The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-03-28


N. j., is visiting Miss Gertrude s.
Dare,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Ashby were
Saturday visitors Of Columbia, Pa,
relatives.
Mrs. ]. L. Stephens is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Henry Mcneil, Of
Hanover, Pa.
Miss Virginia Slicer is home from
Goucher College, Baltimore, for the
spring vacation. :
Miss Rebecca McDougal. of Marcus
Hook, spent the weekend with Mrs.
L. D. McDougal.
Mrs. w. G. Koons and Miss Grace
A. Wilson wers Baltimore visitors
during the week.
]. s. Cullen has returned from the
University Hospital, Ba1timor B :,
greatly improved.
Rev. c. c. Harris is attending tn
Methodist Episcopal Conference in
session in Wilmington.
Miss Ducy Carhart, of Whining
ton, was entertained last week by
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph T. Wilson. Mapel
Lawn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Pyle, Of!
Philadelphia, spent the Weekend at
the home of the latter's brother, Job
w. Kirk and family.
Mrs. c. c. Harris was called to
West Virginia, by the
serious illness of her mother, Mrs.
Spencer, whose death occurred last
week.
Mrs. Eli T.. Reynolds, who has been
receiving treatment In Richards
Hospital. at Port Deposit, for some
time, returned to her home here on
Tuesday afternoon, greatly improved
in health.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Ward, of
near Elkton, have announced the en-
gagement Of their daughter, Ellen r.,
to Mr.. Charles E. Creswell, of Balti-
more. The wedding will take place
in the near future.
The American Red Cross has been
fortunate enough to secure an office
in The Peoples Bank. Elkton,
through the courtesy of its ofiicers
and Directors.
At the. Sunday evening services at
Harmony M, P. church, Rowland
vile, twenty-one members Of the Ku
Klux Klan marched into the church
and presented the paseor, Rev. Mr..
Volk, with $25.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has announced that an in
crease of wages between and per
cent has been granted to its conduc-
tors and trainmen including yardmen
and switchmen. About 5000 men
are affected.
/" Sunshine" three act comedy
with music. will be, given by the
Senior Glass of Calvert Agricultural
High School In the auditorium of the
school building at that place on Fri
day evening, April 4. Curtain at
S:15. Reserved seats Soc,
A., aftomnt uoc rnoda fo h,,rr tb
waiting room on the south-bound side
of the Pennsylvania railroad tracks
at HaYre de Grace Friday night. A
large pile of newspapers on one of
the seats in the room was set on fire
by some unknown party. Fortu-
nnately the blaze was discovered be-
fore any damage was done.
William G. Benham and Dwigh;
Harrison, officials of the former r. L.
Dollings Company, who were tried in
United States Court at Columbus, O.,
on charges of having used the mails
to defraud in connection with the ac-
tivities of the company, were each;
sentenced last week, to 20 years in
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary,
and to pay fine of $4,000 by Judge
John p, Safer,
The local officers were given a
shock Sunday evening. when a call
;sme that man was lying dead in
the gutter in front of the house of J.
w. Burger. They rushed to the
scene only to find that young man
had been wrestling with Bill Moon
shine, who is an illegitimate cousin
of John Barleyeorn, and had been
thrown so hard that he could not get
up. 1t required three men to pilot
him to his home, and while he WASH t
dead, it is reported that he. wished
he was the following morning, his
mouth tasting like the bottom of q
parrot cage, his head throbbing like
the container for half dozen pneu-
matte riveters and his stomach turn
ing complete somersaults every thir-
ty seconds Oxford News.