Middletown transcript., 1915-10-09

Because of the large number of chill
dren attending the fourth grade at
Cambridge Academy, an overflow"
school has been started in vacant
rs teacher.
At meeting of the directors of the
Hagerstown Interstate Fair Associa-
tion it was decided to rebuild the 55
horse stables that were burned last
year during the fair. The stables will
have capacity for 1926 horses and will
be finished in time for the fair this
month.
The Hagerstown Interstate Fair AS
sociation, which will hold it's annual
exhibition October IL to Is, inclusive,
has decided to throw open the fair
grounds two nights, on Wednesday
and Thursday. October 13 and IA, dur
ing which extensive displays of fire.
works, costing $4,000, will be given,
along with vaudeville performances.
Surveys are being made at Grants
vile by William Harvey, City Engi-
neer of Frostburg, looking to estab
fishing a sewerage system. Grants
vile, situated high on the mountains
on the old National pike, is fast be-
coming a popular summer resort, and
this is but one of the several improve
ments planned by the town officials to
make It more attractive.
The Hartford County School Board
has revised the architectural plans for
the new high school building at Dub,
lin and has awarded the contract for
its erection to Dennis ]. Shanahan.
The new building will be shaped along
the lines of a Maltese cross, with the
entrance halls and cloakroom in the
centre. The basement will be fitted
for manual training and domestic
science.
The erection of large brick build
ing has been begun at East New Mar
ket, on the site where the big Are oc-
Cured last winter. The building
might be termed Community build
ing" as it is to contain the postoffice,
town hall, drug store, and many offices
and shops. Brinkloe & Canning, of
Easton, are the architects, and George
Woolford, Of Cambridge. is the con-
tractor.
The Democrats of Garrett county
made no nominations in the recent
primary and the State Central Com
mittee for the county, composed Of
Thomas ]. Browning, S. X. Schloss-
nagle and Thomas ]. Johnson, at
meeting at Oakland named the follow
ing:
House of Delegates-Asa T. Mat
thews, Oakland; George w. Broad
water, Grantsville, and Peter F.
Michael, Elbow.
Sheriff-Luther ]. Brown, Oakland.
States Attorney-Stuart F. Hamill,
Oakland.
Judges of the Orphans Court
Henry A. Shaffer, Ryan's Glade; Will
liam F. King, Oakland, and Goodhart
Durr, Johnson's.
County Commissioner - Amos NJ.
Umbel, Friendsville.
The prohibitionists of Montgomery
county, at their county convention
held at Damascus, nominated the fol
lowing ticket:
For clerk of the Circuit Court, John
a. Baker, of Damascus.
For House of Delegates, Samuel w.
Beall, of Rockville; Hezekiah Day, of
Gaithersburg; Joseph G. Watkins, OF
Cedar Grove; George w. Easton, OF
Lewisdale.
For sheriff, Ernest Beall, of Lewis
dale.
For judges of the Orphans Court
Daniel C. Ifert, of Laytonsville; AL
burn H. Watkins, of Browningsville
For register of wills, Vernon D. Wat
kins, of Damascus.
o. ]. Lucas, for many years assistant
postmaster of Pocomoke City, died al
his home in that city from a stroke o.
paralysis. He leaves his widow anC
| InTee uduBnleTS.
Compulsory school attendance fol
both white and colored pupils will e
into effect Monday, October IL. Al
children in Caroline county between
the ages of and 16 years will be re
quired to attend school six months, o
until April IL.
An officer from Rappahannock coun
", Virginia, arrived in HagerstOwn ant
Identified Edward Pratt, negro, VIII,
was arrested there several weeks age
as the man charged with criminal,
assaulting Eunine Butler, of Kappa
hammock county.
William Fouch, farmer of Browns
Vile, was severely injured while driy
ing pair of horses hitched to a lam
roller. The horses ran off and Foucl
was thrown under the roller and on
leg crushed He was removed to hi
home and surgical aid rendered
The following Hartford county farm
have recently changed hands: Charlie
A. Benson, of near Emmorton, ha
sold his 11s-acre farm to Robie Kilb'
OF South Carolina; H. o. Hanaway ha
sold 1875 acres OF his Kenmore In