The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-05-20
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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Strawberries.
The stores in town will be closed
ON Decoration Day, May 80.
The net proceeds of the festival
held by Elkton cornet Band were
$3.50.
Talbot county commissioners have
cut pay for labor on roads from 80
to $3.50 per day.
DR.. j. Herbert Bates, of Milling
ton, Md, it is understood, will locate
in Elkton to practice medicine.
Hartford County Commissioners
have raised the assessment of the
Havre de Grace race track to $780,
600.
Children's Day will be observed
by Ebenezer M. E.. Sunday school on
Sunday afternoon, June IL, at Q
O'Clock.
The Maryland State Bankers AS
sociation held their annual conven-
tion at. Atlantic City on May II. 1S,
and 19.
Anniversary services will be held
in Calvert M. E. church, Sunday eve
ming, May %, by the Epworth
League.
Rosebank M E.. Church trustees
will hold the annual festival at Cal
vert on the afternoon and evening
of Memorial Day.
At the Great Council of Improved
Order of Red Men, held in Balti-
more, A, T. Alternately, of Cherry
Hill, was elected Great Sachem.
The display of Aurora Borealis
on Saturday night was witnessed by
numbers of our citizens. There
were others who were unaware of it.
The Fifteenth Annual Interscho-
lastic Track and Field Meet will be
- held on May .21 at Tome School,
Port Dpoosit, beginning at LAS p;
M.
A farmer of near Rock Hall,
where oyster shells are available,
recently bought $40 worth which he
burned and obtained s40O worth OF
lime.
Willis Z. Myers, referee in bank
ruptcy, has announced dividend OF
1927 to the creditors OF. the Cen
eral Utilities Corporation Of Perry
vile.
The Chesapeake City Fire Com
pany has bought four-cylinder
Oldsmobile, for 1850, which will
be disposed of at carnival which
starts July g..
Albert D. Mackey, ESQ, Of the
ISlkton Bar, has entered the field as
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for House of Delegates.
from Cecil County.
: The recent carnival held for the
y benefit of the Elkton base ball team
Of the Cecil County Baseball League
showed gross receipts $753 and net
profits about 1926.
Plans are being made to institute
a new Lodge of Rebekas, the woman
branch of the Independent Order OF
odd Fellows at Perryville. Seven9v-
FIVE women have signified their in
tention Of joining.
Chester county, Pa, is to be di-
yided into two, instead of three
Legislative districts, as originally
proposed, and threes members will
be elected to Legislature. Oxford
is in the First District.
The members of Cherry Hill
ceyAcn No, 10, o. U. A. NJ. will
.z@lgIebrate the 57th anniversary OF
their local organization Friday eve
ming, May 20, at o'clock in Red
Mems Hall, Cherry Hill.
The Fire Company of Newark,
Del. will house their new auto en-
!, CINE with elaborate ceremonies on
Saturday, May 81. Sixteen visiting
fire companies will join in parade
held in honor of the event
A full attendance of members OF
the Mems Bible Class of the M. e.
church, is urged on Sunday morn
ing, May %. at s:45 o'clock, when
the election of officers will be held
and other important matters. con-
sidered.
Raymond Sexton, eight year old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Sexton, OF
Russellyille, Pa, was killed by
horse on Thursday. The boy, with
his younger brother, had gone to
the field to bring in the horses ana
in some manner was kicked ana
knocked down by the animal, which
afterwards tramped on his head,
s,.ao.rri,,a his sknll. causing death