Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-08-31


here the past year. has been appointed
president Of Calvert Hall College, Bal.
timore, and Brother Francis, member
Of the La Sale faculty for the past
five years. has been named principal
Of the Cathedral School, Philadelphia.
F'rostburg- Howard w. Gilbert. son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin E. Gilbert. has
been awarded the scholarship to st.
Johns College from Allegany county
by the Board of Education, having
passed the highest examination in
competition with three others. Mr..
Gilbert was also advised by the Ma
tional Highway Education Board that
his good roads essay has been chosen
as the best from the State of Mary.
land.
Cumberland.-Th free public H.
brary for this city will be established
by the middle Of next month in the
city residence property on Green
street, according to plans perfected by
the Mayor, Council and others inter
ested in the project. The city govern
ment, under authority conferred upon
1t by the State laws. have appointed a
board of nine directors and have set
apart the city property as temporary
headquarters for the library.
Baltimore.-A resolution asking the
Republican State Central Committee
to provide for representation of women
on all county and city committees was
passed at reorganization meeting of
the Allegany County Federation of Re
publican Women. The meeting was
held in the City Hall at Cumberland
and was addressed by Mrs. Arthur B.
Bibbins, Baltimore, recording seere.
tary of the Maryland Federation of
Republican Women.
Elkton.-The Rev. Daniel Forbes
Lockerbie. eighty-five years old and
famed throughout Maryland as "the
marrying parson, died after weeks
illness at the Union Hospital here. He
is said to have married more than
5000 couples, hundreds Of whom were
Baltimoreans. He left a widow (his
second wife), five children and five
stepchildren. The Rev. DR.. Lockerbie
was graduate of the Princeton The
illogical Seminary and was ordained in
the Presbyterian Church in 1859. Some
years ago. however. he resigned from
the Central Presbytery. Of Philadel-
phia
Baltimore.-Racing dates have been
assigned the new Cecn County Fair,
to be held in September near Elkton,
but, according to Jervis. Spencer, Jr.,
member the State Racing Commits
sion. no betting privileges have been
granted. The Incorporation Of the
Cecil County Fair and Agricultural So
ciety has aroused vigorous protest
from certain elements in that county.
and 1t has been charged openly at
farmers meetings that the new project
is not primarily an Agricultural fair
at all, but the entering wedge for an
other race track with concomitant
gambling.
Observation-Disclosures of Washing
ton county and the midwest gathered
at the fair grounds her at the annual
picnic of the Washington County
Farmers Association. The attend
ance was estimated at 10000. the larg.
est gathering of farmers ever held in
This section. A program. featured by
harness races. band concerts and ad-
dresses marked the picnic. Addresses
were delivered by former Governor A.
r. Cooper of South Carolina; DR.. VIII.
Walker, vice-president of the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation; p. John
Black, master of the Maryland Stale
Grange, and Gray Silver, representa-
tive of the Farm Bureau Federation.
Crisfield bottom appears to
have fallen out,of the grabbing season
in Chesapeake Bay, which np until the
nrst Of this month had been considered
successful. For the last ten days crabs
have been becoming more scarce and
come crabbers have quit for the sum
mer. The scarcity has affected some
Of the packing plants where crabmeat
Is picked and canned for winter mar
ket and several have decided to stop
operations. The scarefty Of crussa-
ceans extends from the mouth of the
Chesapeake np as far as Cambridge
and Oxford. Boats which during June
and July averaged from to Is bar.
rels of crabs day are now catching
In such small quantities as to discour-
age the "trot'' line erabher. Fisher
men Of the Chesapeake are experienc.
ing good season, although some sec
tions have not found wholesale fishing
very profitable, The fish have been
found in schools and where ever they
have been located the catch has been
unusual. Other sections, some not
more than 10 miles distant. have been
almost without any fish. Much of the
catch is being prepared and picked
for winter consumption.
Frederick.-The prospect for the
passage OF national soldier bonus leg
islation is more favorable than at any
previous session of Congress since the
war, Thomas w. Miller. Alien Prop
erty Custodian, told the Maryland De
partment convention Of the American
Legion here. Mr.. Miller is a member
of the national executive committee of
the legion. I'VE are sitting in good
way" he expressed It. "There are in
the present Congress a larger number
of men definitely pledged to the inter,
ests of the ex-service men than in any
previous Congress"