The Democratic Advocate.< FOUNDED 1838.

s].oo PER ANNUM.

aim HOUSE HB(iemnsfebs of real estate, marriage

LICENSES, ETC.'V •• |

Transfers of Beal Estate.

William H. Shaeffer et al. .to2Z Neal Parke, convey 5190m!rP feet far SIBOO."SScteNeal Parke to Walter R.

Hook nd wife, convey 5190 square

fee i:i.oU?s!°Z6PP and wife to Wm. C.

Hill and wife, convey 12 acres,, for'

F. Gummel and wife to

H e. Gummel and wife, convey

f 4 acres, for S2OOO.Amanda Wilbide and husband to

ipwis H. Eppley and wife, convey 5(>res for S3BOO.

Lewis H. Eppley and wife to James

a Frederick and wife, convey 82

acres, for SSOOO. .

Theo F. Brown, assignee of

mortgagee. to_Bli M. Boose, conveysi acres, for s*2s,

Eli M. Boose and wife to Alve E.Rnbv convey 2 acres, for $725.

Wm. M. Chipley to Elmer E. Jen-

kins, convey lot for SIOO.Jane E. Earhart and husband to

Bobert F. Wells and wife, convey 1-8

aC re, for slo* ¦

Uander Gladhill and wife to Fred-

erick H. Mathias and wife, convey

10800 square feet, for $2050.

Frederick H. Mathias and wif2 *o-

Harry S. Greenholtz and wife, convey 131 square nerches, for SI4OO.

Ivan L. Hoff et al. attorneys to Ed-

ward C. Tingling and wife, convey

4800 square feet, for $845.John T. Myerly and wife to Edward

F. Jones and wife, convey 193 acres,

Tor SBSOO. ~

Orphans’ Court.

Monday, March 24th—The last williad testament of John H. Allgire, de-ceased, was admitted to probate and

letters testamentary thereon were

panted unto Frances E. Allgire, whoreceived warrant to appraise and anorder to notify creditors.

The last will and testament of

Charles T. Frederick, deceased, was

admitted to probate and letters testa-mentary thereon were granted unto

Eliza J. Frederick, who received war-Sant to appraise and an order to no-li; creditors.f Harry F. Angell, executor of Sam-Lel L. Angell, deceased, received anCrder to deposit funds.

I The Westminster Deposit and TrustCompany, guardian of Joseph Ber-

nard Shaeffer, infant settled its firstKid final account.lira G. Lawyer, executor of Messiahlawyer, deceased, reported sale offBal estate on which the cOurt grantedp order ni si. ,¦ Wednesday, March 26th.—Margaret¦ Warfield, executrix of Daniel P.¦arfield, deceased, settled her first

¦d final account.¦C. W(illiam Selby, administrator of

¦ohn N. Selby, deceased, reported

Lie of personal property.

Marriage Licenses.

¦Austin S. Ambrose and Dissie 1.¦berts, both of Legore, Md.Buy W. Leister and Helen S. Yonce,Bh of Westminster.Btarles W. Eckard and Vallie R.Bek, both of Taneytown.

County Commissioners.

Bailie Tolbert, Hampstead district,Hs sent to Springfield State Hos-Bal, for treatment.Bleport was made on road inBers district leading through theBnes Hill farm to the Pennsylvania

¦The commissioners will sit next¦mth for transfers and abatements.Be advertisement for dates and par-Bulars.

Alter Bond Peddlers.

¦Members of Liberty Loan and War¦Hugs Committees can be of real¦sistanee by being on the alert for¦stances of unfair stock selling.¦OHrin the name and address 0!!¦lesmen or peddlers selling doubtful¦ocks or speculative securities wher-¦er possible with copies of their ad-¦rtisements, prospectuses and litera-¦re - Send this information at once¦ the Federal Trade Commission,Bshington, D. C. Do this especially¦ cas es where offers are made toBe your Liberty Bonds or War Sav-¦^ s Stamps in trade.¦The Federal Trade Commission has¦Bcially announced that it will co-¦erate to curb widespread mis-¦presentation in the sale of stocksB securities, recognized as being¦ this time a particular menace toB• rs Liberty Bonds and WarByjngs Stamps.B*]16 Commission has power to pre-B : . misrepresentation and unfair

and also to require of¦Potations full information as to¦ lr business, methods and practices.

L. B. FRANKLIN,I m (| m

Director.

P™ Cost of War Fifty-two Billions.|ifjdon. March Cram-

a promin ent British financialBe ’ e.stimales the direct cost ofBuna t 0 at 28.360,000,000BumnLj! terling ‘ and to the Central¦"5 t

Powers 13,675,000,000.Bar the total cost of

BoOftS ding Ulljirect losses, at 52.-Botkn* h

pOUU(* s - There has beenBructiAn 6

.

