The Baltimore Sun from Baltimore, Maryland • 13

THE SUN, BALTIMORE, MORNING, DECEMBER 1921: 10 N. Y. Socialist To Speak At Open Forum Meeting HEW CAVERN FOUND NEAR MARTINSBURG IMPROYED TRAINING OF TEACHERS NOTED PASTOR'S DAUGHTER JO CARRY ON WORK Twin Sisters Brides An Virginia Ceremony Misses Morris, Campbell -Wed At Lynchburg? Other Couples Married. Lynchburg, Dec. 13 Special Twin daughters of Mr.

and Mrs. W. 11. Morris, of Gladys, county, were married here at the home of th Rev. P.

F. Arthur, pastor of Fairvic Methodist Church, -when Miss Hattic W. Morris became the wife of Francis C. Woodall and Miss Minnie Lukin Morris, of Rexford Booker Smith. Both couples will live in Campbell county.

Richard Henry Worley, of and Miss Bertha Lee Martin, of Lym-ls-burg, and Miss Pattie Louise Thompson, and John Broadns Wills, both of Lov ingston. Nelson county, were also mcr-ried Thursday by the Rev. Arthur. Boivling Green Family Escapes Blazing Home Flames Headway Prevent Savins Contents Losses Partially InsuredOwner To Rebuild. Fredericksburg, Dec 13 (Special).

Fire, destroyed the borne of Percy JBruce. near Bowling Green. Thursday. Mr. Bruce and his family escaped from the burning building with only the clothes which they were wearing.

A check for 100 and about $30 in cash also were consumed in the blaze. The blaze was discovered while the family was at breakfast, and at that time the fire had so far progressed that it was impossible to save anything but a few pieces of furniture. There was $1,000 insurance on the house. Mr. Bruce will rebuild.

Prominent St, Mary's County Lawyer Dies Enoch B. Abell, Former Court Cleric, G. O. P. Chairman, Editor, Bank Director, Succumbs.

Leonardtown, Dec. 13. (Special). Following an illness, superinduced by a nervous breakdown, Enoch B. Abell, 69 years old, prominent lawyer, Republican politician and newspaper editor, died arly this morning at his home here.

He is survived by his widow, -who is a sister of the late Judge Camaljer, and five children B. Kennedy Abell and the Misses Marguerite, Bessie and Heloise Abell, of Leonard-town, and J. Franklin Abell, of Baltimore. Mr. Abell, a son of the late James Franklin Abell, was a graduate of Georgetown University, both in the collegiate and law courses.

He practiced law here and was elected in 1S96 clerk of the Circuit Court of St. Mary's county, serving in that capacity until 1922. For many years he was chairman of the Republican county committee. Mr. Abell was editor of the St.

Mary6 County Enterprise and a director of the First National Bank. professional preparation for her important work jn teaching children. "The counties are listed below in the order of their score in the. training of the teachers in their white elementary schools. Certification County.

Score. Queen Anne's 99.2 Baltimore 97.0 Allegany 93.9 Montgomery S9.8 Prince George's 85.8 Wicomico 84.7 Talbot S2.5 Anne 82.3 Kent 7a4 Calvert 77.9 Harford 77.9 Frederick 73.4 Worcester 73.1 Caroline 72.2 Howard V. 71.9 Cecil 71.7 Washington 70.2 Dorchester 69.5 Carroll 67.7 Somerset 62.0 Garrett 51.3 Charles 47.9 St. 44.6 Average 77.4. "The score is increasing at present about six points a year for the counties as a whole.

Progress toward the goal of a trained teacher in every classroom of Maryland will be assured only the counties at the bottom of the list provide adequate high sehool opportunities and send a larger number of their high school graduates to the State normal 5 Howard and Lexington Phone Plaza 0700 4 Optical Specials Quarrymen Discover Wonder Cave Close To West Virginia Town. VISITORS ARE PROHIBITED Exnlorers Report Beautiful Formations In Seemingly Endless Undergrronnd Chamber. Falling Waters, W. Dec. 13 (Special).

Discovery of fissures indicating existence of extensive caverns adjoining limestone quarries near here, is reported by workmen for the quarries and also by visitors who took quick advantage of "the reports and went to make a casual inspection before the property was posted against visitors by the management of the quarry. Visitors Prohibited. Information here is that F. A. Jones, of the Jones Limestone Company, of Pittsburgh, has directed his superintendent here to keep all visitors out until the extent of the caverns can be determined and the value of the proposition estimated.

