The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-11-23

Sandymount closed Wednesday night
Mrs. Susie Williams, OF Smallwood
killed two spring pigs Monday that
dressed 900 pounds.
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving day
all banks, court house and stores will
be closed in this city.
Rev F. F. Cassen, of Towson, will
preach this Sunday morning at Sandy
mount at 1890 a. m.
Wednesday was very threatening but
the weather man kept his watering can
from fitting until night, when he let
loose.
Mr. F. Thomas Babylon and Mr.. w.
Frank Thomas, this city, have pur-
chased Buick Sedans from Carroll n
Lockard, agent, West Green street.
John J. Zentgraf, Cranberry, does
not only use his Ford automobile for
pleasure, but finds that it is very con-
venient to haul fodder from the corn
field to his barn.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
will be held Thanksgiving evening at
40 o'clock in the Temperance Room
Times Building.
There will be a Spider Wed Social
at Shades schoolhouse Wednesday cv-
ening, November %, at 7 o'clock. Ev-
erybody welcome. If the weather in
clement it will be held Friday even
ing.
Marriage licenses were issued in
Baltimore Wednesday to John V. Beck
err, Westminster, and Grace l.. Wolf,
Baltimore; and George A. Repp, Bal
timore and Corinne G. Harmon, West
minister.
Potatoes in York county Pa, which
are unusually plentiful, this season
have dropped from $l.40 to 81 bu-
shell. One reason for the decline is
that farmers are unable to ship to the
city markets because of a scarcity Of
freight cars.
Farmers Supply Co., this city, de-
Gvered this week to Mr.. Burton Will
son, Sykesville, one 1920 Titan Trac-
tor; to Mr.. Roy Basler, Fair Ground
Hill, SIS Mogul Tractor, and to John
and Frank Garner, near this city, 8-l6
Mogul Tractor.
On Friday evening, November Both,
at 100 p m. there will be Spider
Web" Social at Shades School There
will be a program given by the Liter
airy Society. Proceeds will be used to
purchase books for the library. Every
body welcome.
John Coble, Western Maryland Sta
ton master at CheWsville, denied
raise in salary, has quit and closed
ID the office which was In his house.
The company has dumped an old
abandoned coach on the switch and put
station" sign on it.
Speed Cop Fr1zzell, of New Market,
was i'm this city Wednesday looking up
violators of the motor vehicle law.
He had one case on Wednesday night
before Justice Dinst. The charge was
being intoxicated and unable to run
his car. Not guilty was the verdict
The Country Store at the Opera
House brought out a full house on
Wednesday evening. The pictures were
also splendid. The Country Store is a
feature introduced by Messrs. Reese
& Samois which they give on Wednes-
day evening, and has been very popu-
lar with the citizens.
Mrs. ]. Thomas Kemp So years old,
died at WaynesbOro yesterday. she
arose in the morning apparently in
good health and a few hours later was
stricken. She was born at ney'nar,
and after her marriage to Mr. Kemp
moved to Waynesboro. She is sur
vived by her husband and three
daughters.
Charles J. Bowers, % years old,
carpenter helper, was decapitated
Tuesday in the Western Maryland
Railroad yards Hagerstown. His head
minutes after a train crew saw him
alive. 1t is thought he attempted to
crawl under a slowly moving freight
train.
Mr.. II. Nj. Shipley, of Sykesyille,
who has been employed at the Indian
lead Proving Grounds for the Gov
eminent for some time, is moving his
family to Washington this week, where
he will make his future home. He has
been promoted to a fine position in
the Washington Navy Yard, under the
Civil Service.
A wild rumor that the Germans
have cut off the hands and torn out
the tongues Of war nurses, which
has been in circulation the last two
weeks and which has been published
as news in Harrisburg and other pa
pers, is without foundation, accord
ing to Red Cross headquarters at
Washington, ID. G.. These rumor5 arc
circulated by pro-Germans, who are
trying to brighten American women
The Western Maryland Railway pas
senger schedule will change on Sun
day There will be no change OF
trains at Westminster. All trains lot
Baltimore will be operated through
the Baltimore tunnel between Union
and Fulton Stations as heretofore. The
trains running over the Green Spring
branch will be discontinued. The only
change of time in the trains will be
the arriving and departing from Bal
timOre.
The Odd Fellows of Carroll county
met in this city in the Odd FelloWs
lodge room on Monday night for the
purpose of ascertaining the feeling OF
the members as to an assessment on
each one to help raise $2,5OO,OOO each
year to be used in helping to MAINTAIN
the members who are fighting IN
France. The meeting was called by
the grand sire of the society, who IS
German, but bitterly against the kalS-
er. He was in Germany when the war
broke out and told of the hardshlps
he had to go through before he could
leave Germany to come to this coun-
try. Every member is enthusiastic
over the assessment plan and will un-
doubtedly be a success.
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