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The Democratic Advocate
1 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
me Democratic Advocate Company,
** OF WESTMINSTER, MD.
DIFFENDAL, Manager.
7rl D a\ AFTERNOON, JUNE 12,1908.
Th e date on the label on your paper
sho ws the time to which your sub
scription is paid.
time table.
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD.
Trains leave Hillen station, daily,
mm a m 1.40 and 4.53 p. m.; daily,
Sunday, 7.40 and 8.57 a. m.,
0 and 0.15 p. m.; Sundays only, 9.20
Saturdays only 11 p. m.
Trains leave Westminster, east
ln„‘l dailv, 9.30 a. m., 3.25 p. m.;
Kv 'except Sunday 5.12, 7.12 and
a in ; Sundays only 6.37 a. m.
‘■-.■■liiis leave Westminster west-dound
•mu- -, °0 a. m., 3.35 and 6.03 p. m.;
m.-I'v' except Sunday, 9.19 and 10.06
•' 403 and 7.48 p. m.; Sundays
‘”11.1”" a. m. Saturdays only, 12.28
p. m.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
T ; e school directors of Gettysburg
have contracted for the erection of a
315.000 high school.
The tax rate of Hagerstown has
been fixed at 75 cents on the SIOO,
against 72 cents last year.
Pleasant Grove M. E. Church at
caudwille will have a children’s day
service next Sunday morning, June 14,
at 10.30.
Harry Walter Masenheimerand Wm.
Reuben S. Denner, both of Manchester,
were among the graduates from the
Johns Hopkins Hospital this week.
Ore dav last week Jonas Woodyard
cu* for Walsh Brothers 70 shingle
Hocks in 6 minutes and 15 seconds.
The capacity of the machine is 60,000
shingles a day.
The Westminster Fire Department
took 48 of its 50 members on the trip
to Frostburg, where the fire companies
of the State held their annual reunion
on Wednesday and Thursday of this
week.
Contracts have been awarded T. P.
Johns for the erection of the Kann
memorial cottage on the grounds of
the Jewish Home for Consumptives,
on the Westminster pike, near Reis- j
terstown.
Tiie V. P. C. E. Society of Provi- !
deuce M. P. Church will hold an ice,
cream and strawberry festival at the!
hall in Gain her Saturday evening. June
IC. beginning at four o’clock. The 1
public is cordially invited.
‘•.Main Court,” the new name for the
old City Hotel, will-be opened to the
next week. G. W. Eckles, who
to the past three seasons has con
duced the Oakland Hotel at Oakland.
3lch, will he the manager.
George W. Albaugh has begun the
erection of two dwellings on the lot
enjoining the Odd Fellows’ building.
They will be of colonial design, and
in construction and finish will be
among the finest on Main street.
The dedication of Providence M.
F.. Church, Gamber, Md., will take
place on Sunday, June 21, at 3 p. m.
Rev. H. L. Elderdice, D.D.. will preach
the dedicatory sermon. Service also
at Sp. ra. All are cordially invited.
In the case of Aggie Morelock vs.
Benjamin F. Crouse, executor, tried in
Baltimore county, and in which a ver
dict for S4OO was given for plaintiff,
a new trial has been granted on mo
tion of defendant. Stocksdale, Yellott
and Offut for plaintiff, and Steele and
Isaac for defendant.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association of Westminster will hold
a meeting in the Royal Arcanum
rooms, Wantz building, Friday, June
12. 7.30 p. m. The business men of
the city are requested to attend this
meeting and give their views as to the
best methods of promoting the com
mercial, financial and industrial inter
ests of the community.
C. D. Barnitz, wife and daughters
came up from Baltimore on Tuesday
and are domiciled at their house on
East Main street. Mr. Barnitz prac
tices law during the winter in Balti
more and spends all his summers in
Westminster. His father, Michael Bar
ni'.z. together with the late William
P. Maulsby and others, started the Ad
vocate. and was also the first judge
of the Orphans’ Court after Carroll
was made a county.
The New Windsor Base Ball club de
feated the Columbia Outing Club of
Baltimore last Saturday in a very in
teresting game by the score of 8 to 6.
Haines and Spencer for New Windsor
pitched good ball. The feature of the
game was the batting of the home
team, especially that of Bankard, who
made three hits. New Windsor plays
me strong St. Helena team at New
Windsor this Saturday, June 13. A
good game is expected, as both teams
nave been putting up a good game this
season.
