The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-16

Mrs. Isabelle Pogue ana MrS. Neiii0
Wagner arewisiting relatives in New
York.
Charles Brown, of Baltimore, visit
ed his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. C.l
Brown, last week.
Calvin Brumfield, OF Willow Grove,
is visiting his father, Augustus
Brumfield, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren L. Taylor
spent the weekend with the former's s
mother, Mrs. Jennie Taylor.
Mrs. ]. Emrey visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Montgomery,
Liberty Grove, last Friday
Mrs. Chas. d. Dare, son Edgar and
daughter Virginia. Of Rosemont, Va..
were weekend guests of Rising Sun
relatives.
Raymond e. Edmanson, of New
lark, and Miss Frances F. Backof, OF
FElkton, were married on April at
the Presbyterian manse, Newark, by
Rev. William ]. Roman.
Miss Nellie Mitchell, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Mitchell, of
Havre de Grace, and Mr.. Alton T..
Ross, Of Decatur, ILL.,, were quietly
married at Elkton on Saturday, April
! 3rd
/ Miss Frances Cartledge and John
William Alexander, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry T. Alexander, of Elkton,
1 were married at the home of the
brides parents in Frankford, Pa., on
) Wednesday, April IA.
Editor William D. Bratton of the
Cecil County News, Elkton, who has
been i'll with pneumonia for six
weeks, has so far recovered as to be
able to resume his editorial duties.
4 During his illness the management
of the News was in the hands of %.
i N. Johnson.
Rev. f. X Moore, who was assign
{ ed to the Milton M. E. church by The
| Wilmington Conference, informed
the officials Of the church he would
not accept the. appointment, but is
seeking to be transferred to some
4 other conference.
The date of the Cecil County
School Athletic Meet, to be held un-
hder auspices of the Public Athletic
League of the State, is Tuesday, May
1S, at Elkton.
A. A. Blakeney, of Baltimore
county, has consented to accept the
Republican nomination for Congress
in the Second District, in opposition
!. to the Democrat candidate, Carvilie
D. Benson.
Hon Caryille D. Benson has an
nounced his candidacy for Congress
!, from the Second Congressional dis
, trict, on the Democratic ticket, as
J, has also Samuel c.. Appleby; A. i,
! Hart is an announced candidate for
!, the Republican nomination.
The following officers of the
Women's Bible Glass have been elect
!, ed: Leader, Mrs. N. G. Brown. presi-
dent, Mrs. William M. Pogue; vice.
+ PRESENTS, Mrs. Mary Garvin, Mrs
Walter B. Cooney; secretary, Mrs
I Scott Wilson; treasurer, Miss Mae
Alice; organist. Mrs. J.. A. Pogue.
Henry M. Mccullough, of Elkton
: will have charge of the work i'll Cecil
county in connection with the 1926
: Home Service Appeal of the Saliva
. tion Army, and Irving T. Kepler will
! serve as. treasurer for the county
. This is to be nation wide appeal
and will be made during the month
of May.
. Joshua Clayton, of Elkton, secre
: tary OF the Cecil County Game Pro
teetive- Association, offers to secure
), through the Conservation Commits
= sion of Maryland, limited number
OF eggs OF the Ring Neck Pheasants
for farmers who are interested in re
: stocking the county and who vii
undertake the Matching and rearing
Q OF the young pheasants.
n The fifth and deciding pool contcs
g of the series played by Thomas Rial'
/ of this town, and Bert McFalls o.
n Oxford, was won by the former OF
4 Thursday last, who took three of tn,
n five contests. McFalls started ou
n like winner. taking the first two
n contests, but after Riale once go
into his stride, he put it all over tn,
Oxford pool sharp. winning the las
4 three matches easily. The score oil
Thursday was Riale 100. McFalls 20
nj Mary Spots, of Calvert. has pur
d chased the 119 acre farm belonging
Il to the estate Of Wilson Tucker, lat,
o of Upper Oxford township.
o The law requiring that all horse
i and cattle that die from any caus'
IS must be burned or buried at ,leas
n three feet, is now operative in Mary
land.