Saya ' aPP r oaching the de-Bstorv 1 Capital wealth in theBsuitoir World - The immediateB the hiJ? 6 uphcavsll is to be foundBi<igme

gfd cost Of living and wages.

Bncb.a.„ r?. m experience, heB“®moditioa

that 1411 Die price of¦W and wages will takeB -!L0wl y and gradually.

¦ Dorida Tomale Crop Ruined.Boated ooaJvM 15 ~Dama Ke os- 1fßtoato Cr

* '°°o,ooo was done to theor 'da Kv

Pv„

on, tlle oast coast of2< houri ef? T rains during (the

BjiciicaHv vL waß estimated today.¦?' In Mkm, CWire crP was Vuin-R ere CaSv Wo^ en paTlnß blocks¦ T he Lfni! ntta J r stores were,i**r Ji* broke all pro.

THEY ATE ENEMIES KILLED INBATTLE i*'* * I

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feLiCannibal Orgy In West Africa Is Told .

Of In Message To The Presbyterian

Board.• . 1 •

Details olf a cannibal orgy in WestAfrica, in which natives are reportedto have eaten members of opposingtribes after a battle, were received bythe Presbyterian Board of ForeignMissions in a message from Dr. GayleC. Beanland, of Louisville, Ky., amissionary stationed at Metet, WestAfrica., According to Dr. Beanland, thefighting centered about a native kingat the town off Bfufup. Severalbodies were eaten in the streets ofthat town. Dr. Beanland reported.

Later, after 12 of the insurgent

chiefs had been captured and impris-oned by French troops and the upris-ing quelled, Dr. Beanland visited thescenes of other fights. According tohis report nearly a dozen towns hadbeen laid waste and the road overwhich he traveled was strewn withhuman bones from which the fleshhad been eaten.

j, Dr. Beanland and his associatespromptly began reorganizing the mis-sion work in the destroyed towns and

he reported that the horrors of theuprising caused a repulsion olf feel-ing among the natives which resultedin hundreds of conversions and bap-tisms.

—, m | mMaryland Day at St. John’s School

I Maryland Day was celebrated at

St. John’s School on Tuesday after-noon by the presentation of a framedcopy of the American’s Creed by theMaryland Society of the Sons off theAmerican Revolution. Father Mc-Guigan spoke for the MarylandSociety and Thomas Sinnott, a MPil,expressed the' appreciation of the

school and pledged its loyalty to theprinciples so admirably laid down inthe Creed. An illuminated foldercontaining the text and the story ofits origin was given to each pupil.The school feels debtor to the Hon.

Jno. Milton Reifsnider for thesevalued gifts.

In his address Father McGuigansaid: “This celebration is intendedto remind us that in days off peace aswell as in war we must foster loveof country. To understand the mean-ing of the text before us, is to prizeand cherish American citizenship.Learn as children to be unselfish andloyal, that the best citizens may formthe public opinion which will prevailover the demands andthose who have abwheart only theirown selfish purposes. We are re-minded also to admire and love“Maryland, My Maryland’’ which wasfounded on the broad foundation of

Liberty to all.W© can well be proud off our

Catholic ancestors who establishedliberty of conscience for themselvesand for all who would seek freedomof worship in the colony of the Cal-verts.

The fertility and beauty of ourstate, the music of the brooks, thesong off the birds, and the flowersbright hues, of which your orator

has spoken today, are as characteris-tic of Carroll county as of any partof our commonwealth. We shall thenlive to be good citizens of countryand state, of County and Westminstertown.

On this Lady-Day when we com-memorate the beginning of God’swork for the Redemption of man, wefitly celebrate the establishment offreligious liberty, an essential part ofevery American’s creed.

The afternoon’s program was asfollows: A Medley of Patriotic andPopular Songs, the school; Salute theFlag, the school; a recitation, “MyMaryland!” Catharine Coonan; song,“Maryland, My Maryland,” the school;

reading, “‘The Maryland Pilgrims,”Charles Chrest; anthem, “America,”the school; presentation, Father Mc-Guigan; acceptance, Thomas Sinnott;hymn, Holy God,

__W<e Praise Thy

Name,. the school.—-Jll > ¦ 1 '¦

Meeting of Teachers’ Associatioii-

The meeting off the Parent-TeacherAssociation of Weitminster at thihigh school on Tuesday evening,March' 25, was well attended. Themeeting was called to order at 8 p. m.,by the president, Mrs. J. PearreWiantz, and was opened with prayerby the Rev. Edgar T. Read.

