The midland journal., 1917-10-05

! DR.. A. IL. Smith and daughter, MISS
Adaline.
Mrs. Thomas Holt and sons of
fredericksburg, were recent guests of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gatchell
England, Zion.
Mr.. Fletcher 1. Hall and Miss
Edith Gray, both of Elkton, were
married on Sept. "a at the Leeds M.
! P. Parsonage, by Rev. A. B. Dupuy.
Mr.. Harvey G.. Mitchell, of Barks-
dale, and Miss Helen S. Jaquette
were married Sept. 19 at the home of
the bride in Newark by Rev. w. J.
Rowan.
Mrs Walter Armstrong and little
daughter, Anna, of Montreal, Can
ada, were guests last week of Miss
Mann Mccoy and sister, Mrs. Jennie
Whiteford.
Miss Angela M. Nichols, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. B. P. Nichols, of this
town, has accepted position as
stenographer with the du Pont Co.,
in Wilmington.
Miss Edna Mayberry, who recently
underwent an operation for appendi
citis at Union Hospital, Elkton, has
so far recovered as to be able to re-
turn to her home at Pennington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Shaub OF
Londongrove, Pa, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Cynthia
Alberta, to Amos C. Strickland, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Strickland,
Lower Oxford.
Rev. and Mrs. H. E. Reed, Mrs,
Joseph Smith, Miss Verna Grason
Cecil County Sunday School Conven-
ton, held in. North East on Thurs
day of last week.
Mr. and Mrs Howard Pusey of
Chatham, Pa, have issued invita-
tions for the marriage of their
daughter, Annie L. to Brinton Hood,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lamartine Hood
of White Horse. The ceremony takes
place Saturday, Oct. Goth, at six
o'clock.
Misses Louise Mcdowell and Edith
Reynolds, of Calvert, Pauline G.
Frederick, of Bacon Hill, Anna E.
Falls, of North East, Emily f. Scott,
of Barksdale, Mary V. Davis and
Lilly o. Ferguson, of Cecilton, are
among those enrolled at the
Women's College of Delaware.
William Perry, of Zion, lost his
faithful old family mare last week.
The animal was "a years old and
was an exceptionally good one in her
day.
The farm of the late Robert C.
Ankrum, near Calvert, containing 50
acres, was sold at public sale Monday
to Harvey S. Ewing, of Principle for
$3955.
Tyson l. Reynolds, of Wrights-
dale, has purchased the dwelling of
his sister, Mrs. Thomas Brown at
Liberty Grove, and has moved to his
new home.
The price of milk for October,
1917, for members of the Interstate
Milk Producers Association will be
seven cents per quart f. o. b. Phila-
delphia, until further notice.
The ladies of the Red Cross pro-
vided lunch at the shoot on the
grounds of Rising Sun Gun Club,
Wednesday, and realized over $40
in gross receipts from the venture.
The Nixon & Costello Co., of Day
ton, Ohio, who for some years past
have leased and operated the Cecil
Paper Mill, near town, have surrend-
cred their lease and the mill is now
closed.
William Warren, colored, Of
Avondale, Pa, convicted in Chester
County Court of the murder of Will
liam Kirk, an aged Civil War
veteran, in order to get his $40
pension money, has been sentenced
by Judge Butler to death in the
electric chair.
James P. Anderson, general pas
senger agent of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, has been promoted to pas
aenger traffic manager of the lines
east of Pittsburg, succeeding the
late George w. Boyd. Mr.. Anderson
has been in the service of the COM
pany for 81 years. A. j. Whitney,
Jr.. has been promoted to general
superintendent and James w. Buck
elew has been appointed superinten-
dent of the Maryland Division of the
Pennsylvania railroad to succeed Mr..
Whitney.
! Friday, October II, Columbus
Day, being a legal holiday, the Ma
: tional Bank of Rising Sun will not
be open for business on that date.