The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-06
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest GIeanings From All
Over the State.

David Griffith, rs years old, died at
his home, near Redland, Montgomery
county.
Alan D. Price, of Elkton, has been
appointed general stenographer to the
Senate, now in session.
Ice destroyed the new wharf at
Chesapeake Haven, along Elk River,
owned by Philadelphians
A school for enlisted men of the
Navy has been established on the
Reina Mercedes. at the Naval Acad,
envy.
Ernest Kirk, of Pennington, has
purchased the restaurant and ice
cream factory of Walter b. Cooney at
Rising Sun.
William r. Clark, "a years old,
judge of the Orphans Court of Cecil
county, died at his country home near
| North East.
Petitions are being circulated
throughout Wicomico county to ask
the legislature to stop the shipment of
liquor into the county.
Atwood Montgomery, for several
| va int %
ries at Pennington, has resigned, and
will be succeeded by Lewis James.
The Maryland State Teachers AS
ISOLATION has decided to hold it's forty
seventh annual meeting at Ocean City,
June to July 2.
Representatives of the Prest-O-Lite
Company, of indianapolis, Ind, pur-
chased the Gilpin tract of land in West
Elkton and the company will build q
| factory on the site
At a congressional meeting of
Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Church
at Port Deposit, the Rev. N. c. Jones
was unanimously invited to return as
pastor for the next conference year.
While playing in the schoolyard,
James Porter, the eight-yearold son
of William Porter, of huntsville, lost
an eye when companion struck him
in the face.
George Buckley, of Rising Sun, sus-
tanned a fractured collarbone while
coupling cars on the Maryland Cen
trail Division of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
John II. Kimble, has been elected
president C. Ross Biles, vice-presi-
dent; Elwood W. Zalderson, secretary.
and James H. Maxwell, treasurer, of
the Cecil Farmers Club.
Wicomico county school teachers
are looking forward to the possibility
of an appropriation from the legisla-
ture sufficient to build a summer
school at Delmar.
Frederick W. Wright and associates
have purchased the Charles W. Hen.
neberger Building, Hagerstown. They
will tear down the present building
and erect modern theatre with a
seating capacity of 1000.
d. 4. Hurlock, clerk to the Board
of Commissioners of Queen Anne's
county, has started an automobile line
between Church Hill and Centerville,
and makes daily trips between the
places
The Rev. Victor Miller, for many
years secretary of the Maryland Lu-
theran Synod, has resigned as pastor
of the Lutheran Church at Letters
burg. where he served 33 years. His
successor has not been appointed.
| A company has been formed with
capital stock of $4,000 for the pur-
pose of operating an automobile line
| between EaSton, IN talbot county, and
Chestertown, in Kent county, to carry
passengers and freight.
Edward w. Taylor an Elkton livery
man, mourns the loss of valuable
driving horse and new buggy that he
hired to United States Army private
and who has not reappeared with his
team
Lacey Griffith, 20 years old, son of
George Griffith, of American Corners,
was severaly injured and his horse
killed in a collision. The accident
happened at the electric light plant,
where Griffith met two teams racing.
One of them struck his buggy, wreck
| ing it and throwing him about 20 feet