Middletown transcript., 1914-12-19
MARYLAND news
IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest GIeanings From All
Over the State.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Court of Appeals adjourned un-
ii the second Monday in January.
william NJ. Davis. IS years old, died
at Rockville.
fire destroyed the home of Gustave
stueklauser, at Narrows Park.
CDl. F. c. Goldsborough has been
eleGed commodore of the Chesapeake
Bay Yacht Club for the ensuing year.
joseph T. Moore. formerly Republi-
can State senator from Montgomery
county, died suddenly in New York.
Rev. Julius A. Herold, Of Lewes,
Deb has accepted call to the pas
torate Of Wicomico Presbyterian
Church at Salibury.
Robert Walker Wilkinson, of Not
tingham. Pa, and Miss Carolyn oline
Osborn, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob P. Osborn, Of Aberdeen, We're
married Tuesday night
While on his way down to the steam
boat wharf to meet his wife, Capt An
drew Schofeld, II years old, contrac'
tor and builder of Fredericktown, drop
ped dead along the street of heart dis
ease.
Under the terms Of the will of
James H. Bernard. late Of Greensboro,
he stipulates that all of his estate,
valued at about 100000, be turned
into cash and divided equally among
his relatives.
Grasping an electric light bulb at
tached to an extension cord in the eel
lar of the home of Mrs. Ashby P. Con-
ner, Joseph Tosten Snively. % years
old, colored, was electrocuted at Hag-
erstOwn.
If the recommendations for appro-
priations for rivers and harbors made
by the United States Army engineers
are adhered to by Congress, an appro-
priation will be made for Big and
Little Elk Creeks. amounting to
$4,000
The funeral of State Senator Sam
uel Emmert took place in Hagerstown.
Many prominent men from all parts of
Maryland were present The State
Senate was represented by Senator
John P. T. Matthias, Carville D. Ben
son and Frederick N Zihlman.
Sheriff Peyton Whale, Of Rockville,
has increased his list of deputies by
the appointment of two well-known
residents Of Washington and Mont
gomery counties-Dr. Larkin w. Glaze
brook, whose summer home is at
Woodmont, and Robert D. Weaver,
who owns a fine farm near Montrose.
Robert S. Jones, of Princess Anne,
was appointed county road engineer, to
succeed Lewis N. Whitcraft, who
handed in his resignation several
weeks ago. Mr.. Whitcraft's resigna-
ton was accepted by the County Com
mlssioners to take effect January /,
1915, at which time Mr. Jones viii
assume office.
The State Roads Commission has
completed a 100-mile run Of a trac-
ton engine, equipped with covered
cleats, over the most mountainous
part of the State, from Hagerstown
to Frederick, to prove to the traction
engine owners and farmers that it
S feasible to operate traction en-
gines with smooth wheels so they will
not injure the surface Of the macedam
roads.
A largely attended meeting Of the
Prince Georges County Suburban Cit
liens Association was held in the
knights of Pythias' Hall at Berwyn.
A committee was named to cooperate
with other citizens associations in
protesting against the proposed in
crease in commutation rates on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The Sec
retary was directed to request the COM
missioners Of Prince Georges county to
file a protest with the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
The Civic Association, of Darling
ton, in conjunction with the Institute
Of the Maryland Agriculture College.
gave an exhibition Of the finest corn
ever grown in Hartford county, at Oar
lington. Melville Morris received the
blue ribbon for corn. Miss Tracey
Matthews led in the pork exhibit. The
speakers at the three meetings were
Drs. Hill, Oswald and Buckley, OF the
Maryland Agricultural College. About
800 farmers attended the three ses-
sions.
Having completed torpedo and target
practice and other maneuvers, three
torpedo-boat destroyers-the Flusser.