The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-08-30
Letter from MANCHESTER District.

In an Associated Press News item
recently I noticed that the p0pula-
zion cf the United States, including
Mer territories and possessions, 1s
l12.444O2O. The Census Bureau de-
clares population continues to shit
tn tlle cities, which show big gains.
New York has i've and one-haM
millions, Chicago, two and one-nalI
millions, Philadelphia, nearly Two
millions, and other cities, smaller
numbers Ill proportion to their size.
Our Capitol city, Washington, IS
quoted aa having population 0f
ass 1880, nearly "a haH-milliOn-
One OF our soldier friends wrote
home from a Southern camp that
tha thermometer registered l30 de-
grees III the shade the early part or
August. Is it little wonder that
Miss Louise Sachem, "a 19-year-old
Iadv wv Alaska, where the mercury
last winter dropped to As and so de-
prnaa below zero. when reaching the
eastern part Of our country, and e1-
periencing the change made the ex-
preston, Gee, but it's hot!
In almost every newspaper We
read Oh thefts, some large, others
small, yet it Is stealing We nave
had some queer experiences 1n our
little town quite recently One OI
our neighbOrs saw a stalk Cyl sweet
corn shake violently when there was
no wind stirring IA large rat wa
sampling the corn while yet 1T was
fresh. juicy and appetizing- Secur-
ing his gun the neighbOr shot the
corn robber. One evening WE put
two dozen nice ears OF sweet corn
i'm the husk ON our cellar floor, in
tending tO have a feast next day, Az
being gift from one OH our farmer
friends. Next morning only ten ears
were to be found, the balance having
disappeared. the doors and windows
being securely fastened. Should
anyone wish to have any of these
educated rats, they can have them TOT
the asking.
One day last week Mr.. Benniah
Bankert. one of our retired farmers,
Who has passed his four-score and
three. and is as active as many other
men of half that age, called me in to
show that he has been doing TIL
ssbit. He only has onefourth acre
War Garden in cultivation, but, De-
sides large crop pf vegetables Of
different kinds he has upwards OF 100
thrifty tobacco plants growing, and
will have nice crop or leaf and
SCRAP. He says lle can make cigars
himself. 20 1t Is not necessary to
apply for job i'm harvesting MS
crop.
An old gentleman told me there
was nothing said about millionaires
until after the Civil War. And now
there are multi-mill iOnaireS in great
numbers 1t is truly said there Is no
wrong in being poor in this worlds
goods, and the Bible plainly shows
us that we brought no material
things into this world, neither can
we expect to take anything with W.
when We are called to leave this
earth.
I'm regard to the War tax to rs i'm
pOged Orl automobiles and trucks,
the owner of truck said, III the
new law is passed, there will be an
extra tax Of $2O or more OnA my
truck. Many trucks and autOmo-
biless will remain il their sheds
One of our boys, MIR. Ross ~.
Blocker. teacher in the High
School AZ Westminster, who was
drafted into service at lakewood II. J.
writes NM "a very interesting letter
concerning his work, as follows:
II suppose you are enjoying this hot
weather, for I imagine you are gett-
ing VII as hot as W. have III, and
know that Is sufficient. Fortunately
/ happen to be situated pretty COM
fOrtably, a. am stenOgrapher for
the chief oE Medical Service and we
have fine rooms. The card sent
you was picture of the Govern
ment Hospital It was formerly the
Lakewood Hotel, but the Government
took it over in the Spring. We now
been overseas, and have accommoda-