The Democratic Advocate.FOUNDED, 1838.

SI.OO PER ANNUM.

COURT HOUSE NEWS.Transfers of Beal Estate-Marriage

Licenses, Etc.•

County Commissioners.The following persons were ap-

pointed registrars and deputiesof Vital statistics for the several dis-tricts of the county by the board onMonday : No. 1, Norman B. Hagan,deputy, Sarah A. Hagan; No. 2, JesseL. Billmyer, deputy, George W. Selby,No. 3, Henry Herman, deputy, JohnBurgeon; No. 4, Marion J. Leister,deputy, Sarah Leister; No. 5, WalterW. Ritter, deputy, Clarence E. Jenk-ins; No. 6, Jacob P. Baltozer, deputy,Mary M. Goats; No. 7, Edwin W.Shriver, deputy, Josephine V. Shriv-er; No. 8, Wm. A. Abbott, deputy, R.Blaine Murray; No. 9, Jacob Farver,deputy, E. May Farver; No. 10, Gran-ville J. Fox, deputy, Etta M. Fox; No.11, J. Edward West, deputy, MarthaA. West; No. 12, Edward F. Olmstead,deputy, Leslie J. Repp; No. 13, FrankM. Lewis, and No. 14, Michael Glen-man.

Bids for the construction of theShoemaker road at Middleburg havebeen advertised for.

Messrs Freeh and Allen, contrac-tors for the state road running fromthe Washington turnpike to Gamber,appeared before the board and re-quested the board to repair the roadrunning from Warfieldsburg to theWashington road. The contractorsuse the road in hauling from theRoop quarry to the new state road.

Marriage Licenses.Ralph M. Williams, Hanover, Pa.,

and Mary C. Henry, Westminster.Elmer W. Dendle, Westminster

and Ethel Bainbridge, West Pittston,Pa.

Jesse Robertson, Carroll county,

and Lillian M. Baker, Frederick coun-ty.

Transfers of Real Estate.Robert D. Hewitt to W. Frank

Thomas, trustee, conveys lot in West-minster, for $75.

Ellen Groft and husband to Geo. E.Bowman, convey right of way ,for $45.

Orphans’ Court.Monday, July 15.—Samuel A. Harn-

ish, executor of Mary Harnish.deceas-ed, returned inventory of personalproperty; inventory of money, andlist of debts; also received order tosell personal property.

The last will and testment of JohnT. Myers of S., deceased, admitted toprobate and letters testamentarygranted unto Mary M. Myers, who re-ceived warrant to appraise and orderto notify creditors.

The last will and testament of Na-thaniel Keck, deceased, admitted toprobate and letters testamentarygranted unto George C. Overholtzer,who returned inventory of money andreceived order to notify creditors.

Sarah E. Heltibridle and George F.Heltibridle, administrators of AaronHeltibridle, deceased, received ordertor sell personal property.

John G. Hoffman, executor of NancyArnold, deceased, settled his first ac-count.

Joshua W. Hering, executor of AnnL. Fowble, deceased, received warrantto appraise personal property.

Lizzie K. Shaeffer, administratrixof Lewis D. Wantz, deceased, receiv-ed order to transfer judgment andstocks and settled her first and finalcacount.

Tuesday, July 16.—The last willand testament of John Denner, de-ceased, admitted to probate and let-ters testamentary granted unto JohnC. S. Denner and William R. S. Den-ner, who received warrant to appraiseand order to notify creditors.

Casper Millender, administrator ofSarah J. Millender, deceased, settledhis second account.

Walter R. Rudy, administrator ofJames C. Douty, deceased, reurnedinventory of money and settled hisfirst and final account.

E. Arabella Ludrer, executrix ofElmira Jenora Dodrer, deceased, set-tled her first and final account.

Several people in the county arenow enjoying ripe tomatoes from

their gardens, among whom is Mrs.Mack Horton, of near Warfieldsburg.

The Annual Reunion of all BlueRidge College teachers, students andfriends will be held Tuesday, July30, at Pen-Mar. Program at 2o’clock.

