The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-12-23
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
Latest Doings in Various Parts
of the State.
PREPAREDFO RQUlCKREADING

PREPAREDF0R QUiCKREADiNG
William c. Deneen, of Hancock, has
lost by death and accident nine horses,
mules and colts within the last 10
months.
President Wilson nominated four
Maryland postmasters as follows: G.
Walter Wright was appointed for Cam.
bridge, Eugene A Landlord for Mar.
ion Station, Joseph Reading for Rock.
vile and Oscar S. Barrick for Woods
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The ministers of Hancock met the
Berkeley Springs Ministerium at
Berkeley Springs and a joint commit.
tee was appointed to arrange for the
organization of a Hancock Berkeley
Springs Ministerial Association, to
meet once a month to discuss vital
church questions.
The large frame barn on the farm OF
Joseph Young, of Hagerstown, stu.
ated on the road from Funkstown to
Beaver Creek, and tenanted by Daniel
T. Sensenbaugh, was burned. Three
head of cattle and the seasons wheat,
corn and hay crops, together with a
large straw stack and all the farming
implements, were destroyed.
William H. Moore, a native of Mari.
eta, Ohio, employed by the Western
Union Telegraph Company, was killed
while on his way from Berlin to Sails.
busy on a motorcar on the Baltimore,
Chesapeake and Annapolis Railroad. A
crowbar became entangled in the ma.
chinery and struck Moore on his head,
fracturing his skull.
Houten c. Parsons, farmer near
Parsonburg, Wicomico county, while
working at the saw mill of Alfred
Gordy, lost his balance while reaching
for a hammer and fell into the engine
fywheel. His clothing became en-,
tangled in the wheel and he was beat
to death before the engine could be
stopped.
V. Calvin Trice, states attorney for
Dorchester county, has asked the court
for Of t1o lo11 10
vember in this county, except in
the second precinct of Cambridge dis,
trict, in which he asks that the entire
vote be rejected. S. J. T. Smith, de,
feated candidate for county commits.
sion, has filed similar bill against
Luke K. Hackett.
The judges of the Circuit Court for
Cecil county, after hearing argument
by counsel and considering the testi
mony taken before Magistrate Cray
croft in the contested election case
Of ]. Turner Cameron, Democrat, vs.
John F. Johnson, Republican, both can
didates for county commissioner, short
term, at the November election, passed
an order directing the votes cast at
the election to be recounted.
The Maryland Turnpike Association
met in the courthouse at HagerstowD
for it's twelfth annual session. Seven
teen turnpike companies were repre-
sented The meeting was called to or
der by Alexander Armstrong, Jr., presi
dent Of the association, who introduced
Henry Holzapfel, Jr., who made the
address of welcome. Thomas A. Muir
ray, of Baltimore, also addressed the
association.
The State Live Stock Commission
has ordered the thorough disinfection
Of farm in Rich Neck district, Queen
Anne's county, as a result of anthrax
being found among the live stock. The
disease was discovered on the same
farm last July, and il was thought il
had been eradicated, so whether this
is a reinfection or a brand-new out
break is not known. In any event,
lut Sldlc OluCldIS dIc ldhluS III
chances and the entire place has been
disinfeoted and its animal inhabitants
have been given antitoxin.
The ruling by the State Tax Com
mission that the Board of County Com
missioners in Washington county can
not exempt corporations from the pay
ment of State taxes has caused consid.
cradle uneasiness in Hagerstown The
State Tax Commission demanded its
tax upon the Washington and Berke
ley Bridge Company stock, which owns
the bridge across the Potomac River
at Williamsport. This company was
exempted from taxation by the Coun
ty Commissioners for a term of years.
The custom in this county has for
years been to exempt new industries
from taxation for three or f1ve-year
terms.
Secretary Redfield, Of the Depart.
ment of Commerce, in the second sec.
ton of his annual report, gave
emphatic warning Of the probable ex.
tinction of the shad of Chesapeake
Bay, adding that it is now hardly worth
while to continue the shad hatchery
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