The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-06-26

]. Frank Blake, of Childs, has an
nounced his candidacy for long-term
County Commissioner on the Demo
cratic ticket.
Victor Monroe Cushwa, former pres
ident of the Hagerstown BoHd of
Trade, was presented by the direct
ors with a gold-headed cane in rec
Ognition of his services.
While driving several horses and
colts from pasture to the barn Sam
uel Reed farmer and fruit grower
of near Boonsboro, was kicked on the
arm and in the stomach and seriously
injured.
The Frederick Trust Company, re-
Gently organized, has purchased the
property of William H. Ramsburg, cor
ner of Market and Third streets, and
will remodel the building into bank
ing house
The Norfolk and Western Railway
Company has purchased the Doub
farm of 35 acres, in the southern sub
urbs of Hagerstown, and will use the
site, together with the 160-acre Scott
farm, recently purchased, adjoining,
FOR yard purposes and a roundhouse.
Taxpayers and residents of the
Ninth district have presented petit
tons to the County Commissioners
and the School Board asking for an
appropriation of $4,000 for an addi-
tion and improvements to Calvert Ag-
ricultural High School.
]. P. Hunt, 50 years old. of Cum
oerland, has recovered, after having
four-ffths of his stomach removed by
Drs. f. B. Claybrook and John R. Lit
tleield. He was suffering from a
cancerous growth and was slowly
resume work soon.
The Harvard Club of Baltimore. has
awarded a $3.50 tuition scholarship at
the Harvard Law School to Cadet
Calvert Magruder, of Annapolis, hon
or man of the class to be graduated
from ST Johns College tomorrow
Young Magruder is son of former
Judge Daniel r. Magruder
Ira Biddle, % years old, son of
Jacob T. Biddle, of Elkton, was kill
ed by train at Lamokin Station Mr..
p die and his wife went to the sta
ton to see some relatives While
standing on the track awaiting the
arrival of a northbound train, Mr..
Biddle was struck by the Lamokin
local
The sixteenth annual camp. at the
Holiness Camp Ground. Denton, will
begin July % and last until August
3. This camp is one of the best
known in the United States of the
Holiness denomination, which is par
ticularly strong in Maryland and ad-
joining States, and in the West and
Southwest
Deputy Game Warden J. c. Turner
has secured a warrant for Charles A.
Steiner, superintendent of the West
Virginia division of the Western
Maryland Railway. He charges the
company with dumping sawdust and
shavings into Willis creek. This, he
says, has been fatal to the fish of the
creek and river.
Brunswick has made the greatest
stride of any town in Frederick coun-
~, having increased its taxable ba-
sis $4,000 since last year. Walkers
vile comes next, with a gain of 500
600. Last year the county tax rate
was SS12 cents on the 500 and the
State rate 23A cents. This year the
State rate will be 81 cents and the
County Commissioners are making an
effort to reduce the county rate.
While going from Baltimore to Oar
lington, Hartford county, in an auto,
mobile, Mrs. Alvey, widow of Chief
Justice Richard H. Alvey, of Hagers-
town, and her two daughters. Mrs.
Glenn H. WOrthingtOn. of Frederick,
and Mrs. J. A G. Allen, of Darling
ton, were thrown from the car by the
breaking of a front wheel Mrs. AL
vey sustained a scalp wound and her
daughters were badly bruised.
The Chevy Chase Equal Suffrage
League has been formed at Chevy
Chase, with SO members and the fol
lowing officers: President, DR.. Ryan
DevereuX; vice-president, Mrs w. c.
Brooke; secretary, Mrs. Eugene f.
Stevens; treasurer, Ray P. Teele: ex-
ecutive committee. Eugene E. Stew
ems, Mrs. Cliff r. Richards, George ].
Hesselman, Miss Lucy V. Mackrille
and Mrs. b. Ashby Leavell.
Because Of road improvements, a
number of the districts of Montgom-
cry county will have to pay a spe-
cial tax, in addition to the general
county tax of SO cents on the 500.
They are: Rockville district, 10
cents on the 500; Colesville district,
IL cents; Darnestown district, Z
cents; Bethesda district, II cents:
Potomac dictrict, 81 cents; Wheaton
district cents.
Harry B. Hackett, Maryland State
Roads Inspector in charge of the
Federalsburg-H urlock State road was
burned by an explosion of oil MIR.
Hackett WAS onaning a barrel of rnad