The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-30

Boyle's Drug Store, East Main street,
Friday and Saturday, April IS and IA.
| AS Maryland Day came on Sunday
it was celebrated Monday as a legal
holiday. Banks and Court House were
closed.
Mr.. U. G. Heltibridle and family,
East Main street, moved to Uniontown
yesterday, where they will make their
home.
A marriage license was issued in
Baltimore Friday to Charles r. league
and Julian G.. Masenheimer, both OF
! Manchester.
A marriage license was issued in
I Baltimore Wednesday to Merton A.
! EngeI, New Windsor, and Grace NJ.
Zumbrum, Union Bridge.
The Farmers and Mechanics Nation
al Bank has changed the day of its
| board meeting from Tuesday to We'd
nesday afternoon Of each week.
Mr.. Henry Gentzler, of Manchester,
will take the place of Mr.. William
! Stoner, deputy sheriff, who is with
Company H at Havre de Grace, until
| his return.
| A field owned by Mr.. George w. AL
baugh, near this city, was set on fire
Sunday afternoon by person care
lessly throwing a lighted match into
| the grass.
Religious services at Medford
| Grange Hall, Sunday afternoon at
23O D. II. Rev. J. Leese Green. OF the
Seminary, will preach Walter l..
Angelo violinist.
There is much contention among
the graduates of the Wayn5sboro High
School this year on account of one Of
! the number, Gladys Willis, a colored
girl, being assigned a prominent part
! in the graduation exercises.
! K R. Taylor & Son, Carrollton, have
| purchased the tract Of land from {.
| Gloyd Lynch, East Main street lOcat-
! ed on George street, opposite of the
| Westminster Gas Works, where they
will erect large canning factory.
| On account of the strike at West
ern Maryland Railroad shops at Hag-
erstown. Il number Of men in this
county were employed by the railroad
company to guard around the shops at
! HagerstoWn until the strike is settled.
The Western Maryland Railway
plans to erect large modern coal
pier at Port COVingtOn and another
big grain elevator. These improve
ments will represent an outlay of
3,0OO.0 goo, and will add much to the
terminal facilities Of the road at this
port.
John \. Clary, manager for the Real
Estate, Mortgage and Investment Co.,
sold Monday for Mrs. Sarah J. Har-
gett her fine residence, situated at
! 121 West Second street, Frederick, to
Mrs. Sarah w. Hardy, from Mt. Airy,
! who will get possession and make 1t
/ her home in the near future.
Probably ten years ago it was noted
! by one of our county papers that the
bank statements published in response
! to the government call showed aggre-
gate cash deposits Of just a shade less
than 1000. 900, including the deposits
of the two Delta banks which are just
across the Hartford line. The aggre-
gate deposits in Hartford banks last
week were $2,91S,974.47, not including
the Delta banks which would swell this
amount about 100000 more.
| The jury in the condemnation case
of the Western Maryland Railway
! Company against Martha J. Eigen-
! brOdc awarded the latter $500. The
railroad company wanted the land for
the purpose Of enlarging siding, and
claimed that it was not worth very
much money. Mrs. EigenbrOde held
that it would be damaging to her prop
erty which is situated near Emmits-
burg and that to sell the land to the
company would mean Il loss of a part
, OF her garden.
Governor Harrington Wednesday
night announced the names of the five
men in each county whom he will add
to the Preparedness and Survey Com
mission. of which Carl r. Gray is
chairman. and who will take charge of
! the military census and the other
work of the commission in their re-
spective counties. The list given
! for Carroll county is DR.. Henry M.
| FitZhugh, Johnnie E. Beasman, Nath-
an II. Bale, Herbert r. Wooden and
! Preston B. Englar.
| A public meeting 70 further the
movement to have the state take over
the Baltimore-HanOver turnpike, from
ReisterstOwn to the Pennsylvania line,
was held Saturday evening in Fire
mems Hall. at Boring. Residents
were present from all sections along
! lhe pike and from Baltimore county
ana Northern Carroll County. The
plan Of asking the State Roads Com
mission to take over the highway and
| rebuild the same was thoroughly dis
! cu"sed. and it was decided to ask the
! Commission by petition to do this and
It0 set forth the deplorable condition
| o. the road.
The farm labor situation is serious.
Tier" has not been in fifty yearS past
such Il dG1rth Of farm labOrcrs and
Icn"Nt%. The ;.pulicati0ns for labor
G." end r;!Hnts have far 0&tmumbercd
.y applications for positions. Many
farms in lie cCunty from present ir4i-
cations viii not be worked at all 9th
orS will be only half worked for the
lack Of mCl to operate them. The sit
U'.+i0n is serious for the landowners,
the State and the city dWellers who
are already feeling the shortage of
food supplies. The proportion of
people in the cities is altogether too
great for the work to be done there
Farm produce will have to continue to
advance until the farmers can afford
to pay wages high enough to induce
men to work upon the land.
1t is reported on our streets that
right-Of-Way through LittlestOWn for
the Washington, Westminster & Get
tysburg Railway will have practically