Messrs. Wm. F. Helm, Wesley

Steele, Harvey Stone and WilliamSteele, Pennsylvania avenue, arehaving concrete curbs and gutterslaid in front of their residences.

Mr. James D. Mitchell, photo-grapher, will attend the Photograph-er’s Convention at Philadelphia, Pa.,next week. He will leave on Sun-day and will be present at each ses-sion until Saturday.

Two cables of the C. & P. Tele-phone Company were burned out atHampstead by the storms of July

10th and 14th. A number of tele-phones were burned out, and manywires and poles were blown down.

During the storm Sunday the Pa-tapsco river overflowed its banks atthe home of Mr. Herbert Ways, atMarriottsville, and washed a pig penand four pigs, weighing 125 poundseach, down stream. Mr. Ways did

not miss the pigs until Monday morn-ing.

A large subscription card party

was held at the new Armory Tuesday

morning for the benefit of the StateInstitution for Feebleminded, by theLadies’ Auxiliary. Between 25 and30 persons were present, some ofwhom played bridge and some five-

hundred. Prizes were won by Mrs.

Murdoch Norris, Mrs. John H. Cun-ningham and Miss Madeline Shriver.Fifteen dollars was the sum realized.

Door to Virtue Lodge, A. F. and A.M. No. 46, visited Monocacy Lodge,

Taneytown, on Monday night. Those

going from this city were Warren S.

Seipp, grand lecturer of the Masoniclodge; Geo. R. Gehr, Dr. Jesse S.Myers, Harry Owings, in Mr. Theo.Englar’s auto; Harry P. Gorsuch,Snyder Babylon, Charles Hesson,Thomas K. Shaw. Harry D. Fowble,in Snyder Babylon’s auto; Dr. S.Luther Bare and Harry Starr in Dr.

Bare’s auto.

DEATHSi

Bhinehart.

, Mrs. Jonas Rhinehart died in East' Berlin, Pa., on July 12, aged 77 years,

10 months and 16 days. The funeralwas held on last Friday, interment atMummert’s Meeting House graveyard.She leaves, six sons and two daugh-

. ters, among whom are Charles and5 Paul Rhinehart, near Taneytown.

l Reed., Mrs. Minerva S. Reed, wife of Mr. j; Granville Reed, died at her home,, near Hampstead, on Friday afternoon,

i July 12, aged 33 years, 3 months and, 4 days. Besides her husband she ia

• survived by a babe, three sons and- three daughters, an aged mother and, one sister.

Funeral services were held at St.- Paul’s Lutheran Church, Arcadia, Bal-

. timore county, Sunday morning at 10, a. m. Rev. A. H. McKinley officiating.¦ Interment was in the adjoining cem-

. etery.i The pallbearers were: Messrs. N. J., Walsh, William Seipp, Frank Schnell,: John Sprinkle, George Fowble and

- John U. Leister. C. V. Tipton & Sonwere funeral directors.

; Brubaker.Mrs. Lydia Brubaker, widow of Cap-

¦ tain J. G. Brubaker, of Uniontown,1 died Monday afternoon, July 15, at

> 4.30 o’clock, at Uniontown, after a’ long illness. Mrs. Brubaker was a• daughter of the late William Roberts,

J and also a relative of the late Judge

5 Roberts, of Westminster, Md. The

5 funeral took place on Wednesday af-• ternoon at 1 o’clock from the Meth-

odist Protestant Church, Uniontown,of which the deceased was a member.

Waraaling.Mrs. Agnes F. Wamaling, wife of

’ the late Robert L. Wamaling, veteranof the Civil War, died July 10 at the

> home of her daughter, Mrs. Carroll G.' Raver, of a complication of diseases,

aged 61 years, 5 months and 11 days.

She is survived by her daughter, Mrs.Carroll G. Raver, and two grandsons,!

: Robert and Milson Raver; one sister,

¦ Mrs. James Beam, and two brothers,Henry and Lewis Jones.

