The Democratic advocate., 1917-04-27

Smith-Yingling Company are max
ing some improvements to their cam
ing factory.
Mr.. III. G. Dewey and family, Cen
ter street, moved to Rochester, n. Y,
Wednesday, where he has accepted a
position with large manufacturing
Mr.. Samuel A Myers, linotype op-
orator at the Advocate, left ON We'd
nesday with Company H for Balti-
more, where he will look after the
commissary department.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Trinity
Lutheran Church will hold their
strawberry and ice cream festival in
the grove adjoining the church on
Saturday night, June 2. If not fail
that evening the first fair one.
H. Francis Hunter, who was en-
ployed in this Office as a compositor
left this morning to enter the Navy
which he enlisted in a few weeks ago.
He will possibly go to Norfolk, where
he will receive his assignment.
A comical entertainment will be
given by the public school, at Small
wood. in the hall, Saturday evening,
May 18th at p. m. If weather un-
favorable, it will be given the follow
ing Saturday evening Everybody
welcome.
Jordan's Retreat School will hold
an entertainment and festival on the
evening of May 10. The entertain
ment beginning at S o'clock. The
proceeds will be for the benefit Of the
school library and pictures for walls
of school room.
Mr. William Weagly will attend
business meeting Of the executive
committee Of the Maryland State
Firemen's Association, which meets
at the Queen City Hotel, Cumberland,
on Monday May :. Mr. Weagly is
secretary Of the association and also
secretary and treasurer of our local
fire company.
The funeral services of Mrs. Anne
Virginia Trayer who died last Thurs
day at her home at Taylorsville, were
held Sunday at p. m, in New Mar
ket Methodist Episcopal church, Rev.
Muller conducting the services. In
terment in adjoining cemetery. Pail
bearers were Charles w. Barnes, J. ID.
Hooper, George W. Rigler, R. G. Con-
oway. George w. Grimes and Harry
Koontz. G.. M. Waltz funeral director.
Thieves make a haul on the citizens
at Frizellburg on Wednesday night be-
tween y and l a. m. Mr. Harry Myers
loss consists of cans of lard and ;
full crates of eggs from his creamery.
Mr.. Benton Myerly had 3 hams and ,
shoulders taken from his smoke house.
hoI had than
they could haul. as they left three
cans of lard behind at Mr.. Myers,
which were with the ones taken. The
smoke house of Mr.. Jonas Lawyer
was also visited but they got nothing,
as they could not break the door in.
What might have been disaster
Gus fire occurred at the residence of
Mr. David r. Geiman, West Main
street. early yesterday morning
which was discovered in the kitchen
by Dr. S Luther Bare. when he awOke
and saw the reflection on his window.
Dr. Bare at once aroused Mr.. Geiman
and his family md a few neighbOrs,
who with the use of the garden hose
attached to the spisOt i'll the kitchen
managed to put the blaze out. The
fire started in the chimney and had
considerable headway when it was
noticed.
W. A. Sanders and p. McGraW, OF
Baltimore. We're arrested by Officer
Stem Wednesday when they arrived
in this city on the I'll p. m. train for
fighting, and were lodged in Jail until
yesterday. when they were given a
hearing before Justice Dinst on the
charge Of being drunk and disorderly
and assaulting Brakeman Parall. on
warrant by the railroad company, and
we're found guilty. Conductor Eckert
and Brakeman Parall were witnesses
against the accused. Both OF the men
were working at HagerStOWn, filling
the places Of the strikers i'll the West
ern Maryland Railroad car shops and
we're on their way back to work when
they fell out and started to fight.
Two Italians got into a scrap in the
Union Bridge Hotel, at Union Bridge,
Wednesday afternoon while being un-
der the influence Of liquor, in which
one was stabbed in the abdomen with
a knife, causing dangerous wound,
while the other made his escape and
has not hpan fOuDd M To this time