C ompany H and First Regiment
hand left on Saturday morning for
tort Howard, where they will encamp
tor 10 days. The company, under Cap
;f‘ m 5' oigle, had 46 enlisted men, and
abou t 36 pieces in command
1 r °E Bonnotte. They marched from
e armory, East Green street, to the
JPot, the band playing several spirit-
T f torches, which made things lively.
le band, after their return from
will give a series of sacred con
' 1 is on Sunday afternoons during the
summer.
Jhe Carrollton Cornet Band has
secured the services of Prof. J. Albert
a ose ’ Baltimore, who will give
) r e , e t'ainment, consisting of illus
ti‘ , Son ss, goblet chimes, etc., in
Tim , d at Carrollton Station,
o ViaSf ay evenin g> June 18, at 8
20 CK ; An admission fee of 10 and
lie i! Uts k e charged, and the pub
-1 * Cor dially invited to attend. Prof.
minL has highly entertained West
on 6r au< Bences on several occa
virinifr M he l j e°P le of Carrollton and
tendin' 1 enjoy a rare treat by at
amg his entertainment.
"r^ e (Pa.) Herald says:
Schaofp n Masse y and Miss Cora
W e , t £ er ’ a *Jer their marriage at
E pen f , m ! ns i er ’ cai ue to Pen Mar to
cottaei >a e t ? f tbelr Honeymoon at the
streef be bride’s parents on Oak
with J hmklng could there rest
ever tn ße and be unmolested. How
of th P f o e re ®4dents there were aware
9 oVwt P f tbelr mar rlage and about
of revni,/ in , tbe evening the report
b y a oJL ahots were heard, followed
comp 0 ,!d th , umplan band > whlch was
bers. th °* a score or more of mem
their an! 6 y .°ung couple soon made
dispersed ” ranCe ’ after which the band
Mrs. Charles A. Horner is seriously
ill, and at the time of going to press
was not expected to recover.
J. David Growl, this city, lost be
tween Brummel and Westminster,from
his wagon, a 6-horse line. Finder will
receive a good reward if returned to
Mr. Growl.
The School Commissioners have
awarded scholarships in the Maryland
State Normal School from Carroll
county to Wm. S. Shipley, of Free
dom; Miss Florence Kelley, of Haight,
and Miss Bessie M. Stiner, of Waters
ville.
The Sykesville A. C. defeated the
B. C. A. team, of Baltimore, Saturday
by 5 to 2. Both Brlttlngham, for the
visitors, and Graham, for Sykesville,
pitched well. Sykesville has won six
consecutive games this season. This
Saturday the same teams will again
play at Sykesville.
WEDDING BELLS
Stewart—Gladhill.
Miss Etta Gladhill, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Leander Gladhill, of this
city, and Frank S. Stewart, of Balti
more, were married at the home of the
bride’s parents, on West Main street,
at 7.30 o’clock Wednesday morning.
After a wedding breakfast, Mr. and
and Mrs. Stewart left for a bridal trip,
and upon their return will reside in
this city, where the groom will en
gage in the queensware and grocery
business, as the successor of the W.
H. Davis Company. The bride is a
graduate of Wetsren Maryland Col
lege.
Snyder—Porter.
The marriage of Miss Sadie Porter,
of Cooksville, Md., and Wm. E. Snyder,
a prominent and enterprising young
man of Mt. View, Md., took place at
the M. E. parsonage in Ellicott City
at 11.30 o’clock Wednesday morning,
June 10. The marriage ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Vernon N.
Ridgley, of Ellicott City. The bride
was very prettily gowned in white
lace over white silk, and carried a
shower bouquet of Bride’s roses with
maiden hair fern.
Mrs. Frank W. Snyder, who acted
as matron of honor, was very becom
ingly attired in a gown of corn-color
ed silk, trimmed in ribbon and lace,
and carried a large bouquet of Mar
shal Neal roses with fern. The groom
was attended by his brother, Frank W.
Snyder, Sykesville. A wedding break
fast was served at the Howard House,
at which about all the relatives and
manv friends present were seated at
small tables. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder
left immediately afterwards for their
wedding journey. The bride’s travel- |
ing suit was very becoming, of Alice
Blue. They will live at “Goshen
Farm,” near Alpha, the home of the 1
groom.
BASE BALL.