Services were held in Emory Meth-• odist Episcopal church by Rev. Mil-1

son Thomas, former pastor of thechurch, assisted by Rev. R. H. R. Gill,

- pastor of Emory church.The pallbearers were: Messrs.Nich-

[ olas Mummaugh, Benjamin F. Bond,[ Wesley W. Bond, Frank Roop, Win-> field Harris and Ben. Taylor. Eline

& Son were funeral directors.i

i Costley.r John Costley, colored, residing in

¦ Gettysburg, Pa., died July 13, from

• heart disease, after an illness ofeight weeks, aged about 68 years. He

¦ leaves his wife and 4 brothers, Isaiah> James, Jonas and Wilson, all of Car-

rolli county, Md., and one sister, Mrs., Alice Brady, of Baltimore. Also

I eight children all residing in Ohio.Funeral on last Saturday.

i Shorb.Mr. Edward V. Shorb, a native Car-

roll countian, died on Saturday, July

T 13, after a lingering illness at St.- Joseph’s, Hospital, Baltimore. He

was a son of the late Joshua Shorb,i a member of the firm of Shorb, Leis-t ter and Schaeffer, whose business in

this city was destroyed by fire in 1882.: For many years th& deceased was

- with the old firm of Pearre Brothers,

i dry goods merchants of Baltimore,andI was afterward with the the Lloyd

Jacjkson Qompany, Baltimore. Mr.

I Shorb’s age wad 71 years and he was- the youngest and only surviving mem-- her of his father’s family. He was

i related to Mrs. Wm. H. Thomas, Mrs.¦ Charles E. Stewart and Mr. John M.

5 Roberts, of this city.The remains were brought here and

f funeral services held in St. John’sI Catholic Church, Monday morning at

10 o’clock, Rev. Father Schmidt of-f ficiating in the absence of Rev. J. C.

I Mellon. The pallbearers were:• Messrs. John Kerns, of Baltimore,

Fred. D. Miller, Jesse C. Sharrer,’ Charles V. Wantz, John M. Roberts

¦ and Joseph B. Boyle, of this city. F.C, Sharrer, funeral director.

s Kiler.1 Dewey Lafayette Kiler, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Chas. Kiler, of Eden, died¦ July 15th, after an illness, of ten days! caused by heat prostration, aged 14I years and 28 days. Funeral services

were held at St. James’ Methodist: Episcopal Church, Thursday morning,

Rev. George Strine officiating. Pall,

bearers were Clarence Albaugh,l Arthur Leister, Carroll Tingling

• Henry Brown, Ira Leister and Ster-ing Brown. Harvey Bankard & Sonundertakers.

Fnhrman.Mrs. Polly Fuhrman, widow of the

late George Fuhrman, after an ill-

ness of about a year, died at herhome, near Melrose, Saturday, July13, at 4 a. m., from a complication ofdiseases, aged 73 years, 11 months .and 29 days. ,

The survivors are one daughterand five sons, as follows : Mrs. JohnShorb, Sylvanus, George and Cheater,residing in this county; Charles andJohn, of Hanover, Pa. The husbandof the deceased died about sevenweeks ago.

Funeral took place Tuesday, July16, with brief services at the houseat 9 a. m.; further services and in-terment at Sherman’s Church, Pa.,Rev. J. H. Hartman officiating.

Grayson.George Mason Grayson, a native of

Virginia, but for some years a resi- ident of Frederick, died Sunday mom- ]ing at his home. Mr. Grayson was a \traveling salesman for a drug house, iHe served in the Confederate Army iduring the Civil War and was in the ]Army of Northern Virginia through- ,out the conflict, being in the ]engagements at the first battle of •Manassas and Seven Pines and other <important battles, under Gen. Eppa <Hunton. Mr. Grayson’s brother, Capt. tAlexander Grayson, was killed in the !battle of Gettysburg. He is survivedby his wife and the following child-ren : Mrs. Walter Martin, St. Louis; iMrs. ’William Hobbs, Union Bridge: 'Misses Mary Lloyd, Eleanor MacGill. (Louise Fairfax and Bettina Mason,at home.

