The midland journal., 1917-02-02
Ground hog day.

The State Board OF Agriculture
will require all creameries in future
to pasteurize milk.
Thieves entered Chesapeake City
postoffice one night recently, but
secured only $2.70.
The W. c. T.. U. will meet with
Mrs. Eli T. Reynolds, on Thursday,
Feb. 8th, at 1880 O'Clock.
The diphtheria patients in and
near Rising Sun are reported we'll
along on the road to recovery.
Note the attractive bill offered by
the management of the Moving
Picture Shows, in their ad. elsewhere
in this issue.
The large houses of the Americas
Ice Company at Perryyille, holding
about 10000 tons, We're filled last
week with seven-inch ice.
\ The Farmers and Mechanics Mu
tual Insurance Association has re-
elected G. Ross Biles President and
y Edwin Carhart Secretary-Treasurer
3 -
w. H. Wallace, of near Whining
ton, has purchased Of Jas. T. Hall
the Horseshoe Farm, embracing oven
200 acres near the Cecil Paper Mill.
The pulpit of James NJ e. church
was occupied Sunday, morning and
evening, by Rev, E. H. Dashiell,
secretary of the Conference Claim
ant Fund.
George w. Sollars has sold his
residence property on Eat Main
street, Rising Sun, to Thomas ]. Will
son, of near town. Possession will
be given March 25th.
George Mccullough, of Colora,
while working in the mill at Coates
Vile, Pa, on Monday was severely
bruised on the hand and three
fingers taken off in an accident.
George c. Thompson and Ralph
REYNOLDS of this town, had fine
robe stolen from their automobile
on Sunday afternoon. while their
machine was standing on street
in Bel Air.
The students of West Nottingham
Academy will give play entitled
Aaron Boggs, Freshman" i'll Rising
Sun hall on thursday evening,
February s. Admission z5 cents,
reserved seats IS cents.
Cress Beamer, of Bay View4~has
purchased from the heirs of the late
Joseph T. Reed, the property oil the
road leading from Bay View to Port
Deposit Mr.. Beamer is preparing
to build bungalow on the property
Tons of rock and earth Sid down
I, the hillside onto the Columbia &
Port Deposit railroad tracks, near
Shenk's Ferry, on Tuesday, delaying
: traffic and requiring hours of work
to remove by a large force Of men
The Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary Societies of Zion Presby-
terian Church have elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. B. A. Matzen; vice
president, Mrs. Howard England;
secretary, Mrs. Claretta Morris;
treasurer, Mrs. Charles Morris;
secretary of literature, Mrs c. l..
Miller; organist. Mrs. Marietta
REM.
The town of Charlestown is hav-
ing a lively legal battle over the re-
cent municipal election. A special
election was held January % for a
fifth member of the board of town
commissioners, but somebody stuffed
the ballot box. as there were moreV
votes than voters. The two factions
have employed an array of legal
talent and everybody is mad at
everybody else.
1t will be good news to residents
of this section to learn that the
State Roads Commission is at last
advertising for proposals for the
construction of the Rising Sun
Porter's Bridge section of road.
This is the only uneompleted section
of the State Roads system between
this point and Baltimore. 1t is
about $40 miles in length, and is TO
be concrete or oil bound macadam.
The employees at the plant of the
ryler Tube and Pipe Company, Prin-
ipio Furnace, this county, have
Voluntarily been granted a 10 per
cent. increase. making total ad-
vance in wages OF As per cent, fl
the past twelve months. All the
charcoal colleries, used many years
ago to furnish charcoal for the
whitaker Iron Company and the
Tyler Tube and Pipe Company, will
again be opened in the Spring,