The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-02-21
Congress to be called March Il.
Banks will be closed tomorrow.

Mes. Malanchton Myers, OF Balti-
more, spent Monday In this city.
Warfieldsburg, Church of God-Sun-
day school at tp. m. Preaching at
2.45 I'D. m.
Daniel Grouse, Littlestown, sold
his farm OF 1876 acres, near Gettys-
burg. to s. F. Jones, Of Taneytown.
MIR. and Mrs. Clarence SNEAK and
family, of Hagerstown, were visitors
Of his father, George Sneak, OF MT.
Pleasant.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowman, OF
Middleburg, were guests OF MT. and
Mrs. Joseph ). Stoner, Park avenue.
A bull weighing 1880 pounds was
sold BY Reuben III. Alexander, at Key
mar. to Paul Whitehill, OF Union
Bridge. for $217.35. Some bull!
MIR. Oliver Neeley and Mr.. Isaac
Diller, OF Hanover, Pa, were enter
tanned by MIR. and Mrs. J. David
Crowl. Center street, a few days this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bowers, East
Main street, are the happy parents
of a fine 10 pound son. Congratula-
lions. Grandpa Bowers looks very
nleasant also.
James T.. Smith g. Son, insurance
and real estate dealers, have sold the
property Qf Charles rMackley, East
Main street, to Albert G. .Schlosser.
Spring Mills.
Eighty miles OF road is to be built
i'm Maryland this year, il the report.
All Carroll county wants is it's share
of mileage and not ignored as 1t seems
to have been in the past.
Earl ID. Owings, SON OF Mrs. Pierce
Wilhide, Shipley, has been wounded
in action i'm France is the report
from the casualty list. Mr.. Owings
enlisted i'm Troop a. at M Pikesville.
The first issue Of the Emmitsburg
Chronicle under the editorshlp Oh
William H. Shugars, Of this city, was
received at this Office this week.
The paper is like the old edition, 1t Is
newsy and well printed.
A session OF the House Of Repre-
sentatives was held Sunday for the
special purpose of paying tributes OF
respect to the memory OF the late
Congressman J. Fred. G. Talbot OF
the Second Maryland district.
II. Francis Hunter, our sailor boy,
was home on a short furlOugh this
week. He arrived at Newport News
from France, making his ninth. trip to
France. He reports that the Navy is
mastering out number OF sailors.
Local folks may not have been
treated to winter weather Friday but
they certainly were given variety OF
surprises, including April showers.
Indian summer fog, midsummer
lightning and thunder and warm clear
May weather.
Harry r. Byrd; publisher OF the
Winchester Evening Star, has re-
ceived from Federal Fuel Admins
traitor III. A. Garfield. a check for &l
in payment for his services as fuel
administrator for Virginia for one
year.
| The Supreme Court OF the United
States is to be invoked in an effort
to save the life Of John Snowden, the
Annapolis negro convicted Of the
murder of Mrs. Lottie May Brandon
and sentenced to die on the scaffold
at Annapolis on the last day of the
present month.
One of the most important matters
| to be brought to the attention OF the
Baltimore Annual Conference, Metho,
dist Episcopal Church South, when
! it convenes i'm Staunt0n,r Va, the lat
ter part cit March, Will be that OF
guaranteeing preachers increases in
salaries, particularly those who serve
circuits. ..
Some mischievous parties liberated
the stock from the barn of Jesse Fl.
Null, Cranberry, Wednesday night.
Mr. Null found his cattle in the barn
yard in the morning, having been plac-
ed in the barn the night before. Doors
on the barn were thrown open. They
tried to free the horses but an iron
bar stopped them. He Is offering a
reward for the guilty parties.
Eight hundred condemned American
Army horses we're sold at auction to
a German butcher near Coblenz last
week with the understanding that all
the animals must be killed to help re-
lieve the meat shortage within the
occupied area. All the animals sold
had been inspected and found unfit for
military use owing to age or because
they had been affected by gas during
the war.
While sleeping i'm his room Friday
night at 1927 North Charles street,
Baltimore Jeremiah Il. Townshend.
Westminster. ex-sheriff Of Carroll
county, was robbed of $27, his gold
watch and overcoat When he awoke
Saturday morning he was surprised
to find all his clothing missing. AIN
except the overcoat, however, were
found later in the bath room. NJ.
Townshend retired but failed to lock
the door to his room and while he
slept some one entered and made off
with his belongings.
The identity of the two. remaining
blankets used in the Hanover Post
Office robbery last week, was es-
tablished Tuesday when Edward
Alden, a farmer who lives a mile
north Of Manchester, and whose farm
lies along the Baltimore pike went
there and proved that they were his
PROPERTY. They were stolen from his
buggy in the barn on the farm, quite
likely on the night of the robbery.
This cannot be determined, as Mr..
Alden did not use the buggy from
February Cd until the 18th, and only