The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-19
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


den OF Cecil county.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Brock nave
sold their property, east OF town,
and moved to Elwyn, Pa.
Mrs. Mary w. Cherry and family
have moved into their newly-erected
dwelling on East Main street.
Eleven excursionists boarded the
snecial train at Rising Sun, for At
lanric City, on Sunday morning
The annual picnic of Rising Sun
M. E. Sunday school will be held on
Wednesday next, at Delaware Beach.
The Delta, Pa, Water Power com
nany recently purchased the Lower
Chanceford Electric Light and Pow
er Company.
Mrs. Letitia NJ Reynolds has pur-
chased the property of Mrs. Clara L..
pugh on Penn Avenue, in Oxford,
Pa. and is converting it into two
family house.
Miss Traces England, a recent
graduate of Goldeys Business Col
lege, Wilmington, has accepted an
anpointment in the office OF the
Clerk of Court at Elkton.
Ely's drug store, in Avondale, Pa.'
was entered Sunday afternoon, while
the store was closed, and the casn
register looted. The thieves secur-
ed owed $500 in paper money.
The w. G. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. VIM. M. Pogue on thursday
afternoon, August rs, at two O'CLOCK.
A full attendance is urged as the an
nual election OF officers Will be held.
Total receipts of the annual car
niyal of the, Aetna Hose, Hook and
Ladder Company, of Newark, Whlch
closed August 8, were Sll,'6l.z9'
which is about $4,000 more than last
year.
The sale of the brick making plant
of the Elk River Clay Products Cor
poration, advertised by Joshua Clay
ton, Esq, Assignee, has been re-
strained by an order from the Feder-
al Court, a plea OF bankruptcy hav-
ing been filed by the Corporation.
Vernon Garvin, who operates the
machine shop at Rising Sun Garage.
had the misfortune about two weeks
ago to be struck in the eye by piece
of steel He has since suffered
.4.utly, and has been under treat
ment at Baltimore Hospital.
Tony Papa, an Italian, employed IN
an Aberdeen cannery, exhlbltea MS
roll of $165 while on Visit to
Havre de Grace. He was invited te
take an automobile ride by couple
of strangers, who struck him ovel
tho head secured the roll and es-
eaped:
The Community Fire Company
chemical truck was called 10 tne
home of Howard n. Brickley, neal
Greenhurst, about eleven cloch
Tuesday morning, to extlnguisn
b azeing chimney. Hand extingulsh-
ers were used by the hremen OF
their arrival, making short work OF
the blaze.
The State Tax Commission has ap
proved the assessment made by Elk
ton Town Council upon the JessuI
& Moore paper, mill plants in Elkto1
which was an increase OF 20 per cen
in 1925, from which the company ap
m
the company is liable for the taxes
upon the plants for 1925, 1926 ano
1927.
George Weinsanger and his wife
Margaret Weinsanger, of New
Bridge, were arrested last week b!
Sheriff Logan and deputies. Whe1
the officers raided Weinsanger's place
they captured about 20 gallons of al
legged moonshine whiskey and 4O'
battles of beer. The couple arrested
were taken to Elkton and held b!
Magistrate scotten under $500 bone
each for action of the Sept. Crane
Jury for Cecil county.
The annual carnival OF oxford
night last and will close Saturda!
night of this week. Good weather
has favored the carnival and the at
tendance each night has been large
The receipts'ar are breaking the rec
ords of all former carnivals OF the
Company and are reported to bf
nearly $4,000 for the first three
nights.
The Community Fire Co. ano
Band, of this town, were in attend
ance on Tuesday evening and parad
ed with the Perryville and Aberdeen
companies.
Walter M Cameron and family
Carroll H. Cameron and family, MRS
Mary Rawlings, George Balderston
and family enjoyed an ouing at Bet
terton last week.