The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-11
TOWN AND COUNTY,
Short Paragraphs Of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

begun cutting corn.
Painters are Frightening up the
public hall building.
Several cases of typhoid fever
are reported in the town of North
East.
Hartford County Fair will be held
at Bel Air October 13, IA, ID
and 16.
The ponies will run at the Havre
de Grace track September 23 to
October 8.
A rally of Ku Klux Klans will be
held at Elkton Heights on the eve
ming of September II, preceded by
street parade.
The 13Oth anniversary of Bethel
M. E. church, Pivot Bridge, Cecil
county. was observed last week with
special services.
Falling from freight car in the
P. r. R. yards, at Perryvllle, on
FRIDAY night, Sewell e. White sus-
tanned fractured hip.
Saturday, September 18th, De-
tenders Day, being legal holiday
the banks in Rising Sun will not be
open for business on that date.
Perryville Presbyterian church re-
allied 1882 by the festival heid
last week. The proceeds will be
devoted to the new roof" fund.
Auto traffic over the State road
on Labor Day broke all records.
There was almost a continuous
stream of cars through town all
day.
Mosquitoes are legion. The OF
fall at the cannery and the polluted
stream running south and west OF
town are thought to be responsible
for the pests. -
Struck by an automobile while at
work ON the State road between
North East and Charlestown, Howard
Russell, of the former town, suffered
badly crushed leg.
e. Lee LeCompte, State Game
Warden for Maryland, has been
elected president of the International
Association of Game, Fish and Con
servation Commissioners.
The directors of Tome School,
Port Deposit, have decided that nc
free students residing in any other
section of Maryland except Cecil
county can attend the school.
The 40th annual convention oil
Cecil County. W. c. T. U. will be
held at Calvert M. E. Church on
Friday, September 1S. There will
be afternoon and evening sessions.
Twenty-one cars of the finest
peaches were shipped to the Bos-
ton market from Mount Pleasant
orchards, near Havre de Grace, dur
ing the season which closed last
week.
Maryland girl, Miss Dorothy L
Warner, of Magnolia, Hartford coun-
ty. has passed the Civil Service ex-
animation and been appointed to
clerical position in the American
Embassy, at London, England.
Starting with crap and ending II
a scrap Samuel Turner, colored, OF
Havre de Grace, was so badly
dubbed by Archer Brown. also
colored, that the authorities state
Turner will likely die from his
injuries.
The First Reg. Eastern Shore
Md. Vols. will hold their S5th an
nual reunion at Easton, on Septem
her the gath. Col. j. c. Mulliken
of Easton, is the president and j. I
Kenney, Of North East, secretary.
The Port Deposit Fire Compan!
conducted house to house canvass
for funds to defray cost OF the elec
tric siren recently erected on thell
fire house. The sum of $1,026 wa'
collected
York county, Pa, will vote on
proposed S1,50O,000 loan at th'
election in November. The purpose
of the loan is for the erection OF
bridge across the Susquehanns
river between Wrightdale and Col
umbia. Lancaster county is to spent
an equal amount in the joint under
taking, if sanctioned by the voters.
The Community Fire Company o
Rising Sun, with apparatus partie
ipated in the parade held at Nortl
East on Wednesday evening in con
nection with the Firemen's carnival
and won second prize.
Our fremen, with band and ap
paratus, also went to Chesapeake
City on Thursday evening of thi
week for the parade held in tina
town.