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The midland journal., 1916-11-17
Bridge Company Loses.

The Perryville-Havre de Grace
toll bridge fight has finally been
settled, and the bridge company will
have to submit to the lower tolls
ordered by the Public Service Com
mission.
Judge Bond, in Circuit Court No.
2, has handed down a decision in
which he refused to grant prelimi-
nary injunction against the Commis-
sion,
The bridge company sought to re-
strain the Commission from putting
in force the new toll rates on the
bridge that spans the Susquehanna
river at Havre de Grace, and several
days ago an appeal from the order of
the Commission was instituted, along
with a petition in which the Court
was asked to issue an injunction to
hold up the new order until the con-
troversy could be fully aired in court.
On this petition counsel for the
bridge company and the legal depart
ment of the Commission presented
their arguments before Judge Bond
on Saturday,
In rendering his decision the Court
said: 1.-The arguments took wider
range than has seemed to me neces-
sary. The merits of the. complaint
are in any event to be left wholly un-
decided by this present action.
have concluded that an injunction
should not now be issued"
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
James Eshleman and Ernest Burlin
the Cecil Boys To Go On
TOur

The exhibit of the Boys Corn
Clubs of Cecil County was held Nov.
3 at the Court House, Elkton, about
twenty contestants sending in their
est ten ears. The Judging was done
by Prof. Schmitz, of the Maryland
Agricultural College.
The winner in the Cecil County
competition was James Eshleman,
# Port Deposit, with Ernest Burlin,
Of the same section, in second place.
These two boys were on the Club
Tour through Western Maryland
this week.
In deciding the winner the follow
'ng points are taken into considera-
ion:-Yield, 80 per cent; Cost, 80
per cent; Exhibit of Ten Ears, 20
Der cent; History of Crop, 20 per
cent.
The highest yield in the county
was that of ]. A. Ewing, who raised
94.5 bushels; Osborne Reynolds was
close second with "a bushels;
James Eshleman third with 85.5
bushels; Robert Reynolds fourth
with 78 bushels. Ernest Burlin, who
was second in the general competi-
ton, raised III bushels.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
To Erect Big Steel Plant.

Worth Brothers of Coatesville,
who recently sold their noted steel
plant located there, to the Midvale
Steel and Ordnance Company for
100000, have made settlement
for a tract of land of about 500 acres
near Claymount below the northern
boundary of the state, comprising
several farms, fronting on the Della
ware which they have purchased for
a site for a large steel plant to cost
SIS, 100000, il is said, and also per-
haps homes for workmen. Work on
plans for the plant has already
begun. Five farms have been pur-
chased two of which front on the
Delaware and lie along Naaman's
Creek. The plant will have the
advantage of water shipment OF
materials and products and access to
the P. B. & w. and the B. & o. r. r
and also the Reading line along the
river. 1t will also be near ship
building plants to which it car
readily supply steel plates.-Ex.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
Farming In Canada.

In a recent note from Mr.. G.. F.
Marsh, B. S. A., former County
Agent, he wished to be remembered
to his many friends in Cecil county
He states that he is hard at work
on his farm in Ontario where he has
just finished cutting his alfalfa fol
seed. He has about fifty acres in
all, but only about twenty-five was
filed well enough to leave for seed
The extremely dry weather inter
fered greatly with the blossoming oi
the clover. The alfalfa was all sowr
as he has advised the farmers Of
Cecil county to sow; mixed will
timothy and red clover.
He has also finished picking his
apples of which he has about three
carloads, though he expects thai
when he starts packing that they
will Gull out greatly for though
thoroughly sprayed owing to the un
fay orable weather they are not near
ly as good quality as last year.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
GIFT To College Loan Fund.

Mrs. s. Teresa Kimble, of Apple
ton, Md, has contributed the sum OF
thirty dollars to the Loan Fund for
the benefit of students at Delaware
College who come from Maryland
The gift is memorial to Henry
Evans Kimble '04. 1t represents a
part of the prize money won by Mr..
Kimble in college, and unexpended
at his death which occurred on Oct.
p, 1904. While he was a student,
he won the first Of the Granted
English prizes in June, 1908, and at
his graduation in 1904 the Bishop
Coleman prize and the first Alumni
prize in debating.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
CORN CLUB TOUR.
Prize Winners Visit Rising Sun and
Are Entertained At Dinner.

