The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-03-31

single lines.
Mr.. Benjamin Spencer win be CIV
e. a try out on the Baltimore ball
team Monday.
For automobile upholstry an arti-
fiolal silk is being made from spun
glass in England.
Talk is cheap. Not much. The
Bell Telephone system got $239,O00.-
s0e for It last year.
4 Jack to lift telegraph or tele-
phone poles from holes has been In
vented by a Chicago man.
A factory In France drives tur-
bines with water from a reservoir on
a npuntain coo feet above 1t.
The Locust Stock Farm" owned
By Mr.. G. Lynn Coane, near this city,
has been sold to Mr.. George Il. Zen
son. OF Gambler.
Thomas Lane Eckenrode. of fancy
town, has assumed his new duties
rs bar clerk at the Hotel Columbus.
MeSherrystown. Pa. Jacob Bufting-
ton. the new proprietor. will take
charge. OF the hotel on Saturday.
Mr.. William Smith, who held down
a position as clerk at the Westmins-
ter Hotel for several years, Is now
with Mr.. George n. Hunter, East
Main street, doing the light work N
the meat and green grocery depart
ment
Reports have 1t thai robbers have
made several attempts 10 enter resi-
= l. =. - ID a.
but each time have been frightened
away. Our citizens should be pre-
pared for burglars and put them out
OF business.
The fast mail on Wednesday even
Ing was delayed one hour and half
BY L big wreck near Cleveland, on the
NeW York Central In which 30 per
sons were killed and 10 injured. Three
trains we're wrecked. one being the
train hich connects With the fast
mail al Pittsburgh.
Mr. jarrett Shauck and Sergeant
Arnold, Liberty street. have moved
to Gaflber. Mr.. George Hon has
moved from Court street 10 the Ever
hart re ,idenee on East Main street.
Mr. William Eckenrode. Fair Ground
Hi. hls moved to the Gardner resi-
denee. East Main street
Many dealers are travelling through
the country around here buying al
the old rags and paper they can Sc
cur The appeal recently issued by
the Department of Commerce, n
which the Secretary asked the PEG
pie To give their attention 10 the sax-
ing Of rags aud old papers, has IN
fiueneei the dealers to 4 belief TINT
prices will soon advance.
The dates for the big reunions n
pen-Mar the coming season have been
arranged b. the parties and the West
ern Maryland railroad company Two
of them vii be In july and two IN
August The Reformeds will lead of
a. Usual and the Odd Fellows vii
close the major festivities The dates
are al follows Reformed-July %.
Eutheran-Jnly 81; Presbyterian=-
August 3; Odd FellowH-=August 10
save your waste paper and rag.
This plea was sent out By the Depart
ment OF Commerce in Washington
Friday 70 al parts OF the United
States. Shortage OF paper material
1Ol THE
The head o. a large paper manufac-
turing COMPANY has informed the De
partment Of Commerce that there i
a serious shortage of raH material for
the manufacture of paper. Two I'm
portant items are old paper and rags.
hrs. Rose {. Foreman. widow Of
the late DR.. James Met. Foreman.
who at the time of his death was
postmaster ut Emmitsbnrg, has been
appointed BY President Wilson 20
succeed. her late husband. Mrs. Fore
nm will Like charge Of the office
about April |. She Is appointed for
= full four year term dating from
March 1. President Wilson nomi-
mated Mrs. Foreman some time ago
md on March 20 the appointment
was confirmed by the United States
Senate.
Hiss Carrie Goble, OF York, Pa. re-
fused to marry Stewart Z Gosnell. Il
Is said, because the prospective groom
stopped at Abbottstown while on his
way from York to this city, where
the ceremony was to be performed
md drank glass Of beer. The
drinking OF the beer spoiled double
wedding. The story Is related by Mr.
and Mrs. Toy Shelter. the other
couple that accompanied Miss coble
and Gosnell They proceeded, how
ever. to this city and were married By
Rev. Calvin slagle Saturday.
The use Of rugs, draperies eata-
faIdues and other materials about OF
over caskets enclosing or exposing
dead bodies must be stopped by al
undertakers. DR.. John ID. Blake
Baltimore, The commissioner 81
health. declares they are menace Il
health. and in a statement Wedn -.
cay declared he would enforce tn
law. which authorizes him to have al
undertakers arrested who do not obey
his mandate with regard to health
regulations He also threatens td
refuse to issue burial permits TO IN,
dertakers Who fail to cooperate viii
Inn.
Il. il now learned on good authority
that az soon as the exeavating and
grading is finished for the double.
tracking of the Western Maryland
main line between Blue Mountain
House and Edgemont. work will IN
mediately begin on similar opera
ton for the section of the road be,
tween Pen Mar and Blue Mountain
House. The long siding at Pen IA
now runs a. far as the big cut below
the Pen Mar observatory, and no
much additional track will have to b.
put down In the doubling process
But that deep cut-and IL is a deeI
0ne-will be a proposition of a dif