The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-09-01
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ident of the Board of County Con
missioners of Anne Arundel county
died at his home on South River. He
had been i'll with pneumonia for a
week. He was 3S years old and leaves
wife.
Oakland.--The municipal authorities
are much concerned over the water
shortage. A proclamation has been
issued forbidding the use of water for
| sprinkling lawns, watering gardens
and washing automobiles. One day
recently the Rest, a summer boarding
house, with more than 20 guests, was
completely out of water for all pur.
poses due to the famine.
Baltimore. Twelve delegates Of the
United National Association of Post.
Office Clerks will represent Baltimore
at the twenty-third annual convention
Of the association to be held in Buff
falo, N. Y, September 4-8. More than
10000 members are expected to at
tend. A special railroad fare reduc-
| ton Of 25 per cent. has been granted.
Rising Sun.-The Thirty-seventh an
nual convention of Cecil county Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union will
be held next Friday, in Hopewell Meth
odist Episcopal Church. Day and night
sessions will be. held. Miss Bertha
M. Tyson, of Rising Sun, county pres
ident, will preside. Among the prom
inent speakers who will address the
convention is Mrs. Mary R. Haslop,
State president.
Frederick. - Four hundred and
seventy-two farmers have enrolled as
members Of a Frederick county
branch of the National Farm Bureau,
About one-half of the county has been
convassed Promoters of the cam
paign expect to have enrolled between
800 and 1000 members by the end of
the week. Washington county, recent
ly organized, has a membership be-
tween 700 and 500.
Frostburg. Harry Wilson Of this
place is under $1,000 bond to await
the action of the next grand jury at
Wheeling, w. Va, in connection with
the death of Frederick P. Gollner, a
police officer of Wheeling. The YER
dict of the coroner's jury was that
Gollner came to his death through
reckless driving and the failure of
| Wilson to stop his automobile when
street car halted in front of him.
Frederick-A handsome new build
| ing, combination dining hall and dor
mitory, begun on the campus of Hood
| College last spring is nearing compile
ton. 1t will form the northern ex-
tremity of what will be a quadrangle,
surrounded by eight large buildings,
| three of which have been constructed.
1t is being built along lines similar to
Alumnae Hall and is four stories high
with dormer windows. Directors of
| the college will shortly decide upon
name for it.
Mount Rainier-The Town Council
| of Mount Rainier has decided to set
aside $4,000 from the proceeds of the
recent sale of the town water and
sewer system to establish revolving
sidewalk fund. This action will per-
NIT the construction of about 5000
| feet of sidewalks Immediately, the cost
| to be assessed against abutting prop
erty owners. 1t was decided to secure
bids for equipment for road work, in
Guiding a tractor, truck, scraper and
a concrete mixer.
Hagerstown.-"Pick them out of
the crowd" Dewey Bait and Walter
| Thompson, tarred and feathered be-
cause, it is believed, they were work
| ing as strikebreakers on the Western
Maryland Railway here, were before
| Justice John H. Bitner when the five
men accused of having tarred and
feathered them were tried for assault
| Tense, J. Cleveland Grice, insisted that
they pick the men out of the crowd
that fiocked to hear the trial. States
Attorney Wolfinger objected, but it
was insisted that the men were still
in sight of the court The accused
men were recognized. They are:
Luther Brill, William Fraker, Harry
Ditmer, Roy Ditmer and Raymond
Pomeroy, all former employees of the
Western Maryland Railway.
observation-disclosures we're in at.
tendance at the annual picnic of the
Washington County Farmers Associa-
ton here, held at the Fair Grounds
Governor Albert C. Richie was the
chief speaker of the day. Judge Frank
I. Duncan, of Baltimore; A. S. Colds.
borough, general secretary of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton, of Baltimore, and John N. Mack
all, chairman of the States Road
Commission, also spoke. Novelty
events of various kinds were on the
program arranged by John L. Hurley.
in charge of public athletic work in
Hagerstown. The Public Health Dem
onstration Unit gave an exhibition OF
child hygiene, in charge of Miss Eliza.