Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-15
MARYLAND NEWS
in SHORT ORDER.
Tie Latest Happenings Cleaned From
All Over the State.
TESTIMONIAL TO THE SPEAKER.
Joint Oyster Committee -Correspondence Be'
tween Maryland and Virginia Agricultural
College Dcbaters-A Carp Without Eyes
Farmers Satisfied Who Have Come to
Maryland to Live.


Maryland to Live.
MARYLAND pensions: Daniel c. Ride
lour. Edgemont. $40; Patterson
Bradley. Marydel. So; Elijah Under
wood Bcngies s.; George Wilson. Po-
mona. S. Josefa I. Philip, Annapolis.
| $50: Mary Ann Pindcr, Sudlersville. -
Rachel Flaher,y Baltimore. 50: William
Davidgc. Annapolis. 50; John Stockdale.
| Hampstead. SI, Charles w. Danekcr.
Baltimore. SI2: George |. Hurier. Gil
pen. So: Samuel Harrison. Crumpton.
$40; Milanda {. Friend. Friendsville. s.;
Hannah Garlic. Baltimore. So: Susan a.
Greene Ridgcly. IS; Robert Holly. Car.
sins, SO; William II. Hughes. ROYAL
Oak So
| J. Duncan Almony. OF Hartford county.
has been arrested, charged with the mur-
Ter of Horace Sutton. OF Baltimore coun-
ty. who died from 4 fractured skull De
cember 5.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
| Association OF HagerStown has objected
to the bill entitled Department Stores.
now before the General Assembly
| James Hamilton. aged Is years. OF Ha-
gerstown. brother of the late Gov. Viii
| liam I. Hamilton is i'll with a stroke OF
paralysis.
Charles Edward Wolfe. aged IS years.
,, died i'll Frederick
The Spring Hill Club colored So
| cial organization, was raided III Chester
town and found handsomely furnished
with rockers. tables and other articles
! stolen from the porches OF residents OF
| Washington avenue last summer. The
president and other officers are under
| arrest 10 explain their possession OF the
goods.
Mr.. Joseph w Wolingcr. one OF
| Washington countyS delegates NJ An
napolis. says the bill TO repeal the mort
gage tax will not pass the House. The
bin has passed the Senate. He says he
| took poll OF the House and there was
a large majority against the repeal. The
| Washington county delegation is against
repeal The income To Washington
county from the tax is $4,000 yearly.
The preliminary trial at Wc'..rn
Maryland College. to select principal ard
alternate representatives in the :our:h
| oraiorical contest oil Maryland colleges
to take place at Washington College.
April :. was held Friday night. Tbs
orators and their subjects were aS 1os-
| lows: r. b. Carman. Taylor. Md,
Freedom and Patriotism: II. s. Kop-
inson. Cambridge Md. Democracy and
Progress; q. l. Humphreys. Cove
Point. Md, Christian Ethics in Indus
trial Problems. = George MeederS. Ken
ncdyville. Md. individuality II. {
Hancock. Grecnbackville, Va. :" lie
Pathfinder OF Civilization" j. Darson
Williams. The American lnstitutiol;
T. ii. Lewis. Westminster. Md. Dan
were selected by the faculty after 4 re
| livery by the professors OF English and
| oraiory. and they spoke in the above or
der determined by lot. The judges ware
selected by the faculty and were gov
crned by the rules OF the intercollegiate
contest The Judges decided in favor
| of G.. |. Humphreys as principal. and
! X. K. Carman as alternate. The college:
composing this association are ST. JOINS,
Maryland Agricultural Washington anc
| Western Maryland The first contest
was held at Western Maryland College
the second at ST Johns College. and the
third at Maryland Agricultural College
In reply to a communication received
| from a Joint committee OF the Virginia
Legislature suggesting meeting with
the Maryland committee III Washington
Senator Moses has suggested meeting
, within the next ten days. he commit
| tees are to deal with the Joint oyster in
tereSts. especially in the Potomac The
! Virginia committee. through Mr.. :. Vii
| kins Matthews. the chairman. suggested
meeting at Washington after the scs-
sion Mr. Moses thinks preliminary
meeting should be held before the end
| OF the session. The chairman OF the
| Maryland committee is Mr. Charles 5
| Grason of St Marys county. and Sen
ator Moses is secretary. The Virginia
committee is q; follows: Senator {
| Harding Walker. r. p. Bruce and "
| w Sale and Delegates s. Wilkins Mat,
the.vs. w ID. Cardwcll. George y. Hun
ley. John NJ. I-yell and NJ. NJ Greene.
Mr.. +. P. Gibbs. OF HaTdcsiy. Prince
| Georges county. says that III few days
| ne intends to make trip West Tor the
| purpose OF inducing other Western farm
| ers to come TO Prince Georges county.
| He came from Illinois two years ago
! and settled i'll Prince Georges. and Is
/ we'll satisfied He says the soil is fertile
and the climate and markets are good.
| Some ,, Of his former ncighborS i'll Hi
|
! ~. Secretary Badcnhoop. OF the Bureau
| OF Immigration in Baltimore has sent
pamphlets and maps OF Maryland to di;-
fercnt people in Illinois and Nebraska
and will also write letters notifying the
residents OF these States OF Mr.. Gibbs
coming.
The Wide Open" Sunday bill. intro
duccd in the Legislature by Delegate
Henkel providing that any 'heaithfui
game or recreation may take place on
the Sabbath and allowing stores to open,
has been Withdrawn. Mr.. fIcnkcl stated
that he introduced the bill by request.
but that after talking with number oi
his constituents he found that the: were
opposed 10 the bill He has accordingly
asked that il he not reported by he city
delegation and has taken il ont o: the
cngrosSing room.
y public debate was held in the Assem-
biz hail oil the Maryland Agricultural
College TO determine vino is 10 represent
the institution in the intercollegiate ora
torical contest in April r. Laurie
Mitchell. OF the senior class. and Pre-
ton L. Peach. oi the Junior class. repre-
,en,cd the Morrill, Literary Society OF
the college and Arthur 5. liirSi. 81 the
senior class. and llor1iio Knight Brad
ford. The New Mercer Literary Socie;y.