The Snydersburg Base Ball club
struck a snag instead of what they
thought would be an easy mark on
Ascension Day while playing the i
Cranberry Club here. The spiders
came a happy bunch, as though they
were violets, full of confidence of win- I
ning, but lo and behold, were defeated
on a tip top oval by a score of 13 to 4. i
In the first inning it looked as if the
spiders were real ball players, scoring I
three runs and the Berrys none. It j
looked to them as if the game had al- !
ready been won. But matters were j
I fixed when the Berrys took hold of the
I stick again. They added to their score
in each succeeding inning by ones, j
twos and threes, hitting the ball at j
will, and shutting out the visitors in ;
one, two, three order. Don’t count |
your easy marks hereafter until you
have them made, as boasting and dis
puting the umpire’s decision does not
count very much while playing ball,
but smashing the leather to all parts
of the diamond, such as the Berrys
did, foreshadows victory. Good judg
ment and even temper are two very
good points for winning.
The Taylorsville Base Ball team
added another victory to their list by
defeating the New Windsor Juniors
by a score of 10 to 9. At the end of
the ninth inning the score stood 9 to
9. With New Windsor facing the
I tenth inning, Barnes, with his steady
and calm nerve, did justice to the first
S three batters who faced him, and
Taylorsville’s winning run was scored
Iby Moore. You must not fool with
j pitchers born and bred in our town,
i Taylorsville plays the Red Jackets
! this Saturday on their (Red Jackets)
j grounds. They would also like to hear
i from Westminster, Springfield and
| Smallwood. Played five games and
| won five games. Address Roy Gunn,
I or C. & P. 13-2.
mm on
3lay Term of Court.
In the case of Beverly W. Mister et
al., receivers, vs. Raymond L. Hender
son, removed from Washington coun
ty, tried by court, plaintiff secured a
verdict for SSOOO. Robertson, Bryan,
Jr., and Bond & Parke for plaintiff;
Little and Fink for defendant.
George F. Diffendal vs. the Phila
delphia, Baltimore and Washington
Railroad Co., removed from Baltimore
county, trial before jury, verdict for
plaintiff for S6OB. Stonebraker, Spes
sard and Fink for plaintiff; Carter
and Bond & Parke for defendants.
Samuel D. Shipley vs. David E.
Walsh and wife, assumpsit, tried be
fore jury, verdict for plaintiff for SSO.
Steele for plaintiff; M. E. Walsh for
defendant.
Lee S. Hetrick vs. Western Mary
land Railroad Co., to recover for 4
mules killed, trial before jury. Stocks
dale and Fink for plaintiff; Roberts &
Crouse for defendant.
Epworth League Rail}'.
The Carroll County Epworth League
■ Union will hold its first annual rally
at Emory, Hampstead circuit, on June
20 and 21. The following program
will be rendered:
Saturday, 5 p. m., assignment of
delegates: 7.15 p. m., song service;
7.45 p. m., address of welcome by the
president, followed by the responses;
8.15 p. m., address by Authur M. Ziles.
Sunday, 9 a. m., lovefeast; 10.30 a.
m., preaching by Rev. B. W. Meeks, of
Baltimore; 2 p. m.,children’s services;
3 p. m., address by C. H. Richardson,
of Westminster; 7.15 p. m., song ser
vices; 7.30 p. m., preaching by Rev.
J. T. Marsh, of Baltimore, followed
by revival services.
There will be other speakers and
workers present from the West Balti
more district Epworth League.
Card of Thanks.
I desire to show my appreciation
and express my thanks for the many
beautiful birthday cards sent to me
through the malls by friends from
Lineboro, Manchester, Alesla,Hanover,
Glenville and Spring Forge on Sunday
last, this being my 89th birthday.
JOHN R. STREVIG.
THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE, JSTMENBTEK, MD.
LOVELY WESTMINSTER
A FINE OLD MARYLAND COUNTRY
TOWN
Amid the Green Rolling Hills of
Carroll County
From Sunday’s Baltimore Sun.
Westminster, despite its long record,
as compared with many American
towns, is in no sense of the word his
toric. It has been the stage for no
great drama; it has been the scene
of no momentous struggle, either
political or military, and it has not
raised up for the historical student
any monuments to cause discussion.
In brief, Westminster has lived a
good, solid, commonplace life, and
it gives the impression, figuratively
speaking, of a prosperous country
merchant, with decidedly too much
energy ever to join the ranks of the
retired.
