The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-03-20
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
wednesday mex. is Moving Day

March asserted itself again the day
following.
According to the almanac Spring begins
tomorrow, 2Ist inst, at 9th hour, 9th
minute a. m.
The corner stone of the new M. E.
Church at Summit Bridge, Del, was laid
Sunday. March rs.
The spring recess began at Tome School
Wednesday and will continue until the
evening Of March 20.
Haivey H. Mackey, of Providence. has
purchased the Henry Warner farm of $50
acres near Zion, for $1,000.
The Home Light and Power Co., OF
Elkton, will extend its lines through chesa-
peake City as soon as the weather per-
mits.
MARYLAND Day. March rs, will be OBJ
! served in thefpublic schools of the State
with appropriate exercises Wednesday
next.
Henry c. Lauder was appointed post
master of Havre de Grace on Tuesday by
President Wilson. to succeed Harry c.
Carroll.
The mild weather this week caused
the snow to melt and frost to come from
the ground, making dirt roads soft and
deep with mud.
The Thomas Martin tract of S acres in
the Ninth district. was sold last week. by
I. will Perkins. ex-Sheriff. TO Howard
England for $I2o.
The 8s acre farm of the late w. Reese
Mahan, in the Fourth district. has been
sold by Heister Hess. Trustee. to George
w. Biles. for $500.
Cambridge packers have decided to pay
5000 per ton for tomatoes, this season,
and are now making contracts with the
farmers at that price.
A bill has been introduced in the Legis-
lature authorizing the Cecil County Com :
missioners to issue 100000 bonds to
build a new Court house.
Al the municipal election held in North
East on Monday Robert c. Shippers and
Harry l.. Harvey were reelected Town
Commissioners for two years.
The Omnibus Appropriation bill. intro
duced in the Legislature by the Finance
Committee, carries with it an appropria-
ton of $1,000 for Union Hospital OF
Cecil County.
A missionary collection was taken at
the Methodist Episcopal church. in this
town, Sunday, amountingto nearly $Io5.
The amount asked for was $Io3. but this
was more than provided for.
The Calvert Agriculture High School
A. A. will hold festival and box social
in the Calvert High School building FRI
day. March 27. Ladies please bring
boxes. II stormy. following evening.
4 A meeting of those interested in the
formation of ball team here was held on
Friday evening last. and it was decided
to ors anize providing Rising Sun was ad-
United in the Tri-County League circuit
The Farmers Civil and Business Asso-
citation will hold meeting in the High
School building. Calvert. on Saturday.
March 2I, at 1890 p. m. A speaker from
Maryland Agricultural College will be
present.
Section men on the low grade railroad
found small sack of mail near Quarry
vile, Monday. The mail had been stolen
from the Quarryville Office the week pre-
vious, when burglars blew the safe and
got 5000 worth of loot.
The forty-sixth session of the Whining
ton Annual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church will open in Berlin,
Md. on April 1, and will continue for one
week. The session will be presided over
by Bishop, Earl D Cranston. of Washing
ton, D. c..
Comptroller Harrington on Monday an
nounced the quarterly distribution of the
State School Tax. amounting to 5000, 600
the free book fund of $37. 500, and $3Io7s
for approved high schools. Ceci. county's
apportionment Is: School tax. $5.437 oS;
book fund. $7I4.7s; approved high
schools. 81, ,625.oo
The Tri-County Base Ball League has
re-organized by electing Thomas Kay,
Elk Mills, president; j. d Moore Oxford.
vice-president; Fred H. Letter. Elkton,
secretary. and A. c. Cooke. Elk Mills,
treasurer.
A meeting will be held at Newark on
March aI. when plans for the season will
be completed.