Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-02
EVANSVILLE AND VICINITY.
Meeting Of Farmers at Agricultural
College-General Items.
respondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence or Inc star
HYATTSVILLE, September 2, 1905.
The thirteenth annual meeting Of the
farmers organization of Maryland, which
opened at the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege yesterday, was attended by about sixty
delegates representing the various farmers
clubs and oranges In the state. After an
inspection OF the work of the college de-
partments and the experiment station sup
per was served. Mr.. ]. B. Ager, master OF
the state grange. called the members to or
der in the auditorium. and brief session
was held behind closed doors.
At s o'clock a public meeting Of the dele
gates was held In the college library, Mr.
Reeder of Cecil county presiding. Reports
from the various committees were received.
Dr. Asa B. Stabler of Montgomery county
made an address outlining the various i'm
provements made at the college since the
last meeting of the farmers organizations
in June. 1904. Mr.. Luther Brashears, rep
resenting the Evansville Farmers Club OF
Prince Georges county. called upon d.
rector H. ]. Patterson of the Maryland ex-
pertinent station for data concerning the
work of his department, but replied that
he was present simply to get the views or
the agriculturists Of the state and then TO
proceed to carry out these views as accu-
rately as possible. Mr.. Hartshorn of Brigh-
ton, Montgomery county, also spoke on the
subject Of agriculture in general.
The gathering at the college this morning
was reinforced by the arrival of farmers
from every section of the state to take part
in the general meeting. which opened at
o'clock this afternoon. The visitors assem-
bled in the college auditorium about D
o'clock. and an hour later started on an In
spection of the work In progress at the col
lege and experiment station. Each group
was furnished with a guide and conducted
Systematically over the farm and through
the buildings. At 1 o'clock an appetizing
xpac carve1 in the dining hall of the
college building.
The remains of DR.. G. A. Richardson.
whose death in Hagerstown early yesterday
morning was announced in The Star, reach
ed Hyattsville late last evening. The tele-
gram sent here yesterday morning simply
announced the Doctors death without CIV
ing any details. Knowing that DR.. Rich
ardson was the guest of his brother. DR..
w. s. Richardson, at Williamsport, Nd, 1t
was naturally assumed that his death had
occurred in that town. Later advices, how
ever, were to the effect that DR.. Richard
son had suffered nervous attack, and his
brother decided to remove him to a New
York or Philadelphia hospital. He succeeded
in reaching Hagerstown with him, but here
he became too sick to continue the journey
and was removed to the railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
Hospital in Hagerstown.
DR.. Richardson was native OF hooking
ham county. Va. and was the eldest child
OF the late Rev. x. ]. Richardson, for many
years Lutheran minister of western Mary
land. He graduated from the Maryland
University School of Medicine and prac-
ticed at Clearspring. Washington county,
later removing to Hyattsville. where he had
been a practitioner for the past eighteen
years.
The Hyattsville base ball club Is sched-
uled to play the Brentwood team on the
local grounds this afternoon and on Labor
day will play a double-header with the
Brentwood team in the morning and the
Foundry NJ. e. Church team in the after
noon.
Miss Ada Rittenhouse of Kingsville, Balti-
more county. is visiting Miss Alice B. Carr
On her return home Miss Rittenhouse Will
be accompanied by the Misses Vida Lee and
Alice Carr.
Mrs. Emily H. Brookbank died Tuesday
morning OF this week 1t the family resi-