Middletown transcript., 1914-09-26

lLEToWN TRANSCRIPT, MI
| STATE NEWS
| BRIEFLY TOLD
Latest DOings in Various Parts
Of the State.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The new State road from Belair to
Baltimore will be open to trafAc in q
few weeks.
Mrs. Ella Harbough, Leitersburg,
sustained a stroke Of paralysis, and
in falling broke her arm.
Caroline county public schools have
opened, with Professor Hammand,
formerly in the Philippine service, IS
principal Of Denton High School.
Work has been started on the new
concrete bridge on the Delmar-Salis-
bury road at Leonard's mill dam, and
the county officials expect to complete
same within the next few weeks.
Alleging that he was Illegally de-
priVed of his position as principal Of
Brunswick High School, Roger G.
Harley has appealed to the State
Board of Education.
Fire of undetermined origin destroy
ed the frame barn on the farm Of
Harry Balsar, north of Hancock. Two
COWS were so badly burned that they
had to be killed.
Peter Burns has been arrested and
lodged in the county Jail at Elkton,
charged with having set fire to the
building on the farm of Lawrence B.
Levy, near town, one night last week.
Twelve operators of traction engines
have filed, at Frederick. an answer to
the State Roads Commissions suit for
an injunction, contending that the
roads are not damaged by traction
engines.
A State officer inspected the Will
Transport Canning Factory during the
week and, it is said, found a number
of children under the required age at
work in the factory. The inspector at
once had them dismissed and ordered
them to be sent to school, under
threat of enforcing the Child Labor
laws of the State.
William White, 16 years old, son of
Denwood w. White, of Deals Island,
was thrown from his buggy when
double team, which he was driving,
ran away. The horses became fright
ened \and dashed down the road.
Young White tugged at the reins and
attempted to, stop the animals, but
was thrown from his seat and one of
the wheels grazed HIS body.
Fire which broke out in the Princess
Anne Bakery, operated by james Le-
Gates, destroyed and damaged property
worth between $1,000 and $4,000.
When discovered by George w. Col |
born, who operates a grocery adjacent
to the bakery, the fire had made great
headway. The bakery, warehouse,
several out buildings owned by VIII
liam ]. Phillips and the storehouse of
the Peninsula Produce Exchange, of
Pocomoke City, were burned.
In an attempt to solve the mystery
surrounding the death of William o.
Todd, a student, son of DR.. William E.
Todd, whose body was found along
Antietam Creek after the lad had been
missing from home since September
Z, an autopsy may be performed. The
general impression is that young Todd,
while walking along the creek, was
taken suddenly i'll, fell into the ravine
where he was found and died in con-
vulsions.
About 40 survivors of the One Hun
dred and Thirty-second Pennsylvania
Regiment held a reunion on Antietam
battlefield, the fifty-second anniversary
of the battle Of Antietem. The vet
Grams met in the battIe-scarred Dunk;
ard Church, which was used as hos
pital during the battle, for business
meeting. In the afternoon the party
visited the scenes Of the conflict. They
inspected the monument erected on
Bloody lane by the regiment and told
stories of the great battle.
Driving his horse recklessly over
Faulkner's bridge, near fredericksburg,
an unknown man struck Arthur Trice,
15 years old, son Of George Trice, and
Miss Myrtle Conley, IS years old,