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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14
WhoWa be Bald?

Not many, and when you are
getting that way and loosing
hair, which ends in badness,
you want a good remedy that
will stop falling hair, dandruff
and grow hair on the bald head
BARE-TO-HAIR is what you
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14

Great grandmother's silk stockings
may have had the length, but they
didn't have the visibility.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14
Good for tho Vocal Cord

First Deb listening to radio)-I
love that announcer's voice.
Second Debts nice. hear he
eats plank steaks to keep up the tim.
bre.-Life.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14

Use Russ Ball Blue In your laundry.
Tiny rust spots may come from infe-
rior Bluing. Ask Grocers.-Adv.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14

Some men would rather lose a
friend than the best of an argument
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14

"Brighter and louder" is fashions
warning about mems ties and shirts
And funnier?
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14

An old topper says that It's the
drinking between drinks that hurts a
fellow.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14
Farm Bows Heaven

There are not dozen plows in the
entire republic Of Haitl.-Farm and
Fireside
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14

For the sake of listeners, there
ought to be more rest marks in JAZZ
music.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14

A statesman is a politician who has
been elected so many times he doesn't
have any opposition.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14

A good citizen is one who doesn't
break any laws except the ones you
break.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14

"Cities Rocked by Earthquake" in
forms headline over the news. But
not to sleep.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14

More things come to those who don't
wait for them than to those who do.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14

Generally speaking, nothing else
seems as homemade as homemade
vaudeville show.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14
Golfers Absorbed
Possible Error

"Are you d druggistT'
druggist and chemist, SIR"
every good. Now haven't you put
surgical dressing on this sandwich"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14

Wien shall we have the boon o.
Maxim silencers for sneeze and snore
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-06-14

Fol In Articles
w. II. Forst Mgr h Mas o Scottdale. Psnna
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
WIFE SLAYER SENTENCED TO
LIFE IMPRISONMENT

The plea of insanity saved Leon
ard Eddy from the electric chair,
and caused his sentence to life i'm
prisonment for the brutal murder of
his bride of few weeks on Decem-
ber IA, at their apartment in Phila-
delphia.
Eddy's bride was Ethel Krauss,
daughter of Clarence Krauss, form
erly Of Rising Sun. After crushing
his wife's skull with a rolling pin,
Eddy went to Camden, N, j., and
enlisted in the United States Army.
He was sent to Fort Slocum, N. Y,
where he confessed to the crime.
1t was his plea of insanity. cor
roborated by the testimony of his
aged mother that saved Eddy from
the electric chair. He will probab-
ly be confined in the Eastern Peni-
tentiary, Philadelphia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
BARN BURNER SENTENCED
Former Resident OF ElIton Sent To
Penitentiary For Arson

William Fields, alias James Will
kinson, 26 years old, native CT Elk
ton, one time inmate of Elwyn, Pa,
Training School, and who claimed he
had lived in Philadelphia, Indiana,
and Tulsa, Okla, was found guilty
by a jury on charges of arson, and
sentenced by Judge A. d. MacDade,
in the Criminal Court at Chester,
Fa., to 20 to 40 years in the Eastern
Penitentiary and to pay fine OF
$1,000 and costs.
On the night Of January 26th, 1t
was testified, garage on the prop
erty of Thomas S. Fields, former
prison warden, on the Middletown
road, was set aflre and destroyed, to-
gether with two automobiles. Pen
rose 3. Worrell, tax collector of the
township and deputy sheriff, saw
the prisoner near the burning build
ing and becoming suspicious of the
mans actions started toward him to
question him, whereupon Wilkinson
disappeared in the darkness.
A short time later fire in barn
on the farm of Harry e. Potion,
quarter mile away, was discovered.
1t was destroyed together with four
borses, two cows, two heifers, imple-
ments and hay. When Wilkinson
vas noticed standing near the build
ing, he was questioned and admitted
he had started both fires.
He was taken to Media and given
into the custody of James L. Doak
and in the presence Of County De-
tective o. N. Smith, confessed to
starting the fires and also one in the
tramp house" at the county poor
farm, Lima, because he had been
refused a nights lodging when he
appeared in an intoxicated condition
and created a disturbance. He
also expressed disappointment that
the Potion barn was not larger and
added that he had fired a much larg-
er barn in Indiana.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
ROAD BOND ISSUE PASSES
Carries s4,OOO,OOO For Special Con-
struction On State Highways

