The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-02-09


Hha FEBRUARY term of the Circuit
Court fDr Carroll County will start or
Monday.
The ground hog is some hog, he
presented us with the coolest weather
lof the winter.
The thermometer On Saturday
morning registered 6 degrees below
zero in Tow places
Hogs reached the highest price
since 1869 at Pittsburgh, Pa-, Monday,
when they brought $12.65 hundred.
j. Turner and force Of painters,
employees of the Western Maryland
Railway Company, are painting the
interior of the depot.
\ Miss I. Jewell Simpson, supervisor
\ has completed her work at Johns
\ Hopkins, and is now visiting the
schools in Carroll county.
Mrs. Howard Etchison, OF Mt Airy,
Md, who underwent an operation In
the Frederick City Hospital, last
week, is reported much improved.
Postmaster Frank J.. Shriner. Of
Union Bridge, has leased room on
| his property to- the Postmaster Cen
\ eral fDr postDfice for $42O IA year
\ Mrs. Walter Hook, Pennsylvania
avenue. III improving from danger
Gus case OF blood poisoning i'm her
right arm, under DIR. Eugene Sulli-
vans treatment.
Mr.. Grover Kinzy. Carroll County
Farm Agent, will deliver lecture at
the Smallwood Grange Hall, Tuesday,
February 2O, at "a p. TIA. All farmers
are cordially invited to attend
Where ia The bum weather predic-
tor that said we we're going To have
mild winter We would like TO have
| had him on the corner Of the Advo-
cate for about % minutes Saturday
morning.
Preaching at Pipe Creek church
Sunday morning, February 11, AT 1870
"A. m.. Inv GUY E. Leister, Of tn West
minister Theological Seminary. All
members and friends arc invited to
be present
Miss Clara b. Hill, teacher OF the
Owings Mills public school, who I'M
derwent an operation at the Kelly
Sanatorium, is improving, but will not
be able to assume her duties the rest
of this year.
An eagle and several other birds
were presented To the Westminster
FIRE Company by Mr. George M.
Hyder. West Main street. The eagle
Is immense and will add more attrae-
| ton to our fire building.
The third meeting of the series will
be held in Medford Grange Hall, Sum
day afternoon, February IT., at 2.30 III
m. Rev q. I'D. Payne, OF the Vest
minister Theological Seminary, will
preach. Messrs- III. III. Green and H-
FREQ Surratt will sing. The public
| il invited.
On Sunday evening about 8 o'clock
our city was struck by a cold wave,
which was a great surprise to our
people, as the day was very agreeable
The high wind blowed down signs,
\ tree branches, &C., and run the
thermometer from I'd degrees above
\ to below zero CT Monday
Theodore BosIey. father or Sher-
man Bosley, and grandson of Mr..
Benjamin Sherfey, this city, the little
boy who died on January %, after
having been struck by the automo-
bile Of DR. Harry M. Slade, health
commissioner for Baltimore county,
filed suit in the Circuit Court for Bal
timore County for $4,000 damages
because nfr his sons DEATH Aa.
"a bill was fled Monday I'm the Cir
cult Court at TOwsOn by Grace j.. In
gram and others against Sarepta j..
Ingram and others. asking the court
to sign decree for the sale Of two
- 4,ofr
acres, owned by the late John M. In
gram, who died November 25 last in
Carroll county, and Cor TIN distribu-
ton Of the proceeds among III heirs.
u While engaged in cleaning the sides
Of one Of the big grain tanks at the
Western Maryland grain elevator at
Port Covington, Wednesday morning,
Nathan Gibson, colored, Is years old,
of 912 HilIman street, was killed.
Gibson had lowered himself into the
tank by means Of two ropes GA which
small board was fastened I'll seat
One of the ropes broke and he fell
about CD feet inside the tank.
In connection with the observance
of Foreign Mission Day next Sunday.
February 18th, in st. Mary's Reform
ed Church, Silver Run, Md, an Illus
trated lecture on Child Life Of the
World will BE- given at the evening
service, beginning promptly at XII
O'Clock. SeVenty-siK slides will be
used, showing Child Life in sixteen
countries. "a cordial welcome awaits
all who will come. S. o. Hoover, pas
tor
Tariff bulletin No. 81 issued by the
Public Service Commission this
month contains the following Effec-
tive February 18 the freight charges
\ by the Western Maryland Railroad
will be advanced t0 Glib cents per 100
pounds from Medford, Wakefield and
New Windsor to Baltimore on grain
and grain products; also a reduction
on lime and limestone over the same
railroad. to 81 cents net ton from
Union Bridge to Curtis Bay; to Hillen
Station, 81 cents net ton.
Fire was discovered Wednesday
morning a the partition between the
domestic science department and the
furnace room off the Franklin High
School, ReisterstoWn. There were
about 800 children in the building at
the time and they marched out in
perfect order after the fire gong had
been sounded Few of the pupils
knew that they were leaving on ac-
count or fire. The Reisterstown and
Glyndon fire companies were called.
The damage To the building IL esti-
mated at 500.
Vincent Poe, 10 years old Of Rock
land, Md, bridge Waterman on the