The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-08-21
Maryland
State Neus

Notwithstanding from an auto
truck, James H. Trent, IL, of West
Salisbury, seven miles above here,
was instantly killed when one of the
rear wheels passed over him.
Hagerstown. - fourteen-year-old
girl who for two months wandered as
wild woodland sprite, living on ber-
ries and water, was found in the
woods near here.
Baltimore.-The summer session OF
the Johns Hopkins University cane
to a close Friday. A total of 91S
students completed work at the Uni
versity during the term.
willard Pinder, IS,
well known resident of the Worton
section, died suddenly at his home
near Worton Point, supposedly from
heart disease.
Fredericksburg The Caroline Coun-
ty Farmers Day picnic will be held
at Concord camp ground, near here,
Friday. The women's clubs Of the
county are cooperating to make the
event success.
Rockville.-Trapped in small dairy
house near her home when a cloud
burst flooded that section, Mrs. Frank
F. Ricketts,, 70, of Travilah, nine miles
from here, was swept to death in the
collapse of the structure.
Chestertown. = Owners of oyster.
packing houses in Kent county are
greatly exercised over the new rules
| governing the conduct of the oyster
industry during the coming season,
which were received this week.
Annapolis Traffic courts Of the
State collected $4,0S9.55 in fines in the
week ending August 5, according to
| the report of the Commissioner OF
Motor Vehicles. Only $3.50 of this
amount was assessed in Baltimore
city.
INSTRUMENTATION of the Bureau
| of Minor Privileges and almost COM
| plete revision of present methods OF
| levying taxes on real estate in Balti-
more are recommended in report OF
| the Efficiency and Economy Commits
| sion submitted to Mayor Jackson.
Baltimore.-Plans are being com
| pleted for the annual reunion of the
Knights of Columbus at Pen-Mar AuI
| gust TO- Approximately 5000 knights
| from Maryland will be present, with
guests from Washington, Delaware
and Pennsylvania.
| Baltimore George W. Crabbe, SUI
| perintendent of the Maryland Anti
| Saloon League will be one of the
K principal speakers at the midsummer
meeting of the Montgomery County
Anti-Saloon League August % in the
| auditorium at Washington Grove.
nnapolis.-Swepson Earle, State
Conservation Commissioner, an
nounced he would attend the seafood
mass-meeting August rs at Newport
News, Va. The meeting will be held
under auspices of members of the sea-
food industry of Virginia and State
| and Federal officials.
Annapolis-The old furniture fac
tory building at the Maryland Peni-
Tertiary, badly damaged by the recent
spectacular fire, will be torn down to
make additional room for recreation
grounds, Stuart S. Janney, chairman
of the State Welfare Board, an
nounced.
Hagerstown. - Governor Richie,
Adjutant-General Milton A. Reckord
and Gen. Frank T. Hines, chief of the
Veterans Bureau, will be speakers at
the seventh annual convention of the
State Department of the American
Legion in Hagerstown August q, %
and 80.
Annapolis. - Maryland's quota of
| $4,000 in the American Legion's ma
tional campaign for $5,000,OO0 to care
| for the orphans of World War vet
Grams is almost certain to be over
subscribed, A. Lindsay Skerry, ma
tional field secretary of the legion,
announced.
Baltimore. Members of the thirty
| five Knights of Columbus councils in
| Maryland, together with their families
and guests of councils from other
States, will attend the ninth annual
reunion of the order in Maryland at
Pen-Mar, Park, on August 20. More
than 5000 persons are expected.
nnapolis.-Whether convict in
the Penitentiary is an employee of the
State and as such entitled to benefit
dnder the workmen's compensation
Jaw is a problem that will be pre-
sented to the State Industrial Accident
Commission by Willis R. Jones, AS
1 sistant Acknowledgement
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