The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-03-02


niece, Mrs. A. M McNamee.
Mrs Clyde England and son are
spending the week with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. S. Nields.
Ben R. Pogue, of Dickinson Sem
mary, Williamsport, Pa, spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. M. Pogue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. S. Pyle left on
Wednesday for an extended visit to
their daughter, Mrs. Harrison t'ehr,
Jacksonville, Florida.
The February meeting of the
Ninth District Farmers Club was
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. T..
D. Kirk, near Pennington.
Mrs. Geo. C. Thompson and daugh-
ter Dorothy, and Mrs. R. A. Dodson,
of York, Pa, were Sunday guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli II. Reynolds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Burlington, OF
Swarthmore, Pa, formerly of Rising
Sun, left last week for a trip to the
Hawaiian Islands. They will be
gone about seven weeks.
Miss Verna Touchton, OF Oxford,
Pa, and Mr.. James Elwood Herr
man, of Conowingo, were quietly
married at Rowlandville M. p par
sonage, on Feb. IS, by Rev. Clark
S. Marshall.
Lieutenant Frederick Richardson,
of the u S. Army Air Service, and
Miss Annie L. Baekey, OF Havre de
Grace, were married IN Norfolk, Va,
on February IL. The groom was
recently transferred from the Aber-
deem proving Ground to Langley
Field, Va.
Mrs. Clara B. Keen was rendered
surprise Saturday evening by Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Keen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Vim. Cherry, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Pusey and son Vessels on the occa-
sion Of her birthday. She received
a number of gifts. Refreshments
were served.
Timely alarm of a blaze i'll the
cellar of the home OF John Wilson,
on Mount street, about $3.50 Thurs
day evening last, prevented prob
able disastrous fire. The oil burner
used to heat water for the bath
room, caught fire while being filled.
The chemical truck OF the Communi-
~ Fire Company was called and the
blaze was soon extinguished, the
only damage done being house
full of dense smoke.
James Biggs, Carl Lothian, Geo.
Davis and Charles Rhodes, boys
ranging from 9 to IA years, were
taken into custody on Thursday.
The first two are committed by Mag
istrate Scotten, of Elkton, to Rose
wood School for Feeble Minded, and
the latter two named boys were
committed to the Reform School for
Boys, at Lock Haven. Md.
Caught entering the home of DR..
c. C. Sharp, in Havre de Grace, at
an early hour on Sunday morning.
eugene Woods, colored, attempted
20 escape and was shot in the back
oy Chief OF Police Frank Hines.
The injured man, died OF his wounds
che next day.
While on a visit to the University
of Maryland, at College Park, David
B. Mcdowell, of near Calvert, had
Doth license tags stolen by some un-
known person. He had to get per-
mission from traffic cop to bring
his car home.
The Women's Auxiliary OF Della
ware Post, American Legion, of Will
mington, Del, has made plans to
furnish reception room in the hos
pital for disabled war veterans at
Perry Point. ~ ts&2'
Robert Wilkinson, chief engineer
of the Marley Paper Mill at Childs,
Cecil county, who met with an acci-
Q6uI SStGIdt. W6Cho dSO, WACA LID
left hand was caught in a machine
at the paper mill, was compelled to
submit to the amputation of his left
arm at the elbow, last week, at
Onion Hospital, Elkton. blood pois-
oning having developed.
The dwelling on the farm of Tay-
iof Wright, near Oxford, occupied by
the family of Charles Hastings, was
totally destroyed by fire, together
with contents. one night last week.
An overheated chimney is supposed
to have caused the fire. The loss is
estimated at $4,000, with partial
insurance.
The Hartford County Fair Associa-
tion has elected James I. Norris,
President; Hamilton Amos, vice
president; Edgar A. Cairnes, secre-
tary; A.. Q. Enson, treasurer.
The dates fixed for the fair this
year are Oct 8, 10, IL, and u.