The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-04-20

Mr.. James w. Beacham, AVOndale,
IteIephoned Officer Helm on Sunday
morning to arrest the men on truck
that went by there and took along his
Sunday papers. The truck and driv-
err skipped this place.
The County Commissioners trans
acted their regular routine OF work
this week They also sat as board
of control and review, and took action
on the repair of the different State
roads in this county.
Suits were started in the United
States Court, Scranton, Pa, Wednes-
day by District Attorney Burnett, OF
Middle Pennsylvania district, to recov
er a total of ST. 800 fines from the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
and the Western Maryland Railroad
for working their employees over the
Is hours.
Salem Lodge No. 60 |. o. O. F. OF
this city was represented at the grand
lodge meeting in Baltimore, Monday
and Tuesday of this week by Grand
Representative John J. Reese. The
grand masters report showed an in
crease in membership during the year
of 448. making a total membership in
the State of 1854.
Governor Harrington Monday an
nOunced the appointment of the COM
mittees of women to organize the pre-
paredness and survey commission in
the different counties of the State. The
committee for Carroll, Mrs. Austin
Gallagher, chairman; Mrs. Henry NJ.
Fitzhugh, Mrs. Joseph y. ShriVer,
Mrs z. O. Weant, Mrs. George Mather.
The members of the Carroll County
Board of Education visited the Boys
High School, Frederick, and they
were SO deeply impressed with the
operation of a bank that they have
decided to send a delegation Of stu
dents there in the near future TO
study the system, with Il view OF ulti-
mately organizing a similar institu-
ton in the business at the Westmins-
ter High School.
1t was rumOred on Sunday that a
secret service man was in this city
and would arrest five PrO-Germans
before the week was out. Up to this
time we have not heard OF any ar
rests. We understand that orders
have been issued that any person
found talking in the interest of Ger
many and against this country would
be put in Jail. We hear that the fine
is $4,000 and 80 years in the Federal
prison on all persons convicted on
such offenSes.
Arthur StanwOOd Pier of the editor
ial staff of The Youths Companion,
author of The Boys of St. Timothy $,
The Pedagogues, and other stories,
gave up his vacation in 1915 to join
the military training camp at Platts-
burg, New York, where officers OF the
United States Army teach civilians
what the business of soldering really
means One fruit of his experience Is
a new serial story, The PlattsburgerS,
to begin in The Youths Companion ON
April 10, the anniversary OF the Battle
of Lexington 142 years ago.
The combined efforts of the Reis-
terstown and GlyndOn Volunteer Fire
Companies were required Wednesday
afternoon in combating blaze which
destroyed an Outbuilding on the place
of F. G.. Haughey, along the Vest
minster-HanOver turnpike at Reisters-
town, which endangered the DeVeSe
Hotel. several cottages and the store
of J. r. Pfeffer Mr.. Pfeffer discover
ed the blaze and sounded the alarm.
After the volunteer tiremen arrived
another alarm was sounded for the
Pikesyille Volunteer Fire Company.
The hero of the story, Ted Ripley.
il a kind Of Funston in the making
too small to qualify for athletics in
his college, but with a lions heart, an
earnestness and a desire to fit himself
for the little-thOught-of but always
ultimate and possible duty Of the citi-
zen in the bearing of arms in defense
of his country. You cannot help Xix
ing Ripley from the very outset. He
il going to have a lot OF hard knocks,
but he is going to win out You
could not choose a finer story to put
in any young fellows hands. 1t will
make him think more of loyalty, ser
vice, unselfshness. 1t will make him
despise meanness and slackness. And
yet there is nothing in it Of the
'goody-goody" or nambypamby. You
will find it holding your tense interest
whether you are man or boy or girl
or woman. 1t promises to be one OF
the best stories ever published in The
Youths Companion.