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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-09-17
Mother Ball
Scalp T aiken
By S. Centre
Osakis Handily Defeated in
a Loosely Played Contest
Sunday Afternoon
A PERCENTAGE OF 500
Half of % Games Played Dur
ing Season Were Won
Stronger in 1882
A PERCENTAGE OF SOC

Sank Centre defeated the
Osakis ball club Sunday at the
Osakis ball park by the score OF .
to 4. This was the second victory
of the year over the Douglas
County team. The game was play
ed before one of the poorest
crowds of the season for the locals.
The first inning started rather
inauspicously for the locals, Tor
the Osakis players garnered three
runs, none of them earned. These
runs resulted from three errors
and one two-base hit. Iverson, who
started the season at the hot corn
er for the locals, was with the
Osakisites and nicked our pitcher
for two two-base hits.
Until the sixth inning Soltau
held Osakis to the three scores
when Bud Lewis went in to pitch.
In the seventh the Douglas outfit
added another run, their only
earned score of the game.
Sank Centre gathered two scores
in the second frame, when Otto
Paul went down first on four balls,
Hopkins forced him at second, Sol
tau was walked and Charley Klar
came through with hit scoring
Hopkins. Soltau scored on an error
at short when Butler was safe at
first. Klar was out catcher to third
and Jimmy Benson went out to
short.
In the third inning Sank Centre
added two more runs. Olsen, first
up, hit safe and stole second. He
advanced to third on an error on
the Osakis catcher, when Iwinski
was safe at first. Iwinski stole
second. Lewis was out on long
fly to center field and after the
ball was caught Hopkins scored.
Otto Paul hit safe scoring Iwinski.
Both Hopkins and Soltau were
easy outs.
The locals received two more
runs in the fifth. After Iwinski
famed Lewis was safe on an
error; Otto Paul also was safe on
an error, Lewis going to second
on the play. Hopkins famed. Sol
tau hit safe and Lewis and Paul
scored. Rar was out pitcher to
first.
In the ninth inning Sank Centre
added two more runs. Bud Lewis
famed, but the catcher dropped
the last strike and he raced to
first; the catcher threw wide and
Bud was safe. Paul struck out but
Hopkins received first base on
balls. Lewis went to third on a
wild pitch and scored on Soltau's
third hit of the game. Hopkins
scored on Klar's sacrifice hit.
Soltau pitched the first six inn
ings for Sank Centre and Bud
Lewis dished out the fast ones dur
ing the last three frames. The
Osakisities got four hits off Soltau
in six innings and three off of Bud
in three INNINGS. Soltau struck
out six in six. innings, while Bud
famed five IN in three frames.
Both local pitchers tossed effec-
tive ball and with perfect support
only one run should have been
Tailed against them.
The following is the box score:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-09-17
State Pays S.
c.. $18,069.92
School Aid
st. Cloud Receives $16,933.33
Paynesville $10,021.48;
Melrose 3,204.22
HEAVY TUITION FEES
Detailed Report Show for
What Purposes the Funds
Are Received

In the apportionment of the pub
lie school funds this week Sank
Centre received more money than
any other Independent district in
Stearns county, including the city
of st. Cloud.
OF the $l01,2 19.77 distributed in
the county, Sank Centre Independ-
ent district will receive $18,069.02;
st. Cloud $16,933.33; Paynesville
$10,021.48; Melrose $3,204.22.
The casual observer might wond-
er why this city should receive
more state aid than a city six
times as large. The Herald was
curious and an investigation dis
closed that Sank Centre receives
high school tuition amounting to
$4,781; transportation $3,119; teach
er's training $2,347.
The st. Cloud district comprises
the City of st. Cloud, but they re-
ceived tuition amounting to $6,39s
for pupils attending residing out
side the district. Many of those at
tending the Sank Centre school re-
side in the consolidated and asso-
ciated districts or those residing in
villages where High School is no.
maintained.
The state department pays tut
ton of $500 per month for each
pupil attending an accredited high
school residing outside the district.
The transportation cost of $3,119
to carry the country children from
their homes to school and return is
paid by the state.
Because of the location Of the st.
Cloud Teachers College in the
Granite City a Normal training de-
partment is not maintained. This
amounted to $2,347 in Sank Centre.
The following tabulated statement
of the awards to the Sank Centre
school will be of interest:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-09-17

x1-View Of Hankow, China, where
thousands have persisted in floods
that threaten to destroy the big
city. 2-Clubhouse and 18th green
at the Beverly Country Club, Chi
cago, scene of the national anna
teur golf tournament. Count
Karolyi who formed a government
for Hungary after the resignation
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-09-17
$18119.22