According to reliable authorities,
although they do find a few dissenters,.
the place was originally called Win- j
Chester. It seems that William Win- j
Chester laid out a town in what is
now the east end of Westminster In
1764, calling the main avenue, which
was even then the highway of travel,
King street, and the settlement be
came known by the name of its foun
der.
But the history of the town goes
somewhat past this, inasmuch as the
records show that “White’s Level”
which was identical with the later
Winchester, was granted to John
White as early as 1733.
As the country . developed commer
cially the location of Westminster
proved an advantagious one for a
town. It was upon the highway be
tween east and west. It was far
enough from Baltimore and the other
seaboard towns to win for It favor
as a halting place for the traveler
after a good day’s journey.
In consequence of its advantage as
a stop-over town to both the man go
ing w r est and traveler eastward, West
minster or Winchester, soon developed
the tavern feature of the settlement.
For its hostelries were not slow to
recognize the fact that to prosper they
must present an additional temptation
for the traveler —although he might
feel neither the need for rest or nour
ishment—to drop anchor when he
reached Westminster.
Parenthetically, it may be mention
ed that Westminster has never ceased
to pride itself upon the manner in
; which it acts the public host. There
is many a larger town that would grow
vain over the profusion as well as
the standard of the public houses to
be found at the county seat of Carroll.
In early days numerous wagons,
carrying great cargoes of passengers
and freight, wound their way over the
, highway into Westminster,halted there
for an hour or a night, or longer, and
then took to the road again. Their
passengers and drivers made the town
merry with their presence and they
also made the town prosperous with
their patronage.
In short Westminster became a
half-way tow r n of no little importance.
But, with it all, there was no pheno
menal growth, and at the time
Winchester was created into a county
! seat the population was only about
,500.
! Thereafter, of course, the town de
veloped rapidly. It became more than
a feeding station; it had now an oc
cupation or profession of its own,
! which gave it a source of income out
-1 side of that won by being host. As
I a county seat Westminster attracted
people who would not ordinarily
have passed through it, but who now
came to transaact public business.
The ambition of the residents of
what is now Carroll county to found a
new and independent government was
entirely legitimate. It was a com
mon thing in the eighteenth century
for growing communities to feel the |
need of a more representative govern
ment than could be afforded them
under a system that had been good
enough when their territory was
sparsely populated. But most of this
struggle for division of the various
counties had been fought out prior
to the opening ot the nineteenth
century.
As the nineteenth century advanced,
the people living near the boundary
between Baltimore and Frederick
counties felt that there were many
inconveniences imposed upon them
because of the great expanse of these
two counties and the rapidly increas
ing population. The respective county
seats were too distant to be conven
-1 iently reached, the court dockets were
constantly overcrowded, so that legal
business could not be transacted with
anything approaching promptness.
From these conditions sprang the
’ agitation for the creation of a new
. county. There were three proposals—
to cut a piece off of Frederick, to slice
| a piece off of Baltimore county, and
each of the three proposals looked to
the creation of the slice into a new
. county.
The plan took definite form In 1833,
, when the people of the proposed new
• county w r ere called upon to decide if
. they wished for a separate govern
. mental organization. The proposed
new county went too far Into the
heart of both Baltimore and Frederick
! counties, and the plan was defeated at
the polls because the people living on
i extremes on the stretch of territory
had a feeling of affection for the old
. county that prompted them to offer
strong opposition.
The advocates of separation, al
. though astounded by the defeat of a
measure for which they had thought
there could be nothin but success
profited by their reverses.
They made a second campaign for a
i division, but now they excluded from
the supposed new’ county those sec
i tions of Baltimore and Frederick
counties that were most securely wed
ded, by patriotic affection, to the old
' governments, and the second campaign
resulted in a victory.
The bill creating the county was
finally signed in 1837, but the name
of the county, instead of being West
minster, as originally planned, was
now made Carroll, in honor of Charles
Carroll of Carrollton, the Signer, who
had died a few years before.
Westminster had from the first been
favored for the county seat, and with
the victory for a separation began the
history of Westminster as an official
town.
Provision was promptly made for
establishing there the governmental
machinery of the county. A fine
colonial courthouse, costing SIB,OOO,
was erected on Court street, which
branches off from the Main street at
the old City Hotel. A Jail was also
promptly built.
