The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-07-07
State Happenings
Briefly Told

Cambridge.-Samuel Barnett, col
ored, so years old, died of injuries sus-
tanned when an explosion occurred in
the elevator of the Hurlock Milling
Company, Hurlock. The explosion is
said to have been due to some one
striking a match while the elevator
was being fumigated with chemicals
preparatory to putting in wheat.
Pocomoke City.-Charles o. Melvin,
aged n, prominent attorney and
staunch Republican of this city, who
spent the greater part of his life here,
died suddenly. He is survived by one
daughter and two sons, Mrs Enid
Wulff, of Ohio; Homer Melvin, OF Bal
timore, and ingalls, Melvin, of Buffalo,
New York.
Cumberland nd.-Bernard O'Donnell,
baseball player of Cumberland,
through his guardian, Mrs. Margaret
O'Donnell, has filed suit for $4,000
damages against Harry Snowden, col
ored, for injuries sustained when a
truck owned by Snowden ran away on
Sideling Hill mountain and was
wrecked.
Centreville. = Temporarily blinded
by the bursting Of an ammonia pipe
in the milk cooling station at Hardi-
sons Diaries, Price, J. Tucker Carter,
foreman, and Charles Cohen. assistant
foreman, were painfully injured. Mr..
Carter had both eyes badly injured,
while Mr.. Cohen temporarily lost the
sight of one eye.
Rockville.-The farmers of Mont
gomery county are in the midst OF
their wheat harvest and the noise OF
the binders can be heard in all direc-
tions. There is said to be every in
dication that the yield will be one OF
the heaviest the county has known for
number of years, notwithstanding
that rust and scab curtailed the crop
to considerable extent. The usual
acreage was sown.
ern Maryland Railway system, of Bal
timore, this city, Hagerstown and
other points, left here for Chicago to
be present at the hearing before the
United States Railway Labor Board
concerning the contract for motive
power department and maintenance-of-
way work between the railway COM
pany and the Dickson Construction
and Repair COMPANY
Aberdeen.-A wreck occurred on the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Aberdeen
when the brakes of north-bound
freight were applied too suddenly, 1t is
said, breaking the air shaft between
the cars, derailing coal car and
box car. The coal car was driven un-
der the box car and the concussion
was heard all over this town. A crowd
gathered and a wrecking crew came
from Perryville. Trains were run for
two hours on the south7bound track.
Hagerstown.-That Councilmen and
other city authorities who fail to obey
the edicts of the Ministerial Associa-
ton of Hagerstown will be f1ttingly
punished at election time was forcibly
impressed upon the City Council by
delegation of both organizations
which appeared before the Council to
protest the repeal of an ordinance
which prohibits public exhibitions OF
boxing. The Rev. William M. Nor.
ment, pastor of the First Christian
Church, headed the delegation and de-
nounced boxing exhibitions as degrad-
ing and unnecessary. He introduced
the Rev. F. Perry Plummer, pastor of
st. Paul's United Brethren Church.
Observation-Disclosures by the nee
essity of providing for increased ex-
penditures approximately $4,000 and
governed by a new Statewide school
law which fixes 81 cents as the mini.
mum rate which may be established by
any county for educational purposes,
the Board of County Commissioners
have announced the Queen Anne's
county tax rate for 1922. 1t is $1.42
on each $1OO. The county rate for
1922 is rs cents on each 800, the same
as last year. The school rate is 81
cents on each 800. Last year the
rate was SIS cents.