The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-11-03
DRY FORCES MAKE TREMENDOUS
DEMONSTRATION.
Two Hundred Cars Tour Carroll COun.
ty-Great Enthusiasm.

ty-Great Enthusiasm.
! What was probably the greatest
stunt of it's kind ever attempted in
Maryland, was pulled off by the Dry
forces of Carroll county, Tuesday Of
Carroll county, on Tuesday OF this
this week, in the shape of an 'Automo-
| bile Tour covering the main points Oh
! Carroll county Leaving Westminster,
Main street and Railroad avenue,
promptly at o'clock, the route lay
! through Snydersburg, Hampstead
Greenmount, Manchester, Melrose,
/ Silver Run, Taneytown, Middleburg,
Union Bridge, Linwood, New Wind
sor, Marston, Sans Creek, Taylors-
Vile, Winfield, Berrett, SykeSVille and
home The schedule had been plann-
ed with great care and was carried
out almost to the second. Probably
no tour of it's kind in this part of the
country ever before made such rec
| ord.
Good crowds greeted the speakers
and tourists all along the route.
Meetings were held at Hampstead,
Manchester, Union Mills, Silver Run,
! Taneytown, Middleburg, Union Bridge,
! Linwood, New Windsor, Taylorsville,
were made by DR.. Hare, superinten-
dent of the Anti-Saloon League; DR..
HI. l.. Elderdice, President of the
W estminster Theological Seminary;
DR.. T. H. Lewis, President Western
MARYLAND College; DR.. c. D. Bonsack
and Prof. J. J. John, of Blue Ridge
, College; Senator w. H. D. Warfield,
Of Sykesville; Rev. l.. NJ. Hoffman,
Rev. S. C. Hoover President G. W..
Yeiser and others.
I Excellent music was furnlShed dI
all towns where stops were made by
/ the Boy Scout Band and the male quar-
! tet of the Westminster Seminary.
The parade was run in three Cl-
visions, although much of the time the
dividing line between the second and
third division would have been hard
! to find The first section was made
up of the Boy Scout Band in charge
Of Scout Messenger, DR.. c. E. For
lines, and Prof. Charles Peltz. Mr..
W. A. Shriver, Jr., member OF the
band headed this division with his
car as pathfinder. Not only did they
mark every turn by confetti, but
signs showing the way were posted
/ by this car at every turn of the road.
/ The second division was headed by
Mr.. George K. Mather, with the speak
ers and. some of the singers. The
third division was brought up with
Mr.. George w. Yeiser and a group
of speakers who took up the meeting
at some of the towns where the first
body of speakers left off.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christy and Prof. J.
A. Loose, of Baltimore, delighted ev-
cry one with their splendid music.
They were most generous in singing
all along the route and their enthusi
! asm and sweet voices added not
little to the success of the day. There
was also male quartet and orchestra
from Silver Run and a colored quar-
tet from Sykesville, which sang at
various points along the route.
/ Weather and road conditions were
good all the way.
Lunch, consisting of sandwiches
and coffee, was served free to mem
! bers of the party at Taneytown. The
cars were generously decorated with
flags, bunting and banners and pre-
scented a magnificent array. At places
the procession stretched out for
distance of six or eight miles. At
many places when the head OF the
parade stopped for the meeting, the
| line OIL CARS WOulu 0AlCuu OuI
/ the country as far as the eye could
reach. No mishaps married the day
and even such trifies as punctures oc-
Cured to very few.
! The number of cars in the tour
varied somewhat from place to place
-but was probably the largest at
Taneytown, Union Bridge, and New
| Windsor. At these places there were
about two hundred cars in line. The
whole tour was full of pep and push
and the greatest enthusiasm was
shown. Everybody was in good
humor and full of life and it would
be hard to find an equal number any
where more enthusiastic over the
cause for which they were working.
The number of people in the tour
probably exceeded one thousand.
! Especial praise is due Mr.. W. 4.
Shriver, who not only took his place
as member of the band, but steered
! the entire party over the course and
marked the way so that it was practi-
cally impossible for any one to miss
the way at any point along the route.