Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-26
HYATTsyILLE AND VICINITY
correspondenoeof The Evening Star


HYATTsvILLE. Mn. Nav "a 1909
very attractive program will be prcsen,s,
at the commencement of the Marvlana A..
cultural College this year. The Alumni A..
citation will participate in the exercises o. a.
first time since its organization. The preside,
of this association. Mr.. C. Hazen. has appo,,,s
/ reception committee consisting Of Ne~r,
! [. Tolson. T.. G. Niles and Frank Wilmer
| is thought that a large number of Old grsdn.,.
OF the institution will be present The sssoc,
tion will hold a special executive meeting -
June IA at 10 am and elect officers for the a,
suing year. II will also hold a public mee,;..
an hour later. at which Mr.. A. C. Tolson Of N.
class of 'ss and Mr.. GRAY of Prince Frederic
former graduate. will deliver orations on ~
ola ana new alumni respectively Presiden,
sylvester of the college is much interested /,
the meeting Of this association and intend. q
90 all IN his power to make il a success Rev
nm- J. Russell. pastor of ST. Jerome's Catholic
Nhurch, hyatisvIlle. will open the commenced
Inent exercises at $50 p. m. Sunday. June IL
with haccaaureate sermon. On Monday, Iuns
AZ al III an. the Athletic Association will give
s OF heid sports. including a match game
OF pase bail. which will take place in the after
noon AT O'Clock that evening the sssocia~
llon VIII hold puuic meeting at which PROF
laliaierro in an appropriate speech will award
the prizes TO the successful competitors in tbe
sports of the day. Class-day exercises will ~
held on Tuesday. June Is. at 10 a M cora,,,.,5
tive target practice will take place at $50 n m,
and public meeting of the Mercer Litersrv
Society will be given at pm.
The regular commencement exercises will h..
gin on "Wednesday, June II. at pm. Presi-
dent Sylvester will deliver the opening .aara..
and an address will also be made by Gen -
Eaton. ex-commissioner of education ~ a.
United States. ESSAYS will be read by the soI.
lowing graduates: Charles Alvey OF Wash,ns.
ton county, subject. Individuality in Citi,en-
- Ilw.Al- u.
subject. departments Of Natural Historv 4,
Agricultural Colleges" Gustsvus @. Gr,g
Montgomery county. subject. The Acricul'
tural Future Of Maryland:'' William IAwrenc.
Frederick county, subject. industrial Educ,
tom Henry {. sherman. Virginia, subject
1.-The Reorganization Of Our Military Forcssa
Diplomas will then be distributed and medal.
and honors will be awarded. The stage will h.
tastefully decorated for the occasion An e,bi.
bition drill will he given on the campus at a
D. m, ard at s O'Clock that evening the animal
ball. which promises to be grand affair, viz
take place. "'"S
A portion of the Georgetown Orchestra win
give an interesting concert at Scsegs' Hail in
Rranchrille on next Friday evening for the ben
eft Of Hadaway Chapel NJ. Z. Church Of sAAa
place.
Mr.. Archie Wells caught thirteen catfish We.
terday evening in the Eastern branch near the
railroad bridge.
Schedules Of personal property have been
sent to the citizens Of this town by the new
board Of town commissioners, with the request
that they will make statement of the value 81
their personal property and return the same 70
the tcwn treasurer on or before the frs. pror-
inc. All wearing apparel, professional books
aud tools OF mechanics are exempt from ts1a-
tiun. The schedule states that This assessment
was made under act " tbe genera! assembly q
MARYLAND. April 8. 1890. and that the tax d rs
cents on the Sl0G. Some are 20 the opiricr
49,. H.. -
states cannot be made TO pay taxes upon per-
sonal property here. A prominent lawyer and
single tax man stated to The STAR reportef
last evening that personal tax could be en-
forced upon people living In this town who did
not pay taxes elsewhere. but that there was no
law compelling the citizens TO reply 20 the
communication Of the commissioners request
ing them to estimate the value of their persona
property. The personal property tax he re-
garded as outrageous. inquisitorial and unequal
Though perfectly logical under the constitutiou
of Maryland n interpreted by the court OF ap-
peals il was perfectly absurd from a point Of
sense. The anti-single tax men could not help
it. but knew that IL they succeeded the result
would be 20 reimpose personal taxes. The
simple result would be that those who owned
the larger amount Of personal property would
paw in proportion TO their holdings less than
the poorest citizens. and that the money so COZ
lected would be spent for the benefit in n large
degree of extensive property holders Of vacant
land. many Of whom being non-residents would
pay no personal tax whatever. III the propo-
sition to bond the town was pressed the in
justice indicated wodld be indefinitely multi
piled. and the poorer citizens would find then
taxes vastly increased 10 the pecuniary salts
faction Of men who would paw comparatively
little or live elsewhere. Ii was not probsbls
that citizens of Hvattsville would care 90 bur
den themselves with a heavy load of debt for
the benefit of a small clique of real estate
SPECTATORS. Several prominent citizens say
that thew are in favor of bonding the town II
the question is sgitated-
Rev. J. W. McIlvain. the former pastor Of the
Presbyterian Church of this place, is the guess
of DIR. J. Il. Owens.
An entertainment and supper was given Q
few DAYS ago at Glendale by the Ladies' Guild
of ST. George Chapel, which proved highly sue
cessful
A band Of gypsies from the southern part q
Virginia are encamping in the Spa woodH
Bladensburg
Several interesting cases will be tried before
Justice Hurley in Blsdensburg the latter part q
next week.
Miss Florence Carr 81 this village is VISITING
friends in Friendship, Anne Arundel comfy.
Mt. Hermon Lodge. A. T. and A. NJ. hs
passed resolutions thanking President Silves,er,
Lieut.. Giessard and the cadets Of the MARYLAND
Agricultural College for the battalion drill and
parade which companies A and B of that inst
tuition gave at the LAYING Of the corner stone q
the new Masonic temple at this place Severs
members OF the new board of town commits
sioners of the opinion that the special assesr
ment clause in the amendment TO the towu
charter was declared unconstitutional by tn
court of appeals with the act Of 1892 and thss
therefore the cost of LAYING sidewalks, severn
graveling roads, cannot be charged against IL
abutting property owners. They claim thss
they have debt for such improvements q
several hundred dollars 20 paw which was COZ
tracted by the board Of town commissioners