The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-25
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

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Autumn came in with a fall feel.
wednesday of this week, 2Srd
inst. was the first day of autumn.
September term of Cecil Circuit
Court convened at Elkton on MONDAY
morning.
Elkton Chamber of Commerce has
decided to hold a Dollar Day some
time in October.
Hayre de Grace is proving an at
tractive place for our sports these
days. The bang-tail ponies started
running on Wednesday.
The trials Of Scotten and Hagner'
murderers of C. Frank Camppeii,
will be held at the October term Of
Court, in West Chester, Pa.
treasurer Geo w. Phillips, OF the
North East Fire Company, reports
the gross receipts of the recent car
niyal held by the company to pc
SS,757.95.
Ernest G. Reeder, of near Liberty
Grove. reports $50 bushels OF wheat
from four acres, a. yield Oh 81 7s
bushels per acre, which is pretty
hard to beat.
Main street, in North East, from
loves bridge to the southern llmlts
Of the town is to be concerted Ds
the state Roads Commission. Inc
work will be done this fall.
Patrons of West Amwell public
school have petitioned the Cecil
comfy School Board, to close the
school and transport the puplis 10
the New Elementary School IN
Elkton.
The carnival held August 2l-zS
+ hv E,,ton Fire Company, brought IN
gross receipts amounting to $o'-
32s.59; disbursements were S4'-
1858, leaving a balance OF
$3,933.26.
The increased number of students
at Woman College, Newark Del"
makes necessary an additional dor
mitory, bids for which have peen
asked. The building is expected 10
cost S16O,OOO when completed.
The Fall conference of the New
York philadelphia District OF the
Reorganized Church of Jesus enflsl
of Latter Day Saints, will bel hello
in Elk Mills, October 3rd ana 4tn
About $50 delegates are expected.
Under the will of the late MISS
Sarah ]. May, of Baltimore, prooateo
in the Orphanes' Court of that city
last week, she bequeathed to Chesa-
peake City M. E. Church, $loo
The estate goes to relatives ana
friends
Cecil Canneries, at Rising Sun
closed on Friday last. The famllle'
ouartered. at the canneries and en-
ployed there were sent back to
Baltimore, with their household ef
fects on the early train Saturday
morning.
The mack of corn at Cecil Can
neries, Rising Sun, this year was
nearly double that of last year, and
the largest in the history OF the
cannery. Seventy-two thousand cases
of corn were canned.
Joshua Clayton, William Pepper
Constable and Henry l.. Constable
Esos.. of Elkton, have leased from
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
the ducking privileges at oyster
Shell Point, on the Nortn East
river, at Broad Creek.
TAYLOR Devonshire, aged IA years,
OF the Eighth district, was acci-
dentally shot by his brother
Charles. two. years his senior, while
the lads were out squirrel hunting
last week. The wounded boy was
taken TO hlcndTuS I1OSPAsAA'
Deposit, for treatment.
Owing to the big crop OF tomatoes
there has been general scramable
among Gamers for additional cans
Dinsmore Brothers, of Rising sun
were kept busy last week with their
trucks hauling cans from Baltimore
to- canneries In this locality. Toma-
toes ripening SO. rapidly have fairly
swamped the Gamers.
The Ku Klux Klan parade held IN
ElktOn, Thursday night last, was Q
hig affair, members from New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, d ell a W r
and Maryland participating. Several
bands of music were also in line
AFTER parading through the streets
of the town, the Klansmen gathered
on Elkton Heights, where addresses
we're made by several speakers, in
cluding Grand Kleagle Bell, OF
4 Maryland.