Two girl patients from the Rosewood
State training School for FeeDle
Minded Children, at Rosewood near
Owings Mills, escaped from the 1nsu-
tution early Sunday evening and the
county police have been notlneo 10
keep a lookout for them. Ihey are
Ruth Beale, 16 years old, who is aDouI
( feet. 3 inches tall, wore blue oress
and gray sweater and has BLACK mar
and Edith Myers, 16 years DID, VINO
wore a pink dress and red sweater
and Is ABOUT LuG ScAAC h~ASAA~
RnaIn girl. Neither wore hats "heh
they left.
Howard Lease, of LibertytoWn, was
fined Is and costs by Justice John D.
Hitselberger. of that place, on wed
nesday afternoon, after he had i o Son
convicted of refusing to allow his son,
Webster Lease, aged II, to attehu
school. Lease paid the fine, but de,
e;ared he would not enroll his son
at the school at Liberty, but WouI az
have him live at the home of son-ln-
Iaw charles Holtzaple, and enroll IN
the KNOXVILLE school. The boy naa q
been employed on a farm husklng
corn. A warrant has also been issued
for the arrest of John j. Carver,
cborging him with failing to enroll
his 13-year-ofd son, Claude
The Baltimore Sun of Saturday says:
Harry Seymour, from dry" West ST.
minister, came to town YESTERDAY 1or
the first time in year. He met some 11
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