Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-09-17
IMPORTANT N-'.S
QUICKLY TOLD
Happenings In Various Sections Of
Old Maryland
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s. Sappington. near Liberty. tenanted
WAS also burned
FrOstburg - Several names have
BY Mayor Olin r. Rice for the draft
OF new city charter and to invest.
gate the establishment OF city man
ager form OF government.
Sharpsburg Allen Poffenberger.
postmaster of Sharpsburg. has been
appointed teacher OF the Bakersyille
School Mrs. Poffenberger will have
charge Of the post office until new
postmaster is appointed.
Frederick William Stocks. Point o!
Rock. was killed: Wade Spring Tay
lorstown, Va. is unconscious in the
City Hospital with fractured skull.
and Ralph and Harvey Brown and
Marshall Mock, near Point OF Rocks.
were injured when the automobile in
which they were riding overturned on
the State road near Brunswick
Oakland - Darius NJ Dixon 5S
years old, president OF the First Ma.
tional Bank, of Oakland, prominent
merchant and business man and
candidate Tor the Republican nomina
ton for County Commissioner, was in
stently killed at "a point on the stat
road mile north OF Oakland when
his automobile skidded upset and
caught him beneath il
Hagerstown.-J. A. Ferguson and
Edward Townsend Detachment No
i04 Squad T. United States Aerial
Mail Service, made a narrow escape
from death when the airplane in whica
they were carrying mail from Pitts
burgh to Cumberland foll loo feet 70
the ground in q cornhcld five miles
west of Hagerstown The engine be.
came disabled a propeller snapped
and the machine divcd carthward
landing upon its nose Bo'h occupants
escaped without Il hruisc
Hagerstown That ! gang OF thieves.
who haul their loot away in au,omo-
hiles Is opcrating in Washington
county is the belief OF the loca an.
thOrities Robberies occur almost ey-
cry night in some section of the coun-
~ In the last few days additional
robberies have been reported The
garage OF Edward Harp Funkstown.
was entered and nine automobile tires
carried on Eieh, sacks Of whea,
were stolen from the barn on the
Henry & Wolf farm near Chewsville.
tenantcd by II D Barkdoll mum.
be- OF chickens am quantity OF com
were stolen from Mrs Howard Earn
shsw's place. near Bridgeport
Baltimore Five volunteers for sery.
ice with the Spanish Foreign Legion
In Morocco left Union Station at 1.30
oclock Moaday morning Tor Now York
They are Frederick Il liouck Charlie
5. Brown. James White John Burns
and Arthur Brown
Arriving IN Ncw York thc party va
TO meet volunteers from other cities.
with whom they are to embark foi
Spain Although out OF the 80 or.snal
men to ofltr thrir services II passed
the physical requirements, Giovanni
SchiaH.ro local spanish Nice-Consul,
succeed in having but five make he
trip.
The pay OF members Of the spanish
Legion u SAID 20 average So cents
DAY in American money Eaca one
signing for four wears is 70 receive a
bonus Of several hundred dollars
Cumberland Falline when she
tried 70 alieht from a moving train en-
route 10 Cumberland Mrs Thomas X
Blackburn. aged 70. Of New Paris Pa
was so badly injured that she died in
about 20 minutes from the time OF the
accident, which occurred al Fisher
town Mrs Blackburn was returning
after spending a day al Hollidaysburg
and fell asleep She awakened just as
tho train was pulling ont Of Fisher.
town and asked someone where she
was on receiving the reply she
rushed from The car and jumped of
falling under the wheels She had one
leg cut OF and was otherwise badly
manelcd The train was stopped and
she was taken on with the idea that
she would be taken TO a Cumberland
hospital should she survive that long
Blu; before Bedford was reached she
had expired Her husband has been
for long. time . wheelchair invalid
Mrs Blackburn and daughter have
been keeping the hotel al New Paris
for years
Centerville - William Holton. 60.
teller in the Centerville National Bank.
shot and probabl, fatally wounded
himself while in rear room OF the
bank. The shooting occurred in the
height OF banking hours and the lobby
was filled with people transactine
business. No motive can be
- tha causa ~ tho daai