The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-01-16

w. n. lay, OI AyuCuuuA6s VA 6iAA"s
spent the weekend at the home Of
Augustus Brumfield and family.
w. E. Patten, who has been
critically i'll with pneumonia at his
home on Cherry street, is somewhat
better at this writing.
Miss Carrie Hambleton and Miss
Ruth Collier are spending some time
with relatives and friends in Will
mington and Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Van Pelt OF
Zion, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Anna W., to Mr..
Howard Heath, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Heath of Mechanics Valley.
Miss Anna Elizabeth Barrow and
Edgar McCummings, both of this
neighborhood, were married at the
M. E. parsonage, Rising Sun, on
Saturday afternoon, by Rev. II. E.
Reed.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Hibbard Yarnall,
of West Grove, announce the en-
gagement Of their daughter. Anna
Booth, to Harry Harlan Yerkes, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yerkes, of
Lewisville.
Mr.. Roland Atkinson, Of Port De-
posit, and Miss Susan Dryden were
quietly married Jan. 8, at the home
of the brides parents in Baltimore.
Only the parents Of the contracting
parties were present.
Miss Katharine l.. Garner and
Andrew Oatman, both Of Norwalk.
Conn, were united in marriage by
Rev. H. E. Reed, at the Methodist
Episcopal parsonage, Rising sun, on
Wednesday morning, January IA.
Senator and Mrs. Thomas H. Rob-
inson of Hartford county, announce
the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Chloe Robinson, to Mr.. Ross r. Cam
eron, of Port Deposit, the ceremony
to take place at their home in Bel
Air, on Tuesday, January goth.
A. P. White left Rising Sun for
Fort Myers, Florida, on Thursday of
last week, where he will spend some
time with his son. Mr.. White is
eighty years of age, and as hale and
hearty as pine knot. He made the
trip to Florida unaccompanied.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Elwood zebley OF
Appleton, Cecil county. announce the
engagement OF their daughter Anna
B. to A. Engle Conraw of Moores-
town, NJ. Miss zebley formerly
taught in the Newark schools and is
now a teacher in the public schools
of Washington, D. c.
Miss Susan Dryden, of Crisfeld,
and Mr.. Roland Atkinson. of Port
Deposit, were quietly married at the
home of the bride in Baltimore on
Saturday afternoon, Jan. 8, at four
O'Clock. Mrs. Atkinson was teacher
in the Girls High School of Tome,
and Mr.. Atkinson, who is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Atkinson, of
Port Deposit, is employed at the
Ceiil National Bank In that town.
Brigadier General Smedley D
Butler, son of Congressman Thomas
S. Butler. of West Chester, Pa, has
been awarded the Navy distinguished
service medal for bravery in action
during the recent war The presen-
tation of the medal was made by
Secretary Daniels in Washington re-
Gently. General Butler is one of
the eleven naval or marine officers
thus honored and one of the three in
Pennsylvania.
The pupils of Calvert Agricultural
High School will hold Defamation
Medal Contest, with other features,
in the High School building at that
place on Friday evening, Jan. 16, at
8 o'clock, to celebrate the jubilee OF
the Eighteenth Amendment The
proceeds of the silver offering at the
door. will be devoted to the Piano
Fund.
Joseph James. an elderly resident
of Darlington, Hartford county, leap
ed from the second-story window OF
his boarding house Thursday morn
ing and sustained serious injuries
One of his hips was fractured and II
is feared he suffered internal injuries
The rash act was committed with
suicidal intent.
Mr.. James is about 65 years old
and is the son of the late Joseph
James, formerly a well-known farm
or of near Darlington. For the past
25 years Mr.. James was employed as
an orderly at the Union Protestant
Infirmary, Baltimore. He returned
to Darlington recently, where he oc'
cupied room at Henry Selfe's resi-
dence.
\ A man should have plenty of back.
:. bone for himself-and plenty Of
hambone for the rest of the family.