The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-11-26

The Commissioners of Cecil Coun-
ty have appointed Edward Ford
Constable for the Eighth district.
Rev. ]. C. Mccoy has been invited
to return as pastor of Rising Sun
M e. church for another Confer
ence year.
While butchering recently Herbert
.Hawley, of Calvert, was accldentally
shot through the arm by rine ne
was using.
Charged with creating disorder at
the railway station in Perryvllle,
Emil Setula was sent to Jall Ior
thirty days.
The IS acre farm of Mrs, Martina
q. Corlis, in Lower Oxford, Pa, mas
been, purchased by L. w. Shoop' Oh
Childs, Cecil county.
A hearing was held at Elkton, on
Tuesday. relative to the closing OF
the station at Sylmar, by the
Pennsylvania railroad.
Lewis A. Kirk, of Port Deposit,
has been elected Senior Grano
warden of the Grand Lodge OF
MARYLAND, A. F. and A. M.
The public schools of the county
closed on Wednesday afternoon Iol
the Thanksgiving holiday, and vii
reopen Monday morning, Nov ~.
The School Commissioners OF Cecil
County has sold the school property
in the village of Conowingo to the
Susquehanna Power Company, foi
$1,000.
TAYLOR w. McKenney has been
elected acting Mayor OF Elkton, 70
succeed the late VIM. H. Mackall
until May, when a Mayor VIII De
elected
Catharine Kirk had the misfortune
10 fall, Friday, while coming down
he steps at West Nottingham Acao
emy. where. she is student, ano
suffered a badly sprained ankl@
Mrs Clarence Whitaker and Mrs
William Todd, have purchased Tn
good will OF the Perryville Hote
from Messrs. Keen and Mcclure, ant
will continue the business.
Thanksgiving morning was bright
crisp and frosty,-an ideal 1aH
morning. The day was quietly
observed in our town, with gen
eral suspension of business.
rhe McMullen farm of SO acres II
the Sixth district near Porters
Bridge, was sold last week at the
Court House door in Elkton by
Joshua Clayton, Esq, Assignee, tt
Mrs. Yuma Fullerton, for $4,000.
County .Treasurer-elect Edwin ;
Dorcus. has been elected director
of the National Bank of Elkton tc
succeeded the late William
Mackall. James d. Davis has beeI
elected Assistant Cashier OF tn.
bank.
Henry Mitchell has purchased the
ice and ice cream business, lncludlns
the plant. of the Newton-M Mitchell
Company, Inc, of Elkton MT
Mitchell has been a member OF the
Company ever since it startee
business.
An alarm of fire from Rocl
Springs on Tuesday evening, about
$50 O'Clock, sent the chemical
engine on a useless run: The biaz'
proved to be among leaves in tht
woods at Rock Springs, and was pu'
out with little effort.
Mrs. William Rutter, of Norti
East, has Resigned as Chairman o.
the Cecil Chapter of the Red eros:
and her successor is to be chosen
Charles S. Pyle, of Rising Sun,
Treasurer, and Mrs. Ella Falls, o.
North East, Secretary.
Pleasant Brown, colored, accused
of the murder of John Finkernagle
Swan Creek storekeeper, on October
6, 1928, and confined in Bel All
Jail for several weeks, will be re
leased on account of lack OF evidence
connecting him with the crime
Eric Johnson, son of Eric g
Johnson, of Eureka Mills, neal
Calvert, had a narrow escape from
serious accident last week. HIS
clothing got caught in a wheel al
the mill and he was thrown to the
floor, and badly cut and bruised.
wallace Williams and Father
Fontaine, of Elkten; E. Nelson
James and ]. B. Fassitt, of Rising
pn, represented the Cecil County
Try Association at the Interstate
K Producers Association annua
kention held this week at the
amin Franklin Hotel, Phila
bhia. Pa.