Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-20
EVANSVILLE, MD.
.pectal Correspondence of The Star.
EVANSVILLE. December


HYATTSVILLE, December 20. 1909.
James H. E. Mitchell died in Marlboro
Friday, aged sixty years. He was at one
time crier Of the circuit court for Prince
George county. and keeper of the court
house and grounds. He was a prominent
auctioneer. He is survived by his widow.
one son and a daughter.
The Hyattsville Construction Company
was organized at a meeting of the sub
scribers Wednesday evening in the local
bank building. Mayor William p.
Magruder was elected president; J. Frank
Rushe, vice president; w. A. Brooks. sec
retary-treasurer. and Charles w. Clagett.
attorney.
As an indication Of the seriousness with
which the citizens OF the territory lying
adjacent to the District of Columbia re-
gard the persistent raiding of chicken
roosts in that neighborhoOd. the PROPOSE
ton to secure bloodhounds to run down
the thieves is being considered At q
meeting of Lanham Grange Wednesday
evening, at the schoolhouse at Lanham,
committee was appointed to consider
the most feasible plan to break up the
practice. The matter of securing dogs
was discussed. and it was the consensus
of opinion that the hounds would be able
to bring the robbers to bay il they were
put on the trail soon enough after the hen
merry was ransacked. A few nights ago
Guy S. Meloy's hennery was entered, and
the thieves stole fourteen chickens. At
about the same time the chicken house of
Billy Hickman, who resides at the
crossroads, near the Independent Ice
Company's plant at Ardwick, was visited
away The residents throughout Bladens-
burg and Kent districts are aroused, and
say il the robber is captured he Will be
severely punished.
At meeting of the county school COM
missioners held in Marlboro Tuesday
last the charges against Miss Bessie b.
Catrup. assistant teacher In school No. 3.
Laurel were considered. but no conclu-
sion reached. Miss Catrup is accused by
DR.. and Mrs. Eggleston of Laurel with
daughter, Dorothy Eggleston. The eN-
act nature. of the punishment is not
known. but the school board evidently
regards the charges as not dlsproved, for
the reason that 1T declared that 1t could
not justify or approve the action of Miss
Catrup in the discipline she inflicted upon
the little girl. AS a matter of fact the
school board condemned the action of the
teacher, but reserved action on the ques-
ton Of removing Miss Catrup- The set
Element Of the case had to 20 before the
county school authorities because the
local trustees in Laurel were without
jurisdiction. Frederick Dallam appeared
for Miss Catrup, and James G. Boss, jr.,
Miss Catrup has been teaching in the
schools of Laurel for number OF
years and is regarded as one of the best
instructors In the county.
DIR. Charles A. Wells of this place,
state senator-elect from Prince George
county, WILL soon after the converting OF
the legislature next month, introduce
bill carrying an appropriation Tor the
completion of the Observation-Disclosures
boulevard through Bladensburg toward
Laurel. He proposes to ask for an ap-
preparation Of $4,000, or so much thereof
as may be necessary to complete the
work in the county.
Dr. Wells has also declared himself as
favorable to a bond issue for the pur-
pose of building permanent highways
throughout Prince George county lead
ing to all post offices and railway sta
tons, intersecting the macadam roads
already planned to be built in the county
by the state. The current county levy
for roads and bridges in the county is
over $4,000 and the advocates OF the
bond issue maintain that this amount Of
money would easily pay the interest on
a bond issue sufficient to build permanent
highways as suggested by the senator
elect.