Middletown transcript., 1917-09-15

Frank King, pianist, of Washing
ton, was drowned while bathing at
Ocean City.
No new cases of infantile paralysis
have been reported in either Allegany
or Garrett counties, and it is now
thought that all danger from the
plague is over.
Frank Sellers, Of Hurlock, for some
months driver of Hurlock Brothers
bus between Hurlock and Cambridge,
killed himself by shooting himself in
the head with pistol and falling into
the Choptank River at the B., c. & A.
wharf
Persons attending Timonium Fair
will be given an opportunity to see
Maryland's soldiery at work and en-
joying recreation. A detachment OF
the Fifth Regiment is quartered on the
grounds with horses and mules, and
tho main body of the regiment is en-
camped only a short distance from the
fair.
Miss Agnes Blanchard Williams,
daughter of Mrs. Williams, of An
napolis, and the late DR.. Elijah VIII
liams, former State Senator and for
mer treasurer of Anne Arundel coun-
ty, and John Karl Lundelius, of
Obrero, Sweden, were married in ST.
Anne's Protestant Episcopal Church,
Annapolis, by the Rev. Edward D.
Johnson, rector of the church.
A. Marion Green, only son of Town
Commissioner and Mrs. Alfred Green,
of Centreville, has been selected by
the War Department for training in
the aviation school at Cornell Uni
versity, Ithaca, N. Y. Mr. Green, who
some time ago enlisted as a private in
the Signal Corps Reserve, is under
going his tests and hopes to be as
signed as an aerial fighter with Gen
eral Pershing's force in France.
Rev. j. Ralph Wright, Cumberland
young man. who has been pastor of
Mount Tabor Methodist Protestant
Church. Washington. D. c., has ten
derd his resignation to Rev. Luther
Warner, president of the Maryland An
nual Conference of his church, to &C
cept commission as mounted lieu
tenant in the army. He goes as a
chaplain, and expects to be called for
service within the next few days.
A solid trainload Of 35 cars Of
peaches went through Cumberland
over the Western Maryland Railway
from the orchard shipping stations Of
Western Maryland and West Virginia
to points West The special peach
train Is said by an official of the Cum
berland Fruit Exchange to be the first
of its kind moving through Cumber-
land The shipment was estimated to
be worth 100000.
Fire, supposedly of incideniary
origin, destroyed the farm buildings
and their contents on the farm of Rich
ard Hardy and son, near Bethesda, en-
failing loss Of about $4,000. The
fire started shortly after an automo-
bile, with lights out, was seen to leave
the farm, about three o'clock in the
morning, and it is thought the occu-
pants of this machine started the fire.
Mr. Hardy has offered reward of $500
for information leading to the arrest
Of the guilty person.
A fire on the farm of Bedford
Weatef, in Queen Anne's county, de-
stroyed all the outbuildings on the
place, three mules, eight hogs, 1,10O
bushels of wheat, 300 bushels of po-
tatoes, two lofts of hay and all the
farming implements. The fire was
caused by sparks from a traction
engine belonging to John Smith, which
was standing beside the barn. The
high winds prevailing at the time
caused the fire to spread Mr.. Weatef
estimated his loss at $4,000.
The body of Patrick F. Laughlin,
aged 20 years, an electrician employed
by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company, at Luke, was found lying
against a motor in a room being re-
modelled. 1t is thought that his shoes
were made wet from the rain that
came through the window, and when
he touched wire in inspecting a
motor, a circuit was formed and he
was electrocuted. He was a son OF
the late Andrew Laughlin, who con-
Quoted a hotel in Westernport for a
number of years.
Many tomato growers throughout
Caroline county, tempted by the high
prices offered for their crop. are said
to be violating their contracts made
with the packers. In self-defense,
many of the packers have applied to
the court for injunctions against the
growers to prevent the sale of the to-
matoes to any but the party to the
contract, and ask that receivers be ap-
pointed to harvest the crop and de-
liver it to those who have contracted
therefore The price agreed upon last |
spring-$15 a ton-was deemed high, |
being twice what was paid a few years
ago.
That it is profitable to reclaim
farms in Queen Anne's county has
been shown by the experience of
James T. Anthony, president OF the
MARYLAND Grangers. Some time ago