The daily banner., 1919-06-16
Brief Local News

July 1st.
Mrs. John Loomis and daughter
Emily, of West Philadelphia, are
visiting Mrs. Loomis' aunt, Mrs. ST
Milbourn, at her home on Locust St.
this city.
No pictures at the Grand Opera
House until Wednesday night, On ac,
count of the ChautauqIa. Wednes-
day nights feature is Alice Brady in
| THE World to Live In"
Messrs. j. Fred. Dunn and William
L. Dean have purchased of The East
ern Shore Land Improvement Com
pany the Hirst farm, located on the
Egypt road. the sale being made by
Attorneys Harrington and Wallace.
A very pretty wedding was solem-
nized at the Apostolic Parsonage on
Saturday evening at 8 o'clock, when
Rev. P. F. Bean united in marriage
Mr.. F. C. Meekins, of Lakesville ,and
Miss Reita A. Wallace, of Golden
Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank c. Hanna and
daughter, Miss Elizabeth, and son,
Mr. Carlos Hanna. left Saturday for
baltimore, where they spent the
weekend, returning last night. They
were accompanied home by Miss Isa-
bel Hanna, who is training at the
University of Maryland.
Mr.. Benjamin Gator, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles B. Gator, of Tay-
lor's Island, is spending a few days
at his home, having just received his
honorable discharge from the service,
after having spent about year ov-
erseas. Mr.. Cater expects to return
to Philadelphia in short time to
resume his position with the City Gov
ernment.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Naylor, OF
Ruxton, motored to Cambridge Sat
urday to spend the weekend as the
guests of Dr. and Mrs. Edgar A.
Jones, Oakley street. They left this
morning for Baltimore, and were
accompanied by Mrs. Jones and her
little daughter, Miss Ava, who will
spend sometime in Baltimore and
Baltimore county.
The Dorchester County Fair Asso-
citation is completing arrangements
for a number Of interesting races at
the track on July 4th. Local horse
men from different parts of the
county have already signifisd their
intention of entering their horses, ,and
a series of hotly contested events are
expected The Fair dates this year
have been fixed for August 5th, 9Th,
7th and 8th, and the management
has already. secured a number of new
amusements.
The Rev. William D. Gould, rector
of Christ Church, preached the bac-
calaureate sermon yesterday morning
to the members of the Graduating
Class of the Cambridge High School.
The sermon was timely one, and
made a deep impression upon his
hearers, not only the members of the
Glass, but to the congregation gen.
orally. This was the opening event
of Commencement week; the next
will be the Glass Night exercises at
the Opera House Thursday night,
which will be followed by the Gradu
alton exercises at the Armory Friday
night.
The new combination White auto
mobile hose cart and pumper, which
was delivered by the local agents,
The Phillips Hardware Company, to
the Mayor and City Council, last
week, for Rescue Fire Company, and
was tried out Wednesday night at
the Long Wharf, where it threw a
stream of water more than a hun
dred feet in the air, will be demon
strated again next Wednesday night,
the demonstration starting at seven
o'clock, at the Long Wharf. After
a thorough try-out, the pumper will
be taken up close to the stand-pipe,
where it will receive another trial.
At the first test the pumper threw
over 500 gallons minute, and this
time it is expected to do still better.
The County Commissioners give
notice that they intend to rigidly en-
force the Dog" Law which was
passed at the 1918 session of the
Maryland Legislature. This law, the
features of which are familiar to
most persons having been publish
ed in full in this paper after its pas
sage. is intended not only TO prevent
the raising of a large number Of
worthless dogs, the depredations of
which each year amount to q consid-
erable sum, but also to furnish the
money to compensate those persons
who suffer from such depredations.
For instance, If the dogs get into
farmers sheep or poultry and kill or
injure same, by presenting bill for
the DAMAGES to the County Commis-
sioners, such persons may be reim-
bursed for the damage done
The State Board Of Forestry has
had many inquiries in regard to a
withering foliage of shade trees all
over the State. Maple and elm leaves
covered with a sticky substance ap-
pear vanished. The twigs and the
under side of the leaves are literally
swarming with little insects, which
are known as plant lice or aphids.
These aphids cannot kill trees in one
season, but they can appreciably re-
tard the growth and prevent the ma
turity of fruit and they can make
shade trees unsightly. Since these
insects are leaf suckers and not leaf
eaters, a spray of a chemical solu-
tion powerful enough to kill the
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