The midland journal., 1917-07-27

Leslie camp opened on Wednesday
of this week and will close August 6.
David H. Babel has sold his farm
Of 35 acres, near Chrome, to Milton
McCreary, of East Nottingham.
e. Ward Brown, of Port Deposit,
has recently received the contract to
build a section of state road near
Annapolis.
A festival will be held Tuesday
evening, July 81, at Octoraro M. e,
church, near town. Music by Rising
Sun Cornet Band.
Struck by an auto one night last
week a horse belonging to Arthur
Willis, of Providence, had its leg
broken and had to be killed.
Albert J. Denver, of Elkton, has
heep appointed Secretary, Treasurer
Aap3 Superintendent of the Mary
land Water Company, to succeed
John H. Terrell, resigned.
A camping party of 50 boys from
the Y. M. c. A, Coatesville, Pa is
on the shore one mile below Red
Point. 1t is the same party tha'
camped at Red Point last year.
DR.. L. G.. Taylor, of Perryville, has
received his commission at Lieuten-
ant in Calvary Company G, OF the
New York National Guards, and re
norted for duty at Utica, New York
last week.
Calvin Carter, boy scout from
Catonsyille who recently earned
S7.35 working at West Nottingham
for two weeks, had the hard luck 10
lose his little fortune near Bel Air
few days ago.
Robert C. Lewis, of Elkton, VINO
has been in the training camp al
Fort Myer, Va, has passed the eA-
aminations and been commlsSiohe"
as a frst-lieetenant in the Englneel
Corps, U. S. Army.
During the past fourteen monthS
seven lady members of the Norln
East M. E. Church choir nave peep
married-and still there are more u
follow. if Dame Rumor is right lol
sucb MISTAKES will occur.--Norlh
East Star.
North East Navy League has d
membership of 95. - A shipment o.
sweaters. scarfs, etc, made by mem
hers of the League was sent !"
headauarters in Baltimore last week,
The sum of $3.50 has been collecIeu
by the unit.
The MARYLAND Porcelain Corpora
t;on. a New York concern, has taken
lover the plant of the Octogan lhsu-
- and Ceramic Co., known as INC
|cimcoe works, near North East, ana
has about thirty persons employed
there at the present time.
Caught in the machinery OF con
crete mixer Asbury Cole, coioreu
employed on the SassairaS rlNol
bridge work at Frederickto"n' wa
90 badly injured on Tuesday atter-
noon Of last week, that he dleo
shortly after the accident.
The work of grading the upper
end Of North street, near Gllpin
pridqe Elkton. is completed and the
laving of concrete began this weeh'
The Juniata Company has the con
tract for this work, which Is pelhs
done by the State Roads ComlhiS"
sion.
Sunday afternoon of last weeh
officers rounded up a party vi
carousers at Red Mill, near Elkton'
fourteen young white men ana one
negro. who are working on the ne"
hriape there. On charges OF drunk
enness and disorderly conduct Magis,
trate BARLEY fined each one 30 anu
costs.
Seized with wanderlust Joseph
Terry. son of Mr.. and MIS- Jolih
Tarrv of near town, left for parts
nnknown on Friday night last. Inc
Young man left note to MS parents
saving he was going away, but not
stating his destination. He enlisted
some weeks ago in Co. b. OF hlh'oii
First Regt., Maryland Natlohai
Guard.
Thrown from a runaway morse OH
TsuSsday afternoon of last week the
Coung son of Mrs. Jean Nettleton
Maxwell, of near town, was pain. IVY
injured. The lads foot caught III
the stirrup strap, and he was drag
ged. head down, quite distance De
fore the horse was caught. Fortu-
nately the lad was too short for MS
head to strike the ground OF me-
uiaiuries would doubtless have Oeei
go. AS it was his hands ana arms
we're terribly lacerated before he was
rescued from his perilous position