The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-09-15
THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE. SEPTEMBER Is 1922

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make its last run Saturday afternoon.
Company II will hold its opening
dance in the Armory next Thursday
evening at o'clock.
Westminster's first Flower Snow
will be held at the County Agent
Office. September 80 and October l.
Mrs. Mary jackson. of Baltimore
is guest of Mrs. Harry KINNEY, East
Main street.
Those who ut at Sunday at Mrs.
Arthur WagnerEs were Mr. and Mrs
Selby. of Baltimore; Mr.. and Mrs
George Devilbiss and daughter, Lou
Use, of Pleasant Valley; MI and MIS-
Edward Gilbert and daughters, Edna
anr. Margaret, Miss Helen Yingllng
and son. Dewey, of Baltimore, and
Earl Wagner. and Catherine wagner
Mrs. Samuel Miller and granddaugh-
ter, Pauline.
]. r. Baker, Thurmont, was injured
when he was driving his Ford car
from Frederick to his home. HIS car
struck a culvert when the lights went
out, and was overturned, throwing
Mr.. Baker to the road, breaking his
right collar bone and causing lacera-
tions and bruises. A passing motorlst
took the injured man to his home, and
! he is now recovering from his inJur-
les.
Three of the yard employees of the
/ Maryland Milling &, Supply Co, Sy-
! kesville, went to the management and
demanded increase pay, with the
! threat of a strike if their demand
should be refused. The men were dis
missed. and others employed. Soon
thereafter one of the strikers assault
ed one of the newly employed, and at
| tempted to scare him into rcsigning
his place The striker was arrested
/ and fined.
| J. Edward Little. a prominent busl-
ness man, of Martinsburg, w. Va. Is
suffering from numerous cuts and
bruises. his wife has cuts about the
/ face and body, and his son, Paul Lit
tie, is laid up with broken collar
/ bone as the result of motorcycle ac-
/ cident near Hedgesville. Mrs. Little
was riding in the side car and the
! boy on the rear seat, when Little lost
control of the machine. which ran up
a bank and overturned.
Some trouble has cropped up
among the plastcrs doing the work on
/ Mcdaniel Hall, at Western Maryland
College The party who had the piaS-
ter contract was little dilitarv as
to working 50 Contractor Elgen
brought from Baltimore. number
of union plaSters, to finish the job.
When the Baltimore men started on
the work they ordered the other men
to stop or become members of their
union. The old force quit
| While Mrs. Alice Hubbs. of Balti-
more, was visiting her sister, Mrs.
Arthur Wagner, of Wagncr's Fancy.
she was given a surprise birthday
party at the home of her children and
grandchildren. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mayes and son.
Calvin and daughter, Catherine, Mr..
and Mrs. JOS Selby and daughter,
Elizabeth Mrs. Susie Hall, Miss Hell
en- Yingling and son, Dewey, all of
Baltimore: Mr.. Earl Wagner and sis
ter Catherine, of Westminster, and
Miss Margaret Gilbert, of JniOntOwn.
Charged with threatening to kill
his wife and daughter and declaring
his intention to shoot a nelghbor,
John McAbee, of Thurmont, about
So wears of age, was arrested
and lodged in Frederick Jail. With
shotgun he walked into a room
where his wife and daughter were
seated and informed both that he was
going to shoot them. Before he could
carry out his threat the women seiz-
ed him and succeeded in getting pos
session of the gun after which Nc
Abee left He was found walking
along the road, a short distance from
his home. He was taken without
struggle Physicians will determine
his sanity.
Mr., and Mrs. FRANK Snyder of
. Pleasant Valley. had as Sunday visit
ors Mr.. and Mrs. Row SimonS. of Sny-
dersburg: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sire
Wig, of Snydersburg; Mr.. and Mrs.
! Geo Strevig. of Cranberry; Mr.. and
Mrs John StreviG. of Meadow R;dnch:
Mr. and Mrs Ernest Helwig. Mr.. Noah
Miller, Meadow Branch; Mr.. Wesley
Feeser. Mrs. Upton Myers, Mrs. Sarah
Snyder of Westminster; Mrs. James
Strevig: Misses Attic Strevig. Mary
Strevig. Myrtle Myers, Jahama and
Luella Helwig, Grace Snyder, Ollie
Myers. Martha Smith, Edna and Mil
dred Welk. Ruth. Agnes and Hazel
Strevig. Esta Stonesifer, Alice Simons.
Pauline Strevig, Messrs. John and
Eltinge Strevig, Clarence Summers.
William Strevig, Herbert Smith,
George and Noah Strevig and Ross
and Louis Myers.
GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Tho L .nnnard Granhi of Leonard