The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-11-02
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events of
Interest to Our Readers
z Local HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Heavy frost on Friday morning
last.
Today is the first day of wild duck
shooting.
Tuesday next, November s, is
Election Day.
The Commissioners of Rising Sun
are arranging to have electric trattie
lights installed at Center Square.
Liberty Grove ladies will hold an
oyster and chicken supper in the
Community House on Thursday
evening, Nov. 8.
The Rising Sun w. c. T. U. will
hold prayer service in the church
Monday evening Nov. 5th, to which
every one is cordially invited.
The C. M. Boulden store property
adjacent to the Court House in Elk
ton has been sold to r. M. George
for $4,000.
The Ladies Aid of Rising Sun will
hold an oyster supper in the base
ment of James M. E. church on
Thursday evening, November Sth.
The regular meeting of the w. c.
T. U. will be held at the home of
Mrs. Eli T. Reynolds on Friday
evening, Nov. 9th, at 1890.
The men of Ebenezer M. E.
church will hold their annual oyster
supper on Thursday evening, No
vember %.
The piece of road work between
Pennington and E. d. Kinks is pro-
crossing rapidly and is ready for
concreting.
The P. o. S, of A. and the p o. of
A. held social in the town hall
Tuesday evening. A very entertain
ing program, including a minstrel
skit, was rendered.
Toxin-Anti Toxin Clinics will be
held at North East School on No
vember 1st, 8th, 18th. Parents are
invited to bring their children from
months Of age up to High School
age to this clinic. Texin-Anti Toxin
Is the modern treatment FOR child
r to prevent Diphtheria This in
Aation is issued to residents
throughout the country.
Sgt. Menash Katz, OF substation
E, at Salisbury, and formerly sta
toned at wilma. of the State Police
was injured at Salisbury last Mon
Z day night when he arrested a truck
driver who was attempting to use
siren in annoying a Democratic
mass meeting. Sgt. Katz suffered
fractured shoulder and was badly
bitten on the face from the fight
which preceded the arrest.
A. A. Price, of Earlville, while on
Western trip last summer visited
a 30-acre potato farm in Michigan.
All visitors were handed card on
which to enroll their guess as to the
number of bushels which the 80
acres would produce. Mr.. Prices
guess was 1850 and the crop har-
vested was 1912 bushels. AS a re-
suit he was awarded first prize of
five bushels of certified seed pota-
toes.
l.. H. Gluckman has filed a vol
untary petition in bankruptcy in the
U. S. Dctrict Court in Wilmington,
in behalf of the New Connaught
Manor, of which Maxwell H. Kratz,
Of Haverford, Pa, is president and
Geo. H. Lilly, of Wilmington, sec
retary. The cooperation owns a
tract Of land bordering on the North
East river, consisteing of several
hundred building lots. The debts
are listed at $26,919 and the assets
at $46,0
While driving toward Eikton
Monday night with three other boys
VIM. Litzenberg, Casper Dunbar and
Clifford Scarborough, all of Elkton
who had attended a party in Elk
Mills, their machine got beyond the
control of the driver, Vernon Jack
son, it is understood, and crashed
into the wall of small bridge just
on the outskirts of Elkton. The
macnlne was udHdSeu pauiy' AHe
three boys on the rear seat were un-
injured.
Y The HaGford County Bar Associa-
nDn has betitioned the County Com
hssionets Is to use portion of the
III tax receipts from the
IN hgo dam to remodel the
CouX House and build a separate
ofice building across the street, al
Bel Air. The prisoners in Elkton
Jail should petition the Cecil County
Commissioners to remodel the jail
from the funds received from like
source, as the present antiquated
structure seems to be lacking IN at
traction and quite number have
left ON that account