The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-01

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When the Kent County Circuit |
Court convened at Chestertown Philip |
G. Wilmer was chosen foreman of the
Grand Jury. John, alias General"
Hamilton, a negro, was sentenced to
six months in the House of Correction
for stealing two chickens. George
Wilmer, negro, was sentenced to II
months in the House of Correction for
stealing meat, and Jim Davis, negro,
was sentenced to 18 months in the
same institution for stealing furni
ture.
The citizens of Charlestown have
engaged counsel to prevent the State
Road Commission from skipping their
town in building the macadam road
between Northeast and PerryviIle.
The route now laid out by the COM
mission is through a wood near the
town, which would make the route a
half-mile shorter.
1t is estimated that the recent de-
cision of the Interstate Commerce
Commission refusing an increase of Is
cents per ton on stone hauled by the
Pennsylvania Railroad will save the
State of Maryland $150,OOO on work it
has planned on the Eastern Shore.
The A. E. Tull Oyster Company, of
Delmar, has offered a reward of $500
| for evidence leading to the conviction
Of the party or parties guilty Of set
ting fire to the concerns property on
Big Annamessex River on November
8, 1913.
The Rev. DR.. Charles Payson NAL
lery, who shortly after the close of
! the Civil War accepted call to the
| pastorate of the First Presbyterian
Church. Chesapeake City, has rounded
out so years of service in the min
istry.
Fire, supposed to have originated
from defective flue, broke out in the
home of Mrs. Rachael Ellis at Del
mar, but was extinguished by the fire
department before much damage was
done.
Indications now point to one of the
largest crops of wheat and scarlet
clover ever harvested in vicinity of
Delmar. The heavy SHOWS during the
winter are said to have been the d.
rect cause of the good crop.
The teachers of Caroline county
have presented Col. A. w. Sisk, the
retiring member of the county school
board, with a handsome mahogany
clock in recognition Of the valuable
services he has rendered.
DR.. Eldridge E. Wolff, who recently
retired from the Office of exalted ruler
of Cambridge Lodge, B. P. o. Elks,
after having served two terms, was
presented with handsome past ex-
allied rulers emblem.
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Ohio brakeman, of Somerset, was kill
ed Sunday night at Morgantown, w.
Va. He fell in front of car that was
being switched.
Because Governor Goldsborough
signed the new municipal election law
it will be possible, for the first time
in three years, to hold municipal
election at Elkton next month.
After an absence of four years,
Kelley Long, son Of Deputy Sheriff
His parents had almost given up hope
of ever seeing him again.
The horse Of Charles Wilson was
shot and killed as Wilson was driving
through Piney Neck Sunday night.
The wielder of the gun has not been
apprehended.
The directors of the Singerly Fire
Company at Elkton have made plans
to purchase an auto-chemical fire
truck to cost $4,000.
Reports from various parts of the
Maryland-Delaware Peninsula indicate
that the peach crop this summer will
be the largest in several years.
Baker & Sons. canned goods brok-
ers, of Aberdeen, have purchased the
Elkton cannery and will operate the
plant this summer.
The school authorities have ar
ranged to hold parade at Elkton on
May IL in connection with the educa-
tional rally.
A group of campfire girls has been
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