The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-01-20
THE NEWS
OF
MARYLAND


to be held at Thurmont, January %
Hagerstown, January "a and rs, witt
a night session on the oath; at West
minister, January &c and 81, with q
separate institute for women, and
at Union Bridge, January rs, witt
an institute for women.
At Hagerstown the speakers will be
Governor Crothers, DR., Harvey w
Wiley, the Government pure-fooc
specialist; Capt b. w. Sylvester, the
president of the Agricultural College;
w Oscar Collier, the greatest corr
specialist of the State, his corn hav.
ing won more first prizes at the
Maryland corn and cereal shows thar
any other; Mr. Thomas B. Symons
State Entomologist. who has done
such excellent work in the orchard.
OF Western Maryland; Mr.. F. w Bos.
leg. State Forester and Mr.. George
0. Brown, the leading poultry judge
and expert in the State At the nigh
session on January "a Col William
s. Powell, president of the Maryland
Press Association, will deliver a lee
ture on foreign fruits and markets.
At Westminster the same persons
with the exception of Dr. Wiley. vii
lecture on the same subjects, and
in addition, Director Patterson, of the
Experiment Station, will lecture or
the dairy COW. dairying. forage crops
and the silo.
The women's institute at Westmin
ster, which will take place the same
day, will be addressed by Mrs. Ed
ward A. Cockey, of Walbrook, and
Miss Marguerite B. Lake. of Forest
Hill
The institute at Thurmont ana
Union Bridge Will have as lecturers
Messrs Bosley. Collier, Brown and
Il. Oswald, on Retaining Or
chards,' and the ladies above men.
toned will talk to the women. A
feature of these institutes will be
discussions on any farm subject by
questions and answers.
Governor Crothers has decided to
take time from his official business to
talk to the farmers, taking as his
strong points organization and econ
omy.
Hagerstown. - The Hagerstowp
Legging Company has been incorpo
rated with a capitalization of $4,000
TO manufacture leather and canvas
leggings and specialties. The incOr
porators are Lewis T. Byron and Har
yey II. Heyser, of Hagerstown, and
w ]. Campbell. of Dayton, Va. Mr.
Byron, who is connected with the
tannery firm of w. d. Byron & Sons
Williamsport, will be the president OF
the new company and Mr.. Heyser
who has been cashier of the First
National Bank Of Hagerstown for the
past three years, will be the treas.
urer W. j. Campbell will be the vice
president and Robert l.. Campbell the
secretary. The company will equiv
the old Hagerstown Showcase anC
Store Furniture factory with machin
cry and operate there.
Annapolis. The people in An
napolis are not disturbed over the
presence of a firebug Many here
think that most of the fires can BIZ
accounted for. There is only one ex
ception. State Fire Marshall Thorn
as j Ewell has been here looking in
to the situation and is expected to re
turn again in a few days. Fire Chic
Elwood E. Porter said that only on,
fire, in his Judgment, may have re
suited from some vindictive feeling
He is not yet ready to go further into
details of this case, but will wal
Marshal Ewells coming. when the,
Will make a thorough investigation
together
Hagerstown. - The Hagerstowl
Combination Heater Company, re
Gently incorporated, organized b,
electing Harry Z. Baker president, G
Frank Lidy vice-president and gen
eral manager. Charles S. Lane, Jr.
treasurer, DR.. r. G. Stevenson sec
rotary and Jesse 0. Snyder attorney
The company will erect a factor.
along the Cumberland Valley rail
road and manufacture a furnace in
vented by Mr.. Lidy.
Homecoming Samuel Petrie, 70
over 80 years bookkeeper for tn,
Maryland Coal Company, at Iona
coming, has resigned, as has alsC
James r. Anderson, manifest clerl
since 1884 The company buildin.
in Detmold, suburb of Homecoming
one of the oldest landmarks, ha
been closed up and hereafter all bust
ness will be attended to from tht
home Office in New York.
Cumberland-W While preparing t
attend the funeral of her husband
Mrs. Elizabeth Bogley, 65 years old
tripped and fell down a flight o.
stairs at her home, near Somerset
and sustained injuries which, it il
feared, will result fatally
Annapolis. - Further pursuins
their efforts to suppress drinking
among the midshlpmen, which haI
become rather persistent, and other
wise maintain good moral standard
in the brigade, the Naval Academy
authorities have placed the ban on 8
couple of more places in Annapolis
where they learned that midshipmeI
have frequently gathered.
Chestertown. - The ChestertowI
Commissioners at their meeting Fri.