The minutes of the meeting

and the treasurer’s report were readand approved. An instrumental duetby Misses Foutz and Wenger, and avocal solo by Miss Marjorie Yinglingaccompanied by Miss MargueriteShunk, were the musical features ofthe program.

Prof. Davis, principal of the high

school spoke of some of the im-

mediate needs of the schools of thetown, and suggested specially fhepurchase of victrolas and suitablelibrary books for the primary andintermediate grades. It is probablethat these needs will be supplied inthe near future. j

i Mrs. Mather, chairman of theBazaar committee, made a report

which showed the net proceeds to beabout $765. The association extendeda note of thanks to Mrs. Mather forthe very able management of theaffair.

Dr. L. K. Woodward addressed the

association upon matters relating to

the health of school children, andexplained how teachers and parentsmay be helpfful to the healthties in preventing the spreading ofcontagious and Infectious diseases.These remarks were followed by atalk by Miss Olga Day upon the sub-ject of dietetics in which she pointedout the importance of proper diet forchildren 'both in the home and in theschool.

Auer passing a resolution leadingto some kind of connection amongthe various parent-teacher organiza-

(tions throughout the county, theassociation adjourned.

j 1Pays $5,000,000 Income Tax,

Chicago, March 15.—A taxpayerhanded Internal Revenue CollectorScientka a check for $5,000,000 as thefirst payment of his income tax. Thename of the payer was net divulged.

Mias Nellie Linnv. Baltimore snent

WESTMINSTER, MD

FARMERS TURN OUTTHE SWEET COBH GROWERS OF CARROLL

COUNTY HAVE ROUSING MEETING—--250 PRESENT—ROBERT T. SHRIVESAND OTHERS REPRESENTING CANNINGINDUSTRIES MAKE ADDRESSES.

,

,!¦About 250 sweet corn growers met

in the Fireman’s Hall, Tuesday after-noon, MaVch 25, to discuss the sweet)

corn outlook for this summer. Thecanners were also present. Themeeting was called to order by Mr. ¦Lester S. Patterson. County Agent jFiller was called on to explain thepurpose of the meeting and the ad-vantages off forming an organization.He went on to say that Carroll coun-ty ranks first in the country in theproduction of sweet corn for thecanning industry, therefore we have

the largest output of canned corn, and

the most up to date canneries. Oursoils are adapted to sweet corn pro-duction.

An organization of the sweet comgrowers could do much to improvethe industry, such as improvedmethods of cultivation, selecting andimproving varieties and confer with

the canners in regards to a pricethat would mean a profit to both far- |mer and canner. Nothing should bedone that will in any way reduce theproduction, hurt the industry, orcause the farmer to lose.

Mr. Robt. T. Shriver Off B. F. Shriv- [

er Co., explained the canners’ situa-tion, especially the competition withthe Western canneries, the lack of aidson future selling, the high price oftins, boxes, and machinery, and thelow selling price of canned products.

Prices must be adjusted all along theline to improve conditions. Conditionscould be helped by educating thepeople to use more canned goods that

are put up in the modern sanitary

way.‘ Mr. VanFossen, of Wm. Numson &

Sons, seconded What Mr. Shriversaid, and that they would stand withthe rest of the packers and do thebest possible for the farmer, and thatit was impassible to pay sls or S2Oand make any profit.

Mr. J. Smith Billingslea, of Smith-Yingling Co., was the next speaker.

He spid it was strictly a businessproposition. They wanted to give a

prige- Ifor com that was just and

honest, a profit for the farmer andthe company.

Mr. Ftank Fenby, a com growernear Flnksburg, spoke of the value of

a Sweet Cora Growers’ Association.The canners were always able to gettogether and help each other, whyshould not the farmers be able to do

the same? The county is noted for

its canning industry and if the in-

dustry must be fostered this year be-

cause of economic conditions let bothcanner and (farmer foster it and not

the. farmer alone.If the west could pay $lO less last

year and make a profit, we would bewilling to produce com on same

terms this year if the west is goingto pay sl2. With the present roadsystem to a metropolis as a market,

a lot of sweet com could be sold onthe open market Why should thecanner offer less to the farmer whilehe pays the same wage, the same forcans, machinery, etc., as he did lastyear? Fertilizer, labor, farm ma-chinery are higher in price than last

year.Mr. Shriver then answered a num-

ber of questions and explained that

the canners had to compete on theopen this year, while lastyear the Government took their out-put at a profit over cost.

