The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-07-20

Sixteen tickets we're sold from this
station to the Reformed Reunion al
Pen-Mar yesterday.
A Red Cross meeting will be held in
the hall at Frizellburg Monday even
ing at o'clock. Everybody invited.
Luther Snyder, son Of Mr. and Mrs
Noah Snyder, of this city had his
hand mashed while working at nail
ing machine.
The citizens will be given a treat
ON Sunday afternoon by the Boy
Scout Band giving a concert on the
Park between and o'clock.
The Red Cross meeting at Hamp-
stead tomrroW evening will be adj
dressed by Mrs S. K Herr, Mr. Geo.
R. Gehr and prominent speaker from
Baltimore.
Miss Virginia Stoner, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S. Stoner, Park
avenue, was taken to the Maryland
University today to have her tonsils
removed.
/ All persons subject to draft can get
| their serial number by LelephOning
| Westminster 1913 and asking fer the
Local Exemption Board between s
and 4 o'clock,
Mrs. Albertus Myers and Miss Mary
| Weagly, this city, who are under treat
ment at the Maryland University, are
improving and will be sent to their
homes in about a week.
A Carroll County Convention of the
Womans Christian Temperance
Union will be held in this city Thurs
day, August %. The full program
and place of holding convention will
be published later.
A souvenir card was received By
the Advocate from Mr. c. c. Gor5uch,
East Main street, showing a photo
graph of Washington Park, Chicago
Mr.. and Mrs. Gorsuch are travelling
through the West.
Officer John E. Fang, of the W. NJ.
r. R., who is stationed at Pen-Mar
captured four Georgia negroes Tues
day that were riding on one of the
freight trains and took them to Hag-
erstOWn, where they were committed
to Jail for thirty days.
Mr.. Henry Helwig, of near Pleasant
Valley, was severity cut about the fore
head yesterday morning by a horse
kicking him. The accident happened
in front of the Westminster Savings
Bank. He was taken to the office of a
physician for treatment.
Potatoes should be nearly dirt cheap
now. They were selling in Baltimore
Wednesday right off the boats as low
as s. barrel. By another week they
should be lower, as the early crop is
fast maturing and the rainy season is
making potatoes by the thousands of
bushels in every locality.
Mr.. Harry H. Harbaugh reports the
following sales of Hupmobiles: Leslie
V. Spencer, Bertha Nj. Reese, John D..
Beihl, Chas NJ. Shaeffer, DR.. Luther
Kemp, James Shriver, Hoff Bros, Pet
er SamOis, G. T. Lambert, Wesley Hof-
facker, H. G.. Albaugh, l.. NJ. Allender,
Jos. V. Wantz, Sharrer and Reese, and
Mr.. o. r. Emigh, all of this county.
| A farmer near Easton, started plow-
ing up d field with a three horse plow
hitched behind his Ford automobile,
which attracted the attention OF nu-
merous persons passing along the road
at the time. This is a new use to put
an automobile to and as many farmers
own machines, it will be the
means by which they can help
solve the labor question which is so
acute in the county. Liz" is mighty
handy.
/ Thomas & Co., of Middleburg, filed
a bill at Frederick yesterday against
the Martin Fertilizer Company, OF Bal
timore, for the performance OF a con-
tract involving about 100000. The
plaintiffs also asked to enjoin the de-
PENDANTS from dispOsing of the con-
tract amount of fertilizer. Judge Wor-
Ellington passed an order requiring the
Baltimore company to show cause by
July 81 why the injunction should not
be granted.
Arrangements for sending maya
zines to soldiers and sailors at the
front at the mere cost of penny for
hostage are announced in an order is
sued by Postmaster General BTle-
son in Washington. Under the plans
devised, there is involved no question
Of wrapping, addressing or weighing
the magazine. After finishing with il
at home, the donor applies one-cent
stamp to the periodical, irrespective
of it's weight and hands it to any pos
tai employe.
Suffering from a fractured leg anC
numerous cuts on the body, sustained
Tuesday when he ran his motorcycle
into a farm wagon on the York road
at the entrance of the Sheppard-Prat1
Hospital, John Cassen, 20 years old
son of the Rev. s. F. Cassen, pastor
of the Methodist Protestant Church
at ToWson, was taken to the Cnlver'
sity Hospital for treatment. Accord
ing to young Cassen, the farm Wagon
was on the wrong side of the roaC
and he did not see it until too late
He was picked up by the farmer anc
taken to his home.
The following subscriptions were
received this week for the Red Cross
War fund. Mrs. Mary A. Difendal
$500; X of P Lodge, $500; George R
Gehr, SAL 80 Woodbine Bank, $4,000
Stockholders of Westminster Savings
Bank, $21O.35; ]. P. Wantz, $1,000
Union Bridge Banking and Trust Co.
dividends to stockholders, $4,000
Stockholders of Westminster Deposi
a. and Trust Co., $330.75; E. Lee Erb
t local fun $1,000; Mrs. A. Nj. Wood
J ward, $4,000; NJ. S. H. Unger, $4,000
The subscription of David Englar re
| ported last week should have beer
} $1,000 instead Of IS.
Four work cars of Baltimore
= Ohio Railroad work train, cOnsistln;
- of caboose, car unloaded, car Of bal
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