The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-10-31
a vote for the Demo-
cratic ticket means:
"a bigger, more pros
porous Carroll County.
a safe and sane con-
troll Of Maryland's finan:
ces and affairs.

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Mr.. Carbery Boyle, this city, lost
"a valuable black coon hound 10 days
ago at Klee's mill and to have the dog
returned he is offering a reward
Look him up.
MIR. Frank M. Stevens, of Creag-
erstown, made a clean sweep OF
cattle premiums at the Frederick
Fair in the shorthorn class. Mr..
Stevens was a former resident OF
this city.
St. Johns Lutheran Missionary
Society will hold it's regular monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. d. j..
Brown November at 1.3O p. M
Every member is invited to be pres
ent. Please bring your thank offer
! ing boxes along.
| On account of the slippery condi-
ton of the road Thursday evening
the taxi of Walter Coppersmith, this
city, turned upside down. The taxi
was but little damaged. No occu-
pants were i'm the car with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Coppersmith.
Samuel Yingling, East Green street,
received a painful shock from an
electric wire that he grabbed hold of
while painting ON the roof of Baby
Ion & Lippy Co. last week. What
saved Mr.. Yingling from death was
that his feet were off. of the tin
roof.
At recent election, Jesse P. Wey-
bright was chosen as president of
the Detour Bank and Peter ID. Rooms,
as vice-president. The bank has
placed an order for heating plant,
and is progressing nicely in a bust
ness way.
The laying Of cement on the Lit
tlestown state road has now gone
over the top of Pipe Creek hill, leavr
ing only about Il of mile to build to
complete the road from Union Mills to
Westminster The work is being
somewhat retarded ON account of the
difficulty in getting stone and sand.
Carroll Little has sold y: his farm
" miles south Of Union Mills, along
the pike, to Charles. Koontz, for
$4,000, and in turn he bought the
farm Of Joseph Croft, situated mile
further down the pike for $4,000.
A Standard Atom truck skidded
from the road at Dreschler's home,
on the Baltimore pike Friday, struck
a tree and Topped over on its side.
No one was injured but it will re
quire several hundred dollars to re-
pair the damaged truck.
In our account of the check
forgery we mentioned the Consolidat-
ed Utilities Co. as being one Of the
victims. We are pleased to note
that they were not among the bust
ness houses which were fieeced. Sew
era1 other places were visited but the
crook failed.
Mr. Joseph Id. Wimert, of near Gran
berry, after removing his old dwell
ing house this summer on July the
first, one pumpkin stalk grew up in
the old foundation which bore seven
pumpkins, two of them weighing 70
pounds each, two IA pounds : each,
one Is, another 16 and one -. Total
11S pounds in all They can be seen
any time at Mr.. Wimert's.
Rev Charles z. Ely, pastor of the
Methodist Church at Mt Airy sur
prised his official board by announc-
ing that he had received a call to
position of large responsibility under
the Centenary movement, which will
necessitate the severance of relations
with his church as it's pastor, at
least for a large part the time.
Rev j. III. Hartman ON Saturday
rendered his resignation as pastor to
the Joint COnsistOry of the West
Mannheim Reformed charge, Hanover,
Pa. The resignation, which will 60
into effect on the last Sunday in
January, and which came as sur
prise was accepted with great reluc-
lance on the part of the COnsistory.
New York Typographical Union No.
is will assess it's members now at
work 10 per cent Of their pay to aid
other members out of employment as
a result of the strike and lockout
existing in the printing industry in
New York. Final figures on refer
endum taken on this question made
public showed a favorable vote of
1851 to 1,034.
Among the visitors last week at
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Grau's, near
Mexico, were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Shipley, Mr.. and Mrs. Cletis Bellison
and two sons, Albert and William, Of
Shipley; Mr.. and Mrs. Ray. McQuay
and two sons, Sterling dHpn Ray
mond; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Green
and Mrs. John Myers, Of Westmins-
ter; Mr.. Claude Reppert and Miss
r. Barnes, of Baltimore Mr.. and
Mrs. Jerry Shaffer, Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Smith, Mrs. John iShaffer
and two sons, John and Arthur and
MIR. Preston Reed.