Mr. I. M. Barnes made a few re-'

marks as to the cost olf farming sup-

plies over a couple of years ago.

Mr. Geo. A. Shipley took the chair

while Mr. Lester Patterson, made a

few remarks as to the uncertainty of

the canners’ trade this year, in re-

gards to European trade especially.W© look after the canning in-dustry,* but cannot afford to do so at

a loss. Land that produces ten bar-rels of field com. should producethree tons of sweet com. Becauseof the demand for fats and meats theprice df field corn will not fall veryrapidly. Wheat is likely to go at apremium and with wheat high more

corn will be used. With field comat $6 per barrel sweet corn oughtnot be lower than S2O per ton.

If there are any concessions to be

made let it be made all along theline; steel, tin, box, packer and far-

vmer. Don’t expect the farmer to

concede all.A committee was appointed to

consider the organization of a Sweet

Com Growers’ Association, to drawup a constitution and call a meetingwhen they think it necessary to do so.

A Modem Newspaper Press for Ad-vocate.

The directors of this company

pla. ed an order on Friday last for amodem newspaper press of the GossComet make. The pres-r is fed froma roll 70 inches wide and 30 inches indiameter and weighs 950 pounds, k

also folds the sheets like our presentissue. Weighs 19,500 pounds, is 12feet long and 14 feet wide. It willprint 4, 0 or 8 pages at one time at a.speed of 3500 an hour, or will print8, 10, 12 and 16 pages in two runs-At our present method of printingwe make two runs for 8 pages andthree runs for 10, consuming morethan 18 hours for the ten. pages and12 hours for an 8 page paper. Bythe new press we will be able to printour edition in 50 minutes. The presswill be shipped from New York to usApril 7, and will be installed in Hie jroom used for our office at uresent, {with plate glass windows on Main

and Center streets, allowing a viewto the public from the street.

1—• Sits On River Bottom.

New York, March 22.—YvonneDario ttound herself sitting at the

bottom of the Hudson River in aclosed motor-car when it ran off aferryboats deck.

“There was plenty of air till I tottired waiting to be saved, openedthe < window and swam ;ont,” -r*

FRIDAY AETEBKOON, MARCH 28, 191

I HUNS PLANNED TOr

BOMBARD

ENGLAND ]

Giant Gun Was To Have Been Mount*!ed At Ostend.

It was the intention of the Germansto mount a giant gun with which they ihoped to be able to bombard theEnglish coast last summer. It wasto be mounted in the neighborhood ofOstend, and this design was onlyfrustrated by the vigilance of theBritish Air Force, who trained de- 1e traction incessantly on the speciallyprepared track by which it was alonepossible to convey the monster. 1

The great gun which vbombarded 1Paris is a pigmy compared to this \weapon specially designed for the 1edification of the British.

Had it been mounted at Ostend itsrange would have included Hythe ’and Canterbury, and the townsthroughout the Isle of Thanet would Jhave had to be evacuated. ]

When fired at an angle of 45 de- ¦

grees the shell would pass through \the air at a maximum height of over '20 miles. At this altitude “skin !friction” is reduced to a minimum, ]as there is believed to be no air there,and through this void of space the shellcould travel for over 30 miles beforethe force of gravity would again draw :it within the air belt, where it would 1begin its downward path toward the 1objective.

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STATE WIDE ATHLETICS

Dates of County School AthleticMeets—Season 1919.

Somerset County, Princess Anne,Wednesday, April 23, 1919.

Worcester County, Pocomoke,Thursday, April 24, 1919.

Wicomico County, Salisburg, Fri-day, April 25, 1919.

Dorchester County, Cambridge, Sat-urday, April 26, 1919.

Anne Arundel County, Annapolis,Thursday, May 1, 1919.

Howard County, Ellicott City, Fri-day, May 2, 1919.

Montgomery County, Rockville,Saturday, May 3, 1919.

Kent County, Chestertown, Thurs-day, May 8, 1919.

Caroline County, Denton, Friday,May 9, 1919.

Talbot County, Easton, Saturday,May 10, 1919.

Washington County, Hagerstown,!Thursday, May 15, 1919.

Frederick County, Frederick, Fri-day, May 16, 1919.

Carroll County, Westminster, Sat-urday, May 17, 1919.

Calvert County, Prince Frederick,Monday, May 19, 1919.

Queen Anne'S’ County, Centreville,Wednesday, May 21, 1919.

Charles County, Da Plata, Thurs-day, May 22, 1919.

Prince George's County,. Upper Marl-boro, Friday, May 23, 1919.

Hartford County, Bel Air, Saturday,May 24, 1919.

