The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-05-25
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY Is. 1917
LOCAL AFFAIRS

Mr. Frank Garner, near this city
- erecting a tenant house on his
t4rm
The schedule OF the Western Mary
r,ri GALWAY will be changed Sun
d4T.
We had a few very refreshing show
ar. this week which were very bene-
1rial to all growing crops.
II this talk of economy is kept up
ir wont be long before fat man is
looked upon with suspicion.
Amidst the press Of more exciting
matters. don't lose sight of the fly and
he tramp. Swat him and kick him.
SOAP has advanced one-half cent
.r axe This will be hard on the
dirty -Dn-Of-a-gun when he washes
ea Saturday evening.
rha aides Aid Society Of Trinity
i-rhnrlr church will meet at the
l9nle OF Mrs. John Hoffman, Tuesday
iy+-rn00n May 30, at 2 o'clock.
A number of our sports have COM
n.Ined that set nets are placed IN
4i- Pipe Creek to catch fish. 1t is
.r4fn,+ the law for set nets to be
u.lred in am stream.
Mrs Ella Helm, East Green street,
4no VAS under treatment at the
..anrcn Home Infirmary, Baltimore,
"a, brought home Sunday in very
much improved condition.
The happy farmer is the one that
r..t a. few hundred bushels Of wheat
,. hand when the price went up.
-lomAs J. Lindsay, Sykesville, re-
lived $3.50 80 for one load.
they do say that when a State real
,t.ts bone dry" the fish crawl up to
.nr tarmhOuSes and ask for a drink.
Al Aberdeen gentleman is authority
,,,r the statement but admits he never
VA" It lone.
NTH no stock cars on hand last
-ltur.iay our cattle dealers had
something to think about as to how
.nny Wnra to make their shipments.
lars were furnished sometime during
,.D night
Thomas. Bennett & Hunter. con-
.-1rtDrS, are pushing the work Or the
static road from RAIDERS farm to
Nvn-- One mile has been completed
aud the grading on the balance about
aai4hei
The hituminous coal shortage is
a.amri on the railroads, in a report
Monday by the Federal Trade Com
mission Producers, by taking ad-
vantage vi the lack of cars, are
.har4nd With responsibility, how
yer. ian: prevailing high prices.
~h- -ratr road between here and
hcsyi,l" il receiving its annual
coat Or TAR and chip stone. Motorists
describe driving the worst they ever
"y"eriri. ."u. Paint and tires are
r9ined after they once go through
t@v strnrrh of the application.
For tine oyster season, 1916 and 1917
..r. records of the Conservation Com
uIs+lor show that there were market
ii from Maryland waters 4,l9A656
gI5hel-. and in addition thereto, there
we're marketed in Maryland 6ST 1863
.@shel- from Virginia waters.
The work on the grading for sid
.ugs Dr he W. VI. r. around this city
L. progressing nicely. The grading
:Ir The warehouse siding is completed,
and The force is now working at
r4Hb"rry moving the earth and stone
i the high cut Just west Of Gram
a@rry
H. NJ SNYDER, OF Mt. Airy, was
"h4rgei with allowing his auto to
stand over One-half hour on Market
street. Frederick. on Saturday night,
lie Was fined $50, which he paid.
Jane, Wordsworth, OF Mt Airy, ar
-Astrd on the same charge, was fined
the same amount.
Hr. William Sharrer is having an
edition built to his residence on the
corner OF Center and Willis streets.
Marshal JOffre OF the French
Army, who Is in this country in the
interest ot the success of his cOun-
try, is a cousin OF Mrs. Ferdinand
%"nnOtte, College avenue.
The Western Maryland Railway
starting Sunday will discontinue the
passenger trains arriving here at 4.34
D. IN and 40 p. IN. The trains arriv-
tn5 here at ISL d. IN. and 81 p. m.
nave been changed so as the former
VII be / hour and 80 minutes earlier
ana tn" latter | hour and 80 minutes
later.
The bicycle stolen from Weaver
Layton, grandson of Mrs. Simon P.
weaver, East Main street, recently,
was recovered in the bicycle shop of
harry Eagle, West Main street, where
II was put on sale. Four young boys
are connected in the theft of the
wheel was the statement made by the
one that was to collect the money
4teF its disposal.
All school teacher has to do now is
~ near class of 45 pupils recite in
uat dozen studies, straighten out
t1e individual difficulties that each one
u the A. finds, interest them all in
owes, bird life, kindness to animals,
tatrlotism, the life of Abraham Lin
coin and George Washington. keep
1uem informed on current events and
supervise the home gardens of all Of
them.
~ Miss Marian Riley, 16 years old. 400
brunswick street, Baltimore, was shot
ana fatally wounded by a sentry of
tne Fourth Regiment while walking
%long the Eflicott Driveway, near
wynn Falls Park, Monday night. She
vas dead when taken to Franklin
SQUARE Hospital. The shooting was
Gone by Private Ernest s. Funk, Of
1;ompany D. Miss Riley was walk
ing with Private Rubenstein, a mem
yer OF D. Company, at the time she
vas shot. Funk was arrested
attorney John B. Gray, of Prince
frederick, Calvert county, has pur-
naSed handsome marble monument
ION our up-to-date marble and gran
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