The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-01-03
LOCAL AFFAIRS

LOCAL AFFAlhS
Write 1919.
,hn stup died at the Sykesville
hospital on December ~
Thp New Year started in with rain
ID iH the old year went out the same
" T. Fisher, optometrist and opti-
~ announces that he will be at
: T.aI' drug store Wednesday, Janu-
airy 9th. W.
con,n Devens, Mass, spent the holi-
Ssvs with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Toseph B. Boyle, this city.
Last Sunday, December 20, the
.omnarature was &c degrees. Just
ona wear ago December 20, the mer-
cnrv dropped to degrees below zero.
Among the names on the casualty
,iqt reported Sunday were Corp.
Charles H. Ecker, Uniontown, and
Mechanic James r. Elserode, Pataps-
co.
MR. Joseph L.. Matthias, marble and
granite dealer, presented the Advo-
cate with one of his handsome cal
endars. The calendar is beauty
and in made under a war design.
At a meeting OF the standing dis
trict committee of the Maryland An
nual Conference of the Methodist
Protestant church held i'm the Meth
odist Protestant Bookroom, Balti-
more Lowe Memorial church, in
South Baltimore, was selected as the
meeting place for the next Confer
enCe session in April.
A trio of better halves" is too
much of a monopoly for 17-year-old
youths. Judge t. A. r. Nelson, in
Criminal Court. Knoxville, Tenn,
thought so, anyway, So he gave Ed
ward Freeman, hauled into Criminal
Court on a charge of bigamy, four
years in the State Agricultural and
Industrial School at Nashville.
Freeman confessed.
President Wilson has issued an or
der that all soldiers who failed to
reach the fighting line, by reason of
duties imposed upon them in this
country, shall be entitled to wear a
one authorized for service overseas.
The officers and men will be entitled
to wear one silver chevron for each
six months service.
The War Department has no in
tentlOn of retaining - in the military
service for an indefinite period any
oil the troops in camp i'm this cOun-
Try The troops are being demobil-
lied as quickly as the machinery of
the department will permit. 1t is
the expectation that all the soldiers
now IN camp will be freed from mill
ary service and be back home by
February l.
d. r. Geiman & Son made de-
llVerleS of the following cars ::
Ios' Hunter, this city seven passenger
rage Sedan; R. ]. CLANCY, New
windsor, Sensible Six Oakland
coupe; John Beard, Smallwood.
sensible Six Oakland touring car;
5Onn Goodwin, Winfield, Six cylinder
scripts Booth touring car. Mr.. Gel
man is now displaying a beautiful
car a Paige speedster which he has
on hand.
arrangements have been made
whereby all employees of the Pennsyl-
,alla Railroad, who were furloughed
,Vl military service, will be given
aelr former positions or positions
sQually good when they return to
a 49, AFTER having been honorably dis
slarged by the. Government. An
%~ulcement to this effect was made
>! tae company. 1t was stated that
Ill liz employees Of the company had
uo7l UNTOUCHED for military service
up 70 November l,
although Admiral Beatty. com
...l OF the British grand fleet,
- ISiled from requiring the delivery
vh, Tue German submarine U-9, with
na Icl Commander Weddigan tor
pou and sank three British cruis-
IT,. -. out of consideration for the
tS S.OE.Ous record" Of his boat, says
I'LL ~ ,ooiogne Volks Zeitung, the sub
hs a.lne was delivered to the British
V sI%use the German crew was IN
aa-!s 10 forego the opportunity OF
4. ullg the 500 marks to each man
~. g., Aklng the boat to England.
and nalt. Who goes there? Advance
cnmn, give the countersign!" This
nj and, which rang out clearly i'm
s.,on gnt on the battlefelds of
s.snt e' 1or q moment startled Ser
hnaa 1ohn Harvey, although the
pa.a, seemed rather familiar Ser
\, aI ]. Harvey did as ordered and
Nj nm nrst time in four wears met
w. Trotner, Sergeant Edward Har-
broth lace to face. Neither of Tfhe
sevo.eI Knew the other was within
ana N thousand miles of France
for ~ w reunion was a glorious M
er - spite OF the disagreeable wealth
VIA M impressive watch night ser
IaCtnraa s neid New Years eve in the
churese Room Of Grace Lutheran
Chris,Ii.. under the auspices " the
Pastor Endeavor Society. The
charpo Eev. w. II. Hetrick IA
music Of The meeting. anacia1
and mni rendered by the choir
Schaeffer. iale Quartet. Lieut.. Lloyd
France IVY VINO was wounded in
eity nas AN recently returned to this
perieneaaS"e an address, telling MI N, 80. $50
! q cseta and Rev. e. T. Mo M1s e1-
Church deiinsy Methodist EPISCOPAL
lieAtful -a Following the program Nj M
refreshments wara all ue-