Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-01-29
$4,000 FIRE
DESTROYS BARN
New Porcelain Company Is
Organized With $4,000
Capital
LAYS HOG CHOLERA
TO INFECTED MEAT
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal
ELKToN. Md. Jan. 29-The large
barn on the farm Of william P,
Z Waters. located at Frenchtown.
along the Elk river. about two miles
south OF here. was totally destroyed
/ by fire Saturday afternoon, with a
loss Of about $4,000. one horse, a
COW and a number OF chickens per-
ished In the flames A lot OF hay.
harnes sand farm implements were
also destroyed. The barn was one
of the largest In this section OF Cecil
county. and was built by the late
william NJ. singerly, Of Philadelphia.
when he owned the farm. The cause
OF the fire is not known.
The North East Porcelain Com
psny, which will revive the porce-
| ain industry IN the Fifth district OF
this county. has been organized with
a capital OF $4,000. Gustav Glocker.
r. Kirk Brown. J. W. McAllsier and
Charles A. Ferguson are the moor
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for the old Maryland Porcelain Com
pany. whose plant was located near
North East. and which went out Of
business In 1920. The par value OF
the stock OF the new company viii
he slO0 per share.
! shawnah Tribe. Red Men. at
North East. has elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year:
Sachem. William Rice; senior saga
more. c. $ LoekRrd; Junior saga
more. Howland Lockard: pFophst,
Frank Bryan; c. Of r., ]. r. h.
Mofhtt: keeper OF usmpuzn, r. c.
AIinker: c. Of W. Garrett c. Let's;
representative to Great Council of
Maryland. Joel H. Dean; trustees
Joel II. Dean. a. w. Meekins, c. r.
Rothermal, Walter Lair and Walter
Preston.
The Rev. NJ. NJ. Goldie, rector Of
St stephens Protestant Episcopal
Church. at Earlevlle. this county
has received during the past ten
DAVIS. two calis-one from an Epis-
copaI church at Easton. Md, and the
other from a church in oregon.
The official board OF the Metho-
dist Church at Rising Sun, this
county. which IA building a new
church on the site OF the old one,
DESTROYED by fire in June. 1921, has
started a campaign to collect sub
scriptions for the new edifice, which
will shortly be ready for occupancy.
The campaign. which will end on
February Is. VIII be known as
"Pay-Up Campaign"
According Ia DR.. w n. Wright,
specialist OF the United States Blu
reau OF Animal Industry, located In
Flllton, who made an investigation
Into the outbreak OF hog cholera. on
the farm OF Theodore Brown. near
Appleton. In the upper part OF this
county. and which resulted in the
death OF sixteen hogs, says the in
PRODUCTION OF the disease was hardly
so mysterious as reported. Evidence
pointed TO the fact that scraps OF
norl, had been fed to the hogs in
The swiH and the pork was pur-
chased in Newark. Del As hog
cholera was reported to be preva-
lent in the vicinity of Newark, some
infected meat evidently reached the
local market. DR.. Wright states that
over so per cent. OF the primary
cases OF this disease in the State
last year were caused by feeding
pork scraps TO swine. in spite OF the
fact that state and Federal authori-
tie~ have repeatedly warned swine
ra Users to refrain from this practice.