The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-05-06
BRIEFS

Pimlico races are on and so are our
sports.
Snow fell in Western Maryland,
Saturday.
Sunday baseball wins in Funks-
town corporation election.
Miss Esta Kemper. Pennsylvania
avenue spent several days visiting in
Baltimore.
Hog cholera has broken out among
the swine at Springfield Hospital,
Sykesville
Everett NJ. Boyd, REQ truck agent
sold last week three REQ speed
trucks.
The, Underwater Cement plant at
Union Bridge, 10 operating on ABOUT
an IS per cent production.
Mrs. Leroy Massicot and daughter,
Catherine. are spending some time
with relatives in Baltimore.
5000 a ton or 10 cents a basket. Is
what farmers are being offered for to-
matoes over in Kent county.
Misses Helen Sier and Mildred Lee,
OF Baltimore, were weeks end guests
of, Miss Violet Turtle, this city.
Wednesday was an excellent day
for ducks. A continuous down pour
of rain fell throughout the day.
A marriage license was issued In
Ellicott City Saturday to Roscoe
Brown and Lucy Jackson, both Of Mo
Airy.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Abbott, OF
Sandyville. are receiving congratu
lations over the arrival of twins--a
boy and girl
Miss Anna Reese OF near this city,
has purchased the three-story brick
residence on East Main stree from
Mr. Walter Taylor.
New York has G5S, 1913 motor vehicles
while South Dakota has a population
of 653,047 New York has 1913 per-
sons per automobile
Mail Carrier Joseph Witter mas
been confined 10 his home ON Park
avenue by sickness, but Is improved
enough to return to work.
Mahlon j.. Bush. u years old, drop
ped dead at stowe Pa. while he was
blowing a field. He was an active
volunteer fireman for years.
Joseph Newton, Baltimore, was in
stantly killed Sunday when he was
caught between the elevator and the
floor In Montreal Apartments
John f. Robinson, q retired circus
owner died at his home in Miami
Fla, Saturday. aged II years. Robin
sons circus showed In this city acY
eral times during his career.
Mrs Raymond Myers East Main
street. and Mrs. Thomas hlndsay
Bond street. were called TO the bed
side OF their mother, Mrs Thomas
KreglO. ct Portsmouth, Va, Saturday
Mrs. Kreglo IL dangerously Ill.
Miss Louise Barnhart, George
street, left Sunday for East Orange
N. j.. 10 make her home with her
aunt Miss Lou EastOn. Miss Barn
hart is only years of age and made
the trip by herself to her aunt
Mr.. Raymond Martz, mail carrier
on Rural Route No. 2, Will DC trans
ferred TO the Parcel Post route To-
this city after May i6, relieving ar
Joseph Witter, who will take over
Rural Route No. hi the transaction
Westminster Realty G Insurance
Co, Jas. d. Mitchell and Carroll l.
Crawford, report the following sales
recently: Harry T. Miller farm on the
Westminster and Manchester State
Road to l.. W. Plummer, and the j. ID
CrowI lots on Fair Ground Hill t.
Mr.. Geo. Klee,
The Rev. DR.. Francis I. Tagg, sun
day celebrated the tifty-tirst anniyer.
sary Of his entry into the ministry Of
the Methodist Protestant Church by
attending service at North Baltimore
church. DIR. Tagg Is &c years old and
was born in Carroll county.
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Gibson, OF
"Tree Top Farm" entertained We'd
nesday, the following guests: Miss
Ruth l.. Gibson, graduate nurse OF
Sykesville; Miss Edith Conner, OF
Iron Gates, Virginia; and Miss Reba
Dutnow, Of Frederick.
MISS MdTBdItl bldgpiil, W" VIM"
sor, entertained the Jogtemeshiye
Club of Westminster at her home
April o., the entire membership OF
eighteen being present and, needless
to say, they enjoyed the games and
music and, last but not least, the re-
freshments.
The lone combination freight and
passenger train on the KishGcoquill-
as Valley Railroad, nine miles long
running between Reedsyille, Pa, and
Belleville suffered its first real
wreck In 80 years when the rails
spread. derailing freight car loaded
with wheat