The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-09-03
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Mr. Al n Dosier Baltimore, spent
last week with friends in this. city.
Miss Margaret Lockard, this city, is
visiting Mrs. Charles H. Kolb, Oak
land, Nd.
Capt. Sheets Liberty, street, has
been taken to a hospital in Baltimore
Tor treatment.
b Miss Emily Lynch, Baltimore, is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. e. e.
Lockafd, Playground Hill.
MSS Cora Adams, East Main street,
Is spending her vacation visiting
friends lin Martinsburg, w. Va.
The Western Maryland Railroad
will run another excursion to Luray
Caverns on Sunday, September IL.
Monday is Labor day. Banks and
Court House will be closed. No rural
mail morning city delivery only.
Mrs Harry Shipley. and children,
Of Baltimore; were guests of Miss
Laura Hamilton, East Main street.
Everybody is predicting lower prices
on what they have to buy and higher
prices on the things they have to sell.
The Supervisors of Election will sit
on Monday. August IS, from to pm
at the Court House to issue transfers
to voters.
Pat M. Neff, Waco. Tex, received the
nomination for governor of Texas on
the. Democratic ticket oVer~Joseph w.
Bailey
Formerly / they used to prosecute
people FOR working Sunday. Now you
may have to prosecute ,em to make
EN- work any at al. .s
Mr.eand Mrs. Frank Waesche, Mrs.
Charles Waesche and Mr.. Eldridge
WaescAey OF Baltimore, were Sunday
guestsef Mr.. and Mrs. E. o. Diffendal.
Bond street
David Maripg, aged 81 years, died at
his hcHie In Gettysburg Pa, August
21sfae lis survived by his wife, who
was Miss Sarah Tracey, I1ineboro,
two sbSt8 and a. daughter.
and Mrs. H. d. Fowble and
dafiehteF, Miss Helen. West Main
street, were entertained by, Mr.. and
Mrs. ALBERT Fairfax, at st. Michaels,
Md for the weeks end
Mrs. Charles Manning, Of Ohio,
SUCCESSFUL contractor in Ohio, and a
nativetof this city, is making short
visit ito his mother, Mrs. Richard
Manning, and brothers, John and Will,
linn Manning !, this city.
For the benefit Of gunners who seem
somewhat confused as to the open sea-
son for Squirrels we note the General
Assembly Of Maryland enacted a
state wide law fixing the squirrel sea-
son from November 10 to January 1st.
MT. Airy won its seventh straight
game by taking Moylan's team into
camp to the tune of Al. The game was
! a pitchers battle with Kolb getting
ssttesbest Of the argument Each pitcher
struck out ID men but Kolb allowed
only 2 hits. and did not walk man.
John e. Eckenrode, Western
Maryland Railway brakeman, was Sc
vereIy injured when he fell from the
cab of the locomotive drawing his
train at HageTstown, Saturday His
feet slipped and he fell against the
step as he was climbing on board.
j officer Smith was in our city Mon
day and Tuesday and made his ac-
uuaintance with several OF our autos
mobile drivers by asking them to APP
pear before Justice Walsh for a hear
ing on the charge of violating the au-
tomObile laws of Maryland.
II. Has the business slump started
Many big factories in Baltimore are
only working three days week. The
rubber factories in Akron, Ohio, have
laid on 25,O00 Auto factories in De-
tfoits caused 75 900 men to be idle by
lack Of orders and many departments
are entirely closed.
There were 81 ,S49 automobiles stol-
en- in nineteen of the larger cities OF
the United States In 1919 as compared
with 25,613 in the same cities the pre-
xieus year. according to figures COM
piled by the National Automobile
Dealers Association. This is an in
crease OF s22.4 per cent.
AS William Townshend and his sis
ter, Miss Lillian, Towrshend were re
turning to their home in this city from
Mt. Olive, motorcycle ridden by Will
lam Norwood, of Ridgeville, ran init
their automobile. Mr.. Norwood was Sc
verely injured The Townshends were
not. hurt, but their machine came
through minus two tenders.
Frank Brown, this city, who wa
given a hearing before Justice Walsh
Saturday evening for cutting thu
Bloom boy from Finksburg, was fount
guilty He was ordered sent to jail un
til Monday at which time he was to b.
removed, from our city for good. Jus
tice Walsh announced that he was
dangerous man to be let run around.
A new Ford car was left standing
on the Meadow Branch pike, OPPOSITE
of the Woodward farm, Saturday nigh
and remained there until some tim
Sunday evening when it was takel
away without being seen by anyone
From the license number it would ap
pear that the car was stolen. The Ii
cense number was issued to Richar'
Y A1ders, Logs Station. for Chand
Ter.