The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-06-04
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Luscious home grown straw
berries have reached the local
market at rs cents per box.
This section of Cecil county was
we'll represented on Saturday at the
Farmers Day exercises, held at the
University of Maryland, College
Park.
The stream of holiday auto traffic
through town on Saturday, Sunday
and Monday was almost continuous,
hundreds of machines being on the
move.
David B. Mcdowell has been
chosen chairman of the Executive
Committee of Rising Sun Bank,
B. P. Nichols vice chairman, Jos. T.
Tyson cashier.
Shepherd King met with painful
accident last week while working on
roof at Perry Point. He had the
misfortune to fall into a bucket of
hot tar, and was badly burned.
Newark, Del, Fire Company has
started a campaign to raise funds
for the purchase of an ambulance.
FUNDS are also being raised to pro-
vide for community nurse for
Newark.
A number of our residents attend
cd the opening of the Sesqui-Cen-
tennial in Philadelphia, on Monday,
But report everything in an uncom-
pleted stage, and none of the exhi-
,ition buildings open.
Monday was observed as Memorial
Day. Most Of the business places
ia town were closed and the day
quietly observed. Cemeteries were
visited and graves of departed loved
ones strewn with flowers.
Battery C, of the Sixth U. S.
Field Artillery stationed at Fort
iGoyle, on the Edgewood, Md, Res
Anakation, which fired the first Amer
HI gun in the World War, march
S9ed by short stages last week to
Philadelphia to take part in the
ooening of the Sesqui-Centennial
Warden l.. H. Balderston says,
1.-The most efficient fire fighting tool
yet seen in Cecil county for the
Xix Neck section is a moonshiner's
: l6 quart bucket partially full of
water and a swab on the end Of a
short pole made from granulated
sugar bays picked up from about the
stills that make this section famous
ger all Maryland"
The cards of H. A. Cantwell, of
North East, candidate for the State
Senate; A. N. Crawford, OF Cecil
ton, candidate for House of Dele
g,tes; Robert Ferguson, of Cecil
ton, candidate for County Commits
E soner; VIM. H. Brown, of Cecilton,
candidate for Judge of Orphans
ourt; George L. Ewing, OF Rising
SIN, candidate for Sheriff; G. Alvin
Schrader, Chesapeake City, candi-
date for Sheriff, appear in our
columns this week.
The saw>~mill of Ira Moore, of
Tlkton, located at Pleasant Hill,
hich was destroyed by fire in April,
has been rebuilt and is now in
operation.
Recent developments tend to in
dicate that the fire was of incendiary
origin as on going to his mill one
morning recently Mr.. Moore found
shavings and chips burning near the
building. He declares there had
been no fire in the place the day
before.
\. Children's Day will be observed
tat Rising Sun M. E. church Sunday
morning, June 6, at 1890 O'Clock.
The exercises will be in charge OF
the Sunday school and pageant
entitled ''In Our Fathers Garden, -
will be presented.
In the evening, at 1880 O'Clock,
tie baccalaureate sermon to the
graduating class of Rising Sun
High School will be preached by
Rev. ]. G. Mccoy, pastor of the
church.
The presentation of the play
Uncle Josh's Folks" by home
talent, in Rising Sun public hall on
Thursday and Friday evenings last
was much enjoyed by audiences that
filled the hall both evenings. The
cast was a good one, and every par'
well taken. The Lincoln University
Orchestra furnished music on Thurs
day evening, and lovers OF jazz
heard it interpreted by artists oi
this modern day music. Friday eve
ming the Atglen Orchestra furnished
music. The gross receipts were
over $50 and about 500 will be
netted for the Boy Scouts, undel
whose auspices the play was given.
The June meeting of the Com
munity Fire Company will be helc