The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-11-29

J. H. Reynolds, of Camden, was
Rising Sun visitor during the week.
Mrs. j. P. Wilson left on Tuesday
for Philadelphia, where she will
spend the winter.
DR.. Burke has returned to Calvert
High School after an absence on ac-
count of illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sharpless Lewis, of
Kennett Square, were Sunday Wis
Mrs. Arthur Irwin and daughter,
Isabelle, Altoona, are the guests of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
Keen.
Mrs. Annie Reynolds and daugh-
ter, Mrs. j. c. Taney, of Media, are
guests of Augustus Brumfield and
family.
S. Gatchell England, Zion, has
been suffering with mashed hand,
caused by being struck with fall
ing tree.
Miss Margaret Brumfield, of Ham
morton, Pa, was guest at the home
of Augustus Brumfield and family
last week.
The War Department has notified
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mahan, of Elk
ton, that their son, Ellis Mahan, was
killed in battle in France ON Oct. 16.
Miss Mary Sturgeon, of Elkton
formerly of Baltimore, was quietly
married to Mr.. Lewis w. O'Bryan,
of Frederick, Md, on October 21.
They will reside at Frederick.
Miss Martha Ellen Short, of New
ark, DEL, and John Franklin Ander-
son, of Cherry Hill were morried
Nov. 16, at Cherry Hill parsonage
by the groom's father, Rev. J. F.
Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Caldwell
of New London, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Mary
L., to James M Carothers, son Of
Mrs. Eleanor I. Carothers of Atlantic
City, N. j.
Elisha Brown, of Lincoln Univer-
sity, Pa, and Miss Mary Lucinda
Grant, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark S. Grant, of Cherry Hill, were
united in marriage on Nov. 1S, by
Rev. ]. F. Anderson at Cherry Hill
M. E. parsonage.
The name of Charles E. Pierce, of
Colora, has appeared in the casualty
list, as being slightly wounded in
action.
The Rev. Arthur Peterson, of
Rowlandville, has been appointed by
the NJ P. Conference, pastor of Mt
Pleasant Church, Millville, N. J.
Clifford l.. Potts, who was recently
inducted into limited service at
Camp Meade, has been returned to
Elkton for clerical work with the
lot al draft board.
Benjamin Sacks, of Kennett
Square, has purchased for $500 the
contents of Marshall Bros. burnt
paper mill, at Wooddale, consisting
of heavy iron, machinery, etc.
i Two frame kitchens on the prop
critics of Margaret Connor and Rev.
F. L. Harris in Kennett Square were
destroyed by fire last week. The
prompt action of the fire company
saved the houses. The contents OF
the dwellings were considerably
damaged by water.
Among those to receive diplomas
i, the graduating exercises of Goldey
College, Wilmington, on Nov. 49,
were the following from Cecil
county: Misses Elizabeth V. Brown
: Esther w. Witworth and Ruth r.
: Miller, of Elkton; Frances Logan
and Mary E. Murray, North East;
: Messrs. George Edwin Lawrence
y Elkton; Clarence w. Perry, North
, East, and Curtis Fountain Vinyard
: Wal wick.
Governor Harrington has appoint
ed E. w. Dawson, Elkton; J.sGroome
Steele, Chesapeake City; Henry C.
Hess, Fair Hill; M. Herbert Paul
Elkton; VIM. H. DeShane, Cecilton
Harry H. Howard, Chesapeake City
and Harvey H. Mackey, Providence
delegates from Cecil county, to the
! thu ty-eighth annual meeting Of the
Farmers National Congress to be
held at Jacksonville, Fla, December
to 9Th.
: The soldiers at the Government
: Proving Grounds, near Aberdeen
have finished harvesting their po
A tato crop, which is 10000 bushels