The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-11-09

position at the Main-Court Garage
commenting on the increased price
OF milk an irate city editor remarks
that more money is needed to pay
for extraordinary repairs to the
pump"
Carrying things home from the
stores may be bad for the delivery
truck business, but we know some
towns in which it would make the
streets safer.
capt John n. Weigle and Lieut..
Harry G. BerWager, OF the Machine
Gun Battalion, stationed at Admission,
Ala, have been placed in command
OF their respective units.
4 lot of petty thieving is being
done in this city. This week the
thieves to secure brass, took a brass
spigOt from a hydrant. leaving the
water run for several hours before it
was detected and shut off.
Mr.. Clarence w StOner, Littles-
town, son of Sheriff and Mrs. James
M StOner, this city, who ran for tax
collector for Bittlestown on the Re
publican ticket Tuesday was defeated
by small majority
The Advocate was presented a dead
rooster on the defeat of the Demo
cratic ticket in Carroll county. The
cock was tied i'll front of the building
to an electric wire. BOOSTERS are &C
ceptable at this office, but we prefer
them alive.
Curtis Brown. near Sandyville, was
knocked down by an automobile on
Sunday night and painfully injured.
Mr.. Brown was crossing the road
with lantern to assist a disabled
automobile when the car came along
and struck him.
The November term of Court will
convene next Monday. 1t is a grand
jury term and will possibly be long
session The most important case to
he tried is the murder case moved
from Anne Arundel county to this
court.
John J. Reid, foreman of the Tan
evtOWn EecOrd, has severed his con-
ueCtiOn with the Record, and will
leave with his family Monday for De-
trOit. Mich, where he has secured a
position. Mr. Reid has our best
wishes for a successful career at his
new home.
The Blue Bird Circle of I'niOntoWn
are going to help the wings OF the
T.. :. A. to win the war by collecting
and bringing their unWanted broken
and odd pieces of gold, silver and
triple plate bits to the |. o. Nj. Hall
nm Wednesday evening. November -.
II the weather is unfavOrable, the
next clear evening. refreshments on
sale Come join us. Phone 2l-3.
The following jurors were drawn i'll
place of those excused by Judge Vim.
H. Thomas this week: Milton ID. Hall
drawn in place OF Geo. ". Barnes, dis
trict 5. Ernest C. FiGgely in place OF
Eugene Trayer district ). Calvin +.
Cook in place of y lillian n. keefer
district J. Byron s. Dorsey in place Of
E. Arnold Fleming district Is. Jacob
M. Fahrney in place OF Byron ). Dor
Sey, district II.
Or interest to autOmODilistS OF Bal
timOre was the opening Saturday or
the Liberty road from HarrisOnv1lle
to the Old Court road, a distance o.
three miles. The Improvement was
made by the State and the new link
will bring you into Baltimore at
Pennsylvania Avenue and Browns
Hill, making a smooth thOroughtare
from Baltimore to this city and on to
Hagerstown, Cumberland and other
Western points.
The Supreme Court in Washington
Tuesday denied a writ of certiOrarl
asked for James H. Sanner, brake
man on the Western Maryland Rail
way, who is suing for $4,000 damages
for injuries sustained while employed
on the railroad. Sanner was injured
by falling into hole along the West
ern Maryland tracks, when he jump
ed from a freight train to throw
switch. He claimed the railroad was
negligent in not filling up the hole.
It is literally true that there is a
star in our flag for every State. The
law of 1912 that gave the stars their
present arrangement provided that
the stars. if you start at the upper
left-hand corner and read each OF the
six rows from left to right, shall cor
respond to each State in the order OF
its ratification of the Constitution.
Thus the first star is Delaware, and
the 48th star is Arizona. Do you
know which star represents your
State?
Howard Cook, colored, was arrested
at Sykesville Saturday night on the
charge of stealing chickens and corn.
Cook knocked down the Sykesville
policeman on Friday when he was
about to be taken into custody and
made his escape Sheriff Stoner was
notified that Cook was located i'm a
house near Sykesville and to come
and arrest him. When the sheriff en-
tered the house Cook jumped through
the window, taking sash and all with
him and made his get away by crawl
Ing under the cellar floor where he
was caught later and brought to jail,
where he will remain until the grand
Jury looks his case up.