The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-08-09


Carroll NJ. LOckard. East Main
street, is erecting garage on his
property
Mrs. J. GlOyd Diffandal, Liberty
street, was operated Dn at the Mary
land University, Baltimore, Tuesday
morning. The operation was success
full and she is doing - well o. could
~ expected at thlS time
Am automobile smash up TOOK
place Tuesday evening on West Main
street between two automobiles
Both cars were badly done up by the
impact From some cause one ran
into the back OF the other.
Those being rejected from Camp
Meade OH account off physical qualiff-
cations sent from this county are
TOlly Thomas Spencer, FinksDurg,
Carroll Lester Chew, Patapsco, and
Andrew W. Caltridcr, Finksburg.
The first load of wheat To be de
Iivered I'D E- III. Gorsuch & Son cor
mill by motor truck was hauled To
them yesterday by Mrs. Melville
Shauck, Statewood, from the farm of
her parents, Mr. and MIS-. Horace
Shipley.
St Benjamin,s Lutheran Sunday
school will hold its annual picnic in
Mr. J- IT'D. Kauffman's grove, Saturday,
August l7, beginning at 1O a. m-
Pleasant Valley band viii furnish
music. Refreshments will be sold for
the benefit of the school.
| Services in &C. Mary's Reformed
church, of Silver Run, will d. held
this sunday afternoon instead or the
morning as announced last Sunday.
Sunday school at 1.SO %. m. Preach
i'm at gao p- m-, by Tho Rev. Guy P.
Bready, Of Taneytown-
The bicycle rider should be kept
on the pavement where he constantly
endangers life and limb. we have
good hard street beds and there can
be no excuse for permitting the use
of wheels on the side walks, which
are intended for the use OF those
walking
At the annual election OF the Ad-
vertising Club, John Il. Raine, editor
| Of the Towson New Era and of the
Baltimore County Sentinel, was made
president and Nat C- W1ldman was
made vdce-president. Thirteen new
members or the board Of governors
also we're named.
Struck by B. & O.a R R. helper
/ engine, Richard Murphy. or near
Evansville, was almost instantly kill
| ed on the tracks between Evansville
and Monrovia, Saturday morning.
He was working On Tine road as a re
pairman and stepped in front Of the
engine which was running backwards.
a delegation of prominent citizens
was before the County Commissioners
On Tuesday afternoon for TIM purpose
or having the Littlestown pike re-
paired by resurfaeing The Com
missioners after hearing the appeal
nf the gentlemen have decided TO
commence the work
Mike J. Thompson, athletic director
at the Emmitsburg College, is de-
termined that the boys ant the Mount
will have a good football team this
year. Mike AID well aware of the diff
cuIties that face him on account or
the war, but he feels confident he will
keep IT'D the athletic spirit a. desired
by the Government. @
! An important meeting or the Carroll
County Medical Society was held at
Springfield Hospital on Monday to
take action with reference TO voluh-
teer medical service for the Govern
ment. The plan OF organization was
discussed. All eligible members OF
the Society will register for service.
Thirty-One members attended the
meeting.
Many letters have been received
this week by parents and friends of
the soldier boys in old Company I'll,
who are doing duty in France. All
express themselves 3d. being pleased
with their reception from the French
people and the beautiful country.
The men are not on the firing line at
present, being located I'm camp
somewhere in France.
Injunction proceedings were Tues
day instituted in the Circuit Court by
Valentine Kaiser, off Laurel, who is
engaged in tim ice-cream and milk
business in that town and who also
operates several automobile express
buses between Camp Meade, Laurel
and Baltimore, against Director
George "a. Malone, of the Compul-
sorry Work Law Bureau
Chief of Police WCsch of Ellicott
City Is still in the dark al to the
whereabouts OF August ia. Lohoefer
and Clarence Kelly, colored, who es-
capped from the Ellicott City Jail last
Saturday. He is now trying to get
women that Lohoefer IL alleged to
have married and which caused his
arrest on the charge of bigamy.
Capt Henry Higbee Worthington,
aged IA, one of the youngest captains
in the VI. =. Army, and winner or dec
ton, somewhere in France on July
Is Word off the fatality was re-
ceived by relatives or the gallant
young soldier in Emmitsburg Sunday
evening and caused widespread grief
in that section of the county, where
he was well known
TIN 1889 there appeared in the pa
pers OF Berlin an article stating that
the lines in the hands Of his Majesty,
the Kaiser" had been read by a
great expert in that science. and that
the reader told the Kaiser that TWEEN
ty-five years later he would be ban
ished to England, and that Germany
would 90 to pieces. Tic looks now as
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