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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-10

feet that he would not allow hts
name to 90 before the democratic
convention. Mr.. Smith said:
Nobody has any authority TO
speak for me- i did not give out airy
statement and / have nothing 70
say at this time about events which
are still a year away"
The Post story added that Gov.
Roosevelt would probably be Do
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-10
Production Mounts

KIGORE, Sept. 10. (R-Produc-
ton in the east Texas oil field
under the proration order OF the
railroad comm sion had mounted
beyond 100000 barrels per day ac-
cording to estimates OF military
authorities in charge OF the area
today Ths field was reopened
Saturday under the order after q
19-day shutdown.
Every indication pointed TO a
prolonged occupation Of the oil
Neld by the skeleton force remain
ing to enforce the proration order
under martial law rule.
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Suspect Sought

Ell PASO. Sept. 10. Rt-New Mex,
leo officials were seeking Frank
Burrus. Jr.. 80. son OF q prominent
ranch man today as the result Of
a double shooting over J range
rights. IS miles northwest Of Las
Cruces yesterday. Sheriff Dick
Triviz was leading a posse.
Marion tBilD Sanders, IS, was In
a serious condition in q hospital
here with a bullet In his back.
Robert Works. IS. was In q Las
Cruces hospital with a shoulder
wound.
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KANSAS CITY, Sept. l0.-A1--
Henry l. Doherty has challe--- q
the assertion Of a fellow engineer
that responsibility for the pre- 1t
unemployment situation rests upon
applied science and has given
$780, 900 to obtain the facts.
DR.. Roy v. Wright, president OF
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SILENT
+ ON l932RACE

NEW YORK, Sept. 10. R-Af-
fred L. Smith remained non-com-
initial today as TO whether ne would
run for president again.
Commenting on an article IN the
New York Evening Post to the ef-
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and Business Leaders Confer on Cotton Solicitation

posed by Newton ID. Baker and that
smith would in all probability noe
oppose Roosevelt N the latter favor
ed repeal Of prohibition
Baker would make no comment
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RTvOLI-SAN RENITO

That "Daybreat.' now at the
Rivoli Theatre. should have a truly
Continental flavor seemed TO be the
intention of its producers from to
first moment the story was selected.
II has been brought TO the screen
with a Viennese. DR.. Arthur Sch
n~itzler. as author: a Frenchman.
Jacques Feyder, as director. and
the distinguished Young Latin. Ra-
mon Novar-o. In the stellar role OF
Will Kasda.
To many people Kasda will bring
memories OF the Novarro triumph
In THE Student Prince" Certainly
II has been a long time since he has
brought TO us a Young officer of the
Teutonic nations before the war.
Kasda is a delightful portrait. very
different from the Spanish lovers
in the two most recent Novarro nic-
lures. Call CT the Flesh" and I'm
Cav Madrid" Novarro Is magnifi-
cent in close-fittinE uniforms-with
q monocle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-10

The first three months Of this
year Russia exported more than .
million pounds OF candy TO tho
United States
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-10

Will Rogers ccr a new screen
triumph in his Latest Fox Movietone
comedy production. Mark Twain's
"A Connecticut Yankee" which has
its premiere performance at the
Queen Theatre today.
Rogers reaches the very peak OF
his powers as a comedian in his fell
low humo-ist's masterpiece. There
Is never O dull moment from start
20 finish and the laughter Is continu-
Gus.
Rogers naturally carries the lions
share OF the ccnedv. but his sup
portinr cast. which in udef Maur-
cen O'Sullivan. Frank Albertson.
William T'arnum ard Myrna 10y, Is
unusually excellent
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TINA

Big Business Girl" with beauti-
full Loretta Young In the title role.
is playing Friday at the Dittmann
theaTe.
Miss Young plays the captivating
heroine. Mac. a college girl. who Is
undecided between her love for
young Johnnie Saunders. leader OF
the University orchestra. and an I'M
quenchable desire TO win a career
for herself in the world Of big bust
ness.
John Unexpectedly returns from a
trip to Paris to be with Mac. HON
he has c~landestinely married. They
quarrel and part. without Johns
knowledge Mae uses influential
friends she has won through her &c
quantance VIII Clayton to help
her alienated husband to win sue
cess in the musical world.
Clayton tells the unhappy girl
that John plans a divorce-a clever
divorce correspondent ..opears on
the scene-and the story climbs I'D
TO an unexpected but gratifying
climax.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
OPERATIONS BEGIN ON
THE NEW SCHOOL
BUILDING