Several rural districts receive
more aid than the Independent dis
trict of Melrose. The highest of
these is Holdingford, receiving So
446.29. District 141, Belgrade, re-
ceives $5,674.83. District 80, Kim
ball, receives $5,033.70. The Brooten
district receives $4,000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-09-17

Sank Centre Ends Season at 500
The local ball club played twenty
(Continued on Page Four)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-09-17

Mrs. Alfred Moody, of Brooklyn,
N. z, slapped mosquito while she
was on pier in Atlantic City, and
lost a sapphire ring overheard.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-09-17

Mr.. nd Mrs. Norville wilkins, So,
Of Chicago, who were divorced "a
yers go hive just remirried.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-09-17

1t pays to Advertise in the Sank
Centre Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-09-17
Grand Total

10. Evening School Aid :.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
JURY DIsAGREEs

The jury before whom Nc
Kinley Keith, of Cecil county,
was tried at Centerville, Md,
last week, for the shooting OF
Hassell Burton, failed to agree
after more than seven hours OF
elaboration, and was 'discharg-
ed. The accused was released
under $4,000 bail.
After a conference between
the counsel for the defense and
States Attorney Ellis P. Rol-
Inns, of Cecil county, from
which county the case was re-
moved, it was agreed to try
Keith at Chestertown on Octo-
Der 10Th, this year.
Keith shot and killed Burton
in a rear room of Owens road
house, near Porters Bridge,
during an argument which &C.
companied a drinking bout, i'll
which several men ngaged.
The shooting occurred in De-
celnber of last year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
Mrs. Louisa Craig

Funeral services for Mrs.
Louisa Craig, aged SO, widow of
James Craig, who died May ~,
at her home in Charlestown,
Cecil county, were held Friday
afternoon, in Principle Fur
mace M. q. church, with burial
in the adjoining cemetery.
She was. a daughter of the
late Alexander Jackson and
Mary Ann Jackson and was
born at Principle Furnace, liv-
ing there until her marriage.
sixty-eight years ago. She had
lived the remaining years of
her life at Charlestown.
Mrs. Craig is survived by a
son, Henry Craig. of Baltimore.
She also leaves two brothers,
Walter 7. Jackson, Of Havre
de Grace; Herman Jackson,
of Wilmington. DEL, and two
sisters, Mrs. Ellen Little, of
Perryville, and Miss Deborah
Jackson, of Principle Furnace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
FAMILY REUNION

Plans are being perfected for the
second annual reunion of the Glackin
family to be held at st. Mary's
Church, Pylesville, York county,
Pa, June IA. The program for the
day will open with Mass at 1880.
celebrated by Rev. j. P. O'Callag-
han, rector oil the church. A basket
lunch will be served at noon, and
entertainment has been arranged for
the afternoon.
Mrs. Paul Shellenberger, of York,
has charge of the arrangements, and
the reception committee is headed
by Mrs. C. r. Glackin, of Whiteford.
Others on the committee are Joseph
Glackin, Brandywine Summit; Mrs.
j. Harry Stewart, York; Mrs. Robert
Lacey, Pylesville, Mrs. Margaret Col
Inns, Oxford; Mrs. Albert Morris,
Delta; Mrs. Mary Walker. York, and
Mrs. Ella Dinelan, Jersey City. N j
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
FOREIGN STUDY SCHOLAR.
SHIPS

Twenty-Five scholarships of
$500 each have been awarded
to students in various colleges
and universities of the country
under the University of Della
ware Foreign Study Plan, &C
cording to an announcement
made recently by the commit
tee on the junior year of the
Institute of International Edu-
cation in New York city.
Two of these are students at
the University of Delaware,
Newark, at this time, Harry F.
Williams, of Kennett Square,
and Miss Dorothy Deiser, of
Philadelphia.
Those selected will form part
of a larger group made up of
between seventy and eighty
students. Under the Univer-
sjty of Delaware plan, approved
by most of the universities and
colleges of the country, the
students, in most cases, have
had two years of college Train
ing. They will receive credit
for their junior year work in
France and will return to their
home colleges for the senior
year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
ELKTON BANKING & TRUST
COMPANY

