The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-05-11
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs Of Recent Events Of
Interest to Our Readers
l LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


Day.
At any rate we had one day Of
rood old summer time, Saturday,
when the mercury reached ninety de-
grees.
Alexander Clattenburge, OF North
EAST. has accepted call to become
pastor Of Pentecostal church IN
Ohio.
Friday. May IL. is Rally Day Tor
the white schools Of Cecil county.
exercises and sports will be held IN
Elkton.
The sum of SIT was realized by
the bake held Saturday afternoon
py the Ladies Aid Society, on the
Pogue & Robertson lot.
Arms extending out over the
street, to suspend lights from, nave
been placed ON the poles OF the hlgn
tension electric line through town.
The week OF May l4th, has been
designated as Clean Up Week In the
town Of North East, when everyone
il requested to aid in making it
real clean town.
r. Harris Archer has sold. his AL
lendale'' farm OF $50 acres on Deer
creek, in Hartford county, to aJonn
Riley. who gave $4,000 cash. and
his farm, valued at $1,000
The Hytheham Club of Port De
posit has elected Miss Alice M. MIL
ler. president; Miss Mary kimDle,
secretary, and Mrs. Philip Cameron,
treasurer, for the ensuing year.
Alfred S. Thompson, of Upper Eik
Neck. who farmed with his brother
George A. Thompson. but lived
alone, was found dead in bed on
April so. coroner Green pronounc-
ed death due to stroke.
The annual meeting of the WON
ans Foreign Missionary Society OF
wilmington District will be held
tuesday, May Is, in the M. y.
church at North East. All M. u.
churches in county are urged to send
representatives.
III While parked along a street IN
Philadelphia, the Ford auto belong
lng to Robert Reynolds. OF Elkton,
was stolen. About two weeks later
the machine was found near West
over, N. j., where 1t had been aband-
8uned by the thieves.
Horace B. Lilley, Of North East,
has been elected Great Guard OF the
porest of the Great Council Of Mary
land, Improved Order OF Red Men,
ana Mrs. A. T. Abernathy, OF Cherry
Hill. Great Minnehaha OF the Great
Council Of Maryland, Daughters OF
Pocohontas.
Sheriff J. T. Hadaway, OF Kent
county, following recommendation
Of the Grand Jury, has ordered all
slot machines, punch boards and
other gambling devices in Kent
County, to be discarded. Persons
found operating such devices will Dc
prosecuted.
AS John Crothers, Of Calvert. had
alighted from his wagon to repair
broken shaft. truck, driven by
Charles Fitzgerald passed, frighten-
ing the horse, causing 1t to rum and
dragging its owner about one hund-
red yards. He sustained several
broken ribs and q number of bruises.
Dudley Rawlings, OF this town,
while practicing with the Rising Sun
team. Saturday afternoon, just priol
to the game at Oxford, was STRUCK
on the nose by q fly ball, and pain
fully injured. The blow rendered
him unconscious. He was taken to
the hotel at Oxford and given medi
cal aid. The nose was broken, the
bone being splintered. The injury
was q severe one, but Dudley is com
ing around again, and hopes to be
able to chase flies on. the ball field
before long.
Isaac Griest, aged nifty years. OF
Liberty Grove. died in st. Joseph's
Hospital, Lancaster. from injuries
received in an automobile accident
on the Robert Fulton highway neal
Wakefield. Mr.. Griest and e. j..
Stively, also Of Liberty Grove, were
riding in machine driven by Stive
ly, which crashed through a fence,
Astruck tree and turned over. Mr..
Hsiest was hurled through the wind
and pinned beneath the
ge.. Stively was thrown
the car.
Hal Hospital Day will be OBJ
Sd at the United States Veterans
nital, Perry Point, on Saturday.
IL. A special program has
l%arranged for the afternoon.
IS ! P. NJ, to p. M to which
public has been invited.