The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-12-14
n DIFFENDAL, Manager.
Nay AFTERNOON, DEC. Ia, 1917.
LOCAL AFFAIRS

40 Raw. the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
" close. near Reese, was badly
81 last week.
and Mrs. Vim. E. Starner,
..rfyania Avenue are the proud
l>rt . OF a hoy baby.
.,,nal guardsmen from every
'T-rvIand included, have arrived
F1-,rce and are now in training.
~. for voluntary enlistment of
~ -rotrpd men is growing short, as
Ir-fsv. has been fixed as the limit.
marriage license was issued in
..~oro Monday to William nj.
E-.- this city, and Eta Fisher,
.rstown.
MARRIAGE license was issued in
..~0re Tuesday to Charles w.
!: and Edith NJ. Rinehart, both OF
chester.
account Of the fast mail being
hours late Monday evening
~. Messengers took the bus line
l?g,fnr,t0wn for Baltimore.
Thomas H. Lewis, president of
earn MARYLAND College, officiated
10 Sroon-Nelyin wedding, Balti-
On Wednesday.
IND positions for men or women
mi hard To find these days-in
he demand in many lines is
w. greater than the supply.
-+stmas shoppers in Westminster
ind our stores filled from top to
nm with gifts which will please
most exacting. Shop at home.
Sharrer & Son, funeral direc-
East Main street, have put in
Ire one OF the most complete and
,-iate funeral hearses in the
Is Gladys Walck, daughter of Rev.
Mrs. chalmers WalCk, Bond
y fell On the icy pavement near
home Monday and fractured her
arm
ME- Pittsburgh Railways Company
Msrsed for women conductors to
Rrp ~trippers and trailers" dur
the rush morning and evening
MI
i'm, Lillian A. Franklin, a popular
H.g Of Westminster High School,
resented her resignation to the
b. Board 10 take effect January
440Tnia il preparing to send to
b. seed enough to plant 100000
And the crop from these will
/ T. destroyed by German fright
Ill., f. Herring. OF Emmitsburg,
l5tainod an absolute divorce
-ar husband, Francis A Herring.
given the custody of their in
5ilt.
ME County commissioners in
NJ l on Monday appointed DIR.
-= Bare. physician to the Jail and
MEL BOtt as physician to the
- Home.
Robert =. Wells. of Gambler,
moved 10 the residence Of Ed
T case. 211 East Main street,
T. b. will open an office and
Pr his profession.
EwarIy canvass of Grace Luther
4 3.rch will be held Sunday after
FL + canvassers who will deliver
aTelopeS for the year 1913 to the
Tiers Of the church.
H " S-raley, who has been in
employ of William Numsen &
E at Asbestos, Md, has returned
home Hanover, Pa, the Cann-
season having closed.
very handsome monument was
H51 at the grave of Mrs. Edward
fa! in the WestminSter cemetery
VI joseph i. Matthias, marble and
Fte dealer East Main street
e'eFnmeEt operations of the rail-
as the way out of the present
oFtatior difficulties seems to
gaming ground and the question
possibly be decided this week.
sEoF George ". Hurd, of Williams
Was ha.. lar the Federal grand
ID &>nn hail by United States
missioner H2ENer. He is charged
no-atin- the Federal Anti-nar-
l9 six scouts that went on a
EI2E might oI The second Troop,
I were Officers. ScOutmaStCr
vi, Assistant =rourmasters Miller
crawford l., elbows that the
Us are OIL the job anyway.
u Hunt Hyndrickson, son OF Mr..
Ars john y. Hendricks0u,
@Ak. and Miss Winifred Birrell.
%uo' Ore. We're married NOyem-
:, ny the l,eY. A. \. Morrison, a
S.%Al Episcopal minister, at the
y. NE bride. Miss Esther Biz
,ds maid oE honor and Robert
:sCA' ar.. lest man. The groom
1uua'e %. Western Maryland
s7' and Harvard Law School.
4. H. #arnock, superintendent
1g power of the " e&-ern Mary
tta.Noad, with offices at Hagers-
sI lour years, has resigned to
general superintendent OF
Ia po"eF o. the Chicago, Mil
st. Paul Railroad, with
MI, III chicago. Mr.. Warnock is
'',sner OF the Mallet engines
,,S are IN use on the Western
uu He was given a banquet
abroad officials at Hagers-
S r'urday. Mr. E. o. Grimes, Jr.,
> attended the banquet.
h. 0Ody of John Bair, a former
Fso,. Vi Llttlestown, was found
=, s'4 noating on the Delaware
u enn Treaty Park, Philadel- ,
Fbo was aged II years. Mr.. |
u - =. Aad been in ill health, was
II Iom the home of his daugh-
A. ~. Z. Mayors, i'm Philadelphia, |
W. W, 9th. That evening he
t,a. w Tor a walk and nothing
h o5. from him until the finding
san NY II Is supposed that the
ID tb ,oSt his footing in the dark,
55r 'ue river and was drowned.
bn,, was brought to Taneytown,
"iai was made November 80.
Ss s nus have followed so rapid