The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-12-29

Prof. Wiley Jenkins, of Oakland
spent the holidays with friends in this
city.
The A & P. Store in Hampstead has
closed its doors after being in opera
ton for the past months.
Elwood l.. Murray will take charge
of the Hampstead Postoffice on Mon
day, succeeding J. Oliver Murray. who
has been postmaster for the past
years of the same office.
The annual game of basketball vii.
be played at the Armory this Friday
evening between the Alumni and High
School five. Much interest is being
shown in this game and it is a guess
who will be the YictOrs.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hull and daugh-
ter. Miss Dorothy, of Baltimore; Mr..
and Mrs. Norman J. Lee and son
Norman. Jr., of Peruvian; Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Harrington Smith, of Clai-
borne. and Miss Julia Walsh, of St,
Mary's Seminary, spent Sunday at the
home of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
NJ. f. Walsh, East Main street.
Striking Claude Wilmoth, a fellow
patient. two terrific blows upon the
head because he believed that
spell" was being placed upon him,
Harvey T. Rogers, an inmate of the
West Virginia State Hospital for the
Insane from Mongolia county, frac-
tured the skull Of Wilmoth. The lat
ter died within a few hours.
Two women. living within five
blocks of each other on the Upper
West Side, New York, were strolliug
.long Broadway with a detective
Christmas afternoon when they spot
ted a man each claimed as her hus-
band. He was arrested for bigamy and
locked up in police headquarters,
where he gave the name of Linford
II. Stockwell. salesman.
Two men hurried along the quiet
paths in Greenlawn Cemetery, New
York, Friday, bent for the grave of a
little girl. One was detective, the
other a relative of the child. They
turned in the path and saw the grave.
On it was sprawled the body OF an
old man. a bullet through the temple
\ pistol. one cartridge gone, lay be
side him.
The remains of Fuller Winter, who
died at his home in Baltimore last
Friday, were brought to New Windsor
Sunday morning for burial at Win
tcr's cemetery The deceased was ~
son CT John Winter and a nephew OF
Isaac and Jesse Winter. He was 60
years old and unmarried. He is sur
vived by one brother, John Winter,
and one sister.
William Porter. Jr., 81 years old,
colored. was instantly killed early
Saturday morning at Gainesville. He
was backing a large truck into the
street when the machine started to-
skid and as he leaned out one side &c
see where he was going the truck
struck the side Of the building and
his head was crushed between the We
hicle and the brick wall.
Two little girls, Helen Losoy. 9, and
Mary PCtro. II. of Northampton, Pa,
we're drowned Sunday afternoon at
that place while attempting To cross
the icC-covered CNnal. The story of
the accident was ut learned until
Monday afternoon when Johanna MicO
10, the third member of the party. and
the only eyewitness, kept it a secret
for fear of a scolding. The bodies
were recovered Monday evening.
The weight of 80 years does not
hang heavily on the shoulders of Nor
man Bowers. OF near CeagerstCwn,
who has husked S51 shocks Of corn
this fall. I-nis amount of corn has
been husked by Bowers who has also
been doing other work in the com
munity. Bowers is a married man
with a family. A number of the
shocks of corn were very large, about
20 Of them making eight bundles of
fodder each.
The handsome Hudson coach auto
mobile of Mr.. Peter SamOis, this city.
upset at Thurmont Sunday afternoon
as he was on his way home from Fred
crick smashing the top and body, but
did not iniure Mr.. Samois or any OF
the passengers. The GER was running
slow when it skilled and turned over.
The machine was brought home I'M
der It's OWN power do lilC otSSi ms
wheel and mechanical parts were not
damaged.
Seven years in the Penitentiary for
Luther Brill and Raymond Pomeroy
and five years for Harry Ditmer and
William Fraker was the sentence I'M
posed at Hagerstown Tuesday by
Judge Frank G. Wagaman in the Cir
cult Court of Washington County, up
on the four men for their part in the
attack on Walter Thompson OF Bait
more and Dewey Bait of Winchester,
Va, Western Maryland Railway en-
ployees. who were tarred, feathered
and robbed by band OF masked men
on July 2S last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo w. Grob, of Han
over. Pa. celebrated their 18th we'd
ding anniversary Friday evening. De
cember 22nd. Only the immediate fam
lilies and a few friends were present.
All were invited to the dining room
where refreshments were served con-
sisting of all the delicacies of the
season. The table was decorated with
cut flowers. They received some beau
tiful presents consisting of silver
-. - rIncs aud silver pOiO Mr.