The daily banner., 1919-07-11
Brief Local News

Mr.. Philip Howard is wearing the
smile of welcome. It's girl.
Messrs. Simmons and Thomas DaW
son, of Baltimore, are spending a
few days in Cambridge.
Mrs. Avery C. Warkx, of Washing.
ton, D. c., is visiting her mother
Mrs. Mamie Ennis, West End Ave-
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. Harris have
returned to Baltimore, after visiting
Mrs. Mamie Ennis, at her home on
West End avenue.
William S. Hart, the greatest of
all Western character actors, will be
seen in his greatest Western play,
Border Wireless" at the Grand
Opera House tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Irving Mace and
daughters, Hannah and 9ct, and
Misses Susie Hurlock and Elizabeth
Mundy, have returned from a motor
trip to Baltimore, via the ferry.
! The Citizens Band gave in Spring
Valley last evening the first of an
! enjoyable series of concerts which
they will give each Thursday even.
ing during the summer. Some two
thousand persons were in attendance.
While doing some shopping for
himself and others in Cambridge
yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Edwin T..
Keene, of Golden Hill, lost pocket
book containing about thirty-fve
dollars.
New York creditors of the Eastern
Shore Ship Building Corporation
have taken over the yards and have
begun work on the completion of a
large four-mast schooner that was
left On the ways when the Company
went in the hands of a receiver. The
Sharptown people hope that is the
beginning of a general resumption
of work, and that their town will re-
sumo it's former life and activity.
A branch of the Coca Cola Bottling
Works, of Baltimore, is to be estab-
Iished in Cambridge, and apparatus
to be used in the business is already
being installed in the building on
Race street from which Mr. James A.
Slacum, the welI-known machinist,is
moving to his new quarters on the
same street. Tie bottling plant will
begin operations in a short time.
Cambridge and many parts of Dor
chester were visited yesterday after
noon and evening by splendid rains,
which effectuaIly relieved the drouth
prevailing in the county. The rain
last evening is said to have been par
ticularly heavy in the vicinity of Col
den Hill, whittier number of Cam
bridgeans had journeyed to attend
the festival given by the Catholic
Church.
The Directors of the Farmers &
Merchants Bank of Salisbury increas-
ed the dividend rate of the July per-
1ou Ii Jill 1IF6 ~ OLA pei SVdGS Liz
places the stock on a II per cent.
dividend basis. which is four per
cent. higher than the basis was at
this time last year. This increase in
the dividend was made possible by
the largely increased business which
the bank is now doing.
Work has been begun on the un-
completed portion of State road be-
tween Madison and Taylor's Island.
1t was reported that the road would
be closed to traffic by today, and that
all persons bound for Taylor's Is
land would have to go by Golden
Hill, but telephone message from
Church Greek states that the mail
carrier went through by the old
route. Those who intend going to
the island, however, would do well
to make inquiries at Church Creek.
Col. Marion A. Humphreys, a mem
Der of Jackson Bros Company, and
formerly postmaster of Salisbury,
and Mrs. Caroline c. Rider, widow of
N. H. Rider, were married Wednes-
day morning at nine o'clock, at
Warwick Manor" Wicomico coun-
ty, the home of the bride. by Rev.
DR.. Herson, of Asbury M. e. Church.
Col. Humphreys has long been promf-
nent in business and politics. He is
nephew of the late VIM. FL. jack
son.
Young BILLY" Jackson, son OF
State Treasurer VIM. P. Jackson, on
Tuesday afternoon accidentally kill
ed the six year old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph s. Duffy, when the
child ran in front of his automobile.
Young Jackson carried the child to
the Peninsula General Hospital,
where she died three hours later.
Jackson stated that he was driving
at moderate rate of speed and that
he made every effort to stop the
car. He remained at the hospital
until the child's death.
List of letters remaining uncalled
| for in the Cambridge postofice to
July IL: John M. Davidson, George
Denis, Albert Goodrich (Foreign);
J. Manuel (Foreign); w. c. Messick,
Sgt. Walter B. Spedden, Ebert
Stiles, U. A. Wiley, J. Lee Zackey,
Irene Cornish, Miss Mary Dorman,
Miss Lille M. Dorman. Miss Annie
Jackson, Mrs. Febbie James, Mrs.
| Amelia Keene, Miss Winifred Meek
ms, Miss Matte None, Mrs. Madeline
Tills, Miss Oracle Wheatley.--G. w.
Wright, Postmaster.
Holiness Tent Meeting.