The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-11-07

ton, sunday. The choir was take1
70 the church in automobiles.
Mr.. Leo Darr returned to New
fork AFTER spending last week witt
MS mother on Washington avenue.
Miss May Farver, Winfield Is spend
ing the weeks end with her brother
F. =. Farver and family, Petersburg
va. N
Sgt James M. Stoner, of Baltimore
son OF Mr. and Mrs. James Stoner
thls city is doing patrol duty at Som
erset, Pa, where $4,000 miners are
on strike.
All hunters who make It a practice
Of hunting on the properties Of the
farmers in this county will do well
to take look at the trespass notices
and obey the warnings.
: An increase of 30 cents on the 1000
feet of gas in this city has been made
by the Consolidated Utilities Com
pany The increase was from $500
to $3.50 per 1000 feet.
Twelve men and two women are
dead and fourteen other persons are
In New Jersey hospitals seriously in
Jured as result of the collision of
motortruck and a passenger train
at the salem pike crossing, PhiladeI-
phia, of the West Jersey and Seashore
railroad
Mrs. Frank Freyman is at the
Maryland University Hospital where
she was operated upon for a comp1i-
cation of diseases last week. She is
on fair road to recovery and will
be glad to hear from her many
also see them whenever it is
convenient to call.
Misses Pauline and Treva Becker,
Hilda Berwager, Messrs. Clarence
Becker and Clarke Berwager, Han
over, Pa, were guests on Sunday at
the home of their uncle, M. T. Yeiser,
Pennsylvania avenue
The election, which has occupied
the attention of our readers for 1o
months, is over. Some are wiser
than before. We shall now lG>k to
the holiday, Thanksgiving" which
is only a few weeks off.
The boilermakers have signed the
treaty of peace and returned to work
in the various shops i'm Waynesboro
Only two crafts yet remain out, the
moulders and patternmakers, and
the gap between the men and the
The home of Alpheus Firor, about
a mile from ThurmOnt, was destroyed
bv fire October % about 2 o'clock.
Mr.. Firor, who works in another
city, was away at the time. Pract1-
cally all Of the contents OF the dwell
ing was consumed. 1t is Thought
that the fire was caused by a defec-
tive fiue.
Carroll county has six institu-
tons on the roll of honor. They are
Manchester bank, Union Mills Saw
ings bank, Taneytown Savings bank
Westminster Deposit and Trust Com
pany. Union Bridge Banking and
Trust Company, Hampstead Bank OF
Carroll county, Hampstead; and Car
roll County Savings bank, UniontoWn.
A contract has been placed by the
Western Maryland Railway Company
for the reconstruction Of it's Port
Covington coal pier recently destroy
ed by fire. 1t is understood the con-
tract price is about 100000, and the
Mclean Contracting Company Sc
cured the award. Work is to begin
Immediately, and the new pier will
be ready for use by the first OF next
year.
On Wednesday evening, November
-. at 7.3O o'clock Mrs. H. z. Munroe,
head of the Gospel Rescue Mission,
of Washington, d. c., one Of the best
L. r I,th
church will deliver a lecture in Grace
Church. She is a magnetic speaker
with a powerful message and it is a
rare privilege to have her here. An
admittance fee in the form of pOta-
toes, any number acceptable is asked
which will be deposited in barrels at
1.-THE church door. These will be
shipped next day to the Gospel Mis-
sion and will help feed the poor at
their Thanksgiving dinner.