The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-04-13
LOCAL AFFAIRS

irwin r. Burke. of Sykesville, has en-
listed in the Navy.
Easter Sunday was not very agree
,nle Il was cold and the air raw.
The census enumerators of Middle
burg district were the first to finish
their work.
r,.orh Myers. Centre street, was
thrown from his bicycle and received
badly cut face.
Charles Dffendal pitched three in
;7gs against the Providence Club at
Fred4r rick on Saturday.
D,yid Humbert, Medford, has pur-
chased The store stand Of Oliver New
man at Mount Pleasant, Pa
THE ytork visited the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Maurice Martin, near this
-ity and left them daughter.
Mr. l.. G.. [.amotte, Hampstead, has
gone into the restaurant business at
LTanovpr Pa. with John S. Miller, OF
Hanover, ia.
Row Weller, John street, has &C
,antod a position with the Western
Haryland Railway Company in the
freight department.
The freight rate on cement from
Union Bridge. to Baltimore has been
n1accd at II cents net ton by the
public Service Commission.
Mr. James NJ. Stoner will represent
the local Order of Red Men, at the
convention which is to be held in Bal
timore by the Red Men Order shortly.
The Western Maryland College ball
team was defeated by Johns Hopkins
Al HornwO0d Park. Baltimore, last
Tyesdav afternoon by the score OF .
TO .
marriage license was issued IN
Baltimore Tuesday to William }.
rrabhs, Baltimore, and Fern MI. Bow
,rs daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
r Bowers, Liberty street.
Missouri editor refuses to pub
Hsh obituaries Of people who DO not
take the paper His view is that peo-
ple who do not take their home paper
are dead anyway, and their passing
has no news value.
Traffic on the Western Maryland
Railroad was interrupted Monday
night and Tuesday morning by engine
Dir getting OF the track on GOrsuch
siding. It required the strength OF
two powerful cranes to replace the
engine
The .ating Of the cornerstone or
the new Agricultural Building will
be one ri the main features OF the
Farmer Day celebration at College
Park. MAY =u Ground for the build
ink was broken some time ago and
work H. now well under way.
Our farmers are very much wrought
up over The -aking away Of their boys
and hrlr from them to be placed in
the arm. Some have not done any
Spring work on that account, as they
say the. rInnOt farm without the as
sistanuc from their boys and it is use
less No start anything except for
their uWn use.
Hessrs William R. Myers, this city,
Harry Ee7@ler, Carrollton. Arthur
Fields. Syke4vilIe, MT Laramore, As
best0s. have enlisted in Company H.
This will bring the Company up to
81 mn captain Weigle is recruit
ing and would like to have about 80
more men To bring the Company up
To war strength.
Our .cizens we're surprised Mon
day morning when they aWoke and
found five inches of snow covering
the earth The snow did not last
long as tie sun came out bright and
melted 1t IN a hurry Reports were
that drifts had formed on the roads
y~,1 Y,Jn doom
enough to cause some difficulty in
getting through.
Tnit& States has taken over 81
German vessels that have been in
termed IN the different harbOrs in this
country The total tonnage amounts
10 6-G,tuN tons The cost OF these
vessels will amount to over ii billion
dollars. The Vaterland, one of the
mght.est "ess Is ahoat is 54,2$+ tons.
ana is ole ii the prizes. 1t cost
SIoNN,WU To build it.
IN "a tour Of inspection, Chairman
o. the State Roads Commission Frank
H. Z0uCk, Chief Engineer Henry G.
shirley and Resident Engineer G.. A.
4ehn@y April went over the State
rlsn|4y5 IN the northern section OF
frederick county. New work in the
Northern section of the county was
inspected and also the plank road
Iead!ng from Emmitsburg to West
Minister
On Saturday night last, Wilmer
myers, of Pleasant Valley, left his
Morse and buggy hitched at Gehrs
HARDWARE store. About nine o'clock,
Ne discovered that it had been remoy-
Gu Gu lie reported his loss to Sheriff
sSo1er, and late at night the horse
4itGhed to an old buggy, was found
.eu near Eckenrode's carriage fac
10y; the practical joker or thief,
t"ucnever it was, having exchanged
ousgles. IL any citizen of the
bbounty knows anyone, who has
Dtought home buggy which they did
1 ~ nave prior to last Saturday, he
SSIouid once report the fact to
,iNH Stoner. For the peace officers
ne 10 undertake to locate the bug
.! mat was taken, would be like the
bb..oYerblal looking for a needle in a
thisslack. Many cases of petty
ituu'eNery have been reported recently
j. various sections of the county. It
~. Tue DUTY Of every citizen to furnish
tio o peace officers with any informa-
st on mat may lead to the recovery Of
p,,;I. property and the arrest of the
MY, 1t is possible that Mr..
al ~ buggy was taken as a social
viii 5ohe' Ii that be true, il the joker
con n put the buggy where the owner
6nd get 1t and notify him where to