The quarries are situated on the Stehley property, a half mile from here, close to the State Highway between this town and Williamsport, and also close to the Pennsylvania Railroad property. Workmen engaged in blasting in quarry work are said to have come upon the opening in a hillside. The men conducted an inspection, and for more than two hours explored its underground passages without finding any end. They report an abundance of stalagmites and stalactites and the formations are reported of extraordinarily pure whiteness. Find Lifelike Statue.

At one point they report what appears as a statue of a man upon a pedestal that is remarkably lifelike, even down to formations resembling hair. A lake of considerable beauty is also reported. explorer declared he had dropped a stone" through one fissure and never heard any sound of its landing. Jsews of the findings has attracted hundreds to the: scene, but the order against admitting any outsiders has been' strictly enforced, pending arrival of company representatives. A.

S. Cook Makes Report On Elementary Educators In Counties. 1,000 LACK BEST, RESULTS Predicts This Condition Will Be Corrected In Few 'Years. (Continued from Page 16.) work than the children in the upper grades they are teaching. Detailed Figures Given.

"Here are the detailed figures giving a comparison for the fall of 1921 and this year: Number Holding Following Certificates Kind of Certificate. 1921. First grade Provisional 31 Second grade Regular 933 Provisional 189 Third grade Regular 368 Provisional 291 1924. P. 6 590 125 229 101 Total 3.040 3,019 "The State normal schools, which have been graduating 300 students annually for the last two years, as a re sult of the, generous provision for their training made by the Legislature of 1920, the wider provision of high school education and the more adequate salary schedule established in 1922 by the Legislature have been the chief factors in this improvement.

But there still are 1,000 white elementary school teachers, chiefly in the rural schools, who have not had the type of training the teachers of every boy and girl in-this State should have, if the maximum results are to be expected from our schools. More than half of our normal sehool graduates are going out into the rural schools and in a few years this condition will be corrected. Records Made By Counties. 'Some of the counties, however, have a very fine record in the training of their teachers. They have been scored for this so that a county having its entire staff composed of teachers holding first-class certificates would score 100 per cent.

A teacher holding a second-grade certificate is ranked as 50 per cent, in training and the teacher with only a third-grade certificate is counted as only 25 per cent, in academic and (Established 1896) French Walnut by as a to B. White Toric Lenses H.00 Including careful examination by our registered optometrist or we can fill your prescription or duplicate your old glasses regardless of how complicated lenses are. Capt. Benjamin F. Thomas Dies At Marine Hospital Retired Sailor Had Followed Sea More Than 55 Years.

Capt. Benjamin Franklin Thomas, 77, died yesterday at the Marine Hospital, Remington avenue. Captain Thomas followed the sea for more than 55 years. He started asa deckhand. He was in charge of a sailing vessel for Greenleaf Johnson Lumber Company, where he was employed for nearly 15 years.

Previous to that he. owned shares in a vessel which made trips along the coast and to the Bahama Islands. He was shipwrecked three tmes. He retired eight years ago. Surviving are his widow, Mrs.

Sarah B. Thomas a son, Thomas T. Thomas, and two sisters, Mrs. Henrietta L. James, and Mrs.

Anna Wilson, of Centre ville. Funeral services will be conducted at the home, 110 Fast Montgomery street, at 2 P. M. tomorrow by the Rev. Raymond Cook, pastor of the William Street Methodist Episcopal Church.

Burial will be at Cambridge, Md. MORRIS HILLQUIT Mr. Hillquit will be the speaker at the Open Forum meeting at 3 P. M. today at the Hippodrome Theater.

His subject will be "Labor As a Factor in European Politics." Wedding Announcement. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eichelberger, 1909 East Twentieth street, last night announced the marriage of their Charles T. Eichelberger, 18 years old, to Miss Bessie McCleary, 1G years old, 1711 Darley avenue.

Mr. Eichelberger and Miss McCleary were married at Annapolis November 25. They kept their nuptials secret until last Monday, when Mr. Eichelberger left a note for his parents advising them that he and his bride had established, a home at 1917 Homewood avenue. ISAAC EMBER, Pres Also Low Prices on New Frames and Mountings Our work is absolutely Any correction in the lenses necessary within six months will be made without charge.

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HELD FINISHED ORATOR Appointee Ileprenent Fourth Generation To Fill United Brethren Cltnreh ChnrgeK. Hagerstown, Dec. 13 (Special). The pnstorate begun by the late Itev. E.

H. Ilummelbaugh at Mont Alto, near here, will be carried on by his daughter, Mrs. Oraee Ilumraelbaugh Sponseller, one of i lie first women ever to be named to the ministry by the United Brethren Church this section of the country. Mr. Ilummelbaugh, who died several days ago, Lad been in failing health for some months.

