Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-07-01
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Happenings In Various Sections Of
Old Maryland
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ing OF the dfOutn. unless there Is
good soaking rain soon crops will be
seriously damaged.
Port Deposit Wesley Jackson, be-
fore a passenger train had stopped at
Tome Station, was overcome by heat
and fell from the platform to con.
crete walk fracturing his skull.
Cambrldge.-Three hundred mem
1ers have been obtained for the Cham
Der OF Commerce organized here un.
der the auspices of the American City
Bureau Those who joined pledged
their membership for three years. The
annual dues are $25.
Annapolis. - Fouryearold Dick
Bowers. son OF Commander John T
Bowers, u S. n. and Mrs, Bowers,
believes in giving credit where credit
is due in the matter Of his rescue from
drowning at the float of the Severn
Boat Club, and his 1O-year-old brother
Tommy is the fellow who receives
all of Dicks" gratitude.
Centreville. - In the defamation
contest held at Church Hill High
School Miss Frances Smith, daughter
of c. Edgar Smith. clerk to the Board
of County Commissioners for Queen
Annes county, won first prize. Miss
Smith selected as her defamation, /
THE Death Of Lafayette" Miss Bes-
sic Tatman was awarded the second /
prize.
~ T 5ett7 2z, a
deaf-mute. of Savage, Howard county. /
was drowned in the Savage dam while
swimming with a number Of young .
men Jett was the first TO enter the /
water, jumping off the diving board
into 80 foot of water He came to
the surface only once. After a search +
lasting an hour and a half the body /
was brought ashore by James Gosnell Z
Cansbridge-George H. Twilley. a
veteran, died at his home
here of paralytic attack sustained
several days ago. Mr.. Twilley was
slightly wounded in action during the
War Of Secession. He was a charter
member of Rescue Fire Company His
death leaves but one ex-Confederate
soldier living in Dorchester county, A.
Hamilton Bayly
Frederick.-Mrs. Bessie May Riley
Adams, third wife OF Charles W.
Adams and the beneficiary named in a
certificate in the Balti
more and Ohio Relief Association. was
declared by the Court Chief Judge
Hammond Urner and Judge Glenn H.
IS entitled 10 the full
amount of the certificate $4,000. which
has been involved in litigation wherein
each of three women claimed the
fund
Westminster-While sitting on the
porch at his home near Day, Jesse
Leatherwood died suddenly of heart
trouble. He was about 80 years old.
He was prominent in Republican par
ty affairs and represented Carroll
county for the past six years as a
of the House Of Delegates OF
Maryland. He was a director of the
Farmers Milling and Grain Company
a director Of I've Smith Concrete Block
Company and member of
Priority Council, Junior Order United
American Mechanics, all of Mount
Airy. and Of Csmp No Is. Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Baltimore.-Lieut John F. Bay,
Maryland National Guard Air Service,
IS dead and Private Eugene L. Nor
.on OF the same unit. is in a serious
at the base hospital Camp
Meade. as the result Of an airplane
,ccident at Logan Field, near Dun
ialk. Lieutenant Bay. whose home
vas at Jarrettsville Nd, was pilot Of
he plane and Private Norton who
iyes at Edgemere. Nd. the passenger.
When the machine had reached an
altitude CT about rs feet the pilot ap-
started turn to the right;
he plane swerved and suddenly
crashed to the ground 1t was a
ylaneing blow and the machine, strik ,
ng nearly nose first, was wrecked Its {
pinned under the broken
,arts, were extricated by Capt Henry {
Buettner Maryland National Guard ,
Medical Corps, and Army mechanics :
who rushed from hangers to the scene.
Denton.-Shot by a gun which he
lad arranged to shoot chicken thieves,
ram G. Grouse, a farmer near Ridge Z
y. died in Easton Hospital Grouse,
Who had been annoyed b. having his I
owls stolen, loaded his shotgun and :
laced It in commanding entrance TO
he chicken house. A string attached /
o the door manipulated the trigger.
'riday morning the farmer went to :
he building, and forgetting the trap, ,
pened the door, The load went into /,
is ankle Blood poison developed and ,
is leg was amputated in a vain at +
empt to save his life.