Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-11-04
IMPORTANT NEWS
QUICKLY TOLD
Happenings In Various Sections Of
Old Maryland
NEWS ITEMS FOR OUR READERS

ing MIN Win the seduction Ot a ID
year.old high school girl has been is.
sued for J. William Taylor. principal
of the Alberene High School, who
mysteriously disappeared from his
home in Albemarle county The war
rant for Taylors arrest was obtained
by the brother OF the alleged victim.
Taylor is now believed to be in Bal.
timore.
( Baltimore.-Marylan scheme OF
financing its highway system was
highly commended at the session in
/ Washington OF the second National
4 Conference on Education for highway
engineering and highway transport in
speech by a. ]. Brousseau. OF the
National Automobile Chamber OF Com.
merce. According to Mr.. Brousseau.
Maryland has so managed its good
roads financing that the State may
now proceed with further development
without issuing long-term bonds in adj
dition to those already outstanding.
Maintenance is largely taken care OF.
II was shown. out OF current revenues
and. while an occasional issue OF Sc
curities may be needed TO make some
extensive improvement. such issues
ought not to be large. all things con
sdered
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. W. w. Woodcock,
United States District Attorney. said
he had been in conference with Alex |
Z a .
the State. regarding arrests by State |
police OF prohibition agents for speed |
ing and that Mr.. Armstrong promised
to issue instructions for closer coop /
Grafton between the State and Federal
officers. Mr.. Woodcock said he also
had written f.. Austin Baughman. Au.
tomoble Commissioner, giving an &C.
count of what occurred Friday AT
Laurel and asking for aid in prevent
ing similar happenings. 81 am quite
sure from my talk with the Attorney
General" said Mr. Woodcock. that
we may expect from State officers aft
err this more sympathetic cooperation
in our work OF preventing rum.run
ming than has been the case hereto.
fore"
Hagerstown-A whisky-laden auto.
mobile. believed to be one OF fleet
of rum.runners. was wrecked after
nightfall on the main street in Funks-
town. two miles from this city. at
sharp turn and both of the drivers are
reported to have been injured Names
and facts are not obtainable. owing to
a shroud of secrecy about the acct. |
dent. The authorities have not been
able to ferret out the facts OF the !
mysterious accident. The driver OF
the machine telephoned to Hagerstown
for another automobile which was
sent to the scene. and the cargo OF
whisky transferred and brought here. |
II is said. The wreck was cleared /
away In short time and when pc.
licemen arrived there was no trace OF
II. man who claims TO have wit.
messed the wreck said residents OF
Funkstown helped TO transfer the load |
of liquor.
Elkton.-The Court OF Appeals OF /
Maryland has flied its decision |
/ in the contested election cases |
/ of T. NJ Sweet and Edward Lynch |
against Mayor w II. Mackall and /
/ Councilmen Magraw. Davis. McKen. !
ney and Karl. reversing the decision
/ OF the lower court and supporting the |
contention of the Mayor and present
councilmen. At the annual spring /
I election. Lynch and Sweet hled pa.
pers as candidates for short term
councilmen. after their claim had been |
ignored by the Mayor on the ground .
that no vacancy existed The court
I ordered their names on the ticket. and .
they were elected. having no oppo-
nents When they attempted 10 take .
their seat in the council. their claims .
were turned down. They carried their
cases to the Cecil County Court.
which ordered that they be seated
Mayor Mackall took an appeal and
the County Courts decision was re-.
versed The cost in the ease was
imposed on Lynch and Sweet in the
decision just handed down.
Annapolis,-As an accessory after
the fact in the murder OF J. Bernard
Pattison AT Savage. near Guiiford.
Howard county. on May II last, Mrs.
Marbelle Pease is 10 be brought TO
trial in the Circuit Court OF Anne
Arundel County here November II.
! With William Carter Cronmiler, this
week convicted OF murder in the sec .
ond degree and sentenced 10 Is years
In the Maryland Penitentiary. Mrs,
Pease was indicted for the killing Of .
Pattison AT the trial Monday and "
Tuesday she testified that the crime
was committed by Cronmiller her al.
mit,ed paramour OF several years. Il .
now develops that it is unlikely that