The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-12
TOWN AND COUNTY.
bhort Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Cd on Tuesday, Aug. 3, and VIII
close Thursday, Aug. IL.
The public schools of the county
will reopen after the summer va
cation. on Tuesday, September =.
The trustees of the Cherry Hin M
Il church have increased the salary
Of their pastor to $500 per year.
July was the hottest month since
1915. the average maximum OF the
thirty-one days being SO degrees.
The t. M. Lucas farm of 80 acres
in Upper oxford, has been purcnas-
ed by Calvin M. Hensley OF syimar'
william P. Chick has sold his
business and property in Port De-
posit. and will remove to Alhamofa'
CAL
The tomato pack in Cecil county
this season will be small one as
number Of the canneries will not
operate.
Miss Margaret Maggs has resign
cd as assistant superintendent OF
IJnion Hospital, Elkton, to accept
similar position in Baltimore.
-. PROF. e, u. Reinke. OF Lincoln
University, will occupy the pulpit
a. west Nottingham Presbyterian
Church on Sunday. August 14th'
The souder Construction Com
pany has finished the building OF
the concrete road in Colerain town
ship, Lancaster county. from Col
lins to Kirkwood.
Samuel Iyins has been appointed
administrative assistant at the GOV
ernment Reservation at Perry Point'
having been transferred from the
Marion Hospital, Savannah.
Copson Park campmeeting of the
/ church OF the Nazarene, opened Fri
day, August IL, near Leslie, ana
will continue until August 2l IN
elusive.
one of the trucks belonging to
Robert Graybeal. who operates an
auto express between Baltimore and
Rising SUN, caught >fire near Reyn-
olds garage, Oakwood, last Week.
and was badly damaged.
B. Bladen Craycroft, Jr., OF Elk,
ton. has entered the coming Repub-
lican primary contest for nomina-
tion for Register Of Wills. His an
nouncement appears in our adver-
tising columns this week.
While strating the engine on ms
motorcycle in Newark last week, an
army officer from Perry Point
whose name was. not learned, caught
his hand in the gearing. One finger
was torn off and two others mangled
Rising Sun pharmacy building
J damaged by the fire of June l3
| when the large plate glass windows
were cracked and paint blistered by
the extreme heat, is being repaired
New plate glass windows have been
installed and the painters are giving
7 the building q new dress.
George Ridgely, cofored, 23 years
old is being held in the Bel All
jail charged with brutally beating
and criminally assaulting Mrs. Lii
lie Singleton, 20 year old wife o.
Frank Singleton, a farmer OF neal
Aberdeen. The assault was com
mitted on June 9Th, and Ridgei'
was not apprehended until las
week.
Despite the protests of residents
sDf the neighborhoed the Public Ser
vice Commission Of Maryland, has
granted permission to the Philadet
phia, Baltimore and Washington
Railroad Company, to make lroI
Hill, three miles north of Elkton,
non-ageney station, the Railroad
Company showing that the business
OF the station did not Justify th'
maintenance Of an agency.
One youthful couple who applied
at the Eiktea marriage mill las
week for license, met disappoint
ment. They were Warren Glidden
aged g3, an enlisted man OF TN
Navy, and Catherine Grady. witt
said she was 1s years old. both hail
ing from philadelphia. The Sheriff
received a telegram from the girl'
father stating she was two year
under the marriage age, and th'
license was not granted.
Tent meetings will be held
Rowlandviile Aug. Is to 2S. inclu
sive, conducted by Rev. w. 0. GID
son, pastor of NJ. P. church OF Ches
tertown, Md, and Rev. L. w. Gip
son, pastor of M. p. church Of Car
michael, Md. Services each nigh
during the week. Morning, after
noon and evening service Sunday.