The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-05-02


Almost 100000 persons have died
i'm British India from Spanish in
1uenza.
Grover Gist, West Main street, has
opened his shop to paint automobiles
and has turned out this week several
very handsomely finished jobs.
The automobile of VIM. =. Van
Cleaf, OF Springfield Hospital, struck
William a. Jones, aged nine years, in
Baltimore Friday and bruised him
considerably.
MIR. and Mrs. Benjamin Whitehurst
Of Baltimore, are receiving congratu-
lations on the birth of a daughter
Grandpa and Grandma Shaeffer,
Pennsylvania avenue, are very happy
over their granddaughter. Mrs
Whitehurst il at the home of her
parents.
At a meeting Of stockholders Of the
Woodsboro and Double Pipe Greek
Turnpike Company at the Woodsboro
Bank Monday it vas voted to accept
the offer Of the county commits
sioners Of So per share for the stock
of the company As the county holds
2471% shares of the stock it will be
called upon to take over from indi-
vidual holders 245 shares.
The pupils of Shades school will
hold a spider web social in the
school house on Friday evening
May 9, at o'clock. Ice cream, cake
and candy will be sold. The pro-
ceeds are to be used for the benefit
Of the school. Come and bring your
friends with you. III the weather Is
unfaYorable it will be held the iol-
lowing Saturday evening, May 10.
Monday was examination day fol-
new automobile drivers for this coun-
ty and quite q few were present at
the Court House for their final tryOut
before the motor vehicle officer
There were all kinds of cars i'm the
tryout, including a big hearse. OF
course a great many could drive
well, but when they went before the
officer the darned old cranky cal
would do stunts they never thought
| of. Some were told to keep practic-
ing for a while.
run IOIh GUILTY SnILAC uC1ACA c
were fined i'm the York court Tuesday
for violating the state law which re-
quires cattle brought into the state
to be accompanied by q health chart
and a certificate showing immunity
from tuberculosis. The defendants
were Eli G. Henry, r. I'll. Theopel, E.
ID. Bubb and Clinton Sterner. The
prosecution was brought by an agent
Of the State Livestock Sanitary Board
The cattle were brought into York
county from Maryland.
Mr.. Roland Harbaugh, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Harbaugh, Of, this
city has returned home from France
having received his honorable dis
charge. He brings back a thrilling
story of his adventures and it's seems
only providentia1 that his life was
spared. Mr. Harbaugh will lecture
in Carroll Hall net Sunday evening
at 500 p. m, May 4th. The public is
invited to attend. The Offering of
the evening will 60 towards the
Serian and Armenian relief work.
There will be less sugar corn
raised in Frederick county this COM
ing season than for years. The Corn
Growers Association, at a meeting in
the Frederick court house on Satur-
day afternoon decided not to raise
sugar corn to be sold at less than
$40 per ton this season. As the
Gamers have already declared in en-
phatic terms that SIS per ton Is the
best price they can offer, the two
sides, Gamers and growers, are in a
deadlock, and are likely to remain
that way for a long time.
Mr. w. J. Holloway, State Super
visor of Schools, visited several of
our one-room rural schools on We'd
nesday for the purpose Of taking pic
lures of good interiors and exteriOrs.
Pictures were taken of the children
at work in the classroom, and playing
dodge ball and other games on the
playground. MIR. Holloway was par
ticularly pleased with a school gar
den at Blacks school The children
were at work i'm the garden when
their pictures were snapped. In this
school the children are studying con-
ditions favorable for plant growth,
the enemies of our vegetables and
fruits and how to attack them,
correlating this garden project with
geography, agriculture, arithmetic
and english. Other schools visited
were Old Fort, Mt. Pleasant and
Deem Rim