The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-04-28
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the Courty
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTEI

A number of cases OF the hu
are reported in the neighpornood u
Fair Hill.
The Cecil Farmers Club met on
wednesday with A. H. Mendenhah'
at Blue Ball.
While plowing at his home near
/. providence last week, Charles Payne
turned up a watch he had lost nearly
five years ago.
Miss Grace Mccormick, OF Chesa-
peake City, has been appointed as
sistant superintendent OF Union
Hospital, Elkton.
The address at North East High
School commencement in June VIII
be delivered by DR.. Samuel North
state Supt. of High Schools.
The Ebenezer baseball team will
hold a festival on the lawn OF James
Mearns, Saturday evening, May o.
Ice cream, cake, candy, etc. for sale
twenty-five arrests were made IN
Elkton last week by State Automo-
bile policemen for speed violations
and fines amounting to $500 col
lected.
The certificate of Incorporation
for the Oxford Marching Club has
been granted by the Court and tha'
organization is now corporate
body.
Work is progressing rapidly on
the new bridges along. the State road
west of North East. Temporary
structures were erected to avoid the
need of detouring.
The survey has been made for the
new mile of road from ,Rowlandvliis
to the Hale property lane. When
completed a good road will be avail
able from Oakwood to Port Deposit
Ground has been broken for the
erection Of a 2Ox36 concrete bTocs
building, directly in the rear OF tht
public hall building, in this town
for the housing of the Community
Fire Company's new engine.
The $2,0O0,000 fire at Pocomoks
City last week, is said to have beeI
started by the careless burning OF
rubbish in yard. This practice is
a common one, and all should taks
heed before damage results here.
Hayre de Grace is to have day
light saving, an ordinance having
been passed to advance the CLOCK
one hour beginning Q a. m. the las
Sunday in April, going back te
regular time at a. m. the last Sun
day in August.
w. B. Cooney. of this town, ha'
stocked two dams in Lancaster coun
ty, Pa. with 900 gold fish. Th'
gold fish business has proven lu
crative one for others, and Mr.
Cooney is doing little experiment
ing on his own behalf.
The Cecil County Medical Societ!
on Thursday, elected DR.. R. c. Dod
son. of Rising Sun, president: DR.. c
l. Benson, Port Deposit, vice-presi
dent; DR.. Howard Bratton, Elkten
secretary and treasurer; DR.. H
Mitchell, delegate to State Conven
ton; DR.. John H. lamar, censor.
Eleven patrons of the Perryville
80 r0..4 ocd ElHtou cchOOlS war,
brought before Police Justice Gov
S. Scotten on charges preferred b,
I Alfred B. Mcvey, Attendance Officer
All we're found guilty OF violating
the Compulsory Attendance Law
In most cases the fine was remitted
the offenders paying the costs
amounting to $3.50.
A number Of our base ball player
and fans were called to Chestertowl
on Tuesday as witnesses on tn
damage suits growing out of an aut
accident near North East in the fal
of 1920, when the cars Of Taylor R
Biles and Curtis Maxwell, in whic'
members of the Rising Sun team
were returning from trip down tn
Peninsula, were run into by an Elk
ton party. The case was postpone'
until this fall, and has been move'
to Salisbury, Md.
The fruit crop throughout thi
section is believed to have bee
seriously damaged, If not kille
altogether by the cold snap % las
week. There was frost and ice o
Thursday. Friday, SATURDAY. an
Sunday nights as well as Monday
The coldest night was Friday, whel
the mercury was down to 28 degrees
One of our energetic and forehande'
fruit growers. Anthony Manguette
of near town, burned smudges be
meath his fruit trees all night, tn
smoke preventing damage fron
frost.