St. Mary’s County, Charlotte Hall,Monday, May 26, 1919.

Cecil County, Elkton, Tuesday,May 27, 1919.

Garrett County, Thursday, May 29,1919.

Allegany County, Cumberland, Fri-day, May 30, 1919.

Baltimore County, Baltimore, Sat-urday, May 31, 1919.

Baltimore City, Baltimore, Tuesday,June 3, 1919.

Maryland State Championships,Baltimore, Friday, June 6, 1919.

“Back to the Primitive.”It was my pleasure to attend an old

time quilting” at the homes of Mrs.Humbert and Mrs. Kemper on theTaneytown road, on Thursday, March20. .The party' was confined to theneighbors in the immediate vicinity,viz: Mesdames Routson, Hopkins,

Brothers, Zepp, Burns, Kauffman,Lemon and the Misses N. Hopkins,Bixler, Myers, Diffenbaugh and Mr.Humbert. The occasion was dualas is always the case where a groupoff women are gathered—quilting andsocial intercourse.As the women talk, they sew, sew,

sew.But what in the end does it matter,For of course I would have you right

here to knowIt was social and not all clatter.And as they sew, they talk, talk, talk.But the work was being done;And in talk, talk, talking they did not

balk,For the quilt was nearly done.

And as the “feed-ometer” registerednear the top of the clock disk, everyeye watched anxiously and everystomach and ear were attentive andpolite, but ready and eager for thefirst signal to “fall into line” and theorder to “forward march” was morethan willingly obeyed for everybody

was at attention. The quilting wasdone at the home of Mrs. Kemperand the dinner was served at thehome of Mrs. Humbert, her mother.Now to say it was some dinner, wouldbut mildly express it, but the emptydishes at the finish tvould well illus-trate both the appetite off the guestsand the capacity of the same. Thegenerous hospitality of the host andhostess, Mr. and Mrs. Humbert, andthe quality of the cooking need nowords from my pen, for they standout on their own well deservedmerit, without praise or comment.Just one word in conclusion. We areall willing to have history repeat it-self any time in the future as far, as ,we are concerned.

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Incorporation of an Insurance Busi-ness.

The insurance business of CharlesB. Goodwin, East Main street, hasbeen incorporated under the laws of

j Maryland with the title of Charles E. 1j Goodwin Insurance Agency, - Incor- 1jporated with the following officers;Charles E. Goodwin, president; Car- 1roll Albaugh, vice president and O. iB. Dodrer, secretary and treasurer. ]This insurance company is the istrongest in this city and represents (

the strongest line of insurance com- ,panics in this country.

The Church of God at Cnlontown. 1Sunday school at 9.30 a. mi. services 1

at 10.45 a. in., and 7.30 ip. m. ;

1 Frirellburg—Service at 2.30 p. m. <Pree-wUI • offering for B#v. CM

AGED MINISTERSTEALS BIBLE 1—

' i :TO BUY MEAL—TOO PROUD TO BE6, '

STARVING IN STREET AT 79, FORMER IPREACHER FALLS FROM BRACE. "i

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An old man—79 years of age and <a minister of the gospel, at LosAngeles, Cal., turned thief because he icoaid withstand no longer the gnaw- iing pangs of hunger.

In his downfall he turned to the .best friehd he had had in other days <when from his little pulpit in Eng- 1land he had urged salvation—a |Bible. He stole a holy book that he!might sell it for food., The Rev. Percival P. Stone, whosays he cnee occupied a pulpit in asmall hamlet in England, stood be-fore a First street lunch house crav-ing food. He had eaten nothing fortwenty-four hours. His years madehis hunger hard to bear.

Once or twice he started to beg theprice of a sandwich and then his de-termination failed him. He saunt-ered along. A book store at Firstand Broadway caught his eye. Fora moment his hunger was forgottenas he stopped to look over some oldbooks. A Billie caught his fancy. ItIwas an old-fashioned affair. Of thekind in which family histories werewritten.

The old man slipped the ponderousbook beneath his coat and started out.He was headed for the lunch housewhen Detective King detained him.

At police headquarters he con-fessed. He simply said that he wastoo old to find work, that no onewould employ him, that he was hun-gry and that he had hoped to sell thebook for food. He was sorry and heknew that it was wrong.

They sent him to jail, but beforelooking him up he sat down to thebest meal he had eaten in many aday. He refused to discuss his pastfurther than to say he had lost hischurch isome years ago and hadwandered about ever since. He wasunmarried, he said. - \

Course In Home Economics.j A very interesting and instructivecourse in home economics has beenstarted by Miss Everett, Home De-monstration Agent. Miss Ola Day, ofthe Extension Service, gave the firstof a series d£ lectures in uomeeconomics in the county this week atWestminster, Union Bridge and Med-ford. About sixty women are taking

.the course and more are expected forthe next* meetings which will be Fri-day, May 2d.

