The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-06-30
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Mrs. Oscar E. Barnes and children
of Mobile, Ala, are guests of Mrs
Barnes mother, Mrs. George Arnold
near this city. They expect to stay un-
| til September 1.
Mr.. Guy w. Steele and daughter
Gwendolyn Steele, are at Atlantic
City. Mr.. Steele is attending the Mary
land Bar Association meet which is
in session there this week.
Mr. Robert Long, Tannery, is nurs-
ing a badly mashed finger on his right
hand In some way the finger was
caught between two cog wheels while
operating a machine at McGinnis Dis
tillery.
Miss Elizabeth Sinnott, West Main
street, who had been under treatment
at hospital in Baltimore and re-
turned home improved, has a relapse
and is confined to her bed at her
home.
Mr.. Eli NJ. BoOse, of Hampstead,
who suffered an attack of heart
rouble last week was taken to G Bal
timore Hospital for treatment. Mr..
Boose is local manager of the Smith
Yingling Canning Factory.
Mr.. Raymond Oursler, who has been
a guard in the Maryland Penitentiary,
has brought to the camp of Thomas,
Bennett & Hunter, thirty convicts
to work on the concrete Goad being
built from New Windsor to Union
Bridge.
BY the steering gear going wrong a
salesman on his way from this city to
Baltimore went down an embank-
ment below Mr.. Keefer's, on the Refs
terstown road, Sunday. The machine
was badly damaged but the man es-
capped without injury.
Carmi Bracco, a farmer of Vineland,
~ j., for 80 years, fell dead in his
field Friday afternoon. He had COM
planned of Indigestion and lay down
for a nap, arising apparently as we'll
as ever. A few minutes after that he
died while pulling up pea vines.
the kitchen OF Farmer L. NJ. Sooy, of
South Vineland, N. j., was set on fire
by ball of lightning that fell in the
midst of the family of five and threw
sparks all over them. No one was
hurt, but everybody, including two
grandchildren, had to help save the
building.
| Taking his stand under a brilliant
arc light, where crowds emerging
from a theatre could not fail to see
him. Joseph Barnwell, a contractor of
| New Brunswick, y. j., slashed himself
to death with a razor Friday night
/ The suicide had been in good health
and financial circumstances and his
family can offer no motive for the act.
Miss Susan F. Norris, of Reisters-
town, who died last February while
visiting in Italy, bequeathed to her
sister, Miss Larita NJ. Norris, $1,000
cash, all her interest in the Norris es-
tate and her holdings in an orange
grove in Florida, according to her will
filed for probate in the office of the
Register of Wills at Towson.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Zentmyer, OF
IGreencastle, Pa, spent the past week
at the home of Mrs. Laura Warren
and friends. in the vicinity of West
minister. After spending Is days vaca-
ton motoring to Harrisburg, Reading
York, Hanover and Westminster, they
returned home accompanied by Mrs
Zentmyer's mother
Thousands of dollars in damage re-
suited from a 'cloudburst" in Fred.
erick county Wednesday, the flood
sweeping away bridges, fences, carry
ing automobiles from the road and de-
posting them several hundred yards
away. The rain fell in torrents for
nearly two hours, the central section
being the most damaged.
Miss Mabel Armacost, of Philadel-
phia, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w
Arma cost, Chase street, will leave
Philadelphia in company with three
girl friends for a trip through the
North tomorrow. They will go to New
York and take the boat from Boston
and later go to Bar Harbor, returning
the following Saturday Miss Arma-
nst is employed in the Pennsylvania
Railroad Office.
The Board of County Commissioners
of Frederick county, GLAND, Toms, Dud-
derar. Wood and Hotter; Chairman
Mackall and d. Charles Wineberner
of the State Roads Commission and
two members of the Carroll County
commissioners met a delegation OF
| about 20 citizens from Frederick and
Carroll counties at Union Bridge We'd
nesday and conferred on the question
of improving the highway running
from Liberty to Union Bridge, a dis
lance of about nine miles. Action in
the matter was 1eft entirely to the
Frederick County Board of County