The Democratic advocate., 1918-08-02

" Tha TaneytpWn fair Will be held
from August I3 t0 17
the Dutch picnic will ~ held TO-
morrow at SmallWOod
i The oat yield in Carroll county
will be one Of the heaviest i'm years.
N St. Johns fate has been in opera
tiOn all week and witt be continued
tonight and tomorrow night
Bethel church, near Taylorsville,
viii hold a festival Wednesday, Aug
ust Z, beginning in the evening.
Louis @. Caltrider, Fowblesburg,
has parted with $1,000 by investing
in a gold brick scheme engineered by
two Baltimore crooks
Prof VIM IT. Davis, OF Rock Hall,
Kent county, has been made Princi-
pal Of the Westminster High School
lin place of Charles TT. KOIb.
Lawrence g. Brilhart, alleged to
IT, a Stacker, was arrested at Man
chester and handed over tO the au-
thorities at Camp Meade last week
Miss Marjorie Lewis, daughter of
President Lewis, of Western Mary
Hand College, this city, has volun-
lteered her services for Red Cross
work in France
"a barrack OH the farm Or Jesse
| ILeatherWood, near MT. Airy, was de-
stroyed by lightning the other day
with several hundred bushels of
wheat and some agricultural imple-
mentG-
Ny YOu think you have all the trouble
Ifn the world The fellow next door
feels the same way, and the fellow
next to him has YOU both skinned to
death for real trouble, and yet he's
the best whistler in the row.
Joseph Barnes, "A well known citi-
zen 6f SykesvilIe, and brother of
George and Levi Barnes, died at
1 lSpringfeld Hospital on Tuesday. He
leaves wife and five children. The
funeral took place today at st.
Barnabas' Episcopal church.
N Albert Barnett, of Eldersburg, who
n has been serving since the war came
10 America as Captain in the Sec
Iond Maryland Infantry, State Guard,
has entered the National Army as a
private The Baltimore Sun last
Sunday printed a fine picture OF the
young officer.
n Mr. Bernard Arnold, of TaneytOWn,
has been appointed clerk and
lstenographcr in the Clerks Office In
place of Mr. John Shank, who re-
lsigned the above position on account
of enlisting in the United States
IaViatiOn service Tie expects To be
called into service very shortly.
Since the departure OF the Rev.
Walter M. Depp, Sykesville, who was
called to the colors, the officials of
st. PauPs Methodist Episcopal church
have been on the lookout for pas
tor, This week they were notified by
Superintendent Barnes, OR the West
II Baltimore District, that the Rev. E.
Frank Fielding, Of Alexandra, Va,
had accepted the pastorate and would
arrive here to assume charge on the
first Sunday in September.
N In order that farmers and others
interested in Federal grain standards
will be able to know how the grading
Ills done, the Bureau OF Markets will
take exhibits to many of the large
State and other fairs in the North
west this summer 4A complete Get
iof apparatus Cor grain grading will
be displayed and demonstrations or
the actual grading or grain will be
made at these fairs by representa-
tives of the Federal Grain Super
vision section OF the Bureau.
T. Neal Parke Of the we'll known
law firm of Bond & Parke, was the
principal spokesman yesterday for IA
delegation OF Myers district residents
who want the State Roads Commits
sion to Improve the old Littlestown
lpike to the Pennsylvania line Gov
ernor Harrington, who attended the
meeting OF the Roads Commission,
before which the delegation appeared,
told them that the State did not have
in sight the money to do the work
For nearly -four years now the
United States has been getting along
without German potash, and blue
ruin hasn't vet struck the country
\ It * in Tho prospect that, taken aMl
round, this year, 1918, will exceed the
previous high score year in the mat
ter of food production, and this with
out a pound of German agricultural
potash Tt il now practically assured
that the winter wheat crop of the
United States will ~ near to fifty
\ million bushels larger than any
previous one-year yield Of winter
wheat.
Universal mileage books are to be
placed on sale throughout the cOun-
\ Try ON August 1st "a rate Of three
cents mile will be charged for
these books, and each will call for
1000 miles OF travel. Each coupon
can be used for the payment of sleep
/ ing and dining car charges and trans
portatiOn of excess baggage, i'm addi-
ItiOn I'D transportation charges on all
railroads under Government control
\ The war tax on these mileage books
will be collected by conductors al
! the time of the presentation of the
mileage strip.
n Farm tractors are playing an inn
portalt part in relieving the labor
situation ON HEle farms, farm labor
specialists OF the United States De
partment Of Agriculture say In
! Pennsylvania more than $500 trac-
tors are in use Through the Public
Safety Commission tractors have
been bought and are equipped with
N an operator and mechanic, and
placed i'm communities. The farmers
I guarantee a reasonable acreage for
plowing and pay from $3.50 to SIS an
acre for the breaking of the land
This cooperation, according to the
\ farm labor specialists has meant