The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-02-09

The February term of the Circuit
Court for Carroll County will start on
Monday
The ground hog is some hog, he
presented us with the coolest weather
of the winter.
The thermometer on Saturday
morning registered 6 degrees below
zero in low places.
Hogs reached the highest price
since 1869 at Pittsburgh, Pa, Monday,
when they brought $12.65 a hundred.
J. Turner and force of painters,
employees of the Western Maryland
Railway Company, are painting the
interior of the depot.
Miss |. Jewell Simpson, supervisor
has completed her work at Johns
Hopkins, and is now visiting the
schools in Carroll county.
Mrs. Howard Etchison, of Mt. Airy,
Md, who underwent an operation in
the Frederick City Hospital, last
week, is reported much improved.
Postmaster Frank ]. Shriner, of
Union Bridge, has leased room on
his property to the Postmaster Gen
eral for a postoffice for 1920 a year.
Mrs. Walter Hook, Pennsylvania
avenue, is improving from a danger
Gus case of blood poisoning in her
right arm, under DR.. Eugene Sulli-
vans treatment.
Mr.. Grover Kinzy, Carroll County
Farm Agent, will deliver a lecture at
the Smallwood Grange Hall, Tuesday,
February 20, at 3 p. m. All farmers
are cordially invited to attend.
Where is the bum weather predic-
tor that said we were going. to have
a mild winter. We would like to have
had him on the corner of the Advo-
cate for about % minutes Saturday
morning.
Preaching at Pipe Creek church
Sunday morning, February II, at 1880
a. m, by Guy e. Lester, of the West
minister Theological Seminary. All
members and friends are invited to
be present.
Miss Clara B. Hill, teacher of the
Owings Mills public school, who I'M
derwent an operation at the Kelly
Sanatorium, is improving, but will not
be able to assume her duties the rest
Of this year.
An eagle and several other birds
were presented to the Westminster
Fire Company by Mr.. George M.
Hyder, West Main street. The eagle
is immense and will add more attrac-
ton to our fire building.
The third meeting of the series will
be held in Medford Grange Hall, Sum
day afternoon, February II, at 2.3O p.
m. Rev G. D. Payne, of the West
minister Theological Seminary, will
preach Nessrs. J. l.. Green and H.
FREQ Surratt will sing. The public
is invited
On Sunday evening about 9 o'clock
our city was struck by a cold wave,
which was a great surprise to our
people, as the day was very agreeable.
The high wind blowed down signs,
tree branches, &c, and run the
thermometer from % degrees above
to ) below zero on Monday.
Theodore Bosley, father of sher-
man Bosley, and grandson of Mr..
Benjamin Sherfey, this city, the little
boy who died on January %, after
having been struck by the automO-
bile of DR.. Harry M. Slade, health
commissioner for Baltimore county,
filed suit in the Circuit Court for Bal
timore County for $4,000 damages
because of his sons death.
A bill was filed Monday in the Cir
cult Court at ToWson by Grace l.. In
gram and others against Sarepta j.
Ingram and others, asking the court
to sign a decree for the sale of two
tracts Of land, containing 12S and Is
acres. owned by the late John w. In
gram, who died November 25 last in
Carroll county, and for the disrribu-
ton of the proceeds among his heirs.
While engaged in cleaning the sides
of one of the big grain tanks at the
Western Maryland grain elevator at
Port COvington, Wednesday morning,
Nathan Gibson, colOred, % years old,
of 912 Hillman street, was killed.
Gibson had lowered himself into the
tank by means of two ropes on which
Il small Loard was fastened as a seat.
One of the ropes broke and he fell
about s. feet inside the tank.
In connection with the observance
of Foreign Mission Day next Sunday.
February 18th, in ST. Mary's Reform
ed Church, Silver Run, Md. an illus
trated lecture on Child Life of the
World,' will be given at the evening
service, beginning promptly at 7
o'clock. Seventy-siX slides will be
used, showing Child Life in sixteen
countries A cordial welcome awaits
all who will come. S. G. Hoover, pas
tor.
Tariff bulletin No. - issued by the
Public Service Commission this
month contains the following: Effec-
tive February is the freight charges
by the Western Maryland Railroad
Will be advanced to 6.3 cents per 100
pounds from McdfOrd, Wakefield and
New Windsor to Baltimore on grain
and grain products; also a reduction
on lime and limestone over the same
railroad to 81 cents net ton from
Union Bridge to Curtis Bay; to Hillen
Station, 50 cents net ton.
Fire was discovered Wednesday
morning in the partition between the
domestic science department and the
furnace room of the Franklin High
School, ReiSterstOWn. There were
about 300 children in the building at
the time and they marched out in
perfect order after the fire gong had
been sounded Few of the pupils
knew that they were leaving on &C
count of fire. The Reisterstown and
GlyndOn fire companies were called.
The damage m tho h11iJdiDp ic ncffm