The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-08-27

Edward Eckenrode, this city.
The public play grounds will clos
for the season on Friday, September
Misses Mary and Julia Leahy, John
street, are being entertained by rela-
tiVes in Baltimore.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee will meet in Baltimore Tues
day in the Rennert Hotel.
The market for soft coal in Balti-
more yesterday dropped So on a ton,
Let the good work go on.
In this issue will be found the state
ment of the affairs of Carroll county
for the past year, ending June so.
1920.
Judge Herman NJ. Dinst, this city
has been appointed by the Conserva-
tion Commission as game warden fol
Carroll county.
Quite a number of onr people from
this city and county took in the last
big attraction at Pen Mar, Every
body's Day." yesterday.
Prof. w II. Davis and family, East
Main street, have moved to Havre de
Grace, where Prof Davis will be prin-
cipal Of the High School.
Mrs. Bond and son, and Miss Mar
garet Mills, of Washington, are visit
ors to the formers mother, Mrs. G..
W. Frizzell, East Green street.
The Westminster Fire Company
took part in the Baltimore County
Firemen's Convention which was held
at Reisterstown yesterday. The fire
engine and company were in the pa
rade
John B. Gray, attorney Of Prince
Frederick, Calvert county, with his
wife and son, John B. Gray III, spent
from Thursday to Monday of last
week with Mr. Gray's sister, Mrs.
Charles o. Clemson, Court street.
The Ladies of Kriders' Reform
Church will hold an Ice Cream Social
on the lawn at the home of Mr..
George Strevig, the Mrs. VIM. r.
Steele's farm Tuesday Evening, Aug
ust 31st. Everybody welcome.
Police declared they had recovered
loot estimated to be worth S1OO. 900
stolen in about fifty robberies in
Brooklyn, recently, as a result of cap
ture of three boy burglars, who had
buried this amount of jewelry and
silVerware.
Two veteran railway mail clerks
running on the Western Maryland
Railway come under the provisions
of the postal pension law. They are
r. Tracy Bachtell, Edgemont. and
Bernard "a Ball, Fu1aksf6sTia. each
having served in the mail service 80
years.
While working at his phosphate
plant at Key-Mar, Edw. Brown, of
Union Mills, had narrow escape.
While he was fixing the large fly
wheel, some one started the machin-
cry below. The wheel caught and
threw him about ten feet. He escaped
with a cracked rib and a bruised and
shaken up body.
a verdict of accidental death was
given Wednesday, afternoon at the
Police Station by Coro
ner Fent0n in the death of Mary E.
Cole, colored, IL years old, 140T North
Mount street, who died of injuries
sustained when struck by an automo-
bile truck operated by e. l.. Kiser, of
at Pennsylvania avenue, near
Clifton. Kiser was exonerated from
all blame, as it was decided that the
accident was unavoidable.
Cleophas Eckenrode, AZ years old,
a farmer, committed suicide in
woods near his home, about three
miles from Emmitsburg, Monday
by shooting himself in the
head with a shotgun. Some time ago
he sold his farm for $4,000 and short
ly afterWard was informed that he
let the property go for much less than
its worth. He brooded over the matter
to end his life. He leaves his wife and
several children.
The body of a girl-less than 20,
pretty and extensively clothed-Wed
nesday was found in a secluded spot
in a woods, at Grantwood, N. J. bear
ing evidence of violence. Louis Di
Saiatio, 13 year old son of A. Bergen,
contractor, found the body about 300
feet from his home. Clutched in the
girls right hand was a piece of cloth
torn from dark blue coat, probably
worn by the man who attacked her.
From the appearance of the body it
was evident that the girl had fought
Charles o. Clemson, Attorney. of
Westminster, was in New York City,
Syracuse and Pittsburg during the
past week on business trip. He re-
ports that in upper New York State
he farmers were in the midst of the
pats harvest and that some fields of
wheat were out along the Canadian
Border Corn is about two-thirds as
big as ours; oats and hay harvests
are big. Same farm labor problems
prevail in New York and Ohio as in
Carroll county. In the cities of Ohio
here in a strong Democratic senti-
nent for Cox and Roosevelt and many
nen said that Cox will carry Ohio.
Edward w. Case has just sold
through his office 49 East Main street
he Joseph o. Dayhoff farm, 158 acres
oeated near Binwood to Walter L.
Bowers, of Roanoke, La. Mr.. Bowers
md family will move to their new
home in the spring. Also resold the
Frank Nusbaum farm of So acres with
stock, crops, ETC., near
Mt. Pleasant, to Mr. Frederick T.
1oard, of Baltimore, formerly of Vir-
zinia, for $500. Mr. Coard and family
moved into their new home Monday