The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-09-03

day He Will be away Tor TIRES
months.
Because the market was over;
stocked. man in New Jersey dumpet
This surplus crop Of early potatoes int
the river.
The deepest well In the world il
six miles Southeast Of Paramount, w
4 Va It is 1879 feet deep. The temper
ature at 1000 feet was liz degrees
Fahrenheit.
Mrs. Howard E. Koontz, Mrs. S. LII
4 ther Bare and Mrs. H Scott Roop have
been made members of the Republican
4 County Central Committee for precinct
four of Westminster district.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sharp and Mr.
and Mrs. Bolster and daughter, of Bal
ttimofe, were guests of the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sharp,
George street.
! 1t is indeed encouraging to hear the
news from England that the boy
Scouts" of America, who were repres
scented there in an international meet
with those of 81 other countries, won
the laurels.
Ponzi, an Italian, who came to the
United States 21 years ago, with $3.50
in his pocket, who collected $4,000,
600 in seven months, promising the
people SO per cent on their invest
fments, is now bankrupt and in jail
BY the end of 1920, there will be
ten millions of automobiles in use.
and multiplying rapidly. Those WHO
have made it a study say there are
more people killed and injured by
auto accidents than any other way.
1920 looks. like a hard year. Skirts,
coal and sugar are getting short. Al
mond bars are replacing mahogany
bars. Bon-bons are replacing buns
No ginger snaps without a perscrip-
ton. The world has been made safe
for cenfectionery.APe Personality Mag
azine.
Westminster Realty & Insurance
Co., Mitchell & Crawford, have sold the
Adam C. Devi1biss property, in Tyrone
to Walter j. Reeves and wife, of Bal
timore, and the K. r. Taylor prop
erty adjoining Schaeffer & Mowen
on John street, to the Farm Power
Co, of this city.
William Arthur Douher OF Glass
boro, N. j., has built his home on an
auto chassis. 1t is Z feet, 10 inches
wide and % feet long. 1t has running
water from a Is gallon tank, and is
equipped with all conveniences except
bath tub. He is an evangelist, and,
together with his wife, daughter, and
girl-friend, are travelling with their
Gospel car to the Pacific Coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Stoner and Miss
Mildred Stoner, Gettysburg, Pa, and
Mr. and Mrs. s. C. Stoner, of this city,
spent, ten days on motor trip through
New York State and the Thousand Is
lands They visited Niagara Falls,
Watkins Glenn and returned by way
of the Hudson River. Miss Mildred
Stoner left the party at Canton, N. Y,
where she is going to teach.
: "A fire. resulted from the gas meter
exploding in the cellar Of Westmin-
Ister Hardware Company, Monday after
noon between 4 and O'clock. Only
slight damage was caused by the fire
before it was extinguished. The cause
of the explosion seems to be mys-
terry The explosion created some ek-
citment among citizens being in the
neighberhood and heard the report.
Recently a minister related story
OF. a rich man in New York City who,
became very i'll. When the Doctor told
the sick man that he had but short
time to live, the man said, Doctor, II
you prelong my life for just one year,
1 will give you ten thousand dollars
The man soon passed away, showing
that money is only for the good we
can get from it. We cannot use it in
the next world.
The guests at Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Winter on Sunday last were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson Ashbaugh, of Xenias
Green County, Ohio; Miss Mary Ash
baugh, Tellon Springs, Ohio Mrs. E.
E. Emmart, Pittsburgh, Pa; A. L.
Fewble, and Roland Fowble, Hamp-
stead, Md; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Fowble and daughter, Of Baltimore,
Md; Mrs. Hazel Albert, Baltimore,
Md; and E. w. Winter and family OF
Jordan's Retreat.
Miss Cordelia Myers, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Myers, East
Main street, was awarded the prize for
being the best looking young lady at
Pen Mar on t'Everybody's Day" Miss
Myers was selected from number of
young ladies contesting for the pre-
laainm offered. AS a matter of fact,
The judges could not give another de-
1cision and been fair. Miss Myers is
lone OF. the prettiest young ladies in
l.our city.
Not many years ago, an old farmer
related to me, three tramps came to
his place just before dinner. They
asked him whether he had any work
for them to earn their dinners. He
j showed them the woodpile, and one
began hurriedIy to saw wood. Come
to dinner" said the kindhearted man
''and then saw the wood" After din
Iner they started to walk hurriediy
down the road, Hey" yelled the far
mer, "how about the WOODY" One Of
the men called out, We'll be back q
4 little later" The men have not yet re-
turned.
The fourth member of her family tx
be stricken with typhoid, Miss Ada
Taylor, IA years old, daughter of Mrs
Laura Taylor, of Patapsco, is a patient
at st. Joseph's Hospital, Baltimore
Miss Taylors sister, Miss Neoma Tay
lor % years old, and two brothers, Al
zbia Taylor, "a years old, and Groves