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 have
sold their property, east or 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
pany, recently purchased the Lower
Chanceford Electric Light and Pow
er Company.
Mrs. Letitia N. 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, recent
graduate of Goldeys Business Col
lege, Wilmington, has accepted an
appointment 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 cash
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, which
closed August 3, were Slf,7t 20,
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 Gay
ton. Esq, Assignee, has been re-
= strained by an order from the FEEDER
al Court. 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
uully, and has been under treat
ment at a Baltimore Hospital.
Tony Papa, an Italian, employed IN
an Aberdeen cannery, exhibited his
roll of S165 while on visit TIC
Havre de Grace. He was invited tc
take an automobile ride by couple
of strangers, who struck him over
the head, secured the roll and es-
eaped:
The Community Fire Company
chemical truck was called to the
home of Howard n. Brickley, near
Greenhurst, about eleven O'Clock
Tuesday morning, to extlngulsn
b azeing chimney. Hand extinguish-
ers were used by the tiremen on
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 Jessur
& Moore paper, mill plants in Elkton
which was an increase of rs per cent
in 1925, from which the company ap
pealed. The Tax Commission rules
the company is liable for the taxes
upon the plants for 1925, 1926 and
1927.
George Weinsanger and his wife
Margaret Weinsanger, OF New
bridge, were arrested last week by
Sheriff Logan and deputies. When
the officers raided Weinsanger's place
they captured about 20 gallons OF al
legged moonshine whiskey and 400
battles of beer. The couple arrested
were taken to Elkton and held by
Magistrate Scotch under $500 bond
each for action of the Sept Grand
Jury for Cecil county
The annual carnival of Oxford,
Pa, Fire Company opened on Friday
night last and will close Saturday
night of this week. Good weather
has favored the carnival and the at
tendance each night has been large,
The receipts are breaking the rec
ords of all former carnivals OF the
Company and are reported to be
nearly $4,000 for the first three
nights.
The Community Fire co. ana
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.