The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-09-30
MARYLAND
News

paying One-ndlI OF the county taxes
it will be among the lowest in the
county. BY the calamity last win
ter, which the citizens blame direct
" on the Boardof Public Works, the
local property has so deprecated
that less than one-half of the value
given in the assessment two years
ago would gladly ne accepted, but
there are no takers. 1t is now con-
ceded that there is no prospect of
obtaining from the Governor the
money appropriated by the Legisla-
ture for the rehabilitation of the
property damaged, and in many
cases the property has been aban-
doned, or is so entangled by the
loans made to rebuild it that the
owners would sacrifice before paying
any increased taxes.
Cumberland Cumberland Young
Mems Christian Association workers
were successful in raising the need
ed $4,000 to pay the association
debt and for the new building.
Their report also showed that they
had raised S4,396 additional. AS
a result the city had the appearance
of the close of a general election,
with bands playing and an immense
throng gathered outside the Central
Young Mems Christian Association
Building, while speeches were being
made inside. Ten days ago the work
was begun under Mr.. NJ. c. Will
liams, of Ohio, assisted by the Cen
trails board of directors and Secre-
tary Walter R. Lynch. Two teams
of 100 men each were selected by
Col. II. D. Billmeyer and Col. John
w. Young, and each team was divid-
ed into 10 companies, headed by cap
tains. The most prominent men in
the city were among the officers and
men, and the women of Cumberland,
headed by Mrs. Edward Dwyer, gen.
eral chairman, assisted.
Annapolis.-The Talbot county as
SCISSORS are the first to complete the
assessment of property in that coun-
ty, in accordance with the General
Assessment act passed by the last
Legislature. The report of the as
SCISSORS is now in the hands of the
Board of Control and Review.
Though it is out of the question to
estimate the proportion of increase
in the taxable basis under the new
assessment, it is thought the taxable
basis of the counties will be in
creased by something like so per
cent. Under the law, the reassess-
ment should have been completed by
September 10, but because of the
large amount of time required for
it number of the counties appealed
to the Governor for an extension of
time to October 81, while others ask
ed for as much as six months.
Hagerstown.-The Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Society of West
ern Maryland was organized in
Hagerstown with the following Off
GERS: H. B. Plankington, president;
R. \. Keller, secretary, and R. w.
Stake, treasurer. Ohio H. W. Hun
ter and H. B. Plankington, of Hagers-
town; H. P. Shaffer, of Baltimore,
and Dudley Page, of Frederick, were
appointed a committee to formulate
bylaws. The members are employees
of the company in Cumberland, West
minister, Frederick, Hagerstown and
Martinsburg.
Hagerstown. Mrs. Margaret
Myers, near Milestone, entered the
bedroom of her son, Howard Gray
son Myers, who had been i'll, and
found him dead at the window. Mr.
Myers, who was So years old, had
tooth pulled about a week ago and
suffered great pain for a few days.
1t is thought he died very suddenly
He had probably gotten out of bed
TO get fresh air. Ne was member
of Hiawatha Tribe of Redmen, of
Hancock, and of the Dunkard
Church.
Federalsburg.-B of the
scarcity of tomatoes the packing
houses have not yet run on full time.
L. H. Chambers & Co. are operating
but one of their two large plants
and expect to have no more tomatoes
than the one house can take care
of. Though prices have this week
run as high as 90 cents, the supply
has only slightly exceeded that of
last week, which confirms the truth
of the reported blight of three weeks
ago
Cumberland. = Frances B. Stall
lings, administrators of the estate of
the late Arthur B. Stallings, has sued
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company for damages on behalf of
the minor children OF the deceased.
Mr.. Stallings was killed at Confiu-
ence, Pa, last January. The suit has
been brought in the United States
Circuit Court here for damages TO
the amount of $4,000.
Observation-Disclosures Victor Mid
diekauff, 13-month-old son of V FL
mer Middlekauff, superintendent of
W. Harry Reisner Manufacturing
Company, swallowed five or six
srrychnine pills, about one-tenth of
a grain, and died in commissions soon
afterward. The child's father left
the pills on the table.
Cumberland. - Boston capitalists
have purchased an old mine at Bar
ton, which has been closed more
than four years, and are cleaning it
out. A force OF men is already at
work putting in siding and it is ex-
pected that coal will be shipped
from the mine within a week.
Prince Frederick. A drouth
which has prevailed for many weeks
and still continues in this vicinity
and over a greater portion of South
ern Maryland has injured crops ma
terially. Not more than a half crop
of corn will be harvested, and the
tobacco is alike reduced. Crimson
clover, a crop in much favor here
on account of its fertilizing proper
ties, will be an entire failure unless
rain comes soon in sufficient quanti-
~ to sprout the seed that has been
soWn two or three weeks Wheat