With the passage by the House on
Friday OF the bill calling for a $4,-
UOU,UU0 pond issue for special road
construction, all the measures spon-
sored by Governor Kitchle have been
approved by the Legislature with
out much change. The measure for
recodincation OF the state tax laws,
which had the Governors backing,
also was adopted by Dotn houses.
The only measure the Governor was
interested in which aid not pass was
the one placing building and loan
associations under regulation.
Despite the objection raised to the
4,00U,000 road construction bill by
anti-administration forces, Governor
Ritchie's recommendations were up
held by vote 95 to Is. rhe meas
ure,. an emergency one, required
seventy votes to pass.
By making the bill an emergency
measure, the Governor made it pos
sible to advertise for bids for the
bond issue this month. The bonds
will be dated as of June Is and the
money available at that time Will be
used for commencement OF the work.
Among the major projects to be
undertaken are the widening from
twenty to forty feet of the Washing
ton-Baltimore Boulevard from Balti-
more to Savage, Md; construction of
spur roads from the boulevard lead
ing into Rhode Island avenue and
into Sixteenth street, Washington;
construction of a road connecting
Calvert county with the Grain High
way and the widening of twenty-five
miles of the National Highway
through Western Maryland.
Another project is the construc-
lion of twenty-five miles of road, to
be known as the Eastern Shore
boulevard, connecting the proposed
terminal of the Claiborne-Annapolis
Jerry ON Kent Island with the upper
part of the Eastern Shore. The
eastern terminus of the through
boulevard will be Hillsboro.
The program also calls for con-
struction of approaches and roads
eading to the proposed Chesapeake
Bay bridge. It was this item in the
oill that brought the most sopposi-
tion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
HELD FOR SERIOUS CUTTING
AEFRAY

Daniel Conner, of West Noting
ham, who was arrested last week by
State Roads Officers Rosa and Klap-
proth, charged with having seriously
stabbed Ernest Krauss on Sunday,
March "a, in drunken brawl at the
home of Ezra Basham, near town,
was taken before Justice Scotten, OF
Elkton, for a hearing. When the
Magistrate learned that krauss was
in a serious condition and had been
sent to Baltimore hospital, he post
poned the hearing and remanded
Connor to the county Jail in Elkton,
to wait the result of his victims in
juries. During fight that ensued
Connor stabbed Krauss eight differ
ent times, about the body and face.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
BEQUEATHED LARGE ESTATE
BY BROTHER

Mrs. Alice A. Gillespie, of Port
Deposit, is the chief legatee under
the will of her brother, the late Ma
jor Henry Schroff Brown, former
executive of the New York Herald,
who died May 3rd, 1928. She re-
,ceives $280,179.
The transfer tax appraisal of the
estate, filed Thursday in Surrogate's
Court, placed the valuation at $780,
377 gross and $322,179 net, the
principal asset being listed as 1850
shares of Newmont Mining Com
pany valued at $29O,954. Three
brothers of the deceased will receive
$1,000 each under the terms OF the
will and several distant relatives
will receive smaller bequests.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
CHOSEN DELEGATES TO
CONFERENCE

The Methodist Episcopal Churches
! Cecil county, have elected the fol-
EoWina delegates and alternates to
Fs2aatnraf EnnfeHauaR., "a hR
ned Non Friday, April 5th. durine
the annual meeting of the Whining.
ton M. E. Conference, in Whining
ton this week:
Bethel and Town Point-W. F
Dean, C. A. Kirk, Elkton.
Charlestown-Albert F. Graham
Perryville; Walter A. Collins, Pr1n-
cipio Furnace.
art Cook, Elkton.
Chesapeake City-Charles A. Beis-
ganger, George K. Houck, Chesa.
peake City.
Colora- Edward L. Gibson, H. o
Klair, Colora.
Elkton-A. H. Dean, j. H. Sloan
Elkton.
Elk Neck-Mrs. G. Ethel Ulary
Mrs. Florence Wood, Elk Neck.
Hopewell-H. H. Kirk, Port De-
oosit; Benjamin Thomas, Perryv1lle
Newark-Dr. K. B. Crooks, G. M
ohippips, Newark.
North East. Davis, A. e. Cam
sron, North East.
Perryville-W. H. Cole, A. C.
Jackson, Perryville.
Port Deposit. H. Kimhle, Mrs
Lulu Westerfield, Port Deposit.
Rising Sun-E. l.. Haines, J. M.
Holden, Rising Sun.
st. Georges and Summit l..
Atwood, H. E. Simmons, st. Georges.
st. Johns'-Leon Ewing, Harry
Lungren, Childs.
Zion Circuit-E. D. Kirk, Rising
Sun, w. T. Shippers, Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
RIsING Sun SCHOOL NEWS

