The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-06-29
O, DIFFENDAL, Manager.
cRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 20, 1917.
LOCAL AFFAIRS

-alD smiling. lndL SCOWA WAAA AO@
kaan YOU out of the trenches.
The stack on the old power house in
nh. cjtv Eas been taken down.
Tn. stork left a fine young lady at
.,1 home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Spen-
cer. this city.
l., Fisher, Optician and optometr-
,.t will be at Boyle's Drug store July
Sin and tn
Mr. Airv il to have a big day ON Ju-
f.. 4 fine program Of amusements
h., been prepared.
Thu government has Just contract
81 for 81 100000 worth OF shoes
cash Sc need pair.
vo more liquor shipments to dry
,.4ras Will be accepted by the railroad
and steamship companies.
Ne are perfectly willing to see Con-
,ra., in session until they provide for
=,iring or hanging Of food hogs.
Mr. Frank T. Shaeffer and force,
-,i. civ are engaged this week at
Wount Airy on q big job of plumbing.
Twenty-Five butter and egg specu-
1,rgr- have just been indicted in Chi
az, tive EN- twenty-five years a
piece
yyu..u employed at the Navy De
,4r-n,.nr are to receive the same sal
aria. H., The men holding similar posi-
t.@ns
rr take. woman with nerve to car
rv4 <tu purse with nothing i'll 1t but
, ,.fa,, lin and a dozen dry goods
samples
The 1--we banks in this city present
~ tn. Boy Scout Band with SO for
their services at the Liberty Loan
meeting
Narvlands quota for the second
34rle, Of officers training camps,
which sill begin August p, 1917, will
b. 2N> men.
lut4nril@ paralysis caused 6,OO0
Deaths in the United States in 1916, a
greater number than during the five
wear vnriUd from 1910 to 1914.
Alter Il bachelor passes the age OF
18 its III, 10 him to marry widow IL
b. marrips at all, for he needs wife
vh1 kn0aS how cranky men are.
Master Joseph Stoner, son of Mr..
and Mrs Joseph $. Stoner. Park ave-
nue. was operated on at the Union
Protestant Intirmary Baltimore, Mon
day fir Appendicitis.
By losing control Of his machine
Nr Roy SelIman, WartieldSburg
struck ID .nncrete culvcrt on Satur-
day on Euseman's Hill,near Elders
Durg and wrecked his car.
Mr. Charles f. Bowers, the painter
j. putting the finishing touch on MIR.
" Frank Thomas new house. The in
side II .iuI-hed in satinette enamel
mi Spanish mahogany.
fonu- Haines this city. We are sor-
~ IN announce. has again gotten him
,-Ii in trouble by giving Whiskey to
minor g.. is now in Jail, having been
arrested by officer Stem Monday.
There can be no question that the
p-Jdu.rr l. entitled to a fair price for
What h" reduces; but the only thing
% which the specializing price boost
M hua Is entitled is the moose end Of
stout rD9r.
At~r sn appeal by Capt ". II. Stay
ton %. @ashlngtOn to the members OF
The NAVY league for larger quantities
VI warm clothing for the bluejackets,
The league resolved to furnish the
needed 50thius for 10000.
Hr Jos. lA l.. Matthias, Est Main
street. .4arHi" and granite dealer, G.
7ected large and handsome monu-
IenE Oh the Gray family burial lot IN
cemetery at Prince Frederick, Cal
y1r. comfy. this week
The Hanover Fair this year will be
ned September Is to II instead OF tie
week preceding. which had been al
l2ted L.. rhe Central Fair Circuit As
'ociatioD This causes the withdrawal
u Inc fair from the circuit.
i rattl" snake hide nearly I feet in
myth was sent to Mr.. Harry Starr,
vest Main street by his brother, Mr..
award starr. from Mama, Fla. The
>a4ke hid" ii Il curiosity and is on eX-
IDitI0n N Sharrer K GorsuCh's
Store window.
The Mount Airy Country Club has
@sled Invitations for a dance to be
1eld IN the Masonic Temple on Friday
evening. The patrOnesses are Mrs.
W. u. RoI!zahn, Mrs J. A. Nice, Mrs.
~ L, Poole, Mrs. W + Gaver, Mrs. E
. horn, Mrs. A. W. Hall and Mrs C..
Hddlemoser.
sheriff StOner has been busily en-
sased looking up the men that failed
"Feglster on June 9Th He stated that
y4E OF the - men who failed in this
sso1lty he finds that nearly every one
No mas called on has been registered
yIe~here else and that after he COM
1e'es MS work there probably will
Dc more than half a dozen slack
Tue business section of Thurmont
,, 40 swept by fire Tuesday morning,
ausing loss of $4,000. The Osler
0sIaUe property, managed by Charles
ro Oh baltimore, was wrecked. A
,r5e barber shop and bowling alleys
~ pooIro0ms in the building suffer-
~ 1eaVy losses. This fire was the
tle year.
suL Waterman Fossett stopped an
T"IoOlIe load of coIored men on
.bSuay night and was about to arrest
ST. 4or suspicious characters. Officer
ysr I was called and identified the dri-
coi, u tne car and released them. The
BridSeu men who were from Union
Dir - we're attending a colored pic
ah-l tnls city, and were travelling in
uFed automobile,
tim me nPostoftice Department has no
nn+,r postmaster Coonan Of three ap-
Eatents that have been made from
viii munster POstoffice: Preston Reed
ro succeed Allen Hahn on Route No.