The midland journal., 1916-09-01
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

AMeIlC6 tSu OvSA7ySy
The canneries at Colora are 10 full
oneration on corn and tomatoes.
SQUIRREL season opened on Friday last.
Reedbird shooting opens today, Septem--
ber Il
Red Men of Elkton are making plans
for celebration and Red Meas reunion
In that town on Labor Day.
Miss Edna Talmage. of Cecii-county
has been appointed principal OF the school
at Woodbine. Carroll county.
The Elkton Healtk authorities placed
two homes in the town under quarantine
on Monday due to scarlet fever.
y Farmers in all parts of Cecil county
report the corn crop is being greatly dam
AGED on account of the lack of rain.
Labor Day, September 4, being legal
holiday the National Banksof Rising Sun
viii not be open for business on that date.
Samuel Sturgeon. of North East. has
accepted the appointment as manual
training instructor in public school at
Pi,tsburg. Pa.
A festival will be held at Porter's
Grove Church. near lakewood. on Satur-
day evening. Sept. 2. Music by Rising
Sun Cornet Band.
The gross receipts of the festival al
Sylmar on Friday evening Of last week.
for benefit of the NJ. E. church. were $I25'
about SIS being cleared.
Earl Moore was seriously injured Wed
nesday of last week when he fell In the
barn of E. E. Dawson. Rock Springs,
while helping to pitch wheat.
Washington Camp. Patriotic Order
Sons Of Amrrica. will present IA flag to
North East High School with appropriate
exercises at the reopening OF the school.
PROT. Lawsing. of West Nottingham
Academy. will be present at the meeting
OF Eighth District Commanity Club on
Friday evening. Sept. I, and deliver an
address.
His hand coming in contact with
circular saw. Ernest simmons. employed
at the warehouse OF Evans & Evans. In
EIkton. had three fingers Of his right
hand severed.
A razzle-dazzle has been set up on the
lot in the rear of the public hall and is
doing business nightly, much to the de-
light of the little folks,--as we'll as
numerous others.
( The farm of Walter II. Oracle, contain
ing 10 acres, and situate near Perryville,
was sold at public sale at the Court
House door. Elkton, last week. to Thomas
q, Miller. for $4a2o.
The County School Board has arranged
fos the use Of Rose Bank Hall at Calvert.
during the erection of the new Agricul-
tural High School. and not the Friends
meeting house. as stated last week.
William Clifford. of Rising Sun, has
sold bis fine acre farm, near Farming
Stoa. to Clarence Clifford. his son. who has
occupied the place for the past Eve years.
since his fathers retirement from active
farming.
Oscar Ray. Bell telephone lineman.
Is Ia serious condition at the Union
Hospital, Elkton. suffering with con-
cussion of the brain the result OF an injury
sustained Friday night, when his motor
cycle ran into a COW on the Cecilton road,
Losing control of her machine. Miss
Selma Perkins, daughter of former
Sheriff !. w, Perkins. of Elkton. while
speeding along the Leeds road one eve
aing last week. crashed into wire fence
sustaining painful cuts and bruises about
the face and neck.
The annual picnic of Rising Sun
Methodist Episcopal Sunday school wa:
held ON Wednesday of this week in tn,
grove on the farm of Messrs. Woodrow
and lanes, near town. The nsembers oi
che school, together with a number o
friends. enjoyed fine days outing. ane
the dinner prepared and served by thu
ladies was by no means the smalies
feature OF the days pleasure.
The Rising Sun Cornet Band Furnished
music on Friday evening last for tn
stiyal at Sylmar. on Tuesday evening o
IS week for the Oakryn. Pa. BAN
7 es,ivaI. on Thursday evening for Unio'
M. E. church, Fremont. and on Satnrda,
evening, Sept. ., will play at the testiva
10 be held at Potsr's Grove Church. II
the Eighth District. The sband has als'
been engaged to furnish music for tn
arnival 70 be held by Bay View N. P
church on Sept, I3 and "a.