The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-05-21

wednesday TOT Dayton, OhlO, 60 DFlnS
in two automobiles.
The Farmers & Mechanics Nation
al Bank, this city, has installed an
electrical adding machine.
Mrs. Emma Bittle, of Westminster,
spent Sunday at the home Of Mr.. Lou
is Beard, of near Pleasant Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles C. Gorsuch,
East Main street. are spending two
weeks at Atlantic City.
The Emmitsburg Chronicle was
compelled to suspend publication for
several weeks, under conditions.
Memorial Day services will be held
Sunday Afternoon, May 80, at the Arm
Org A program is being prepared
which will be published next week.
.Patrolman Charles Masenhimer, of
Washington, spent several days with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Masenhimer, this city.
Western Maryland Council, Jr. O..
10 4. NJ, will confer the oriental on
a class on May 20, at the I. 0. 0. F.
hall.
Mr.. E. L. Skinner, formerly of
SmaIlwood, will open a store at Free
dom, with general merchandise
stock of goods, on May 20.
A clean town creates comment
Comment advertises a place. AdVer-
Using puts us on the map. Let's
keep this town clean.
Miss Dorothy Hoff, East Main street
delightfully."- entertained her class
mates, members of the Senior class Of
Westminster High School, Tuesday
evening.
The telephone is a great invention,
but too much masculine and feminine
conversation on the party line makes
the other party lose all interest IN
the courtship of Ann.
The Salibury Gas Company has
given notice of proposed increase
from 50 to $3.50, and the mayor and
council have filed a protest with the.
Public Service Commission.
Warfeldsburg school will hold its
annual festival on Tuesday evening,
June 1. If the weather is unfavorable
it will be held on Wednesday evening.
Everybody come and bring your
friends.
Messrs. Carroll N. Lockard, c. e.
Helwfg. of Westminster; and Frank
Snyder and C. Whitehill, of Union
Bridge, have gone to Detroit, Mich,
for the well known and tried out
Hudson Supers and Essex cars and
expect to arrive home on Saturday.
! Those who visited Lewis Gummel
and family, on Sunday last we've: Mr..
and Mrs. Milton Leese and daughter,
Corrinne; Miss Sarah E. Yinglfng,
Mrs. Otis Benedict, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Stephan and son, Norman, and
MI. and Mrs. Erwin Ruby.
/ A bulletin was issued by the West
ern Maryland Railway Company at
Hagerstown, announcing the demo-
ton of IL locomotive engineers to fire.
men and laying off indefinitely 81
firemen. This is the second cut made
by the company within the last month.
month.
Dayton Robinson. % years old, Big
Pool, is in Hagerstown Jail awaiting
trial before Justice Leonard P. Sny-
der, Clearspring, on the charge of
assaulting his father, Cyrus Robinson,
SO years old, a veteran of the Civil
War.
Maryland States baseball nine,
which has trimmed Georgetown, Uni
versity of Virginia and other college
teams of high caEber this season,
Tuesday dropped a 5-to-4 game to
Western Maryland, which heretofore
was being kicked around by squads
greatly inferior to State.
Senator Joseph Irwin France, of
|, Maryland, has thrown his hat into the
presidential ring and will seek the
Republican nomination. Headquart-
I ers will be open in New York. We
presume his platform will be the Red
Flag, INTERPOLATION and no League
of Nations. SykesvilIe Herald.
An ice cream and strawberry festi-
val will be held in Reese school house
on Saturday evening and night, May
10Th, beginning at o'clock Music
/ furnished during the evening. Pro-
ceeds for school library books and
book case. Everybody welcome. If
weather is inclement it will be held
the following Monday night
A very important meeting of the
Westminster Grange will be held in
the County Agents Office, Tuesday
May 10Th, at p. m, for the purpose
of initiating large class The in
| itiation will be given by the Medford
degree team. Those to be initiated
/ please be present.
/ Captain Albert S. E. Barnett, for
merly of SykesviIle and Eldersburg
has been appointed custodian OF
Government warehouses in Maryland
and will charge of all liquor held
j therein in bond. Captain Barnett has
been in the insurance business in
Baltimore since the war. He was a
Captain in the Second Infantry and
was, considered for appointment as
Police Magistrate in Baltimore.
Among the guests who spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Wisner
and family, were Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Taylor and daughter, Margaret,
of f;ikesville; Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Myers Mr. Ross McCann and wife all