The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-18
THE NEWS
OF
MARYLAND

road Company, including Mr.. William
A. Patton, president; Mr.. Elisha Lee,
superintendent, and his official corps,
visited Crisfeld in special train to
inspect the work ON the new docks
and warehouses which are being re-
built to take the place of those de-
stroyed by fire last February when
Waterman Collins was murdered and
the pier burned to hide the crime.
The officials found the work progress
ing rapidly and their contractors in
formed them that the work would be
completed about Christmas. The
new docks and warehouses when COM
pleted will be the largest and best
on the Eastern Shore and will be ade-
quate to the needs of the fast-grow-
ing business of this city
Hagerstown. - The Washington
County Medical Society, at it's quar-
terly meeting elected the following
officers: President, DR.. w. A.
Quinn, of Chewsville; vice-president,
DR.. j. Roger Laughlin, of Hagers-
town; secretary, DR.. Samuel NJ.
Wagaman, of Hagerstown; treasurer,
DR.. Henry K. Derr, of Hagerstown;
member of board of censors, DR.. l..
II. Keller, of Hagerstown. DIR. D. C.
r. Miller, of Mason and Dixon, the
retiring president, made an address.
DR.. X. Tunstall Taylor, of Baltimore,
spoke on "Infantile Paralysis"
Medical Legislation" was the sub
Ject of an address by DR.. T. A. Ash
by, of Baltimore, a member of the
Maryland Legislature.
Hagerstow J, Mcpherson
Scott at meeting of the Mayor and
Council advocated the adoption of q
new city charter or the revision of
the present one, framed 80 years ago,
which, he said, no longer suited the
needs of growing city like Hagers-
town. He suggested the appoint
ment of committee of 25 citizens,
five from each ward, with power to
call massmeeting at which full
discussion of the question can be had
Councilman George B. Nice. Wolf
introduced a resolution calling for
the adoption of new charter. 1t
was unanimously adopted. Council
man ]. Benton Hoover advocated the
| extension of the city limits in con-
nection with the new charter move
ment.
Hagerstown.-Whil Silas House,
farmer near Middleburg, lay upon
his back in bed desperately i'll with
| typhoid pneumonia, 25 of his neigh
bors went to his farm, husked his
corn crop on five acres of ground and
hauled the fodder into the barn. Mr.
House was unable to get anybody to
husk his corn, labor being scarce. Had
not his neighbors husked his crop he
would have sustained a heavy loss.
Mr.. Houses wife has just recovered
from prolonged illness of typhoid.
Oakland.-After the fire ruins of
the mill of Fike Bros, at Eglon, a
few miles south of Oakland, had cool
ed off a search resulted in the find
/ the persons thought to have acct
dentally fired the mill 1t is sup
posed that tramp slept in the mill
i the night of the fire and in some way
started the blaze, perishing in the
flames while asleep.
Oakland.-DuBois and Bond Bros,
who disposed of their remaining tim
Der holdings and the lumber mill at
Bond, Carrot county, to Cook Bros,
of Pittsburg, are arranging to build
a new mill at Crabtree switch, on
the 17-mile grade of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, in Garrett coun-
ty, where they will cut out a tract OF
timber not included in the sale to
Cook Bros.
Hagerstown. Lewis Smith, a
young man of Foxville, was shot in
the head by an unidentified man as
he was walking across field neal
| his home. The shot struck him in
the face, tearing away the right side
of his upper lip and knocking out
five jaw teeth. After the man shot
he disappeared. 1t is generally be
lieved the Shooting was not accidental
Hagerstown. The two-year-old
daughter of William F. Mclaughlin,
| proprietor of the Hopewell FIGURING
Mills, at Roadside, was caught in
the shafting and seriously injured
Her right arm was broken near the
shoulder and her body covered with
Commissions. All of the child's clothes,
except her shoes and stockings. were
torn from her body.
| Cumberland.-A meeting of the
captains and leaders in the recent
contest at the Central Young Mems
| Christian Association, at which $685.
600 was raised to complete the build
| ing fund, was held and preliminary
steps were taken to form an organ
ization to assist in the development
| of a greater Cumberland.
Chestertown.-Fre l.. Cot
ton, about IL years old. was killed
while cunning in Robert Joiner's
branch near Melltota by Dan Griffith,
II years old. Martie Reed, another
boy, was present. The boys were
playing with gun when Griffith
| pointed the gun at Cotton and said
Look out" when the trigger was ac-
cidentally struck and the gun dis