Prize Winners Visit Rising Sun and
Are Entertained At Dinner.
The members of the Boys Corn
Club, from the Western Shore coun-
ties, who are making tour of the
Eastern Shore, reached Rising Sun
10:30 O'Clock Tuesday morning,
coming from Elkton, where they
spent Monday night.
The party numbered twenty-six,
the boys being in charge Of r. H.
McHenry and P. v. Horn, of Mary
land Agricultural College.
The local committee met the party
and the boys formed in line with
their banners and flags, and marched
to the P. E. Sharpless Co., milk
plant, where Manager Jos. T. Riale
showed them through the different
departments, and explained the pro-
cess of condensing, from the time
the milk was received until it was
in the can ready for shipment.
The boys were later entertained at
dinner, served by the ladies of the
M. e. church and enjoyed this
feature to the fullest. In addition
to seeing and learning many interest
ing things they were having all sorts
Of fun and the trip was big lark
for them.
After dinner the boys were taken
to Conowingo, where the committe
from Bel Air met them and took
them to that town for the night.
Those who furnished autos for trans
portation to Conowingo were: I.
Wayne Reynolds, c. T. Dare, Stewart
NJ. Ward, Jos. T. Tyson, H. o. Lynch
and J. B. Fassitt.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
Address Before Needlework Gui1d

Maram Guedy gave a most in
teresting talk at the Colora school
house on Saturday, when she address
sed the Annual Meeting of the
Needlework Guild. She told us a
little of the terrible conditions in
Europe and how the American
Needlework Guild had enabled the
French organization at Lyons to
have work rooms where the women
and girls could earn 80 cents a day
making clothing for the refugees and
hospital supplies. Now the women
are all needed to carry on other work
and the rooms have been closed but
the need goes on just the same and
even more so and unless others come
to the rescue it is hard to imagine
The suffering caused by lack of these
things. The Branches of the Guild
all through our country are taking
up the work to do what they can to
relieve the suffering and the Colora
Branch responded heartily to the
call. Groups are to be formed in
Rising Sun with Miss Bertha Tyson
in charge, at Liberty Grove by Miss
Rosa Caldwell and probably at West
Nottingham and Colora to meet as
often as expedient to sew or make
hospital supplies to be sent through
the Red Cross where they are most
needed. Three dollars and seventy
five cents was contributed to start
the work but more will be needed
to buy the material. This work is
taken up as special emergency work
and must not be confused with the
regular work of the Guild. Our
collection of about 500 garments and
twenty dollars in cash will be used
as before for local needs and we
could use many more garments If we
had them.
Bertha Balderston, Vice Pres.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
THIEVES VISIT CALVERT.
Rob Kidd's store-Clue Leads TIC
Arrest OF Representations

Arrest OF Negroes-Pilottown
Thief Captured.
Thieves Rob Kidd's Store At Calvert.
The store of H. G. Kidd, at Cal
vert, was entered Saturday night and
quantity of merchandise and $65
in money stolen. Included in the
$65 was a check for $2S, payment
on which has been stopped. The
thieves left rifle lying on the porch.
This gave clue, as earlier in the
evening two strange colored men
came to Webster Whites home and
asked to be directed to some place
where they could spend the night.
One of these men carried a rifle
similar to the one left on the store
porch.
The colored men we're traced to
Baltimore, where they were arrested
and brought to Elkton Jail to await
trial.
Pliny Lee, colored resident of
Pilottown, Cecil County, was cap
tured Thursday night by members OF
the Fulton Township Detective Asso
citation and lodged in Lancaster Jail,
charged with stealing large quanti-
ties of corn, potatoes, apples, and
other produce from the farmers in
the vicinity of Wakefield.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
Lecture BY Robert Parker Miles

The opening number of the enter
tainment course to be given in Rising
Sun public hall the season of 1915
II, will be on Monday evening, Nov
20, by Robert Parker Miles, dramatic
lecturer. More than eighteen hun
dred audiences have heard Mr.. Miles
during the past ten years, and every
where he has been received with en-
thusiasm, his lectures being charac-
terized as unique, original, intensely
interesting, with helpful, inspiring
message to everybody.
Tickets are on sale at the store of
E r. Burlington & Sons.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
Mrs. w. G. Mutt.

