The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-09-05

tember 8.
The public schools of the county
reopen on Monday.
The rail and reed bird season
opened on Monday.
Thirty voters we're registered IN
the Sixth Election District on Mon
day.
Orders were received last week by
the West Grove Casket Company for
over eight carloads of caskets.
Friday, September 18th, Defend
ers' Day, being legal holiday, the
National Bank of Rising Sun will
not be open for business on that
date.
william NJ Reynolds, of Colora,
4 purchased for $500 the 80 acre
Reynolds farm in the Eighth dis
trict, sold by Omar D. Crothers,
trustee
The Rising Sun Packing Company
is fairly swamped with corn and
compelled to run at night to keep up
to the heavy delivery. HusKers are
in demand.
While walking on the tracks of the
Columbia & Port Deposit Railroad
near Peach Bottom, Miss Nora Nc
Carly, 73 years old, was killed by
passenger train.
seven hundred feet of macadam
roadway is being laid at the ap-
proach to the Conowingo bridge, on
the Cecil county side, by the State
Roads Commission.
In a dispute over bicycle on
Monday between lad named
Starkey and James Dinsmore, the
latter was stabbed and is reported to
be in a serious condition.
Charles Altland of Fairfield, has
sold his farm of S5 acres and per-
sonal property to John Sturgil OF
Rock Springs, for $4,000. Mr.. Stur-
gil removed to Rock Springs from
Virginia two years ago.
The Christian Endeavor of Rock
Churclf will hold an open air service
on the church lawn, Sunday evening,
September z, promptly at z o'clock.
An invitation is extended to the
neighboring churches to JOIN with US.
Owing to the scarcity Of teachers
the Cecil County School Board has
arranged to have the sixth and
seventh grades at the public school
at Principle Furnace transported
daily to and from the Perryville
High School.
A prisoner, escaped from Elkton
Jail one day last week and beat it for
4 the tall timber. Deputy Sheriff
Seth's base ball training stood him
hin good stead, as he finally ran the
ESCAPED convict to cover at Red Mill
and captured him.
On account of the unusual heavy
and frequent rains in this county
this summer causing much mOuldy
straw and wheat, County Agent
Knode has sent out warning to farm
ers that it is extremely dangerous to
allow stock to eat 1t.
The Second District Memorial AS
sociation has given the contract for
a handsome memorial to be erected
in the centre of the town of Ceciiton
in memory of the local boys who
made the supreme sacrifice for their
country in the recent war.
The directors of the Elkton Bank
ing and Trust Company have APP
pointed Christie L. Crothers, former
ly of Colora, at present with a Balti-
more banking institution, cashier OF
the branch bank and trust company
to be established at Rising Sun
shortly.
The Motor Vehicle Commission
will prosecute driver of car own
ed by the Boston Iron and Metal
Company. Baltimore, who tore
down the fence on the North East
Elkton road in spite of the pro-
test of the guard. and drove over the
fresh concrete.
c. F. Parks, of Chestertown, re
ceived small package by mail some
days ago, upon Wnlch ne PAID deIer-
red postage. On opening the pack
age he discovered that it contained
gold watch and diamond pin
valued at between $400 and $500
that had been stolen from his home
Nothing was in the package to indi
cate the sender.
Quarryville welcomed her return
ed soldiers on Thursday of last week
and the crowd in attendance is esti
mated at between seven and tel
thousand people. A sad but i'm
- pressive part of the ceremony wa
the unveiling of memorial wreatl
bearing the names Of those from
X Lower Lancaster County who has
lost their lives during the war.