Pearl street extended, the
site of the new Rising Sun
High School building, is the
scene of much activity, with
the preliminary work that is in
progress.
Mr.. Lescallette, who is tht
building manager for Decou
& Childlaw, the successful bid
ders, arrived in town on Mon
day and Immediately put things
in motion.
The location of the building
has been staked out, and the
contractors Office is being
erected by the carpenters. Ex-
cavating will begin this week.
The contractors plan to have
the building completed some
time in June.
We are pleased to note the
fact that the contractors are
planning to use as much local
help as possible, and that much
of the material will be furnish
ed by local firms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
TRIP TO BALTIMORE.

Twenty-seven ladies, men,
bers of the Patriotic Order of
America, of Rising Sun, enjoy
ed a trip to Baltimore On Fri
day evening last, where they
visited Camp No. 20, P. G. of A.
at the Morning Star Hall, 11O4
w. Baltimore street, and seven
of their number Mr.. and Mrs.
Haney, Elizabeth Kyle, Gladys
Hamilton, Maude McCum-
mings, Mrs. Murphy and Mrs.
Lindamood, were initiated into
the mysteries of the Order.
Following the initiation the
visitors were served with sand
witches and coffee and enjoyed
a social time.
The party left Rising Sun
about $50 in the evening in a
large bus from Bel Air, char
tered for the occasion. On the
return trip a stop was made at
Bel Air and supper partaken of
at the Warren Restaurant.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
Miss Mary Walmsley

Miss Mary Walmsley, aged
S6 years, a life long resident of
Elkton, died at her home on
East Main street, in that town,
on Thursday morning, Jan. %,
of paralysis. Up to about a
year ago she was active, but
she suffered a fracture hip
from a fall, since which time
she had been an invalid, con-
fined to a wheel chair.
She was a daughter of the
late Robert M. and Harriet Nc
Cauley Walmsley. Since girl
hood she had been a member of
Elkton M. E. church and an ac-
tive worker in church affairs.
She is survived by one niece,
Miss Harriet Walmsley, of Elk
ton, who resided with her since
a small child. The funeral was
held on Saturday afternoon,
with interment in the Elkton
cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
Oscar Fritzallen Slack

Oscar Fritzallen Slack, died
at Union Hospital, Elkton, jan
uary 18th, in his 92nd year.
Mr.. Slack was a Civil War vet
eran, having served in Co. e.
Purnell's Legion of Maryland.
In the battle of Cold Harbor,
Va, June Is, 1864, he received
a gunshot wound in his right
leg, necessitating amputation
on the battlefield. Because of
this disability he was discharg-
ed on October 16, 1864, at Bal
timore. He is survived by his
sister, Mrs. Ruth Lowe, of Free
port, L. l., and a brother, B. E..
Slack, of. Parkers Landing, Pa.
Funeral services were held at
the home of his niece, Mrs. Will
liam ]. Logan, in North East,
on January 20. Interment was
made in Rosebank cemetery,
Calvert. Company 'E' Mary
land National Guard, and the
American Legion, took part in
the services at the cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
Mrs. Nathan T. BrittOn

Mrs. Mary Ellen Britton,
wife of Nathan T. Britton, died
Thursday, Jan. %, at her home
in Rising Sun. The funeral
was held at her late residence
on Sunday, at 200 p. m. Rev.
J. G. Mccoy, pastor of James M.
E. church, had charge of the
services. The bearers we're w.
G. Nields, c. S. Nields, H. L.
Shepherd, w. Louis Ryan, S. E.
Clayton and Benz. Briscoe. In
terment was made in Brook
view cemetery.
Mrs. Britton was the daugh-
ter of the late Joseph and Mar
tina Hall, of Northampton
county, North Carolina. She
was born July 4. 1861. Since
1896 the family has resided in
this neighborhood, where her
husband is well known. She is
survived by her husband and
three children: Joseph Edgar
Britton, of Westtown, Pa;
Herman G. Brittan, of Rising
Sun, and Mrs. Elizabeth Harris,
of New London, Pa
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
FOUR YEAR ROAD PLAN

