The midland journal., 1917-10-12
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
.OCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Chas. e. Dare and family, Of Rose
mont, Va, are visitors of Dr.. G. S.
Dare and family.
Miss Louise Worthington has re-
turned from pleasant visit with
relatives at Howard Park.
Mrs. Jennie Taylor spent the
weekend with her daughter, Mrs.
Herbert Hirzel, Wilmington
Mrs Scott Wilson attended the
State w. G. T. U. convention, which
met in Towson, Md, last week.
Augustus Brumfield visited his
sons, Clifford Brumfield, Newtown;
Howard Brumfield, Hamorton, last
week.
Malcolm Mcclure, who spent the
summer in Wyoming, is visiting
Samuel Tyson and daughter, Miss
Uertha Tyson.
Miss Elizabeth R. Stephens, who
recently underwent serious oper-
alton in Baltimore, has returned to
her home in Rising Sun and is i'm
proving rapidly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Timanus j. Wilson,
Of North Tonawanda, N. Y, and
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Taylor Wilson, of
Easton, Pa, are visitors at Maple
Lawn, the home of T. J. Wilson and
family.
Irene Boulden, Grace McCoo1,
Richard Barnes, Jr., of Elkton,
Gladys Diggs and John Shippers, of
North East, Ernest Baker, of Perry
vile, Majorie Bair, of Rising Sun,
are all students at Beacom's Busl-
ness College in Wilmington.
The engagement has been an
nounced of Miss Clara E. Watson,
eldest daughter of Mrs. M. ]. Pyle
of Sylmar, Md, to Mr.. George W.
Matson of Peach Bottom. Mr. Mat
son, who is member of Company B
Of Columbia, is now with his regi-
ment at Sparta, Wisconsin.
Mrs. A. H. Porter, Mrs. Ferdinand
Phinzy and little daughter Logan, of
Augusta, Ca, Mrs. J. L. Twadell, of
Philadelphia; Miss Margaret E. Por-
ter, of Greenville, Pa; Luther
Shaffer and son Hugh, OF Cumber-
land, Md, have been guests this
week of Mr.. and Mrs Cecil E. Ewing
In Friends Meeing- g-house, West
Grove, Pa, on Saturday, October g.,
at l p. M, Miss Bessie Sharpless,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. P.
Sharpless, of Elk Mills, Elk town
ship, was united in marriage to
Byron Smedley, of Hartford county,
by the ceremony of the Society of
Friends.
AS will be noted in our advertising
columns, H. M. Duyckinck, proprie-
tor of Rising Sun Garage, announces
the business will be placed on a
strictly cash basis beginning Novem-
1t is reported that the northbound
passenger train, bringing the morn
ing mail and papers is to be changed
back to its original time, an hour
earlier, when the new schedule goes
into effect in November.
The Oxford Methodist parsonage
on Broad and Addison streets, in
that town, has been sold by real
estate dealer, G. o. Hill, to the Misses
Kirk of Rising Sun, who will move
into Oxford some time in the future
The two-story frame creamery,
owned by Harry e. Harkins, at Kali
mia, Hartford county, was destroyed
! by fire last week. Nearly all of the
valuable machinery was ruined. The
loss was about $4,000, with ;. no
insurance.
The festival held at the Directors
residence, Tome Institute, Port De-
posit, on Saturday last by Admiral
Perry Unit of the Navy League was
literally patronized, the gross re-
ceipts being about $500. A number
of Rising Sun ladies are members of
the Unit and assisted at the various
booths and tables.
Maryland's quota for the Fund to
provide Libraries for our soldiers
and sailors is $4,000. Cecil county
is expected to aid in raising this
amount. 1t is hoped that everyone
will help in this good cause, The
opportunity is still open and all to
whom it will be pleasure to do
something, are earnestly requested
to do so as early as possible, to Mr..
Irwin T. Kepler, Treasurer of the
Local War Library Council, Elkton,
Fire on Sunday night destroyed
the barn on the farm of j. T. Hanna,
near Tayloria, Lancaster county, to-
gether with this years hay, wheat
and tobacco crops, farm machinery,
InhOSnhata etc Thnra was martha I