Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-17
HAGERsToWN NEWS GRIsT
Items of Interest From Western Mary
land and Vicinity.
al Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
HAGERSTOWN, Md, October 10, 1902
Committees from the several Lutheran
congregations of Hagerstown are canvassing
the membership for homes for the minis
tiers and delegates to the Maryland synod
which meets in St. Johns Lutheran Church
October %. Ladies who are engaged In the
work are greatly discouraged with the Door
progress they are making. One committee
was instructed to procure homes for fifty
ministers and delegates. The ladies report
that they had found accommodations for
less than a dozen guests, and a portion of
these will not be taken into the homes of
the subscribers, but sent to hotels and
boarding houses. The refusals were 50 nu-
merous and pointed that the solicitors think
that they may not be able to provide homes
for all who come, unless there is a decided
change Of sentiment in the few days re-
naming until the sessions convene. High
prices OF living and scarcity Of fuel for
heating and cooking purposes seems the
principle reason families object
A certificate of Incorporation has been
granted the Black Rock Knitting Company,
Hagerstown, by Judge Stake. The company
will manufacture, buy and sell knit goods
The business will be carried on in Pennsyl-
vania, with the principal office in Hagers-
town. The capital stock Of the corporation
is $4,000, divided into 100 shares of the par
value of 500 each. The mills will be located
at Mechanicsburg and between seventy-five
and one hundred hands will be employed
The Cumberland Valley railroad turned
more coal traffic over to the Reading at
Shippensburg Sunday than on any day since
the change from the Western Maryland was
made. All day long the crews were kept
busy handling cars from the Baltimore and
Ohio, and $50 were hauled over the Cumber-
land Valley to Shippensburg.
The grand jury at Winchester stirred up
by the recent speeding of automobiles has
urged the supervisors to pass a law regu-
The state tuberculosis commission has de-
cided on plans for collecting data concern
ing the prevalence of consumption
Wheat that was sown last week is now
coming up nicely and bids fair to get a
good start before cold weather sets in
A case of smallpox has developed in Mer-
cersburg. The local physicians refuse to
attend the patient, a man by the name Of
Downey.
The congregation of the Presbyterian
Church at Falling Waters, Berkeley coun-
ty, has called Rev. John c. Leps Of Vinton
Va, to the pastorate of that church.
A congregational meeting will be held at
Trinity Lutheran Church on Wednesday
evening, October %, for the purpose of ex-
Cincinnati, Ohio. 1t is understood that Rev
Mr.. Simon may accept.
DR.. James P. Broderick, formerly Of Han
cock, this county. and Mrs. Margaret
Hankey widow Of the millionaire iron
manufacturer, will be married the latter
part Of October.
To prevent a scarcity Of soft coal in
Frederick the Business Mems Association
instructed their transportation committee
to confer with the railroads to see that a
sufficient number OF cars were procured to
bring soft coal there from the Cumberland