The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-02-13

Edwin L. Haines attended the
hardware dealers convention in
Philadelphia this week.
Mrs. Jennie Gillespie underwent
a successful operation in Philadel-
! phia hospital on Friday.
Mrs. William H. Lyons, of Coates
vile, visited Rising Sun relatives on
Wednesday and Thursday.
Miss Maggie McFalls, of Media,
spent the weekend with Mrs. Jos. S.
Pogue and Mrs. Nellie Wagner.
Mrs. Amy Reynolds who has been
spending some time with Miss Mary
Brumfeld, returned to her home in
Media on Tuesday.
Mrs. Josephine Cantwell, of Char
lestown, and Miss Francina Kirk, of
Rising Sun, left on Tuesday for
Florida, where they will spend some
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs George c. Thompson
and daughter, Dorothy, of Bel Air,
were visitors at the home Of Mrs.
Thompson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Eli T. Reynolds, on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Little Miss Dorothy Keilholtz en-
tertained few Of her young friends
on Friday evening in honor of her
fifth birthday. Those present were:
Misses Dorothy Ryan, Lillian Ryan,
Anna Ryan, Elizabeth Cooney, Eliza
beth McNamee, Martha Keilholtz.
Barton 1. Young, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Young, of Quarryville,
and Miss Ethel J. McCord, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter McCUrd of
White Rock, were married February
End, by Rev. ]. Hunter Watts, pastor
of st. Andrews Reformed Church in
Lancaster
Miss Hannah Sarah Pusey, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Solomon j.
Pusey, West Grove. and J. Harold
Caldwell, son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
S. Caldwell, New London, were mar
ried at the brides home Wednesday
evening. by Rev. MacMurray of New
London.
Miss Lottie jamie Wilson and
Willard Bryan Jones, both of this
town, were married in Elkton on
Thursday, Feb. IL, by Rev. George
p. Jones Of the M. E. church. The
bride is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James E. Wilson and groom the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew J. Jones, Sr.
He is employed as clerk in Rising
Sun Pharmacy.
Invitations have been issued for
the marriage of Mr.. William Maxwell
Cameron, son Of County Commission
er and Mrs. William r. Cameron OF
Pennington, and Miss Adeline Smith,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George A.
Smith. formerly of this town, on
Saturday, February 81, at three
o'clock, in Walbrook Methodist
Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Md.
Mark Balderston of Guilford COL
lege, N. c., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elwood Balderston, Of Colora, has
been awarded the Red Cross Foreign
Service Certificate by the American
National Red Cross, for his services
in the Friends Unit from December,
1918, to August. 1919, together with
a nicely bound edition Of 1.-THE Work
OF the Red Cross Abroad" with his
name engraved in it.
Cletus Boyd. of Elkton, has dock
eted a suit in the Circuit Court for
Cecil county for $4,000 damages
against z. II. Cooling, Jr.. of Ches-
apeake City. for the death of his e.
year-old son, Carroll. by an auto
truck owned by Cooling.
John Knowles, employed on the
farm of George w. Biles, near Fair
Hill. passed two forged checks. one
for $50 and one for $35, took
horse and buggy belonging to his
employer, and left for parts un-
known. The horse and buggy were
later found near Elkton station, but
Knowles has not been apprehended.
David Green had a narrow escape
from drowning at the Horseshoe
Fording on the Octoraro Creek,
close to his home. He started to
walk across the creek on the ice,
which gave away precipitating him
into the water. BY breaking the ice
with his hands he managed to reach
shore. With the exception of badly
cut hands, an icy bath, and a bad
scare. David is none the worse of his
experience.
Mrs. Ethel c. Reed. Of Elkton, by
her attorneys. Omar D. Crothers and
Joshua Clayton. Esqs., has dockered
suit against the p, B. & w. r. r.
Company. for $4,000 for the death
of her husband, George Reed, who
was killed by q drawbridge being
closed upon him.