The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-01
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The protracted meetings at
Sylmar M. e. church have closed.
There are 1851 pupils enrolled in
the public schools of Cecil County.
Wilmer D. Thompson has open
ed general merchandise store at
Providence.
The December term of the Circuit
Court for Cecil County convenes at
Elkton on Monday, llth inst.
Services were held at the M. E..
church on Thanksgiving morning
by the pastor, Rev. ]. P. Otis.
Thanksgiving passed quietly in
our town, it being observed gener-
ally as a holiday and one OF
feasting.
The National Bank of North
East has declared a semi annual
dividend of three per cent, payable
January LIST.
R. ID. Dodson sold on Tuesday
the Charles ID. Poist farm of 45
acres, near Colora, to F. M. Rawl-
ings, for $1,000.
The annual meeting of Cecil De-
tective Association will be held in
Rosebank Hall, Calvert, Wednes-
day, December 10.
Automatic telephones have been
installed at the railroad station by
both the Cecil Farmers and Dia-
mond State companies.
The ladies of Charlestown M. E.
church will hold an oyster supper
in the basement of the church on
the evenings of December l and 3.
A meeting for the organization OF
Sons of Veterans Association will
be held in the room adjoining the
postoffice tomorrow evening, at
o'clock.
The mile of macadam road be-
tween Aiken and Perryville was
completed this week by E. Ward
Brown, contractor, the remaining
work to be done being of a cleaning
up character.
The rain on Tuesday night and
Wednesday relieved the long
drought, the ground having become
very hard and dry, and even the
streams being low as result of the
dry weather, which had extended
over a period of several weeks.
The new time table, which went
into effect Nov. 26, makes slight
change in the time of trains at this
station. The afternoon train for
merly due at 4:45 is now scheduled
at 4:49, while the southbound eve
ming train is now due at 6:55, three
minutes earlier than formerly.
Engineer Thos. Kane, Sr., and
fireman Earl Reynolds, of Perry,
vile, made a record run on a spec,
ial one day last week. They COW
cred the distance from Havre dc
Grace to Union station in Balti-
more, SO miles, in 80 min utes.
That is steppin' some!
The North East Sunday school
has voted to discontinue the custom
of giving packages of candy to each
member of the school, and instead
will make a voluntary offering
which will be devoted to the pur.
chase of Christmas supplies for the
needy families of the town.
Rev. Geo. H. Mock, of Balto.,
secretary of Maryland Sunday
School Union, will preach on Gecil
circuit NJ. P. church, Rev. J.
Franklin Bryan, pastor, next Sun
day as follows: Bay View, 1890 a.
M. MT. Olivet, 8 p. m. and Bethel,
1880 p. m. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Jesse w. Hambleton, who recent.
ly disposed of his property near
Calvert and moved to Kissimmee,
Florida, where he embarked in
orange growing, purchased this
week the farm of Wilson Kimble,
near town, and containing 70l
acres of land, and will take pos
session in the spring.
Sheriff elect Cecil Kirk, of near
Principio, will qualify for the
duties of his Office today, and ap
point as deputy Myron Miller, OF
Woodlawn. This is the first time
a sheriff of Cecil county has been
elected from the Sixth district since
1857, at which time the late Bar
clay Reynolds was elected to that
Office.