1 The women of the county shouldfeel honored in having Miss Daycome to us. This course will begiven in seven places in the State,three of which will be in Carrollcounty. The course given is a studyof practical dietetics. It is not awork which will be followed foramusement although very interesting,but the women following this courseare those who wish to get a broaderview of the science which lies backof foods and their relation to thehuman body. The time is coiningwhen home making will be consideredon a par with that otf other professionsand the women who are showing an,interest in this work, adding to theirexperience such help as science cangive, are adding interest and dignityto that noblest and highest of calling,home making.

Miss Day’s work is off college grade.The talk this week begem at the be-ginning of life itself, going back tothe elements of which the earth iscomposed, the cycle of life, explain-ing the chemical combinations whichresult in the classification of foods.It was ably illustrated and interest-ing, because it gave as Miss Day says“A peep over the 'fence” into a realmoften thought to be outside of a studyof this subject.

Each of Miss Day’s talks will becomplete in itself yet those who havehad the first feel that they have abetter background for the talks whichfollow. Not the least interesting partoff these meetings are the discussionswhich follow showing that the womenare thinking along these lines andeager for the work.

There will be six of these lecturesgiven, one each month. The nextsubject will be “The Digestion ofFoods”, which will explain manypopular errors in this subject. Thelectures are free. Everybody invited.

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Maryland Day at Highland View.Topic: “Maryland’s War Activities.”

The suggestive program consisting

of readings, essays, patriotic songs

and flag drills was admirably ren-dered by the pupils of Highland ViewSchool March 25.

The many readings by the pupilsupon the various war activities ofMaryland were well rendered muchto the credit of the school and

teachers each off which was * com-mented upon by the teacher, 'Mr. W.P. Barnes, and points not plain to the:pupil were explained. Among thefeatures that deserve special mention 1were the flag drill, lead by two littlegirls, Florence J. Clarke and Iva E.Jenkins, and the> essay, “My Coun-try’s Contribution to the Winning ofthe War,” by Arta Jenkins, a pupilof the seventh grade. Last but notleast was the Quiz Class, composedof the sixth and seventh grades, jThe questions relating to Maryland,;history were arranged by the teach-Jer, thirty in number, not one ofwhich was previously known to the

class and all were correctly answer-ed.

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On Sunday evening a large auto- j,mobile from Baltimore struck an Oak-land Sedan owned by Mr. Chaney atjthe Herr farm on the Baltimore pike, jdamaging it to a great extent. While Ithree of the parties were arguing

who was to blame a Ford came alongand ran them down. It is said that

all three were injured and one was.thrown under the machine.. TheChaney machine was brought to thegarage df D. <8? Geiman ft Son, What

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GIRL SHOPUFTES FOUNDTHEFT EASY

SAYS SHE WIU START JJFI OVER AFTERSHE HAS 'NISON SES-TERCE.

With a sentence osf one year in thepenitentiary already pronouncedagainst her and other charges againsther pending,

,Morris, ofi

Myrtle Ruthledge< old, ofNorfolk, Va., a mysterious, self-con-*Jessed shoplifter, is. apparently lessconcerned about her fate than arehundreds of sympathizing citizens*male and female.

Mabel Morris is not a professionalthief—at least the police of Norfolk:and many other cities in the country;have 'failed to find anything againsfcher previous to her visitto Norfolk—yet

.. she proved

herself to be a most adept shoplifter*succeeding in carrying away fronaiNorfolk stores goods to the amount ofseveral thousand dollars.

She was arrested only when she be*came careless and attempted to “lift,**goods without much effort at secrecy*

| Mabel said that one d£ the reason^I she stole was that she expected heijsweetheart back from France soon!and they were to be married. Shdoften wore male attire, she said. 1

“I did not have any money to bay;wedding clothes,” she said, “and Ijust had to have them. So when 1saw pretty clothes and jewelry Jwanted I took them,

i “It does not take any nerve tosteal. I found it the easiest thingI ever did. The first thing I stole wasa sealskin coat. X went into a storeto try It on and while the salesladywas trying it on a band of music andprobably seven thousand sailors wentby the store on parade. Everybodyin the store ran. out to see it. It then;

| struck me that it would be easy tQiwalk out of the store with the seal-

L skin coat on. I did, it, and nobody;[ paid any attention to me.t “I am still young, and when I come

j out of prison I believe my sweetheart. will still want me. If not, I will gel

. somewhere and start life over again.*I She said she hardly knew her,t mother, that she was brought up by

an aunt in.' Philadelphia. Shdr | would’nt reveal the aunt’s name.

