The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-04-05

Sunday next is Easter.
Another heavy thunder gust on Tues
day evening.
Wheat fields are looking fine, and
giving prospect of good crop.
A shad supper will be held in the ses-
sion building. Zion, by the Harvester
Mission Band on Friday evening, April $,
from S 10 3 o'clock.
Thieves broke into the Candy Kitchen.
at Elkton. on Mondy night and robbed
the cash register Of $500.
Good Friday, April S. and Easter
Monday, April 8, will be observed as
public school holidays in Cecil county.
Elkton is to have "Home Coming
AWeeks the latter part Of June. when It IS
being arranged to hold Chautauqua
Assembly.
The new Methodist Episcopal parsonage
at North East has been practically com
pleted and will be moved into this week
BY Rev. and Mrs. j. P. Otis.
The Cecil Farmers Telephone Com
pany will hold its annual stockholders
meeting on Saturday. April 2o at o'clock
ii Woodman's Hall, Rising Sun.
Beginning with Sunday next, 9TH inst,
Rising Sun M. E. Sunday school will
meet at nine clock in the morning, in
stead of in the afternoon. as formerly.
DIR. Delmar Smithers has resigned his
position as assistant collector Of the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal. Harold
Steele has been appointed to the position.
A mock trial entertainment will be held
by the students of West Nottingham
Academy in the chapel on Friday eve
ming, April II. Admission. 20 cents and
10 cents.
Dnyckinck, Sterrett & Co. have sold
and delivered to William T. Davis, of
Elkton, handsome self-starting fve-
passenger 3s-horse power Overland
touring car.
The George Biddle High School, Cecil
ton. was closed last week as result of
the boiler Of the heating plant bursting.
An effort to heat the building with coal
oil stoves proved futile.
The special Easter exercises. at the M
E. church on Sunday evening next. will
be in charge Of the Sunday school, when
4 program Of music and recitations will
be given, beginning at 1890 o'clock.
Rev. E. c. Sun6eld. Secretary of Will
mington City Church Extension and
Missionary Societies, will preach at
Hopewell M. E. church next Sunday
morning and at Asbury in the afternoon.
Haryey Porter, Of Baltimore. visited
Rising Sun on Tuesday in the interest Of
the Everett automobile, and gave demon
strations to number of our citizens, with
handsome 4o-horse power machine Of
this make.
North East has Boy Scout organiza-
tion. The members of the council are
Rey. ]. P. Otis. DR.. H. A. Cantwell, c.
P. BARLEY, ]. F. Diggs, Stanley Evans,
/. E. Davis, Isaiah BiddIe. r. c. Shippers
and George O. Carey.
George ]. Liddell. of Liberty Grove,
whose flock Of $40 May and June leghorn
pullets had laid 4.7s7 eggs up TO March
1. reports s,ooa eggs during the month
of March, making total of 22, 7S9. which
is record hard 10 beat.
All Interested in the formation of the
COW testing association for this section
are requested to meet at the Office of ].
s. Pogue. Sons & Co., on Saturday, April
6. at 2 o'clock, for the purpose of COM
pleting the organization and electing
officers.
The Rising Sun M. E. Sunday School
elected the following officers on Tuesday
evening. to serve the ensuing year:
Supt.. w. Lewis Ryan; Secretary, VIM.
Ryan; treasurer. Edwin Haines; mission
AIRY treasurer, Mrs. N. c. Brown; libra
rian. H. Jennie Reynolds; organist.
Lucy Gillespie; Supt. Cradle Roll NJ.
Addie Smith.
The fight for the Democratic nomina-
tion for Chief Judge Of the Second Judicial
Circuit TO succeed Judge James Alfred
>Pearce. whose term expires next Novem-
ber. has narrowed down to Associate
Judge William H. Adkins of Talbot coun-
~. and States Attorney Albert Constable,
Jr.. Of Cecil county. The nomination
under the new Primary Election law will
be made BY the direct voting system in
May The circuit is composed Of Cecil.
Caroline. Talbot. Kent and Queen Anne's
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