During the construction of this lat
ter Important feature of every county
seat the officers had In custody but
one prisoner. He was confined In a
temporary building awaiting the
erection of the jail, but apparently
became impatient, 'and one night
climbed down the rainspouting and
left the town.
As the business center of a very rich
agricultural district, Westminster has
grown into an important commercial
town. While its population is slightly
less than 8,500 people, it has three
national banks, one savings bank, two
water companies, electric lights and a
whole regiment of hotels.
Westminster is Ideally situated. 1% ;
Is on Parr’s Ridge, between the head- ■
waters of the north branch of the ■
Patapsco and Little Pipe Creek. It ;
is on the road leading from Baltimore :
to Pittsburg and about 33 miles from :
the Maryland metropolis.
Although the town has been stressed !
as a one-street village Westminster is ;
by no means possessed of but a single ;
thoroughfare. There are several par- :
allel avenues to Main street and there i
are numerous cross streets. But de- ;
spite these there Is just one great |
I avenue of traffic, and that is Main :
street. ;
Although the Carroll county seat is j
built upon land that would have per- :
mitted the construction of a city ap- ;
preaching more closely to a square \
it was commercial instinct which was :
responsible for the building of West- ;
minster in its present shape. j ]
Main street was the highway of :
travel—and later the turnpike—and :
every settler in Westminster and every j
builder seemed possessed of a mania j
for getting on to this throughfare. This :
scramble would appear natural to the ■
business man, but the people of West- j
minster were no less determined to j
build their homes upon Main street ■
than they were to locate there their j
place of business. i
Main street stretched itself east- j
ward and westward; it runs east as i
far as it can, to where an insurmount- i
able hill places an obstacle in the j
way of its further extension in i
that direction. And it stretches its !
path westward up to and past the ;
college buildings.
An average worker in statistics j
would doubtless glory in composing !
numerical pictures of Westminster, i
And it must be confessed that his en- ,
deavor to give the reader some idea of J
his subject would not necessarily be ;
vain.
Looking at the county seat of Car- |
roll through a statistician’s spectacles, :
the visitor is moved to observe, first, i
that if "Westminster were stood on I
either its eastern or western end it '•
would reach from earth to heav- :
eu, and second, if Westminster were j
turned up on either its south or its j
north side it would be just a little :
more than knee-high to a grasshopper. ■
In brief, Westminster is tery much
like many of Baltimore’s overgrown
and under-developed girls—long and
lanky, but withal beautiful.
Of course, the straggling town is not
an uncommon thing in America. The
majority of the smaller urban settle- •
ments are built along some highway,
and whatever of size they boast con
sists primarily of length.
But, as a rule, in these small towns
| the houses assume the aspect of dots,
and the thoroughfare on either side
appears to the travelers as a dotted
line.
But in Westminster the main street
jis closely built. One house is jammed
up close to its neighbors on each side.
Furthermore, there are comparative
ly few breaks in the way of ci’oss
streets in the main avenue. And as a
consequence the stranger in Westmin
ster becomes impressed, at first, with
the idea of a street without a turning.
The traveler through Westminster,
however—that is, if be journey via the
railway—sees an entirely different
town. Going on the "Western Mary
land railroad from Baltimore, he sees
on his left an impressive stretch of
business street. On his right he
catches a glimpse of w'hat appears
but an average partly Improved vil
i lage thoroughfare.
The railway .moreover, crosses the
town from north to south. In other
words, the steam road’s view of the
town is completed by covering a few
hundred feet. And as a consequence
of all this the traveler on the railway
seldom realizes that the left-hand
stretch of the business street reaches
far eastward, and that back of the
right-hand group of scattered build- *
ings there hides another —the newer j
town—which numbers chiefest among |
; its treasures the magnificent home of
Western Maryland College.
Although the history of Westminster I
as a county seat does not go back
nearly so far as the story of most of
! the county capitals in Maryland,still the ;
town as a settlement has a long and I
interesting record.
There is, however, this very great!
difference; a county seat, no matter:
how small a town it may be, usually j
accumulates in time a very rich his
tory of its own, since as the seat of a 1
government it must necessarily be the |
scene of more or less historic action. |
On the other hand, the town with no
, official status whatever, no matter
how it may grow, is denied this
. source of importance.
It must be confessed, however, that
Main street, especially in the eastern
, part, is too much like the ordinary
dusty street of the bigger cities. In
places there are, in something like
profusion, houses with side gardens;
’ but entirely too many unornamented,
1 plain brick houses crowd upon this
. highway. There is a painful im
pression of flat red walls, punctured
i with methematical precision, with ugly
square windows and big doors.
