The midland journal., 1917-04-20

spring dress by painters.
Reports from the lower bay state
few herring are being caught. They
are selling at $12 to SIS thousand.
The frame work of the new dwell
ling of George Sollars, on South
Queen street, is being erected this
week.
Jos. H. Terry, son of John Terry
of near town, has enlisted in Co. E,
Of Elkton, Maryland National
Guards.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society will meet with Mrs. Fl. L.
Shepherd on Wednesday afternoon,
April 25.
]. M Sterretl. of this town, has
presented his little daughter
Deborah, with handsome Overland
= touring car.
Drumore Lodge, No. sos, I. o. O..
F. of Fairfield, Lancaster county,
will celebrate their 95th anniversary
Thursday evening, April 26th.
Contractor E. Ward Brown has
begun the work of building an i'm
proved road from the end of the
stone road near Miller's Corner to
Cowentown.
l. Wayne Reynolds has purchased
from Geo. S. Fox the vacant lot at
the corner of Cherry street and
Wilson avenue and will erect a dwell
ling thereon.
The employers and employees of
the Baldwin Manufacturing Co., Elk
Mills, held patriotic demonstration
on April 9, in honor of raising flag
over their factory.
The Directors of the Elkton Bank
ing and Trust Company have de-
clared an annual dividend of S per
cent, q u per cent. to be paid May l
and 21h per cent. November l.
The work of taking the military
census throughout Cecil county was
started last week with more than a
hundred enumerators, who volun-
teered to perform the work free.
Cecil Grange, No. 8, will hold an
open meeting on April 25, at 7:45
D. M, in Rosebank Hall, Calvert.
Speakers from State Grange, also
county agent, will be present.
Everybody invited.
The Entertainment Committee on
Monday evening engaged course of
ai,. attractions for next winter. The
course will embrace lectures and
concerts, as the one last winter did,
! and the talent engaged is all high
grade.
Sheriff Barnes arrested George
Engleback and Joseph Lowry of the
U. S. Coast Guard last week, at
Bacon Hill. The men were suspect
ed of having deserted but claimed
they had been on a spree and intend
ed to rejoin their ship. The men
were turned over to U. S. officials
Sheriff R. K Barnes last week
brought from West Chester to Elk
ton Jail, John Bladen, colored, want
ed on a charge Of stealing chickens
at Port Deposit, and arrested by the
Pennsylvania authorities. The ac-
cused accompanied the Sheriff with
out requisition.
A delegation from the Ninth dis
trict appeared before the County
Commissioners last week and asked
the improvement OF road from the
state road at Howard Browns tC
Samuel Browns Corner. The Board
agreed to consider the matter and
take it up at later date.
A photographer of Swiss-Germar
descent, who was taking pictures IL
the vicinity of the canal locks al
Chesapeake City last week, was
arrested and lodged in Elkton Jail by
Deputy Sheriff McAllister, and Il
held for an investigation. He II
suspected of being. German spy
The suit of Christopher Alevizato'
VS.. Graham, Clements & Sutton, o
Chestertown, for personal injuries
received in an automobile accident
has been removed to the United
a@~States Court, at Baltimore, for trial
The case was tried in the Circui
Court of Cecil County last year, .ant
Alevizatos awarded heavy damages
Raymond w. Cameron, son of Mrs
w. A. Cameron, of North East, ha
been awarded a scholarship in chem
istry at Johns Hopkins Universit
for the next collegiate year MI
Cameron will graduate from Della
ware College in June, from the Art
and Science with the degree Q
Bachelor Of Science.