The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-08-25
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Rockville. When Chief Of Police
Charles T. Cooley and Deputy Sheril
Henry Crismond had the misfortune
to fall into big vat of rye whisky
mash while leading raid on whisky
still on the farm of George Atwood,
near Montrose, this county, they
spoiled perfectly good chance of nab
bling three moonshiners detected in
the very act of operating one of the
biggest stills yet unearthed in this
county. Seeing their predicament,
their fellow-officers, who included
Sheriff Alvie A. Moxley, Deputy
Sheriffs Stanley Gingels and Mevin
Etchison and Policemen Oscar Gath
er, Guy Jones and Lawrence Clagett,
stopped long enough to extricate them,
by which time the three men disap-
peared in the darkness and could not
again be located.
College Park, The Japanese beetle
is on its way to Maryland, with the
time of its arrival depending upon
whether it hops a ride in an automo-
bile or wings its way more slowly by
natural methods of transportation, ac-
cording to Ernest N. Cory, State en-
tomologist, who recently visited Sec
tions of New Jersey where the insect
has succeeded in establishing a trans
Pacific colony. While both State and
Federal guarantees are in force in
the heavily infested areas of New Jer.
sey and Pennsylvania, the beetle has
steadily been extending its territory
since it was first discovered in 1916,
says Mr.. Cory. The chief danger OF
its introduction into new territory lies
in the possibilities of its being car.
ried by automobiles from the infested
areas. 1t is difficult to see how Mary.
land can, escape the invasion, even
though the Federal, Pennsylvania and
New Jersey officials are doing all they
can to keep the pest within the pres.
emit limits, he declared.
Elkton.-The Board of County Com.
missioners for this county has sane.
toned movement by number OF
residents of the lower districts of this
county to have the Philadelphia and
Baltimore Steamboat Company, known
as the Ericsson Line, make Town
Point wharf a regular stopping place
for its steamers plying between Phila-
delphia and Baltimore, via the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal. Up to a
few years ago Town Point was a reg
ular stopping place for the steamboat
company's boats, but was abandoned
about the time of the war There have
been efforts made by private parties
to lease Town Point wharf from the
steamboat company for amusement
purposes. The County Commission
ers have recently spent about $4,000
on the road leading from Cayott's
Corner to Town Point wharf, and will
ask that the steamboat service be re-
sumed.
Salisbury.-Plans looking to the
formation of great Eastern Shore
council of Boy Scouts with headquar-
tiers at Salisbury have been outlined
by DR.. Alexander Mitchell, deputy
regional Scout executive, of Harris
burg, Pa. Last week DR.. Mitchell gave
a brief sketch of his plans before
meeting of the Salisbury Rotary Club
and requested that body to aid in the
movement. DR.. Mitchell stated that
there are 100000 to 5000. 900 boys in
the United States of Scout age and
that of these more than half million
are members of the organization at
the present time. The speaker in
formed his hearers that survey of
the Naval Academy showed that As
per cent. of the midshipmen at Annap-
oils have been Scouts. In the near
future council will be called at Sails
bury at which II Eastern Shore coun-
ties will be represented. A drive will
be made to enroll 5000 Scouts in the
course of year. The work in this
city will be under the charge Of the
boys work committee of the Rotary
Club.
Prince Frederick all-day meet
ing of the farmers of Calvert and
Anne Arundel counties held at Fair
Haven, on the Chesapeake Bay, Anne
Arundel county, was attended by 5000
persons. All Southern Maryland was
in the gathering. Many
made provision for the day
and enjoyed their repast in shady
hooks about the spacious grounds,
while/a committee of the two Metho-
dist churches of Friendship dispensed
meals from improvised tables under
the spreading naples. Tobacco hand.
ling and selling was the subject of
platform discussion, but politics was
injected where groups aside congre-
gated. With the Democrats, Lewis,
Norris and Bruce, for the Senate, all
seemed to have their followers, with
the latter looming large on the hori-
zon. With the Republican it was
exaltation of both France and Garrett.
Senator A. o. Stanley, of Kentucky.