The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-27
MARYLAND STATE NEWS.
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bacco growers of Maryland for mutual
| protection and the betterment of the in
| dustry was effected at the Maryland Ag-
| ricultural College when nearly 100 dele
gates, representing about I,5oo planters
| OF seven counties, formed the Maryland
| Tobacco Growers Association Officers
were chosen and an impetus given the
| formation of local associations in each
| OF the counties. Another general meet
ing of the organization will be held the
first Monday in December. The object
| OF the association, as was set forth when
the first meeting was held, October 5, is
| to devise method of selling the crop in
addition to plans for raising the grade
of the product and regulating the supply
and demand as far as possible. Mr.. L.
/ Mex. Griffith, of Calvert county, was
made president, and Mr.. ]. H. Drury,
also of Calvert county, was elected sec
rotary and temporary treasurer. The
vice presidents are William F. Robert
son, of Calvert county; S. Cox, Jr., OF
Charles county; William F. Cheney, OF
Anne Arundel; H. c. Adams, of St.
Mary's, and F. w. Hill, of Prince
Georges. The constitution declares that
no buyer, handler or commission man
shall belong to the association, and that
it is exclusively for growers of tobacco.
The committee which drafted the by
laws was as follows: P. Briscoe, of
Charles; ]. w. Hill, OF Prince Georges;
S. Cox, Jr., of Charles; H. Adams, of
St. Mary's; F. w. CLANCY, of Anne
Arundel; ]. S. Day, of Frederick, and
L. S. Day, of Montgomery. The dele
gates from Prince Georges county
elected Mr.. F. w. Hill, of Upper MARI
boro, president of their association dur
ing lull in the main meeting.
Franklin P. Lewis, aged s. years, was
found dead in his bed in Frederick.
George G. Solliday, of Hagerstown,
gave Catawba College, Newton, N. C.,
Reformed Church institution, $4,000
toward establishing theological profess
sorship.
Mrs. Harriet Stephey died at Rouzer-
vile, Washington county, aged 68 years.
The will of Benjamin F. Beck, who
died suddenly in Hagerstown last week.
| was probated. He leaves an estate val
ued at $4,000, divided equally among his
six children, including Mrs. Anna Guilty,
wife of Prof. Thomas Guilty, of Balti-
more.
Frank Hartsock, farmer, of Oldtown,
| Allegheny county, is at the Cumberland
| Hospital with his skull fractured, and
| William Twigg, farmer, residing near
| Warrior Mountain, is in jail awaiting the
result of Mr.. Hartsock's injuries. The.
two men quarreled at Hixon's livery
stable, in Cumberland. Twigg grabbed
singletree and struck Hartsock blow
over the head At the hospital an opera
ton was performed, and the patient has,
remained in semi-conscious condition.
1t is stated the occurrence grew out OF
an old feud. The surgeons have hopes
of Hartsock's recovery, and Twigg was.
released on $1,000 bail to answer.
| Joseph Kline, merchant of St. Mich
aels, in opening box of goods from
New York which was packed in excel
sior, discovered at the bottom cat and
four kittens which were not yet old
enough TO have their eyes open. The box
was probably packed a week, and the
kittens were born during the journey
from New York to ST. Michaels, Talbot
county.
Heavy frosts prevailed in Central and
Western Maryland counties Sunday
morning.
William Chapman, aged I6 years, of
Midlothian, Allegheny county, was shot
and killed by Walter Chapman, his.
younger brother, who also was wounded
in the hand by the accidental explosion
of gun. The boys were leaving home
on hunting trip.
| Mr.. William Strock sold his farm,
containing 100 acres, on the Leitersburg
turnpike, near Hagerstown, to Joseph
Young, of Hagerstown, for $2o,ooo-$2o'
per acre. Mr.. Strock will move on the
Orchards farm, nearly opposite the farm
he sold, purchased by him from George
T. Gambrill. of Baltimore, for $4,000.
Henry B. Purnell, merchant Of
Ocean City, committed suicide by shoot
| ing himself through his head with
revolver. He was 2S years of age.
Special services in commemoration of
the one hundredth anniversary of the
erection of Christ Protestant Episcopal
| Church, near Forest Hill, Hartford coun-
! ty, were held in that church. The serv-
ices were in charge of Rev. L. J. Sotho-
ron, who has been the rector of the
church for the last 10 years. Addresses
were delivered by Rev. James B. Craig
hill, of Washington, D. c.; Rev. Edward
Helfstein, of Ellicott City, both of whom
have served as rectors of the church;
Rev. Sidney A. Porter, of My Ladys
Manor; Rev. William L. Glenn, assist
ant rector of St. Mary's Church, En-
morton; Rev. Oscar Zeigler, of Perry
man; Rev. W. W. Kimball, of Darling
ton; Rev. T. B. A. Allison, of Church.
vile, and Rev. R. Allen Castleman, of
| Belair.
The County Commissioners of Caro-
line County made contract for the con-
struction of one mile of shell road east
Of fredericksburg under the state road
law The price named is $2,623. One
fourth of this amount is to be paid by
the citizens of fredericksburg and neigh
| borhood.
Talbot Effland, boy living near
Lock So, on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, was shot and seriously wounded
by William H. Benton, civil engineer,
of Washington. Mr.. Benton, while hunt
ing in company with Wade Sevolt, of