The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-09-02
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
Monday next is Labor Day.

The cunning season for squirrels
opened on Thursday of this week.
The recent carnival held by the
M. P. Church, at Leeds, Cecil coun-
ty, netted $325.
Hog cholera is reported to exist
ON the premises of G. w. Taylor,
near Earleville.
Jacob Tome Institute, Port De-
posit, will open the fall term on
Monday, September IL.
The public schools of the county
reopen after the summer vacation
on Tuesday next, September 6.
An institute for teachers OF The
county will be held at the High
School building, in Elkton, Sept. 1
and 2.
Monday. September 5th, Labor
Day. being a Legal Holiday, the
Banks in Rising Sun will not be open
for business ON that date.
The thirty-seventh annual reunion
of the First Regiment E. S. Maryland
Volunteers will be held at Cam
bridge, Md, September 22nd.
Walter M. Cameron has sold his
farm of 196 acres, near town, to l. =.
Boyd, of Russell county, Va. The
farm is one of the finest and most
productive in this section.
The carnival of Singerly Fire Com
pany. Elkton, closed on TUESDAY
night The gross receipts were $9,-
400. The Peerless Sedan was
awarded to Miss. Cecilia Potts, OF
Elkton.
Ralph M. Reed, OF this town, a
member of this years graduating
class Of Rising Sun High School, mas
been awarded free scholarship at
Western Maryland College, West
minister.
The excursion run by the Amerl-
can Legion of Elkton, from Cnesa-
neake City to Riverview Beach, N.
on the steamer "Brandywlne"
Aug. "a, was big success, s2o tlck-
cts being sold.
The work of building shoulders on
the road between Principle and North
East is progressing rapidly, having
been completed on one SIDE. IL Is
exDected the contract will be finished
in about two weeks.
Charles S. Adkins of Newark, re-
Gently principal OF Calvert High
School, a graduate of Washington
College, Chestertown, in 1918, mas
been appointed Principal of the Della
ware City High School, for the com
ing year.
Fhe Community Fire Company
Rand, of this town, furnished music
for the carnival Of the Water Wltcn
Fire Company, at Port Deposit, Sat
urday evening, and will play again
for the carnival Saturday evening OF
this week.
The carnival of the North East
Fire Co., that was to have closed on
gentember s. will be continued, two
evenings and will close Wednesday
Sent. 7. On the evening of Tuesday
Sept. 6. a wonderful display OF hre'
works will be held
The Community Fire Company OF
Rising Sun, with band and appara-
tus, participated in the parades heio
at Port Deposit on Wednesday even
ing. and at North East on Thursoay
evening of this week, in connection
with the carnivals being held by the
Fire Companies of those towns.
The storm on Monday, between IL
and 100 O'Clock was an unusuaiiy
severe one. A regular deluge OF
rain fell. and there was also heavy
fail of hail. After the storm, on
the west side of buildings and where
rain-spouts emptied, could be seer
piles of hailstones. The storm was
Of short duration, puE Z Mune'
Wills It lastedi
Rev. Ray Freeman Jenney, OF
Philadelphia, will preach at Wes'
Nottingham Presbyterian onurcn
Sunday morning, Sept, IL. Dr. Jeh
ney is one of the outstanding young
men in the ministry to-day. Aftei
filing successful pastorates in New
York City and Galesburg, llis.' he
came to Philadelphia a year ago te
be General Director OF the Christlai
Association of the University OF Fen
nsylvania.
DR.. Jenney served with distinc
tion in the World War and was
. wounded four times in action.
J. Worthington Littig has donated
kmmunien sets to Thomas Run an'
Ellington NJ. q. churches. lh'
are appropriately inscribed ant
We about 100 glasses each,