The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-16

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John Bauerlein and left fine bah!
boy, weighing ~ pounds.
Mr.. E. l.. Crawford, near Manches
ter, who accidentally cut his foo
while chopping wood, is out again
after being housed for the past two OF
three weeks.
A missionary sermon will be preach
ed at Meadow Branch Church, Sunday
morning at 1870 o'clock, March 25
/ by II. X. ODER, Elizabethtown College
All are welcome.
/ Douglas Fairbanks gets $SSS 900 d
year from film company. G. Chap
lain draws down $650,0O0. Nothwith-
standing the above facts, both of these
actors make good cash living, they
say.
Our rural mail carriers are having
great difficulty in going over the
country roads to serve their patrons
/ The mud is almost up to the horses
knees. Automobile delivery of mail
! is impossible.
Mr. David J. Witter sold his prop
erty No. 81 Pennsylvania Avenue al
| private sale to Mr.. Clayton Copen-
haver, of near UniOntown, for the
sum OF $500. Possession will be Civ
en- in the fall
! Mr.. Horace G. Bush has returned tC
this city, very much improved in
/ health, after being quite i'll at the
home of his sister, Mrs. E. L. CraW-
ford, near Manchester, for the past
three weeks.
( We again notify all persons writing
Ri
! be published without the full sigma
ture signed to it. This week We re-
ceived d lengthy article which con-
tanned no signature, therefore we were
compelled to hold it.
The regular monthly meeting OF
| the Ladies' Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal church, of Mt
Airy, was held March Z, at the home
of Mrs. Ernest Cleary. TWenty-three
members were present. After an in
teresting program, refreshments were
served. The society adjourned tC
meet the first Wednesday in April at
the home of Mrs. r. l.. Runkles.
A bag of potatoes was placed or
! exhibition at the HippOdrOme in New
York and thereby hangs a tale. 1t is
positively asserted that Peter Cavan.
an, farmer, came to town and eX-
changed the potatoes for two mat
inCe seats. The HippOdrOme treasur
er was inclined to hesitate until Mr.
Cavanan pointed out that there were
also d couple Of Cabbages in the bias
lct. The cabbage cinched the bar.
gain
At a meeting of the Preparedness
and Military Survey Commission helt
at the Merchants Club, Baltimore
Friday afternoon it was decided tt
organize a hospital train The three
railroads running into Baltimore viii
cooperate in the plan. The train viii
be put into commission in event o.
war. The crew Will he made up Ell
tirely of volunteers. Carl h. Gray
president Of the Western Maryland
Railway, WIS put in charge of thi:
feature of the preparedness cam
paign.
Major John Philip Hill, former
United States district attorney, haC
his turn Wednesday in the Crimina
court, Baltimore, where he was
charged with three violations of the
automobile laws by Col. f. Austin
baughman. mOtOr-vchicle commission
er. Major Hill last week was tinct
in The Central Police Station for the
alleged violations and upon an appea
to the Criminal Court the jury We'd
neslay reversed the ruling Of Magis
trate Packard, and found the Major
not guilty.
Mrs. Gladys d. Reckord the II.
yoar-0ld wife OF Edward Lee Reck
ord. was presented Friday for arson
by the grand jury in the Circuit COurr
at ToWson. She is charged with nav
ing set fire TO the garage of he!
father-in-law, Walter p. ReckOrd. al
COCkcysviilc which was DESTROYED by
fire on the early morning OF Febru,
AIRY - She is now out on S., 800 bail
and was taken by her father to his
home at HagerstoWn. 1t is alleged
that Mrs. RcckOrd was angry will
her father-in-law. whom she claims
between her and her husband. She
claims that the fire was accidental.
Milton A. Sullivan. real estate agent
has purchased OF William 3. Steven
son and wife, Of Roanoke. Va, 81
square perches OF land. located OF
Church street extended this city. Has
sold the David J. Wittcr property, OF
Pennsylvania avenue, to Clayton NJ
NOpcNhaVer and wife, Of near Union
town. He also sold the lots purchas
ed by him from Edward b. Orendorff
trustee, known as lots Nos. IS, - ana
50, on Charles street. this city. tt
Martin l.. Woodward and wife. anc
also sold the tract of land lust pur
CHASED by him OF William r. Steven
son and wife, OF Roanoke, Va. located
on hUHch street extended, this city
10 Martin l.. Woodward
What about that up-to-date farm
stationery you were to have haC
made? We recently heard of two
farmers who happened to apply a
about the same time for loans from {
trust company. Farmer A had print
ed stationery and wrote his letter Oh
a typewriter; Farmer B, just as vel
Off in this worlds goods, used a pencil
and scratch paper, and wrote on both
sides of zee sheet. The result was
BIS letter made so bad an impression
that he experienced considerable de,
lay and trouble in getting the loan
while AS was granted almost imme,
dlateIy. In getting results from cor
respondence, the neatly written letter
on printed stationery is as far SUI
perior to a pencil scrawl on a piece
OF scratch paper as a twelve-cylinder
automobile to an ok-cart.-The Pro-