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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-20
Elkton Town Election.

The annual municipal election, the first
to be held in Elkton since the passage Of
the law providing for registration, and
practically eliminating the. negro vote
except those who pay taxes on $780, was
held in that town Monday afternoon. The
election passed off quietly, and was re-
narkable for the few negroes around the
polls, 10 Of the IA registered voted. The
vote cast was 35o, being short 40 of the
total registered vote. The ticket headed
by DIR. H. A. Mitchell, for President, and
o. c. Giles and Samuel H. King for
Councilmen, was successful. James F.
Powers, the present Mayor, headed the
opposing ticket.
Under the present law no negro is al
lowed to vote unless possessed of $500
worth of real estate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-20
Robert Brookings, a Cecil countian
Gives r1illions to st. Louis
rledical School.

The medical department of Washington
University, St. Louis, is to be the finest in
the world, number of rich men of St.
Louis having just given $6,ooo,o 900 to-
wards building the school.
Robert Brookings, the president of the
university, and one of the principal dom
ors of the big sum, is native of Cecil
county. Maryland. He is son of the late
DIR. Brookings, who lived near The Rock,
just below the Mason and Dixon line, and
about three miles south of Lewisville.
Robert Bookings and his brother John
went West. to seek their fortunes while
they were young men, and settled in St.
Louis, where they engaged in business
and became very wealthy. Robert
Brookings, who is bachelor, is one of
the wealthiest men in St. Louis, he being
a multi-millionaire.
The Brookings family was related to
the Lewis and Carter families of Cecil
county. Mrs. Slater B. Russell, of West
Chester, who was a Lewis. Is related to
the Brook ngs family. DR.. Brookings,
the father of Robert and John Brookings,
died many years ago at his home near
'sThe Rock. Village Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-20
SAIL FOR BRAzIL.
Two Residents OF Rising Sun Sail
Today To Visit Relatives In
South America.

Mrs. S. A. Hazard and Miss Mana Lee
Hopkins left Rising Sun yesterday for a
trip to Brazil, South America. They will
sail from New York today on the Lamport
& Holt line steamer "Vasari," enroute for
Santos, distance of 5oo5 miles, 1o days
being required to make the voyage.
From Santos they go by train go miles up
the mountains to Sac Paulo and will visit
Mrs. L. ]. Lane, niece of Mrs. Hazards
who as Miss Helen Walter was guest of
Mr.. G. G. Hopkins and family here on
several occasions few years ago. Miss
Walter went to Brazil in November, 1907,
and was married to DIR. Lauriston lob
Lane Immediately on her arrival there.
A few years later her younger sister,
Miss Nan Walter, who also had host of
friends in this neighborhood, went to
South America and has since married Mr..
James Mill who is resident manager of an
English banking house at Victoria, Brazil.
Mrs. Hazard and Miss Hopkins expect
to spend six or eight months in Brazil
visiting the formers neices and anticipate
a pleasant sojourn while sightseeing in
South Americas largest and most pro-
gressive republic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-20
High School Commencement.

The Commencement exercises OF Calvert
Agricultural High School will be held in
the Methodist Episcopal church, calvert
Friday morning, May 27, at 10 o'cicex.
The baccalaureate sermon will be de-
livered Sunday evening, 22nd inst, by
Rev. w. H. Briggs. Class Day exercises
will be held Thursday evening, Goth inst.
The graduates are; Mabel Barber,
Anna May Murray, Daisy Clarissa Rich
ardson, Anna Kirk Rittenhouse, Erma
Violet Smith, Lucy Margaretta Yerkes,
Maris Wherry Touchton, Chauncey Victor
Wilson.
The commencement exercises of the
Cecil County High School Elkton, will be
next week. beginning May %. The bac-
calaureate sermon will be preached by
Rev. John McElmoyle. The, class day
exercises will be held at the High School
on Thursday. The commencement will
be held on Saturday morning. Rev.
Alexander Alison, Jr., of Wilmington,
will make the address. The graduating
class numbers Fl.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-20
Will OF John Futty. Sr.

The will Of John Futty, Sr., made on
March IA, 1910, with w. ]. Falls and S.
T. Shippers as witnesses, was filed in the
Registers Office last week. He bequeaths
$50 to his grand daughter, Clara Futty,
with lot of clothing $I5o to his grand
son, Harry Futty, and buggy; $50 each
and his silverware to Jane Pratt Futty and
Kate Futty, granddaughters; his pigeon
house and pigeons to Charles Futty, his
grandson. The rest of his property of
every description, isyleft to his son, John
Futty, who is named as executor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-20
TRI-CoUNTY LEAGUE.
Six Club Circuit Formed Season
Opens May II.

