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 postoffice.
Good Friday, April I'd, being a
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 $6O.O5 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
MANNED. and refreshments will be
served.
A bill has been introduced II
Congress for an extra Federal Judge
for the Maryland district, and, II
it is enacted into law, Federal
Court will be held at Denton, at
kfervals 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 tiamef
from spreading to other buildings.
Closing of the Chesapeake ane
Delaware canal for repair work VIII
he postponed until May 15 or June
|. and the canal will be closed thet
for only two weeks. The War DE
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canal for two months, beginning
March 21, in order that the olc
locks might be removed and other
work be done.
Easter services will be held II
James M. f. church, Rising Sun, on
Sunday next, Rev. j. G. 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 tho
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
electing Major w. R. Baldwin, Presl
dent; Lewis A. Seth, manager; A
Thomas Kay, secretary, and Stanley
Jackson, treasurer.
Authority of the Susquehannf
Power Company to build a $4,000
volt transmission line from Delta
at the Pennsylvania-Maryla 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 & Co.
presented at Oxford, on Friday eve
ming last by the members OF the
Komrade Klub, of Rising Sun, was
greeted by an appreciative audience
The Opera House was well filled
the gross receipts being $15O.5O
The play was given for the benefit
of the Community Nurse func
of oxford.
On account of the frequent snoe'
during the past several months along
the new Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal it has been found. De-
fore the waterway can be opened
as a tidewater canal, that a NUMBER
of places will have to be dredgeo
again. Plans have been made tc
open the canal in June, and the
work of dredging is expected to be
/ started within very short time.
The, town was in total darkness
Weanesaay evening, through some
trouble on the electric line. Lamps
and candles had to be requisltioneo.
The moving picture show was put
completely out of business for tne
.sevening.