The citizen., 1914-05-15

A barn, it's contents and nine horses
were destroyed by fire which broke
out on the farm of Edwin S. Valiant,
near Church Hill.
The shirt factory at Delmar OF Geo.
N. Perry has had to suspend opera
tions, due to the fact that sufficient
employees cannot be secured.
The newly-elected mayor and coun-
Gil of Rockville have reelected John J.
Higgins, town clerk and treasurer and
Aaron r. Hewitt, bailiff.
The Easton Street Improvement
Commission has appointed E. G. Kas-
tenhuber chief engineer to superintend
the construction of the streets.
The annual convention of the Vir-
ginia division of the Travellers Pro-
tective Association was held in Nor
folk with delegates in attendance from
all over the State.
Irving Culver, a Delmar fruit and
produce broker and grower, last week
planted more than 5000 early tomato
plants. He has them all covered with
his plant frost protector.
The board of county commissioners,
in session in Elkton sold $4,000 road
bonds to Nelson, Cook & Co., and
Baker & Watts, of Baltimore, at a bid
Of $108,325 per 500.
William F. Bonds, Democrat, was
defeating Robt. D. Grier, the eleventh
hour independent candidate by vote
of 317 to Ill.
Miss Hazel B. TOPPER, a witness in
pending suit, made a sensational at
tempt to commit suicide in the Circuit
Court at Cambridge, by swallowing
bichloride of mercury tablets.
The town board on the Maryland
side of Delmar met Monday evening
and organized as follows: M. H. Ger
man. president; e. E. Gordy, clerk; A.
H. Hearn, treasurer; G. L. Long and
E. w. Hastings.
The Talbot County School Board
reorganized by re-electing Dr. Dobson,
of ST. Michaels, president, and Nicholas
Orem, secretary and treasurer. j. Nc
Kenney Wills, of Oxford, is the new
member of the board.
Installation of sewer -ystem, au-
thorized by the voters of Kensington,
and which will check. the pollution of
Rock Greek by Kensington, is expected
to be started soon by the new mayor
and town council.
A signal honor was conferred upon
Arthur w. Machen, Jr., a well-known
lawyer, of Baltimore, by his appoint
ment as a special assistant to United
States Attorney General McReynolds.
The appointment became effective at
once.
At the election of a mayor, presi-
dent of the city council and four coun-
cilmen. one from each ward, at Eas-
ton, Gen. Joseph B. Seth was made
mayor without opposition. J. w.
Hoshour defeated L. S. Fleckenstein as
president of council
At the annual town election at
Chesapeake City Harry Filligame was
elected town president, defeating Will
liam T. Harriott, the present in
cumbent, by close majority. Thos.
Morris and Charles Carly were elected
town commissioners.
George w. Brown, alias George
Palmer, employed by the Salvation
Army of Wilmington, in driving
wagon, was arrested at Elkton Monday
as he was waiting to board train for
Baltimore, on charge of having sold
the horse belonging to his employers
to liveryman for SIS.
Hiram Stoner, aged 10, was drowned
in Conococheague Greek, near Kemps
Mills, while he and Joseph Golden
were crossing the stream in boat,
which went over the dam and upset.
George Smith and Howard Drury
rescued Golden, but Stoner drowned
before they could reach him.
The Maryland Court of Appeals has
handed down a decision favorable to
the State Roads Commission in its
suit to compel the Postal Telegraph
Cable Company to pay the State
rentals for the use of the Conowingo
bridge across the Susquehanna River,
in carrying one of it's trunk lines.
Mrs. Peter H. Kirk, descendant
of Aaron Burr, died at her home eight
miles north of Hancock, aged so years.