RISING Sun SCHOOL, NEWS
nafiHE Ille DaS} TgN weeks NJ
have had the following visitors at
our school, Mr.. Ruhl, county super
lntendent; Mr. Fontaine, High
School Supervisor; Mis- Simpson, AS
sistant Supervisor of Elementary
schools for the State. The County
Commissioners of Cecil County, Mr..
Mccoy, Mr.. Reed and Mr.. Ewing,
visited the school in order to OBJ
serve the crowded condition of the
school. A lunch was served for the
County Commissioners by the Home
Economics Department of the high
school.
We wish to acknowledge dona-
lion of $5, given by Miss Crissie
Rink for book or books for the
High School library. A donation of
a History of Cecil County by Ross
Cameron, an alumnus of the school.
A monthly gift of the American
magazine from Mrs. w. M. Pogue.
The High School Alumni Associa-
ion held social meeting at the
High School building on Friday
evening. At this meeting the asso-
,iation decided to hold play so as
to raise funds for the association and
at some future time make dona
lion to the school.
The baseball, volley ball, dodge
ball. speed ball and hit ball teams
are practicing during the noon hour
daily preparing for the spring ath-
letic season,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05

The Rev. Geo. A. Cooke, member
of the Wilmington Annual Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, filed with the conference
officials charges of Disseminating
False Doctrine" against the Rev.
Frank A. Lindhorst, also member
of the conference.
Mr.. Lindhorst is director Of religt-
Gus education of the conference, and
lives in Dover. Mr.. Cooke is pastor
of st, Johns Church, LewisvilIe, Pa,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
ELKroN's coast" RA1DED

officers one night last week made
raid of joints on Water street, in
Elkton, known as the Coast" and
arrested ten men for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct, Three of
them, Harry Hevlow, Enoch Fergu-
son and James Jones, who were
found with liquor in their possission
were turned over to Prohibition En-
forcement officers. and taken to Bal
timore, where they will be given
hearings in the United States Fed
eral Court, charged with violating
the Volstead law.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
TRI-COUNTY LEAGUE RE-
ORGANIZES
Eight Club Circuit-NO Paid
Players Allowed

The Tri-County League, which is
ganized for the coming season. Two
additional teams, Bay view and
.Cecilton, sought to gain admittance
xo the circuit, but by vote OF seven
10 one, it was decided a ten club
circuit would be too unwieldly, and
their applications were refused.
The circuit will be comprised of
Aberdeen and Havre de Grace, In
Aiiarford county; Liberty Grove,
North East, Providence, Chesapeake
City and Port Deposit, in Cecil Coun-
"; Newark, in New Castle county,
.Del. Elkton and Bay View, which
shere il. the circuit last season, drop
bed out. Their places were taken
ny Havre de Grace and Liberty
Grove.
Charles A. Ferguson, of North
East, was reelected president; Ellis
Qeibert, Elkton, secretary, and f..
w Aaronson, treasurer. 1t was de-.
1cjded that the schedule should con-
sist OF twenty-eight games, and the
season to be divided into halves.
The season will open on Saturday,
May 4th. No paid players will be
allowed TO participate in any Of the
games, under forfeiture and fine.
The layers also, must reside in The
three counties in which the teams
represent. The only exception to
This was to allow Chesapeake City
team to play William Loller, OF Ken
snedyy lille, Kent county. Any player
participating after the third game
has. been played in the Tri-County
league, in any other league, will
tlso be Ineligible to play in this
ahis league.
eyton B. Harrison, of ElKtor,
vas appointed umpire-in-chief with
lower to appoint and assign all
6ther umpires in the league.
The winner of the first half Of
he season and the winner of the
pcond half Of the season, win play
postseason series for the league
championship.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
GOAL is $4,000 MEMBERS