Colored Soldiers Honored.i A very cordial reception and wel-b, come home was given by the members

of Green street colored Baptist!; church, on Thursday evening last, to'

the returned soldiers df their own. race. The church was tastefully dec-

orated with the national 'colors andj the flags of the allied nations.

I I The pastor. Rev. West, presided!and a very nice program was ren-dered. The addresses of welcom'd

L were made by Miss Mary B. Shell-*man and State’s Attorney W, L. Sea-'

r brook.| j The Union Street Band furnished

the music and greetings on behalf offthe congregation were given by Lu-ther Woodyard, chairman of the com-

. mittee of arrangements. Mrs. Mari®Adams recited in a very pleasing

| manner, “When the hoys come home,”! and James Irwin, a Civil war veteran.

also made an address off welcome,i’j An interesting feature of the pro-

‘ gram was the talk by Private Arthur' Squirrel, one of the returned soldier*

; from Over There, who exhibited hi*! gas mask and explained the nature

; of the various gases used by the

Germans and their effects, and in bvery modest manner, related some off

’ the experiences of himself and com-! rades.i After the program the soldiers andjband were entertained at a bountiful _

t jsupper prepared by the committee offI church members and enjoyed a social

1 evening 'with their relatives andfriends of their own race.

1 The congregation of Green street1 Baptist church, deserve much credit

I for the very cordial reception and1 home coming given to their owin'

boys, and the orderly manner Ini; which the entire affair was conducted.

Wilhelm.' i Osborne C. Wilhelm, aged 26 yearn

died at his home in Hampstead, Mon-day morning from pneumonia. Be-sides his widow and one child, hiSmother,- Mrs. W!m. G. Stone and 3lbrothers, John, Wilbur and MauriceWilhelm survive.

’ j Funeral services were held Wednes-day morning at Grace MethodistEpiscopal church. Rev. D. M. Dibble

, officiating assisted by Rev. G. W.Daugherty. The pallbearers wereFrank Miller, Thomas Leister, J. W.Murray, Earl Davidson, Gilbert Ben-son and Maurice Gettier. C. V. Tip-

! ton & Son funeral directors.

Morgreti Imogene B. Morgret, aged 31 years,

’ daughter of the late Isaac and Char-lotte Morgret died at the home of Dr.J. H. Preston, Hampstead, Sundaymorning from pneumonia followinginfluenza. One sister, Mrs. A. H,

,

McKinley, Arlington survives.Her remains were taken to Han-

cock, Md., on Tuesday where funeralservices were held and interment tookplace. C. V. Tipton & Son funeraldirectors.

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Leas.Charles L. Leas, husband Off Loa

Fowler Leas died Wednesday at hishome in Baltimore aged 65 years.

services will be held fromhis lare home Saturday morning withRequiem MaSs at St. Martin’s churchat 8.30 a. m. Interment will takeplace in this city.

Caoblits.Mrs. Savilla Caublitz, wife of Jacob

Caublitz, died at the home of CharlesStewart, near Manchester on Wed-nesday, aged 91 years. Her husbandsurvives her.V ¦¦

Funeral services were held thiamorning at “10 ’•o'clock • at the' ; homeconducted h? Riv. Letberffiah. ’He*terment in Lutheran cemetery, Man- :

Chester. Jacob Wink 80ns funeral4-‘1 i.7' ''s. i -

DEATHS. |Halter.

John R. Halter died Saturday,March 22, at the home of his daugh-ter, Mrs*. Washington Lemou, nearTaneytown, aged Si years, 4 monthsand lrt days He is survivea by thefollowing children, John Halter andWjilliam iHalter, o£ Silver Run; Henry IHalter, near Hanover; Mrs. Washing-1ton Lemon, near Taneytown; Mrs. IAddison Humbert, Mayberry andMrs. Utermahlen, Tyrone.

Funeral services were held Tues-day, March 25, in the Reformedchurch. Silver Run, Rev. Adam offi-ciating. Interment was made in ,the ]adjoining cemetery. The pallbear- )ers were Edward Brown, David 1Brown, Samuel Curren, Vic Frock, iJ. A. Kump and Andrew Bittle. C. 1O. Puss & Son funeral directors. !

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DlffendaLJohn H. Diffendal died Saturday, •

March 22 at Springfield State Hos- ipital, Sykesville aged 72 years, 2months and 21 days. He is survivedby his wife and one daughter, MissNannie Diffendal, at home.

