The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-10-16
Friday, Oct. Is, 1908.
MINORLOCALS

AAS OhOothuC NAOP 10 ohOAO lAlo
year.
A democratic meeting will be
held at Fair Hill, in the Fourth
District, on Saturday, 18th inst.
The Sunday school of Calvert
M. E. church has added fifty new
volumes to its library.
Mrs. M. F. johnson, of Leslie,
has sold her house and lot in that
town to q. A. Benjamin.
A Masquerade Social will be held
by the Woodlawn Y at the home of
Miss Lulu Tyson on Friday evening,
Oct. Is.
Tt is reported a carpet factory
will be built on the old Spring
Lawn Paper Mill site, near
Lewisville.
The click Ridge" base ball team
visited Oak Hill on Saturday and
was defeated by the club of that
place by Is to -.
At the live bird shoot in Oxford
on Tuesday, Herbert Alexander
killed AZ out of A birds, Harry
England of Zion killed 43 out of so.
Samuel G. Rowland has been
elected president of the Democrat
Publishing Co., to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of John
s. Writ.
Miss Maude Kirk has this week
been teaching Pleasant Meadow
school, in the absence of Miss
Julia Brokaw, who is spending
some time at Annapolis.
Q. Frank Campbell has disposed
of the restaurant and green grocery
business, conducted by him in town
hall building for some months, to
Benz. Briscoe, who has assumed
charge.
The convention of the County
Christian Endeavor which was to
have been held at Zion on Thurs
day of last week, was postponed on
account of the severe storm which
prevailed.
The Home Mission Society of
West Nottingham Presbyterian
church celebrated its twenty fifth
anniversary on Thursday even
ing of this week, by Birthday
cO0io1 hold off tho Monco
The democrats of Port Deposit
have organized a Warfield club,
with Samuel G. Rowland, presi.
dent; R. A. Stephenson, vice presi-
dent; A. L. Barry, treasurer, and
John Kimble, secretary.
The Epworth League of Mt.
Pleasant M. E. church will hold
Silk Sock Social on Thursday eve
ming, October 22nd, at the home of,
Mrs. L. E. Martindale. Proceeds
to purchase new song books.
George Robinson, of Nottingham,
fell from a Baltimore Central train
Tuesday morning, near Kelton, be-
ing severely cut about the head
and sustaining dislocated wrist.
He was taken to a Philadelphia
hospital.
The total receipts of the Septem-
Der exhibition of the Oxford Agri-
cultural Society were S3,36S.36; ex-.
penses, 1851 10, leaving balance
of $713.17. There is mortgage
of 81, 900 against the grounds and
buildings of the Society.
While getting through a fence
with a gun, Leslie Pryor, of Elk
Neck, lad Of 16 years, was badly
injured by the accidental discharge
of his piece. The load made an ugly
wound in his left breast and Shout
der. 1t is not thought his wound
will prove fatal.
A force of workmen are engaged
in substituting paving blocks for
the rough telford work at the rail
road crossing by the station. This
is an improvement which will be
fully appreciated by everyone who
has ever driven oyer the short Sec
tion of telford road at that point.
Sunday, October 18th, will be
observed as Harvest Home Day at
the Elkton M. E. Churh. Chief
Justice Charles B. Lore, of Della
ware, will be present and deliver
an address in the morning on
"Early Methodism in America. I"
In the afternoon there will be a
Sunday School Rally.
The gross receipts from the dime
lunch served during the three days
of the State convention of the W.
G. T. u, held in the NJ. E. church
last week, amounted to nearly 800.
The lunch was served by the
ladies of the County w. G. T. u,
Miss Elizabeth r. Stephens being
chairman of the committee.
Several of the w. G. T. U. dele
gates from the Eastern shore had a
very stormy trip home from. the
convention last Friday. The pas.
sage by boat from Baltimore to the