The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-08-03

head. 1t ofttimes comes from the ex-
plosion of gas.
There are too many traitors and
spies in this country. Let the lamp
posts come into their own.
A mouse is afraid of man. 4 man
Is afraid of a woman, and a woman
Is afraid of a mOuse-sOme times
Yes, we are keen on free rides, but
deliver us from an airplane This old
print shop looks powerful good to us.
Don't bother your head pouring over
a French primer, young man. A kiss
tastes just as sweet from pretty fore
ign lips.
Every time we see woman with a
lot of paint daubed over her face we
wonder how much it would take to
paint a barn
Mr.. J. David CroWl, Center Street,
killed an immense crane on his pond
Saturday morning. The crane made
visits to the pond for fish for three
days before he met a load of shot
Two men indulging in too much of
the cup of joy, bunked on our streets
Saturday night. They were found in
The morning and moved to the alley.
Mr.. William Mather, of the firm of
T. w. Mather Sons, dry goods mer-
chants, this city, has been elected a
director of the Union National Bank,
the Oldest institution in the county.
Bachmans Union Sunday school
will hold a festival on the lawn Of
Mr.. Andrew Sullivan at the Ore Bank
Farm on Saturday evening, August
II. A play entitled "A Visit to the
Ore Region, which was given at Krid-
ers Reformed picnic will be repeated
The Rev. DR.. f. F. Holsopple, for
the last three years superintendent of
the Harrisburg district of the Penn
sylVania Anti-Saloon League, announ-
ced his acceptance of the presidency
OF the Blue Ridge College, New Wind
SOr, Md. He will take up his new work
September !.
The Western Maryland Railway
Company issued its statement of earn
inSs for the week ended July p,
showing total gross of $284,265.6O
or an increase of $54 ,276.64 as COM
pared with 1916. Total gross for the
three weeks ended July y was $780,
2O4.S7, a gain of $l37 1894
The new nursery inspection law,
which has just been signed by the
Governor Of Pennsylvania, will en-
able the Department of Agriculture
through the Economic Zoologist-to
cooperate with the fruit-groWers in
undesirable nursery stock
from the state of Pennsylvania.
A storm of protest was raised at Lee
Pa, when it was found that
ID. Fl. Neikirk, vice-president of the
reorganized bank, had signed the bond
OF EnOs ID. Myers, the alleged default
ing cashier of the now defunct Le-
masters Bank, and at meeting of
the directors his resignation was
asked for, presented and formally &C
cepted.
The draft numbers of the men who
will be first called i'm the military
draft were received by our local EN-
emptiOn Boards last week and were
POSTED on Saturday in the Court
House. The examination took place
Monday Of the 2S4 notices sent out
for the 142 men who come from this
county. The 2S4 are divided up into
three days work.
On Friday, July l3, while, hitching
two horses to a wagon one became
frightened and started to run away,
in the attempt to stop the animal Rob-
ert NJ. WantZ, of Emmitsburg, was
dragged in such a manner as to sus-
tain several deep Auts about his face
and badly laceratrd eye the result
OF which was his untimely death on
Monday, July 23.
Austin Gallagher for many years
industrial commissioner of the Western
Maryland Railway Company, has re
signed to devote his attention to Dri-
vate projects. Mr. Gallagher severed
his connection with the railroad Aug
uSt l, at which time the industrial
department was abolished. Mr.. Gal
lagher has been in the employ of the
corporation for more than Is years.
The non-Partisan Greater Baltimore,
Extension League has announced a
campaign committee, composed of
prominent and influential men in Bal
timOre city and in each of the counties
in the State, to conduct the fight for
annexation in the primaries and gen.
cral election. Both parties are repre-
scented on the campaign committee
The committee from Carroll County
is Wade II. d. Warfield, John H. Cum
bingham, F. Neal Parke and Richard
Smith Snader
Automobiles and teams, one against
the other lined both sides of Main
street from the Forks of the Road to
Center street, and even Bond and Lib
erty streets were used for storage of
automobiles on Saturday night 1t is
claimed that the crowd of people was
the largest ever experienced. This
Saturday night if clear, will surpass
any ever known for crowd, is the
prediction by our citizens, as St. Johns
fete, will draw the visitors from the
Dutch picnic which closes at dusk.
The Smith Concrete Block Machine
Company has been organized with a |
capital stock Of $4,000 and will locate
a plant at Mt. Airy. Walter A Rudy, of
Mount Airy, is president and John
Lewis, president of the Montgomery
County Commissioners, and John A. |
PeddicOrd, of Baltimore, are vice-pres-
ldents, Jesse It. Leatherwood Mount |
Airy, is treasurer; Arthur E. Phebus, |
Mount Airy, secretary, and ]. T. Smith, |
\. E. Becraft, Howard county, and
AlOnzo B. Sellman, WatersYille, are
in the directorate
The immense peach crop in the