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Auditorium tonight.

Auditorium tonight.
Mrs. Walter Todd is visiting
relatives at fredericksburg, Denton
and Preston.
Miss Jessie S. Hackett is the
weekend guest of Miss Virgie Will
Hams, at fredericksburg.
See Miss. Turner and the Vita
graph dog, in a clever picture
drama, at the Auditorium tonight
| Miss Nellie Loane, of East Or
ange, N. j., is the guest of her
cousin, Miss Eta Jones, Travers
street, this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Fred Barton
and little daughter, of Washington,
| are spending sometime in Cam
| bridge with relatives.
The advance advertising car of
the Frank A Robbins circus is in
town today. The circus has been
booked for September 9th.
Prof. w. C. Walden, of South
western University, Georgetown, Tex
as, and his wife, are visiting his
sister, Mrs. G.. W. Wray, Locust St.
Mr.. Wallace Merrick, who was
riding horseback yesterday after
noon, was thrown from the horse
and badly bruised. No bones were
broken.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. S. Shepherd
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Margaret Robertson
Shepherd, to Mr.. Reginald Henry,
at Elkton, Md, Thursday, Septem-
Der 18th, 1913.
We have been requested by resi-
dents of the section around Maple
Dam to ask gunners who are shoot
ing for summer ducks to try and
be careful how they scatter their
shot, as it is reported that two
young gentlemen yesterday shot
calf.
The final dance of the season at
Oakley Beach will be held Tues
day evening, Sept. Is, when the
terpsichorean cup will be awarded.
The presentation speech will be
made by Emerson C. Harrington,
Jr. AS the most graceful dancer.
Miss Bettye Goldsborough leads.
with 765 votes, while Miss Sophia
Roberts is second, with $50.
A correspondent to the Washing
ton Post. from Salisbury under date
of Sept s, states that the audi
ence that listened to Secretary Bry-
ans lecture was kept busy killing
off "a few thousand of the mos
quitoes which pestered them"
While We. noticed mosquitoes, we
feel that it is only right to come
to the defense of our sister town,
and state that they were not so
troublesome as. this dispatch indi-
ested. although there were more OF
them than are to be found in Cam
bridge
Last night marked the closing of
the Block Carnival, which was in
progress three nights, under the
auspices OF st. Paul's MP. Church.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
weather looked ethreatening,a large
crowd was present, and when an
estimate of the receipts was made,
it was found that the entire pro-
ceeds, for the three nights, amount
ed to three hundred and fifty dol
lars This was the first event of |
its kind ever held on the Eastern |
Shore, and the amount realized |
will aid wonderfully in eliminating |
the debt on the new edifice.
Mr.. Samuel Brohawn, Jr., while
returning from work at Bestpitch |
Ferry yesterday afternoon, met with |
an accident that might have result
ed very seriously; he was riding |
his motorcycle at a good clip, |
when he rounded a curve, and in |
trying to avoid tomato wagon,
lost control, of his machine, with
the result that he was thrown hard
and knocked insensible. He was
found by Mr.. George w. Woolford,
who was passing that way, and was
brought home Today his condition |
is very much improved. arA he ex-
poets to be about as us' ips a
day or so.
A horse belonging 90 # G.
Winnie Bradshaw, zen by |
Mr.. Thomas PATCH Id Deputy
Sheriff Bruce can. became
frightened W afternoon, near
the gate of Howard Hirst's
farm, Rose - and ran away.
The horse Dashed through Mary
land avenue, over the bridge, and
at Market street its speed was
checked by fail in front of Car
rolls restaurant. During the es-
capade leader in one of the hind
legs of the animal was injured,
and it was necessary toN shoot it