The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-29

Cecil County convenes at Eikton on
Monday.
Squirrel. reed and rail bird cunning
season in Cecil county opens on Monday.
September |.
Sundays excursion to Atlantic City
drew thirteen passengers from Rising Sun
and six from Colora.
The public schools Of the county re
open, after the summer vacation, on Mon
day morning. September I.
The annual picnic Of the M. E. Sunday
School Of this town will be held today
friday az Hunters dam.
Labor Day. Monday. Sept. Ist, being a
legal holiday the National Bank Of Rising
Sun will not be open for business on that
day.
Ella M. Holmes has filed bill in Cecil
! county court for divorce from her hus-
6aad. Walter L. Holmes, on the grounds
of desertion.
East Nottingham Quarterly Meeting OF
the Society of Friends will assemble
Saturday, goth inst. at the Brick Meeting
house. Calvert.
The citizens Of Perryville have donated
$I73. so to the volunteer 6remen of the
town. in order to liquidate the debt
against the apparatus.
The Teachers Institute for Cecil county
opened Monday in Elkton and has been in
session daily this week The Institute
closes today at one o'clock.
The canning season in Cecil has OPEN
ed The tomato crop is late and fears are
entertained that frost will come before the
crop is all harvested. making the pack a
short one.
Chief Judge Constable Of the Circuit
Court has signed . decree granting Rufus
X. Schwenk Of Cecil county divorce
from his wife AdaIine M. Schwenk. now
aresident Of Atlantic City.
The Methodist Episcopal parsonage is
being extensively improved by new roof.
addition TO kitchen, steam heat installed
and.cellar enlarged. The work will re-
quire some weeks to complete.
There will be poultry supper held in
the Octoraro M. E. church on Friday eve.
Aug. 2o. conducted by the New York
Crew. Cakes and home made candy will
be for sale. If stormy. the following eve.
William ]. Johnson of Brooklyn. N. r..
retired naval officer. has purchased from
Thomas H. Harlan of this town the latter's
1855 acre farm. near Chesapeake City. for
$40. .oco. and will take charge of his new
purchase in the fall.
The moonlight excursion down the bay
from Port Deposit to Betterton, on. Mon
day. proved popular drawing card A
large number of young people from this
, town and vicinity enjoyed the trip and re-
!a-port 1t an ideal one.
Anglers are having great sport on the
Susquehanna. the bass fishing never being
better. S. Taylor Wilson and Chas. E.
Dare are among those to make good cat-
ches with hook and line, bringing home a
string Of fourteen on Friday last.
The School Board has appointed Miss
Ada Davis and Miss Alvada Ferguson.
both OF Cecilton. to scholarships at the
State Normal School and Albert Steele.
son of Prof. George A. Steele, Of Balti-
more, TO the scholarship at Charlotte Hall
Acadamy.
The Lower Schools and the Girls High
School of The Jacob Tome Institute will
open for the coming school year on Thurs
day, September rs, at $40 a. m.
The work Of the Boys School will re-
sumo in Memorial Hall on Thursday.
Septsmber rs.
Joseph Couden, OF H.,,who qualified as
candidate for the State Senate from
Cecil county. has Withdrawn from the
race, leaving Byron Bouchelle. Chesa.
peake City; J. Wilson Squier. Port De-
posit. and Samuel ]. Keys, Elkton. as the
democratic aspirants.
j Samuel ]. Keys. democratic candidate
\ for the State Senate comes out this week
yln csfd plainly stating his position on
ali questions OF importance in which the
votes Of Cecil county are interested. It Is
understood that Messrs. John w. Bou-
chelle. Harvey T. Davis ami John B. Fas-
slit. candidates for the House of Delegates.
are in accord with Mr.. Keys in his un-
evasive stand on these questions. All
candidates should be forced TO do what
Mr.. Keys has voluntarily done.