The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-09-15
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

of lawns tough prOpoSition.
Leeds M. P. church cleared $262
from it's recent carnival and supper.
Extra services are in progress at
Rose Bank M. E. Church, Calvert.
Miss Mabel Reynolds private
school opened for the Fall term on
Monday morning.
A good soaking rain on Monday
night and, Tuesday morning, that
was much needed.
The Cecil County Teachers AS
sociation held a business meeting at
Elktoh High School, Sept. 9.
Thieves trying to enter Grubb's
store at Conowingo one night last
week were fired upon and beat
retreat.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
West Nottingham Academy will
meet on Monday, at p. M, in the
chapel.
Miss Lucy Stapp, OF chesapeake
City, has been appointed assistant
deputy clerk by Clerk Of the Court
H. w. Lewis.
A Poultry Demonstration will be
held at the home of Bertha Balder-
ston, Sept. 81, at 2::S0 p. m. Every
body welcome.
A special meeting of the Com
munity Fire Co. will be held Friday
evening, Sept. ~15, at o'clock a
fun attendance is urged.
Governor Albert G. Ritchie has
issued a proclamation setting aside
the week of October 9-14 as Better
Homes Demonstration Week"
A unanimous call has been ex-
tended to the Rev. Stockbridge, OF
Buffalo, to become pastor of Zion
I and Rock Presbyterian Churches.
Bunk houses are being built along
the Susquehanna, above Conowlngo,
to house the force that will build
the big new dam to be constructed.
The property of Miss Martha
Howett. of Oakryn, Pa, containing
four acres, was sold at public sale
last week, to Howard Nesbitt for
$2444.
A. C. Smoot, employed in Browns
drug store in Newark, Del, was
awarded the automobile given away
at the Firemen's Carnival, in thai
town.
Former Justice of the Peace Frank
G. Pratt, of Elkton, has been APP
pointed Deputy Clerk of the Court
to succeed J. Wesley McAllister, re-
signed.
The Farmers Institute and Fair
held Thursday and Friday last at
Black Barren was largely attended.
In the evening the feature was mov'
ing pictures.
The Maryland Press Association
will hold it's regular fall meeting in
Westminster. Md, on Monday ana
Tuesday, September 1S and IL.
Governor Richie will attend.
A. M. Brown, of Oxford, had his
Dodge car stolen on Friday night.
Police located the car in Philadea-
phia ON Sunday, it having been
abandoned at 18th and Pine streets,
in that city.
The road work at Rowlandvilie
has reached a point where detour-
ing is now necessary, the road along
the Octoraro to Porter,s Bridge be-
ing used, and the one along the tow
path to Conowingo.
A squad of twenty-five men under
Coach Van Orman, who will com
prise the Johns Hopkins University
foot ball team this year. are at Tome
Institute, Port Deposit, for two
weeks drill and practice
While driving horse attached to
a sulky in the town of Newark one
evening last week, Herman Clark,
aged 1S years, was run down by ar
auto but escaped serious injury
The sulky was demolished and horse
SO badly injured that it had to be
killed.
The gross receipts of the carnival
held at Newark. DEL, by the Fire
Co. were s11,S07.5O. The receipts
for the various nights were; satur-
day, $1ss7sO; Monday, ss6s.17;
Tuesday, $4,000; w ed n s d y,
s1114.7s; Thursday, s1227.15; FRI
day, s1s2s.2s; Saturday, s4S4s.6S.
Mrs. Losia Morrison has thriv-
ing banana tree in the yard Of her
home, near Newark, Del. It was
planted about four years ago, but
did not bear fruit until this year.
There Is a perfect bunch Of bananas
on the tree now. 1t is considered
very unusual for tree OF this
species to bear fruit in this section