The Tri-County League has finally eff
fected its organization with Rising Sun,
Elkton, Elk Mills, Havre de Grace, Aber-
deem and Oxford.
No player is to receive compensation
for his services.
The territory from which each club is
permitted to draft players is as follows:
For Rising Sun, Sixth district; Elkton,
Third district south of Feeder Road; Elk
Mills, take infrom Feeder road north in
Third district and Fourth district; Havre
de Grace has the privilege of drawing
players from the town and within ~
miles of that town, in Hartford county.
Each Cecil county club has the privi
lege of having three players on its list
from the unassigned territory in Cecil
county. Oxford was allowed the list of
fifteen players submitted, but all future
players must be residents of Oxford or
within FIVE miles of that town. Aberdeen
is granted as its territory for players,
Election District No. and District No. 2,
except within the radius of M miles of
Havre de Grace and territory north of the
old Philadelphia and Baltimore turnpike.
The following is the schedule adopted:
Saturday, May 21-Elkton at Elk Mills; Havre
de Grace at Rising Sun; Oxford at Aberdeen.
Saturday, May 2S-Elk Mills at Oxford; Aber-
deem at Elkton; Rising Sun at Havre de Grace.
Monday, May 80 Decoration Day)-Havre de
Grace at Elk Mills; Elkton at Oxford; Rising Sun
at Aberdeen. (
Saturday, June 4-Elk Mills at Rising Sun;
Aberdeen at Oxford; Havre de Grace at Elkton.
Saturday, July 11-Oxford at Elk Mills; Elkt0n
at Havre de Grace Aberdeen at Rising Sun.
Saturday, June 1S-Havre de Grace at Oxford;
Rising Sun at Elkton; Elk Mills at Aberdeen.
Saturday, June 25- Oxford at Elkton; Elk Mills
at Hayre de Grace; Rising Sun at Aberdeen.
Saturday, July 2-Aberdeen at Elk Mills. Ok
ford at Havre de Grace; Elkton at Rising Sun.
Monday, July 4, (moIning) )-Elkton at Elk Mills
Havre de Grace at Aberdeen; Rising Sun at
Oxford.
Monday, July A, (afternoon)- Mills at Elk
ton; Aberdeen at Havre de- Grace; Oxford at
Rising Sun.
Saturday. July 9-Rising Sun at Elk Mills, Elk
O<>AOAeAs
Saturday. July 16--Elk Mills at Havre de Grace;
Oxford at Elkton; Aberdeen at Rising Sun.
Saturday, July 2S-Havre de Grace at Elk Mills
Elkton at Aberdeen; Oxford at Rising Sun.
Saturday, July S0-Aberdeen at Oxford; Rising
Sun at Havre de Grace; Elk Mills at Elkton.
Saturday, August eek Mills at Rising Sun;
Havre de Grace at Aberdeen; Elkton at Oxford.
Saturday. August 13-Rising Sun at Elk Mills;
Elkton at Havre de Grace Oxford at Aberdeen.
Saturday, August 20-Aberdeen at Elk Mills;
Rising Sun atlElkton; Oxford at Havre de Grace.
Saturday. August 27-Elk Mills at Oxford;
Hayre de Grace at Rising Sun; Aberdeen at
Elkton.
Saturday, September 2-Oxford at Elk Mills;
Aberdeen at Havre de Grace; Elkton at Rising
Sun.
Saturday, September 1O-Rising Sun at oxfords
Hayre de Grace at Elkton; Elk Mills at Aberdeen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-20
Road Bonds Sell Below par.

The Board of Public Works on Monday
sold $50, 900 of State road bonds at price
below the expectations Of the members of
the board. Only few bids were received,
and if it had not been that the Roads
Commission needs money to carry on the
Improvements it is believed that all of the
bids would have been rejected. Thebonds
bear interest at the rate of 3K per cent.
The sales were as follows:
White, Weld & Co., New York, $780,
600, series B. at 93.a7I and accrued
interest.
H. A. Orrick, Baltimore, $4,000, series
c, at o5.4o and accrued interest.
The board asked for bids for 81, soc, 900
of the bonds, and it had been expected
that they would bring 90 or better, To
the surprise of the State officials no bids
were received from some Baltimore bank
ing houses.
The bonds are exempt from State,
county and municipal taxation, and will
be issued in bond form, with coupons at
tached. The money realized from this
sale, it is believed, will be sufficient to
carry on the work of the Road Commission
for several months, when it is likely that
the remaining $ooo. 900 of Series C will be
placed on the market. This is the first
time that the road bonds have been sold
at less than par. The board will sell the
bonds at private sale at par.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-20
potts-KarI.

