The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-05-30

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Elwood Balderston, of Colora,
shipped to the city market last week
twenty-five head of prime fat steers.
The newly organized Hartford
County Fair Association has selected
September 23, "a, 25 and 26 for the
fair
A train of thirty Army trucks and
autos passed through town on Sun
day, those in the camouflage paint
ing presenting an odd appearance.
The ladies of Liberty Grove Com
lnunity Club will hold Variety
Festival on Liberty Grove school
bank Wednesday evening, Juno 1S.
II stormy, next fair evening.
" The firm of West & Company, of
: Philadelphia, have leased part of the
Gambrill & Melville textile plant in
Havre de Grace, and on Monday
began operations, on the manufac-
ture of Turkish wash rags.
Mrs. Isabelle T. Bagley, House
mother at The Tome School, has
opened camp at Princes Point,
Casco Bay, Maine, where she will
take a limited number of boys for
the season, June 80 to September 5.
The Elkton Realty Company has
sold the old hosiery mill and lot on
West High street in the town OF
Elkton, to Messrs. Decker and
Schwartz, of Newark, Del, who will
use. the property for the manufac-
ture of notions.
Frank Dawes, who recently gave a
check to Charles ]. Cappella, OF
Perryville, for money loaned him,
and then stopped payment on the
check, has been arrested in Will
mington and is being held for ap-
pearance at Court.
Bids for the Rising Sun-Porters
Bridge State road were opened on
Tuesday and the lowest bidder
proved to be contractor Mullin, of
Baltimore. We were unable to learn
the figures, as no published state
ment appears to have been made.
Walter R. Robinson, of Newark,
formerly of the First district, has
been appointed engineer for Dela-
: ware College. Under the direction
of Business Administrator A. G..
Wilkinson, he will have charge Of
all the machinery in the college
plant
The Cecil Whig reports that the
Ladies' Finance Committee Of Elk
Y ton has received contributions from
Elkton and the Third District, for
the Soldiers Reception amounting
to over twelve hundred dollars.
y These contributions were received
by the ladies within one week after
their appointment.
Rev. Harvey w, Ewing, of Will
mington, and Rev. w. G. Koons, OF
Rising Sun, will make the addresses
at Rose Bank Cemetery, Memorial
Day. Exercises will be in charge of
Council o. U. A. M.
Returned soldiers are asked to
walk in line with the veterans,
Council and school children.
Mrs. Anna Stark, thu young white
woman OF the lower distri. of Cecil
county who was convicted in the
Elkton court in December on a
charge of abandoning her child in a
woods and paroled, was lodged in
Elkton Jail last week charged with
breaking her parole. She will be
taken to the house of correction to
serve a sentence of twelve months
from date.
A neatly dressed young man
worked" several Cecil County
banks two months ago on forged
checks. The stranger, who uses
many names, including w. A. Por-
ter, Robert e. Nowland, w. e. Bell,
]. A. Collins and j. w. Freeman,
has since been arrested under the
name of j. w. Freeman at Norwalk.
Conn.,, and sentenced to two years
in state prison at Weathersfieid,
Conn.-Elkton News.
The work of oiling and top-Gress-
ing the Rising Sun-Calvert State
road with stone chip began Monday
morning and it was expected would
require three days to complete, a
gang of twenty-five men being em-
ployed.
The oil. or tar. is heated in
large auto-tank truck and sprayed
ON while hot, the stone chip being
Immediately spread by the gang Of
shovelers and then rolled in by a
steam roller. which prevents its
picking up by auto traffic.