At the recent annual meeting OF
the Lancaster Automobile Club held
at the Stevens House in Lancaster,
S. Edward Gable, president, outlined
the many advantages of membership
and cited briefly the accomplish
ments during the year. Election to
membership of 100 who applied dur
ing March marked the first step
towards the goal for $4,000 that has
been set for 1929. 3,s;c
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
TWO LIVES LOST IN FIRE
Robbery Suspected AS Motive Foi
Crime-Arrest Made

The dwelling at Pleasant Hill
Cecil county, occupied by Mrs. Anna
Jane Mahoney, aged so, and her son
O. Edward Mahoney, aged So years
was destroyed by nre on FRIDAY
night OF last week. Both Mrs. Ma
honey and her son were burned t6
death.
Ine. victims were believed TO havs
been murdered by someone aticmp-
ing to@rob them and their bodifs
burned in the tire, thought to hay1
oeen OF incend1ary origin.
The fire was supposed TO hays
started after midnight Fridat.
Some time before, the sound OF shols
in the neighborhood was reported b7
three persons.
Robert Williams, colored, wh1
lives a short distance away, told the
investigators he was awakened bH
shots at 1:15 A. M, and in few
minutes saw the Mahoney homo
ablaze.
By the time he reached the house,
the entire building was burning and
it was impossible for him to get
near on account of the heat. He
gave the alarm and the Elkton Fire
Company was summoned, but the
building was doomed before they ar
rived, and 1T was impossible to ex-
tricate the bodies. That of the son
was located Saturday morning.
The body of Mrs. Mahoney has not
yet been found.
Mrs. Mahoney, a widow, and her
son, who was unmarried, were wide
ly known and it was common re-
port that they kept a large sum Of
money in the house at all times to
avoid going to the bank.
Firemen saved the outbuildings
The house, landmark in the vicln-
ity, was valued at $4,000.
Almost Immediately after the dis
covery of the body of the son in the
burned house, Elmer Johnson Of
Pleasant Hill, was placed under ar
rest. He was able to establish what
looked like an iron clad alibi how
ever, naming several persons who
could substantiate his movements on
the night of the fire. Johnson for
merly lived near the Cecil Paper Mill
and is notorious character.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
ELKTON CEMETERY

H. Winfield Lewis has been elect
ed to succeed the late DR.. Howard
Bratton, as president of the Board OF
Managers of Elkton Cemetery.
The board decided not to declare
a dividend this year. but to app
available funds to improving the a
pearance of the cemetery. 1t 4
planned to erect a new and approl
pirate fence along the side fronting
Howard street to replace the present
one, which is in bad repair.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
SHORE PROPERTY PURCHASED
BY SPORTSMEN

Boxers point located near Chest
ertown, Md, on Eastern Neck Island
and bordering on Chester River and
Eastern Neck narrows has been sold
by Arthur c. Levering, of Balti-
more, to Kent Farms Co., Inc, for
$4,000. This tract contains about
forty acres.
The Kent Farms Co., Inc, were
also the purchasers of the Menus
property for $4,000. This COM
pany is composed of Philadelphia
sportsmen and the property was pur-
chased for ducking purposes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05

The suit brought by Mrs. Charles
Wiebke against the Maryland Cas-
ualty Company and the American
Stores Company for personal injur-
les sustained when she fell from the
entrance of the stores company
building in Havre de Grace, was
settled out of court, the amount OF
settlement being S3,5OO. The suit
was brought for $4,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
HAINEs & KIRK

Port Deposit has lost its fight
against the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. A bill introduced by
Senator Squire to give the right to
the Cecil County Commissioners to
refuse. right-of-way unless 1t was
shown to be reasonable necessity,
Committee, which was equivalent to
killing the measure.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
MILLwoRK FOR CoNvEN.
TION HALL