Mrs. Beulah West Mutt, wife OF
William G. Mutt, died at her home
in North East. Tuesday, Nov. Z, at
the age of 81 years. She had been
in i'll health for more than a year.
She is survived by her husband, a
brother-Harry M. West, and sister,
Mrs. M. S. Williams. Funeral SER
vices were held on. Friday afternoon
with interment at North East Metho-
dist Cemetery.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
Sunday School Convention

A Convention of the North West
ern Sunday School District of Cecil
county, comprising the 9Th, 7th and
8th Districts, will meet in West Not
tingham Presbyterian Church, on
Thursday, Nov. 23, at 2:30 o'clock.
Afternoon and evening sessions will
be held. Those interested in Sun
day School work are invited te
attend.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17

An automobile carrying PennsyF-
vania license tag, the number of
which could not be distinguished, ran
over and almost instantly killed
James Brinkley, a 5-year-old colored
boy on the State road. near Mount
Pleasant. Del, at noon Tuesday of
last week. The auto was driven
rapidly away after striking the Lad.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
sheriff Sells Missing Mans Property

Sheriff Ortlip on Nov. sold the
personal property of SamI H. Cham
bers, Upper Oxford, who has been
missing from home for several
weeks. The total amount Of the
sale was $189.5O and all the prop
erty was purchased by R. L. Patter-
SON, in whose name the execution
was issued. A $50 wage claim is to
be paid out of the proceeds of the
sale and the Sheriff's costs.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
WEDDINGS.
Acknowledgements.

On wednesday, November 8, al
the North East Methodist parsonage,
by Rev. G. R. Neese, Miss Annie L.
Kirkpatrick to Mr.. Edwin T. Nc
Dowell, both of Elk Neck, were unit
ed in marriage.
GifYord-Hambleton
Miss Esther Haines Hambleton,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hambleton, of Calvert, and Kirk E.
Clifford, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Clifford of near Rising Sun, were
quietly married in Philadelphia on
Monday evening, November 9Th.
They returned home that evening
and were given calithumpian sere-
made.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
ALLEGING abandenment. and des,

Alleging abandonment, and deser-
tien Mrs. Katherine M. Leithiser, of
Hayre de Grace, through her attor-
neys, Fahey and Brown. filed a bill
for absolute divorce in the Hartford
County Circuit Court, on Saturday
from her husband. Byard Leithiser,
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
DEATHS.
George Sidney Woolley.

George Sidney Woolley, head of
the firm of Woolley & Bennett, lum-
Der, grain and coal merchants at
Chesapeake City, died at his home
early Monday morning, after long
illness, due to stroke of paralysis
suffered several years ago.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17
GiFord-Hambleton.
Mosteller-Tome.

On Saturday afternoon, November
A, Mr.. Robert P. Mosteller of Ber-
wick, Pa, was married to Miss Ella
w. Tome, daughter of Mrs. Judith
B. Tome, Port Deposit, Md, at the
M. P. parsonage, Webster, Md, by
Rev. Frank S. Cain. A wedding
dinner was served at the home of
her mother, for the immediate
family. They will be at home in
Chester, Pa, after November IL.
The midland journal., 1916-11-17

The Ladies Aid of Harmony M. P.
church, Rowiandville, Md, will hold
their Annual Thanksgiving supper in
the Lecture Room OF the church on
Thursday evening, Nov. 80. Ice
cream, cake and confectionery on
sale. Come for all are welcome.
BY order of Committee,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-13

drains as may be necessary to effect
lively drain said district; and for the
maintenance and Improvement
trheeof.
For the purpose of said election,
the polling place will be at Joe
Boone's, and A. w. Dejean, C. r.
Bihm, and q. T. Cary, Sr., have been
appointed commissioners and Lau-
renee Burleigh has been appointed
clerk to serve at said election. At
said election the polls willopen at
Z d. m. and will closeat 5 pm. and
the election will be conducted in ac-
cordance with the election laws Of
the state of Louisiana applicable
thereto.
Notice is hereby biyen that at 10
o'clock a. m. on Wednesday, May,
18th. 1916, the Board of Commiss-
toner's of the Bayou Plaquemine
Drainage District will meet in the
Police Jury room of the Parish Of
st. Landry, atsOpelousas. Louisiana,
and in open session will proceedto
open the ballot boxes, examine and
count the ballots in number and a.
mount, examine and canvass the re-
turns. and declare the result of said
special election.
This goth. day Of March, A. D.,i9I6
JAMES O. CHACHERF,
President.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-13
PROCLAMATION.


