The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-09-08
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ident of the Board of County Com
missioners of Anne Arundel county,
died at his home on South River. He
had been i'll with pneumonia for
week. He was 3S years old and leaves
a 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, summer boarding
house, with more than 20 guests, was
completely out of water for all pur-
poses due to the famine
altimore.-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-S. More than
$4,000 members are expected to at
tend. A special railroad fare reduc-
Rising Sun-The Thirty-seventh an
nual convention of Cecil county Won-
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 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
| 500 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 ver-
! 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 a
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. It will form the northern ex-
| tremity of what will be 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 a
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
cluding 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
and battery. The attorney for the de,
fense, J. Cleveland Grice, insisted that
they pick the men out of the crowd
that flocked 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.
Hagerstown.-Thous were in at
tendance at the annual picnic of the
Washington County Farmers Associa-
ton here, held at the Fair Grounds.
Governor Albert c. Ritchie 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-
tion. 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
beth Bell and Miss Katherine Schindle.
Miss Sue Frick presented proper diets
for children. Miss Ethel Middlekauff
had charge of the ''first-aid" station
and Miss Susan Garberson, county
home demonstrator, directed the milk
booths.
Elkton.-Clarence w. Perkins, OF
Baltimore, has filed bill in the Cir
cult Court for Cecil county agains'
Henry A. Warburton and wife, Mrs.
Anna M. Warburton; Charles E. War
burton and wife, Henry A. Warburton
and ]. w. McAllister, trustees, and
Thomas w. Perkins and Henry l.. Con-
stable, receivers, asking the court to
appoint receiver to take over and
sell the Gilpin Falls Electric Company.
Henry A. Warburton and j. W. Nc
Allister are now in charge OF the al
fairs of the company as trustees, un-
der deed fad in the Circuit Court