The midland journal., 1911-06-16


month just closed was the dryest May in
eleven years.
A patent for a car fender has been
granted John B. Bailey, of Forest Hill,
Hartford county.
The Delaware College Experiment
Station is preparing to experiment with
the growing of alfalfa.
The Kent County Commissioners have
fixed the tax rate at $I.22. a decrease of
63 cents from last year.
The salary of postmaster Ingram, of
Oxford, will be increased $1oo the coming
year, making it So, 200.
Coulehan & Hogan, of Havre de Grace,
the pioneer canneis of herring roe, have
put UP 4, 500 cases this season.
The bass season opened in Pennsylvania
yesterday and anglers may fish for this
gamy fish in that State until December I.
In the annual revision of postmasters
salaries. the salary Of the postmaster at
Bel Air has been increased from So, 200
to So, 800.
The Commissioners of Cecil County
have contracted with the Cecil Democrat
and Cecil County News for county print
ing at $500 each.
The County Commissioners have been
petitioned to appropriate $4, 500 for an ad-
dition and heating plant at Chesapeake
City High School.
Atwelve passenger auto bus, which is
to be operated betweeen Elkton and
Chesapeake City. has been received by
Taylor M. McKenney. at the former place.
call for the meeting of the Republi-
can State Central Committee has been
issued by Chairman John B. Hanna for
June 2I at the Hotel Rennert, Baltimore.
The attendance on Thursday and Fri
day last at the goth annual Spring Fair of
Oxford Agricultural Society, was very
large and the Spring exhibition was
success.
The country residence of R. Emmett
Duval. in Hartford county. was burned on
saturday evening. The dwelling was a
fine mansion, the venerable old place
being known as The Naples
A meeting of committees and others in
terested in the centennial of West Not.
bingham Friends meeting will be held in
the Y. F. A. room, Rising Sun hall,
9TH day, 9th mo. I7th. at 2 p. m.
Henry S. Coudon, of Aiken, was a
delegate to the diocesan convention at
Easton last week. Mr.. Coudon who sat
in the first convention of the diocese,
which met and was formed in Easton in
IIS6S, has attended every annual con-
lvention since. with the exception of one.
| The annual Convention of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of
Easton was held in St, Peters Church.
Easton. last week, Bishop Adams presi-
ding. The diocese numbers SO clergy
men, 81 parishes, about 5000 parishion-
ers, 1000 communicants. and 1000 Sunday
school pupils. The convention will meet
next year in Trinity Church, Elkton.
| Commencement exercises were held at
Westtown school on Wednesday. Prof
Lloyd Balderston, Phi. D., of Ridgway
Pa. delivered the address to the graduat-
ling class. which numbered forty mem
bers, among them being his daughter
Catharine Candy Balderston. The fol-
lowing visitors from this section were in
| attendance: Annie Balderston, Bertha
Balderston, Mary Anna Balderston and
daughter Mariana, Elwood Balderston,
wife and son Mark (the latter of Haver-
ford College, and Maggie Rowland
Many other relatives and friends from
Chester county were among the visitors.
The Columbia Brick & Plaster Co., of
North East, manufacturers of brick and
wall plaster. has increased its capital and
changed the title of the concern to that of
the Conroy Manufacturing Co. All the
products of the former company will be
made, and in addition brass and iron
foundry business will be conducted The
new plant is fitted up to make castings.
build heaters, and do general machine
work. 1t will also manufacture the
Conroy Refrigerator Fastener-an appli-
ance used on nine-tenths of the refriger-
ators in use. In the reorganized COM
pany. ]. B. Hanway will be the President;
c. P. BARLEY, Treasurer and General
Manager. and P. ]. Conroy, whose large
foundry plant was moved from Philadel-
phia, and merged into the new concern,
is the Secretary and Superintendent.