Funeral services were held Tues-day, March 25, tit his home in Taney-town, Rev. L. B. Hafer officiating.Interment in the Lutheran cemetery.

The pallbearers were George Arnold,D. J. Hesson, D. W. Garner, Pierce iGarner, Augustus Reindollar and A.G. Riffle. C. O. Fuss & Son funeraldirectors.

Creagher.Mrs. Ida Creagher, 69 years old,

widow of George Urner Creagher diedMonday morning of paralysis at the jhome of her son-in-law, Sergt. John.T. Carroll, 817 Wellington avenue,Baltimore. While standing on thepavement in front of her home twoweeks ago Mrs. Creagher was strfck- 1en with paralysis. She is survivedoy a son, C. P. Creagher, a daughter,Mrs. John T. Carroll, a brother,Charles W. Appier, and two grand-children, Miss Ethel R. Creagher, astudent of Goucher College, and MissHelen Creagher.

Funeral services were held atMeadow Branch Wednesday.

' Heck.Mrs. Edna S. Heck, wife of john

Heck, Uniontown died at a hospitalin Baltimore, March 22, following an.operation, aged 46 years. She is

, survived by her husband and the fol-lowing children:, - Mrs. Howard Hy-.miller, Tyrope; Misses Prances andMarian Heck, Ward" and William, athome.

Funeral services were held at herhome on Monday, March 24, Rev.Ibach conducting the services. Inter-ment was made in the Lutherancemetery, Uniontown. C. O. Fuss &

Son funeral directors.

Zenti Margaret Ellen Zent, infant daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Zent,near Keymar died March 23, aged 7months and 6 days. Her parents, 2

brothers and 2 sisters survive.Funeral services were held Tues-

day, March 25 in the Lutheranchurch, Taneytown conducted by Rev.L. B. Hafer. Interment in adjoiningcemetery- C. O. Fuss & Son funeraldirectors.

| Dotterer.Mrs. Ann Sophia Dotterer, widow of

the late Albert Dotterer, who was aveteran of the Civil war, died at thehome of her son, Alifred, near Em-mitsburg, Monday, March 17, after alingering illness from cancer, aged 77years, 6 months and 23 days. Sheis survived by two sisters; Mrs.Ohler, near Taneytown, Miss Emi!ne

near Emmitsburg; two sons,Clifford, of Baltimore, Alfred, nearEmmitsburg and two brothers, Wal-lace Moser, near Stony Branch school,and William Moser, near Keymar.

March.Mary Edna King March, wife of

Elmer C. March, of Baltimore, diedat the Johns Hopkins Hospital March11, undergoing an operation, aged 31years, 9 months and 1 day. She wasthe daughter of Mr. and Mrs. CharlesW. King, bSf near Two Taverns, and

on'November 24th, 1904, was marriedto Elmer C. March who survives.She also leaves her parents and thefollowing sisters and brothers, Mrs.Earlington Shriver, 4>f near Harney,

Wilbur, Clarence, Gladys and HildaKing, at home.

Whitmore.John Whitmore. Jr., Union Bridge,

who had been suffering more or lesswith a ipain in his head 'for sometime,became worse and was taken to ahospital in Baltimore, suffering withspinal meningitis. It is reported thathe became totally blind before reach-ing Baltimore where he died at 2

o’clock Friday morning.

Phelps.

I Richard B. Phelps, died at his homein Sykesville at the age of 80 years,

on Sunday. Funeral services wereheld yesterday in St. Paul’s Metho-dist Episcopal church. Intermentwas in Harmony cemetery, Cookes-ville.

Forsythe.I William F. Forsythe, aged 58 years,son of the late John P. and Margaret

A. Forsythe, died at hie home inWilmington, Del., Tuesday, The bodywas brought to Sykesville yesterdaywhere funeral services were held inSt. Paul’s Mthodist Episcopal church.Interment .in Springfield cemetery.

| Shipley.Elizabeth S. Shipley, daughter of

the late Daniel C., and MilicentShipley, died at the home of herniece, Mrs. D. Roby Hering, nearSykesville, on March 23. Funeralservice was held Tuesday. The re-mains were taken to Baltimore forinterment.

Kidd.I Lloyd N. Kidd, a veteran off theCivil War, tiled as'his home, nearPatapsco, Tuesday, March 26, aged87 years. ¦ He is survived by severalsons and daughters. Funeral ser-vices were held a/t the home Friday,

March 28th at 10 a. m., and intermentmfljTo in Pino Grove cemetery atWhite Hall. Md. F. A. Sharrer &