The midland journal., 1913-05-09
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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The Teachers Institute for Cecil County
win be held this year the week before
school opens, August 2ss2o.
Syimar M. E. Sunday school has been
reoreanized with David Fitzgerald super
in,endent. and Fillmore Sidwell assistant.
Dr. Dan Bratton, dentist, Of Elkton.
has opened an Office at Colora and will be
there every Saturday from 10 a. m. until
4 p m.
The Elkton Banking and Trust Com
pany opened its new bank building for
inspection on Saturday. The bank OPEN
ed for business on Monday.
The Til County Base Ball League sea-
son opens tomorrow. roth inst, when
Elkton plays at Elk Mills. Havre de Grace
at Aberdeen. Newark at Oxford
Little Omor D., the four-year-old son
Of Senator and Mrs. Omar D. Crothers Of
Elkaon., was painfully bitten on the arm
by his pet dog on Thursday last.
franklin public school, near town. has
been closed for the summer. and the
teacher, Miss Helen Webster, expects to
leave for her home in Milton, Del this
week.
Rising Sun and Colora junior teams
played rafting game Of ball here on
Friday afternoon last. in which the Sun
boys beat Colora to ii The score was
g 10 S.
John Russell. of near Leslie. reported 70
Sheriff Perkins on Monday, the theft Of =
horse and buggy from his barn Neither
thief nor stolen property have been
located.
Breaking her parole by returning to the
State, Helen Waters. colored, was re-
arrested at Belair Saturday night and has
been sentenced to a year in the House Of
Correction.
o. P. Eiaggerty and W. w. Moore. Of
Port Depasit. have purchased new cleo
tric starting Overland cars from Rising
sun Garage, the former a Ashore and
the latter a 3o-horse.
The correct name of "Old Field Point
Light" on Elk River. has been decided by
government authority to be 'Oldhelds
Point Light" and will so appear in future
government publications.
Dr. III. c. Paterson. president Of the
MARYLAND Agricultural College. has ac-
cepted an invitation to address the spring
meeting of the Pomona Grange of Cecil
county. to he held at Calvert.
A meeting will be held in Woodman's
Hall on Friday evening. May 9. at 8
o'clock, for The purpose Of ieorganizing
Rising Sun Cornet Band. All members
Of the old organization, and others inter-
ested. are urged to be present
Zion M. E. Sunday school has reorgan-
!, lied and elected the following officers for
the coming year: Alfred Churchman.
superintendent; Miss Edith McVey. or
ganist; Mrs. Derman, assistant; Harvey
Ewing, secretary and treasurer.
All day Sunday service was inaugural
ed on May q by the Cecil Farmers Tele-
phone Company. Heretofore the ex-
change has been open from 8 to 10 j. m.
Sundays. but in future the hours of ser-
vice will be from a. m. to 8 p. m. on
that day.
Books for the schools Of Cecil county
for the next school year will be distribut-
cd from the Office OF the School Board.
The board at special meeting decided to
request the teachers to file at the close of
the present school year orders for approxi-
mateIy the number of books which will be
needed.
Articles OF incorporation have been tax
en- out by R. c. Reeder c. E. Reeder and
John Alexander. 10 do business under the
title of .The Reeder-Alexander Boat
Building Co." with plant at North East.
The new company has now on the ways
fine ocean going craft. that is being
built for Wilmington parties.
The gasoline tractor. recently purchased
BY Messrs. Howard and Malcolm Mitchell,
Of near Aberdeen. for blowing and har-
rowing. is attracting considerable atten-
tion, Large crowds have Witnessed the
w aes Of the new farm implements.
has four plows and harrow
ping the work Of eight horses
~ Carl Christopher. instructor in
Animal Husbandry. at Delaware College
Agricultural. Experiment Station. and
State leader 10 farm management invests
cations in the Bureau Of Plant Industry
of the u. s. Department Of Agriculture,
has resigned bis position. the resignation
70 take effect July Isl.