The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-09-19
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Miss Helen Fox. of Glenside. Pa. visit
ed Rising Sun friends this week.
Miss MolIie Keen is spending some
time 10 Trenton and Philadelphia.
The Young Ladies Sewing Circle met
on Saturday afternoon with Miss Marian
Pyle.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Efing, Of Philadel-
phia, spent Sunday and Monday in Rising
Sun.
Mrs. Ida Wilson. of Philadelphia, was
a visitor last week at the home OF G. r.
Grason and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Buckley, OF Allen
town. spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
John W. Barnes.
Mrs II. S. Smith and cbiidlen. Of
Redwood. w. Va. are visiting DR.. A. H.
Smith and daughter
E H. Worthingtou and daughter. Miss
Louise Worthing,on. are visiting H. L.
Wcrthington and family, Howard Park
Baltimore.
The members of the Cecil Farmers
Club. together with their families and a
number of friends. picnicked at Peqna. on
Wednesday.
Miss Marian Pyle returned to Darling
ton Seminary. West Chester. on Thurs
day. where she will pursue post
graduate course.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus D. Rowland. OF
Elkton have issued Invitations to the mar
riage ofstheir daughter, Martie, to Mr..
Jefferson Davis Smith. Ensign United
States Navy. on Thursday evening. Sept
ember 80. at ego o'clock. in Elkton Pres
byteIian Church.
For the better development of corn in
the distribution OF seed germs, some
West Fallowfield Pa, farmers have adopt
ed the plan of TOPPING alternate rows.
Attention is directed to the adv. of
State Scholarships in Engineering at
Johns Hopkins University. A valuable
opportunity is here presented and any
Cecil county boy who desires such a
course should be up and doing
After many months of pareying de-
bate on local option between William H.
Anderson. Superintendent of the Anfi-Sal-
oon League, and Lloyd Wilkinson. now a
Democratic candidate for the House Of
Delegates. has been arranged. October
was agreed on as the date and the Lyric
Baltimore. as the place.
| Richard Pennock returned Saturday to
his home in Kenneti. from trip to Jop-
plin. Missouri. in search OF his father,
Chas. j. Pennock who has been missing
since May I5th The family received a
letter from party in that place saying a
strange an.answering to Mr.. Pennock's
description was there. but when Richard
arrived. much to his disappointment, he
found the stranger was not his father.
The one hundred and thirty-fourth an
niyersary OF Barrat's Chapel. near FEEDER
lea. Delaware. the "Cradle OF Metho-
dism," was celebrated on Sunday. Ser
vices were held n the grove in front of
the chaple. The sermon Of the afternoon
was preached by Rev. Don S Colt. of
Baltimore. Other visiting ministers who
participated in the celebration included
Rev. j. w. Jones. pastor. of the Freder
lex Methodist Episcopal Church. and
Rev. R. K. Stevenson. district superinten-
dent OF the Dover district
Cooper & Terry. owners of a large
peach orchard near Dover. DEL. from
which they harvested 5000 worth Of
fruit this season. have decided to guard
against injury by frost in their orchard
next spring by the use OF smudge 6res.
burning crude oil. They already have
I.oso FIRE boxes. but this month will send
in an order for 1000 more. Experts have
kascertained that the dry smoke is not
only good for the trees. but the heat will
actually raise temperature from three to
Eve degrees.
A number Of farmers in Wicomico
county are growing large acreages OF
broom corn. The tops are sold to broom
factories. and excellent fodder. is Also Sc
cured David ]. Ward had large dis
play and won first prize at the Wicomico
fair He spent some time in Indiana and
Illinois. making special study of the
planting Of this crop, and this year he
will go to Oklahoma TO study the housing
and cnring OF the broom tops. He says
that Wicomico county land will produc.
one ton OF iirsl-class broom corn fodder 20
| an acre after being cured and should net
The growers from s75 70 sIas au acre.