The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-27
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place, was accidentally shot by his
brother, James, while hunting near
Sloan's farm. His legs were badly
lacerated and he lost heavily of blood
before first aid was given at a,nearby
farmhouse
Annapolis. - Sanitary conditions at
many of the oyster packing houses on
the Eastern Shore have improved
greatly, according to A. l.. Sullivan
food and drug director, State Depart
ment of Health, who mas just returned
from a visit to Cambridge and other
oyster packing points on the Shore.
Baltimore.-A sale of products of
the Maryland Workshop for the Blind
will be held the week Of November
80 at 500 North Howard street. The
sale will be known as the Christmas
SALE" and will be conducted by mem
bers of the Baltimore Federation Of
Women's Clubs.
Annapolis. - With the annual hunt
ing season in full swing, the State
Board of Forestry is renewing its
warning against forest fires. Caution
is being urged upon hunters. Recent
wet weather. the foresters recognize,
is pretty good insurance against fires,
but even so, the department wants
gunners to make caution a habit.
Annapolis. - A. Theodore Brady,
States Attorney of this county, con-
ferred with Lewis NJ Milbourne, State
Auditor, with reference to the prose-
cution of William S. Armiger, former
financial clerk at the Maryland House
of Correction, who is accused of tax
ing funds belonging to that institu-
ton.
Baltimore - An opinion has been
asked of Thomas H. Robinson, Attor-
ney General, as to the liability of
State and county educational depart
ments in case of injuries to school
children being transported in vehicles
hired by the county boards of educa-
ton. The ruling was requested by r.
M. Noble, superintendent of education
in Caroline county.
Annapolis.-An effort to obtain leg.
islation protecting professional secrecy
of physicians will be discussed at the
next meeting of the Medical and Chi
rurgical Faculty of Maryland. The
matter arose from the recent case of
DR.. w. H. Fisher, of Centreville, who
was required to testify against his
will in case pending before the
Queen Anne's county Grand Jury.
Baltimore. - The annual Baltimore
Poultry Show will be held at the
Fifth Regiment Armory December is,
under the auspices of the Maryland
Poultry Association, of which General
Clinton L. Riggs is the president. The
show this year, it is said, will eclipse
those of previous years in the number
of entries and the value of the various
breeds of poultry, pigeons and pet
stock.
Annapolis. = Investigation of the
motor vehicle department may be
necessary as result of the Kaufman
case, Governor Richie said, as there
is obviously something wrong with a
department in which money can be
lost in so many different ways" The
Governor warned against hasty opin-
ions, however, urging that judgment
be suspended until all the facts in the
case are known.
Annapolis Reorganization of two i'm.
portant State departments, the Office
of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
and the State Auditors Office, together
with the overhauling of the account.
ing methods of all State boards, COM
missions and institutions which handle
State funds to any large extent are
foreseen as some of the major results
of disclosure of pecuniary Irregular.
ties in the Motor Vehicle Commits
sioner's Office.
Elkton.-Cupid was more active at
Maryland's Gretna Green here the
past week than for some time. Sew.
enty-nine couples, principally from
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
and Maryland, obtained licenses and
were wed. Two couples, John R. La
bish and Katie Struss, of Bath, Pa,
and William N. Snyder and Mary
Bozoski, of Shamokin, Pa, were re-
| fused licenses because either or both
| the parties were under the legal age.
nnapolis.-Reports from the East
ern Shore indicate that farmers who
usually make Christmas pin money"
out Of holly wreaths will fair badly
this year. Talbot county holly trees,
according to reports, are almost bar
rem of berries. The holly wreath
business in this county has been on
| the increase in recent years. Karl E.
| Pfeiffer. Assistant STATE Forester, says