The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-02-23
Mr.. George W. Albaugh, this city,
celebrated his Goth birthday Yesterday

plumbing and timing for Mrs. Will
son, ReisterstOWn.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Zion will
meet at the home of Mrs. Bertha
Zahn, the first Thursday in March
All are invited.
Sunday school at the Bethel, War
fieldsburg, at 80 p. m, Sunday.
Preaching at 2.30 p. m. Rev. S. B.
Craft, pastor.
Grace Lutheran church will observe
the Lenten season by holding special
services each Friday at 7.3O p. M, in
place of the mid-Week prayer meet
ings, beginning tonight You are
cordially invited to attend
In renewing his subscription Mr.
Frank w. Shriver, Of Philadelphia
says: 1T has been 80 years since
left Westminster and the Advocate
has been my weekly companion, so |
keep well posted about Carroll county
affairs and do not feel like stranger
when | visit my old home"
Mr. Alfred Stevenson's house at
Spring Mills, tenanted by Mr. John S.
Hyde and family, caught fire from the
chimney last Saturday evening while
the Hyde family were in this city.
NeighbOrs discovered the fire and put
it out before it had gained much
Roadway. The damage was slight.
There will be a tea held at the home
of Mrs. DR.. Bare on Saturday, Febru-
airy "a. from ; to p. m, for the bene-
fit of the WOmans Civic League. A
salad will be served. There will also
be cake and carmel for sale Every
member Of the Civic League and all
friends please come and help in this
work
William Logue. a mail-carrier Of
3eisterstown, was slightly injured
Saturday afternoon at , o'clock by
being struck by a northbound cleo
trio car over the Emory Grove di-
vision of the United Railways. The
car struck the team before the tracks
were cleared, upsetting the team and
scattering mail about the tracks.
The revival of the whipping post, the
registry of purchasers OF revolvers, a
complete renovation of the Court
house which is insanitary, the utili-
cation Of convict labor and the elimi-
nation of street-cOrner loafing were
among the recommendations made
Wednesday by the Frederick county
81 dHu july III returning us report
after an investigation of nine days.
The timely discovery Of fire last
Friday night about 10 O'Clock in
Alumni Hall prevented what might
have been serious one. Upon en-
tering Irving Hall on the second
floor of Alumni Hall several students
detected smoke and investigating
found that the Wrappings of the steam
pipes under the floor and the floor
were on fire. 1t is thought the fire
caught from the heated pipes.
BY a vote of 321 to -, the House of
Representative Wednesday went on
record for prohibition in its most
drastic form Ivy agreeing to the Reed
amendment to the Postoftice Bill in
serted in the Senate. whereby no liquor
can be sent into a prohibition state
nor newspapers containing liquor adj
Vertisements sent through TIE mail
into states forbidding such ADVERTISE
ments in their own papers.
f. Austin Baughman. State Motor
Vehicle Commissioner. called atten-
ton to the provision of the law which
provides a prison term for anyone
who Wtlfully destroys an operator :
card. NiOlatOrs of the automobile
laws have sometimes destroyed their
old cards because they had bad rec
ords on them and sought to get new
cards that would be clean. Mr.
Bau2hman said he would enforce the
law.
1t was reported in Waynvsboro Fri
day that tn re are cute number
of farmers aEI potato growers in that
Al
Mountains VINO have hundreds OF
bushels OF potatoes stored in their
cellars One grower, who was in
town several days ago, sold about zoe
bushels at $l.I5 per busheI. and said
that he had 900 bushels NOR which
he would keep until they brought the
very highest price.
Milton A. Sullivan. real est4te a2ent
reports the following recent sales
A&rCn Long farm. Of 81 acres, SITUATE q
, Il mile Of Mexico, to Cover Bucking-
ham, OF kankakce Co., Ill: George
NJ. SNEAK farm. of p acres. situated
in Mt. Pleasant, to John r. Steiner
Austin II. lingling property, Belle
Grove SWuarc, to George NJ. Wertz
this city; also a tract of land near the
John Gait farm. for the executors OF
John l.. Heif~niGcr. ST., to Chas. "
King. this city.
, The many friends of Mr.. Walden A
BTummel this r.ty, are glad to !sar1
r that he has purchased The tonsoria
parlOr OF Mr.. L. &. Heltibridle. LAS
Main street. Mr.. Brummei. with "a,
assistance of Mr.. Bernard NusDa,n. O
TOWSOn, q former barber in the sam,
shop, Will continue the good servic,
extended to their patrons in the past
Mr. lCltibridle has purchased The
Gilbert property, in Tn ontown wher'
ne will open barbershOp. We eX
tend our best wishes to him ana hi!
family.
After the war the Baldwin Loco
motive Works. Philadelphia, proha-
bly, will not construct any more To-
comOtives in Philadelphia 1t will
then take over the plants at Eddy
StOn2. which it now leases TO the
Remington Arms Cmpany and the
,EddystOne Ammunition CORPORATION
and build all its railway equipment
there. The Philadelphia shops viii
be devoted exclusively to the manu-
facture OF hydraulic machinery, in.
ternal combustion engines and sim
lar apparatus.
+ The new Calvary Methodist EDiscO.
pal Church, at Mount Airy. just com