SIX INJURED IN WRECK.WORK TRAIN AND FREIGHT COLLIDE AT SPRING

MILLS—4 CARS DERAILED.

Six persons two very seriously, I . The work train was in charge of

were injured in a head-on collision j Conductor J. A. Leahy, of Baltimore,between work train No. 601 and west- and Engineer Kapp. The injured menbound local freight No. 301, on the were given temporary aid at the sceneWestern Maryland Railway last Sat- of the wreck.urday 10.55 a. m. The trains came Wrecking crews were sent to thetogether on the sharp curve at the scene from Hagerstown and Balti-quarries near Spring Mills Station. more. Trains between Highfield and

Four cars were derailed and engine Emory Grove were detoured around

Where Engine Is Down Embankment.A t

Photo by Mitchell.

No. 313 tumbled partly down the em- the wreck over the Baltimore andbankment. The injured are ; Harrisburg division, via Geettyshurg.

Engineer C. H. Lynn, of Hagestown; The engine of the freight train waslegs scalded and sprained. I pushinr ; la ded box car and drawing

Brskeman C. E. Durst, of Hagers- several box cars and coal hoppers,

town; both legs broken. .Reaching the top of a grade, the

Engineer C. E. Kapp, of Baltimore; engineer shutoff thesteamand round-

-1 head slightlj- cut, body bruised. ed the curve, where stood No. 601,Fireman C. B. Clark, of Baltimore: headed east. The box car, which act-

leg slightly injured. ed as a buffer, was smashed to frag-Fireman C. R. Sisk, of Hagerstown; ments.

injured internally, not seriously. i In the derailment and smashing of

Wrecked Tender and Car.

Photo by Mitchell.

Brakeman C. G. Westhafer, of Hag- ! the other cars the tracks were torn uperstown; leg broken. for many yards.

Sisk and Westhafer were taken to c was little short ofBaltimore Saturday evening on tram miracil!ous . He was I)inned beneathNo. 14 and placed in the Union Pro- 77

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jtestant Infirmary. The other injured tfse wrecKaSe-

were taken to Hagerstown late that Women in the neighborhood aidednight on train No. 11. in the rescue work until a force of

Train No. 301 was in charge of Con- men arrived. Afterward physiciansductor C. A. Lewis, of Hagerstown, reached the scene and gave medicaland Engineer Lynn. assistance.

“THE DUTCH PICMC.”

Bigger and Better Than Ever—LargeCrowd Expected.

Thirty-five years ago the annualcelebration of the Sunday school andcongregation of Trinity LutheranChurch, Deer Park road, became fa-

miliarly known as “The Dutch Pic-nic,” and has during all these yearsbeen held on the first Saturday inAugust. From year to year the inter-est throughout the county in thisevent has continued unabated, and

each year thousands gather in thegrove at the church to enjoy the day.The picnic will be held this year on

| Saturday, August 3rd. If the weath-!er should be unfavorable on Saturday

jit will be postponed until Monday,

I August sth.Preparations are in progress to

j make the occasion unusually inter-! esting, this year, and by reason of| the fact that the new State road iscompleted, the. discomfort of the dusty

roads heretofore experienced will beavoided, and a larger gathering thanever is expected.

Committees have been appointed asfollows:

i Purchasing committees —Ice -cream,| Frank Frick and J. Howell Davis;confectionery, Mesdames, J. J. Hoff-man, Ernest Wolf and Harry Frick;soft drinks, Edw. Xiner, John L. Ros-enberger: cigars, Fred Magin, W.L.Seabrook; bananas and sandwiches,J. G. Hoffman and Ernest Wolf.

