The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-10-06
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Cordova plant canning apple sauce.
This is a new departure for this Sec
ton and is made possible by the fact
that large orchards with unlimited
supplies Of apples are grown in Talbot
county close to this plant.
Cambridge. Register of Wills Rus
sell P. Smith, while returning from
Baltimore broke his left ankle in step
ping off of the electric car at Annap-
oils in order to take the Annapolis
Claiborne Ferry. Through the assist
ance of friends he succeeded in get
ting on the steamer.
Hagerstown. - Charles Edward
Roach, aged 85, a retired merchant of
this city, died at his home here fol-
lowing a short illness. He was born
in Baltimore in 1888. and moved with
his parents to West Virginia in his
boyhood. After reaching his majority
he went into business in Falling Wa
tiers, w. Va, and later in Beddington.
entreville.-Thomas j. Heating, ap.
pointed by Governor Richie last week
as associate judge of the Second Ju-
dicial Circuit in place of the late
Judge Philemon Hopper, took oath OF
Office here Saturday. His first appear
ance on the bench will be at the open
ing Of the October term of court at
Denton tomorrow morning.
Oakland.-The water conditions in
Garrett county have become so serious
that many farmers, as result of the
continued dry weather, have been COM
PEELED for more than week past eth
er to drive their stock to nearby
streams or haul water in barrels to
their barns. The first heavy frost Of
the season visited Garrett county last
Tuesday morning, in some cases de-
stroying tender vegetation.
Baltimore.-E Establishment in Balti-
more of a branch Of the National
Dairy Council may develop from nego-
tiations authorized by producers and
distributors of dairy products, meeting
in the offices of the State Board of
Agriculture. DR.. A. F.. Woods, presi-
dent of the University of Maryland,
who presided at the meeting, said the
national council has an extensive edu-
cational program to stimulate use of
milk and it's products.
Frostburg. Paul Rodgers, aged FL,
a private guard employed by the Con-
solidation Coal Company near Rock
wood, may lose his right hand, which
was riddled with bullets when riot
gun went off in some unaccountable
manner while he was leaning on it,
with both hands over the muzzle.
Rodgers was watching men pass along
the road, when the weapon went off.
Rodgers was rushed to a hospital,
where the bleeding was checked. 1t
is believed that smputation may be
necessary.
St. Mary's City.-In the sleepy little
Gods acre of st. Mary's Protestant
Episcopal Church, on the st. Mary's
river, there will take place on Wednes-
day afternoon, October 25, simple
ceremony which, after nearly ESQ
years, will complete the first chapter
of the history of Maryland. The serv-
ice will dedicate the memorial erected
by the Maryland Chapter of the Co
lonial Danes of America to Lionel
Copley, first royal Governor of the
province, and which will be presented
to the rector and the ivestry of St.
Mary's. The Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding,
bishop of Washington; the Rt. Rev.
John G. Murray, bishop of Maryland,
and the Rev. C. w. Whitmore rector
of st. Mary's parish will officiate at
the service. A historic address will
be made by James Walter Thomas.
Upper Marlboro.-It was a great day
for Southern Maryland. Not for many
years has this town, the historic coun-
ty seat of Prince Georges seen such a
crowd as gathered here Saturday to
celebrate the beginning of construc-
ton of the Robert Grain Highway, the
million-dollar State road that is to
form a trunk line between Baltimore
and the Southern Maryland counties
west of the Patuxent Between 5000
and 1000 persons came from Balti-
more and all parts of lower Maryland
to take part in the festivities and
to share the hospitality that was be-
slowed with open-handed generosity.
The celebration began with the ar
rival of special train bearing mem
bers of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers Association and their friends
and the Southern Maryland Society.
The festivities lasted all day and into
the night. There were speeches, a
pageant composed of floats represent
ting the five Maryland counties-St
Mary's, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles
and Prince George's-symbolic exer-
cises portraying the new union be-
tween Baltimore and Southern. Mary
land and music by the Naval Academy
Band.
The town was decorated from one
end tn the other and tha Fair Grounds