The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-03-24
TIE DEMOCRATIC: ADyoCATE5 MARCH -. 1916

The word and, occurs 46,527 times
in Holy ScriDture-10,98 1884 times in tine
Old Testan- ent and 35,543 times in
the New Testament.
The Western Maryland asked per-
mission of the Public Service Com
mission to issue $2,226,264 i'm 1O-year
notes. The proceeds are to be used
in the purchase Of 1000 all-steel hop
per cars for use of the company
growing traffic in the Paramount field
of West Virginia and the Somerset
field of Pennsylvania. The notes, it
is understood, will be in the form of
! equipment trusts and will mature ser
! tally, as is usual in such cases.
H. Shapiro, of Shapiro Brothers,
New York, and Mr.. Bernstein, mana
ger of the factories of the firm in
York and Littlestown, were in fancy
town recently and practically closed
an agreement to open ladies' dress
factory there this summer. The town
is to furnish the building, an engine
for power and furnace for heating,
free of charge for five years, and to
secure, if possible, so or so girls, but
, the firm will begin operations with 40.
Mrs. Louisa Gallaher, wife of the
Rev. DR.. Edward G. Gallaher, who is
pastor of McKendree Methodist Epis-
copal Church, Arlington, Baltimore,
, created a sensation in that usual quiet
suburb Tuesday evening about Z
o'clock when, after a heated quarrel
with her husband, she ran to the
home of Magistrate t. Irwin thinner
man, near the church, on the Reisters-
town road, and asked for police pro-
lection against physical violence by
her husband.
That the "back-to-the-farm" move
ment is led by city boys is shown by
statistics at the agricultural school of
the Pennsylvania State College. To
vania have over 200 young men in the
school, Some of these have never
seen farm, except at a distance. In
turned out with sufficient knowledge
men who have spent all their lives as
tillers of the soil.
A verdict for $4,000 damages was
awarded the widow and children OF
Frederick l.. Hayes in their suit
against the Western Maryland Rail-
way Company in Superior Court, Part
2, Baltimore, yesterday following an
agreement between Mr.. Hayes, and
counsel for the defense The terms
OF the verdict are that $4,000 of the
money is to 60 to the widow and
$4,000 to be divided among the child
rem. Hayes was a fireman on the
Blue Mountain Express, which ON
June "a, 1915, collided with the local
passenger train, known as No. 10,
while crossing the bridge over Owens
creek, near Thurmont.
A boating stage of water now fills
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal from
Cumberland to Georgetown, feed gates
at different levels having been opened.
Navigation will begin on April 3. The
old waterway Is in excellent shape,
and a steady season of boating In the
handling of large contracts for coal
is expected on account of the scarcity
of cars on the railroads. More boats
will be in service than for many
years, and new ones are being built.
Col Willard F. Waltz of the Nine
teenth United States Infantry at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas, is the ranking
officer in the army from Frederick
county He formerly lived at New
Market, and was graduated from West
Point in 1874.
Mr.. Carroll n. Lockard, Liberty
street, reports the following sales OF
automobiles of recent date: Mr.
Nathan Albert, Westminster, 1915
Buick 6-45; Mr.. William N. Keefer,
Westminster, 1916 Buick 6-45; Mr.. r.
Devilbiss, Union Bridge, 1916 Buick
6-45; Mr.. Frank Shriner, Union
Bridge, 1916 Buick 6-45; Mr.. David
Boose, Silver Run, 1916 Buick 6-45:
Mr.. John Hunt. Westminster, 1916
Buick 6-4J: Mr.. David J. Brown,
Westminster, 1916 Buick 6-43; Mr.
Leslie Smelser, New Windsor, 1916
Hudson Super Six: Mr.. A. J. Buch-
man, Alesia, 1916 Hudson Super Six;
Mr.. Oscar Taylor, 1916 Chevrolet:
Mr. John Yingling, 1916 Chevrolet,
and Mr.. Leslie Fox, Keymar, Buick.
The Fred. H. Knapp Co., of this
city, shipped two Improved Automatic
Labelling Machines to New Zealand
last week These labelers are for
labelling pound and 2 pound fiat NUT
ton cans. One of these being an iron
frame machine, the total weight OF
both being approximately 1909
pounds when boxed for export. The
cases were marked in large letters
on four sides, made in America"
Every shipment leaving the United
States should be plainly marked
either made i'm America or made in
u. S. A., and all manufactured arti-
cles should be so stamped or marked.
The Knapp Co., have all castings
used in their machines marked, made
in u. s. A" The letters being raised
and cast in the piece. How many
know where New Zealand is located?
Courtesy Night a Success.
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