The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-08-20

Mr.. Louis P. Ditman and two friends
of Westminster, called on their uncle,
John A. Polster, Friday.
A horse had it's leg broken yester-
day morning in an automobile acc.-
dent on West Main street and had to
be killed. Mr.. Dickensheets owned
the horse.
Miss Laura E. Schaeffer and sister,
Miss Emma; of Doyle avenue, this
ely, are spending fortnight with
their brother, Oliver Schaeffer and
family, at Port Washington, Long Is
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Tyler, of Sind
street, West Philadelphia, Pa, motor
ed in their car to Atlantic City and
spent the weeks end, and are now
visiting Mrs. Tyler's parents, Mr. AMI
Mrs. James M. Stoner, Pennsylvania
avenue, this city.
Messrs. Robert Zahn, Levi Zahn,
Luther Zahn and Nicholas Barber,
this city, left last week to visit the
Messrs. Zahn's brother, Ollie Zahn, in
Iowa. They are making their visit in
an automobile and expect to spend a
few weeks on their trip.
A lot of profiteers who felt the pub
lie would pay any old prices, are now
sngaged in checking up returned and
countermanded goods, while their
work people growl meacingly at the
closed factory gives.
Maine real estate agents have dis
covered a new way to dispose of I'M
desirable property. They simply drop
a hint that lot of real whisky is con-
cealed somewhere about the place and
that usually settles it.
A single tomato plant in the garden
of Samuel Graham of Chester, Pa,
bare by actual count 10S tomatoes.
The plant is still in bloom and the
owner expects it to reach the 200 mark
before the season is over.
During the high water mark at
Asbestos on the evening of August ~
the damage to the Congoleum plant,
known as the Baltimore Roofing and
Asbestos plant, amounted to several
Thousand dollars. Among the loss was
seven carloads of coal washed away.
A new and profitable form of thiev-
cry, growing out of the high cost of
farm products, was uncovered when
the police of Bridgeton, N. j., were
called to Seabrook Farms, where they
caught two men and woman with
twenty-five bushels of white potatoes,
taken, it was said, from nearby fields.
The T.. T. Sunday school class of
Krider's Lutheran Church will hold
an ice cream social on the lawn at
the home of Mrs. James Schweigart,
on August 26th, If the weather is un-
favorable it will be held the following
evening. A program will be rendered
beginning at So'clock. Everybody well
come.
The sale of a farm of III acres, be-
longing to Reuben Devilbiss, of near
Union Bridge, to Aaron Longanecker,
of Louisiana. Mr.. Longanecker has
been in the rice growing business and
will sell his holdings in Louisiana
and move to the farm April 1, next.
The farm is said to be one of the
finest in the Union Bridge section.
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| In a closely played game on Wood
bine field August 8, the Woodbine
Athletic Club defeated Adamstown, 3
to o. The home run by Biddinger and
/ a double play by each team were fea-
lures of the game. Both pitchers de-
serve much credit. WetZel, of Wood
bine struck out IL men and Butler, of
! Adamstown, 8.
! Miss Virginia Waddell, daughter of
Mrs. Maude Waddell, East Main street,
received the largest number of votes
as the most prominent young lady to
be the leading person in the local
film picture which is to be made
here. Geo. Osborne, proprietor of the
Star Theatre, engineered the scheme
and held the voting contest at his
theatre. The film will be made as
soon as the cast is completed.
Those who spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Harry j. Myers were Mr.. and
Mrs. George Feeser, Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ton Larrimore, an of BALTIMORE Mrs
Jacob Frock and son, Sterling, OF
Pinch Valley; Mr.. and Mrs. Luther
Helwig, sons and daughter, Gerald
Martin. John and Catherine. Mr.. and
4 Mrs. William A. Myers and son, Fred
erick, and Frederick H. Myers, all Of
A Pleasant Valley; Miss Mary Copen-
Ihaver, of Westminster, and Miss Mar
garet Fitze, of Gathers, Md.
st. Johns Leister's annual Sunda.
school picnic will be held in the grow
naar the church, Az miles from
Westminster, on Saturday, August 2S
beginning at II o'clock NJ The Revs
3. E. Petrea. of Uniontown; w. F
f Steck, of Baltimore, and Mr.. S.
4 Lowell, Master of National Grange
will be the speakers. The p. o. S. o
A. band of Pleasant Valley, will fur
nish music. A good time for all will
be in evidence and those who do no
attend will miss one good day.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. lille, of East
Main street, recently entertained tn
| following guests: Misses Minnie Chas'
and Ray Chase, of Detroit, Mich; Mis-
Charlotte Stem, of Gypsy Hill; Mrs
Mamie Bosworth, Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Mercier and daughter, Mr.. an,
Mrs. VIM. Roberts and two children
and Miss Mildred Hobbs, all of Bal
timore; Mrs. Douglas P. Campbell AM
little son, of Reisterstown: Mr.. an