The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-06-29

n DdTudCA0. Inc 1GllO" VINO NUA
fight, won't work, and wouldn't buy
Liberty Pond.
When the Sood man begins to swear
the bad man should be on hand to ge
a few pointers.
Many a self-made man might b.
happier if he could blame the job OIL
somebody else.
A fool and his money are soon part
ed, but it is different with lazy mai
and shady spot.
A silent man often has reputation
for knowing about ten times as muct
as he really does know.
When you find that the truth Is IL
your Way, you may be sure that yol
are on the wrong road.
Some men are like roosters; the!
Let their wives do all the work ant
they do all the Growing.
A man who is supposed to know
says that marriage without love il
like hash without onions.
You will be surprised to find how
much goo. there is in the world i
you will only take notice.
AS the alleged ancestors OF some
OF our old families Adam and Eve
have much to answer for
Brutus never licked a Roman post
age stamp behind its back-and Bru'
tus was an honorable man.
Many girl has found herself il
the spinster class because she va;
too clever at the wrong time.
If it were not for his wife and the
bunko men the average citizen would
be able to save a lot of money.
Profundity comes from the readers
intelligence and not from the thought
expressed A book is less an effect
than a cause. .
Excessive civilization is close tc
barbarism, as steel is close to rusting
A moments fOrgetfulness and the
thing happens.
The Holy Communion will be cele-
brated at Trinity Lutheran Church
Deer Park Road, on Sunday morning
at the 10 o'clock service.
Mr.. Ivan l.. Hoff has accepted the
Local Agency of the National Surety
Company of New York. The ap,
the authority of L. S. Govern,
ment ratings to write single bonds W
to $872,0O0, this being the largest
which can be executed by any one
Company in the United States.
One of the bills passed at the spec
ial session of the General Assembly
which became law when Governor
Harrington signed it. interests deeply
the young people of Maryland. This
law, effective at once, permits boys
and girls of Is to IS years Of age, re-
spectively. to operate motor vehicles
if they can pass the State tests.
The national banks Of Carroll cOun-
ty received notice Saturday that bill
had been passed by Congress and
signed by President Wilson that here
after the reserve amount to be carried
by the banks would be greatly redu-
ced, about 40 per cent, which will be
a bic advantage to the banks. 1t will
mean that the three national banks
here will have about $4,000 or more
each can use. instead of keeping it in
reserve.
More recruits are wanted for the
Army OF the Farm. Captain O'Brien,
who is in charge OF Company A, lOca-
ted at B. f. Shriver Cos canning fac
tory, this city, went to Baltimore to
bring back - more men that are wan
ted As soon as this number is recruit
ed they will be brought to Westmins-
ter, as the need for additional help is
Imperative The men in Company A
are making good said Captain
OBrien.
Wives with nOnsupporting and
worthless husbands TO the number of
thousands are writing to President
Wilson and Provost Marshal-General
Crowder recommending that said hus-
bands be drafted and sent to the
front So numerous have been the let
ters that General CroWder has detail
ed an officer to answer them and to To-
cate for soldering purposes the hus-
bands who have been soldering on
their wives and families.
What we call a representative gov
eminent is a perpetual tempest, for
the minority of the assembly never
fails to claim that it is the majority of
the nation. and sooner or later the
assertion must be tested, and mere
is enough to justify the
test When the circumstance arrives,
there is revolution. This government
is therefore always at the mercy OF
circumstance. Now, the great essen
tial of a government is tiXity. That is
What makes Austria so strong.
fire Of unknown ORIGIN or Saturday
-, h ant
house on the farm of COutny Commits
siOner Frank NJ. Stevens, near Creag-
erstOwn, and occupied by Chas. Fitez.
The loss is estimated at about ST 700,
5000 on the effects of the family and
: LOUt $1,000 on Mr.. Stevens The lat
ter carried Insurance while FiteZ had
none. The house was tW" stories, con-
Structed of stone. Nothing but the
walls were standing Every piece OF
wood is burned. How the blaze origi-
mated is not known, as Fitez stated
that when he left home for Frederick
early in the evening. the place was
unoccupied and there was no fire in
the stove.
At a meeting of the branch mana
gers and distributors of the Buick Mo-
tor company, gathered at Flint, Mich,
from all parts of the country for their
annual convention, It was declared
that the year closing July l has been
the most successful and prosperous
in Buick history. The representatives
declared that their entire stock, which
was several hundred more than had
been ordered any previous year, was
sold out and that orders were still
coming in. An official of the company