Pursuant to an ordinance passed
by the Board Of Commissioners Of
the Bayou Plaquemine Drainage
District of the Parish of st. Landry,
at its special meeting held on the
Goth, day of March 1916, |, James
@. Chaehere, President of said
Board, hereby give notice that, in
compliance with said ordinance, q
special election will be held in the
Bayou Plaquemine Drainage Dis
trict OF the Parish Of st. Landry,
Louisiana. ON Tuesday, May 1896,
for the purpose OF submitting to
the property taxpayers. qualified
under the Constitution and laws of
the State of Louisiana to vote at
said election, the following PROPOSE
tons, to-wit:
First-To incur debt and issue ne
gotiabIe bonds OF the Bayou Plaque
mine Drainage District of the Par
ish OF st. Landry to the amount of
Fifty Thousand Dollars (S50,000.00)
to run TWenty-seven years, begin
ming in 1916 and ending in 1912 both
inclusive. bearing interest at the
rate OF five per cent from June 4,
1916, paya b lie s m j.
a nnually, for t b 6 pur-
pose Of providing and creating q
system of drainage for said district:
to carry out the PURPOSES for which
the said district was created; to
clean out, dredge and remove OBJ
struetions from Bgvou plaquemine
from q point at the Northern
boundary of the said district to q
point aobut 1 and LIZ miles OF the
Southern boundary of said district
in the Parish Of Acadia: to cut and
dredge seven lateral drains or can
ais connected with Bayou Plaque
mine, and made to appear on the
map OF the said district made by
w. B. Roberts. Civil Engineer of the
Board, and which is OF record in the
archives of the Board Of Gommiss-
toner's Of the said district: and cut
ting such other canals and the open
ing OF such other natural drains as
may be necessary to effectively
drain said district; and for the
maintenance and improvements
thereof.
Second-To levy an annual con-
tribution or acreage tax Of twenty
cents. per acre on all property sub
ject to taxation in tie Bayou Plaque
mine Drainage District OF the Par.
ish OF St. Landry for a period O
Twenty-seven years. beginning il
1916 and ending in 1912 both in
elusive, for the purpose OF providin
and creating a system of drainag
for said district: to carry out TIL
purposes for which the said disfrie
was created; to clean out, dredg
and remove distractions from Bay
. on Plaquemine from a point at til
Northern boundary of the said di!
} trict TO a point and Up miles fro
the Southern boundary OF said di
|. trict in the Parish OF Acadia;
= cut and dredge seven lateral drail
! or canals connected with Bayt
:. plaauemine, and made to appear
: the mar of the said district ma
: by w. B. Robert, Civil Engineer
;, the Board. and which is Of reco
in the archives OF the Board OF &C
missioners OF the said district; a
h the cutting Of such other canals .
g the opening Of such other natu1
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-13
Signature of Voter
NOTICE TO T.

To vote in favor of the PROPOSE
ton submitted upon this ballot
place a cross III mark in the
square after the word Yes to
vote against it place a similar mark
after the word NO"
SECTION 4: Be it further or
dained, ETC., That the President of
the said Board of Commissioners Of
the said drainage district shall is
sue a proclamation calling for the
said election in the manner above
set forth, give notice of, the appoint
ment Of commissioners and clerk to
serve at said election, and Of the
time and place for holding said
election.
SECTION s: Be it further or
dained, ETC., That the commission
ers of election shall receive the
ballots Of each voter, check his own
name or that of his principal on
the list Of voters U r
n j s h e d by the registrar
as having voted. enter and number
his name or that Of his principal
on the list OF the taxpayers voting,
and Immediately deposit his ballot
in the ballot box, %reserylng TO each
voter the right to so fold his ballot
that it shall not be known at the
time of his voting whether he has
voted in favor of or against the
proposition submitted, and immedl-
ately after the closing OF the polls
). the commissioners shall, in the pre-
sence of the bystanders, proceed to
open the ballot boxes, count the
ballots found in the box and check
same with the list Of voters kept
and then proceed to count the votes
in number and amount, keep dup
licate tally sheets showing the votes
in number in favor of and agains
the proposition submitted, ant
showing the valuation OF propert.
in favor OF and aignst the same
make in duplicate compiled state
ments OF the vote in number and q
mount, both in favsr of and againi
3 the proposition submitted, and afte
: swearing to the correctness OF tn
numbered list OF voters, the dupll
q cate tally sheets and duplicate CON
e piled statements, they shall depos
: the ballots, the registrars list
9 voters, the numbered list Of taxpa.
r ers voting, one duplicate tally shes
o and one duplicate compiled stat
r ment in the ballot box, immediate
n seal up said ballot box, and with
: IS hours of the closing of the pol
deliver said sealed ballot box WI
its contents TO this body throul
: its President. and shall. within
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-13