Miss Matte Karl, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Karl, of Elkton, was married
on Tuesday evening, May 10, at the home
Of the bride, to Mr. Robert Chadffc Potts,
Of the same town, by the Rev. H. A. G.
Westerheld. The best man was Mr..
Nathan Karl, brother of the bride. Miss
Daisy Lewis was maid of honor Mr.
Charles Gottabend, of Germantown, play
ed the wedding march. They were the
recipients of numerous handsome and
useful presents. Mr.. and Mrs. Potts will
reside in Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-20
PERSONA LIS

Miss Hanna Kirk was the guest of Bal
timore relatives this week.
Miss Helen Evans, of Philada., is visit
ing Miss Genevieve Turner.
c. E. Dare and family, of Alexandria,
Va, have been visiting relatives in and
near town this week.
Miss Mary Steel Ewing, of Arcadia,
Fla, is spending few days with her
aunt, Miss Eliza Ewing, near Colora.
Mrs. Henry R. Torbert, of Elkton, suf-
fered fractured limb Monday, by falling
at the home of her son-in-law, Fred T.
Haines.
Miss Florence Mullen, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Mullen, and Charles
McCann were married at Elkton on
Wednesday.
Mr.. James Biddle and Miss Margaret
Mckinney, both of North East were mar
ried at the brides home May 7, by Rev.
Warren r. Burr. s
Mrs. Rose Taylor, OF Baltimore, and
Mr.. Raymond L. Jacobus, of Montclair,
N. j., are visiting Mr.. c. c. Caldwell and
family at New Valley.
Mrs. R. F. M. Eyans and daughter,
Miss -Catharine P. Evans, left Rising Sun
on Monday for Manasquan, N, J., where
they will spend the summer.
Rev. and Mrs. w. G. Koons, of Viii
mington, have. been spending the week at
the home of the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. j. Wilson, near town.
Miss Eva Money, of Philadelphia and
William L. Smith, Of Cecilton, were mar
ried last week by Rev. John M. Arters, of
Middletown. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith will
make their home in Cecilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Pepper Constable,
of Elkton, have booked passage on the
Oceanica for Naples, TO be gone three
months in travel through Italy, Switzer-
land, Germany and Great Britain.
Mr.. Clyde Wickersham of Lancaster
and Miss Anna B. Charles of Fulton, Pa,
were married by Rev. William B. Chal-
fant, pastor of the First Methodist Church,
Philadelphia, on Tuesday, May 8.
Miss Alberta Worth, Miss Louie Boyd,
Miss Elmira Passmore, of Nottingham,
and Miss Mary S. Haines, of this town,
are attending the worlds Sunday school
convention in session at Washington.
Mr.. John Alexander Wiley and Miss
Margaret Jane Kelso, both of New Lon
don, Pa, were married in Wilmington,
Tuesday, May II, by Rev. Alexander
Allison, Jr., pastor of West Presbyterian
Church.
Mr.. Clifford Santmyer and Miss Mollye
Walker, both of Havre de Grace, were
married in Elkton, on Thursday, May II,
at 3 o'clock, by the Rev. H. A. G.
Wester6eld, at the Methodist Episcopal
parsonage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence M. Clifford re-
turned from their wedding tour on Friday
evening and were rendered a reception at
the home Of the groom's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Clifford, Cloverly, near
Pennington.
Invitations have been issued for the
marriage of Miss Margaret Viola Nc
Cleary, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. R. H.
McCleary, of Lewisville, Pa, to J. Cecil
Creswell, of Cowantpwn, Cecil county,
The wedding will take place June I.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-20
A Timely Tip.

Last week we published timely
rhyme, requesting delinquents to come to
time; told our subscribers what crops to
seed, and pointed out the printers need.
One of our subs, with tender heart,
promptly responds and does her part.
Now if others will follow and do as well,
the printers harvest will quickly swell.
Here's the first response for our garden or
patch have you any greens" or silver
to match?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-20
SLOW BUT SURE.