The stockholders of the Elk
ton Banking & Trust Company,
at their annual meeting OH May
IL, elected the following. Off
GERS: Harvey H. Mackey, pres
dent; Irwin T. Kepler, execu-
tive vice-president; S. Claude
Sykes, vice president and sec.-
treas; Edwin S. Dorcus, vice
president; Geo. Eber Brown,
asst. sec.-tras.; G. Warren Ken
nard, asst. sec. treas; ]. Frank
Blake, Jr., asst. sec.-treas. !;
Jos. T. Tyson, cashier Kissing
Sun Bank; VIM. d. Mills, cash
Ter Chesapeake City Bank;
Carroll C. Short, cashier Cecil
ton Bank.
Directors-Harvey H. Mack
ey, S. Clande Sykes, Lambert
w. Davis, A. HI. Mendenhall,
w. T. Vinsinger, John E.
Gonce, ]. Frank Blake, Harry
w. Pippin, Edwin S. Dorcus,
]. Otis Kennard, G. H. Gamer
on, w. H. Gilmour, D. j. Ayerst,
David B. Mcdowell, Frank P.
Conrey, John H. Terrell, r. B.
McCauley.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
GRAY AGAIN IN JAIL
Wanted In Cecil County On
Murder Charge


Sheriff Albert Duckworth has
been notified that Joseph Gray,
one time operator of a road
house near Rising Sun, who
escaped from the county Jail at
Elkton, in March, 1928, where
he was being held for the MUIR
der of William Strickland, of
Oxford, Pa, had been arrested
at Timball, West Virginia.
Gray was held by a coroner's
jury on March 8, 1928, and was
later indicted by the Grand
Jury of Cecil Circuit Court.
With the aid of an accom-
plice he made his escape from
the Elkton Jail, and his where
abouts were not known until
he was arrested last week.
Strickland died in Union
Hospital, Elkton, following a
shooting affair at Gray's road
house.
1t is alleged that Strickland,
as well as his wife, who was
with him, had been drinking
when they stopped at the road
house where the shooting took
place.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
PETITIONS FILED
Voters Ask Referendum On
S1,OOO,OOO Road Bond
Measure

AS a protest against the
steam roller tactics of those
sponsoring the $1,000,000 loan
for road improvements in Cecil
county, in forcing the measure
through the Legislature with
out a referendum provision,
petitions have been circulated
throughout the county and over
$500 signatures of voters Sc
cured asking that vote be TAX
en- on this measure at the next
general election.
The constitution of the State
provides that when ten per
cent of the number OF sigma
lures of voters cast at last gu
bernatorial election sign petit
tions for a referendum on any
local measure passed by the
General Assembly, the law
shall not become effective until
it is approved by the voters at
the next general election.
At the last gubernatorial
election held, in Cecil county
$500 votes were cast for the
several candidates for Cover
nor, and, therefore, it was nee
essary to obtain only about $50
signatures to the petitions for
the desired referendum. The
numebr obtained, over $500,
shows what the voters of this
county think of steam roller
politics.
This is the first time in the
history of this county that the
voters have ever asked for
referendum on a measure pass
ed by the General Assembly,
which affected Cecil county.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
HOSPITAL DONATIONS

At the monthly meeting of
the Directors of Union TIospit-
al, Elkton, held at the Hospital
last week, a gift of 500 was re-
ceived from Mrs. Sarah X.
Bailey, of Earleville.
Co. E Club presented a check
for $100 made at a dance held
in the Armory. The Fifth Dis
trict Auxiliary presented the
Hospital with an electric or
ange squeezer. The Mems Club
of Elkton M. e. church have
given the Hospital a large
quantity of provisions. :.
Miss Stewart reported SO adj
missions for April. and 75 dis
charges,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
RECOUNT CASE DISMISSED

