The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-02-17

Birthday.
The ground was covered by
light fall of snow on Saturday
morning.
The March term of Cecil Circuit
Court will convene at Elkton on
Monday, March s.
A new $4,000 post office building
is to be erected this spring, in New
ark, Del, by the Government.
Eight students Of Delaware, Uni
yersity, Newark, have been expelled
for, violating the rules against naz-
ing. ~
The, 9Th District Farmers Club
met with Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha kirk,
near Pennington. on Wednesday
last.
The Green Hill Inn property, near
North East, was offered at pubic
sale last week, but withdrawn at
bid of S1O,500.
The Boy Scouts of North East'
have elected Joseph B. Grant, scout
master, and Robert Reeder, Jr.' as
sistant scoutmaster.
The Elkton Chamber of Commerce
has asked the County Commissioners
for an appropriation of $500 to-
ward dredging the channel OF Elk
River.
The play, Come Out OF the kitch-
on will be presented in New Thea
tre, Elkton, by the Seniors OF the
Elkton High School, Monday even
ing, February goth.
The supper held in Hart's Crurch,
Elk Neck, february lst, was great
success. netting $4,000. the
money will be used in having the
parsonage put in repair.
ON account of the weather condl-
tions. the lecture to have been dellv-
cred in Port Deposit Feb. 2, by Sem
ator Helm, of Alabama, was post
noned until more favorable time.
n The official board of North East
Methodist Episcopal Church has un
nimously invited their pastor, Rev.
Shockley, to return for his thlrd
5nsecutive year at the present
charge.
The annual carnival of the Aetna
lose. Hook and Ladder Company OF
Newark, Del, will be held July ~
to Aug. A, it was decided at the meet
ing of the company held late last
week.
Eddie Parlett, the Baltimore
minstrel director, has been engaged
by shawnah Tribe of Red Men, OF
North East, to direct show that
will be given by the Tribe on Marcn
Is, l6 and IT.
A delegation of about fifty citizens
from the Fourth district presented
a petition from $50 tax payers, ask.
ing the County Commissioners FOL
the permanent Improvement OF tne
road from Cowentown to the Penn
sylvania state line.
shipment of $4,000 rabbits being
sent to Baltimore for Distribution e
The counties were ordered discon
tinued by E. Lee LeCompte, STATE
Game Warden, because of the snow
The rabbits were furnished by Kan
sas and Missouri brokers.
The Community Fire Compan!
engine was called to Colora shorti!
after ten O'Clock Sunday morning
An exploding oil stove at the mush
room plant of Robert Boyd threat
ened a serious fire, but the blaz'
was extinguished before the engin'
reached the scene.
The large department store OF tn
O. C. Jones Company, in Delta, "a
was badly damaged by fire of un
known origin on Thursday mornlni
of last week. The Delta Fire Com
pany saved the property from de
struction, but the entire stock wa
badly damaged by smoke and water
Luke Goodyear, of Elkton, VIII
has transgressed the law on numeI
ous occasions, finished ninety da
term in Denton jail on Federal sen
tence, Feb. 6. He was immediatei
lodged in the House of Correction I
begin sentence of nine months I'm
.posed by the Circuit Court of Gee
pty for having liquor in posses
Nr sale
sul Cage and Vernon Fort
young men employed as clerks !
the Baltimore and Ohio BUILDING
Baltimore, are locked up in the b
Air Jail awaiting actien Of the Hal
ford county grand jury. charged wit
holding up and rebhing MT. jaime
Young, manager Of the Burnett Sc
vice Company at Van Ribher, ear
Monday morning, of last week.