The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-09


v Mrs.. Emma Barth. Pennsylvania
\ avenue, is dangerously ill at her home.
The w. M. r. tracks at Kirk we're
" blocked Wednesday and Thursday by
engine 912 OF train 204 jumping the
} track.
There will not To- any preaching in
Medford Grange Hall, Sunday after
noon. due tO the bad condition of the
roads.
The snow guards On the roof Oh the
Methodist Protestant church this city,
have been brushed away by the snow
sliding
H. NJ Harrison and family, Of How
ard county, moved i'm the tenant house
! of J. G. Wales, Plum Tree Farm, near
Statewo0d.
II a marriage license was issued i'm
Baltimore Wednesday to Charles e.
Smith and Mamie a. Hobbs, both of
Sykesville
VI Mrs George T.. Sharrer, West Main
street, was paralyzed Wednesday ev-
ening at the home of MIR. and Mrs
George F. Eckenrode.
There will be a regular monthly
meeting of the Women's Civic League,
Thursday, March Is, at p. M, &C the
home off Miss Nora Gorsuch, East Main
street.
Old Glory IL displayed In the Ascen-
sion Episcopal Church to the left of
the chancel, where it will remain un-
It'll after the European war OF peace
IL declared.
n Our stores are taking ON their
stunning spring dress. The styles
will surpass anything ever displayed.
The opening days are Friday and
Y Saturday, March 16 and liz.
Il Mr. James Leonard Shaeffer, Penn
\ sylvania avenue, had an operation
performed to- large lump or wart or
one OF his legs at the Church Home
He is improving.
The Women's Club OF Westminster,
Twill present the play The Wonlen
Y Who Did," at the Opera House, March
III IT,, at s p- IT,, for the benefit of the
Civic League. There will also be a
number of musical selections by local
and out-of-town talent.
William Lang and James W. Henry,
of Hampstead, we're brought here
from Baltimore, last Monday by
Sheriff James mi. Stoner and placed i'm
" Jail. They are wanted for the lar
ceny of some goods from the store of
It. J. Hunt, Hampstead
" The Maryland Almanac, which has
i been issued by Frank r.. Kent and
" John wv. Owens, Baltimore, and con-
tains valuable information about our
State ID on sale at the Westminster
News Store, H. H. Dieffenhach, pro-
prietor, East Main street.
HI Mr. and Mrs. a. O. Shif1et, Madison
. avenue, are the happiest couple in
town over the arrival OF their first
baby, fine nine-pound boy Mr..
Shiflet IL boilermaker at the West
Eern Maryland Railway shops, and is
used To noise.-HagerstOWn Mail.
Should war break out between this
country and Germany an effort will
N b. made to have German stricken
from the curriculum of the public
schools "A school official said We'd
nesday that steps will be taken in that
direction a. sure a. the United States
gets involved in the conflict in Eu-
VI rope.
The pri- - of canned goods of all
kinds have been on continuous rise
NJ during the last few months The
prices are going to continue rising
VI The supply of goods i'm the hands
of Gamers and brokers is extremely
small and likely to be completely ex-
hausted long before the 1917 crops are
available.
The public sale Of o. g. Greenlee
held Saturday on the G. p. Stoner
farm, COneWago township, at Sells
Station, was largely attended. The
Y sale amounted to $4,000 and the fifteen
head of registered Holstein cattle
brought good prices. One COW. brought
$195- The sale was advertised i'm the
Advocate.
" The Baltimore and Ohio Railroads
new export coal pier at Curtis Bay,
in the Baltimore harbor, which Is the
largest in the world and has a car
pacity Of 100000 tons year or a
maximum capacity of 1000 tons an
hour, was formally opened Tuesday.
!, The pier cost $2,5OO,OOO, il of con-
crete and steel construction and is
electrically operated.
Fifty passengers on the Western
Maryland passenger train No. As, were
transferred at Hanover, Pa, Monday
J morning to the trolley, on which they
! continued their way to York, al re
!, suit of freight wreck at Brecklyn,
west Of York. One or the large loco
motives on the double header freight
" No. 218 jumped the tracks. Passen-
ger traffic was tied ND the greater
, part or the day as a result.