The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-08-23


Der 8.
The summer meeting of the
MARYLAND Press Association will be
held at Ocean City on August 25,
&c and 81.
The National Bank building and
the store and dwelling of Nathan
Volk are being frightened by new
dress of paint.
The Executive of Cecil County W..
C. T. u. will meet in the M. e.
church, Rising Sun, Tuesday after
noon, Aug. 27, at two o'clock.
The County Commissioners have
Increased the salary of the Janltor
at the Court House, Elkton, to 500
per month, beginning October l.
The Perryville plant, according to
the Fuel Administration, will re-
uuire $4,000 tons of steam coal, per
month, during the coming winter.
Beginning September 1st all Game
Wardens will be instructed to in
form on all owners of dogs who
have not taken out their dog license.
Carl M. Lay, the eleven-year-old
son of Christopher Lay, OF Havre de
Grace, was drowned while swimming
in Swan Creek, Horner's Point, one
day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Brennan
have bought the. dwelling house and
lot at corner of Main street and Blue
Ball avenue, Elkton, owned by W.
4 Frank Karl, for $1325.
Under and by authority granted
by an Act Of the Legislature last
winter, the Town Commissioners Of
Chesapeake City will sell $4,000 in
bonds to make town improvements.
The barge building works of E.
Deibert & Bro, at Elk Landing,
which closed down last spring be-
cause of the inability of the owners
to get lumber shipped, has resumed
operations.
The1 ladies of the Aberdeen branch
of the Navy League. realized $500
FROM the sale of lunches at the re-
cent seeting Of the State Horticui-
tural Society, at Mr.. Bryan's MT.
Pleasant Orchards.
The bid of John G. and w. T..
Thompson to erect portable school
building at the Havre de Grace High
School, for the sum of 1852, has
been accepted by the Board OF
County School Commissioners.
Timanus j. Wilson, of TonaWanda,
N. Y, formerly of Rising Sun and
son Of Thomas J. Wilson of this
town, has contributed $1,000 toward
the Fund for Aged Ministers in the
Wilmington M. E. Conference as a
memorial to his mother.
Louis Mergler, a few days ago,
found a Government mail pouch,
weighing over 100 pounds, in the
Susauehanna river, which had iallen
from a fast express train going
north over the bridge, and despite
its heavy weight, the pouch was
floating on the water.
i. r. Sheppard, of New York city,
a former Rising Sun boy, has sent
his check for $1125.00, to defray the
cost of new carpet and the INSTALL
ing of electric lights in the NJ. E..
church of this town. A further ef-
fort is being made to raise funds
sufficient to defray the cost OF paint
ing inside and out, and other needed
improvements to the church.
Petty thieving still continues in
this town and neighborhood. One
evening last week the home Of Jos.
S. Pogue was entered by some un-
known party and two ladies purses
that had been left on the table IN
the sitting room were stolen. The
purses contained money TO the
amount of between SIS and $40.
Nothing else appears to have been
disturbed by this sneak thief who is
becoming bolder in his frequent rob-
berries in our community.
The oxford auto fire truck was
brought to Rising Sun on Thursday
evening last and an exhibition OF It's
capabilities in pumping and throw
ing water given at the creek just
east of town. 1t was discovered
when an effort was made to connect
the fire-fighter to the town water
plugs that nothing would fit, and
couplings will be secured whereby
the truck can be connected up to the
plugs here should the services or the
Oxford fire laddies ever be needed in
our town.
The sale of liquor on all railroad
n trains or in railroad stations has
been forbidden by special order OF
Director General McAdoo,