The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-12-10

A truck and touring car came to-
gether at the Forks-of-the Road Mem |
day afternoon damaging both consid
cradle
The first grand oyster roast of the
season will be held at Ford's Inn, Sun
day afternoon at 2 p. m. Tickets will
be sold at a nominal price.
The home of Erscie Benedict, New
Windsor. was robbed last Saturday.
night during the absence of the famity
getting away with a supply Of their
butchering stuff, consisting of sausage
pudding, etc.
A load of conVicts were taken back
to their winter quarters, Saturday
morning by Thomas, Bennett and
Hunter, contractors. These men have
been working on the State roads. The
work has been stopped
Mr.. and Mrs. i. B. Farver and
daughter and Mr.. Harry Lynn, of Bal
timore, and Mr.. Ralph Hines, of New
York, spent the Thanksgiving holi- |
days with Mr.. Jacob Farver and Mr.. I
VIM. E. Farver and family.
William r. Hanson. Maiden Mass,
a janitor in drug store, was left |
$3.50, 600 by relative. He will contin-
ne to wash windows and sweep floors !
and also ride in an auto and smoke
good cigars.
In a recent issue of the RED Cross /
Magazine" information is given out
that among other things the following
/ '-could-do- without" articles were
given to the soldiers: 45,000,000 cigar
cites, $4,000 pounds of candy, and |
$4,000 packages of chewing gum.
Germany is now taking from the
farmers of that country, milk cows, |
sheep and goats, to give to the Allies |
to replace animals taken during the
war from the Allied PEOPLE. Another
instance where the innocent are COM
PEELED to suffer with the guilty.
Dr. Elmer C. Fahrney. his wife and
DIR: Fahrney's elderly mother, of Hag- |
erstown, were severity injured Tues
day when the automobile in which
they were travelling skidded on the I
State road between RidgeVille and
Libson and rolled over an embank.
ment into a small stream.
Two masked bandits entered the /
mail car of Chicago, Milwaukee and
St Paul passenger train, No. 6 just
outside Minneapolis, Mimi, Friday
bound the crew and escaped with |
hundred pieces of registered mail. The
mail was valued at from $4,000 to |
$4,000.
,c,.4o &c +Lo +,uor+1, rohorc of
the Employers Metallic Furring and
Lathing Association, New York, were
arrested on indictments charging them /
with destroying evidence needed by
the Joint legislative committee inves
tigating the building trust" They
pleaded not guilty IN court, and were
held in $1,000 bail each. =
b Maree Ramey and Lillian Thompson,
New York actresses. were beaten into
Inconsistencies and thrown from an
automobile, in Chicago, at midnight,
November 16, after they had made an
unsuccessful, struggle against three
young men with whom. they had, in
obliged in an automobile filtration The
men We're arrested on a confession by
the driver All were drinking wood
alcohol. ....--.-., -.
Mrs. Theodore S. B. Fridinger roy
ALLY entertained her class of young
folks of Trinity Reformed Sunday
school at her home, in Manchester,
last Saturday afternoon. The after
moon was spent in playing games,
spiano and graphonola, music later IN
the afternoon. All were invited to the
dining room where the table was load
ed with homemade ;cee cream, cakes,
candies, popcorn balls etc, to which
all did Justice. All returned to their
home we'll pleased.
Recently there was a little excite
ment at Melrose caused by some OF
the Ethiopian race. About IL p. m. as
Mr.. Granville Hoffacker, trucker, OF
near Hanover, was On his way from
i Baltimore, coming UP Dug Hill, he
/ noticed a commotion in the back part
of the truck. Soon some poultry crates
dropped to the ground, and he realiz-
! ed that some negroes were having
free ride i'm the rear end. He slowed
j up and yelled, whereupon they hast1-
ly alighted, getting away under cover
of darkness. ae.~
/ Listening to an animated converse
ton in "a store quite recently, learn
ed that whiskey, Germany, and for
eign missions, was the subject of the
controversy Germany and other
countries in the, far East are praying
and begging for food to keep from
straving, clothing<to keep from freez-
! ing; materials with which to build and
equip homes, and yet they have money
to spend for thousands of dollars
IL orth Of LIQUOR that IS being deported
from the United States. One man
said. 81 shall not help foreign mis-,
sions There is plenty of help needed
here at home, right fefore our eyes"
The Frederick County court refused
a motion for retrIal in the case of
Lawrence F. Doyle, against Oscar 3.
Baumgardner, of near Mt. Airy. The
case was tried during the present
term, Doyle suing for SANDER, taking
exception to some remarks made by
Baumgardner, following a fire near
] Mt. Airy, the words objected to being
t'Old Whiskers set it on fire. Here ne
(meaning Doyle,) comes now" 1t was
tho contention of D. Princeton Buck