The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-10-26
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events of
Interest to Our Readers
! VOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


lowe'en. Better watch out, the COB
Inns will get you.
The Loyal Temperance Legion
will meet on Saturday, at 2:S0 p.
M, in the church.
Pleading guilty in the Hartford
County Court to the charge OF re-
ceiving bets on horse races. Charles
Walker was fined 5000.
The Susquehanna Hotel property,
near Darlington, Hartford county,
was purchased at trustees sale last
week for $500, by E. ]. Loughlin
and George G. Brown.
Among others marriage licenses
were issued last week to James
Frances Hubbard, 21, and Bessie
Mae Clements. Is, Rising Sun; Roy
r. Burke, 23, and Marie G. Mazzio,
Rising Sun.
Rev. J. T. Fenby, pastor OF Leeds
Methodist Protestant church, near
Elkton, for the past year. has been
relieved of his PASTORAL duties, to
take course in Religious Education
at the Boston University.
Winton Dalton, of Cecil county,
convicted last week by "a jury in the
United States District Court of vio-
laton of the Volstead Act was SEN
fenced by Judge Morris A. Soper to
serve four months in jail.
The iron safe in the garage OF st.
Clair Brothers at Jarrettsville, Har-
ford county, was blown open on
Tuesday night, Of last week and
500 in cash and notes worth sever
al Thousand dollars stolen. 1t Is
thought the work was done by pro-
fessional yeggmen.
Harry Roberts, colored, driver OF
the automobile that crashed into an
express ear ON which Ralph Camp
bell, OF Perryville. was riding. at the
Havre de Grace race track, crushing
both legs so badly that one OF his
4 limbs had to be amputated, was CIV
en- 4 sentence OF six months in the
House Of Correction.
Rev. Thomas Parker Mckee, who
resighed as pastor of West Noting
am ­terian church on Oct. 1,
after dlAing the charge for num-
her OF years past, was installed as
pastor OF the Georgetown and Cool
xspring, Delaware, churches, on
thursday, October IS. at 1880 p. M,
with impressive ceremonies.
Harvey Crew, %, of Elkton, was
arrested and lodged in the Cecil
county jail last week, charged with
stealing an automobile owned by
Percy Cohen, head of the Elkton
Baking Company. The car had
been parked along Main street at
Elkton, but later was found upset
and badly damaged along the Elk
ton-Newark road.
The Susquehanna Power Com
pany is erecting fourteen fine dwell
lings, equipped with all the modern
conveniences. ON the Hartford coun-
IL side of the river at Conowingo
dam. The residences will be occu-
pied by superintendents and engine
ers permanently employed at the
power plant. A large police bar
racks is also under construction fol-
the accommodation of force OF Of
flcers.
Carl Hawley, %, and married. is
in Union Hospital, Elkton, suffering
with two bullet wounds in his
breast, inflicted. it is alleged, by
Henry Sloan. 20, who is in Elkton
i14d awaiting the outcome. of Haw-
4 ley's injuries.
The shooting took place after an
argument over Sloan driving the
wife OF his employer to Hawley's
place near North East in search OF
her husband.
Sloan is alleged to have shot Haw-
ley In self defense.
Enoch j. King, 6S. prominent
farmer living near Millington, was
mortally injured when horses at
tached to a farm wagon dragged
wheat drill over his body. 'rhe man
was standing between the wagon
and the drill when the horses be-
came frightened and ram away
King was taken TO Elkton Hospit-
al. where it was found that a leg
and several RIBS were broken ano
he <wasIinjured internally. He died
several burs ,Ater. He was one o. o.
the mdX widely known farmers IN
the upper section of Kent county
He Is survived by widow ano
nine grown children.
The ladies OF West Nottingham
Presbyterian Church viii hold their
annual oyster and chicken supper
III the chapel at West Nottingham
on Thursday evening next, NOV. l.