Daughter Does Work. During his illness his daughter had conducted the services and delivered the nermons. She is one of a small number of women probably not a half dozen altogether who hold quarterly conference licenses in the United Brethren Church. She represents the fourth snera tion of her family which has filled I'nited Brethren pulpits, and it was the Tie Mr. Ilummelbaugh's wish that one of his children carry on the work.

Mrs. Sponseller, who receives the title of Reverend, is a real orator. She graduated from the Frederick High School and also attended Hood College, later taking special work in elocution and public speaking, in which profession she engaged until her marriage to Herlin; Sponseller, of Frederick. Grandson Of Bishop. The Rev.

Mr. Ilummelbaugh was the son of the late Rev. E. Y. Ilummelbaugh and a grandson of the late Bishop Hoffman, of the United Brethren Church.

He was pastor of the United Brethren Church at Frederick for 10 years; at Gettysburg, for three years, and at York, for! ii. in about two years. HEAVY HOGS SLAUGHTERED Several Bis Animals Reported In Delaware Districts. Lincoln City, Dec. 13.

John Clendaniel, one of the leading residents in this section, killed two hogs which weighed 530 and 503 pounds. Several days ago Representative-elect Robert II. Derrickson killed a porker which weighed 550 pounds. Obituary MRS. BARBARA A.

ROHREE. Mrs. Barbara A. Rohrer, of Keedys-ville. Washington county, died yesterday at the home of her son.

Dr. C. W. (i. Rohrer, 22 Ailsa avenue.

Mrs. Rohrer's death resulted from a fractured hip received in a fall at Dr. Tlohrpr's home last month and infirmities of age. Mrs. Rohrer.

who was born in Keedysville, was SS years old and the widow of Jacob G. Rohrer. For many years she was active in affairs of the Salem United Brehtren Church, of Kecdysville, where funeral services will be held at 2 P. M. Tuesday.

Burial will be in Fair view Cemetery. Resides Dr. Rohrer, Mrs. Rohrer is survived by another son, J. Moody Rohrer, and a daughter, Mrs.

Alice G. Lighter, both of Keedysville. SISTER MARY G. HAYES. Sister Mary Gertrude Hayes, for 51 years a member of the Sisters of Charity of St.

Vincent de Paul, died' Friday at Syracuse, N. Y. For 16 years f-lie taught in the parochial school connected with St. Vincent's Catholic Church, She later taught for 20 years in York and conducted summer schools at the mother-house of the order, St. Joseph's.

College, Emmitsburg. She was a native of St. Louis and fister of the late Rev. Robert Hayes. HBXRY S1IAAVKER.

Funeral services for Henry Shawker, SI yenrs old. a veteran of the Civil War, were held yesterday at an undertaking establishment. Members of the Grand Army of the Republic were in charge of the services. Burial was in the National Cemetery. Mr.

Shawker lived for many years in the vicinity1- of Raspeburg, on the Belair road. Members of the Grand Army said he fought in all the major battles of the Civil War as a Federal soldier. JOHX GOl'GU ROGERS. Funeral services for John Gough Rogers, 75 years old, formerly of Baltimore, who died Thursday at the Emergency Hospital, Annapolis, were held yesterday at St. Anne's Protestant Episcopal Church.

Annapolis. The Rev. Dr. Edward Johnson, rector, conducted the services. Burial was in St.

John's Cemetery, Washington Mr. Rogers was a son of the late Dr. Frank Rogers and Mrs. Eleanor Rogers. His closest surviving rela-tive is a niece, Miss Eleanor Rogers Thompson, of near Ellicott City.

Mr. Rogers, who was unmarried, had lived in Annapolis for about SO years. i Headquarters For I BIBLES 8 and TESTAMENTS 1 All editions, Bindings and styles from 75c up. 1 EPISCOPAL PRAYER a BOOKS HYMNALS I i "4 In sets and separate, from si 40c up. Handsome bind- ings a specialty.

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13 (Special). Fruit growers in this county are combining to put on a campaign to eradicate cedar rust in the county, which, they estimated, cost this section alone $100,000 the past season in the way of imperfect fruit, and the crop this year was a relatively small one. Ten years ago the growers united for a similar effort, which practically eliminated the danger, but the campaign was not sustained and the trees have grown in such abundance since that the danger is felt to be-real again. The growers have organized with the following assigned to various districts take the lead in putting, out the trees: Falling Waters district, Dr. A.

Eagle 'Hdgesville district, Cecil W. Wood; Gerardstown district, Charles Lamar, Charles Catrow, T. H. Berry, Ernest Grove; Arden district, Henry Seibert and Thomas Brown Mill Creek district, Harry P. Henshaw.

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