Of course, Main street has its beauty
spots, but these spots are too much:
like the ordinary city and too little i
like the natural village. And in con- I
nection with this it should be borne in,
mind that many a farmer has for
saken his farm in Carroll and come
. into the city to make his home.
It is possibly due in no small meas
ure to this element of the population
that Westminster is so content to
endure the Inconveniences that are
: Imposed upon the bigger city. The
farmer may have had his fill of great
expanses and open air and for a
change lie may desire confinement—
and he gets it in great chunks on Main
street.
But it cannot be charged to a lack
of love for the aesthetic—this man
ufactured aspect of Main street. For
the people’s love for nature and grow
ing things, being denied recognition
by the front building line, finds ex
quisite expression In the back yards.
Indeed, one might be forgiven for
questioning whether Main street Is
i prettier seen from Main street or
viewed from a point slightly off from
the average back gate.
And these back yards of vines and
flowers and trees and little rustic ar
bors are not necessarily lost from the
visitor. If he wishes to journey from
Main street to Green street, which
parallels it, he is apt to get a glimpse
of the things which Main stret, West
minster, gazes upon when It Is not
dressed up for sitting at her front
windows.
And from the rear windows and
back gardens the Main street resident
also gets a fine view of the rolling
hills of Carroll, that stretch away from
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| lot, some of them run as high as five inches ;
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* them sold for 25c, today 15c a yard.
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* what everybody wants now, regular price
| 25c, today 19c or 3 pair for 50c.
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| POPULAR CASH STORES, .... WESTMINSTER, MD. |
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Westminster into one of the most fer
tile sections of Maryland.
Then, too, the nature lover has no
need to suffer the oppressive city at
mosphere that is put upon the fronts
of the Main street houses, for he may
settle off on some of the more rural
thoroughfares.
Of these the main one, in point of
length, is Green street. The name is
suggestive of the thoroughfare—as
much so as the the name of Main
street is for its respective avenue.
Green street is more like a country
driveway than a street. In parts its
sidewalks are gravel roadways; but
farther westward it boasts improved
pavements.
But on Green street there is coun
try—a sort of meteing between city
and country. Green peas and parsley
and tomato vines poke their noses up
close to the sidewalks, as if moved by
curiosity to behold the city that Is so
close to them. The houses lounge
back from the street, hidden among
trees and shrubbery.
And from the pavements the pic
turesque hills of Carroll county are
seen spreading out their beauties to
any and all who do not hide behind
the brick walls of Main street.
This is all In the old town—in the
eastern portion; but across the rail
road there Is the newer town, which is
less pronounced in its architecture,
and which has the university on its j
crowning summit.
Although Westminster is widely;
known as the home of Western Mary
land College, it is by no means a uni
versity town. The college keeps well
to itself, and the residents follow
suit.
Not that there is any unsociability,
for the people of Westminster are fre
quently the guests, at public perform
ances, of Western Maryland College.
But the students, when they go on the
streets of Westminster, are just ordi
nary persons. They wear no gowns or
insignia of their school; and,moreover,
they do not go upon the streets of the
city as much as might be the case in
a school of less discipline.
There is, of course, more than a
little local pride in the college of West
minster, for its people were respon
sible for its founding. It was in 1860
that an academy was started in the
Carroll county town. Six years later
a movement was made to transform it
Into a college, and the initial step was
made possible by the generosity of
two residents of Westminster.
The building, which Is now part of
the main hall, was then begun; but
the support accorded the enterprise
was not sufficient, and it threatened
to go upon the rocks. At this time,
1867, the conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church came to the aid of
the school ,and under the auspices of this
church body the college has been built
from an Institution with 6 Instructors
to one with 22, while the total num
ber of graduates from Wesetrn Mary
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% just when you need them, 100 10 Qt.
(Think of the size) Granite Preserving
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land College numbers nearly 700.
The college was started upon the
grounds, which was more or less dis
tinctly marked from the city, but its
constant growth necessitated a cross
ing of the old college territory, and the
most pretentious building ofWestern
Maryland College—the new alumni
hall—occupies a fine position just
outside the grounds, at the head of
West Main street.
The entrance to the college grounds
has been beautified by the erection of
the Ward memorial gateway.