Tomatoes and peas killed by frost, SO
we will be quite lucky if we get first cost.
Corn and beans can scarce be found and
money won't grow on Liberty Grove
ground; but your sad condition and
earnest plea brought tears to my eyes till
could scarcely see; and the very next
dress get to make, I'll add two dollars
for the printers sake. And I'll take the
money from mothers purse, for which
hope she will be none the worse. Now
HE you away to the butcher shop and
buy yourself good lamb chop. There's
the pants to patch, but it's out of my line
to patch for BACH If the rest of the
delinquents will do their share, you may
have enough left to buy new pair.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-20

In about one week we expect those COM
fort reclining and>swjng porch or lawn
chairs, better than a hammock and take
only one third the space. Get them at
Bufington's.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-20

More Groceries this week. Green and
Evaporated Fruits, Canned goods, Jellies,
Assorted Fruit Jams, Grape Juice and etc.
Go TO Bufington's for pure goods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
TO SEEK AID
WILL PETITION CONGRESS AND
PRESIDENT TAFT.
Bishop, President of American Club,
Favors Holding Big Meet
in St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, January 29-Con-
gress is to be petitioned, according to a
resolution passed at a conference of
aero clubs here today. to determine the
value of aerial craft in warfare
committee from the aero clubs is to
call on President Taft and ask him to
ment of aerial craft.
The conference, which was presided
over by Cortlandt F. Bishop, president
of the Aero Club of America. represent
ed aero clubs from thirteen cities and
states. Mr.. Bishop represented by proxy
the aero clubs of New England, Cali
fornia and Colorado Dayton, Ohio:
Kansas City. Peoria, ILL.,: Rochester,
n. Y: Indianapolis, Des Moines, Balti-
more and Washington had representa-
tives here.
Applications for the International
nounced from Kansas City, Peoria. In
dianapols and Philadelphia. Baltimore
and Washington entered joint appli-
cation for College Park. Md.
Carl G. Fisher of Indianapolis was ap-
pointed chairman Of a committee which
for aviation and balloon flights. The ap-
plications must be filed by March 1, and
the dates allotted by March ID.
The place for holding the international
aviation and balloon contests will be de-
cided on by the Aero Club of America
within thirty days.
Mr.. Bishop announced this afternoon he
was in favor of st. Louis having the in
ternational balloon races for this year.
He said he would vote for st. Louis, and
could influence would be cast for this
city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
Two Countries.
From Collier S.

FROM COller s.
Australia has an area nearly as large
as the United States. 1t is populated by
English, Scotch and Irish. They are
more British than the English them
selves. Speaking of the working classes
a recent traveller says: Not one that
saw looked jaded or worn, but all APP
peared happy and wholesome. The girls
especially looked happy. trim and neat.
They were not tired out. as most Of our
working girls are when their days work
is done, because they had been treated
with consideration. which is necessary
under the strict labor laws" There are
few, IL any. slums. Neither are there
labor strikes. When an employee has a
ton court. The employer Is cited into
court and compelled to put in his de-
Tense When the case is decided the de-
cision stands for three years-and the
court enforces its decisions. One judge In
Melbourne, after careful investigation,
of paying living wages or closing down
the property. One law prohibits women
from working in factory or business
house between the hours Of six in the
evening and six in the morning. The
same law applies to boys under eighteen.
Where communities lack high schools the
pupils are transported free on the gov
school--in one case as far as sixty miles
kilograms to any part Of the country
cost II cents. The government tele-
graph service was operated at a loss until
the present low rates went into effect.
1t is now prof1t-earning. New Zealand
of any country in the world. This does
not seem to worry the New Zealanders.
who borrow the money at Der cent and
make e per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
Teachings of Nature.
r Burbank, In the Nautilus.

Luther Burbank, In the Nautilus.
But, some one asks. how can you ever
expect boy to graduate from college or
university if his education does not be-
gin until he is ten years of age? He will
be far too old.
First I answer that the curse of mod
ern childlife in America is over-educa-
ton. For the first ten years of this. the
most sensitive and delicate, the most
pliable life in the world, I would prepare
ii. The properly prepared child will
make such progress that the difference
In time Of graduation is not likely to be
noticeable; but, even if it should be
year or two later, what real difference
would it make? Do we expect a normal
plant to begin bearing fruit a few weeks
after it is born? 1t must have time
ample time. to be prepared for the work
before it. Above all else, the child must
be healthy animal. l do not work with
diseased plants. They do not cure them
selves of disease. They only spread dis
ease among their fellows and die before
their time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
Another Exploded Myth.