Oxford, Pa, Millwork Company is
busy getting out contract amount
ing to about 100000, for all the
interior woodwork for the Conven-
tion Hall, now being built in At
lantic City, N. j. This building is
located on the Boardwalk, and it is
said will be the largest similar struc-
ture in the world.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05

Swepson Earle, Conservation Com
missioner, advises that one million
lake herring obtained by special ar
rangements with the u. S. Depart
meRt of Fisheries have been liberat-
ed in the Conowingo lake. This
adds to the stock of fish previously
placed there by Maryland and Penn
sylvania Conservation Departments.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05

Bids are being advertised by the
State Roads Commission for the
construction of section of concrete
highway from Appleton to Fair Hill,
Cecil county, distance of two and
nine-tenths miles. The contract
will be awarded ON April 16.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05

The Reynolds School will holdv
annual bake and doll exhibit on
Saturday afternoon, April 1S, in the
basement of the M. e. Church, from
$3.50 to $500 O'Clock. Proceeds to
buy books, etc.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
Further investIgaiion By Ire

FuTther lnVestlgaYlon by the he
ritipa- led 81 The ARREST on nul y.
lot Edward Smith. in Philadelp q
I son OF Robert Smith, of Pleasant
Hill. The young man was appre-
hended at Newark. Sheriff Logan
learned from persons in Philadel-
phia who knew Smith that he had
been out of work for some time, but
that he had seemed to have good
deal of money since the Mahoney
home was burned last Saturday
morning.
Evidence that Smith left Elkton
for Philadelphia on the 1858 A. M
train Saturday was also obtained.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
gling the building. prepara-
Iengaging in the hardware

The S1xCy-urSC Wllmlu6LOA Annual
%Conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church convened in Harrison
Street Church, Wilmington, on Tues
day of this week, and will continue
until April 8.
Walter C. Rutter, of North East,
and w. T. Caldwell, OF Conowlngo,
has been placed on the retired list
after service of more than thirty
years with the Pennsylvania rail-
road company.
The Gaddis-Moser Evangelistie
Party, composed of the Rev. T1lder
H. Gaddis and the three Moser sis
ters, arrived in North East Monday
for two weeks evangelistic cam
paign beginning Monday evening at
the Nazarene Church.
Daniel S. Terrell, president of the
Elkton Rotary Club, has been elect
ed a delegate to the district conven-
ton to be held in Cumberland this
month. Vice-President Albert d.
Mackey has been elected to repre-
sent the club at the international
convention in June, at Dallas, Texas.
An army plane from Aberdeen
Proving Grounnd, piloted by Ser
geant Stewart Smink, with Thomas
e. Hughes as assistant, left the
Grounds last week for Fort Lincoln,
N. D. At Mandan. N. D., with other
planes, an effort will be made to
blast and bomb an ice gorge on a
river there.
Willie Howery, of North East. was
fined last week by Magistrate Owens
of that town $3.50 and costs for
operating a car while under the in
.fuence of liquor, and $25 and costs
for operating car without operat-
ing license. In default he was SEN
fenced to six months in the House OF
Correction.
Elaborate and appropriate SER
vices were held in all our churches
on Easter. At Rising Sun M. E.
Church, the pastor, Rev. j. G. Nc
SOy, uoCu do AtAo oopJNNS 49,
splendid discourse at the morning
service. "The Risen Lord" Spe-
cial music was rendered by the choir
with Miss Isabel Mccoy at the pipe
organ. At the evening session a
song story was rendered by the
choir. Beautiful potted plants and
blooms graced the altar and chancel.
Large congregations were in at
tendance, both morning and eve
ming.
DR.. H. T. Workman, of Betterton,
Md, announces elsewhere in our ad-
vartising columns, the opening of
dental offices in the w. B. Cooney
dwelling, CHEEKY street, on Friday
April 5. DR.. Workman has had
years of experience in the various
branches of dentistry, and comes to
our town highly recommended.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05
DuCo DEMONSTRATION

A representative of the Dupont
Co., will be at our store, Saturday,
April 18th, to demonstrate Duco.
Come in and see how to apply this
product.
HAINES & KIRK
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-05

The regular meeting of the W. c.
T. U. will be held at the home of
Mrs. Eli Reynolds, on Thursday.
April 18th, at 2 P. M.