The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-04-02
Good Friday.

Frog choruses in the evenings.
James A. Kirk has been appointed
substitute rural mail carrier from
Chesapeake City postofice.
Good Friday, April I'd, being
legal holiday, the banks in Rising
Sun will not be open for business.
The ladies of the w. c. T., U. of
North East cleared S60.05 by their
recent chicken and waffle supper.
The annual meeting of the Mary
land Press Association will be held
at the Rennert Hotel, Baltimore, on
Saturday. April 3.
The Maryland Annual Conference,
Methodist Protestant Church, will
convene in Peninsula M. P. Church,
Wilmington, on April z.
The public schools of the county
closed on Thursday afternoon OF
this week for the Easter holiday,
and will reopen on Tuesday next.
So far the only candidate in Cecil
county to announce himself for
nomination to the House of Dele
gates is Arnold Crawford, of Cecil
ton, son of the late DR.. E. N.
Crawford.
The Colora School improvement
Association will meet Wednesday
April 7th, at 500 O'Clock, in the
School house. A good program OF
music and other features has been
planned. and refreshments will be
served.
A bill has been introduced in
Congress for an extra Federal Judge
for the Maryland district, and, II
il is enacted into law, Federal
Court will be held at Denton, at
kSGervals to take charge OF the
Eastern Shore.
The barn on the farm of j. Ford
Shippers, near Blythedale, was de-
stroyed by fire one morning last
week. The Port Deposit and Havre
dc Grace fire companies responded to
the alarm and prevented the fiames
from spreading to other buildings.
Closing of the Chesapeake ane
Delaware canal for repair work will
he postponed until May is or June
and the canal will be closed ther
for only two weeks. The War DE
partment had planned to close the
canal for two months, beginning
March 81, in order that the ole
locks might be removed and other
work be done.
Easter services will be held ir
lanes M. ". church, Rising Sun, or
Sunday next, Rev. j. q. Mccoy
pastor. Subject for the morning
sermon. at IL o'clock. THE Risen
Lord" Evening. at 1880 O'Clock,
ION the Way to Emmaus."
The Senior Choir will render thf
Easter Song Story at the evening
services.
The Elk Mills Base Ball Team OF
the Tri-County League, has re
organized for the coming season by
eiecting Major w. r. Baldwin, Presi
dent; Lewis A. Seth, manager; A
Thomas Kay. secretary, and Stanley
Jackson. treasurer.
Authority OF the susquehanns
Power Company to build $4,000
volt transmission line from Delta
at the Pennsylvania Maryland State
line TO shures Landing. has beer
granted by the Public Service Com
mission. The line will supply power
for construction OF the new Como
wingo dam.
The play. Miss Fearless a Co.
presented al oxford. on Friday eve
ming last BY the members OF the
Komrade Klub, OF Rising sun. waf
crested BY an appreciative audience
The Opera House was well allied
the gross receipts being siS0.S0
The play was given for the benefit
Of the Community Nurse tunc
Of oxford.
ON account Of the frequent slide
during the past several months alonf
the new Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal n has been found. De
fore the waterway can be opened
"a a eldewater canal. that a number
OF places viii have TO be dredgec
again. Plans have been made &c
open the canal IN June. and 'he
work OF dFedEing h expected 70 %
T, started within a very short time.
The town was IN total darkness
wednesday eEeains. through some
treabls on me siectFie line Lamps
ana candles had 20 be requisitioned
The movinE picturs show vas pas
completely out Of business Tor shs
evening.