Working committees; —Ice cream,George Wolf, Chris Schnable, MarionBitzel, Howell Davis, Harry Frick,Frank Frick, George Schaeffer, ErnestWolf, Will Frick, William E. Williams,Fred Magin, Henry Little: soft drinks,Charles Mengel, Winnie Bitzel, Leon-ard Frick, George Mengel, ErnestWalkling, Clarence Magin, John H.Rosenberger, Joshua Woolery, L. H.Schnabel, C. H. Xiner, Harry Richter,Harvey Xiner, George Xightengale,Jr.,Walter Wiley, John Hoffman, ErnestXiner, John Walkling, Willie Xiner,H. F. Walkling, John F. Schaeffer, J.I. Logue.C. E.Freeman, Henry Bitzel;cigars, Edw. Xiner, Jos. Xiner, Geo.Xightengale.Wm. Hoffman; confection- jery, Mesdames Louisa Baker, HowellDavis, Henry Little, George Mengel,Chas. Mengel, Fred Magin, LauraPrugh, Edw. Xiner, George Wolf. Ern-est Wolf, Marion Bitzel, Miss Lizzie!Klee; cakes, Mesdames Joseph Xiner,John Rosenberger, Harry Frick, JohnSchaeffer, J. C. Hoffman, Carrie Fowl-er, Frank Frick, D. Carroll Owihgs,Ernest Walkling, W. E. Williams,Henry Bitzel, George Shaeffer, WillReese, John Hoffman, Will P. Hoff-man, Fred. Walkling; waiters, Mrs.Horace Blizzard, Misses Minnie Walk-ling, Mary Barber, Hilda Davis, RosieFrick, Viola Frick, Xellie Hoffman,Laura Magin, Xettie Magin, XettielXiner, Hilda Prugh, Jessie Shaeffer,Virgie Shaeffer, Carrie Xiner, BerthaBarber, Marie Bitzel and Messrs.Freddie Frick, Frank Magin, AlbertFrick, Chas. Miller; amusements, D.Carroll Owings, John L. Rosenberger,Elmer Shaeffer, Charles Xightengale,Charles Walkling, Clarence Bitzel;ice cream tickets, Walter Miller, Phil-ip Bitzel, Charles Walkling, John H.Rosenberger.

Treasurers, John G. Hoffman.FrankSchneider and John L. Rosenberger.

Genera! supervision, MesdamesJohn Klee, Mary Miller, Mary Frick,Catherine Frick, George Nightengale,Fredericka Xiner, Roll, CharlesKress, Wm. Mengel, Frank Schneider,Conrad Shaeffer, Peter Wolf, Wm. X.Barber, R. B. Owings and India Logue.

Strickler.Mrs. Sadie G. Strickler, wife of

Henry A. Strickler, died at her home,Hanover, Pa., at 7.15 o’clock p. m.,Tuesday from typhoid fever, afterseveral weeks’ illness. She was aged23 years, 7 months and 20 days.

Mrs. Strickler was the daughter ofJohn Bange, a well-known citizen ofHanover. Besides her husband andfather, she is survived by three child- jren, Estella, Claude and Richard. IMrs. William Bergman, of Manches-!ter, Md., is a sister of the deceased.

Funeral took place this morning, 1services at the house at 10 a. m.,Rev. A. S. Dechant, of Emanuel Re-formed church, officiating.

XcKenna.Mrs. Julia H. McKenna, widow of

the late H. A. McKenna, died at herhome, near Buckeystown, at 6 o’clockSunday morning from heart trouble,aged 65 years. Her death was quitesudden and unexpected. Mrs. Mc-Kenna was a daughter of the lateJoseph Stouffer, of New Windsor, buthad lived at Buckeystown for about40 years. She is survived by oneson, A. J. McKenna, Buckeystown,one brother, Daniel Stouffer, of Buck-eystown, and one sister, Mrs. P. C.Suman, of Baltimore, also survive.

Mr. Charles E. Stewart, Greenstreet, and nephew, Mr. C. RobertsThomas, Court Place, left for Ral-eigh, X. C., on Monday evening, andwill return the early part of nextweek.

The Drinking Fountain.The fountain committee had hoped

to be able this week to publish theprogram for the unveiling of thefountain. But some delays causedby not being able to reach musiciansand speakers in time have prevented

the committee from completing theprogram. But they hope to be ableto publish it in next week’s issue. Ata called meeting of the W. C. T. U.,committees were appointed to com-plete the raising of the funds to coverthe cost of the fountain. Very fewcontributions from those living in thecountry have been received. Believ-ing that not even the town people will.

