The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-05-02

of Wakefield, Lancaster county, cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary of
their wedding on Monday
A silver wedding anniversary was
given in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Orion
L. Taylor at their home near Syl-
mar, on Thursday evening, April II,
by large company of their friends.
Miss Willetta White, of this town,
and Mr.. John Harris were married
in Elkton M. E. parsonage by Rev.
George Jones, Thursday, April oath.
They will reside on the groom's
farm north of Rising Sun.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kirk Clifford
returned from their wedding trip on
Saturday and were given noisy
welcome at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Neeper Ed
wards, by a calithumpian band.
Crawling under an auto truck to
make repairs, George Mcmahon, one
of the proprietors and operators oi
the Bel Air-Overlea auto-bus line,
was crushed to death on April 22.
The truck was heavily loaded with
stone and collapsed just as Mr.. Nc
Mahon crawled beneath it. His
skull was crushed, death being in
stant.
Joseph B. Pusey, aged 4S years,
met with a fatal accident on Tues
day morning of last week, at the
mill of the American Vulcanized
Fibre Company, in Newark, Del.
With truckload Of fibre he plunged
headlong down an open elevator
shaft, distance Of one and halt
stories, crushing his skull, death
being almost instant
Plans are being made to start
work on the Chesapeake and Della
ware Canal, the canal having recent
ly become the property Of the United
States Government. The u S..
Engineering Department propose
making it a sea-level canal with a
depth of IL feet 1t is said two
years of steady work will be neces-
sary to complete the work.
A public meeting in interest of the
Victory Liberty Loan will be held in
the hall at Oakwood, Md, on Friday
evening, May O. at O'Clock. Ad-
dresses will be made by Rev. Joseph
Brown Turner, d. D., and DR.. G..
Hampton Richards, of Port Deposit.
There will be patriotic music. Turn
out and help the Eighth District go
over the top with her quota.
At the annual meeting of the Cecil
County Medical Society held April
II at Union Hospital Elkton, the
following officers were elected -
President, Dr. G. H. Richards; Vice
President, DR.. V. H. Mcknight;
Secretary and Treasurer, DR.. How
ard Bratton; Censor, DR.. John II.
lamar; Delegate tn State Society,
DIR. r. NJ Black. Dr. Bratton has
been Secretary of the Society since
May 1902, succeeding the late DR..
Harry P! Hinchliffe.
The Delaware Maryland baseball
league has been organized with the
following officers: Arthur c. Dav
les, Wilmington, president; John j.,
McDeyitt, New Castle, vice .presi-
dent; Fred H. Letter, Elkton, secre
tary, and Rufus Roberts. Newark,
treasurer.
The clubs composing the league
are: Elkton, Newark, New Castle,
and three clubs in Wilmington, P.
R. r., General Chemical Company,
and Wildel. The season Will open
May 10.
At the session of New Castle Pres
bytery held last week in Lewes, Del,
in the case of the differences ,be-
tween the elders and the majority OF
the congregation of the Elkton
Presbyterian Church, commission
composed of the Moderator, Rev
Charles H. Bonner, of Hanover
Church; Rev. U. Franklin Smiley, of
West Church. Wilmington; Rev.
Francis H. Moore, of Middietown;
Rev. Thos. Kerr, Greenhill Church.
and Captain James Kelley, laynan,
of Lewes, was appointed to examine
into the matter.
Iineman Electrocuted At Perryville.
Joseph Adams, aged 22 years. of
Perryville, while standing on lad
der doing some work to the roof OF
the sub-station of the PerryNiile|
electric plant, touched live wire
and was killed. His body was found
lying on the ground, where it had
fallen. An inquest was deemed un-
necessary and certificate of acci-
dental death ras given.