The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-09-07
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The public schools of the county re-
opened on Tuesday morning.
The net receipts of the recent carnl-
val held by Leeds M. P church, were
$3.50.
The cunning season for squirrels,
rail and reed birds opened on Saturday,
September l..
Cecil county's taxable basis this year,
under the new assessment, is $19, 4SS,-
313. In 1922 it was SIT, 274, 1858.
v. Chester Brown has been appoint
ed postmaster of Quarryville, Pa. A.
H. Fritz is the retiring postmaster.
Inspector in charge Atherton reports
hog cholera to exist on the premises OF
of Richard Bannicune, near Elkton.
Havre de Grace has been selected as
the next meeting place of the Maryland
department of the American Legion.
The carnival held for the benefit OF
the Elk Mills team of the Susquehanna
Base Ball League is reported as having
netted 81, 900.
The fair to have been held near Elk
ton by the Cecil County Fair and Agrl-
cultural Society, September II to 10,
has been called off.
Professor Lawson Crothers, OF Zlon'
who has been teaching agriculture in
tbe Jarretsville High School, has eccep-
ted similar position in Carroll
County.
The Land Title Realty Company, OF
Wilmington, it is reported, has pur-
chased the 2OO-acre Heisler property at
Charlestown, to be laid off in building
lots.
Jim Keesey, formerly Of Perryville,
now Of Frederick, Md, is leading the
Blue Ridge League in batting by mar. m
row margin. He is batting at 3oo
clip.
= a number of members OF Community
Fire Co., of this town, with the appa-
ratus, attended the North East Fire
Company carnival on Thursday last.
The carnival will close Saturday, Sept
ember 8.
Programs for the oath annual trap
shooting tournament of Rising Sun Gun
Club have been issued The shoot Will
ha held on the grounds near town,
Wednesday, Sept. 26, beginning at IL
O'Clock a. m.
The Northern Maryland Electric
Company expected to connect up the
.Havre de Grace plant this week, with
their lines at Perryville. The current
IS carried over the river by cable on
the State highway bridge.
Arrested by Railroad Detective Fad
ley on the charge of stealing water.
melons. from Pennsylvania railroad
freight car, Michael Fedrincer, Thomas
Moran and Harry Moulton of Port De-
nssit are held under $500 bail for ap-
pearance at Court.
Norwood Thornton, a member OF last
years Boy Club judging team which
won henors in the United States and
ENGLAND. has been selected to attend a
two weeks local leadership training
course at the Eastern States Exposition,
Springfield, Mass, Sept. to 22nd.
The carnival held by Aetna Hose,
Hook & Ladder Co., of Newark, DEL,
was a big success. Gross receipts
were s14, ,2S2,74. 1t is expected the net
receipts will be fully $1,000. William
Armstrong, well-known auctianeer OF
Newark, was awarded the Studebaker
automobile.
Peninsula stockholders of the R. L.
Boiling Company and its connections
who are said to have risked $4 600, OOC
hv their faith in the concerns, have
agreed to entrust the protection Of
their interests to William G. Taylor, Of
wilmington, and Robert P, Davis, Of
Milford; George w. Woolford, OF Cam
bridge, and w, D. Cprdray, OF Snow
Hm. representing Delaware and East
ern Shore investors.
The registration in the Sixth district
ON Tuesday resulted in forty-one new
names being added to the list. The
party affiliation was Democrat =, 2,
Penublican IL, Independent 2. OF
tbe number registered 16 were women,
p Of them being Democrats and four
panublicans. One, colored man regis
tered.
wednesday, Sept. 18th, Defenders
Day, being legal holiday the banks IN
Rising Sun will not be open on tna'
date.