Judge Levin w. Wickes, of
the Circuit Court for Cecil
County, has signed an order
dismissing the contested cleo
ton case of Harry Howard, of
Chesapeake City, VS.. Walter
Miller. of Elkton.
Mr.. Howard was the Demo-
cratic candidate at the Ncvem>
Der election for County Com
missioner from the First dis
trict of Cecil county and Mr..
Miller the Republican candi-
date, the latter being returned
elected by eleven majority.
Mr.. Howard instituted pro-
ceedings for a recount of the
votes, but the Court ruled that
the evidence produced was not
sufficient to warrant an order
being passed for a recount of
the ballots. Miller has been in
office since December /, last.
His term is four years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
GAMBLERS SENTENCED

Hugh Cantler, aged "a, of
this vicinity, was sentenced to
the Eastern Penitentiary by
Lancaster, Pa, Court, Satur-
day, after pleading guilty to
entering the garage of Chester
Wiley. at Wakefield, Pa, and
stealing a quantity of cigaret-
ties, SIT in cash and some brake
lining Willard, his brother.
aged 10 years, also admitted his
part in the affair, and was sent
to Huntingdon Reformatcry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
GARDEN CLUB ORGANIZES

The Cecil County Garden
Club was reorganized last week
for the summer of 1881 at a
meeting held at the Partridge
House, in Elkton, with the fol-
lowing officers: President, Mrs,
Henrietta B. Cameron; vice
president, Mrs. Albert Consta-
BILE; sec.-treas., Mrs. Ralph G.
Davis; cor. sec., Mrs. Albert d.
Mackey; directors, Mrs. Hwd.
I. Ruhl, Mrs. Saml. H. King,
Mrs. Irwin T. Kepler, Mrs. John
F. Johnson, Mrs. Claude Sykes.
Mrs. G.. A. M. Johnson, Mrs.
Eloise Ash, Mrs. M. E. Harlan,
Meetings will be held the
first Monday night in each
month,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Re-organizes And Re-appOints
County Superintendent
And Supervisors

Re-OrganiZeS And Re-appO1ntS
County Superintendent
And Supervisors
The Board of Education met
in regular session on Tuesday.
May IL. Those present were
Fred Lewis, president; Mrs.
Eleanor j. Moore, vice presi-
dent, and J. E. Crothers.
The minutes of the regular
meeting of April 14th were
read and approved and sundry
bills ordered paid.
| The Board then adjourned.
With the County Superinten-
dent acting as chairman, the
Board then re-organized by
electing Fred Lewis president,
and Mrs. Eleanor ]. Moore vice
president.
The Board then appointed
Howard T. Ruhl as County
Superintendent of Schools.
Salaries of the colored school
teachers were again consider
ed. In view of the fact that
this county is now paying more
than $1O0 higher salary than
any Eastern Shore County, and
that it is, in rank, the fifth
county in the State in salaries
of colored teachers, the Board
decided to continue the salary
scale now in force.
A delegation representing
the various clubs in Elkton and
the Alumni Association Of the
Elkton High School appeared
before the Board requesting
that they place in their budget
an amount of money sufficient
to build a High School in Elk
ton. The Board Of Education
listened carefully to their re-
quest and stated that this re-
quest must be considered to-
gether with a request for
$4,000 from the citizens of
North East for a High School
there.
In the opinion of the Board
of Education, both schools are
essential. Mr.. Fred Lewis
voted for priority for Elkton;
the other two members voted
that North East should have
priority over Elkton.
1t was decided, therefore, to
include the amount Of $113, 900
in the budget for construction
of a high school at North East,
and that Elkton should have
next consideration by the
Board of Education.
The Board of Education APP
pointed Miss Lula HI. Grim and
Miss Olive l.. Reynolds, Super
visors for Cecil County. 1t then
appointed Miss Lidie d. Sager,
clerk, and E. B. Fokler, attend
ance officer and supervisor of
colored schols.
Request was considered from
the colored people of Elkton
for use of the grounds of the
Elkton Elementary School as a
base ball park. This request
was not acted upon favorably.
A request for transportation
of children from Bacon Hill
bridge to Elkton was consider
ed and laid aside for next
meeting.
The Board then considered
the consolidation of schools
that might be effected for the
coming year, in view of the new
building at Rising Sun, and de-
cided to arrange for consolida-
ton of Butler and Oak Grove
18th District) schools at Rising
Sun.
The sum of $3.50 was author
lied to be included in the bud
get of this Board for mainten-
ance of a dental clinic for
school children for the school
year 1882.
The meeting then adjourned.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
Miss Sarah r. Strickland

