The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-19
TOWN AND COUNTY.
hort Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
Fruit trees bursting into bloom.

May IL, Lu0 Sccohu '
May, is Mothers Day.
What is the condition OF your
lawn mower? You will soon need
it.
Tho public schools of the County
will close for the summer vacaIion
on Wednesday, June IL.
The ponies are running at Havre
de Grace. The. racing season OPEN
ed at the track on Tuesday.
A festival will be held on Friday
evening. May 8, by the members Oh
the Rising Sun base ball team.
The Red Cross will meet Friday
afternoon, April 19, at two O'CLOCK
in the Lecture Room of the M. Il.
church.
Falling down steps at her home in
Port Deposit, Mrs. John Price frac-
tured her collar bone and sustained
other injuries.
Rev. A. Burtis Hallock, Of Bel A1r,
Md. will occupy the pulpit at west
Nottingham Presbyterian Church on
Sunday, April 21st.
The recent Navy League Supper
held at the Parish House, Perryvliie,
cleared the sum of $125, which Will
be used to purchase wool.
The Rising Sun base ball team
will play its first game OF the season
on Saturday, April 20, at Newark
Delaware, with the Fibre Co. team,
Professor H. D. Bard, teacher OF
elocution at the Tome School, Port
Deposit, has resigned and accepted a
Government position in Washington,
d. G.
Kicked by horse on Monday OF
last week, Jacob P. Esbenshade, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Esbenshade, OF
Refton, Pa, died from his injuries
the next day.
At meeting of number OF can
ners held at Easton, it was declded
to yield to the farmers demands TO
nav $50 per ton for tomatoes the
coming season.
~ The $4,000 damage suit OF y. !.
Harry Davidson against the Cecli
County Commissioners has been con-
tinued until the october term OF
Court at Denton.
The names of all automobile own
ers in the town of Kennett Square
who refuse to pay their water LAX
win be read out at the May meeting
Of the borough council.
Red Cross Unit was organized
in Charlestown last week, with the
following officers, Mrs. Belle Calvert
Chairman; Mrs. Grace Marbury'
secretary; Mrs. Penrose Cooper
treasurer.
Joseph M. Dorman, telegraph
operator. OF Havre de Grace, and w
M. Jackson, of Principle, a steno-
grapher, have been drafted and sen'
to Kelly Field, Texas, for duty IN
their profession.
The County Commissioners have
appointed DIR. H. Arthur Cantweii
Of North East, Health Officer;
Renben Heyalow, Bridge Tender at
Chesapeake City; George Nowland
Janitor to the Court House.
John w. Jones has leased the
plant of the Kennett Square, IA.
News and Advertiser Mr.. Jones has
been connected with the Office fol
seven years. The newspaper depart
ment will be taken care Of by Ei
wood ]. Kerns as editor.
It is reported that the United
States Government has purchased
the Franklinville cotton factory, on
little Gunpowder River in Baltimore
county, which has been idle for some
time, for the purpose of furnishing
electricity for the Aberdeen Provine
Ground.
Bill Warren, colored, of Kennet
SQUARE. who was to have been elec
trocuted at the state prison at Rock
view, the week commencing April TIN
was granted a reprieve by Gov
Brumbaugh, pending further investi
cation, Warren was convicted O.
killing man west of Kennett anf
hiding his body in an old quarry
hole.
The sleet storm OF last week
wrought havoc with telephone lines
in this section. The Cecil Farmers
Co.. the Chesapeake & Potomac Co,
and American Telephone & Tele
graph Co. were all hard hit with
broken wires and poles. Service
was almost completely tied up for
day or two. so great were the mum
ber of "breaks' in the different lines
AS a result OF the storm the com
panies viii lose thousands of dollars
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