The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-05-01
Elkton High School.

and Join the foot ball teams or row.
ing crews. The last legislature
passed an act empowering the
county commissioners to bond the
county for $4,000 to build the
school house, and many locations
were offered by the real estate
owners of the town for the building,
which will be of brick, two stories
with all the modern improvements
of the modern school house. The
county commissioners have made
arrangements for offeringa popular
loan," a la Grover, and j. Pierpont
Morgan, the great American west
paw of "Baron" Rothschilds is
expected to visit Elkton soon to
look over the ground and bid for
the popular loan" Nothing but
gold bonds will be touched by him
and as the late republican state
convention endorsed the "soundn
money policy, and Grover and
Carlisle and little Eckels, the
monkey of the Treasury Depart
ment who exhibits at all the banker
association shows, swear by it, it is
thought the county CONS will not
dare go back on the gold bond, and
Morgan will take them at 5 per
cent. interest payable semi annually
Gin gold," to be collected out of
Cecil farmers" % cent potatoes and
so to 80 cent wheat.
When the new High Elkton
School is ready for dedicating to
the muses. next September we will
have-let us see-how many Gin
situations" of learning in Cecil, a
county of $4,000 souls, counting
infants and lunatics to make up the
number. Seventy public schools,
including "lily white" and
Chocolate" the Tome Institute a
free gift from Mr.. Tome, West
Nottingham Academy $50 years
old, endowed by the state, $500
annually. Elkton Academy en-
dowed by the state $500 annually;
a Observation-Disclosures
in the fourth or ninth district, en-
dowed out of the county school
fund 5000 annually; Friends
Normal at Rising Sun. With all
this provision for education, every
individual in the county ought to
be equipped to reason with Plato,
declaim like Demosthenes and eX-
hibit theculture of Chesterfield. But
are they? Compare this array for
schooling the rising generation
with the building of Franklin
school house described in last weeks
MIDLAND, and 10! the comparison.
In 1910 almost every farmer,
tradesman and "business man"
could argue intelligently on the
policy of the Wing party and
Grandad Harrison, and of the
Democratic party and Martin Van
Buren,. But the learning OF all the
institutions in Cecil county, and
out of it, will not suffice to point
out the difference between the
Denis. and Reps to-day.
Several lots were examined, but it was
finally decided to purchase a piece of
ground 2oox2oo feet at the junction of
Mackall and Mitchell streets on the south
side of Mackal1 street. The property is
admirably adopted for the purpose being
high with natural drainage. The price
asked for the property was 5000.
Perry K. Barnes & Bro, of the Carren-
ter Point fishery, lost last week 1900
barrels of herring, which they had struck
ready for packing.
There remain but 50 rejected ballots to
be considered by the court in the Cecil
county contested election case. After the
recount there were I59 disputed ballots,
but counsel for both sides were in con-
sultation Monday, and IS ballots hereto
fore objected to were counted, leaving but
50 votes to be decided by the court. The
democrats have a largely increased
majority, and the 50 ballots objected to
by both sides will not defeat the democrats
i'll case they are all counted for the re-
publicans.
DIR Charles NJ. Ellis is i'll at his residence
in Elkton.
We wish to add right here that this
Elkton High School project, under the
circumstances, is large sized imposition
and useless-yes, utterlp useless-expense
on the tax payers. Mr.. Tome has donated
an Institute school where a splendid ed
ucation is guaranteed to every child in
Cecil county absolutely free of expense.
Those at distance can reach the Tome
Institute by rail for half cent mile.
The curriculum of the Institute is far
superior to anything that can ever be pro-
duced at county high school. The In
stitute teaches every branch that will be
Taught at the proposed high school and
great deal more. The Institute is a
manual labor school in addition to the
ordinary courses taught in academies and |
high schools.
The present Tome Institute building |
cost $50, 900 and Mr.. Tome is going to add |
additional buildings and endow the insti- |
tuition so literally as to place it beside the |
grand institutions of its kind in the large |
cities.
Under these circumstances. all the facts