The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-07-13
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.

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store building by coat of paint.
A festival will be held on the
lawn of Hopewell M. E. church on
the evening of July is.
The dwelling of Theodore Gar
vim is receiving new summer
dress, in the form of paint.
The Port Deposit Presbyterian
Sunday school ran its annual ex-
cursion to Betterton yesterday.
A festival will be held ON the
lawn of E. T. Williams, near Prin
cipio, on July 81, by the Daughters
of Liberty.
The monthly social of Calvert
Epworth League will be held at
the home of Miss Iva G. Mearns on
Wednesday next.
The Ladies Aid Society of Mt.
Pleasant M. E. church netted over
$52 by the festival held on the
evening of July 4th.
The pulpit of James M. E. church
will be occupied on Sunday morn
ing by Rev. j. D. Reese, of Mt.
Pleasant M. E. church.
Mai. VIM. G. Purnell, of Elkton,
has purchased at private sale, the
property of Jacob Wilson, in that
town, and will occupy it in a few
days.
Norman W. Cameron, of Elkton,
has been reelected principal of the
public school at Lewes, Del, a
position he has held for the past
two years.
The Christian Endeavor Society
of Zion Presbyterian church will
hold social at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clayton Carhart on the evening
of Wednesday, July Is.
Miss Hattie Ennis has rendered
her resignation as first assistant at
the North East High School, and
Miss Margaret S. Miller has been
appointed to fill the vacancy.
II. Edwin Vinsinger, bookkeeper
at the National Bank Of Elkton,
had his wrist badly injured Mon
day while attempting to start the
engine on his naptha launch.
Miss Alma Dean has rendered
her resignation as a teacher at
Cecil County High School, Elkton,
and her sister, Miss Eva Dean,
has been appointed to the vacancy.
Governor Warfeld has pardoned
Leclaire Green, convicted at the
December term, 1905, of the Circuit
Court for Cecil County, of larceny
and sentenced to one year in the
Penitentiary.
Over thirty dogs have been kill.
ed at Port Deposit and fifteen at
Rowlandville which were known to
have been bitten by ra5id canine
that passed through that section
two weeks ago.
DR.. John II. lamar, of Elkton;
Hope 81. Barroll, Chestertown, aud
j. w. McNabb, of Bel Air, have
been appointed commissioners from
Maryland to the jamestown Expo
sition by Governor Wartield.
Representatives of MACPHERSON
& Co., textile manufacturers Of
Philadelphia, visited ElktOn this
week, in search of a suitable site
for the location of $4,000 plant
which would give employment to
125 hands.
William Heath, of North East,
carpenter on the B. & o. railroad,
fell from a bridge ON Monday
morning, sustaining severe injuries
about the body and the fracture of
both wrists. He was sent to Will
mington hospital for treatment.
Our farmers report the harvest
for the most part a good one. In
the majority OF cases the yield of
wheat has been, if anything, a
little better than the average,
while the hay crop which gave such
promise of being short, has proven
a fair one.
The festival held by the Noting
ham Silver Band on Wednesday
evening was attended by a record
breaking crowd and the band boys
had little difficulty in disposing OF
the entire stock of good things pro.
vided for the occasion. The net re-
ceipts were in the neighbOrhood Of
$125. The Rising Sun Cornet Band
was in attendance and assisted with
the music.