Middletown transcript., 1917-01-20

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arrested, charged with malicious de-
struction of property and trespass.
She spent a day and night in jail.
William Morgan, the 8-mOnth-old
child of Sidney Morgan, of Crisfield, is
critically i'll with infantile paralysis.
He was stricken two days ago and his
left side is completely paralyzed. All
hope of the child's recovery has been
abandoned. This is the first case OF
infantile paralysis in Crisield in eight
years.
County Treasurer Berry E. Clark has
given notice that all property in the
county upon which taxes for the year
are unpaid will be sold at auction on
the second Monday in April in front
of the court house at Rockville. The
total amount of taxes in arrears is
about $4,000, representing about 800
unpaid bills.
Inc bdillIlOIo duu OHlo 1ehiiAoou
has recalled the entire force of 210
men recently furloughed and has re-
moved the repair work on steel and
wooden cars from the shops in the old
rolling mill yards to the yards Of the
company's machine shops in South
Cumberland The rolling mill shops
will be maintained, but only light re-
pairs will be made there
A meeting of Caroline county farm
ers interested in the movement to
secure better dairy cows with which
to stock their farms was held at Fed
eralsburg. County Agent A. ]. Nor
man was chairman and addresses were
delivered by G.. E. Wolcott, dairy eX-
pert of the United States Department
Of Agriculture and Maryland State Col
lege Of Agriculture, and G. H. Afford,
State agent. A cooperation cow as
sociation was formed.
Members of the Anne Arundel Coun-
ty Medical Society at their annual
meeting elected the following officers: :
President, DR.. Charles r. Winterson;
e-president, Dr. J. Oliver Purvis;
treasurer, Dr. Frank H. Thompson; !;
secretary, DR.. Francis E. WeitZman;
censors, DR.. Charles B. Henkel, DR..
Thomas P. Benson and DR.. ]. H.
Billingslea; delegate to the Medical
and Chirurgical Faculty Of Maryland,
DR.. Louis 3. Henkel; alternate, Dr. w.
H. Hopkins.
The Municipal Congress Of the East
ern Shore was inaugurated at Centre
Vile. Its aim will be to draw the towns
of the Shore into closer community
of interest. Mayor l. E. Jones, of
Salisbury, presided. Others present
were: Councilman Howard Towers,
Easton; Commissioner Charles N.
Satterfield, Chestertown; Commission
er S. Frank Cole, Denton, and Commis
sioner Charles @. Snyder, Centreville.
It was decided to hold bi-monthly
meetings, the first in Easton on Feb
ruary 1. Each county seat will have
two votes and other towns one vote
each in the congress.
William Ross, colored, was found
guilty by jury in the Circuit Court
at Rockville of murder In the second
degree for the killing Of John Nash,
also colored, and was sentenced by
Judge Peter, to 18 years in the peni-
tentiary. In passing sentence Judge
Peter told the defendant he should
have been found guilty of murder in
the first degree. Nash was killed No
vember 3, 1915, in woods near Ia
koma Park He was struck On the
back of the head with an AK and his
skull crushed. Ross was tried three
times. The first time Judges Peter
and Worthington failed to agree and
at the second trial the jury also dis
agreed
Maryland's good roads system may
receive consideration along lines
which were not originally contem-
plated Western Maryland Is making
a strong claim for the new government
armor plate plant. The latter, be-
cause of a rule of the Navy board,
must be located not less than 200 miles
from the Atlantic coast. Cumberland
and it's vicinity satisfy that rule, and a
delegation has filed brief with Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels urging rec
ognition on the part of the special com.
mittee appointed to view and recon-
mend the proper site.
Mrs. Custic Kinsell, "a years old,
wife of E. G. Kinsell, died at Green
Spring Furnace. She was a daughter
Of the late Anne and Isaac Cushwa
Surviving are her husband and one
son, Bernard Kinsell, Fairview.