The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-11-13
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest GIeanings From All
Over the State.

Over the State.
The passing of tollgates in Montgom-
cry county was accomplished, when
the Union Turnpike Company trans
ferred to the State Roads Commission
the 16 miles of road from the District
of Columbia line to Ashton by way
of Wheaton, Norbeck, Olney and Sandy
Spring and to the County Commission
ers the nine miles from Olney to
.Brookeville and from Sandy Spring
to EdnOr. For the section acquired by
the commission $4,000 was paid
and the County Commissioners paid
$4,000 for the other nine miles. I'M
mediately after the transfers were
made President Charles F.. Kirk, of
the turnpike company, notified the toll
gate keepers at Sligo, Wheaton, Olney
and Sandy Spring to collect no more
tolls. The Good Roads Commission,
it is announced, will at once begin the
work of improving its 16 miles at an
estimated cost of about $1,000 a mile,
and the County Commissioners are eX-
pected to do likewise with the other
nine miles, but will probably not start
the work until next year.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has made several changes in
agents at stations on the Cambridge
and Seaford branch, as follows: J.
T. Jump, transferred from Wyoming
to Cambridge, to take charge of the
freight department.; Martin l.. Smith,
present freight agent, will assume
charge of passenger traffic; A. T. Scot
ten, transferred from East New Mar
ket to Wyoming, and Charles Hill,
clerk at the Lewes depot, will take
Scotten's place at East New Market.
|. E. Christopher has been made gen
eral agent at Hurlock in place of La
ban Harper. Roland T. Anderson was
transferred from fredericksburg to Do
yer and William Wheatle! sent to
Fredericksburg from Blacks.
Marylanders Jared we'll in Post
masterGeneral Burleson's announce
ment of increases in salaries in the
Postoffice Department: Robert II.
Shepherd, of Maryland, had his pay
increased from $3.50 to $720; Charles
Albert, from $1,000 to $1,000; Charles F.
Creager, from $1,000 to $1,000; George
T. Sinclair from S720 to 5000; Rich
ard E. Murdoch. from 1920 to 5000, and
Paul W. Stauffer, from 1920 to $1,000.
The lucky Mary!anders are clerks in
the department.
Treasurer Jacob Tyson and Howard
Magruder, of the Board of Charities
and Corrections, have recommended
to the County Commissioners to re
move all insane patients from Monte,
yue Hospital to the State Institution,
where they will be cared for at 500
a year The cost of maintenance at
the Frederick asylum has been about
1912 a year. The Frederick farm, in.
Guiding the buildings, represents an
outlay of 100000
The Belair Minstrel Club has beer
organized with Norman L. Kisling
pl CSluCHI anu llisl4lSiStl anu 0ldl ltS
o. Lee secretary and treasurer. Tho
members of the club are: William G.
Hopkins, Stanley Walter, Emory Nc
Comas, Oscar DeCourse. Wilton No
Abee, Frank Webb, Leroy Coale, 10
seph Shanahan, Richard Bode Walter
B. Young, Simon Gets, Paul Grafton
Clinton Rechord and DR.. David B.
Gets.
At a meeting of the vestry of St
Anne's Protestant Episcopal Church
Annapolis, the following were elected
vestrymen Rear Admiral Scheuler
of the navy; Rudolph Kaisey and
Frank A. Munroe. Mr. Munroe was
formerly senior warden and w. Mead
Holiday was elected to that position
while DR.. William n. Berkeley was
elected junior warden, vice Mr.. Hol-
laday
Mrs. Minnie B. Trice, Of Hurlock,
agent for her sons, Ralph A. McCar.
ter, of Norristown, Pa, and ]. Ell
wood McCarter, of Dallas, Texas. has
sold the McCarter farm, near town, tc
John w Schmick The farm contains
95 acres and was the home of the lat
Col. ]. E. McCarter. The price paid
was $4,000.
The State road being built through
st. Mary's county is fast nearing COM
pletiOn An average of 100 yards of
road per day is being built. The
road is being made of concrete 1t is
Is feet wide and when completed will
extend from Hughesville to Mechanics
vile, distance of eight miles.
The large stable of A T. Kingsberry,
near Savage, including a lot Of corn,
hay, harness and farming implements,
was destroyed by fire. A bucket bri-
gade saved the dwelling after it had
caught fire several times A horse,
badly burned, was taken from the
stable The loss is about $1,000.
During the month of October Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Elkton, Cecil
Kirk issued 1874 marriage licenses.
which is the record month in the his
tory of the office. Since May l nearly
800 marriage licenses have been is
sued.
A lodge of Odd Fellows has been in
stituted at Galestown with 80 men,
bers A. W. Wheatley was elected