The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-04-19

The Summer term of the public
schools began on Tuesday. The
school year will close June 1st.
The W. G. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. S. Taylor Reynolds on Thurs
day, April 25th, at 2:3O o'clock.
The fall meeting of the New
Castle Presbytery will be held at
West Nottingham Presbyterian
church.
The April meeting of the Cecil
Farmers Club was held Wednes-
day at the home of J. Harry Max
well, Principle.
Snyder s. Terry have had their
tract of land, lying between West
Main and Pearl streets, surveyed
and plotted into building lots.
With the mercury registering
go on Monday morning April does
not appear to be making the same
progress toward Spring as did
March.
Rev. W. P. Crosby, pastor OF
Leeds M. P. Church, upon his own
request, has been left without an
appointment for the coming year
because of i'll health.
A town meeting will be held
in Chesapeake City Monday,
April %, for the purpose of nom
mating town commissioners and a
bailiff to be voted for on Monday,
May 6.
A Demorest Silver Medal School
Contest will be held in the Calvert
Agricultural High School Friday
evening, May 3, under the auspices
of the w. G. T. U. for the benefit
of the school.
The Rising Sun Electric Light
Company has completed the pole
line from McKinsey's mill, where
the power plant will be located, to
town, and this week has been set,
ting poles in town.
Presiding A. S. Mowbray, has
made the following appointments
for Cecil county during this month;
Rising Sun, 21st, at 1880 a. NJ;
Colora, Dist, at 2:30 p. M; Port
Deposit, 21st, at ,7:3O p. m.; Cherry
Hill, 28th, at 1880 p. m.
A prize contest in elocution will
&; be held by the students of West
Nottingham Academy Friday eve
ming, April 26, at s O'Clock, in
West Nottingham Presbyterian
church. Admission, adults, Zoe;
children, 15c. Music will be fur
nished by an orchestra.
An all day shoot willbe held on
the grounds Of the Rising Sun
Shooting Association on Wednesday
Nav /. Ten events have been
arranged. Event No. 6 will be a
team race between the Newark
Gun Club and team representing
the Rising Sun Shooting Associa
tion.
Chalmer G. Reynolds left or
Monday for Chester, where he, viii
be given trial on the pitching
staff of the team of that place
! "Jake's' many friends in this
vicinity hope his south paw has
not lost it's cunning, and that hi
. will be able TO make good on tht
team.
A Young Woman's Christian
Temperance Union was organized
at Calvert on Friday evening las
by County President, Mrs. A. R
Brown. Fourteen members were
enrolled and the following officers
elected: Pres, Miss Mabel Mearns
cor. and rec. sec., Miss Mearnit
Carhart; treas, Miss Edna Reisler
Millard F. Mcdowell and E
Ward Brown, of Port Deposit
have been awarded three miles Of
the Washington Boulevard tC
build, under supervision of the
State Highway Division. The con
tract price is $4,000 and th'
section to be built is betweer
Beltsville and College Park, il
Prince Georges county.
1t is rumored Port Deposit is Il
have a new railroad station, which
will be located at the extreme
southern end of the town, at thu
foot of "Jaeob's Ladder" leading
to the Institute grounds. Tht
station, if built, will be placed
high above the food line, and vii
be building that is an ornament
to the town, in contrast to thu
v,nasant raDoshackla affair which is