Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-07-13
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
The Latest Gleanings From All
Over the State
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD

Iof Attorney General. James l..
Smiley, Annapolis, for Comptroller,
and Miss Mary Janet Miller, of Mont
gomery county. for clerk of the Court
Of Appeals
Sslisbury.-Members Of the State
police force are investigating an auto.
mobile accident on the Salisbury
Ocean City boulevard in which an au-
tomobile was overturned. killing one
occupant instantly and injuring an
other. The car was being driven by
Will Ellingsworth, nineteen. of Mills
boro, Delaware. and the only other
occupant was Kelly. his brother. The
latter was killed
Maryland headquarters
of the Near East Relief reported that
more than 5000 Armenian children
have been saved from blindness by
American physicians, who have been
sent to Alexandropol by the Maryland
branch. These children were suffer
ing with trachoma and we're patients
at the hospital at Alexandropol, which
is run in connection with the Mary
land Orphanage.
Rockville.-The annual meeting Of
the women's Democratic Club, of
Montgomery county. will be held here
July II. II will be conducted by the
president, Mrs Jesse w. Nicholson. Of
Chevy Chase. and will be addressed
by Mrs. Emily Newell Blair. Demo.
cratic National CommItteewoman. and
others. Mrs David Kincheloe. wife of
Representative Kincheloe, Of Ken
lucky. will sing. Luncheon will be
served.
Frostburg.-Practically all arrange
ments have been made for the Chan.
tauqua which is taking place here. be-
ginning July 16 to 20. inclusive. given
under the auspices of the Frostburg
Chautauqua Association. headed by
George Stern. Elaborate plans are
being made for the junior parade.
which will occur several days before
the opening date OF the chsutauqus.
Hundreds Of Frostburg youngsters
will participate in this affair.
Cambridge-On thousand members
OF the Ku Klux Khan and 100 Hooded
Ladies Of the Mystic Den gathered
here, where the Fourth OF July was
celebrated with a rally around fiery
cross erected in the Dorchester coun.
ty fair grounds. After a. parade
through Cambridge streets. IS pefsons
were snaturelizedr as members OF the
Klan. Dr. James Hawkins, organizer
from Baltimore, was presented with
a seven passenger automobile by mem
bers of the order.
Hagerstown.-The Public Service
Commission will re called upon in the
near future to settle a question wheth-
er this town is TO have competitive
electric companies or not, following
the filing OF an application by that
city that It be permitted to issue $780,
900 worth of bonds TO increase the
capacity of its municipal plant The
application was presented 10 the Com
mission by A. S. Mason. City Attor-
ney. and A. B. Grubmycr, manager OF
the electric plant.
Baltimore re-Republican leaders do
not apprehend any number OF primary
contests here or in most of the coun-
ties Of the State. They have received
assurance there will be no opposition
to the State ticket headed by Attorney
General Armstrong. all factions hav-
ing agreed to abide by tho selections
now being made. In this city no Re
publican as yet has Indicated desire
to he candidate for the city-wide
office and It is only The Fourth Legis-
lative District the Republicans have
shown signs of life.
Centerville.- Bessie Keating
Hopper. widow OF Judge Philemon 3.
Hopper. of the Second Judicial Circuit
died suddenly at the home of her sis
tiers. the Misses Heating. Centerville \
She was daughter of the hate vii
liam T Kesting and Elizabeth Frances
Heating, Of Cen.erville. She was born
January %. 1854, in Centeryille. where
she has always made her home tot
lowing the death Of Judge Hopper last
September she moved to the home Of
her sisters where she has since re-
sided
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'0''''"s " ''o'a o'''"s s,'s
council mas refused 10 reseind the
ordinance which prohibits all night
dancing in the corporate limits.
Councilman e,reighto, word wsr
'e'srah' hoseu 'hat an ordnance 70
that effect be placed on its first read