The midland journal., 1917-08-10

Octoraro M E. church cleared
about $25 by the festival held last
week.
A Nest of the Order of Owls has
been instituted at Elkton with two
hundred members.
The Perryville Auxiliary of Union
Hospital cleared 500 for its benefit
at their recent festival.
Private Thomas F. Dooley, of
Company E, fractured his arm while
wrestling at the Elkton Armory.
Herman A. Underwood, registered
from Rising Sun, has enlisted in the
Marine Corps at Columbus Barracks,
Ohio.
Calvert M. E. Sunday school will
hold their annual picnic Thursday,
Aug. 16, in the woods of ]. w,
Ierkes.
r Peaches were offered at S1.25 per
basket in the local market this week
The fruit is fine. and comes from
Spesutia Island.
Prof. Jos. F. Lenthner has been
elected principal of West Noting
ham Academy for the Forthcoming
scholastic year.
Miss Lula N. Biddison has been
appointed county home demonstra-
tion agent for Cecil county and will
enter upon her duties at once.
A special excursion to Atlantic
CITY, advertised to be run on Sunday
Aug. 12, by the Pennsylvania rail-
rad, has been cancelled on account
of war conditions.
Rev. John Emory Parks, Rector OF
st. James P. E. Church at Stanton
Del, has been invited to become
Rector of the combined Episcopal
parishes at Elkton and North East
John King, employed on the dred-
ger at work in deepening Elk Rive
above Cedar Point, had his foot
severely mashed last week, and is
under treatment at Union Hospital
Elkton.
Captain Finley of Company E.,
Elkton, has lodged charge of de-
sertion against Joseph Terry of Ris-
ing Sun, and the Federal Govern
ment has been notified OF his dlsap-
pearance.
Wheat threshing is in progress III
this neighborhood, with only fair
WELD. One of our farmers reports
1900 bushels from large acreage,
which has been sold for two dollars
per. bushel.
Omar D. Crothers, Esq, of the
uAElkton bar, has announced his
3 candidacy for the Democratic noml-
nation for State Senator Mr. Croth-
ers' card appears in our advertising
columns this week.
The annual campmeetfng at Leslle
under the auspices of the National
Local Preachers Association, came
to a close Sunday after a most sue
cessful camp. The attendance, es-
pecially during the two Sundays was
large.
Large shipments of tomatoes from
New Jersey>to to canneries in Baltimore
are passing through the Chesapeake
e. Delaware canal daily. The ship
ments last week were between So
600 and 10000 baskets daily, ana
are now increasing.
In the financial statement OF the
Commissioners of Rising Sun, puo-
lished last week, appeared the item
"Received from sale of $4,000
bonds at 101., $161 10000"
This was incorrect and should
have read $16,1G0.O0.
The corrected statement is pub
iished on the last page.
The Juniata Company began the
laying of concrete Wednesday, on
the State road being constructed be-
tween Rising Sun and Porter's
Bridge. Grading has been completed
from the Sadtler farm across the
properties of James H. Evans
Luther Richards, Howard Bradley
and ]. G. Richards, and it is upon
i this section of the road that concrete
| is being laid.
Long distance telephone linemen
are engaged in resetting a number
of the big 70-ft. poles carrying the
wires through this town. con-
demned pole is sawed off at the
ground and moved off its stump.
This. stump is then dug out and the
new pole set in it's place. The wires
4 are then transferred to the new pole
,fand the old one taken down.--a very
simple matter, apparently, to these
experienced workmen,