The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-08-03
Sherman A. Murphy, Sykesville, has
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sherman A. Murphy, Sykesville, ha:
enlisted in the Navy
Down with the spies-or I'D with
them-or anything to get rid of them
The Sabbath was not made for &C,
c1dents, but accidents insist on oc-
curing on the Sabbath.
A man who sees a double keyhole
every time he comes home late has nc
business with the key to success.
After being roasted by Old Sol fol-
at least week, we finally received
brief relief of cool weather today.
Herr & Babylon, automobile agents
sold lis Fords from November LIST
1916 to August l, 1917 Some business
in automobiles.
The saint who says he cannot sin
may be an earnest man, but it is
Wisest to trust some other man with
the funds of the church.
Mr.. John Milton Reifsnider received
his commission and entered upon his
duties on the Public Service Commits
sion Board Wednesday.
The annual reunion of Presbyter-
ians of Maryland, Pennsylvania and
the Virginias at Pen-Mar yesterday
was attended by 5000 persons.
DR.. M. C. Wentz, formerly of Line
boro, and DR.. Harry Preston, of Man
chester, have both received commits
sions as First Lieutenants in the Med
ical Reserve Corps.
Friendship Sunday School at Fenby
will hold it's annual picnic on Satur-
day, August Is beginning at 6 p. m.
Taylorsville band will furnish the mu-
sic. The public is cordially invited.
The Public Service Commission in
its last tariff bulletin has ordered a
reduction in freight to SO cents per
hundred on paper, building and roof
ing from Asbestos to Annapolis juno
ton.
Zion Methodist Protestant Sunday
School will hold its annual picnic,
August II, in the grove near the
church beginning at II o'clock. Good
music and good speaking. Everybody
welcome.
The Westminster Fire Company at
it's regular meeting on Wednesday
evening voted to accept the invitations
to take part in parades to be held at
Hampstead August Is and at Glyndon
August 90.
About Is members of Company H
were honorably discharged from SER
vice when they were examined for the
Federal Service this week. About nine
received their discharges on the
grounds that they were married.
Benjamin F. Shipley, of Marriotts
vile, was arrested Wednesday and
locked up at the Central Police Sta
ton Baltimore, on the charge Of OBJ
tanning goods from William A. Simp-
son & CO.. 40 South street, through a
bogus check. He is farmer III How
ard county.
John A Smith, inventor of the first
successful player-pianO, is dead at his
home at Hanover, from the intirmitIeS
of age. He was born in Chester, Vt,
1928. Mr. Smith was a school teacher,
musical instructor and organizer OF
several organ companies. He was
Civil War veteran.
Considerable feeling was expressed
at Annapolis by the prOprietors OF
drug and confectionery stores and
because of the rigid en-
fOrcement of the blue laws. Last Sun
day prOprietOrs of two establishments
were arrested for selling ice cream,
as a result of which they were asses
sed fines of $40 and costs.
After hearing the cry of the Gov
eminent to save all food possible, the
inspectors for the Baltimore Health
Department only destroyed 114,00O
pounds OF meat, fish and vegetables
during July. We were also inform
ed that about 100000 bushels of
A:heat in ships at Port Covington,
Baltimore, moulded and was dumped
into the river. That's saving at the
spigot and letting it run at the bung-
hole.
A large crowd from Carroll, Fred
erick and Montgomery counties at
tended the annual |. o. G.. r. picnic at
Wildwood Park, Mt. Airy yesterday.
The principal temperance orator of
the day was Congressman Decker, OF
Missouri. Other speakers were DR..
Pearly A Baker, Westerville, o., ma
,tional superintendent of the Anti-sa-
loon League; Rev. E. G. Dinwiddie,
Washington, national legislative su-
perintendent of the Antisaloon Lea
que, and Albert E. Shoemaker, Wash
ington, grand chief templar.
Harry Angle, the Hagerstown road
and excavating contractor, was con-
tentedly operating his big steam SHOW
ell on job at Security, some days ago,
getting out stone for the cement COM
pany, when along came squad Of
soldiers from Gettysburg camp, load
i
and shipped the apparatus, Harry and
all, to Gettysburg, where the shovel
and the owner and his employees were
put to work on some trenches being
dug. The government is going to pay
him for the use Of his machine as
we'll as pay his men and himself;
still Harry is not able to see the hu-
NOR of it all.
Stone Chapel Red Cross Society.
On Tuesday evening, July 81, at
Stone Chapel, the local committee of