The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-09-06
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

age Was done.
The mail service between baltimore
and Gettysburg, vfa of thia clty, $3.50
been such A success that on Monday
special was run.
August closed with z heavy rain on
Saturday afternoon. The DAY was
warm, fbut tine rain cooled the atMos-
phere and made the evening deilGnl-
ful.
Mr. George A. Bell, near Meadow
Branch. lnad llis left arm broken at
the wrist Sunday morning by cow
catching it between the stall and ita
head
Mr. Clayton Bell, farmer, near
ttfs city. had two cows killed and
one badly injured on Saturday Ivy a
straw stack in tine barn yard falling
upon them
Between 10 and 15 schools in
Frederick county were not opened 0n
the first day w the term, Monday,
September p, on account df the scar
city of teachers.
Salem Sunday school will hold Afs
annual picnic Ga IT, church lawn on
Saturday, September Y. beginning Ut
W w. n The Morgan Chapel Band
with furnish music All invited
Stephen Kurlow, Russian draft
ed from Detroit, has been sentenced
Nv court martial " Camp Custer 20
serve 2O years at Fort LeavenWOrth
prison f0r refusing tO wear an Amer
lean Army uniform
n invention df IA Goncreta freight car
as a means OF solving steel cOnseruc-
ton and troop and supply transpOrta-
tiUn problems Was announced at SAN
Francisco by A. C. Gramwankr drafts
man, employed by tha State Harbor
Commission.
Rumor has W That Camp Colt u W
Az abandoned. The information has
come through inquiry concerning
further work At camp. ln every a.
stance that further construction was
talked WV, THE reply IVY said wy have
been, MO, Camp Colt ia t0 be aban-
5nnedr
JAM thraatAned water shortage a.
Frederick caused by IT, approximate
use w 100000 gallons daily ~ the
corn factories, prompted Mayor Fra
leV to issue an order cnrtailing
street snrinklin6 and lawn Watreing
between III the morning and 3 ID the
evening A penalty XVII $5 Will 10 Inn
posed fDr violation
The total resources uf Che national
banks of the country, as shown by re-
ports To The Comptroller OF the Cur
renCy under the cali Of June 29, were
$1T, 1889, 502 900, Mn increase Df $1 $685.
100000 over the same date last year.
Total deposits 1T national banks on
June 29 show I'D increase or $1,249,-
776.O0O over year ago.
David Green, New windsor, met
with very serious accident while
narrowing ground for Walter Har-
man, bY having the harrow upset on
him, iniUring him badly about the
head. He was taken w the hospital
thD same day and given tine necessary
surgical attention, since which time
To- has been reported improving
Five thousand owners OF motor
trucks VIII have to line np from now
cn under plan devised by Colonel
Haughman, commissioner OF motor
vehicles, who said that he would at
once appoint a special deputy to be
known as truck investigator, whose
duty lt viii be To overhaul all motor
trucks now Arm operation in the State
to ascertain the weight and engine
number
= dispute over $20 calf, which be-
gan over two years ago and which
during the litigation thus far has
cost $1,000 during which time the
calf has developed into cow, has
gone To the Supreme Court Of West
Virginia, where IL will cost az least
$1,000 more The trouble began
when III. I'D. Digman. Belington, wv.
Va, claims to- have bought the calf
from Mrs Mary Watkins for $40, and
when ne went for the animal Mrs.
watkins raised the price. Digman
sued and was awarded the calf ant
$20. The excalf, now COW, f. still IT,
Dgman's possession.
Earle Shriner, Union Bridge, now
stationed In Texas, has sent his par
ents several dozen Photographic views
taken at an altitude of about 5000
feet. tn "a letter he tells of flying
trip III which a break occurred to
some part 0f the machinery forcing
him TO land about 75 miles from his
training camp. The break was re-
paired about noon next day after
which the start for home was made
and when some distance on the way
@ rainstOrm was encountered, the
raindrops striking him i'm the face
with such force as to be painful TO
avoid this he rose above the clouds.
He expects to be sent overseas I'm the
near future.
What constitutes am all-rOund
county editor, according to the Snow
Hill People: An all-round newspa-
per man should be able to write 2
poem, weigh corn, discuss the tariff,
umpire a ball game, preach the Cos
mel, beat a lawyer. report wedding,
saw wood, describe q fire, make one
dollar 10 the work OF ten, shine at q
SOiree, address horticultural society,
measure calico, abuse the liquor hab-
IT, test Whiskey, subscribe to charity,
90 without meals, attack free silver,
defend bimetallisni, sneer at snobb-
cry, wear diamonds. invent advertise
ments, overlook scandal, praise prize
babies, delight pumpkin raisers, adj
minister To the afflicted, heal the dis
gruntled. fight to the finish, set type,
mold opinions, sweep the office, move
the world, scorn the flesh and the
devil, BE- everything, feel everything,