The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-02-21

more, spent Monday N this city.
Warfieldsburg, Church Of God Sun
day school at 2 p. n. Preaching al
2.45 D. M.
Daniel Grouse. Littlestown, sold
his farm of Ig6 acres. near Gettys-
burg. to s. f. Jones. Of Taneytown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence SNEAK and
family, of HagereIoHn. we're visitors
of his father. George Sneak, OF Mt
Pleasant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bowman, OF
Middleburg, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph 8. stoner. Park avenue.
A bull Weighing 1890 pounds was
sold by Reuben H Alexander, at Key
mar, to Paul WhItehill. OF Union
Bridge, for s217.36. Some bull!
Mr.. oliver Neeley and Mr. Isaac
Dlller. of Hanover. Pa. were enter
tanned by Mr. and Mrs. j. David
Crowd. Center street. q few days this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bowers, East
Main street, are The happy parents
of fine 10 pound son. Congratula-
lions. Grandpa Bowers looks very
nleasant also.
James e. Smith Z Son. insurance
and real estate dealers. have sold the
property OF Charles Mackley, East
Main street, to Albert c. Schlosser,
Spring Mills.
Eighty miles Of road Is to be built
In Maryland this year. Is the report
All Carroll county wants Is itB share
of mileage and not ignored az II seems
TO have been In The past.
Earl b. owings. son Of Mrs. Pierce
n1lhide. Shipley. has been wounded
In action in France Is the report
from the casualty list Mr.. owinga
enlisted in Troop : 1t Pikesyille.
Tho first Issue Of the Emmitsbure
Chronicle under the editorship Of
William II. Shngars. Of this city, wa
received at this Office this week
The paper is like he old edition, II Il
nowsy and well printed. /.
A session Of the House OF Repre-.
sentatives was held Sunday for the
special purpose Of paying tributes oI
respect to the memory Of the late
Congressman J. Fred. c. Talbot o.
the Second Maryland district.
II. Francis Hunter. our sailor boy
was home on n short furlougE thil
week. He arrived Il Newport Newi
from France. making hia ninth trip Il
France. lie reports that the Navy II
mastering out = number Of sailors.
Local folks ma not have beer
treated 10 winter weather Friday bu
they certainly we're given variety o.
surprises. including April showers
InGian summer foE. midsummer
lightning and thunder and warm oleal
May weather.
Harry +. byrd. publisher Of tht
Winchester Evening Star. has re
eeiYed from FEDERAL Fuel Admins
traitor II. A. Garfield. check for q
IN payment for hIs services as fue
administrator Tor Virginia for ont
year
! The Supreme oourl Of the Uuitet
States IL To be invoked IN an oifof
to save the life d IUhn snowden, tn
! Annapolis Negro convicted Of thu
murder OF Mr. IoItie May Brandon
nnd sentenced tn de On the scAif0ls
at Annapolis On the laat day q, th'
present month.
One Of the moi important natter
To be brought 10 the attention Of thi
Baltimore Annual Conference. Metho
dist Episcopal Church South. whei
! II eonyenes In stanton. Va. the lat
ter part uf March. I'll be that o
guaranteeing preachers increases II
salaries. particularly those who BerY'
j circuits.
Some miaehIeTaus PARTIES Liberated
the stock from The barn of Jesse II
Null, Cranberry. Wednesday night
! Mr.. Null found HI cattle in the barr
yard in the morning. having been plae
! ed in the barn the nIKhI before Door
on the barn we're thrown open. Thei
] tried TO free The hoFses but an Iron
+ bar stopped them. lie Il Offering !
reward for the guilty parties,
Eight hundred condemned American
Army horses we're aold Al auction u
German butcher naaf coblenz lasI
week with the understanding that al
the animals must be Killed TO help re.
lioYe the meat shortage within the
occupied area. Al the animals sold
had been inspected and found unfit for
military use owing - age or because
they had been affected ~ gas durinf
the war.
While sleeping IN hIz room Frida,
night at 1927 Norfh Charles street
j Baltimore Jeremiah T. Townshend
Westminster. ax=aherlfI OF Carroll
county, was robbed IL 81. his golt
watch and oyefeoaI. when he awok,
Saturday morning h xaa surprised
to find all his eloIhIng missing Al
except the oyereoat. however. weri
found later IN Iha bath room Mr.
Townshend retired but failed TO loci
the door to his rom and while h
slept some one entered and made OF
with his belongings
The identity Of the two remaining
j blankets used In the Hanover Pos
ONCE robbery last week. was es
tablished Tuesday when Edwart
/ Alden, a farmer Who lives a mill
north OF Manchester. and whose farm
lies along the Baltimore pike wen
there and proved thai they were hi
Iprdperty. They we're stolen from hli
buggy In the barn On the farm, quit
| likely on the night Of the robbery
This cannot be determined, as Mr.
| Alden did not use the buggy from
February I'd until the 18th, and onl,
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