The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-06-07
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS.
Auditorium tonight.

| visiting Miss Estelle Webster at her
| home on Mill street.
Miss Claudia Thomas has accept
! ed a position at the dry goods store
of Hurley & Williams.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Christ
Church will hold its regular month
ly meeting in the Parish House on
Thursday afternoon, at o'clock. ~
full attendance is desired.
DR.. Chas. NJ. Handy was the sue
cessful holder of the numbers for
the boxes of candy given away by
the Postoffice Pharmacy both Mon
day and Tuesday evenings.
All memb ers of the Sunday School OF
the First Baptist Church, who are will
ing to take part in the Chlldren's Day
services, are requested to meet in the
Sunday School room of the church this
evening at eight O'Clock.
Children's Day services will be
held at Antioch Church next Sunday
evening, June IL, at 8 o'clock. An
interesting program has been ar
ranged, and the public is cordially
invited.
Mrs. F. B. McSparran and Miss
Bertha Beckwith left on the train
this morning to attend the District
Cor vention Of the Woman's For
eign Missionary Society, as dele
gates from Grace M. z. Church.
The ladies of Trinity M. E.
at Stewards, will hold a
ice cream and cake fes-
tival on the church grounds Thurs
day night, June 8, if fair. The pub
lie is invited to be present. GIT. |
LeCompte & Harper have been
during the past few
days a lot of antiseptic telephone
mouth pieces. They still have a
large supply of them on hand at
heir store, and will be pleased to
give them to anyone desiring them.
Don't forget the ice cream and
festival to be held at
Chateau M. P. Church this evening.
That there will be a large crowd
,resent seems certain, and if you
want an evening of fun, be sure to
lttend.
Needam and Wood finish their
at the Auditorium to-
light. Mr.. Needam is an old-time
lancer, and in spite of his years, is
till one of the best in the business,
While Miss Wood is an excellent sim
,er, and makes an admirable foil
or Needam's funny Irish sayings.
Messrs. +. NJ. Skinner & Bro. have
purchased an automobile truck for use
n their wholesale grocery business.
nasmuch as the firm delivers goods to
many points IN the county near to
"a M bridge, it is their belief that with
UGH truck they can make deliveries
t much less cost than they now have.
Salem Union Camp will begin Fri
ln1s, .r>rssrt. =, -sr>s- rr>,,.;E-,.e- +enI
days. The privileges will be adver-
tised later. Rev. ]. l.. Ward, the
popular pastor of St. Paul's NJ. P.
this city, will be in charge
this year. Those desiring tents
should notify the secretary, Mr.. J.
H. Stapleforte, Salem, Md.
There will be game of base ball
tomorrow Thursday afternoon at
the new Athletic Park between the
High School and the
Hurlock High School teams. These
two teams were to have played last
week, but were unable to play on
the day scheduled. The game
should be an unusually interesting
one, as they are well matched and
both put up fine game.
Mr.. Henry Wiley, of Middle
town, lost very valuable colt in
last Saturdays storm, it being
killed by being struck by a bolt of
lightning. That portion of the coun
ty was visited by an unusually Sc
we're storm, although Cambridge re-
oeived only one clap of thunder. 1t
Is reported that Mr.. Wiley was
fortunate enough to have his colt
insured, which, if true, is source
Of pleasure to all his friends.
In another column will be found
B. Harris, in regard to Cambridge
joining in the formation of a base |
ball league, to be composed OF
teams from towns on the Eastern |
Shore and lower Delaware. A meet |
ing to take up this matter will be |
held Friday afternoon, and all per-
sons interested in such team are
to arrange to be present.
The place of meeting will be an
nounced in Thursdays issue of the
Banner.
1t was expected that the work Of
laying the bricks for the new pavement
would be started this morning, but on
account of an unex pected delay it will
be two or three days more before the
work is started. A gentleman who has
been through a number of Northern
cities recently states it as his opinion
that the Paving Commission made no
mistake in selecting vitritied brick for
the paving. as he saw paving that has