I use the fountain so much as those

who have to drive to Westminster wefeel sure that more country peoplecontinue. Send money to any countypaper or to Miss Elizabeth Hen-treasurer of the fountain committee. 1

John Shade, of this county, whowill be 86 years old in September

next spent the week-end as the guest

of cousins in Harrisonville. Driving

a horse that he has owned for 35years, Mr. Shade is making a fare-well tour of Baltimore and Carrollcounties, preparatory to going toYork, Pa., to reside with a daughter.He is a well-to-do retired farmer, awidower for the fourth time, audmuch concerned over the welfare ofhis equine companion. Failing tofind someone on whom to bestow it.he will take it to Pennsylvania withhim. Time has dealt kindly with

J master and horse.An unusually interesting game of

base ball is anticipated for Monday,July 22, when the locals will play

| the Nebraska Indians at 3 o’clock onAthletic field. Go out and root for

ithe home team.

“THE BITER BITTEN.”

BEFORE. AFTER.

MORGAN KNOCKED FROM MOUND*

Arnold and Cook the Stars in the, Game.

Westminster easily defeated UnionBridge, on the latter’s grounds, Sat-

i urday by score of 9 to 4. At no time| was the contest in doubt. In the first

i inning the visitors landed on Morganf i for five timely hits, netting four earn-S) |ed runs. Margan was forced to re-ft I tire in favor of Tracy after the third

e : and Tracy held the Westminster teamito three hits. Smith pitched a won-

e derful game for Westminster, allow-. ing but three clean hits, the other

3 tw*o being very scratchy. Arnoldj starred at short, grabbing an ap-

parently sure Texas- Leaguer from be-hind third base. E. Cook led with thestick with three safe hits. This is thesecond defeat administered by thehand of the same team.

WESTMINSTER.AB H O A E

C. Arnold, ss 5 2 4 11F. Arnold, rf 5 1 0 0 0Jenkins, cf........ ....5 1 0 0 0Paynter, c 5 2 10 1 0Taylor, If 5 2 0 0 1Cook, lb 5 3 8 0 0E. Gehr, 2b 3 0 1 3 1Sayers, 2 b 2 0 1 2 1J. Smith, 3b 3 0 110L. Smith, p 4 1 2 3 0

Totals 42 12 27 11 4

UNION BRIDGE.AB H O A E

Hammond, If 4 0 1 0 0Galliger. ss 4 0 4 2 0Whitehill, lb 4 1 3 11

I Tracy, 2b., p ...4 1 2 2 0Bocks, 3b 4 11 0 0

i Crabster, cf 4 0 0 0 1'Fuss, rf., lb 4 1 5 0 2

I Barnhart c 4 110 2 0

I Morgan p., rf 4 0 11 0

Totals 36 5 27 8 4

SCORE BY INNINGS,j i Westminster ...42100010 I—9. jUnion Bridge ...01 100200 o—4

3 Runs scored —By C. Arnold, F. Arnoldj(2), Jenkins (2), Paynter, Taylor (2)

• ! Cook, Hammond, Tracy and Crabster3 (2). Two-basehits —Jenkins,Whitehil,' L. Smith and Barnhart. Threebasehits> | —C. Arnold, Taylor and Paynter." [ Struck out—By Smith 12; by Morgan,' 5; by Tracy 4. Umpires—Doyle and

Whitehill.

Miss Lilly Flohr is visiting friendsin Baltimore.

Mrs. Harry L. Hobby, West Mainstreet, is visiting relatives andfriends in Hagerstown and Freder-ick.

Miss Anna Derr, Green street, isvisiting Rev. and Mrs. Louis Randall,Crisfield, Md.

Miss Frances Wilson, of Baltimore,is the guest of Miss Eleanor C. M.Thomas, Court Place.

