Evening star., 1901-06-14
HAGERSTOWN NEWS GRIST
ANNUAL MEET OF THE L. A. w. NEXT
MONTH.
Tramps Now Give Martinsburg Wide
Berth-They Are Put to work
on the Roads.


Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star
HAGERsTOWN, Md. June 13. 1901.
The annual meet Of the Maryland division
of the L. A. W.. to be held in this city on
July 3, and s. now presents every evi-
dence of proving a great success. Chief
Counsel J. J. McEiroy has been notified by
the citizens of Hagerstown that they In
tend to make the meet one OF the most
elaborate ever held in the state. They
have provided for the entertainment fey
clers a smoker and musical entertainment.
a vaudeville performance and a run to An
tietam The program for the racing events
will consist of auto and motor cycle races,
pursuits, handicaps, opens, tandems. novice
and a special race between George Row
land. the "Hagerstown cyclone" and Ed
ward Thomas. captain of the Atlantic
Wheelmen of Baltimore. Entry blanks for
these races are now being sent out, anu
entries are expected from the entire state
of Maryland, Harrisburg and YORK. "a,
Washington and other places. The prizes
to be awarded include diamonds. bicycles,
medals, etc.
Our neighbors of Martinsburg have taken
action against the tramp nuisance that Is
likely to prove effective. For seyeraa years
the county Jail at that place has been kept
full of tramps taken from the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad freight trains, and the
matter has become great burden to the
taxpayers of the county. The county court
has now taken action by directing that
such prisoners be sent out into the country,
with ball and chain attached, to work eight
hours per day on the county roads. For
this the tramps will be credited on their
fines 81 per day. The noticeable decrease
in the arrival on the trains at Martins
burg of these characters already shows
that the order of the court is having q
beneficial effect. .-.'
There is rumor afioat among railroad
and other circles. which has an air of rea-
sonableness about it. 1t Is to the effect
that the Cumberland Valley railroad, in
which the Pennsylvania road Is deeply in
one Of the most important links in the
great transcontinentai system. The fact
that the Baltimore and Ohio Is now con-
trolled by the Pennsylvania road. it Is rea-
send Its freight by way of Cherry Run and
the Western Maryland road to the Read
Ing, and that steps are to be taken to make
the transfer to the Cumberland Valley rail-
road at Martinsburg, thereby taking an Inn
mense amount of business from the Read
ing road. which will add corresponding
Increase to that of the Pennsylvania road.
- During sni the month month OF May 5s99 tons
Wiiiiamsport over the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal. The miscellaneous tonnage for
the same month was 665 tons, and the cash
receipts Of the Williamsport office were
s2,072. seventy-one boats arrived there
and seyenty-five cleared from that port
during May.
The engagement Of Rev. Roland E. Crfst,
pastor Of the Kennedy Memorial Presby-
terian Church at Welsh Run, twelve miles
from Hagerstown. and Miss Lucretia Angle
is announced. and the wedding will take
place in the fall.
Daniel Kaufman at one time the pos
SCISSOR of large estate. and welI-known
citizen of Waynesboro'. is dead of paraly-
sis, aged eighty three years
Carlisle capitalists have organized the
State Traction Company to build a trolley
line from that place to York by route
twenty miles long.
The earnings Of the Norfolk and Western
railroad for the last week in May were
S4O1 1893, showing an increase of $3.50.
Miss Inez Van Valkensberg Of this city is
the guest Of her grandmother. Mrs. Anna
Walker. at the Raleigh. Washington.
Miss Mamie Semler and Miss Blanche
Lambert of Hagerstown are visiting Mrs.
Harry Hines in Washington
Mrs. A. 8. Reynolds of Hagerstown is
visiting her sister in Washington