The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-01-21

4NAAt-~ Va
ed to the ease and luxury OF its faith
efs, has been able to work, has learn
ed, either through marriage or by
association with our people OF the
\ Sortheru section Of the county, how
80 be- industrious and frugal, and we
find them now prosperous and pro-
gressiye people.
4 AT Westminster, our two classes
met and hence the Town was divided
+ III the Civil War, some being earnest.
ny TOT the South, but the majority be-
ing deadfagt for the, North And IN its
streets the coniending forces clNshed.
each side dying Main street with Its
blood but our women nursea tbs
wounded, and our men buried the
dead, irrespective Of their uniform
{ There Is a most interesting story con-
shlndtbd with this fight. story almost
felfiat IN its wonderment TO that told
by the late General John u. Gordon
OF meeting General Barlow. who f0s
,lBteen. yeats he thought he had killed
III. reVf sea5s ago the late Captain r.
= win kfd lCaafles b. Fink, his spn-in-
IAN, were III Virginia looking after
some properly they were Interested
in, and stopped over night az the JET
ferson Hotel They drirted into con
versatlon with an elderly man. who
hearing them say they were from
Westminster. Maryland, toid them he
thought OF our beautiful town with
fnathing, for there occurred the gad-
dest experience in his life, the one
thing which hunk over him q cloud,
And when asked what &c WAS, statau
he was with StewartB Cavalry and
uegcrfDed now, when coming into
Westminster by the Washington Road.
ttes we're Attaesed by the troop o.
delaware Cavalry He told how they
ttghn,ea them up the street Shooting
them down as they galinpcd away,
and that opposite q nothi hes had
shot and killed one OF them, ttut be-
was the only man be could ruails aaS
he had killed during the war eAd he
had continually worried over Il Cap
taiu irwin told him he reealiea the
incident. but fhe m8n WAS not Killed.
l1niy wunnaed and bad been taken
into .the home Of NJ. Boyln. hiA faith
eI+in-iaw. aud there aurgpd 81 his
dapgb,ets until he recQveredr f6p
ean iaiaglie the 10Y u Hnh old Con
fcdnrvie. and The YoistHed Afi hd
ibANt8H .3AEN AAlAftu VIII So ssHte
date against the proper iitiingly eel-
ehrnted his happiness with bottle
uf that which both inehriateH anh
chcrra.
Il recall two Of .WestminsteF'a eii.
izcns who I think well ropresenEea
the types uf people by which Carroll
county was settled, col William Y
MaulHby aud ar D4vid Btoner Col
Aiaulaby was tall, clean aheteu with
an eagle nose and pairiclan air, no
dressed faulileasly aud fapiiduQpaiy
wore black stock. aad carried 2
heavy gold headtd cane. ~ spite q
'hla Years. ho NH always tcau3 fef
frbIlt or aehi With tiSn ~ hts ava
age bat 30 the young man hc was cYeT
tkaid hud igslna&leEats iQfpgcstihg i4'
deed wore hts talks Of the lBt the
2 iat led before the Hur. 81 how'd, fol-
lowed the judges from CQuri io-tdpi'
ia che state, ard lg0 thlg intrinsic
snCiafiun practically tpfBnie a tHHiif
And nmeEng we're his stories Pi the
tEEhts and nWN rFEta laHT bads iG Y
idgai aud phYbiuald and 90 ihs iFWtF
of carausinF sud u . poker gRlu q
f;Yl,is fsf'ysGr 'Itter 4 isas
llA q labas aud plesNpFe but br lfi'
no estate.
raised 10 toll 10 knew the value ~ q
aonaf ana wasa aAeibs taatiuaa Rpe
SAMMY. blessed win g robust eRat 4
keen mind. and cseeiieui inakaf1l
he well represented tn2t MfifW etg
ment ~ oar people wAich haM~lnF "
Carrot county Whuts % " - Wa
wealthy. bBt w spite IF hia Neaf'h AZ
lived pctf1ffomsiy. = nat tastes hia
for Years. aud - buy Huii % riptht
until the one he WAS wearing hpc anis
dciapldated. seemed % HIN q crime
n WAS his firm belief tha3 money
shouid not be Spent. except for uecee-
sttIea. and be illustrated that belle.
as mis- iHn do not think be- eyer At
tended theatre. hecnuae Il cost mop-
az. bul no loved the county and he dil
much as prchidon, ~ the Board o.
County Commissioners % pnt and
kerp II on sound financial beals w
died leaving large fortune. which
tuephows and niercs have greatly ea'
soycd. And really believe tha'
'.tjncie Dayy" olaaiued as much plea
sure IA piling ,up. and kegplng wealth
ae col Maufrby aid In spending mon
ey,and enjoying che things y would
huy5 ,,...
"a 1 have ststed thc waT Of sixty
divided oar county those in tAe
Southern part went, South, and those
who did not own slaves wonl Aortaj
All fought nubly and encouraBeonsly.
and after the var Wis liver 40 ah
feeling soon passed away and we Ind
iha women OF Westminster lhufeling
on Decoration Day, without dislinc
ton. the graves ~ both the Blue ana
Grey who sleep so peacefully IN our
cemetery. During the trouble Win
spaln IN 1888, one OF the tlrst men @
fam In Cuba was q son ~ Carroll
county. That war did nUt last long
enough for the county 20 take con
splcuoua part, but In the recent CON
flict how nohly II bore itself To APP
preeiates the work Of the folks
back home during the World War you
must remember that Il waa a poaca-
FIJI, agricultural community. whose
PEOPLE. average men aud women, we're
stirred by the declaration Of Congress-
on April G. 1917 Immediately fol-
lowing II the War Service Selec,igt
Act was put IN operation, and 10 June
tie flower 81 our youth enrolled