Middletown transcript., 1915-06-12

| Hall.
Alexander Kilgour. of Rockville, an
nounced his candidacy for the Demo-
cratic nomination for states attorney
for Montgomery county.
The commencement exercises OF the
North East High School was held in
the assembly room at Elkton, the ad-
: dress to the graduates being made by
Hon. Emerson C. Harrington.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, at
the request of its milk shippers and
passengers at Tuscarora, has restored
the ticket agency there, with H. A.
Droneburg as ticket agent.
Mrs Emerson c. Harrington, wife
Of the State Comptroller, is confined
to her home, in Cambridge, with a
fracture of the hip. Mrs Harrington
fell on a hardwood floor about four
months ago. At first it was thought
that she had suffered only a sprain
but an X-ray taken a few days ago
showed a fracture.
Three midshipmen were ordered dis
missed from the Naval Academy and
formal court of inquiry has been de-
tailed to conduct thorough probe of
the "gouging" scandal or theft of ex-
animation questions propounded for
the late annual examinations and as
result of which several other midship-
men also are involved.
County Commissioner George G.
Bradley, Jr., of Montgomery, made an
nouncement of his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination to succeed
himself. He was appointed by Cover.
nor Crothers to fill out the term of
Commissioner Richard Humphrey Cis.
sell. who died shortly after being re-
elected.
After exonerating Ovid V. Shaw of
the charge OF killing his brother,
Alfonza Shaw, near White Plains, Md,
the same coroner's jury reassembled
and made another investigation before
Justice Wilkerson, A verdict was re-
turned charging Ovid V, Shaw with
the murder Shaw was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Penn and placed in Jail
at La Plata.
The County Commissioners of Tai
bot county fixed the tax rate at 87h
cents, an increase over the rate for
1914 of two cents. They levied for
the public schools $34,500, an increase
Of $4,5OO. The taxable basis of the
county is $4,000 900, which at the tax
rate agreed upon, gives the commits
sioners $1O5,200 revenue to run the
county for the fiscal year.
The County Commissioners OF How
ard county fixed the tax rate at 95
cents. Notwithstanding the fact that
large sums were spent in the building
and maintenance of roads and in other
ways on, permanent improvements,
and despite the fact that approximate
ly 100000 worth of personal property
has been stricken from the tax books
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the Legislature, the rate is cents
lower than that of last year.
The final exercises of the George
Biddle High School, Cecilton. were
held Tuesday. The address was made
by DR.. S. c. Mitchell, president of
Delaware College, the diplomas being
hxy C,,-
perintendent of Schools for Cecil coun-
ty. The graduates were Robert Wood
ford Hall, Elizabeth Adelaide Lusby,
Mary Richards Anderson, Isabel
Thomas Clark, Frances Ward Davis,
Ethel Luthringer, Agnus Ostrom and
Carmon Price.
Five men were injured when an
automobile ran off the State road near
Locust Grove and crashed into a tele-
phone pole. Mr. Gundry and Mr..
Sells, both of Hebron, Dorchester
county, were the most severely hurt
Fire destroyed the canning-house of
S. S. Slacum, in Lakes district, Dor
chester county.
Nicholas Carter, of Pocomoke City,
was killed in an automobile accident
at Whaleyville.
Potato planting is being pursued at
Deer Park on an extensive scale. On
the Hardesty farm 20 acres have been
put in potatoes. Another farmer at
Mountain Lake Park is putting 20
acres in potatoes.
Since the discovery of diamonds in
Arkansas on August 1, 1906, 1875
stones, aggregating $50 carats, have
been found there.
In the United States last year 1915
new books were published, and there
we're 1885 new editions of old works