The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-12-08
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
The Latest GIeanings From All
Over the State
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD

cult Court by Clarence X. Bowie,
treasura. Contributions were shown
as s44, e2.5o, leaving a balance of
$3.50.
4kland.-The Garrett County Pub
lie Health Association was organized
here, following talk by DR.. Knox,
of Baltimore, Chief of the Maryland
Children's Bureau. The following Of
ficers were chosen: President, e. q.
Tower; .vice-president, Mrs. N. I.
Broadwater; secretary, Mrs. E. R.
O'Donnell, and treasurer, Mrs. Julius
C.. Renninger.
,Cumberland.-The County Board of
Education, through William L. Sperry,
its president, has filed a petition with
the Board Of County Commissioners
requesting that they advertise and sell
$50O,O0O bonds. designated as Allie
gany County School Bonds of 1922,
to be sold to the highest bidder, jan
nary IL, 1923. The money is to be
used for proposed new buildings and
improvements in the county.
Cumberland.-Following his acquit-
tai on the charge Of stealing $3.50
from his father, the late George w.
("Buck") Norris, farmer of near Lit.
tie Orleans, this county, who was
mysteriously slain, the State dis
missed the charge of murder against
Raymond Norris, 19-year-old son of
the victim. The jury disregarded the
alleged confession Of young Norris
that he stole the money.
Havre de Grace-The business Of
flee Of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company, located in this
city will soon be removed to Belair,
the district office of the county. Miss
May Haut, who has had the Office in
charge for the last year, will be trans
terred to Belair The telephone COM
pany opened its business Office here
eleven years ago, with Milton e. Ger
Der as manager. He now has charge
of the Baltimore district
Frederick.-Au award of $14.86 per
week for 1917 weeks, total of $4.-
991.75 was made by the State Indus
trial Accident Commission to Mrs.
Ruby E. Adams, widow of Policeman
John H. Adams, who was shot and
instantly killed last August by Will
liam A. Stultz, who was executed here
on Friday, November 8. The pay
ments will be made by the city. The
average weekly pay of Adams, was
$22.2S.
Baltimore-Dr. J. Hubert Wade,
chairman and treasurer of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee, filed
with the clerk of the Circuit Court
of Washington county, at Hagerstown,
statement showing receipts and ex-
| penditures by him in the recent cam
| paign., These are Independent of the
| contributions to and disbursements by
| the Bruce Campaign Committee and
the various county organizations. Ac-
| cording to DIR. Wade's report, he re-
| ceived s5,919, and spent $5,863.65.
re.-Expenditures by the
Republican State Central Committee
during the recent election campaign
were $1,50S.61, it was disclosed in
| statement filed in Circuit Court by
Clinton o. Richardson, assistant treas
urer of the committee. The report,
made in accordance with terms of the
Corrupt Practices Act, showed cor
tributions totaled $3.50. The heavi-
| est subscribers were Postmaster Ben
jamin F. Woelper, Jr., Prohibition Di-
rector Edmund Budnitz and Attorney
| General Alexander Armstrong.
Oakland.-The monthly meeting Of
the Patron-Teacher Association of the
! Oakland High and Grammar schools
was marked by an old-fashioned SPELL
ing match. The best spoilers of the
high school were pitted against a
team captained by e. q. Tower, clerk
| of the Circuit Court. The high school
team was the victor. Miss Della
Brennaman on the high team and
Mrs. Grover Stemple on the Tower
team were the last to leave the floor
The Rev. Henry A. Grubbs, pastor OF
the Garrett Memorial Presbyterian
| Church, was the pronouncer. After
the match, refreshments were served,
| the floor cleared and many in the as
sembly indulged in dancing.
ambridge.-Wounded Thursday In
a battle between oyster tongers OF
Wicomico and Dorchester counties,
Emerson Pritchett died in the Cam
bridge Hospital Chief Judge John R.
| Pattison has called a special session
| of the Dorchester county Grand Jury
| to act on a charge of first degree
| murder brought against Captain John
w. Collier and William Travers, of
| Nanticoke, accused Of killing Pr1ch-
| ett. Arrested by Sheriff John H. Far
| low, of Wicomico county, and turned
| over to Sheriff Wheatley, of Dorches-
| ter county, and Detective Frederick
C. Harbourne, of Baltimore, who hap
pened to be in the vicinity on other
business, the accused made no state
ment.
Observation-Disclosures county is on
| water rations" Acute shortages OF
water throughout the county have fol-
lowed the prolonged drouth, which
| has been practically unbroken since
last August Springs, wells and
streams throughout the county have
gone dry, many of them for the first
| time in the memory of the Oldest in
| habitants of the communities. Rivers
have become but small streams, which
| can be crossed by stepping from stone
to stone. Farmers are being compelled
20 drive b9ig stock long distances for
water