HEINRICH feWALD BUCHHOLE.
Beal Estate Transfers.
Geo. A. Shower, administrator, to
Howard M. Keller and wife, 8350 sq
feet, $1650.
Somerset R. Waters to Estele
Waters, 47% acres, 13 spuare perches,
ss&c.
Emanuel Sellers and wife to Noah
G. D. Selers, 90 acres, 39 square
perches, $5,000.
David N. Hesson and wife to Charles
W. Huff, 175 acres, 18 square perches,
$7,880.06.
Annie Leister to George E .Leister
and wife, 160 acres, $4,000.
Henry N. Cassell, executor, to Al
bert C. Hawn and wife, water right,
sl, &c.
Howard M. Parker et al. to Geo. W.
Heacock and wife, 2 acres, 2 roods,
SIBOO.
Daniel Kenney et al. to Albert Wild
asin, 131% acres, $5,446.88.
Albert Wildasin to E. Charles Mat
thews, 131% acres, $6,562.50.
Mary E. Hammond et al. to Martha
A. Haines, 89 square perches, $2,000.
Wm. H. Stansbury and wife to
John T. Shafer and wife, 2 acres, 45
square perches, $1,050.
Mary C. Ohler to Mary J. Houck,
33acres, 1 rood, 22 perches, $250.
Jos. M. Reaver and wife to Geo. A.
Rapp, 15 acres, $690.
Henry M. Shipley to Anna J. Ship
ley, all interest in real estate, sl.
Geo. E. Richards et al. to Mathias
Long, right of way, sl4.
Edwin Harn and wife to Howard
Leatherwood and wife, 104 acres, 2
roods, 20 perches, $3,750.
Anna Leister to David H. Leister,
506 acres, 3 roods, $l,lOO.
New Windsor College.
The commencement at New Windsor
College took place Thursday in the
college. A. B. was conferred on Hlx
on Bowersox and John L. Cornell; Ph.
D. on T. Hasegawas, of Japan. The
following prizes were awarded: Gold
medal In arithmetic, Mary Yohn; gold
medal in elocution, Bessie M. Foard;
gold medal in elocution,William Hess.
The gold medal for general proficiency
was divided In money equally between
Ivy Fowler, Hlxon Bowersox, Mar
garet Engle and Mary Foard.
FREE EXHIBIT.
How You Can Hold Your Job and
Raise Your Salary.
Recognizing the value of the great
educational work that Is being done
by the International Correspondence
Schools, of Scranton, Pa., and be
lieving that a large number of the
residents of Westminster and vicinity
would be glad to have a better under
standing of these schools, The Miller
Bros. Co. have made arrangements
whereby the International Correspon
dense Schools will have use of their
windows for one week commencing
June 12 for the purpose of giv
ing an exhibition of student’s
work and drawings; also the text
books used in teaching as well as the
outfits furnished students. The
schools have over 50 students in and
near Westminster. They have en
abled tens of thousands to hold their
jobs and raise their salaries.
You might become a student if you
had a proper understanding of their
work. Be sure to stop and get a free
booklet telling how men get their
salaries raised through the I. C. S.
A representative of the schools wil be
present at all times during the display.
Go and see the window display.
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Carroll Election Supervisors.
The Republican party of this county
has been without representation on
the board of election supervisors of
this county since the expiration of the
term of Charles H. Smith, last winter,
the Governor having failed to appoint
his successor. An effort is now be
ing made to have the vacancy filled,
and the members of the Republican
State Central Committee have sub
mitted four names to Governor Croth
ers from among whom to make a se
lection. Those recommended are
Charles H. Smith, of Mt. Airy; Wil
liam Wood, of Union Bridge; R. Wes
ley Barnes, of Gamber; J. Thomas
Harris, of Freedom district, and Harry
K. Shaeffer, of Westminster.
Petitions for Roads.
A petition was filed this week with
the county commissioners for one mile
or more of macadamized road, to be
built under the Shoemaker law, to be
gin at the city limits of Westminster
and to run to the Western Maryland
Railroad crossing at Burkholder’s dis
tillery. A similar petition was also
filed for a road beginning at the south
west line of the corporate limits and
ending at Hyde’s hill.
MARRIED.
At the Deer Perk M. P. Parsonage. May 30,
1908, by Rev. E. O. Ewing. Laban G. On and
Nellie M. Niner, both of CarroU county. Md.