The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-02-16
Next Thursday, February %, is
Washington's birthday.

Next Thursday, February %, is
D Washington's birthday.
Monday and Tuesday mornings
were some cold, the thermometer
? registering around the zero mark.
On account of our press breaking
Friday afternoon, we were compelled
to miss our rural mail on Saturday
: morning.
Rev. William H Muirhead, pastor
of the Sykesville Presbyterian
Church, who has been suffering from
infantile paralysis, is slowly improv-
ing.
Mr. S. c. Stoner, West Main street
has purchased the Brown property
which was damaged by fire on Feb
ruary 3. Mr.. Stoner will tear away
both buildings and will erect an up
tO-date bri k structure.
P. A. Hauver, graduate of the
Maryland State College and head of
the agricultural department of the
Boys High School, Frederick, has
been appointed farm demonstration
agent for Frederick county. He enters
upon his duties at once.
D. S. Gehr, the hardware man on
the corner, has just completed the
past week Empire Pipeless Heating
plants in the following residences:
Mr.. Meade Ohler, Westminster; Mr..
William Eckenrode, Westminster, and
Mr.. Edward DOdrer, tax collector,
Mayberry, Md.
If you drive a car you do not own,
you have to procure and pay for a
chauffeur's license costing So and you
have to do this every year. Such is
the ruling of Attorney General Albert
G.. Richie handed to State Motor
Vehicle Commissioner E. Austin
Baughman Saturday.
i According to statistics there are
2,517 Protestant Sunday schools in
the State of Maryland with a total
membership of 284,17S, including
253,S68 pupils and 30,310 officers and
teachers. These figures are based on
reports gotten from all the counties
by the Maryland State Sunday School
Association.
The Warfeldsburg School will hold
a Washington and Lincoln Social next
Thursday evening, February -. The
entertainment will begin promptly at
80 p. m. Ice cream cakes, candy and
other things will be on sale. If the
weather should be unfavorable it will
be held Friday evening, February %.
| Everybody welcome.
/ A girls club has been formed in Mt.
Airy the sole purpose being for So
ciability, with a membership of nine.
The club room is located in the Office
Of the Lumber and Supply Company.
Mt. Airy. Those in the club are
Misses Ruth German, Virginia Baker.
Hazel rleary, Virginia RunkIes. Mary
. Severn. Sadie ellison, EdWina Multi
nix, Helen HOuck and Elizabeth Hood.
One hundred and twenty-three
candidates were initiated for the
! fourth degree of the knights of
Columbus at the Hotel Bolvedere,
Baltimore, Monday afternoon. Mem
bers taking the fourth degree from
our local lodge were Robert 5. Shriv-
er, Joseph l.. Matthias, {. GlOyd
Lynch, Edw. W. Case, c. Eugene Tub
man.
: Arthur Garrett, of near Hampstead.
thinks he has flock of chickens that
deserve the Iron Cross, or at least a
blue ribbon, for the greatest produc-
! Jion OF eggs during the cold winter
months, when eggs are a luxury with
breeds. During December and Jan
uary he sold 1919 dozens Of eggs.
For the year ending February the
flock produced 1,2J4$t dozens.
Complaining that the affections of
his wife have been alienated. and that
She has been induced to leave his
home. William Levi Ham, OF Fred
erick. has filed a suit for 100000
/ Il
i OF Frederick, former president of the
Frederick County Agricultural So
cicty and owner of an extensive chair.
Ut gold fish ponds in Maryland and
-. Pennsylvania. Ham further petitions
the court to have the case tried be-
fore d jury.
Dissatisfied because 81 nOnuniOn
stevedOrcs were employed to unload
iron ore from steamers at the West
ern Maryland Pier at Port COving-
ton, $50 union men refused to work
Saturday morning and walked out
The strike did not affect all of the
men employed at the elevator, for
three gangs, each gang composed of
II union men, worked throughout the
day. The strikers stayed III the
vicinity OF the pier waiting Tor their
delegate. who Will make an effort to
settle the matter.
! Caught with money alleged 10 have
been taken from the United States
mails, Norman Phillips, - years old,
second assistant postmaster at Woods
DOTO, vas arrested Friday by Post
Office Inspector Everett Partridge
and aft-r staying in the Frederick
jail ever night was taken to Hagers-
town Tor 4 preliminary hearing be-
fore United States Commissioner
Alexander Hagnar The hearing was
he'd u ednesday and he was found
guilty. He was sentenced to , years
IN PRISON, at Atlanta, Ga
SOM farmers begin to plant the
earliest Vegetables at one side and
proceed across the garden as the sea
son advances. This makes it easier
to harrow the implanted portion al
any time desired and thus keep it free
from weeds and in a moist, friable
condition. Other desirable features
OF this plan are: all similar crops in
any row require the same amount and
kind of tillage; crops occupying the
land about the same length of time
may be planted together: after early
maturing crops are harvested it is
: possible to prepare a strip of land tC
plant late vegetables, if desired.