The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-22

Edward Williams, OF Battle swamp, mas
invested in an auto-trnck for hauling
purposes.
The oats harvest has progressed rapidly
in this section during the week with pros
poets of big crop.
The James Farr house and lot in Port
Deposit has been purchased by Mrs.
Jennie Creswell for 5000.
The Sylmar base ball club held very
successful festival last, week. the sum
realized being about $50.
The seventeenth annual local preachers
and exhorters' ,camp-meeting at Leslie,
opened Wednesday evening.
Lee Wing, Chinese laundryman Of
Elkton, has been granted divorce from
his wife by the Cecil County Court
Pierce Morris, section hand on the
Columbia & Port Deposit railroad, suffer-
ed fractured leg by rail falling upon it,
The July meeting of the Cecil Farmers
club will be held at the home OF A. R.
Brown. at Sylmar, on next Wednesday,
the 27th.
The Orphans Court was in special ses-
sion on Saturday, when distribution in
the estate of the late Frank Bines was
ordered.
The long hot, dry spell was broken Sat
nrday night by a heavy rain that gave
the ground thorough soaking and cooled
the atmosphere wonderfully.
w. B. Cooney received carload of
artificial ice from Lancaster on Tuesday,
his supply of the natural product. stored
last winter. having given out.
The State Road Commission is adver-
tising for proposals for the construction Of
permanent road from Elkton to Singerly,
a distance of about three miles.
The Oxford Tennis Club will visit
Rising Sun this afternoon and play a
series of events on the court of the Pioneer
club with local racquet wielders.
Edith Hughes, an incorrigible I2-year-
old colored girl of Concord, in the Second
district, has been lodged in the Elkton
jail and will be sent to a reform insti-
tuition.
Mrs. Myra Balderston, at Colora. suffer
ed quite loss on Monday when dog
got among her poultry and in few
minutes killed IS marketable young
chickens.
The T. J. Murray farm of or acres,
with improvements. near Theodore, was
sold at the Court House door. last week.
by Omar D. Crothers, Attorney, to Miss
Gertrude A. Brown, for $r4so.
The American Pottery Company, which
has an option on the Foard farm, located
on Red Hill, near Elkton, has found suit
able clay and and it is reported will erec
$aso,ooo plant on the grounds.
The Horrigan Construction Co., build
ers of the Rising Sun-Cathers Corner
macadam road, unloaded steam rollel
! and sprinkler here on Monday and are a
work repairing some bad washes in ths
road and side drains.
James Clifford. of Sylmar, lost fine
driving horse last week. While driving
near Oxford the animal was frightened By
dog that ran out and barked at it. Th'
horse plunged. broke the harness and ther
fell in the road dead
The first railroad excursion to Tol
chester was run on Wednesday. Sever
coaches were required to transport thu
Baltimore Central contingent to Perry
vile, where the boat was taken. Forty
FIVE tickets were sold at this station.
Ottie Mccullough, of Conowingo. EN-
ployed in the McClenahan Granite Cos
quarry at Port Deposit, as blacksmith
was badly injured few days ago. Will,
shoeing one of the company's draf
horses. The animal kicked him throwing
him violently to the ground and tramp
ling him.
Elwood Woodrow has threshed fiv'
acres of wheat forcalvin Riley. at Wes
Nottingham. which made 1877 bushels
On the J. P. Wilson farm. near Calvert
SO acres yielded 1924 bushels. James M
Tosh, near Rising Sun reports having
threshed three acres which yielded 8
bushels per acre.
The Supervisors of Elections of Ceci
( County have appointed officials for tn
coming election. Those for the Sixth dis
frict are:-Judges, Harry L. Glacken ant
Thomas B. Moore. democrats; Levi R
> Atkinson and ]. Otis Kenhard, repuhli
cans. Clerks. H. Branch Patten, demo
crat; Wilmer K. Bird. republican.