The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-05-18

this city on Saturday.
Klee & Hoff, automobile agents,
sold five new cars in one day last
week.
BY the time the producer, the mid
dlemen and the retailer get through,
about the only thing left for the con-
sumner is the bill
The King horse sale brought TO
town large crowd of buyers ON Tues
day About 70 horses were sold, 80
going to Washington.
The roof on the tenant house on the
farm of Mr.. Dennis Smith, near Wake
field, caught fire and burned off before
it was extinguished.
There will be a strawberry festival
held at Pine Knob School, May "a
and 26. Proceeds for benefit of
school. Everybody welcome.
1t took local freight Is hours to
come from Baltimore to this city
Tuesday. The freight business is the
heaviest at this time of the year.
The retail price of anthracite coal
advanced Is cents a ton Monday. 1t is
stated that this increase has been
effected because of the recent Accent
wholesale advance.
Elder p. II. Bowman, Of New Wind
sor, will preach to fathers and moth
ers at Meadow Branch Church, sun
day morning. May 20, at 1890 a. m.
Everybody welcome
Special sermons, appropriate
hymns and the wearing of white car
nations marked the services of Sun
day in the churches of this city and
county in honor of mothers day.
Harry Wood, Democrat, OF New
Market, has been appointed by Gov
ernOr harrington as county commits
siOner Tor Frederick county, to sue
coed the late George G. Huffer, Re
publican.
The directors Of the hampstead
Library have arranged for d unique
festival to be held on the evening of
May 70 in Firemen's Hall. 1t is call
ed the Feast of Seven Tables. Ladies'
of the town will preside.
Memorial Day, May 80, will be OBJ
served in Europe as we'll as in the
United States. The graves Of all the
Americans killed while serving in
France will be streWn with flowers
and decorated with the Stars and
Stripes.
The Western Maryland Railway
company is rushing work on the dou-
Bile track near Big Pool, between Ha-
gerstoWn and Cumberland, in con-
nectiOn with the dOuble-tracking of
the road between HagerstOwn and
Cum berland.
To give to trains carrying food and
thor inl,+ Of
railroad companies are reducing the
number Of passenger trains, thereby
helping, in a measure, to lift the en-
barge on freight. Excursions during
the summer will also be done away
with
Arthur !. Arbaugh liberated 200
pigeons Sunday morning that were
shipped to this destination by the
Queen City Homing Club, of Allen
town, Pa, with instructions to let out
at the above time The pigeons cir
Cled around and then went on their
hOmeWard journey.
A barn wagon shed and corncriD
on the property of Charles Covell,
near ReistcrstOWn, were destroyed by
fire that broke out at $50 o'clock Sun
day afternoon, causing a loss estimat-
ed at 81 800 The volunteer fire COM
panies from Reisterstown and Glvn-
don saved two dwellings. The loss is
covered by insurance.
Wayna WAGNER aged & vnars LIN
inc win Nh, and Mrs Samuel S+ar-
nor Iinanoro was bnrnnd to daatb
Sunday MORNING Tho rhiId wax Inft
in he'd while NJ. and Mrs Stnrnor
v,ara on ~. nI,t.idn nj tho house al
tending in some work On their re-
tnrn they were mortified to find the
child lvinr ON the floor fatally hurnad
1T Is supposed that the child struck Il
natrh Whlch lghlted It's night clothes.
Notnih& lii the room caught hre.
4 large force Of employees Of the
Western MARYLAND Railway Company
have started 10 clean Hp Pen Mar
park preparatory TO the UHening Of
the park in June. The walks: and
mounds are in pretty good shape but
there are many dead chestnut trees
that were kille;. by the blight that
vii! have to he cut down and removed.
Every wear it seems that number
"t iHe9e Tree? ule anu tIe leliloN d.
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the 9ldue Ill tile PdIh PlOIeI'
A new bill to prohibit speculation
in loodstutts was introduced IN the
blouse TUESDAY by Representative Sa-
bath, Of Illinois. The bill, aiming at
in II re