The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-11-14
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Thursday of this week.
The Red Men of North East reaiiz-
ed SOL by their supper held Oh
Halloween @
william Reynolds sold to a Baiti-
more party last week 2Ooo pump
kins, carload.
An airplane flying very low passed
over town about quarter OF SIX Oh
Tuesday morning.
Monday was thes'opening day OF
the gup0i2sswason and Bunny was
laughtered y the score.
President Wilson has issued MS
fual thanksgiving Proclamation
which, this year, will be on fnurs-
day. November 9th.
Graybeal Bros, of Oakwood, nave
recently opened a general mercnan-
disc store at Rock Run, in the oia
port Deposit Store Co. building.
william Evans, of Perryville, and
William Butler, of Cherry Hill, were
placed in Elkton jail last week, on
the charge of non-support OF their
families.
A fire on Nov. 2 destroyed the
machinery and building of the Rich
ard Roberts & Son foundry, at Car
diff. Hartford county, entailing loss
of nearly $4,000.
Jacob Minister, young son Oh MI
and Mrs. ]. j. Minister, of Elkton,
fell while playing with a number OF n
other boys, and fractured his lett
arm Just above the wrist.
The advertisement of w. S. Phli-
lps. Vineland, N. j., appears IN tnis
issue. Statesmen are wanted for silos
and a good business opportunity Is
presented to the right parties.
An exploding lamp caused blaze
in the home of William Mccoy, OF
Elkton. The flames were quencneo
by a bucket brigade after damage TO
the extent of about $500 had peei
done.
A news bureau has been establish
cd at the Howard House, Elkton, by
Winslow Taylor & Co., OF the Ne"
York stock exchange, giving three
quotations each day on the marker
nrices of stocks.
At meeting of the Board Of Trus-
tees of the Chesapeake City National
Bank on Thursday, November D, }
\ Polk Steele, of Chesapeake City, was
elected yice-president to succeed the
hate William s. Evans.
Colliding with team while riding
motorcycle, Clifford Cooper, O.
fth district, sustained a fractured
~ and other injuries, and is in
erious condition in Baltimore hos
nital to which institution he was
removed.
AT a hearing given before Justic'
Lewis, in Elkton, Mrs. Carolyn Rus
sell. arrested on the charge o
bigamy, in having three husband'
without obtaining divorce, was hei'
under bail for the action OF the De
cember term of court.
The guarantors of the three-da!
Chautauqua that was to have Deei
held in Rising Sun the coming win
ter. have decided to change it TO
fiye-day one which will be held SOM
time next summer. Fifty guarantor
have been secured to insure the sue
cess of the venture.
G. C. Smith & Son, OF Hartor'
county, won seven first prizes "
annles at the recent Bel Air IAN
One apple to take first prize wa
picked from tree planted by TN
late John Stump over 100 years age
Messrs. Smith have 81 acres piante
in fruit and within the next Two o
three years they will plant the re
mainder of their farm in fruit tree'
Several thousand baskets OF Tn
finest fruit were picked from tnei
orchard this season and shipped
the larger cities where they wer
placed on sale at fancy prices.
Armistice Day was observed by tn
Red Cross on Tuesday evening,
connection with the membersni
drive, by public meeting in Ris'n
Sun Hall. Rev. A. B. Hallock CAV
a brief talk and Lynn B. Gillespie
Rising Sun boy who was at the iron
in France when the armistice wa
signed. told in an interesting manne
what happened in his Battery on tha
day. Several patriotic airs wei
sung and Red Cross reel on Russi
n shown on the screen. AT the col
clusion of the entertainment refresf
nents consisting of ice cream an
hke were served and those nc
members Of the Red Cross wef