Miss Sarah R. Strickland, 20,
died at her home in Elkton, on
Tuesday, May IL, after a long
illness. One sister, Miss Mary
S. Strickland, survives her. The
funeral was held on Friday
afternoon, with burial in Elk
ton cemetery.
The deceased was a daughter
of the late VIM. Price and Mar
tina A. Gallagher Strickland,
and her entire life was spent in
Elkton and vicinity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
OBITUARY
James Cameron Mackenzie

James Cameron MackenZle
James Cameron Mackenzie,
for three years director of the
Jacob Tome Institute, Port De-
posit, who died on May 10, at
the home of his son, Richard
Mackenzie, on Staten Island,
was the founder of the Wilkes
Barre, Pa, Academy, and for
seventeen years headmaster of
the Lawrenceville, N. j., School
for Boys. DR.. Mackenzie was
rs years of age.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
Henry T.. Carter

Henry L. Carter, a retired
paper manufacturer, who died
at his home in Gradyville, Del,
county, Pa, on May 10, was a
former resident of Cecil coun-
ty, and a grandson of the late
Israel Day Carter, of Carriers
Mills, this county.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Sarah Walker Carter,
and three daughters, Mrs. Geo.
E. Earnshaw, Jr., West Ches-
ter Pa; Hester and Sarah
Carter, at home.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-05-22
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events of
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

2
are being frightened with new
Spring dresses of paint.
A shoulder of crushed stone
is being placed along TIE con-
crete roadway on West Main
street, from Queen street to
Wilson avenue.
The Senior Glass of ElKton
High School, numbering forty,
accompanied by Principal Guy
johnson, enjoyed three-day
sightseeing trip to Washing
ton on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday.
Representatives from the
various hospital auxillarles
throughout the county will
meet in Elkton on May ~, the
annual visiting day at Union
Hospital. An interesting pro-
gram is being arranged by the
Elkton auxiliary.
William Sechrist, Jr., OF
Laurel, was struck and killed
by a train while walking along
the Port Deposit branch OF the
Pennsylvania r. R., near Safe
Harbor, Pa, where he was en-
ployed. The accident occurred
early one morning last week as
the young man was on his way
to work at the Safe Harbor
dam.
The hearing of Mrs. Clara
Reynolds, who was arrested by
Sheriff Buckworth, of Elkton,
after she had been exonerated
from blame in connection with
the robbery of the Bank OF
Ridgely on March Is, last, and
lodged in Elkton Jail charged
with forging a check for $3.50
last December on the Elkton
Banking and Trust Co., has
been postponed until some time
in June.
Walter Fisher, colored, OF
this section, committed suicide
last week by hanging himself
in Lancaster. Pa, jail. He had
been picked up on the street in
Lancaster, for drunkenness,
and placed in Jail. Walter was
an inoffensive negro, with a
wholesome fear of the law. 1t
was his first experience with
jails and the superstition is his
dread of the law was such that
he hung himself.
DIR. C. A. Kane, Health officer
of Cecil county, announces the
addition of the services Of DR..
F. A. Holden, of Baltimore. a
Decialist in the treatment of
the eye, ear and nose, to the
county's health department.
He will visit Cecil county every
second and fourth Thursday, of
each month, and will treat
cases for the Health Depart
ment, and also offer his SER
vices to the doctors of the
county in their free work.
The annual poppy sale by the
members of the Ladies Auxil-
larry of Cecil Post No. 10, Amer
lean Legion, will be held in
Cecil county on Saturday, May
%. Changing the order of sew
eral years standing, the Auxil-
larry is arranging to send COM
mittees into the various towns
and communities of the county
foI the day, which will ellnil-
nate the confusion that has
existed heretofore, when each
community was called on to ar
range for selling.
While the motor of an auto
was being cleaned with gaso-
line at the Scott Wilson garage,
on Main street, in this town,
on Friday morning last. the
gasoline being used caught on
fire. and a threatening blaze
was the result in an instant.
The chemical truck of the Com
munity Fire Co. was quickly
on the scene, but was not need
ed, as the blaze was soon under
control without any damage
being done. Things looked
bad for a time, and brought up
memories of June Is, 1921,
when a disastrous fire original
ed at the same place.