Hartford county Is consider
ing a four-year road building
program. The proposed plan
would provide for the building
of all contemplated roads in
1881, 80, '33 and "a during the
next year. To permit this plan
the Legislature must pass a
measure authorizing the Har-
ford County Commissioners to
borrow money needed for the
last three years road require
ment, specifying that a portion
of the loan should be retired
during each of the three years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
Mrs. Amy Reynolds

Mrs. Amy Reynolds, widow
of the late Stephen Reynolds,
and a former resident of this
section, died early Monday
morning, at her home in Me-
dia, Pa, aged about 81 years.
The deceased was a daughter
of the late Edward Hall and
was born in Media. All her
married life was spent near
Rising Sun, her husband own
ing the farm just west of town,
now the property of J. Otis
Kennard. Following the death
of Mr.. Reynolds, about fifteen
years ago, Mrs. Reynolds NOV
ed to Media, where she had
since resided.
Funeral services were held
on Wednesday afternoon, and
interment made at Media.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
FOIL JAIL BREAK
Two Prisoners Cut Hole In
Cell Wall

Two prisoners, Michael Cros-
so, age 20, and Arthur Patton,
age 81, of Hartford, Conn.,,
who were waiting for transfer
to the House of Correction, to
which they were sentenced last
week on charges of stealing an
automobile from Roger Wool
eyhan, of Chesapeake City, at
tempted to break Jail at Elk
ton early Sunday morning.
Late Saturday night Sheriff
Buckworth was tipped off that
the men were picking the wall.
He set a watch on them. They
had removed a piece of iron
pipe from the wall which they
were using to loosen the NOR
tar about the stone.
Finally when the officers
saw that the prisoners had re-
moved several pieces of stone
from the wall they stepped in
and interferred.
The prisoners had prepared
a rope of bed clothes and mat
tress wire with which they
hoped to scale the high wall
about the Jail yard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
SCHOOL GIRL ATHLETES
Rising Sun Ties For Second
Place In Carnival

North East High School,
with a total of 637a points, won
the second annual girls mid
winter athletic carnival for
Cecil county schools, which
was staged in the Armory, at
Elkton, on Saturday.
Rising Sun School and Elk
ton Elementary School tied for
second honors, with 81 points
each. Elkton High School
trailed them closely, scoring
361a points.
The point scores of the other
schools were as follows: Per-
ryville, 10; Chesapeake City,
9; Providence, 6; Calvert, 4;
Elk Mills, 8; Mitchell, 8; Town
Point, Q; Jefferson, 1.
The meet, which was held
under the auspices of the Play
ground Athletic League, drew a
large crowd of spectators from
all sections of the county.
Four hundred and four girls
took part in the various events.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
TRUCK LOAD OF BOOZE
UPSETS I'm ROAD

A large truck loaded with
choice liquors, believed to have
been landed from a boat in the
Chesapeake Bay by a gang of
long sought by
Federal prohibition agents, up
set at a sharp turn on in the
road near Chesapeake City,
late Thursday afternoon last,
and the bottled goods were
strewn about promiscuously.
Several score of burlap bags
filled with bottles of the liquor
were salvaged from the wreck
by motorists attracted to the
scene by the burning truck.
After the machine had upset
the driver and two companions
who had jumped to safety, re-
moved the license plates and
set fire to the truck. They made
their escape in an auto they
hired.
The truck is believed to have
been enroute to Philada. by
way of Elkton and Wilmington.
Prohibition agents believe
that the liquor was struggled in
a boat into the Chesapeake
Bay and landed at some point
- p.
along the Elk River. Coast
guard cutters, it is stated, do
not patrol the Chesapeake Bay.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
WANTS PHOSPHORUS DE-
POSITS DREDGED

State Game Warden E. Lee
LeCompt has asked the Federal
Government to dredge the area
of the Susquehanna Flats,
which has been poisoned by
phosphorus and has killed, it
is alleged. 10000 ducks. The
cost would be about $4,000,
The Government has been
spending about $4,000 a year
for some years past, to keep
the ducks off of the poisoned
area. Dredging would remove
the PHOSPHORUS deposits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
OBITUARY
Otis White

