The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-23

! a gold cuff button was found on
the Washington road last week. Own
er can learn of it's whereabouts by
applying here.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet at their room in the
Times Building, at 7.30 p. m, Thurs
day, March 20.
There will be Sunday school at 80
p. m, and preaching at $50 p. m, in
the Bethel Church of God at War
feldsburg, Sunday. Rev. S. B. Craft
pastor.
Mrs. Annie Stansbury and Mrs.
Laura Gorsuch, moved to Hanover,
Pa, from Greenmount, Md, and will
make their home with Rev. and Mrs
:. B. Daugherty.
The Keystone Vaudeville Co., in five
big, clean and up-to-date acts will be
at the Opera House tonight and to-
morrow night. Saturday night also a
five reel feature BLACK Friday"
st. Johns College, Annapolis, is
scheduled to play a game of base ball
with Blue Ridge College, New Wind
sor, on April 20, and Western Mary
land College, in this city April p.
March 21st, was the first day of
spring, the sun having crossed the
line" at p minutes before midnight on
Tuesday. From now until June p the
days will be longer than the nights.
1t is stated that the Portland Cement
Co., located at Union Bridge, in the
year 1916, paid freight bills amount
ing to $517, 58S.3S, and that S,S3S cars
were required to handle its products.
The Jackson Wilson farm of 315
acres, situated in the Tenth district,
has been sold to Jacob Frederick, of
Hampstead, for $4,000 A good
dwelling and Outbuildings are on the
place.
Mrs. Wesley Steele, Pennsylvania
avenue, is improving from a dislo-
Gated rib and other injuries she re
ceived when she fell against a chair
at the bottom of a flight of steps the
first of the week.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Trinity
Lutheran church, SmallWo0d, will hold
its next meeting at the church on
Wednesday, March %. All members
are requested to be present to decide
about papering the parsonage.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Salem
Methodist Episcopal church, near
Bloom. will hold an oyster and
chicken supper on Saturday evening,
April Z, beginning at 6 p. M If the
weather is inclement, the first fair
evening the following week.
The Union Bridge postoflice was
entered yesterday morning by three
/ burglars but they got nothing. They
were frightened away by neighbors
who discovered them. In the
hasty departure by the thieves they
left three blanks, nitrOglycerine and
! tools behind.
! Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Belt will be
in the city, the first of next week
| to purchase their stock of dry goods,
notions and hosiery for their new
store in the Shermans store room,
corner West Main street and Penn
sylvania avenue. They expect to be
ready for business by April 2nd.
! The ReisterstOwn and Littlestown
bus lines are now running again but
not on full schedule time. The Lit
tlestown bus makes its usual two
trips a day. The Reisterstown line
only runs two trips a day, morning
and afternoon, which it will continue
until the roads get in better condi-
ton.
DR.. Eugene Sullivan, this city, re
ceived telegram from Mr. James
Allen, of Warrington, w. Va, an
nouncing the opening of another Oil
, we'll. This is the third or fourth we'll
of oil now producing between 400 and
500 barrels of good crude oil each
day. DR.. Sullivan is interested in the
enterprise.
r. Frank Sappington Liberty, has
been appointed a member of the
Board of Education for Frederick
county to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of James Fl. Gamhrill
He will sit with the Board at the nayt
meeting. Mr.. Cambria resigned e.
cause of the pressure of his business
enterprises.
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