The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-16

Jason T.. CrOut, of Baltimore, vii
open Crout Inn at Pen-Mar, on May !
The stork visited the home OF Mr.
John Bauerlein and left a fine baby
boy, weighing 61s pounds.
V Mr.. K. II. Crawford, near Manches-
ter, who accidentally cut his foot
while chopping wood, is out again,
after being housed for the past two or
three weeks.
A missionary sermon will be preach
ed AT Meadow Branch Church, Sunday
morning AFT 1890 o'clock, March 20,
BY H. K Ober, Elizabethtown College.
All are welcome.
4 Douglas Fairbanks gets $888,00O a
year from film company c. Chap
lair draws down $650,0O0. NothWith-
standing the above facts, both of these
actors make good cash living, they
say.
Our rural mail carriers are having
great difficulty in going over the
country roads to serve their patrons.
The mud il almost up to the horses
knees. Automobile delivery OF mail
\ il impossible.
| MIR. David ]. Witter sold his prop
erty No 81 Pennsylvania Avenue at
private sale to Mr.. Clayton Copen-
haver, of near Uniontown, for the
sum Of $780, Possession will be Civ
en- i'm the fall
| Mr.. Horace G.. Bush has returned to
this city, very much improved y in
health, after being quite i'll at the
home of his sister, Mrs. =. /. Craw-
ford, near Manchester, for the past
three weeks
We again notify all persons writing
articles for this paper that none will
be published without the full sigma
ture signed to it. This week we re
ceiyed a lengthy article which con-
tanned no signature, therefore We were
compelled to hold 1T.
The regular monthly meeting Of
the Ladies' Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal church, Of MT.
Airy, was held March r, at the home
| of Mrs. Ernest Cleary Twenty-three
members were present After an in
teresting program, refreshments were
served The society adjourned to
meet the first Wednesday in April at
the home of Mrs. R. IT, Runkles-
a bag of potatoes was placed on
exhibition at the Hippodrome in New
York and thereby hangs tale. III il
positively asserted that Peter Cavan-
an, farmer, came to town and ex-
| changed the potatoes for two mat
inee seats. The Hippodrome treasur-
er was inclined to hesitate until Mr.
/ Cayanan pointed out that there were
also couple OF cabbages in the bas-
ket. The cabbage cinched the bar
gain.
At meeting Of the Preparedness
and Military Survey Commission held
at the Merchants Club, Baltimore
Friday afternoon it was decided to
organize hospital train. The three
railroads running into Baltimore will
cooperate In the plan. The train viii
be- put into commission i'm event OF
war. The crew will be made up en-
tirely OF volunteers. Carl R Gray
president of the Western Maryland
Railway, was put in charge Of this
feature of the preparedness cam
paign.
Major John Philip Hill, former
United States district attorney, haG
his turn Wednesday IN the Crimina
Court, Baltimore, where he was
charged with three violations of the
automobile laws by Col. E. Austin
v Baughman, mOtoF-vehicle commission
IT. Major Hill last week was fined
in the Central Police Station for the
alleged violations and upon an appea
to the Criminal Court the jury We'd
nesday reversed the ruling Of Magis-
trate Packard, and found the Major
not guilty.
Mrs. Gladys ID. Reckord, the LIZ.
year-old wife of Edward Lee Reck-
lord, was presented Friday for arson
by the grand jury in the Circuit Court
at TOwsOn. She il charged with hav-
ing set fire to the garage Of hel
father-in-laW, Walter p. Reckord, al
ICockeysViile, which was destroyed BY
fire on the early morning of Febru.
airy ~. She is now out on $4,000 bail
and was taken by her father to his
home at Hagerstown. 1t is alleged
that Mrs, Reckord was angry with
her father-in-law, whom she claims
was the cause Of an estrangemen
between her and her husband. Sh,
claims that the fire was accidental.
Milton "a. Sullivan, real estate agent
has purchased of William ID. Steven
son and wife, of Roanoke, Va, 81
square perches of land, located Oh
. Church street extended, this city. Ha
sold the David J. Witter property, Oh
! Pennsylvania avenue, to Clayton M
Copenhaver and wife, of near Union
town. He also sold the lots purchas
ed by him from Edward B Orendorff
} trustee, known as lots Nos. Is, 70 ant
! so, on Charles street, this city, I,
! Martin A.. woodward and wife, AM
also sold the tract Of land just pur
} chased by him of William ID. Steven
I son and wife, of Roanoke, Va, locates
on Church street extended, this city
] to Martin ~. woodward.
, What about that up-to-date farm
J stationery you were to have hal
made? We recently heard OF tW,
farmers who happened to apply a
| about the same time for loans from
/ trust company. Farmer a had print
ed stationery and wrote his letter OF
a typewriter; Farmer B, just as vel
Off in this worlds goods, used a pencil
and scratch paper, and wrote on boil
sides OF tire sheet The result wal
, Rs letter made 30 bad an impression
that he experienced considerable de
LAY and trouble i'm getting the loan
while As was granted almost imme
diately. In getting results from cor
respOndence, the neatly written lette
On printed stationery is as far su
perior to pencil scrawl On a piec,
Of scratch paper a. twelve-cylindel
automobile to an ok-cart.-The Pro