The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-04
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

3 morning last. ne COOL "Satnct uaS Soi-
tinued this week with frost on several
MORNINGS.
The democratic campaign will be open
il Cecil county by meeting in Elkton on
Friday. October IS.
The Teachers Institute for Cecil county
will be held October 2I-25 at the High
School Building in Elkton.
One Of the women with Prarie Lilies
Show. which exhibited in Elkton last
week, fell from horse and dislocaied her
shoulder.
Rev. c. E. Sunfeld, Of Wilmington.
occupied the pulpit of the M. E. church
On Sunday morning. preaching in the in
terest Of City Missions.
About $50 was realized from the supper
given by the Ninth District Auxiliary at
1lvert on Wednesday evening of last
week for the benefit Of Union Hospital.
Work on an addition to Union Hospital
yEtktOu, mas UScu StattSu Wy OousAeSeSA
Strickland. The work will consist of
rAising the kitchen part to three stories.
It was stated ia our columns last week
that Woodlawn camp in 1913 would open
September i. 1t should have read Aug.
J. which is the date of opening next year.
Seventh district democrats have organ
ized Wilson MARSHALL Covington and
Constable Club, with J. 7. G. Hopkins.
president. and c. A. Morrison, secretary
and treasurer,
R. Bruce Cameron. Jos. T. Kenney,
John M. Clayton and George A. IA.
Johnson have been appointed committee
.o direct the Progressive party campaign
ia Cecil county.
AT a meeting Of the Elkton Grange
Saturday afternoon committee was APP
pointed TO arrange for boys corn erow-
ing contest to be held under the auspices
Of the Grange next season.
Robert Anderson. Of Cecilton, a recent
graduate Of St. Johns College, has ac-
cepted an appointment as teacher IN
school Ia San Francisco, Cal. and left
this week for his new duties.
Roman R. Crothers. Esq, who has
been practicing law in Baltimore. has de-
cided 10 locate in Elkton. and will be as
sociated with Senator Omar D. Crothers
4 He will also be at Rising Sun every
Saturday.
The$so. 900 capital stock Of the Elkton
banking and Trust Company has all
Been subscribed. and the stockholders
met yesterday for the election of Board
OF directors and other business necessary
10 organization,
We are in receipt Of the announce ment
OF the opening Of the new Farmers Bank
OF Parkesburg. Pa, which was held on
Tuesday aud Wednesday Of this week.
Edward H. Efdng. Rising Sun boy. is
cashier Of the new institution.
F. johnson. of North East, who has
been engaged in building concrete bridges
in Caroline County, has been offered a
position in the government service, TO do
hydraulic work on the Panama Canal,
which he has under consideration.
Quarterly distributions Of the public
school tax and the schooI-book tax were
announced at the Office of the Comptroller
on Tuesday. Cecil county will receive
$7.a5o.5 54 from the public school tax, and
$77o.4o from the school book fund.
County Road Engineer. Joseph T.
Richards Jr., has been appointed by
Governor Goldsborough delegate to re-
present the State OF Maryland at the an
nual convention of the American Road
Builders Association, which meets in
Cincinnati. Ohio. on December 8.
The Cecil Democrat, published at Elk
ton. came to its readers bright and clean.
from anew dress Of type, which was used
for the first time ia getting out the edition
OF September 2s. The Democrat is the
oldest newspaper in this section of, Mary
land, having been published for more than
seventy-two years, and enjoys a liberal
,patronage from a reading public.
II is said one of our farmers near town
WAS compelled TO threaten an employee
ith the old Blue Laws on Sunday morn
ii;ek last in order to get him 10 quit work
forf the day. After late breakfast the
owner Of the farm was stroIling about
viewing his possessions, when he discov-
cred his employee at work in the corn
field. where he had cut fifteen shocks that
morning. When appraised of the fact
thar il was Sunday. the laborer in the
corn ield.-not vineyard. .-exacted the
promise that the newspaper reporter was
not to be told Of it+but there was a'leak
aomeDiace.