Mrs. D. N. Henning and Miss Nan-nie Henning are spending the sum-

| mer at Atlantic City, N. J.Miss Marjorie Willcox, of Wawa,

Philadelphia, Pa., is visiting MissAgnes Fink, East Main street

Cardinal Gibbons is spending sev-eral weeks with Mr. and Mrs. B. F.Shriver and family, Union Mills.

Mr. Thomas King, of Philadelphia,

| Pa., was a recent guest of his grand-mother, Mrs. Mary Wilson, of thiscity.

Mrs. Harry D. Fowble, WT

est Mainstreet, and Mrs. Claude Billmyer, ofUnion Bridge, spent this week inBaltimore.

Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Northrop andMiss Hope Northrop, Green street,

I spent several days this week atBuena Vista.

’ Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Stitely are en- 1| tertaining a small house party of

’'young girls in honor of their niece,i Miss Irene Coonan, of Westminster.

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Skinner, of[ jWashington, D. C., who spent several¦ jdays with Mr. and Mrs. Allan T.

i Bacon, Willis street, returned home[ on Wednesday.

j Mrs. P. J. Bennett, who has bg£n. jspending the spring and early sum-

mer in Baltimore, is visiting her son-\ jin-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. L.rC. Stitely, at their home near New

; Windsor.Mrs. Ferdinand Bonnotte, wife of j

Dr. Bonnotte, the professor of French iand German at Western Maryland;

11 College, sailed on Sunday for France,her native land. Dr. Bonnotte expects

to join her later, and accompany her}home in the fall.

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Munroe, ofi Annapolis, last week announced the

engagement of their daughter, MissM. Louise Munroe to Ensign Law- jrence Fairfax Reifsnider, of the U. jS. Navy. The wedding day has not I

' been fixed, but will be some time this, fall. Ensign Reifsnider graduated

from the Naval Academy in the Class j. of 1910. He has recently been visit-

¦ ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Mil-ton Reifsnider, Green street. i

WESTMINSTER, MD., FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 19. 1912. VOL. 47.—N0. 46.

PERSONALSMiss Addie Manahan, Green street,

is spending the week at Sea Isle City,N. J.

Misa-’ Lillian Shipley, East Mainstreet, is visiting friends in Washing-ton, D. C.

Miss Anna Brown, of Govans, isvisiting Miss Mary Weaver, EastMain street.

Mrs. Stella Kuhn, Court street, isvisiting Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lauter-bach, of Freedom.

Mrs. William Eckenrode and twochildren, of Reese, are visiting friendsand relatives in Connecticut.

Miss Nan Diffendal, of Taneytown,is visiting her uncles, Messrs. J. W.and J. G. Shunk, of this. city.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Jackson anddaughter, East Green street, left Wed-

Inesday morning for Atlantic City.A marriage license was issued in

Baltimore Saturday to Neal Chappelland Mabel E. Miller, Westminster.

Mr. John Warner, of Baltimore,spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.Jacob Handley, West Main street.

Miss Pauline J. Luebeck, of Balti-more, is a guest of her sister, Mrs.William Sweigart, W'est Main street.

Mr. J. Hampton Baumgartner, of. Baltimore, spent the w'eek’s end with" Mr. C. Roberts Thomas, Court Place.

* Mr. Frank I. Lewis, of Mt. Airy,spent the week’s end with Dr. andMrs. D. F. Shipley, East Main street.

Mr. Charles C. Kretzer, of Hagers-town, formerly of this city, is ex-

-1 tremely ill at St. Agnes Hospital, Bal-’ timore.

Miss Gertrude Lee, of Needwood,spent several days this week with

’ Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shriver, of the. Main-Court Inn.[ Mrs. C. P. Hewlitt, of Hazelton, Pa.,. is spending several weeks with her

• mother, Mrs. M. Jane Woodward,¦ Meadow Branch.Mr. Oscar Black, of Baltimore,

I spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs.Lee Black, Liberty street, who is

- dangerously ill.• Mr. and Mrs. Fred. D. Miller and

; family, Centre street, left yesterday; for a visit to Mrs. Miller’s parents in

Walkersville, Md.Miss Elizabeth Slagle, Bond street,

1 entertained at cards Tuesday evening[ in honor of her guest, Miss Christine) Schutz, of Baltimore.) Mrs. Henrietta Leese, Green street,

• and Mrs. Anna Classen, this city,. attended the funeral of the late John

) A. Hamburg, Hanover, Pa., July 10.

