The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-21
Maryland Affairs.

: Wheat harvest was finished in Talbot
county this week.
Wheat harvest began in Washington
and in Frederick counties this week.
An order has been passed and signed to
pay Baltimore S104, O89 for money spent
by that city during the war Of 1924.
S. S. Stouffer, of Sharpsburg, Wash
ington county, recently sold 20 hogs for
81, 100. 92. They averaged 233 pounds
each.
It is said the B. & @. Railroad are 60
ing to extend the Washington and Potomac
Railroad to Point Lookout. Point Look
out will be made coaling station.
Harry s. Francis, storekeeper in the
Internal Revenue Department, Baltimore,
committed suicide Sunday by hanging at
his home, on North Gilmor street.
Daniel Webster Fitzgerald, Somerset
county youth, committed suicide Sunday
because his parents would not permit him
to wear q new suit of clothes which they
had purchased for him.
Eight Italians were arrested by Secret
Service men in the guise of tramps on the
charge of being engaged in counterfeiting
in Baltimore, last Sunday. A complete
outfit was found in their rooms.
Benjamin Hearn, aged IS years, one of
the eldest and most highly esteemed resi-
dents Of Howard county, died last Saturday
night at his home, near Glenelg, from a
complication of diseases. He belonged to
one Of the Oldest families of Howard coun-
ty, and leaves large number of relatives,
many Of whom reside in Baltimore city.
AIpheus r. Crothers, brother of ex-
Senator Austin L. Crothers, Of Elkton,
dropped dead last Saturday at his home,
near lakewood, in Cecil county. He was
in his usual good health and went into a
field for some horses, where he was stricken
with paralysis of the heart He was dead
when found. He was one of the most
successful farmers in his section of Cecil
county. He was about SO years of age.
He leaves two sons-Omar d. Crothes, a
member Of the Cecil bar, and Emerson
Crothers
The Frederick Starch and Manufacturing
Company has been incorporated at Freder-
lex by Rev. Isaac NJ Motter, Milton S.
Zimmerman, Edward Derr Shriner, VIM.
B. Price and State Senator Jacob Rohr-
bach, with capital stock of $40, 600. 1t
proposes to secure site and erect factory
in that city for the manufacture of freproof
starch, the formula for which is owned by
William B. Price, one of the incorporators
The company will also manufacture brick
wash paint, table salt which is not af-
fected by moisture and, perhaps, other ar
ticles.
The feature of the shooting at the Bal
timore Shooting Association grounds last
Saturday was the appearance at the traps
Of Jesse D. Poplar, Jr., aged seven years,
and who is the shooting marvel Of the pres
emit time. Although he had never tried a
gun at targets, he broke 10 out of 20.
The lad record is interesting. On June
10 he killed II out of 20 live birds; June
IL, IL out of ID; April Z, Is ducks, and
Saturday killed Is out of 20. The boy is
to shoot at 20 birds each day during the
midsummer tournament at the traps at Bay
Ridge, July 20, "a and %.
DR.. Griffin Washington Goldsborough
died at his home, in Greensboro, at 2
O. clock last Saturday afternoon, aged 81
years. DIR. Goldsborough was born in
Caroline county November 20, 1920, and
was the fourth son of Thomas H. and
Maria Thomas Goldsborough. The history
of his family can be traced back to Colds
borough Hall, York county, England.
DR.. Goldsborough always took a prominent
part in politics, and was elected as Dem
ocrat to the lower house of the General
Assembly in 1859 and again in 1875. In
1885 he was elected to the State Senate,
and served in the sessions of 1886 and
1888. During the Civil War he was a
prominent figure, his sympathy being with
the Confederaey. During his first term in
the lower house, which was broken up by
the federal. government, he was member
of the committee on federal claims, and
being obnoxious to the federal authorities,
owing to his expressions in favor of the
Confederacy, was arrested and was confined
in Fort Delaware, where he was held six
months. He was subsequently released on
a parole not to bear arms. He leaves a
widow and a number of children.