The midland journal., 1917-01-19

The Chesapeake Delaware
canal has been closed this week for
repairs.
oxford Fire Company has started
a campaign to raise $4,000 for the
purchase of an auto-fire truck.
The clerks in the Elkton post
Office last week received notices OF
their salaries being increased by the
government.
The western storm that the wealth
er man warned US of blew in Sunday
morning with heavy rain, follow
ing on Monday by light snow.
The Winter meeting of the Cecil
County Medical Society was held at
Union Hospital, Elkton, on Thurs
day, January 1S, at eleven O'Clock
Tho board of trustees of Leslie
\ Camp have appointed Rev. John II.
4 Crankshaw spiritual director for tho
annual camp to be held at Leslie.
The Public Service Commission
has reduced the freight rate on
crushed stone from Akin and Havre
de Grace to Sparrows Point to 81
cents net ton.
w. S. Reynolds, real estate agent,
has sold to Clarence M. Garvin at
private terms, the ninety-acre farm
of Chas E. Moore, ad dining the
village of Colora.
The forty-second annual meeting
of the Farmers and Mechanics, Mu-
tual Insurance Association OF Cecll
Connty. was held on Saturday after
noon last, at Zion.
Mrs. George R. Ash, editor and
proprietor of the Cecil Democrat
Elkton, has been appointed by Gov
ernor Harrington member OF tne
state library commission.
At the annual meeting OF the
Peninsula Horticultural Society held
at Dover, Del, last week, Charles "A
warburton, of Elkton, was electeo
vice-president for Cecil county
while attending the funeral SER
yicse of Mrs Mary Kiefere, in Havre
do Grace. last week, Mrs. Jonn
Chaudron. of Baltimore. lost
diamond earring valued at $2oo.
The Jones farm of 450 acres, on
the outskirts of Cecilton, has peen
nurchased by Capt. James E. WOOD
ALL of Georgetown, at private terms
TIM 9arm is one of the best in the
Fifth district.
The engagement of Miss Olive
Raker of Chesapeake City, ana MT
Norman Spear has been announced
The wedding will take place the
latter part of January at the home
of her parents.
The state Roads Commission Is
advertising proposals for building
concrete road from Roberson's Cor
ner TO Sylmar, to connect with tne
concete road at that point, pelne
constructed by the State of Pennsyi-
vania.
aMarvland's Colonial Eastern
Shore" by Swepson Eaale and Perry
G. Skirven, is the latest contribution
10 local history. 1t contains q
sketch of each of the counties and is
illustrated by views of many historic
places.
The Sixth District Auxiliary OF
Unibn Hospital has elected the fol-
loving officers: MISS
Anne Balderston; vice-chairman
Miss virginia Abrahams; secretary
Mrs. !. wayne Reynolds; treasurer
Miss Hannah J, Reynolds.
The residence property OF MISS
Hannah M. Boyle. near town, whicn
she recently purchased from the
1ohn A. Hunter estate and greatly
improved, has been sold Nby her tc
VIM. j. SINNERS, Of Greenhurst, for
$3.4OO. w. S. Reynolds. real estate
agent negotiated the deal.
At a meeting of the guarantors- OF
the Elkton Chautauqua, held last
week. it was decided to hold
the 1917 Chautauqua in Eikton on
June 10 IL inclusive. The guar,
antors organized by electing Henry
! M. Mccullough, president; John ii
Terrell, secretary. and Harlan John
son. treasurer.
Scott WILSON, of this town, ha'
been awarded the contract for in
stalling a steam heating plant IL
Rising Sun public school building
The hot-air heating plant: installed
by Lancaster parties at the time the
building was erected, something ovel
year ago, has proven a disma
failure. school frequently having tc
be dismissed in severe weather on &C
ccAnt of it's complete failure to heat
the rooms, despite the tons Of Goa
fed to It.