The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-07-04
independence Day.
Unfurl Old Glory.
Mercury in the nineties.

M0TCuTY III the uAuCtACo'
A spar quarry has been opened
on the Jasper Taylor property, near
Rock Springs.
The Commissioners have fixed the
Cecil. county tax rate for 1919 at
$1.20 on the 500.
Forest Richardson has opened
! barber shop in the room adjoining
| Curtis E. Irwin's ice cream parlors
The Directors Of Newark Trust Co.
khave declared the regular per
eent dividend and an extra dividend
payable July /.
DR.. G. Burton Pearson of Elkton'
expects to move his office to Newark
a DEL, where he will practice the pro-
\ fession of medicine.
The corner stone of the new MAJ
arene Church, on Main street IN
North East was laid with appropri
ate ceremonies on Sunday afternoon,
County Agent ]. H. Knode report
that wheat in Cecil county is badly
damaged by smut, scab and rust,
and that the yield will be disappoint-
ing.
The Elkton Realty Company has
reelected W. H. Mackall president
Edward Deibert vice presidenl,
Frank P. Price secretary and treas
urer.
Evangelist G. Mediary has pitched
a large tent in Perryville, corner OF
Aiken avenue and the Lincoln High
wav. where he is holding series Oh
revival meetings.
At a sale of pure bred Holsteln
cattle held by ]. l. Dagett June IT,
On mis- iarm at Cooch's Bridge, Del.
thirty head sold for $500, an aver
age of $276 per head.
Children's Day was observed at
Harmony NJ P. church, Rowland
Vile, on Sunday evening last, wnen
an appropriate program was render
ed before large audience.
The Standard Bitulithic Company
has completed a stretch of 2.31
miles of the Lincoln Highway, ex-
tending from the Maryland-Dela-
ware line to the corporate limits OF
Newark.
The laying of the concrete for the
North East-Elkton road was begun
this week. The Charlestown Sano
and stone Company is hauling the
raw material from their plant near
North East.
The stockholders of the Scott
Fertilizers Co., whose plant III Elk
ton was recently badly damaged ny
fire. have voted to sell tie business
an offer having been made by out ci
town capitalists.
The Supervisors of Elections, John
H. Black, president; Zachary /.
Cooling, Jr., and Victor R. Bennett,
met at Elkton last week and ap-
pointed the Judges and Clerks OIL
Election for 1919.
DR.. G. C. Virgins, who was con-
nected with the Department of Hor-
ticulture at Delaware College, New
ark, last year, has accepted posi-
tion at Lincoln, Nebraska, in the
University of Nebraska.
Little Elk Tribe, No. so, Improved
Order of Red Men, Of Cherry HILL
have selected August IL to 16 as the
dates for holding their fourth an
nual carnival, the proceeds OF which
will be devoted to the Building
Fund
The grading of Main street, for
the State road through town, is pro-
ceeding rapidly with steam shower
and a force of about a dozen men,
and has been completed from the
eastern limits Of town to Mount
street.
George M. Anderson, of Port De-
posit. led the class of 75 members at
the Baltimore College Of Dental Sur
gery. and was awarded the diamond
medal, the highest honor of the col
lege. DIR. Anderson has opened an
Office in Havre de Grace.
The will of Miss Ellen Barroii' Oh
Elktor,. has been filed in the Or
phans' Court for Cecil county. Her
entire estate, real and personal, was
beoueathed share and share alike be-
tween her three nieces, daughters OF
r r.. lamar, of Philadelphia.
The North East Star says 5000
old Elk Neck is doing its berry best
as usual. First came the straw per-
yiss. then the raspberries. rms
week the huckieberries began 10
move this way. and the dewberries
and blackberries are putting ON their
nnishing touches Of color ana r'pe-
pess.