The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-01-21

Detour the fast mail was 80 minutes
late on Sunday evening.
MIR. y. Wesley Brooks, Willis street,
who is to succeed Mr.. William Unger
i'm the Register of Wills Office, has
started upon his duties.
MIR. G.. Lynn Coane will sell his
farm. known as the Locust Stock
Farm" situated near this city, at pub
lie sale Monday, February z, and will
move to Philadelphia, where he will
enter into business.
A Western Union Telegraph wire
fell across an electric wire nc the
railroad Monday night at 10 o'clock,
putting the lights out in the resi-
dences and business places. The
wire was repaired Tuesday.
A peculiar disease known as "vitel-
ligo or acquired piebald SKINS" are
turning negroes white, according to
Rev. Beale, Of Valdosta, Ca We
haven't noticed any on the turn
around here. Possibly the disease
won't take hold Of the colored race
in this city.
The Orpheus Club, an organization
of % singers led by Mr.. Willard, or
ganist and choirmaster of StPaul's
Church, Baltimore, will give a con-
cert in Alumni Hall on Tuesday even
ing, February 22nd. Lovers of good
music will have rare treat in LISTEN
ing to this club of picked singers.
The timely discovery Of fire in the
parlor of Mr.. Alfred Stevenson, near
this city, last Saturday afternoon
probably saved the house from de-
struction. In some unknown way the
heat from the furnace set the floor
on fire and burned part of the carpet
and a bookcase before it was discov-
cred. The loss is covered by insur-
ance.
Nicholas w. Hammond, "a years
old. who was among the Maryland
FOrty-niners who rounded the Horn
and went to California during the
gold fever, died Monday at his home,
| Bushy Park Farm, near Glenwood
Mr.. Hammond was born in Frederick
county and was the last survivor of
the IA children of Walter c. and
Mary Matilda Hammond
! Workmen in the boring machine
pany's plant, Waynesboro, Pa, went
on strike Saturday morning following
the refusal to grant their demand for
more pay. The employees held a meet
ing and decided to demand more
presented their demands. When the
raise was denied the men picked up
their tools and walked out.
Francis X. Bushman, the moving
picture actor, who recently leased an
estate in the Green Spring Valley,
near Riderwood, Baltimore county,
Monday was sued in the Circuit Court
at Towson by the Rudolph Wurlitzer
Company, of Chicago, to recover a
balance alleged to be due on an in
stallment note given by Mr.. Bushman
for a player piano, costing $3.50, a
player bench and SIS worth of player
rolls
One of the industries of Chambers
turg-the Melville Wooden Company
which ceased operations with the
close of 1915, because of the operator
combining all his forces at the plant
TO the Oakland Wooden Mills will re-
sumo operations within a week. 1t
is said that there are enough orders
on hand to operate the mill at its
capacity for a year. 1t is also re-
ported that one of the present orders
includes cloth for the Allies to the
amount of 100000 yards.
The block signal system of the
Western Maryland Railway is now in
use as far as Union Bridge AS is
cio 1c cd
automatically by the trains in pass
ing, first showing red light, then
green and after reaching the next
signal, which may be a mile away, the
first signal will show white Each
signal tower has it's semaphores for
east and west bound trains The
entire system is connected and cleo
trifed by batteries, and a misplaced
switch will be shown on the nearest
signal stations.
On January 18th, at 100 p. M,
Smallwood Grange will hold an in
stallatiOn of officers for the ensuing
year, after which refreshments will
lie served by the ladies. The follow
ing officers have been duly elected:
Master George A. Shipley; Overseer,
Robert l.. Nelson; Lecturer, John E.
Nelson: Steward, David G. Hook; As
Sistant Steward, Roland Shipley;
Chaplain, Mrs. ID. G. Hook; Secretary,
"m. II. Buckingham; Gatekeeper,
Paul W. Wagner; L. A. Steward, Mrs.
George 4. Shipley; Ceres, Mrs. Col
umbus A. Shipley; Flora, Mrs VIM
Davis, and Pomona, Miss Ida Shipley
James Sullivan, colored, died In the
Havre de Grace Hospital Monday
noon as the result of gunshot wound
in his left leg, received early Monday
morning, when he attempted to enter
the chicken house Of w. Dickey
! Jamison, at Swan Creek, near Havre
de Grace. Mr.. Jamison had been an
noyed for some time by chicken
thieves, and during the past few
weeks had lost over 100 chickens.
! Sunday night, before retiring, he
placed a trap gun at the entrance OF
the chicken house and when Sullivan
opened the door the gun was dis
charged, the entire load taking effect
! in the left leg below the knee.
! A drastic method of reducing the
price of gasoline was proposed Mon
| day by Representative Ben Johnson,
of Kentucky, when he proposed a bill
providing for tax of 81 a gallon on
all the product sold by manufactur-
err at a profit above Is cents a gallon.