Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-06-17
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
The Latest GIeanings From All
Over the State
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD

Centerville-A. Sydney Gadd son OF
A. Sydney Gadd is in Emergency Hos
pital, Easton. where he underwent an
operation for appendicitis. Mrs. James
T. Bright. wife Of James T. Bright. a
prominent lawyer of Centerville, was
operated on at Maryland University
Hospital, Baltimore.
Baltimore--At the twenty-sixth an
nual meeting Of the Maryland Alum
nae Association of Notre Dame Col.
iege, held at the college. the associa-
tons annual scholarship was voted to
Miss Doris Eighmy of Buffalo. N. Y.
The following were named officers:
Historian, Miss Mary Lyons; chair.
man Of the midwinter tea committee;
Miss Eleanor Lyons, chairman OF the
June week committee; Miss Marie
Hebner. third yice-president; Miss
Nancy Arnold.
Westminster-Th County Commits
sloners of Carroll county have issued
As bonds of $1,000 each and certif-
Gates of Indebtedness to the amount
of s2125 to provide the county's one
half Of the lateral road fund Of s97,-
$50 to be spent by the State Roads
Commission in carrying out its pro
irrrsa ~ 10 Fap
1921 in this county. The roads desig-
mated by the commission are part OF
the Hanover pike, near Hampstead;
Oakland Mills road. near Patapsco
bridge. and part of road between
Westminster and New Windsor. The
bonds bear 5h per cent interest. Five
will hacnrl2a dnn in 1924 and dvn nanh
year thereafter until 1888, when the
last three will become due The bonds
were sold to Mackubbin. Goodrich &
Co., of Baltimore, for s71O55.
Easton-Nelson Bryan of Bruceville,
was fined $50 and costs following
hearing before Magistrate Johnston
here on the charge of turpentining a
dog and setting It on fire. A. L. Tharp
appeared for the accused and Gen.
Joseph B. Seth was present in the in
terest of the Society for the Proven
ton Of Cruelty to Animals. Magistrate
Johnston said that If it had not been
for the mans aged mother being alone
on the farm at the time of harvest he
would have imposed Jail sentence
also John Andrews, also accused as
an accessory to the crime. waived a
bearing in favor of jury trial He
was held in 800 bail for the next term
of court. The dog belonged to Charles
Pritchett and when it reached home
it was SO badly burned that it had to
be chlUroformed.
Centseyille-For the first time since
long before the Revolutionry War the
original home of the Paca family on
Wye Island, this county. this week
passed into the hands of an owner who
is not connected with the family that
furnished some of the most distin-
guished of Marylands early settlers.
Following the death recently of VIII
liam B. Paca. who was the last sur
viying male descendant of the late
Gov. William Paca, the property was
offered at public sale in Centreville.
The Wye Hall farm, comprising 367
acres Of land together with the man
sion house that during colonial days
was the center of social and political
activity in the eastern part of Mary
land, and where Pretty Betty Mar
tin" of national fame, frequently
danced. was purchased by John f. Kin
namcn for $64.3O an acre.
Belair-Mrs. Lille Singleton. wife
of Frank Singleton of Aberdeen, who
was assaulted by a negro last Thursday,
again failed to identify George Neale,
colored, positively as her assailant.
With Policeman Benjamin Ray Of
Aberdeen, Mrs. Singleton, much more
composed than al any time since the
assault came here and went to the
county jail, where Neale, who was ar
rested not far from her home last
Thursday and Walter McGee, colored,
who was arrested in Baltimore, are
confined as suspects. Mrs. Singleton
said she was certain that McGee was
not the man who attacked her and as
a result 1t is expected that the county
authorities will release him. When
Sheriff Atkin had Neale brought be-
fore her, however, she stated that his
features bore a marked resemblance
to those OF the man who assaulted her.
She stated. however, that his clothes
are not the same as those worn by her
assailant. Neale will be held for fur
ther investigation. Meanwhile county
authorities, State police and residents
are keeping up the search for other
suspects.
BaItimore-Not only is Baltimore
growing in leaps and bounds as an in
dustrial center, but the census report
just made public shows that the num-
Der of domestic animals within the
city limits has increased. The report
shows that in 1920 the number Of
horses was 1873. as compared with
1896 in 1910, and swine 1856, COM
pared with III in 1910. The great in
crease in the number of swine may be
explained by the inclusion Of the pork
ers at the municipal piggery at Bod
kins Point.