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


Mr robert I.ssHe, East Main sfEgl
has accepted position in the repair
shop of W. H Davis & Co. John
street
Miss Treva Yeiser, union Mills was
guest during the week AT the home
Df her uncle, M Wv. Yeiser, Pennsyl-
wanna avenue
Charles WI Greeble, former owner
of the well known Lexington Hotel,
Baltimore, dropped dead at his home
yesterday morning.
Boston Americans cops the first
game Of the Worlds Series from the
Chicago Nationals yesterday by the
score OF to O.
On Sunday, September u at the
Armory county meeting will be held
i'm the interest OF the Navy League.
Watch next weeks paper for full
announcement.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis f. Wisner,
Patapsco, received a letter from their
son, Roland L Wasner stating his safe
arrival Over There and says nc il
well and happy.
Nearly a. million railroad employees
or the lower paid classes not covered
by the first big wage increase were
granted raises I'm pay by the Railroad
Administration.
Suffering from melancholia, Mrs.
Ella Mayors, wife Of George Mayors,
residing on a farm near Littlestown,
committed suicide early Thursday
morning, August 18th, by cutting her
throat with razor
This years Government wheat
price was continued in effect for the
1919 crop by President Wilson In a
proclamation fixing $3.50 a. the mini
mum price at primary markets
John p. Rockefeller, Tarrytown. n,
", rode to church Sunday morning in
u coach Orders To his coachman to
get out the seldom used vehicle were
given and the aged oil king went from
Pocantico Hills into town.
Miss Laura Hamilton, formerly in
the business Office OF the American
Sentinel, has accepted position with
W. IT. Davis e. Co., John street. MIR.
Marion ]. Abbott, East Main street
succeeded Miss Hamilton at the Sen
tinel.
have accepted the new county road
leading from Charles Shelter to the
Pennsylvania line, distance OF one
half mile. They have also taken
over the new bridge over Morgan's
Run, near Waltz's Mill. Howell
Davis was the contractor
ID the last month automobiles
caused the death Oh forty-three per-
sons lin New York, and of these
twenty-five were children under six
teen In the same period trolley
cars caused six deaths, OF which five
We're children. Wagons caused the
deaths of five children
165 pints of flies were received
during the month of August and will
continue to pay 15 cents pint, and
picture show ticket during the
month of September. Alpha Magin
and Martin Diffendal received the
Chautauqua tickets for having the
most flies Id the month OF August.
Mr.. John FL. Sullivan. this city. who
has successfully conducted ~ coach
repair business i'm the rear of West
Main street FOR many years, will dis
continue same after next week to &C
cept position with the Consolidated
Public Utilities Company. MIR. $ulli-
van III valuable man and will b. e.
great help to the Consolidated Com
pany.
IL was a gasolineless Sunday for
sure i'm this city It resembled one
of the days when the automobile was
in it's infancy Every person obeyed
- 49, nwn.r-,&
those who positively had to use their
automobile for some business and
not for pleasure. q few hiring ma
chimes were out chasing up and down
the street, which was breaking the
order
The Westminster wv. o. T. w. sent
the following telegram to Senators
France and Smith and Congressman
Talbot on August 27: I'm the in
terests or conservation OIL man power,
food, fuel and labor and in order to
speed up the war, the building OF
ships, we, your constituents, appeal
To you Immediately to use your in
fluence for the early passage OIL q
measure providing for complete war
prohibition We are depending up
on you to represent us by an afirma-
tive vote when the question comes
up"
After hearing DIR. Geisel lecture on
Tuesday evening at Chautauqua it 10
hoped every one will swat flies more
earnestly than ever and see the i'm
portance OF cleaning up breeding
places. We can spend our good
money and work if they are not
carefully cared for IF you have
studied the filthy habit OF the fly 1t
IL assured you would cooperate. IL
IL asked that you please report your
neighbours breeding places and
your name will not be re
vealed. We are also going to
have our little fly boys to look
them I'D and report them for some
thing must be done at once.
The weather report for next
week IL as follows: "A regular
storm period IL central on
the 10th, extending from the Sth to
the 18th. On the 8th the Moon is at
It's greatest distance from the Earth.
On the 10th Mars and Moon are in
conjunction, with Moon reaching its
extreme southern declinatiOn and first
quarter on the 18th. General, wide
reaching and violent storm distur
Dances will appear from about the 8th
to the 18th or 18TH After general
low harOmntnr high winds thunder