The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-09-24
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events irs the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
Frost Monday morning.

Frost Monday morning.
Corn cutting in progress.
Tuesday, 21st, the day and night
were of equal length.
Tuesday, Sept. 2S, is the first reg
istration day for voters.
The Port Deposit Fire Company
realized $1,000 by their recent car
nival i
The September term Of Cecil Cir
cult Court convened at Elkton on
Monday.
The Nathan Volk store and dwell
ling property, and also the vacant lot
on Pearl street, in this town will pc
offred at public sale at 2:3O O'CLOCK
Saturday, Sept. 20.
Clayton Dorsey, OF Groff's Mill,
Lancaster county, Pa, has stalk OF
tobacco two yards II inches high,
with 26 leaves on it, and the leaves
are one yard four inches long and ~
inches wide.
The Maryland Racing Commission
have appointed John 3. Charshee, OF
Hayre de Grace, auditor, who keeps
tally on the books of the Havre de
Grace racing, and receives a salary
of $25.00 day.
DR.. James H. Bay, of Hagre de
Grace, has filed petition for abso-
lutte divorce from his wife, Mary B.
Raw. at Bel Air. His wife has filed
a cross-b bill, also asking for absolute
divorce and alimony.
The farmers of Fulton Township
are busy threshing their crops ana
report very fine yields. The potato
crop is also being harvested and Isl
above the average, both in quantity
and quality. and very little rot.
Attention is directed to the adv, OF
trustees sale of Cedar Farm, near
Calvert. This desirable property en-
braces $50 acres of land, with fine
buildings, and will be offered at pub
lie sale on the premises, Wednesday,
October 6.
Misses Josephine and Eta Croth-
ers, of Zion, have sold their farm to
their brother, John NCrothers, and
moved to Mt. Pleasant, Del, where
they will make their future home
with their brothers, Messrs. Andrew
and Lawson Crothers.
The Democrats of Cecil county
opened their campaign Friday eve
ming with a public meeting in ELK
ton. Senator John Walter smith,
Comptroller E. B. Lee and Thomas
A. Goldsborough, the party nominee
for Congress, were the speakers.
w. B. Cooney, proprietor of the
Maryland House, in this town, was
summoned to Philadelphia on We'd
nesday to testify in the conspiracy
case against Mrs. Emma G. Bergdoll,
mother of the draft dodgers and
slackers. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
and Erwin Bergdoll. Testimony in
the Federal proceedings has revealed
the fact that these slackers, with
three other men, registered at the
MARYLAND House under assumed
I names in November, 1919, the party
being on a hunting trip and joy ride
in this section of Cecil county at the
time.
The macadam road from Bay View
to Leslie, which was in a bad state Of
repair, has been top-dressed with
gravel and put In first class shape.
1t is now one of the finest roads you
will drive over. and should stand
travel, being practically gravel
road with the best sort of a founda-
ton. The work was under super
vision of w. D. Ewing, and speaks
we'll for him. He has also had SUE
peryision OF, repairs on the Leslie
North East road. which has been put
in shape for oiling and top-dressing,
when the State will look after its
upkeep.
1t will be good news to thertravel-
ing public to know that with a con-
tinuance of good weather next week
will witness the completion of the
Rising Sun-H -Harrisville section OF
State road, making an uabroken
stretch of improved roadway from
Philadelphia to Baltimore.
With but 47O feet of grading and
concrete laying to do the uncom-
pleted section will probably be con-
nected up at Wilson avenue and
treet, in this town, on Tues
Wednesday next. The road
Ell be closed to travel for a
of between two and three
longer to give the concrete
set properly, after which
roubles of the autoists will
lg Of the past.