The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-03-17
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Argentine has 29.500.o0O cattle and
s.700.01D horses.
The light Of the sun is 100000 times
greater than the full moon.
Seventy languages are said TO be
spoken In he ancient city of Tiiiis.
In Russia.
In the last hundred years Great
Britain has had a dozen different
types u rifle.
Navigation on the Chesapeake and
Ohio anal will begin the latter part
OF the month.
TIE Western Maryland College
basa Dall team may take chance at
thu Frederick club from reports.
Eight carloads of cattle were
shipped from this city Saturday for
Baltimore and New York markets.
More than 2G,OO0,000 cigars we're
made in Adams county In 1915.
Stamps we're sold 10 the amount of
S.. z07.I9.
Ar. Smith, Western Union Tele-
graph operator, has resigned his
position and has returned TO his
home In Salisbury, Nd
The largest train of cars pulled by
one engine passed through this city
Saturday afternoon. II contained 81
and ths engine seemed 10 pull them
without an effort
Mss Irene Schaeffer. Pennsylvania
avenue Hho Tell on slippery pave
ment last week, was hurt inwardly
and has been quite III ever since,
but 1t this time Is improving.
"a NJ Ha L.
10 tea To be served for The benefit
of the v. {. T. L.. March q, at the
home Of Mrs. Charles BIllingslea,
hast Main street from 10 o'clock.
Preaching in the Methodist Pro-
testant church this Sunday morning
by ReY. A. y. Ward. and Sunday ey-
ening BY Rev. W. II Hodges. The
usual Sunday and mid=week services
will be held
new pipe organ, Installed in st
Paufs Methodist Episcopal Church.
Smlthsbnrg. was dedicated Sunday
The ReY. Richard " Edwards, pastor
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Glyndon, preached morning and even
Ing.
! snow storm swept down on this
city Wednesday morning In the af-
ternoGn the clouds became thin and
seemed as If the storm vas over, but
in Il. hours 1t became cloudy and
started TO snow again. On Thursday
morning We were in the midst of
cold wave. The thermometer regis
tering Il degrees.
The second quarterly distribution
for 1916 of the public school tax, to-
gether with The appointments of the
school-book fund and for accredited
high schools of the State we're an
nouneed Wednesday by State Comp
troiler McMullen. Carroll county will
receive from public school tax,
S7.7e3.7s, book fund 81 ,061.45 and APP
proved high schools 1915.
Mrs. ]. L. Reary Hagerstown, will
go IN few days to the Union Pro-
testant lnfirmary, Baltimore, where
she will have her right leg amputated
between the knee and hip. Five years
ago. when she lived In Roanoke. Va.
Mrs. Reary fell down fight of steps
and injured her knee. She has been
unable TO walk since, although she
has had 10 operations performed.
The Mt. Airy Board Of Trade has
taken up the question Of securing an
earlier delivery of mail IN the morn
Ing. The citizens Of the town are
very anxious to see some plan worked
out whereby they will be able 20 get
their morning mail as early, or near
II as early, as formerly Through
changes in the b. C 0. train sched-
uies 1T Mt. Airy 1t Is about o'clock
before the mails arrive. whereas for
merIy they came in about o'clock.
The business people are especially
Inconvenience, and they are strongly
urging that some Improvement be
made.