The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-10-01
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Election Day one month FROM mex
Tuesday.
Democratic mass meeting at Elk
ton Saturday evening, October 2.
Tuesday, October S, is another
registration day. Get registered
The York Fair will be held at
York. Pa, october to 5 inclusive.
The pupils Of Grove school, Zion,
cleared $26 by their recent festival
Tome school, Port Deposit, has re-
opened with the largest enrolment
in its history.
The Singerly Fire Co., of Elkton
has received its auto fire engine,
which is a powerful one.
Hog cholera is prevalent in Sassa-
fras Neck, First district, where IL
has made it's appearance ON twenty
eight farms.
walter Gregg has sold his farm OF
lat acres, near Hensel, Lancaster
county. to John w. Welch, of Nortf
Carolina, for $17,5O0.
w. M. whitley, Graham, Va, has
purchased the Deamond farm OF VI
acres near Bay View, for $lO,O0O.
All stock on the farm is included In
the deal.
John p. Evans, of Elkton, met
with painful accident in Baltimore
last week. He fell in running TO
catch a car and fractured his right
knee-cap.
w. w. Schaefer has been elected
a director of Chesapeake City Ma
tional Bank and w. B. Davis, vice
president, in the place of the late j.
Polk Steele.
On the grounds of desertion and
abandonment, William H. Stoker has
docketed suit for an absolute
divorce in the Circuit Court for Cecil
County, from his wife, Mrs. Lizzie q
Stoker.
The ladies of the Red Cross Q.
Charlestown M. e. Church have
placed in the church a handsome
window in memory of Thomas
Cooper, Co. F., 313th Regiment, wht
was killed in action in France.
Miss Viola C. Hahn, who was re-
Gently appointed County Nurse under
the direction of the Cecil County Red
Cross, has been presented Sedan
automobile by the society, in which
to make her trips over the county.
A festival will be held by the Sun
day school of West Nottingham
Presbyterian church in the chapel on
Friday evening, October 1. Ice
cream, cake, candy, ETC., as well as
oysters will be on sale. Come out
and help by your patronage.
Alonzo Carr, son of Henry Carr,
of Elk Mills. this county, was in
stantly killed on Tuesday at Scran
ton, Pa, where he was employed. as
structural iron worker. The unfor
tunate man fell distance of-twelve
feet, breaking his neck. He was 20
years of age.
The Rising Sun Cannery closed on
Friday last with pack Of 25,0O0
cases. Two brands of corn were put
up at the cannery, the 'Shoepeg." /"
which was the whole grain.- and the
"Maine Style" the crushed grain.
The cannery took the product of
about 400 acres, the grower being
paid s25 per ton.
The Nathan Volk property, in this
town, was offered at public sale Sat-
urday afternoon, but withdrawn fol
lack of adequate bids. The store
and dwelling property was bid to
$5,425 but was not sold and is held
at private sale. The two vacant lots
on Pearl street were also withdrawn,
the highest bid being $425.
Tuesday was the first day of regis
tration and VIM. A. Reeder and j.
Harry Poist, registrars for the Sixth
district, had busy time of it. The
books were opened at nine q. m. ane
closed at nine p. m, during which
time 153 voters were registered.
One hundred and forty of these were
women and Is men,, Not colored
person of either sex was registered
here.
Richard Patten, young SON of w
E. Patten Of this town, had a narrow
escape on Monday evening when he
was struck and knocked down by Q
iwain % East Main street. "Dickie"
number of other boys were
each other with a water
and ran into the road as ar
pproached. Fortunately the
E was not running at rapid
the lad although Knocked
stunned and painfully hur'
a lag oacannd aarf0ua injury