The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-09-03

Elkton BARRIERS are determined to
benefit from the bobbed hair fad and
have boosted the price OF hair
cutting to SO cents.
G. S. Brown has sold his store
property, at New Texas, Lancaster
county. to Frank Lutman, of Ok
ford, on private terms.os
Prohibition agents last week
captured 30O-gallon still at
Dublin, Hartford county, and de-
stroyed 5000 gallons of mash.
The evangelistic tent meetings,
that have been in progress for some
time at Hopewell, have been attend
ed by numbers of our citizens.
MAGISTRATE Scotten, of Elkton, i'm
posed a fine of 500 and costs on
John Tiller, of Conowingo, charged
with operating an auto while drunk.
The auto of Stanley Spence was
stolen from his garage, near Provl-
dence, one night last week, and no
trace of thief or machine has been
found.
Samuel w. Fitzgerald, of Port
Deposit, this county, has been grant
ed an absolute divorce from his
wife. Mary E. Fitzgerald, by Cecil
Circuit Court.
When a kettle of boiling water
fell from the stove Miss Nora
REYNOLDS, of Elkton, was painfully
scalded about the feet and ankles,
one day last week.
The cunning season TO rsqulrrels'
doves, rail and reed birds opened
Wednesday, September 1st. The
daily bag limits are rail SO, reed
SO, doves rs, squirrels 25.
North East has a new, modern
theatre, erected by j. Albert Roney,
THAT town. The theatre has a
SsS Ing capacity of between 800 and
4OOl and is equipped with pipe
organ.
Rt. Rev. Geo. w. Davenport,
Bishop of the Dioses of Easton,
Nili conduct the service and preach
at st. Mary's P. e. church, North
East, Sunday morning, Sept. s., at
1900 o'clock.
Additional cottages are to be
erected on the Copson Park Camp
Meeting grounds, near North East.
The camp held recently was the
most successful in the history OF
the association.
Elsewhere in our columns will be
found an adv. of camera lost in
this neighborhood on Saturday.
The owner prizes it because OF hav-
ing used it for a number OF years,
and offers liberal reward to the
finder. .sss
A conference of sportsmen in the
United States Biological Survey has
bcan called by E. W. Nelson, chief
of the survey for September 8, to
discuss the outlawing of sink boxes
and mat blinds in the hunting of
wild fowl.
The public schools of the county
reopened after, the summer vacation
on Wednesday of this week. Half
day sessions only will be held until
September 10. Monday next, 9Th
inst, Labor Day, will be observed as
a, school holiday.
~ s.
Mrs. Estelle Moore Miller, of
Philadelphia, has sworn out war
rant In Elkton, charging her hus-
band, VIM. S. Miller, with bigamy.
She alleges that he had wife living
in Camden, N. j., when they were
married in Elkton, last February.
The highway bridge crossing the
chesapeake and Delaware Canal at
st. Georges, Del, will be closed to
vehicle traffic from 6 A. M. Eastern
standard time, Tuesday. August 81
until 6 A. M. Eastern standard time
Saturday, September A. The pur
pose of closing the bridge is to allow
dredging to be done under it.
Miss. Sara Mahoney, of Elkton,
who was graduated in June from the
Home Economics Department OF
Delaware College, has accepted
position as assistant Cafeteria direc
tor of the Young Women's Christian
Association at Worcester, Mass,
She expects to take up her duties the
goth OF September.
Paul and Howard DeLong, OF Uni
corn, Lancaster county, Pa, recently
had their herd of Is cows tested with
tuberculin and 16 of them did not
land the test Two that stood the
fest looked to be the worst of the lot
and all were shipped to Harrisburg
where they were slaughtered. Two
of the number went to the tank.
The pay for the lot will average the
owHers about $114 each.