The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-07-06

~ A"iih OttA ShSilISClIo w Ilo ttil
lines about Elkton for the proposed
railroads now on the tapis left the
pegs standing in the fields which
have been playing hob' with the
harvesting machines. Michael
Hartnett, tenant on the Creswell
farm ran afoul of one of these pegs,
and wrecked his binder and came
near being pitched among the
knives himself.
McKee's division of Coxey's army
arrived in Elkton on Friday morn
ing of last week and encamped at
Gilpin's bridge. The army is COM
posed of fifteen young men who
drag a wagon on their way to
Washington.
This phase of the abnormal con-
ditions which possess the country
has nearly run its course, the more
dangerous strike has taken its
place. What will succeed the
strike?
The semi-annual election of of
ficers for the Epworth League was
held in the lecture room of the
church on July 3rd. The meeting
was called to order by the Pastor,
Rev. j. d. Bryan. The following
officers were elected to serve for the
ensuing six months: Pres, Edwin
Haines; LIST Vic-Pres., Charles S.
Pyle; 2nd VicePres., Emma p.
Haines 3rd Vice Pres, Ethel r.
Hartenstine; 4th Vice Pres, Chas.
w. Wilson; Secy., Carrie Coates :;
Treas, NJ. Emma Haines.
Harrison Trainer, a colored man
and a native of Virginia, was steal
ing a ride on freight train on the
p. w. & B. railroad Thursday of
last week and when near Charles
town he missed his footing and fell
between the cars. He was picked
up in an unconscious condition and
removed to North East. Upon ex-
animation it was found that Train
er's right leg was badly crushed
and that he was otherwise injured.
He was afterward removed to a
hospital in Wilmington, where his
leg was amputated.
| The young soldiers from Elkton
who were sleeping ON the ground at
Frostburg and living on hard tack
found it rough experience. They
wrote home to their mothers and
sisters their distressed condition,
and of course these loving ones got
up barrel of good things and
shipped out to the boys. You had
better resign youngsters when you
| get home. Some of these days the
strikers will stop throwing stones
and begin to shoot and there will be
no fun in helping the coal barons
to force the hungry men to mine
coal for 60 cents a ton and buy
| from their pluck 'em stores.
| Constable Lee of Cherry Hill
who seized Alexander's baker
wagon on the charge of peddling
without a license will be apt to re-
member that a manufacturer or
producer of things has right to
sell them without paying the state
for the privilege, if he is ordered
by the court to pay damages. This
license system-paying for the
privilege to works. one of the
beauties of our methods of raising
revenue to meet public expenses,
which are twice what they ought to
be and keep steadily advancing.
When will the people stop and
seriously consider if there isn't
better ways of raising the money
called taxes than the present plan
of taxing honest industrious people
while the rich idle pay next to
nothing? The monopolies have
absorbed pretty much all business
and pay comparatively little. The
humble citizen pays about all for
the privilege of owning a little pro-
perty in order to make life endur-
able.
| Rev. w. G. Rooms of North
East M. e. Church has called a
local preachers association camp
meeting to be held in grove near
the town. The meeting will COM
mence July 10th and continue to
the 30th. Brother Rooms exhorts
the public to give ear and attend
the meetingin the Neutrality-suspicious.
manner:
~ eXhort all the members of our
churches, and those who are not
members, everybody to come, for l
believe it will be an old fashioned
campmeeting, full of zeal and of the
Holy Ghost"
i The old fashioned campmeeting
f was certainly a lively institution
with plenty of shouting and high
jumping and mingled tears and
n laughter. Many one was carried
out stiff in an epeleptic fit from the
intense excitement. If brother
Rooms can insure a camp of the
genuine old kind, such as we used
to have in Whites Woods, Red