The Democratic advocate., 1922-05-26

Mrs. Marvin Kilman of Oklahoma
Clty was instantly killed, her young
son injured and an unidentified man
seriously hurt when the Becker Thea
ire, four story building, was wreck
ed at Shawnee, Okla, by one of the
most violent storms in wears.
Jarrett D. Waters, aged 60 years.
died Friday at Union Memorial Hospi-
tai, Baltimore. Funeral services were
held Saturday at the residence of his
son, Dr. Charles Waters. Baltimore.
! The body was brought to Mt. Airy the
same daY for burial.
| Abraham Pearlman, whose age the
! police give as 107. and said bv a
neighbor to be at least 90. was killed
( in front of his home at BROOKLYN bv
horse and wagon. The old man dart
ed from behind a pushcart directly in
I front of the wagon.
Miss Edith Wood. Of Cecil county,
who as Red Cross nurse saw service
] in Russia. Turkey and other countries
! during the world war, was one of the
/ party of relief workers captured bv
| bandits in the Taurus Mountain dis
| trict.
Molleville Farm Post No 100. Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, and Carroll
Post No. 81, American Legion are
planning a big day for Nav Goth.
Memorial Day. Sneaking to be held
in the Armory, after which decorating
of the graves at the cemetery.
No further cases of scarlet fever
having developed at the Hannah Moore
Academy. near Reisterstown. for a
week, officers of the State Board 0f
Health expressed the opinion that dan
ger of an outbreak at the school was
about over.
The sewing society of Grace Luth-
eran Church will hold an ice cream
and strawberry festival on the even
ings of June and 3, on the lawn Of
Miss Ida Yingling, Carroll street
Hcme made cakes, pies and candy
will he on sale.
Dreaming she was being pursued by
a huge fish, which had swallowed Der
husband. fish dealer, Mrs William
Wright. West Chester. Pa, fell from.
her bed to the floor of her bedroom
and GisiOcatei Il shoulder She : lr-
der the care of a physician and
nurse.
Jas. d. Mitchell, Representative of
the Gilpin & Co Inc. has just re-
ceived news that two wells have been
brought in adjoining their vast acer-
lage in Ellicott county XIV, consisting
of 1000 acres, which increases the val
uatiOn of same. This making three
wells in the last three weeks.
| Mt. Airy autoists get in trouble
! Thomas a. Holder. $40: Obscured
markers: Harry r. Scott. 50. passing
car at top of hill; Lawrence Thom1s.
SO, no license; Lawrence Thomas. s.,
passing car when way not clear Law
renee Thomas, 81, no license in pos
session.
The Atlantic City express on the
Centra! Railway of New Jersey jump
ed the track running 60 miles an hour
at Lakewood y. j., Sunday and run
along the road bed for 1000 it. The 300
passengers on the train were thrown
from their seats but none were in
iured
! About 20O0 chickens and their at
tendant p. A Marshall, Of Lincoln,
Neb., were killed Nav Il when two
freight trains collided on a curve al
Peekskill. y. Y. About 1000 chickens
escaped Residents organized a big
hunt. The tracks were carpeted with
feathers.
The Woman's Missionary Society OF
st. Johns Lutheran Church will hold
their meeting at the home of Mrs.
Miles Sharrer, Carrollton, Wednesday
evening. June I. at p. m. Also wish
to thank every one who helped to
make the chicken supper success.
Net proceeds $101.75.
On the verge of starvation and
practically nude, six children were
found living in hole buried under a
straw stack covered over with brush
wood near Cupar, Sask. The youngest
child, Is months old, is under doc
tors care. The eldest is 9 years of
age. Charges of neglect have been fill
ed against the mother.
/ A drink of water from a well pOis
years ago caused the death of Emil
/ Wright. of Berwick. Pa, aged 80. af-
ter an illness that began before the
close of the war. With several other
/ soldiers Wright filled his canteen at
we'll left by the retreating Germans
and became i'll soon afterward.
Walter Brown, colored, was arrest
ed Friday afternoon on a charge of
assault and battery and was taken be-
fore Justice J. Grahame Johnson Fred
erick, charges were prepared by w. IL.
Reopen. and was released on bond. 1t
seems as if an argument arose over
! the putting up of a fence post on some
property at Oldtields. a little place
| below LibertytOwn,a and Rippen claim ;
that Brown hit him in the head with
rock. Rippen Immediately retaliat-
ed, according to statement made by
| Brown. by hitting him in the head with
a hammer.
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