The midland journal., 1917-12-21
Tuesday next is Christmas.

Tuesday next is CnrlSImaS.
Mearns Moore has sold his It's
acre farm, a few miles from Zion, to
Aa Virginia man.. for $4,000.
" SThe Susquehanna river is frozen
oyef from shore to shore the first
time so early in the winter for
score of years.
The Ladies Aid of Calvert netted
$73 from the dinner served Deem
Der ~ to the members of the Cecil
Detective Association.
The annual Christmas entertain
men and treat of Rising Sun M. E.
Sunday school will be held in the
church Friday evening, 21st inst, at
1880 o'clock.
Eight hundred and four persons
who we're members of the Christmas
Savings Fund of the Elkton Banking
and Trust Company, were sent
checks last week amounting to
SIS, 9,S86.4O.
Prof Homer c. Holland, vice
principal of the Havre de Grace
High School, has rendered his resig-
nation to the Hartford County School
Board, to accept a Government
position.
The Elkton Town Council has re-
fused to take favorable action on tne
netition presented to it by Irwin, II.
Deibert. requesting the repeal of the
ordinance forbidding the keeping
and raising of hogs within the town
limits.
Christmas and New Year greetings
in the form of tiny stickers, like the
Red Cross every holiday season, may
be alongside of the address on the
mails this month, Under an order
announced recently by the Postofhce
! Department.
u These are busy days at the, post
@ace, the Christmas mail being
hyy one. Postmaster G. T. Dare
has b, compelled to employ an
additional clerk, Miss Carrie Ham
bleton. to assist in handling the
stacks of packages, letters, etc.
Rising Sun public school closed on
Friday afternoon last for the Christ
mas holidays with appropriate exer-
cises. all the pupils doing their Dit
in the entertainment, with recita-
tions. singing, etc. Several patrons
of the school were present to enjoy
the program, which was good one
and we'll rendered.
Snow to the depth of several
inches fell Thursday night, and the
wind piled it high in. various places
Several of the roads in this section
are blocked with drifts. The founda-
ton of snow and ice already on the
ground helped to make the best
sleighing that has been enjoyed lot
years past.
We experienced real winter wealth
er all of last week, with SHOWS ana
low temperatures, the cold snap pc
ing4nne of most severe and of longest
sduration of any so early in December
since the establishment of the GOV
ernment Weather Bureau forty years
ago. The mercury registered, de-
grees several mornings during the
week.
Have you done that Christmas
shopping yet? You have but three
days left in which to do it. VISIT
a oMstores here and you will hnd
i ll spruced up in holiday attire
big stock of Christmas things
which to make selections.
5Usyi of course they are, but you
win find the courteous clerks ready
to wait on you and help you with
suggestions. Don't put off the buy
ing any longer.
Armour & Baker have had their
moving picture apparatus electrically
equipped, and discontinued the use
Of gas tanks. The work was done
by electrician Harvey Buckwalter, of
4 Norfolk, Va, who has been working
! on Rising Suns new electric plant
this fall. The first pictures were
shown on wednesday evening by the
new light, and were great improve
ment, over those heretofore projected
on the screen.