The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-03-24

NE annual HlLCNS season Is al
hand.
It is said that crime increases at
the rate OF 900 per cent every 20
years.
Panama is rising three feet per
century.
Alaska and 10 states of the Union
produce copper.
The Car of Russia has an income
of $50 a minute.
Gold weighs nearly 20 times as
much as its own bulk in water
Wood can be hardened and water
PROCEED by bailing for a few minutes
in olive OIL
Simple apparatus has been invent
ed for disinfecting school children S
pencils with formalin gas.
Mr.. Augustus Humbert has occu-
pied the Thomas farm, formerly ten
anted by Wilmer Haines.
Mr.. James B. Allison, Bond street,
who has been differing from an at
tack of appendicitis, is improving.
Human being generally stop grow
ing at the age of IS. Boys frequently
get their growth a year or two older.
The government OF Uruguay will
assume control Of all telegraph and
telephone services and reOrganize
and improve them.
Harness to permit letter-carrier
to distribute the weight of load he
is carrying upon both shoulders
evenly has been invented.
Foreman Fox, on Section No. 6 of
the Western Maryland Railway, has
resigned to accept contract to pitch
base ball with the Frederick team.
Mr.. James E. Smith, East Main
street, who has been confined to his
home with blood poison in a toe on
his foot, is improving and is able to
be up in his room.
The members of the Boy Scout
Band, of this city, will give a concert
Saturday evening. March 18th, at
7.3O o'clock. in MT Milton A. Sulli-
vans store, West Main street, this
city. Everyone invited.
Forty applications for liquor Ii
cense were granted and II refused in
Armstrong county. The court order
ed barrooms closed at $50 p. m, and
not opened before 7.30 n. m. Grill
rooms are not permissible.
John Garman, of near Brodbeck,
has purchased one of the most beau
tiful homes in Reisterstown, Md, to-
gether with several fine building lots,
three of which are front lots on
which he expects to build houses
during the summer. He will move to
his new home March 9th.
A large B. & O. engine, of the ZOO
Mallet type, passed through Bruins
wick Monday The engine was an
extremely large one. One mark OF
distinction was the tubular shaped
water carrier, instead of the square
shape, which has been so much in
vogue in that part of the country.
Milton A. Sullivan, Real Estate
Agent, West Main street, reports the
following sales: John II. Smelser
property to Frank Aldridge, of Den
ming; Guy Babylon farm at Wake
field to Thomas Taylor and son of
,
Green street. to Jesse F. Close, OF
Carrollton; Nettie S. Six lot on John
street, to Walter H. Davis.
The following pupils of Pine Knob
school were present every day during
the spring term: Helen Zahn, Mil
dred Ward, Elizabeth Kolter, Madel-
inc Ruby, Gertrude Roller, Cora
Ward, Esther Ruby, Victor Ruby,
Russell DuVall and James Roller.
Frederick Zahn, John Beasman,
Leroy Ward and Bennell Zahn were
absent two days. There are twenty
two pupils Oh roll.
John Garman & Sons. lumber deal
ers, of Reisterstown, Md, have just
purchased goo acres of excellent
white oak timber from Ex-senator
Beasman, Of Sykesville, Md, and ex-
pect to place one of their mills in the
tract within ten days to take care OF
an extensive war order. At present
this firm owns two Atom Packard
trucks for transporting lumber and
expect to install two more in the near
future.
The Carroll County Cow Testing
Association will have public meeting
in Browns Hall, New Windsor, April
5, at s p. H. Mr.. ID. G. Harry, secre-
tary of the Hartford County Cow Test
ing Association for four years, will be
one OF the speakers, and MIR. c. IL.
Wolcott, of the Maryland Experiment
Station, will also speak on the bene-
fits of the cow testing associations.
All interested in dairying are invited
to be present.
York county, Pa, boys will be en-
tered i'm the state corn growing con-
test which will be conducted next
January when the state board of ag-
riculture holds its winter meeting.
This was decided on Saturday morn
ing at the meeting of the York Coun-
ty Corn Growing Contest association.
Officers were elected for the year and
discussion was held concerning the
proposed change of regulations in
conducting the association.
Carrie Cole filed suit Wednesday In
the Circuit Court at Towson against the
Western Maryland Railway, claiming
$4,000 damages for the death of her
son, John Dewey Helms, who was
killed by being struck by locomotive
at Fowblesburg Station on January
16 last, while driving the wagon or
Nicholas J. Cole. Mr.. Cole filed a suit
against the railway for $1,000 dam
ages for the death of his horse and
damages to his wagon.