From the New York World.
Among the smirched regulations from
which later historical research has re-
moved the faint of scandal is that of
Catharine de Medici, who for more than
three centuries has borne the odium of
the st. Bartholomew massacre, but who
now finds a champion in Col. G. F. Young,
c. b., author Of the new history of the
Medici family.
Won Ranke had previously shown that
Catharine did not deserve the responsible
ity for that crime in the guise of religion
that the real guilt was with the French
people. Col. Young goes further in re-
facilitating the reputation of the iil-famed
queen mother. So far from countenancing
the bigotry which deluged France with
blood, he maintains that Catharine sinned
merely on the side of too great a
tolerance in an age of intolerance
AT time when the inqustion,' says
Col. Young. was perpetrating it's detest-
able enormities In Spain. in Italy, in the
Netherlands Catharine boldly refused
during all the years Of her life to allow it
to be established in France" He quotes
a letter by the queen In which, referring
to the persecution Of Protestants. she
says:
when I see these poor people burned
beaten and tormented. not for thieving or
marauding. but simply for upholding their
religious opinions. when 1 see some of
them suffer cheerfully. with a glad heart,
| am forced to believe that there is some
thing in this which transcendeth human
understanding.
For the rest, Catharine was "a pru-
dent stateswoman, steadfast and self
controlled and undeserving of the M
repute that attaches to her. Her gravest
fault in the eyes of the French was that
she was a foreigner of bourgeois origin on
their throne.
Thus passes. if we accept Col. Young's
conclusion, another of the cherished
myths of history" which DR.. Albert
Bushnell Hart says it is the duty Of the
trained historian to dissipate. Their refu-
tatton Is no doubt gain to truth but at
the expense of romance. Modern histori-
ans have been particularly busy with the
| famous and infamous women of history
AS result OF their researches Beatrice
Cenci has lost all claim to the worlds
sympathy. and it has become necessary to
modify the old estimates of Marie Stuart
Joan of Arc and Cleopatra
Fortunately or unfortunately, Catharine
of Russia and Messalina still retain their
guilty eminence. But how soon will a
champion arise to clear the fame of the
notorious Roman empress-to show how
the gossip of corrupt court and q credu-
lous populace. accelerated by a poets ven-
omous tongue, contributed to make her
name through the ages q SYNONYM for
cruelty and vice?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
BUSIEST SPOTIN TOWN
Crowds Attend the Great An
nual Bargain Sale of Cloth
ing at D. J. Kaufman's
Mans Store.
High Prices for Things to Eat,
but Low Prices for Things
to Wear.

Fortunately for the good citizens of Washing
ton the high prices of food stuffs do not apply
to all the necessities of Iife-a fact that is
strikingly illustrated by the great sale Of cloth
ing now in progress at the Mans Store, 1OO5-7
Pa
Never In the history Of the clothing business
in Washington have such extraordinary values
in fine garments been distributed, and ro more
opportune moment could be chosen by the enter
prisng proprietor of the Mdn's Store, D. j.
Kaufman, when the price Of food stuYs and
other necessaries Of life are soaring high to
give a proof Of his interest in the welfare Of
his patrons by offering the finest handmade
suits and overcoats at low prices hitherto un-
known. This, too. right in the height Of the
winter season-just when the people can make
the best use Of good suit overcoat.
This great sale embraces not few odds and
ends, but hundreds Of the finest scoats and suits
most stylish designs. The writer, after pushing
a way through the throngs attending the sale.
was really astonished at the magnificent quality
of the garments offered, and at the rdculously
low figures at which they were being sold. In
addition to fine Mans Store-made Sack Suits
and Overcoats In almost endless variety, there
were included the bargain tables all the
small lots Of Tuxedo Coats and Vests. Fine BLACK
Silk-faced Double-breasted Frock Goats and
Vests. and all Of those Stylish English Walking
Suits in fine fancy mixtures-all offered without
reserve at half price-and half price at d. ]
Kaufman's means half price, as everybody in
Washington knows. One of the features Of deal.
ing at this house is that whether you buy cloth.
ing at half price regular price. you are al
ways protected by the guarantee of Money
Worth or Money Back
The success Of any sale depends in large meas
ure upon the reputation and general prestige en-
joyed by the firm offering the sale-and the I'm
precedented buying at this sale simply indicate!
the esteem and confidence OF the public in tn,
establishment Of D.. ]. Kaufman. When thi
firm offers a reduction the public knows by pas
experience that it Is a genuine reduction--ant
considering the high quality Of clothing 70
which this house is celebrated, that 4 sale O
this character offering garments at just half thu
original priests event Of unusual iupor
lance to thrifty buyers Of clothing.