The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-01-14
ADDITIONAL LOCALS,

broken off.
What's the use Of having troubles
OF your own when you can listen to
other peoples for nothing.
The Boy Scout band had its first
rehearsal on Tuesday evening at
Scout headquarters, and made good
Roadway for the first lesson.
| Company IT left Tuesday evening
on the 6.34 train for Annapolis where
they took part in the inaugural
parade of Governor Harrington.
York can carry it's own work
mems compensation insurance, ac-
cording to q decision handed down at
Harrisburg by the State Bureau.
Hundreds of women are now at
work on lathes, drilling machines and
stamping-out machines in the Russian
factories where they make high ex-
plosiye shells.
One of the large new No. 900 NAL
let locomotives Of the Western Mary
land left the track at Pen-Mar, and
several hours were required to put 1t
on the rails again.
The Tidewater Portland Cement
Company, Union Bridge, loaded and
shipped $1,000 barrels-about 375 cars
of cement, during December as
against 1900 barrels in December,
1914.
It seems that Mr.. Jacob Tracey, Of
Melrose, will have the champion
porker Of the county this year. The
porker was killed Monday and it
weighed 81714 pounds, nearly a half
ton.
January is not doing so bad for
! beginner. 1t was some sloppy Mon
day, and nearly everybody was
walking the streets except the ones
f, who would sooner stick to the slip
! pcrv parements and get bump from
them.
! A general increase lii the price of
automobile tires ranging from seven
and half to twenty-five per cent,
; and an expected increase in the price
! of gasoline, which is at present sell
| ing at twenty-three cents per gallon,
are two new developments Of interest
| to the automobile field.
Mr.. Paul Reese, architect, who has
! recently opened an office in the Times
Building, this city, is preparing plans
| for a handsome ediffce to be erected
by the Church of God, Rev. John
Gonso. pastor The structure will be
of white limestone and will occupy
the site of the old Central Hotel.
! An extra freight train hauling coal
was tied up in this city this morning.
1t interrupted traffic for about 3
hours, by a car becoming crOss-Wlse
over the track blocking all switches
and the main track in the yards.
wrecking crew arrived from Baltl-
more this morning and moved the
car.
Local weather prophets are pro-
phesying a mild winter, basing their
predictions upon the fact that snakes,
bugs and other creatures were lured
from their winter homes during the
recent warm spell The sunbath OF
two large water snakes, bullfrog
and a mud turtle was disturbed on the
last warm day.
Following the recent heavy rains a
large landslide 100 feet long and 40
feet deep occurred Wednesday night on
the Western Maryland railway at
Little Orleans, 20 miles west of Han
cock. Traffic was blocked for nine
hours Passenger trains were de-
toured dTOuuu IHC NlC1h Wa IAA0
Baltimore and Ohio.
The auto truck owned by Elmer
Wampler, this city, slipped from the
Meadow Branch turnpike road Mon
day morning with a load on and had
to be pulled out. The rain was fall
ing and frOze as fast as it fell, max
ing the road slippery, which caused
the back end of the truck to slide
around and down the bank.
The Federal grand jury at Parkers-
burg, w. Va, Wednesday returned all
Indictment against the "a former
clerks and carriers Of the Fairmont
Postoffce who went on stike few
months ago, charging them with OBJ
structing and delaying the mails.
Three former officials of the office
also were indicted. 1t is expected a
further Indictment will be returned. |
Mr.. Edwin F. Shriver, of this city,
entered upon his duties as Maintainer
of the new Electric Automatic Block
Signals that have just been put into
service between Thurmont and Hag-
erstown on the Western Maryland
Railway. Mr. Shriver will have an
assistant and also car propelled by
gasoline motor by which he will
travel over the road between Union
Bridge and Beauna Vista. His office
will be in Thurmont.
Superintendent Ennis, of the West i
ern Maryland Railway Co. announced
on Friday that the railroad had let
a contract to the firm of Claiborne Il
Johnson, of Baltimore, to construct
another track from Blue Mountain to
Edgemont, which will make that Sec
ton of the Western Maryland the
only one having double track between
Hagerstown and Baltimore with the
exception of the double track from
Emory Grove into Baltimore.
Mr. Harry Matthias rural carrier on
Route 4, who was requested by the
Postoffice Department some time ago
to forward his resignation and re-
fused to do so, was dismissed from
the service by the department last
week Mr. Abraham Shaffer, Brum-
mel, who acted as substitute on the
route for ten days, will take charge
of the route Monday and until a
regular carrier is appointed by the
postofice department. Mr.. Matthias
will discontinue as a carrier on Sat- |
urday, at which time his dismissal
goes into effect.
The following new telephones were
installed by the c. & p. Telephone
Company: VIM. H. Grimm, near Union |
Bridge, Union Bridge 12F g. w. l.. :