The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-02-16

Mr.. A. c. Wiley, Union, w. Va,
is visiting his brother, G. L. Wiley
of Rising Sun.
Edwin L. Haines is attending the
sessions of the Eastern Hardware
Association, in Philadelphia, this
week.
Elizabeth Cooney, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs w. B. Cooney, entertained
a number of her little friends at a
party on Friday evening last
Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Lynch and Mr..
and Mrs. Rush Nickle were enter
tanned at supper, Saturday, at the
home of G. L. Wiley, near town.
William H. Morris and Miss Anna
Vansant of East Nottingham, were
married Thursday, Feb. 1st, by Rev.
e. ]. Russell of the Oxford Presby-
terian Church.
E. R. Burlington and Mr. and Mrs.
Albert l.. Burlington left Rising Sun
by auto on Saturday morning last
for Florida, where they expect to
spend some time.
Miss Mary Shea, daughter of Mrs.
Margaret Shea of this town, and
Clifford Buchanan, son of Mr.. and
Mr.. Andrew Buchanan, of near FIRE.
mont, Pa, were married at the home
of the bride on Thursday afternoon,
Feb. 6, at 2 O'Clock, by Rev. Miles
McManus.
Miss Marian Gilbert, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H. Gilbert, of
Quarryville, and Thomas w. Wilson,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James l.. VIII
son, Oxford, were united in mar
riage by Rev. William Davies al
Little Britain Presbyterian parson-
age, on Saturday morning, Feb. 10.
Rev. M. Mclean Goldie, Rector OF
St. Stephens Church and the Church
of the Good Shepherd at Chesapeake
City, who recently declined the call
to Easton as Financial Secretary of
the Diocese of Easton and Canon of
the Cathedral, has accepted call
as Archdeacon of the Diocese of
Eastern Oregon and leaves in few
weeks to take UP his work there.
Cecil E. Ewing and Evans E.
Ewing represented the Midland
Journal at the luncheon rendered by
Governor Ritchie to the editors of
the State at the Executive Mansion
in Annapolis on Saturday. Geo. O.
Carey, of the Cecil Star, North East,
and Reynolds Ash, of the Cecil
Democrat, Elkton, were also in at
tendance from Cecil county.
D. E. Brinton, of the Oxford Press,
narrowly escaped serious injury on
Monday evening, while walking to
his home in Oxford. He was struck
by an automobile whi.e crossing
Locust street, knocked down and
rendered unconscious. 1t was fear
ed Mr.. Brinton was seriously injured
at first, but he escaptd with nothing
worse than painful bruises. The
driver of the car showed his stripe
by stepping on the gas and beating
| it.
A happy family reunion in cele-
bration of the 83rd birthday ami
versary of Mrs. Isabel NE. Pogue was
held on Tuesday at her home in this
town. The date was also the birth
day anniversary of Mrs, Pogue's
daughter, Mrs. Nellie Wagner, and
took the form of a double celebra-
tien. Those relatives from a dis
tance who helped observe the joyous
occasion were: Mrs. Peter Hamilton,
Mrs. John A. Welsh, Baltimore;
Mrs, James Breckenridge, New
York; Miss Grace H. Muirhead,
Washington; Mrs. John A. Harten-
stine, Principle Furnace; Mr.. and
Mrs. M. D. Thompson, New York.
Joseph n. Grant, of Cherry Hill,
has purchased the undertaking
equipment of Henry M. Pierson, of
North East, and is conducting the
business.
A touring car belonging to Mr..
Carrico, near Zion, was badly dam
aged by fire Wednesday, as he was
returning from North East. The
fire was caused by short circuit.
Falling against a circular saw
while it was in operation Cadly Col
Inns, colored, of near Clayton, Har-
ford county, was so terribly mangled
that he died while being taken to a
Baltimore hospital in an auto.
Mrs. Regina Raley has been grant
ed divorce from her husband,
Cleveland Raley, by the Hartford
County Court, The degree awards
the custody Of the daughter, Anna
Evelyn Haley, to the mother, the
father to pay 50 weekly for the
child's support until she reaches the
age Of lS years,