The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-11-16

James g. Jones, Libertytown, raised
turnip that weighed 27A pounds.
MIR. John Halter, of Silver Run,
blind
When your boy sets his face to-
ward France it won't be the foe in
front that he will fear, but the enemy
In his rear.
Looking for a safe bank for your
War-price savings, neighbor? What's
the matter with Uncle Sans great
Liberty Bank?
The season for shooting rabbits and
cartridges in Carroll county officially
opened Saturday. Hundreds of gun
ners invaded the woods and fields in
pursuit of the elusive rabbit and the
t1mld partridge. Game is reported
fairly plentiful.
/ The Western Maryland College
foot ball team had it's perfect record
smashed on Saturday by Johns Hop
k1ns team, at Homewood Park, by
the score of to 0. Our College has
the best team in the state by far, but
it is impossible to win all games
! The Baltimore Sun on Sunday
contained a photograph of foot ball
team at Camp Meade, Admiral, Md
On the team are Eugene Walsh, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael E. Walsh,
this city, Harry Biehl and Edgar
Stultz of the Western Maryland
College.
The first gun in the knights OF
Columbus campaign to raise $1,000
600 for work among the army and
navy environments was fired by Rev.
-
. Catholic Church, Baltimore, to whom
goes the honor of being the first to
contribute to the fund. His gift was
$50.
The Methodist Episcopal boards of
Home and Foreign Missions at a
joint conference Philadelphia, Mon
day, approved a recommendation that
a campaign be inaugurated to raise
$S0,00O,0OO III the next five years
Forty millions are to be raised by
each board to spread Methodism to
all corners of the earth.
Paper in the United States is sell
ing at about 1925 per hundred
pounds and in Canada at about $3.50.
Much is imported and there is rivalry
between Canadian manufacturers as
to which shall have advantage of the
higher price. There are differences
in the cost accounting systems used
by the United States and Canada.
hay wagon, owned and driven
by Chester Cullison, a farmer near
Hampstead, who was on his way to
Baltimore, was consumed by fire in
Baltimore at o'clock Monday after
noon. The farmer quickly jumped
from the wagon after seeing the blaze
and unhitched the six horses. The
wagon, along with five tons of hay,
was completely destroyed.
Webster Shorb, 10 years Old son of
Mrs. Daniel Shorb, near Boyds,
, was accidentally shot and killed by
a companion Sunday while playing
war" The youngsters had gun
which they didn't know was loaded.
The mother of the victim became
: Frustrated after the accident and for
. while was unconscious. The boys
father died about a month ago.
: Traffic over the Western Maryland
at Arlington was tied up for more
than a half hour Friday morning due
, to a wreck on the Western Maryland
J Railroad just above the Belvedere
avenue crossing. A long freight train
was proceeding cityward when one
, of the cars loaded with bailed wire
, buckled due to the pressure it was
under being pushed by one Of the two
engines of the train.
I beginning December /. all parcel
post packages requiring postage Of
% cents or more must bear an intern
= al revenue stamp, as provided in the
} War Tax Bill. The Postoffice Depart
ment has announced that regular
stamps will not be valid for this pay
ment Special internal revenue
= stamps will be furnished. The rate
will be l cent for each 25 cents post
age or part thereof above % cents.
+ On Friday, November 9th, a bunch
of the Boy Scouts of Troop No. . took
t a hike. under the direction of Scout
| Masters Augustus ShriVer, Glenn Mil
Ter and Carroll Crawford. They
4 liked about I miles, cooked their sup
: per and spent an enjoyable evening
: around the camp fire. This will be
, repeated each Friday evening as long
as the boys show interest in this
, work. For any information see Car
roll Crawford.
| Police are on the lookout for thief
who late Wednesday night of last
= week broke into the store of William
/ III. Seaks, at Hampstead, and carried
} off a wagon load of goods valued at
y about $500. The theft was discover
: ed by Mr. Seaks when he opened the
store for business. A liberal reward
is offered for the arrest of the thief.
The articles stolen included sweaters,
, and shoes to the value of $50, cloth
+ ing, salmon, watches, clocks. a bushel
, of candy and potatoes.
The postal authorities have given
out the following information:
christmas presents and other gifts
from home for American soldiers in
France must be restricted to parcels
of not more than seven pounds each.
The Postotfice department announced
that it had been informed by the
American postal authorities in France
that under the arrangements with
the French railways the French postal
service was unable to carry in the
parcel post packages in excess OF
!; seven pounds"
, Page Chapman, y, a negro. of near
Urbana, was accidentally shot and
killed Saturday. Chapman and Sam
uel Jenkins met in the store of Edgar
Diggs at Hopeland and an argument
arose over the weight of their guns.
To settle the dispute it was agreed to