The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-22

HLClLI, WdS drought NOME ny WI. -
o. Cash last Saturday in a very much
improved condition $500
st. Johns Lutheran Missionary
Society will hold its regular monthly
meeting Sunday afternoon, August
31, at the home Of Mrs. Lee Snyder.
Every member and friend OF the
church is invite dto be present.
Bachmans Sunday school will
have a festival August 80 on the
church ground The Carroll County
Reed band will b. present. TIT the
weather should b. unfavorable VIII
be held Monday evening following.
The automobile of Charles Phebus,
Woodbine, which was stolen some time
ago, was located in Waynesboro, Pa,
andN il now at the garage of the
owner. No clue has been found a.
to the thief who abandoned the car.
Repeal of the daylight saving law
was passed Tuesday over President
Wilson's veto by the House on a vote
of 223 to 101, seven more than the
necessary twO-thirds. The repeal
now goes to the Senate, where its
supporters claim victory.
| Contracts have been awarded fol
the construction of public highways
i'm Pennsylvania to cost approximately
\ $2,OOO,OOO This will require the
services OF, $4,000 men for a year
and half of this vast sum will be
contributed by the National govern
ment.
Struck by an electric engine in the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad tunnel
W. b. Gather, 38 years old, o.
Sykesville, Md, a trackman, was al
most instantly killed. He was pick
ed up by the crew of a locomotive
who took him to the Emergency
Hospital at Camden Station where
he was pronounced dead. #
Here's story that should sui
almost anyone. Mr.. and Mrs
Leonard Suit, of Russiaville, didn'
suit each other. Mrs. Suit didn't sui
Suit, and Suit didn't suit Mrs. Suit
Russiaville didn't suit Mrs. Suit
either, % she left Suit. Suit suitet
words to action by filing suit fOl
divorce from Mrs. Suit. If the di
vorce suit suits the court, Suit ant
Mrs. Suit will be well suited.
An interesting program or athl9tl
events for boys and girls was hel,
at the Taneytown Fair: Seth Russell
Downie was in charge Of the games
DR.. L. K Woodward was chic
Judge assisted by Fern Hitchcock AM
G. L. Timanus; DR.. William Burdicl
was chief timer T.. W. Fuller, fell
, Judge; William :. Pitman, starter
} Miss Edna wi. Francis and N. r
Dowd in charge of girls competitions
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Beck, Mi
Airy, have returned home from al
extensive trip West. They left MI
Airy June LIST and after spending
some time i'm Ohio and Illinois the,
went to Colorado and there took il
the Yellow Stone Park spending fiv
days in the Park. Mr.. and Mrs. Bee
visited all of the important cite
and points of interest in thirteel
states We are all glad to have then
back.
There never was time in the his
! tory of this town when the reader
Of this paper were so interested il
the advertising columns as they ar
today With prices of everything Vi
i'm the clouds, the average man o
woman is kaenly alive to the pos
sibility of shaving off a cent OF tw
in the price of necessities, an
watches the ads like a hawk in tn
hope of finding some relief. TIL
| wise merchant takes advantage Q
this and places his propositions be
fore the people each week.
: Photographs of two Republi
, trucks of two-and-a-half ton capa
) city equipped with pneumatic tire
were shown in Sundays paper
These two trucks are part of a flee
Of seven recently delivered to B. T
; Shriver & Co. w. Fl. Davis, Republi
dealer, closed the deal. Thes
trucks will be equipped with stalk
, bodies especially designed to carr
! corn. MIR. Shriver recognizes tina
speed Nj j. a predominant factor il
business these days and to this en-
is equipping his trucks with pneu
| matte tires, as he finds that the
: respond easier in pulling through
muddy fields.
Shoeless Joe and Skinny did New
York last Sunday. They took Happ.
along to see the greatest city in tn
world. Happy is now suffering from
: stiff neck by trying to see the tol
of the Singer building. After visit
ing Coney Island and filling them
selves with pop corn, lemonade tina
was red, and ate gallon Of peanuts
calling it big feed, looked the mon
keys over to see if they could recog
nize any from here. They returned
home tired but pleased with what the.
passed through on Sunday morning
The only displeasure they eXperienc
ed was the hard seats in Union Sta
ton they used for their bed ant
saying. "Delmonicos service ha:
nothing on u.s." and turned over OF
the seat for snooze.
Charles MaSenhimer Pennsylvania
avenue, employed as tender of corr
drag at B. F. Shfiver's factory, this
city, had narrow escape from deal
Wednesday afternoon while working
around one of the drags. A shoe
became damned with corn husl
and to relieve it the machinery wa
stopped to allow him to clean il out
Just as he was about finished some
one started the machine catching Mr.
Masenhimer in the drag. Knowing
that it meant death to stay in his
former position he bridged the drag
by his feet and hands, keeping his
body a. high as the upper part would
let him. With his head against :
cnnnflinC fOl, naddloc of tho dro a