The midland journal., 1917-07-20
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Charlestown, Cecil county, contri-
buted $108.45 towards the Red Cross
fund.
But two tickets were sold at
! Rising Sun on Wednesday morning
for the Atlantic City excursion.
Lots of our fine gardens are now
supplying potatoes, tomatoes, cab
bage, beans and other vegetables for
the table.
Sterrett & Ward have purchased
from Rising Sun Garage a two-ton
jeffrey truck for their coal and lum-
Der business.
A gasoline motor railroad truck
has been placed in commission on
this section by Foreman McKelvey
and his gang of trackmen.
The weather man is still giving
the farmer a shower every day or so
to increase his worries during this
long delayed harvest.
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the Red Men and Mechanics, raised
$50 at their recent festival for the
benefit of the Red Cross.
William H. Brown, of Cecilton,
has announced himself a candidate
for County Commissioner short
term, subject to the Democratic
primaries.
Walter T. Jackson, Jr., of Prin-
cipio Furnace, has been appointed by
the Orphans Court to fill the vacant
scholarship in Washington College,
Chestertown.
A branch of the Red Cross Society
has been organized at Providence
with Caleb Brokaw, chairman,
Arthur Willis secretary, and Mrs
Fred Strickland, treasurer.
Sunday was st. Swithin's Day, and
as it rained on that day the portend
is rain and unsettled weather for
forty days, we are told. Thus far
this week St. Swithin has held sway
Taylor W. Mckinney, of Elkton,
appears in our advertising columns
this week with his announcement as
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Sheriff of Cecil
county.
The one-acre property of the late
Margaret X. Steel, at Lutton's Cor
ner, improved by frame dwelling
and barn, has been sold by Albert D..
Mackey, Trustee, to Joseph P. Hall,
for $460.
Cecil Grange, No. 8, will hold a
festival at Rosebank Hall, Calvert,
on Thursday evening, July 26th.
Rising Sun Cornet Band will furnish
the music If stormy, festival will
y be held the following evening.
Mrs Myrtle v. Wilson, through
her counsel, Henry l.. Constable,
ESQ, has docketed suit in the Circuit
Court for an absolute divorce from
iier husband, William A. Wilson, on
the grounds of abandonment
C. l.. Webster, editor and pro-
prietor West Grove Independent has
leased the Avondale Herald of the
owner, George l.. Anderson, recently
appointed postmaster at the latter
place. No change in the paper will
be made.
The Hartford County Commission
ers have appropriated $4,000 for in
crease in salaries Of the Elementary
School Teachers in that county.
Each of these teachers will have
their salaries increased from $500 to
$3.50 year.
We heard one of our farmers re-
mark this week that looking back
over a period of sixty harvests he
does not recall one when unfaVor-
able conditions for getting up wheat
and hay lasted as long as they have
the present season.
Friends Conference under care ol
Penn Hill Association will be held
at Octoraro Peoples Church Seventh
Month 20, at $3.50 p. m. We invite
a general cooperation on the part ol
all interested in the good work the
world so much needs.
The Cecil county members Of the
auxiliary to the State Council OF De
tense, appointed by Governor Har
rington are: Mrs. Emily Constable
Mrs. Katherine B. Davis. Mrs. Ellt
q Hopper, of Chesapeake CITY
Mrs. Florence P. Hopkins, OF For
Deposit; Mrs. William M. Pogue' o
Rising Sun.
Elsewhere in this issue VIII p'
found "A Prophecy 800 Years DID,
which is well worth reading How
closely it follows events that haV'
transpired thus far during the grea
European war will be seen, ana