The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-06-27
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Hay harvest is in full swing.
The Glorious Fourth one week
from today.
Dog days begin on Saturday, July
IL, and wind up Tuesday, August 26.
Construction work on the electric
line from McCalls Ferry to Oxford
has begun.
Unfavorable weather on Wednes
and Thursday of this week has de
layed the harvest.
The mason work on the large ad-
dition to H. M. gDuyckinck's garage
was begun this week.
The gross receipts of the festival
held by the ladies Of Zion M. E.
church on Thursday evening of last
week were 500.
Calvert sEpworth League will hold
q patriotic social on the church lawn
on Wednesday evening, July End.
Everyone invited.
The first car of aserpentine quar-
ried by the Kennedy Refractories
Company near North East has been
shipped to Beltsville, o.
The first field Of wheat to be cut
in this immediate vicinity was that
on the Keilholtz farm, adjoining
town, which was harvested on Tues
day.
Falling when he jumped from a
truck, William, young son of Will
liam Hudson, Jr., of Elkton, had his
foot crushed by wheel OF the
heavy vehicle passing over it
The B. C. Bibb Co. Stove foundry,
at Port Deposit, has been closed.
David Armstrong, who has been
with the company for many years as
manager, has resigned and the men
been discharged.
Elkton Town Council has reor-
ganized by electing w. H. Mackall,
president; Alfred Davis, Secretary;
c. Ellis Deibert, Treasurer; George
M. Potts, Chief of Police; Omar D.
Crothers, Esq, Counsel.
The Public Health Service, which
has taken over Perry Point, the Gov
ernment reservation at Perryville,
has offered to lease to the Cecil
County School Board at nominal
figure the school building erected
there about Is months ago at a cost
of about $4,000.
George Cohee, of Fredericktown,
who had his automobile license
taken away from him SIX months
ago by the State Vehicle Commis-
sion, has been landed in Elkton jail
charged with running an automobile
without license and while under
the influence of liquor.
The June non-jury term Of the
Circuit Court for Cecil County con-
vened at Elkton on the 18th inst,
Chief Judge William H. Adkins and
Associate Judges P. B. Hopper and
Levin w. Wickes all on the bench.
The dockets were called and some
equity business transacted.
A heavy charge of dynamite, said
to have been five and half tons, was
used in blasting the hillside at the
quarry near Happy Valley on Thurs
day afternoon of last week. An
immense amount of rock and dirt
fell upon the railroad tracks, COM
pletely blocking traffic between Port
Deposit and Perryville for several
hours.
Attempting to pass between the
Standard Oil tank wagon and an ap-
preaching auto Mrs. Rhoda Bechtel,
driving an Overland machine, ran
into the three horse team attached
TO the tank wagon, knocking two OF
the horses down and crippling one
OF them badly. Tbs auto was some
what damaged and the shafts
broken from the tank wagon. Tbs
accident occurred near the entrance
to H. L. Glacken's farm, near town,
on Saturday afternoon.
The festival held Saturday eve
ming on the lot In the rear of the
Public Hall OF this town by the
Patriotic Order Sons OF America
drew a large crowd and was sue
cess in every respect. Wires had
been strung and the festival grounds
were brilliantly lighted by elec-
trielty. Notwithstanding the bounti-
full supply Of cakes, ice cream. fruit
ete.. provided. everything was dis
posed Of. the gross receipts amount
ing to $3.50. 1t is expected about
$3.50 will be cleared. Kissing Sun
Cornet Band furnished music fss
the occasion.
Howard F. Brown, of Oxford, has
purchased the big Chester Heights