The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-05-18

chased the Frank POlSt CnSsiVAoe
Garage business, in Port Deposit.
A very successful bake was held
Nv the Komrade Klub on Saturday
afternoon, over $40 being realized
a clinic for diseases of the chest
win be conducted in the Health Cen
tar in Elkton, ON Wednesday, May
23, at 1890 a. m.
Alvin Burrows, ]. Harry Fay ~,
and Elmer e. Campbell. were eiec.eo
commissioners at the town election
held in Perryyille on May z.
Ak the annual town election OF
chesapeake City, on May q, Joseph
Garyin was elected Mayor, Harry
Griffin and VIM. M. Brown Commis-
sioners.
The contract for building two and
one half miles of concrete roadway,
from Calvert toward Bay View, was
\ awarded last week to Thomas, Ben.
nett & Hunter, at bid Of $4z'o4o-
80. :.
After a belated 8tart the fishing
season il now in full swing, with
ahad reported more plentiful IN the
Susquehanna river than for several
seasons. Large catches Of rock and
herring are also reported.
The Morocto Roofing Company Of
Rowlandville, which was recently
adiudicated bankrupt, has filed a
schedule IN the u. S. District Court,
for Maryland, showing assets OF
S123.625. and liabilities Of $99, ,9OS.-
03.
A special meeting OF the Com
munity Fire Company will be held
On Friday evening. May 1S, at .
o'clock, when business pertaining &c
the carnival will be considered. A
full attendance of members Is de-
sired.
The Smith & Brown Hardware Co.
i have recently sold their building ID
port Deposit, to Hipkins & Paxton
who will move their garage into tne
building about June l. Smith
brown are disposing OF their nara
Avssare stock in the meantime.
n a,he assessment of the ,SusQuehan-
na Power Company property, whose
\ big dam .and power plant is located
at Conowingo, will increase the tax
:.pie basis Of Cecil county 10000,
900, it is thought, and that OF Har-
ford county fully double ina
amount.
Mothers Day was observed In al
our churchs, on Sunday, with appro
priate services and sermons Mem
bers of the Community. Fire Com.
pany attended morning services in Z.
body at the M. e.. Church of thi'
town. the pastor, Rev. ]. G. Mccoy
preaching a feeling sermon.
The Swoyer divorce case, viii
again come up in Circuit Court II
Elkton about the first Of June
mrs. Edith Morris Swoyer denies
the charges of infidelity The Swoy-
ers, for several years, have been res
iding at Sandy Beach, along the Ell
River, where they builtsa $lOO,Ooe
home.
FIRE ON Monday of last week, de
stroyed a two story frame dwelling,
near Perryville, owned and occupied
NV VIM. Schroeder and family, color
ed. The fire was caused by de
tective fiue in the kitchen. The val
ne of the house and furniture was
estimated at S2,5OO. Nearly all the
household effects were lost.
Attacked by bull he was put
. ting in the stable, Charles P. Swish
er. Of Kirkwood, Lancaster county,
Pa. was knocked down by the ami
NAL and suffered cuts and bruises.
Mr.. Swisher's SON Harold went to his
rescue with pitchfork, and drove
the animal away. The bull had nc
horns or Mr.. Swisher would have
been fatally gored.
A freight wreck on the Pennsyi-
yania railroad at Elkton Tuesoay al
ternoon Of last week tied up traffic
for several hours, and two men mar
rowly escaped injury. The gate
tenders watch box was struck BY
one OF the derailed cars, but the
watchman escaped injury. During
the trafiic tie-up Pennsylvania trains
we're run over the B. & %. tracks.
~ Joseph Coudon, Of Akin, retired
instructor Of woodcraft in the U. s.
veterans Bureau, Perry Point, has
been appointed blythe Cecil County
. school Board, to take charge OF the
\ classes in the manual training de-
partment in the Rising Sun and Cal
vert High Schools. on account OF MI
willard Walters taking the prlnci-
Balship OF Calvert school during the
illness OF Prof. George Giiford.