The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-02

from window to the sidewalk, land
ing on its head. II was rendered I'M
conscious, but revived in few min
utes- While the child is apparently
none the worse for the fall. physicians
IN attendance say several days will be
required TO develop the effects OF the
accident.
To work for Marshall WarreDfeltz
al summer without pay and help him
to rebuild his barn. destroyed by FIRE,
was the sentence imposed by Justice
Anders. al Frederick, upon Harry c.
Dusing. The latter was found in a
stupe1ed condition with his clothing
on fire when Warrenfeltz entered his
burning barn to save his stock He
was rescued, but some OF the stock
persisted.
A public hearing will be held at
Cambridge April by Col. Lansing II.
Beach, United States engineer in
charge of the Baltimore district, to
determine If the bridge over the water
way connecting Charles creek with
Honga river. In Dorchester county, has
sufficient headroom to prevent it from
becoming an obstruction to navigation.
The papers will be laid before the Sec
rotary of War for his decision.
Solomon Hebron. a negro OF Prince
Georges county was found guilty of
setting fire to the house of George
Clark, another negro, in November,
1914. 1t was testified that CLARK had
married a woman to whom Hebron
had been paying some attentions, and
that Hebron told Clark's wife she
would never have any luck If she did
not marry him. A number Of wit
nesses testified that they saw Hebron
near the house on the night Of the
Gre.
Nearly 200 persons attended the
potato growers rally at Frostburg the
State Farmers Institute working in CO.
operation with the Citizens National
Bank of Frostburg, which has inau-
gurated a prize campaign for the best
seed potatoes grown in Garrett and Al
legany counties. Luncheon was served
the visitors at the Civic Club by the
Citizens National Bank Among the
speakers at the meeting We're Prof.
T. H. White, Maryland Experiment
Station; Prof. L. E. Temple. Maryland
Agricultural College: Prof. William
Stewart, United States Agricultural
Department, and Dr. Richard S. Hill,
Maryland Agricultural College.
Twenty-three of the leading men, of
thought and action. in Baltimore, met
e, H. Afford. State Agent in charge of
the Demonstration Work. with head
quarters at Maryland Agricultural
College, College Park. in the Board
of Directors room of the Balti-
more Chamber of Commerce and dis
cussed the agricultural development of
Maryland Mr.. j. Collin Vincent out
lined the purpose of the meeting and
called on Mr.. Afford for talk. The
central idea of Mr. Affords talk is
contained in the following extract:
Every city and town has an asset
which il properly developed would
pour many thousand dollars annually
into it's industrial channels. It is
easily conceivable that one million dol
lars can be added TO the products of
the country surrounding town of five
thousand people If every farmer in
the contributing territory were induced
TO adopt scientific methods OF farm
ing. Such an addition could not be
made without touching every banker,
every manufacturer, every storekeep-
CT, every lawyer. every editor. and, in
fact, every person in town"
A round table conference was held
and Mr.. j. Collin Vincent and the
other members of the Agricultural
Committee were appointed TO solicit
money to assist in paying the salary OF
a County Agent for Baltimore County.
II the Agent is appointed and the work
is satisfactory a conference viii prob
ably be called next fall to consider the
adyisability OF Baltimore City appro-
priating $500 to assist in paying the
salary of able County Agents in coun-
Hes where the county and the U. s.
Department of Agriculture will each
appropriate $1,000 for the work This
WIN make total appropriation of
$500 for a county and enable the off,
Gals IN charge Of the work to get
able and experienced men for County
Agents.