The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-12-29
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 20, 1916
LOCAL AFFAIRS

The Cumberland daily papers nave
raised the pri from one cent to TWO
cents a copy
The automobile of Mr.. E. W. Pickett,
of Woodbine, was damaged MONDAY
afternoon from being in COLLISION
with another car in Baltimore.
with everyone trying to get hold or
the new dimes the scramble for the
old ones has not diminished to any
great extent in this locality.
Frederick County school of1clais
will take advantage OF the army Dlii
provision for equipping cadets at hign
schools and instructing them In rlne
practice and military tactics.
lust what will be accomplished by
the commissions investigating the
high prices is not clear, but anyway
they help the investigators meet thelr
cost of living.
Miss Clara B. Hill, near this city,
teacher in Owings Mill school, who
was operated upon at DIR. Kenny )
Hospital Baltimore, Wednesday Oh
last week, is critically ILL.,
1r the movement toward the mint
age of a coin worth 212 cents could De
traced to it's original source II Woulu
he q safe bet that it began with some
tightwad who thinks that a mckel IL
too much to drop in the Contribution
box.-Wichita Beacon.
Woman is more practical than man
much more so. When man discovers
that he is losing his hair he invests
lots of money in hair restoratlVes
which never do a bit Of good. A Wo-
man does not waste time or money on
restoratives, she goes and buys more
hair.
R W. Marker, a w. nj. conductor
WAS arrested in Cumberland charged
with the larceny Of quantity OF Jew
nlrv from the home OF Ethel Meade
According to police when searcneu
inf police headquarters he mao the
iewelry on his person and a nunoer
of pictures.
The following assisted with the
Christmas entertainment at CrdCS
lutheran Church: Clarence Staub and
clarence Bell, violinists; Carroll
Crawford and Philip Myers, trombon-
lists: Samuel Caltrider and Frank
Miller, cOrnetlsts, ana "A. MSelS "iu
l.. Weimert, solOists.
There was more Christmas mall
handled at Westminster postoIllce
than ever before in its history. Inc
service of the local office was most
efficient mails were dlspatched Win
the usual regularity and In spite OF the
food Of parcel post matter, no resi-.
dent was given cause to complain Oh
the delivery service.
Deliveries of the 26 new passenger
cars ordered by the w. NJ. from the
Pullman Company will begin next
spring. These cars are OF the all-steel
tyne, and will be the first equipment
of this kind to be placed in service
by the railway company. For years
the Western Maryland has been using
the steel underframe type OF passen-
ger coach.
More than 600 individual Christmas
boxes were r -ceived by the patients at
the Springfield State Hospital at
Sykesville Christmas Day and there
was a grand time at the opening OF
the boxes. Each of the 141S patients
received a box of candy and each OF
the men who smoke got cigar after
the dinner of chicken pot pie, homlny,
sauerkraut, bananas, apples, oranges
and other delicacies. A big dance
was held at night.
These corn and potato clubs which
are distributing prizes among girls
rs well as boys for the best crops
produced are among the most Valu-
able educational institutions we have
It is desirable to have some OF the
BOYS and girls stay on the farm, and
il is also desirable to increase food
production. These competitions make
farm life more interesting to the
young people, who learn a great deal
of the higher agriculture in the course
of the competition. More corn clubs
mean more corn, and more food of all
sorts in coming years.
Eighteen tons of 1917 motor We
hicle tags we're issued December l6
by the State Automobile Commission
er's Office. This lot is the first con-
signment of the green and cream
markers that Maryland autoists will
carry on their cars during the coming
year. The new tags carry green num-
bers on a cream background with a
hyphen between the hundred and
thousand position. Commissioner
Baughman has announced that all
cars in operation must have the new
tags displayed a. all times after mid
night of the night of December 31st.
1t il understood that the engineer
ing corps, under the direction of John
Carmichael, is making fast progress
In making surveys in connection with
the relocation of the lines of the West
ern Maryland Railway Company be-
tween Emory Grove and HagerstOwn.
The engineers started their work
about month ago. This work is in
dicative of the expenditure of millions
of dollars by the management in re-
building the road west of Emory
Grove. Of course, it will take months
to make these surveys, but when COM
pleted the w. NJ. will be in a position
to get any new Improvement plan I'M
der way at any time it sees fit.
The following appeal has been re-
ceived by many of our people this
week from the Maryland School for
the Blind: ITO help the blind must
appeal to everyone who is blessed
with sight-whether his contribution
be small or large. The needs or the
school are imperative and we wish to
reach everyone who is willing to as
s1st the blind. When one considers
the helplessness of those who have
been so unfortunate as to lose their
sight, and can be made to realize how
much they are benefited by the kind
OF work this school is doing, it would
seem that no better field for chart