The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-05-09
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

DR.. G. S. Dare returned on Tues
day from sojourn at Atlantic City.
N. G.. Brown attended the meeting
of District Stewards, in Wilmington,
on Tuesday.
Mrs. Scott Wilson and Mrs. w. B.
Cooney and son Joe, are visiting
relatives in Ohio.
Miss M. Addie Smith, of Balti-
more, was the guest of Mrs. Stewart
M. Ward last week.
The home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Job
Kirk has been gladdened by the ar
rival of bouncing boy.
Mrs. Clara v. Beeson, Of Colum-
bus, Ohio, visited her brothers, Cecil
E. and Evans E. Ewing last week.
Cecil E. Ewing and family, who
spent the winter in Baltimore, have
reopened their bungalow on Wilson
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Richardson,
Mr. Charles Richardson and bride
and Harry Hunter of Chester spent
Sunday with J.. P Hunter and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Linn Worthing-
ton, daughter Jane and son Ned,
Howard Park. were Thursday-Su
day guests of Mrs. Mary Cherry and
family.
Herbert Hirzel spent Sunday with
Mrs. Jennie Taylor. Mrs. Hirzel
and children returned home with
him after spending two weeks with
her mother.
Miss Francina Kirk, who spent
the winter in Brooklyn, N. Y, has
returned to Rising Sun and will
make her home with Mr. and Mrs.
]. Frank Tosh, near town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Basil H. Brown, Mrs.
E. c. Dixon, Miss Maggie Haines
and Edgar Brown motored from
Philadelphia on Saturday and spent
Sunday at the home of DR.. G. S.
Dare and family.
A telephone message was received
on Thursday morning of this week
by Mrs. w. L. Ryan, of this town,
announcing the arrival in Philadel-
phfa from overseas of her son,
Clinton S. Ryan, who saw several
months service along the battle front
in France with the 1O3rd Ammuni-
tion Train, A. E. F.
During the week of May 1926,
the Salvation Armmy in the United
States, will hold campaign to raise
100000 to conduct its home
service work.
Two more carloads of army auto
trucks have arrived in Oxford and
been stored at the Oxford Fair
Grounds. They will be used in the
postal service.
The toll gates on the Kennett
Pike, between the Delaware State
line, and Wilmington have been
abolished and hereafter there will be
no toll charges along the dupont
Boulevard.
Cars were loaded last week with
chrome at Conowingo from the Rock
Springs chrome mines. The chrome
mines are expected to resume work
soon. Work will also begin at the
spar quarries.
The Board of Commissioners OF
Hartford County have liked the
county tax at $115 on the 500 for
the ensuing year. The rate is 20
cents higher than last year and is
one of the highest in the history Of
the county.
John F. Pierce, of Colora, has
announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination of short
term County Commissioner His
card appears in our advertising
columns.
I A tramp. known only by the
name of John, who obtained employ
!
oney, near Oxford, recently, commit
ted suicide on Friday morning last
by hanging himself in the barn.
Nothing is known of the man, except
that he was Hungarian.
The store property in Zion belong
ing to Carhart and Companp, which
has been closed for nearly year,
has. been purchased by Clayton Car
hart of Philadelphia, formerly one
of the members of the firm. Mr..
Carhart expects to move his. family
to Zion the first of June, and reopen
the store
An Ushers' Association was form
ed on Sunday at West Nottingham
Presbyterian church, composed of
twenty-five young men, with George
Grunwell as president, and VIM.
Basil Reynolds secretary. 1t will
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