low your liver to continue out Of
order, is to invite a serious chronic
illness. ate
Whenever you have the slightest
symptoms OF liver trouble, stop it
Immediately. You can do it HARM
lessly and mildly by taking Liy-
Ver-Lax, the natural vegetable
compound that is replacing caio-
mel everywhere. It has all the eff
fectiveness, not the effect Of calo-
mel. Insist on getting the original
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-13
NOTICE

The citizens of st. Landry parish
are requested to confer with the
members Of the Police Jury IN
their respective wards, in regard to
the location Of the dipping watts
which are to be constructed as per
resolution of the Police Jury
adopted May 2, 1915.
r. DIMMICK, President 2. ].
may CIT
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-13
SYMPTOMS

slight Symptoms Sometimes Pre-
sage Serious Results
DO you feel tired, have you a SAL
low complexion, constipation, head
ache, bad breath, sleeplessness or
circles around your eyes? II so,
you are undoubtedly suffering from
some liver complaint.
Perhaps you don't feel very badly
nov, but delay is dangerous. To al
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-05-13

same delay deliver the other dupli-
cate tally sheet and the other COM
piled statement to the Clerk of the
District Court of the Parish of st.
Landry, who shall file the same in
his Office.
SECTION 6: Be it further or
| dained. ETC.. That this body shall
meet on Wednesday. May f7th,f GIT
IN the Police Jury room of the Par
ish of st. Landry, at O~pelousas. La.
| at 10 O'Clock a. m. and shall in pub
lie session proceed to open the bal
lot boxes. examine and count the
ballots in number and amount, K
anime and canvass the returns, and
declare the results of said election,
which said results shall thereaf-
ter be promulgated by this body
by publication in one issue OF the
official journal of the Parish of st.
Landry: and this body shall keep a
process verbal of the manner in
which the ballot boxes have been
opened, returns canvassed, and the
results of said election ascertained,
and shall forward n copy to the
Secretary of State, another to the
Clerk Of the District Court of the
Parish of st. Landry, who shall re-
cord the same in the Mortgage re-
cords, and the remaining copy
shall be retained in the archives of
this body.
SECTION Z: Be it further or
GAINED, ETC., That the custodian of
the archives or records of this body
shall preserve for a term of three
months from the date of the pro-
mitigation of said election the bal
lots and the other returns thereof.
SECTION s.. Be it further or
dained. etc, That at said election
all duly qualified electors who are
also property taxpayers of the said
drainage district, assessed on the
assessment roll last made and filed
prior to said election herein ordered,
including women property taxpsy-
ers, residing in said drainage dis
trlct, shall b eentitled to vote with
out registration, in person or by
agent authorized in writing to vote
for them: and each voters name
shall be endorsed on his or her
ballot by himself or herself, and
the ballots voted by proxy shall
have endorsed. on them the names
of both the taxpayer and her proxy:
and in CASE the voter is not able to
write or sign his name. it shall be
done in the presence of witnesses.
Written proxies from women yot-
ers shall be attached to the ballots
voted for them and deposited in
the ballot box.
SECTION g.: Be it further or
dained, ETC., That the following per-
sons. all duly qualified electors re-
siding in the said district are ap-
pointed IS commissioners of the
said election: A. w. Deiean, C. T.
Bihm. q. T. Cary, Sr, and Laurence
Burleigh as clerk of said election.
(Signed) Jas. 0. Chaehere,
&. President
(Signed) A. LEON DUPRE.
Secretary.
The foregoing ordinance having
been introduced by G. T. Cary, Jr.,
was seconded by P. P. Hidalgo. The
following members of the Board of
Commissioners voting yes:
James @. Ghachere, Eugene Rich
ard, S., Joseph Boone. q. Il. Cary,
Jr.. and P. P. Hidalgo.
Nay: None.
Unanimously adopted March 20.
1916.
JAMES o. GHACHERE.
President of the Board Gommiss-
toner's of the Bayou planuemine
Drainage District OF the Par
ish of Of T,andrv.
A true COW.
A. LEON DUpRE secretary-Tres.