The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-09-17
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
local HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The County commissioners
decided to gravel the road from Elk
ton to Childs.
Harry Buckley has sold building
lots on West Main street to b. r.
Nichols and Neiper Edwards.
John Brown, of Fremont, "a, hau
the misfortune to lose a pocketpooA
containing $165 last week whlle III
Oxford.
festival will be held by the
teacher and pupils of New brlose
public school on Friday evening"
Sept. "a, at the school.
Monday night several wheat stacks
on the Conrey farm, near Chesapeahe
CITY. tenanted by John Harris ~eio
DESTROYED by fire. The loss was
$500.
After successful pastorate OF
three years, Rev. Alexander Thomsoh
will leave the oxford Baptist Church
on october 1, to accept a call ~
Toronto.
The second annual exhibition Oh
the Hartford County Agriculture So
c;ety will be held on the ola lali
Grounds at Bel Air October IL, 49,
IA and 15.
Tho Ladies Aid of Ebenezer M. H.
church will hold Conumdrum sup
nor of Pennington Wednesday eve
ming Sept. 22nd. If stormy, neA'
clear evening. Everybody inViteo ~
attend.
N,no men died at Edgewood
Arsenal last week from drlhhlhe
either wood or grain alcohol. Major
General Amos A. Fries, head OF Ihe
chemical war service, has tSkeii
charge of the military investigation
now in progress.
John H. Kimble has sold his nne
farm. a short distance south OIL to"h'
to q Mr.. Mcmillan of North Caroiiha'
The farm is one of the most deslraple
in Cecil county and embraces 1Vo
ooras uner a high state of cultlva'
tion. improved by fine Dulloihes'
The nrice was 5000 per acre. W.
preston Reynolds, real estate ageht
Of near town, negotiated the deal.
According to ruling OF Attorney
General Armstrong, persons resio-
ing ON Government property at lhe
Aberdeen Proving Ground and Edse-
wood Arsenal, cannot vote at elec.
tions in Hartford county. Thls VIII
effect several hundred persons. Inc
same ruling will in all propaplllty
apply to Perry Point, in Cecil county
At a congregational meeting OF
SUNDAY last, the members oil Wesl
Nottin CHAM Presbyterian church b.
vote of SO to 19 decided to oHel
FOR sale to the highest bidder the
farm of 2S acres near the church
unon which is the manse. The ques
ton has long agitated the churcl
and been argued pro and con wltl
more or less spirit for months.
The evident effectiveness or State
officers and the growing number ol
collisions on the main highway mas
imnelled interested citizens OF Wes
Grove. Pa, to seek permanent pro
lection. Accordingly a petition mas
heen numerously signed asking the
state to provide two officers (motor
cvclists) to patrol Route 13l II
Chester county, from Chadds For'
to the Maryland line.
Andrew Downie, proprietor of the
circus whose winter quarters are
Hayre. de Grace, has been serlousl.
injured in railroad wreck at Mar
tin. Tennessee. Mr.. Downie's circus
which was showing at the above
mentioned town, was lying aIohs
siding. and a switch having beer
thrown. a train backed into the CIT
Gus owners private car, upsetting
and iniuring Mr.. Downie about TIT
head and body. Three others IN tn'
car were hurt, and one horse IN
car in the rear was killed.
Arrested On Charge OF Theft.
On complaint Of j. Edward John
son, of Oxford, Eugene Cook OF oal
vert, was arrested Saturday eveninl
charged with stealing tire and coil
from the rear of the store Oh MIS-
Carrie Johnson. Cook was places
in the Oxford lookup over night an
on Sunday morning released unoe
$500 bail for hearing, w. Rolan'
Smith and James Yerkes being nj
bondsmen.
At the hearing on Tuesday eve
ming johnson failed to prove ina
Cook took the articles, and Magis
trate Miller exonerated the accuse
and put the costs, about $2o' o.
johnson.