The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-07-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn B. Gillespie
spent the weekend with Mrs. Mary
Perkins, Elkton
Mrs. w. E. Alvord and daughter,
of Moore, Pa, are visiting relatives
in the neighborhood.
Mrs. Cecil E. Ewing and daugh-
ter, Shirley, were guests the past
week of Miss Rosa Caldwell, Liberty
Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles w. Harris,
Wilson Harris, Mr.. and Mrs. Asbury
Bartlett, daughter Madeline, Cen
treville, visited Rev. and Mrs. C. C.
Harris, Sunday.
The engagement is announced of
Mr.. Daniel H. Garrett, of Elkton,
and Miss Ann M. Bennett, daughter
of Mr.. Charles H. Bennett, of the
Cecilton section.
Mr.. E. r. Burlington, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert l.. Burlington, Mr.. Clayton
Walton and family are enjoying
two weeks auto trip down the
Shenandoah Valley.
Howard Brown, of near Calvert.
sustained serious injury last week
by falling from load of hay, suf
fering a concussion of the brain.
His condition is somewhat improved.
B. H. Brown and family moved on
Thursday last from Philadelphia to
their dwelling on West Main street
The dwelling has recently under
gone extensive remodeling and i'm
prOvements, and Mr.. and Mrs
Brown will reside in Rising Sun
permanently.
Miss Grace De Bow and Mr.. Earl
Green, both of Bel Air, were mar
ried Saturday afternoon at Elkton.
Mrs. Green, before her marriage,
was connected with the C. & p.
Telephone Company at Bel Air.
Sunday evening the Junior Ep-
worth League, Mrs. C. C. Harris,
superintendent, gave well render
ed special missionary program, tho
collection amounting to $11.25,
which will be used to purchase new
Junior Song books.
The following dates have been al
loted to the holding of the Peninsula
fairs this year Harrington, July 26-
30th; Cambridge, Aug. 2-5th; Tai
sey, Va., Aug. 9-12th; Pocomoke
City, Aug. 16-19th; Salisbury, Aug
23-26th; Wilmington, September s.
10th.
The P, B. & w. Railroad Com
pany has applied to the Public Ser
vice Commission to establish a non
agency station at Iron Hill, three
miles north of Elkton. There is
much opposition to the proposed
change, and hearing was held be-
fore the Public Service Commission
on Monday, July 18th.
The two large red-lettered signs
on either side of the new State road
through Elkton, in 1.-The Hollow"
placed there several weeks ago,
telling travellers why the gap exist
ed in the highway, have disappeared
Who is responsible for their removal
is not known. The signs were
chopped down at night.
William Miles and Edward Miles,
brothers. of Quarryville, are held
under bail charged with robbing the
home of R. E. Fink, near that town.
The brothers entered Fink's home in
broad daylight in the absence of
the family and are alleged to have
stolen various household articles,
several suits of clothes, bedding,
provisions, etc.
OF the eight or ten men who were
in the crowd that created a riot and
attacked several ministers and mem
bers of a congregation in a Baptist
. Church meeting in the American
Legion Hall, Aberdeen, on June 20,
only two were convicted in the gov
ernment trial completed last week
Ten days pay was taken from one
man and two-thirds pay was taken
from the other for a period of sew
eral months.
The State Department of Fisheries
has been investigating the fishing
conditions in the vicinity of the
HOLLYWOOD dam. The vast number
of baby eels swimming in the shall
low pools below the dam is sugges-
tive of good nursery stock and ac-
cordingly several shipments were
made for the purpose of restocking
! other streams. Years ago the Sus-
quehanna was thick with little eels
going down the river July and Au-
gust.-Delto Herald.