Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
LAUREL NEWS.
Maccabees Entertained-High School
Exhibit-General News.

| special correspondence OF Inc star
LAUREL, Md. June 10. 1905.
Laurel Hive, No. I, Lady Maccabees. gave
a reception to their friends in Laurel and
also to the National Hive, No. 1, of the
same order from Washington, at Hills Hall
a few evenings ago. During the course of
the evening a drill was given by the visit
| ing Maccabees of Washington and recita-
| tions. comic songs and piano solos were
rendered in an appropriate manner. After
refreshments were served dancing was in
| dulged in until a late hour when the guests
departed for their homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Carr have been called
| to North Carolina by the serious illness of
Mr.. Corrie Carr, who has been there for
several weeks.
The faculty of the Laurel High School
has made arrangements for an exhibition
of the work of the closing school year, to
be held at the high school Thursday, June
10. from pm. to 6. The object of this
exhibition is to give the friends and pa
rents of the children an opportunity to
inform themselves more fully as to the
progress of the pupils of the school, and
give the teachers the pleasure of demon
strating the advantages of the several de-
partments. The Laurel High School is
more fortunate than many In the state in
that 1t offers the advantages OF a choice be-
tween the two courses, academic and COM
mercial and of a manual training depart
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Johnson of Washing
ton and Senator and Mrs. German, jr., Of
Baltimore, are at Fairview, the family's
country residence near Laurel.
Mrs Frank Margerum, who recently lost
all power of speech remains unimproved.
Her case battles the physicians.
Mr.. John w. OBrien has resigned as city
councilman of the first ward. This makes
three vacancies to be filled at the special
election which will be held in the near fu-
ture.
Ex-Mayor Edward Phelps, who is being
urged to make the fight, stated that under
no circumstances will he be candidate
to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of Mayor Timanus. Mr.. Phelps served
seven terms as mayor of Laurel AT the
present time he is not enjoying good health,
which is thought to be his reason for not
making the fight
What might have proved to be a serious
accident, causing the loss of a life,
narrowly averted yesterday afternoon at
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station at
Laurel by the quick action and pluck of
a young woman. A strange man, who had
been stopping at the Herbert House, on
main street left there yesterday after
noon to take a train for Washington, for
which he had to wait for several minutes.
While at the station this gentleman walked
up and down the platform opposite the sta
ton several times. He was seen to step
down onto the track at the end of the plat
form just as engine No. 500 one of the
fastest the road, and pulling heavy
train, due here at $40, came into view
around the curve. The engineer gave a
signal to which the man appeared to pay
no attention. he did not attempt to get
off the track. Miss Bessie Reed, who re-
sides at Savage, in Howard county, near
Laurel, who was waiting for a train to
return home, saw the peril of the man, and
selling him by the collar, pulled him from
the track out of danger just as the train
sped by with thunderous noise. After
thanking the young lady for what she had
done the stranger went on his way to
Washington.
Mr.. Charles II. Stanley, while out drv
ing last evening was accidentally thrown
from his carriage his horse having been
frightened. Mr.. Stanley was badly bruised
and cut about the hands and face.
Senator A p. German was in Laurel dur
ing the week, on his way to his home In
Howard county near Laurel.
Miss Carrie Fulks, school teacher in
Laurel, recently took her pupils on a visit
to the Geological Park in Washington.