The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-04-13

10, at 8 p. m, at the home of Mrs
Emily Herr
Mr.. Paul Reese, East Main street
has been confined to the house for thu
past two weeks suffering from bron
chitis and grip. He hopes to be GU
next week.
The Western Maryland Railroad
Company had its troubles again OF
Wednesday morning when one Of it:
900 engines was off the track on the
Gas House siding.
telegram stating that Messrs
William and Edward Brown, sons OF
William and George Brown, this city
who were employed at the Eddystone
MunitiOn Plant, Chester, Pa, are safe
was received by their parents.
Mrs. E. D. Whitmore, Pennsylvania
avenue, while going into the cellar
Monday noon fell over box, striking
her left wrist against the wall and
breaking it. She is resting as COM
Portable as possible at this time.
One of the largest horse sales ever
held by Charles w. King, this city
took place Tuesday at his stables in
the rear of the Montour House
Horses for all purposes were sold
and also mules. The prices realized
were very good.
Religious services in the Medford
Hall, Sunday afternoon, April Is, at
2.30 p. IN, Rev. William H. Hetrick
of the Lutheran church in Westmins-
ter will preach. A quartette from the
same church under the direction of
Charles J. PeItZ will sing
John Matthias, 81 years old, of near
Mont Airy, swallowed his false teeth
Friday morning nearly strangling to
death. He was removed to the Fred
erick City Hospital after a local
physician had managed to work the
obstruction down to his stomach. At
the hospital an incision wound was
made and the false teeth were re-
moved. He will recover.
The b. F.. Shriyer Company which
operates extensive canneries at New
Windsor, Sykesville, Westminster and
l4ittlestOwn, Pa, has purchased the
WilliamspOrt Canning Company's can
merry, at WilliamSpOrt, Md. The plant
will be enlarged. w H. Babylon will
continue as manager The Williams
port Canning Company will continue
to operate its cannery at Smiths
burg.
John Matthias, aged about 81, of Mt
Airy, at one time had in his mouth
two teeth that were fastened to plate
1t happened that he went to sleep
without removing these same teeth and
they found their way down his throat
into the a2sOphhagus. TO get them
out an operation was necessary, Sc
Matthias was taken to the Frederick
City Hospital. He is now getting along
nicely.
The ladies of the WOman's Christian
Temperance Union, will hold their
Spring executive. May 3rd, at temper
ance headquarters, Times Building
this city. At the same time there
will be held county institute, Mrs
Mary r. Haslup, the state president
and Mrs. Emma Deitrick, of New
York, will be at the meetings and
give valuable instruction. The full
program will be in later issue OF
this paper.
Through the promptness of the
Westminster Fire Company and
friends the fire in the wash house of
Mrs. Frank Bish. near Mount
Pleasant was eXtinguished after being
damaged considerably on Wednesday
morning. As soon as the fire was dis
covered Mrs. BiSh called for assist
ance, by so doing she not only saved
her wash house from total destruction
but her fine home which was only 20
feet away. The firemen were rushed
to the fire in automobiles at a record
clip, the distance being three miles
Crashing down the mountainside
and falling on the Western Maryland
Railway tracks near Pen Mar Thurs
day, huge boulder, weighing 33 tons,
tied up traffic on the road for about
two and a half hours A Wrecking
crew and derrick were sent to the
scene from Deertield and the tracks
cleared as rapidly as possible. The
new electric signals of the Western
Maryland flashed a warning to all
trains and prevented a possible acct
dent
A large delegation of patrons of the
Hampstead school appeared before the
School Commissioners Wednesday in
the interest of better school building
quate to meet their present needs. The
attic is now in use with light only from
either end, the rooms are very much
OvercroWded, and it is said that had
the Compulsory Attendance Law been
enforced, at least fifty more pupils
would have been crowded into the
building
You say Mr. Merchant, that you
have been in business 50 long that
everybody knows you. Well, there is
certain mail order concern in
Chicago that has probably been in
business as long as you have, and we
will bet nickel to ginger cake that
every person that reads these lines
can tell the name OF that firm. And
we will bet, further. that over half of
your customers have catalogues of
this firm i'll their homes right now.
They see the value of advertising.
Can't you?
James Myers, the well-known
florist, of Union Bridge, created con-
siderable excitement on the morning
Of March 81, when he attempted to
drown himself in the stream near
Union Bridge. The alarm was given
and persons rushed to the spot
thinking perhaps it was child When
found he had drifted to a shallow
point, a physician was sent for and
he was resuscitated and later re-
moved to the buildings. He was sent
to hospital Monday morning. The
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