Mr. William B. Stevenson, of Roa-noke, Va., spent a few days with his

* parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Steven-• son.‘ Mrs. Charles C. Kretzer, of Hagers-

town, and Miss May Kerigar, of Em-mitsburg, were guests of Mrs. Joseph

j Hann, West Main street, this week.

Misses Alma McCaffrey and Fannie) Jones, of this city, are taking a six

. weeks’ course in history at the sum-i mer school of Johns Hopkins Univer-i sity.

Mrs. Franklin Bowersox and neph-! ew, of Taneytown, and Mrs. AndrewI Rupp,of Baltimore, were recent guestsI of Mrs. Joshua Stevenson, near this

city.I Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pollitt and son,

of Baltimore, are guests of Mrs. Pol-litt’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr.and Mrs. G. Moritz Zepp, West Mainstreet.

I Miss Bettie Knapp, Green street,has issued Invitations to a lawn partyto be given this evening in honor ofher guest, Miss Eda Kerber, of Chi-cago, 111.

Mr. and Mrs. John P. Brundige andtwo children, of New Orleans, La.,

are visiting Mr. Brundige’s brother,Mr. E. P. Brundige* and family, WestMain street.

Mrs. Margaret Steinhiser, of Co-lumbia, Pa., and Miss Stella Stein-hiser, of Reading, Pa., are guests ofMr. and Mrs. Simon P. Weaver, EastMain street.

Miss Caroline Billingslea.East Mainstreet, gave an informal tea on Wed-nesday afternoon in honor of MissEda Kerber, of Chicago, 111., whois the guest of Miss Bettie Knapp,Green street.

Mr. J. Milton Reifsnider and daugh-ter, Miss Eleanor Foote Reifsnider,Green street, returned home onSunday evening from Atlantic City,

N. J. Mr. Reifsnider feels very muchbenefitted by the sea air.

Among this week’s arrivals at theWinchester Place are : Mrs. E. Stan-

ley Remington and son John, MissElla Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.Stowe, all of Baltimore, Mrs. W. H.Gibbons and Miss Priscilla Gibbons,also of Baltimore will arrive tomor-row.

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Peel enter-tained a number of their little friendsat a watermelon party at their homeon East Green street, Tuesday even-ing, in honor of their nephew, KendigWallace, of Baltimore. Tables werespread on the lawn, and all had anenjoyable time.

i Mrs. E. P. Brundige, West Mainstreet, entertained at cards on Wed-nesday afternoon in honor of hersister-in-law, Mrs. John P. Brundige,of New* Orleans, La. There wereseven tables of “Five Hundred.”Beautiful prizes were given and deli-cious refreshments were served.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Conaway, ofiSykesville; Mrs. Pearl Webster and

j daughter, Marie, of Woodlawn; Mr.i and Mrs. George Bowers and daugh-ters, Lula and Evelyn, of Winfield;Messrs. William Zentz, Thomas Gos-nell, John Shauck and Abe Sentz wererecent gues-ts of Mr. and Mrs. Robert

i Flohr.Mr. Thomas Boylan and son, of

• Baltimore, Md., spent this week withrelatives and friends in this city.

Mr. Boylan, who was injured in his} leg by falling from a telephone polei w'hile at work in Baltimore, is im-proving slowly. An operation which

| was performed will shorten the in-jured member I 1-4 inches.

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Stoner,Pennsylvania avenue, have announcedthe engagement of their daughter,Miss Lillian May, to Mr. Clayton Ed-

ward Myers, of near Stonersville.The wedding will take place onThursday afternoon, August 8, at 3o’clock, at St. Benjamin’s Reformed

i Church, near this city.