The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-09-27

Congratulations to mt. and Mrs.
Buckley Morton, Or IT. Paul, va, upon
the birth Of a fine SON.
Mary E. Gugel, daughter OF the late
Lawrence and Marie p. Gugel, Of
Baltimore, died Monday. Intarment
was in Loudon Park cemetery
The Thomas Chapel Sunday school,
wv Tannery, Will hold IT'D annual rally
day service On October %. at ESQ p-
m- a ine program IL being arrang-
I'd. All invited.
Mr. Lawrence I'D. Fink, son Of Mr.
Charles III. Fink this city, has entered
the State Army Training Corps at
~ Johns College, for course In
military training
st. Johns Lutheran Missionary
Society will hold their regular month
ly meeting at tine home Of Mrs Geo.
Reese, October, at which time the
election Of officers will be held. Each
member iS urged t0 be- present
Wednesday evening an interesting
stereOptican lecture was given by the
Wloman's Home and Foreign Mission
ary Society i'm the lecture room OF
Grace Lutheran church. The lecture
ON the African Trail was entitled
from Cape to Cairo" and was most
enjoyable throughout.
The Woman's Civic League sent
\ with Miss Nettle Shriner two large
boxes O. cut flowers to the hospital
AT Fort McHenry; one box To the
University Hospital, Baltimore and "a
box to Evergreen Terrace, home Tor
I the blind, Baltimore, the past week.
Most Off the flowers were cut from the
hedge along the war garden.
AT Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ca,
our city folks will be pleased to
know that We have two more Lieu
tenants in the army from here.
They are second Lieutenant Peter nv.
$amois and Second Lieutenant Bert
rand Townshend These young OIL
GERS received their Commissions on
h September 17.
We hear from good reliable source
that many of our farmers are feed
ing wheat TO their stock On account 81
the embargo of selling wheat i'm this
city. From remarks stated, the far
mer viii feed his wheat and sell his
corn during the winter. Wheat IL need
ed and should be- saved. The embargo
viii soon be raised and you win be
able to sell ait will before long.
la painting of the Sellman home
stead in Carroll county was exhibited
VI this Office yesterday by Miss WI
M Edith Spelman, df Chicago, who did
the artistic work. The painting made
ny Miss Spelman was taken from .
sketch which was SO crude ii would
seem impossible, but is excellen
work. The house Ii OF stone anC
built with two porches, steps arc
4, stone and stone wall is used for a
front fence.
" The cologne factory, known a. the
Westminster Fertilizer Company, or
Z East Green street, was on fire at 4.1C
Y yesterday morning The fire was
caused by tAnkage heating and burn
ing. The fire company responded tc
the alarm but their assistance was
not needed a. the fire could mot stand
the odor from the tankage and &C.
fused W burn, and went out with .
few splashes from fire eNtinguisher
Il The loss is very sIaall,
4 Stocks or sugar in Paris on MAJ
81, 1918, we're about half what, they
were 6h the same date in 1917. Tine
total amount of sugar In France If
lower than ever before, even In wal
# times. This condition, reported b!
the United States Food Administra
EtiOn, emphasizes the imperative neet
for sugar conservation in this coun
try, in order that the present French
Y ration III ~ pounds Oh sugar pei
person per month may be maintain
E ed