The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-08-05

with Cecil Post, American Legion.
George C. Pierce, of knights
Conner, is held for the grand jury on
the charge of having liquor in pos
session for sale.
A congregational meeting of Zion
PRESBYTERIAN church will be he'd on
Sunday, Aug. Z, for the purpose OF
calling a pastor.
The 42nd annual session of Raw
linsville, Pa, Camp Meeting opens
on Saturday evening, August 6 and
closes Tuesday evening Aug. 16.
The Back Creek Mill property OF
acres with an improved grist mill
and residence was sold at public sale
in Elkton to r. H. Lansdale for 49,
$50.
The Loyal Temperance Legion had
a very jolly picnic at Black Barren
Springs, on Friday last, Everyone,
the little folks, and .the larger ones,
had good time.
A reunion of Virginians will be
held at Longs Park, Lancaster, Pa,
on Saturday, August 6. Address OF
welcome at 100 p. m, by Hon.
Frank c.. Musser, Mayor of Lam
caster.
Under the auspices OF the State
Board of Health, typhoid inocula-
Iion clinic will be held in North East
at the High School building on three
successive Fridays, August 5th, 18th
and 18th.
A Red Mems Rally will be held
Friday and Saturday, September 9Th
and 10th, at North East, under the
auspices of Shawnah Tribe No. 1O5,
in which various tribes from Cecil
and nearby counties will participate.
Typhoid serum vaccination clinic
will be held at North East, High
school, on August 5. For colored
children, from 10 until 12 for white
children, from until 4. There is
} no charge.
A number OF our residents attend
ed the Old Fiddlers convention at
P.rKesburg, Pa, on Saturday, and
enjoyed the old time music and dan
ces. The crowd in attendance was
a large one.
Thrown from a load of wheat
when the horses became frightened,
John Hutchens, of near Elkton, fell
under the wheels of the wagon and
suffered a fracture OF the shoulder
and three ribs.
A COW belonging to Quarryvllle,
Pa, Real Estate Company died on
the farm in that borough last week
Being rather an unusual death an in
vestigation was made and piece OF
hay wire was found imbedded IN one
OF the vital organs Of the COW.
Alfred Lee Jones, formerly OF Elk
Ton, but for the last couple OF years
connected with Temple College, Phil
adelphia, has been appointed princi-
pai of Nanticoke High School by the
Wicomico County School Board, for
the ensuing year.
In the electric storm Saturday
night lightning struck the cupola OF
the Court House, at Elkton shatter
ing the woodwork and hurting some
of the pieces to the ground. the
building did not catch fire and Du
little damage was done.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
son Mccall, OF Charlestown, stepped
on a large embroidery needle, which
penetrated his foot. The little rel
low was taken to Union Hospital,
Eikton, where the needle was re-
moved, and serum treatment admin
istrated, for fear of tetanus.
Seizing their guards rifle and
beating him in the face, two military
prisoners working on the road at the
Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MADE
their escape into the nearby woods
Two hours later they were cap
tured three miles>from Aberdeen by
a group of fifty soldiers who had
secured the countryside.
The prisoners are Hendrick H.
Guerlin, twenty-eight, and Clarence
E. Shelley, soldiers attached to the
Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
The Bureau of Child Hygiene
State Department of Health, is TO
send through Queen Anne, Kent and
Cecil counties portable baby well
fare station, which will consist OF
large truck equipped with a com
plete examining room, where child
rem between the ages of month and
6 years may be examined. A physi-
clan and nurses will be in attend
ance. There will be no charges.