The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-11-24
Yesterday was one pleasant day

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Yesterday was one pleasant day
for ducks.
From reports some makes of auto
mobiles will be increased i'm price
instead of decrease, as was hoped
for.
MIR. Guithe Miller, near this city,
has rented the ''Nick-in-the-Wall, !"
and has added good line of confec-
tioneries, with his soda water trade.
DR.. Charles Billingslea made a mis-
step in his house on East Main street,
Monday evening about o'clock and
; fell on his left hip fracturing the
| neck of the femur. He will likely be
confined to his bed for some time DR..
Frank Martin, of Baltimore confirmed
the diagnosis.
Chester Leroy Baker, son of Henry
Baker, of Frederick, was killed Sat
urday as result of a wreck on the
Hagerstown and Frederick Railroad,
in which two freight cars, being push
ed by freight motor, smashed in
headon collision with another railroad
: car at point about three miles west
of Frederick.
Attempting a nonstop flight from
Chicago to New York, Miss Ruth Law,
guiding a Curtiss biplane of the mill
tary scout type, shattered all Ameri-
, can long-distance records for single
flight Sunday when she flew from
Chicago to Hornell, N. Y, distance
by railroad of about $50 miles, bet
tering by about 100 miles the record
made by Victor Carlstrom on Novem-
Der 2.
On Wednesday evening several men
from Silver Run, Md, drove to Han
over to witness the Democratic
parade. On their arrival there they
; put their teams in the stable of nj.
E. Robert. On their return to the
stable preparatory to the trip home
they found that some miscreant had
slashed the curtains on both buggies.
} The men were Edward Kehr and
/ Messrs. Newman, Erb and Stonesifer,
{ all of Silver Run.
His thumb and three fingers of his
right hand caught and mashed in the
cogwheels of a feed and ensilage cut
7 ter, Charles d. Zile, IA years old, sued
| Weldon B. Wooden, a Hampstead
: farmer, for $4,000 damages in the
| Superior Court of Baltimore, Saturday.
The suit was brought through the
boys father, Charles o. lille, as his
next friend" The accident occurred
l December 5, 1913. 1t is stated that
the boy was employed by the defend
J, , ant to do general farm work and that
= the cutter was out of repair.
Attorney Milton G. Urner, Jr., a
member of the Frederick county bar,
associated with his father, Milton G.
! Urner, and a brother of Judge Ham,
mond Urner, chief judge Of the Sixth
: judicial circuit, was run down late
Sunday afternoon on the streets OF
! Frederick by an automobile, which
was being driven by J. Otis King, a
farmer The touring car was driven
= over Mr.. Urner's body, breaking sew
l eral of his ribs and rendering him un-
t conscious.
Not a dissenting vote was cast Fri
day by the stockholders of the West
ern Maryland Railway Company when
the question of ratifying the new
: financing plan recently announced
was brought up at special meeting
in the main Offices of the company in
the Continental Building, Baltimore.
{ With the plan approved by the stock
( holders there is a clear road ahead
4 for the Western Maryland, and the
] record prosperity of the past will
: soon be overshadoWed.
Now that cold weather has arrived,
and very likely to stay, owners of
porkers in the city and out in
the country are making plans
, for the annual chickering's. Hundreds
1 of the big, fatted swine will be cut up
in this county within the next six
Y weeks Big kettles are being cleaned
up, lard cans are being made ready,
sausage suffers are being gone over,
/ knives are being sharpened and the
) hogs which have been undergoing a
: fattening process for the past nine
months, more or less, will soon squeel
for the last time.
v Charles Beackley, the Cleveland
= Vile, Md, weather prophet who has
= gained celebrity for the accuracy of
) his Representations, says all signs
) point to a mild winter. The wet spring
- and dry fall are sure to be followed
l by mild winter, he says. The corn
5 husks are thin, there are few chest
MUS, anu dCOTuS, IOIIl0LS uGSLS were
built low this summer, chickens are
molting late, crows are not collecting
1 in large fiocks, the fur on the cater
J pillar is very thin and the middle band
1 across the back of the worm is light
brown, while the end bands are quite
dark-all of which means mild winter
weather ahead, Beackley declares.
! Run over by a heavily laden wagon,
/. Walter Mckinney, about % years OLD,
a prominent young farmer in the
vicinity OF Libertytown, was instantly
killed on his farm yesterday. Mr.. Nc
=. Kinney was engaged in hauling in
4 fodder from the field, when the acct
" dent occurred. A colored boy was
; standing on top of the loaded wagon
" while Mr.. Mckinney was on the
= ground. Becoming frightened the
horses began to run. Mr.. Mckinney
!. grabbed for the lines and in some way
= was thrown under the team, the
l wheels passing over his chest. He
j leaves his widow, who is daughter
:, of Robert Norris, and an infant child.
The United States Civil Service
! Commission has announced an eXami-
nation for Carroll county, to be held at
Woodbine and Westminster, on De-
cember 9, 1916, to fill the position of
rural carrier at Woodbine and vacan-
cies that may later occur on rural