Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-01-26
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STATE NEWS
The Latest News From All
Over the State
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK

heochftlic.---IidfeHC L. Ghpln mas
been reelected president Of the Mont
gomery County Agricultural Society.
Princess Anne.--J. A. Cope. assist
ant State Forester spoke here on
shade trees"
Cumberland. = James L. Evanse
aged II. was killed by fall from
ladder while fixing roof.
Eikton.--Douslas j. Ayers. superin.
tendent Of the Radnor Pulp Mills. has
been elected director Of the Elkton
National Bank
Westminster. = Meade ohle was
elected president of the Westminster
Fire Department at the annual meet
ing. A banquet followed the election.
westminster.-Th third .annivers.
ary of Constitutional prohibition was
celebrated by the ringing of church
bells.
Hagerstown.--Gen James Macgill. |
as years old. a Confederate officer
who was born in Hagerstown, died |
Tuesday al Pulaski. Va.
Rockville.-Charles W. Fields has
resigned as supervisor OF assessments |
for the county. He has held the office
two years.
Frederick Middletown's $4,000
memorial hall is nearing completion
and will be ready for dedication by
Easter.
Frederick.-The Maryland State Bar
Association has beer invited to hold |
its annual meeting here in June. in
stead of the Atlantic City.
Frederick.-Civif Service rules will
be used in filling the vacancy in the
Frederick Postofice caused by the
resignation of Postmaster ]. A. Viii |
hanson, It is announced.
frederick. George f. wncoxon, of |
the Wilcoxon & Brown Lumber Com
pany, died after an illness. of a few
hours. He was 81 years old and was
prominent in the civic life Of the city.
Salisbury.-Twenty prisoners occu-
py the Wicomico County jail. Some
cells have six offenders. Efforts will
be made to have a rsw building con
structed.
Salisbury.-This town will be the
firs. on the peninsula to adopt an
ornamental illumination system, If the I
plans under consideration by the City /
Council are carried out.
Frederick. = Miss Dorothy Worth
inston, daughter of Judge Glenn H.
Worthington, fractured her thigh in
an automobile accident at Emmits-
burg last Sunday.
Frederick.-Women at Libertytown /
have opened new school in which |
modern methods OF housekeeping, |
sewing. dressmaking and economics
viii be taught.
Elkton. Of incorporation
for the Maryland Finishing Company
have been filed by Alfred H. Osborn. /
Frederick G. vieIe and j. Wilmer
Cronin. who are named directors. The /
company plans to erect a bleaching
plant at Aberdeen.
Cumberland.--Mrs Mary Spriggs
Dickens, wife Of F. Stewart Dickens,
Prospect Square, died at sanitarium
near Baltimore, following an illness
of several months. Besides her hus-
band, Mrs. DICKENS is survived by
son, Francis S. DICKENS and a daugh-
ter, Margaret l., Dickens.
Cambridge.-The first dividend since
1917 was declared by the Cambridge
Tomato Growers Association Of Dor
chester county at the annual meeting |
Cambridge. Robert. NJ. Hurley, 70
years old, of Vienna. Dorchester coun-
ty, died at the Cambridge Maryland
Hospital.
Frederick--The Maryland yeterin-
arian's Medical Association will hold
its annual convention in this city next
July, and will bring to this city sew
eral hundred visitors and delegates. |
The sessions win probably be held in
the Francis Scott Key Hotel DR.. X.
". Smith, member Of the State Board |
of Veterinarians, is president of the
organization.
Barton.-The barn of Thomas D. |
Campbell. of Piedmont, a coal oper-
ator in the Georges Creek region, To-
Gated between Barton and Reynolds
on the State road. was. destroyed by /
fire with so chickens and the farming
utensils The loss is placed at $4,000 /
There was no insurance. The blaze
was laid to spontaneous combustion.
Frederiek.-The first arrest follow
ing series of robberies in this city
was made when John Jurix. negro,
aged 80, was charged with taking mer-
chandise from the store. OF William
Hammond. colored. from the premises
of Harry Baumgardner. butcher, and
from the office of |. e. Biser. coal
dealer. Articles of food taken from
the Hammond and Baumgardner
stores were found hid in the negro's |
home, together with an axe, and other |
implements, identified by Biser. Jurix
confessed to the Baumgardner rob
berry, but denies all connections with
the other two.
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