The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-06-25

CIV endolyn Steele, this city are at
Atlantic City this week.
Miss Rosalie Wisner spent from
Sunday until Monday with Miss Helen
Logue. of Oogg Summit.
Miss Helen Logue spent from SAT-
urday until Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis H. Wisner, of LawndaIe.
The Chiidren's Day service will be
held at Bixlerss u. B. Church Sunday
at. 7.30 p. m. Everybody cordially in
yited.
Uncle William Haines of New
Windsor, spent several days among
his friends in this city. He is one of
the old young boys of. Carroll county.
Miss Helen Fowhle. West Main.
street, is a guest of Mrs. Albert Fair
banks, st. Aichaels. On her return she
will enter Columbia University, New
FORK.
The Missionary Society Of st. Johns
Luthern Church will hold its monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. JACOB
Neudecker's Saturday, July 9, at 1.S0
p. m
Samuel Gempers, veteran president
Of the American Federation of LABOR,
was almost unanimously reelected
for the thirty-ninth time by its con
yention.
Mrs. Sam Hitchcock, Bluffton, Ind,
sowed what she thought was grass
seed on her front lawn. A heavy rain
fall brought up yound field full OF
lettuce.
Mr.. Charles O. Clemson and
Surveyor of Port Guy w. Steele are
attending the Maryland State Bar
Association, which in session in Hotel
Chelsea, Atlantic City.
Mrs. Ella v. Deyilbiss, of Balti-
more, has been granted an absolute
divorce from hef husband, Grover c..
DeviIbiss, Union Bridge. She is given
right to resume her maiden name,
Ella ". Yansant.
An earthquake shook Los Angeles
Mend - Several buildings were re-
ported to have been slightly damaged.
Bricks falling from building injured
a pedestrian Office buildings were
shaken 50 severely that many7of their
occupants fled to the, streets.
First Assistant p ostmaster General
John c. Rooms inspected the Falls
Post Officer station in Baltimore, at
same time starting the service. Post
master KOons is a former Carroll
countian, his home being at Carroll
ton.
Berthe Black, daughter Of the late
john NJ and Jane 4 Black, Of Balti--
more, died Tuesday. Miss Black for
merly lived on Liberty street, before
going to Baltimore Her remains were
brought here this morning and interr-
ed in Westminster cemetery
Mr.. and Mrs. John n. Roff, of near
New Windsor, entertained on Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hawk and
daughters, Violet and Marion, Miss
Caroline Yingling, Ralph Schaeffer,
Charles Frock, all Of Silver Run, and
Miss Lena Lambert, Of New Windsor.
It is authoritatively stated by an
assistant. to the Attorney General,
that sugar rationing win go into eff
feet in hotels and restaurants through
out the country, ON June 81. This
may be followed, later, by house,
hold use rationing. unless the sugar
Situation materially improves.
Il 1T is with regret we Announce
that Mr.. F. r.. Foltz, a jovial young
man of near Carr9llton has returned
to his home in Hagerstown for an
operation to his right foot which he
had injured in a motorcycle accident
recently He has our best wishe for q
speedy recovery. Ise
Mr.. and Mrs James G. Zentn1yer
are spending the week with Mrs
Laura Warren, near this city, Mrs!
Zentmyer is the Oldest daughter Of
Mrs Warren and is we'll known in
this vicinity. After their honeymoon
they vii reside in Greencastle, Pa,
where Mr.. zentmyer is employed as
mail carrier.
A case was tried in Court Wednes-
day morning between the CONSOLE
dated Public Utilities Company VS..
Western Maryland Railroad The suit
was over the Consolidated Company
collecting an increase rate in water
from the railroad, which was grant
ed by the Public Service Commission.
Judge Forsythe was on the bench.
Phillip Gather. a negro, was lynch
ed near Rincon, Ga, Monday after he
had confessed to the murder of Miss
ANA Jaudon, II We rs old, last week.
Gather was arrested near Stilsnn3
Ca, on information Furnished by
another negro. The home guard of
Savannah was ordered to Rincon Ito
prevent the lynehfng, but arrivedat too
late. 49, -
Those who spent Sunday with Mr..
Elias Beaver, wife and family were
Mr.. Edward Arbaugh and wife, Of
Carrollton; Mrs Fannie Meggins and
daughter, of Baltimore; Mr.. Paul e.
Zahn wife and children, of Howard
county; Mr.. Donald Richards, wife
and children, of Cranberry Valley;
Mr.. Milton Ensor and wife, of Man
chester; Mr.. Lawrence Zepp, of Car
rollton and Mr.. Clarence Lee, Of
Jordan's Retreat; Mr., John T. Cush-.
ing, of Warfieldsburg, and Mr.. John
w. Beaver and sons.
1t is interesting to read the result
of the 1920 census showing the num-
Der of members of the churches. We
give a few of the leading denomina-
tions and -. number of members. be
longing to them, taken from "The
Christian Herald" Presbyterians, O.,
2f3,099; Methodists, 7,46S.131; Luth-
Grams, 2,462, 055; Congregational, L.,
1855; Catholics, 15,115,365; Bap-
lists, 1855, S96; Episcopal 1,077.O42;