Otis White died Saturday at
the Homeopathic. Hospital, in
West Chester, Pa. The de-
ceased was 40 years of age,
a son of the late John White,
Funeral Home of J. Earl Ty-
son, Rising Sun, and interment
by trade. One son and one
daughter survive.
Funeral services were held
at the Funeral Home of J. Earl
Tyson, in this town, on Tues
day afternoon, and interment
made in West Nottingham
cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
AMOS IN ANDY LEAGUE

Ihe scores of the Amos and
Andy golf teams on "Wednesday
last were as follows:
Amos-L. G. Tosh 81. Paul
Cameron 95, Dick Wright 98.
w. Featherman 80, J. 7. Rich,
ards 104.-4S3.
Andy-M. u. Zimermman "a
N. j. Reynolds SO, C. L. Bovd
SO. T. r. Biles 100. s. mr.
Ward 103.-4S8.
Other scores were: Merton
Whlte 119, A. Clendenin 100.
Jones Ia, Max Dinsmore 1O9,
Chas. Crothers 104, w. T. Jones
ITO, w. F. Campbell 1O3, R. G.
Dodson 112.
Standing of the teams:
Amos 1923, Andy 1430.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
RISING SUN SCHOOL NEWS

Our school finished in tie
for second place with Elkton
Elementary School in the an
nual Girls Winter Carnival, at
the Elkton Armory, on Satur-
day. North East won the meet.
Our girls volley ball team
again won a championship by
easily defeating Elkton, Ches-
apeake City and North East.
In addition to this victory we
placed in the following other
events: second in dodge ball,
14-16 year old class; third in
dodge ball, 1914 year old
class; I1ilda Nickel and Emma
Taylor finished first and second
respectively in the field ball
good throw; Vera Devine won
first place in the dodge ball
throw for distance.
Our school scored a total of
81 points, just one-half point
more than Elkton High School,
which placed third. Last year
our school only scored IL
points. The girls were in
charge of Miss Julia Williams.
director of girls athletics in our
High School. The meet this
year was better attended and
more successful than the init
ial meet last year.
Our Parent-Teachers Asso-
citation cleared $500 as a re-
suit of the magical entertain
ment held in the public hall on
Friday evening.
Mr.. E. Clark Fountaine, SUI
pervisor of High Schools, and
Mr.. Howard Ruhl, County Sup
erintendent of Schools, visited
our High School on Monday.
Both seemed well pleased with
the work being carried out in
our High School.
Inc dlSn School teachers
held their monthly faculty
meeting on Wednesday after
noon. The topic of the meet
ing was the relation of final
examinations to our present
menthods of teaching.
Members of the Music Class
es OF the High School compris-
ed the choir at the evening
service in the Methodist Epis-
copal church on Sunday. Rev.
J. c. Mccoy preached a sermon
particularly for the young
people of the school and COM
munity.
Don't forget our Library
Campaign. Any donations Of
worth while books for refer
ence use and general reading
will be gladly accepted
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
DUCK GUNNERS HELD

The area OF the Wilmington
Council, Boy Scouts of Ameri-
CT. has been extended To in
clude the entire State of Della
ware and the mint counties on
the Eastern Shore of Mary
land. This action increases the
area from 48g square miles to
1905 square miles, and in popu-
lation from about 100000 to
430, 900. The Council expects
to have 5000 Scouts enrolled in
the next five years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
REPAIRING MARLEY MILL

The Maryland Paperboard
Company, of Baltimore, which
recently purchased at Trustees
sale the Marley Paper Mill,
near Childs, Cecil county, has a
large force of men at work
making repairs and improve
ments on the plant. The race
leading to the mill has been
deepened. All woodwork has
been painted and grounds sur
rounding the mill have been
cleaned and fixed for use. The
electric paper machines for the
manufacture of chip and news
board paper are being install
led.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
VIOLATED SCHOOL LAW

Given a hearing before Mag
istrate William H. Johnson, of
Chesapeake City, charged with
keeping his two chilrden out
of school contrary TO the
school attendance law, Ben
jamin Sartin, of that town, was
fined 1885. Testimony was to
the effect that Sartin had been
repeatedly warned by the au-
thorities, but he failed to heed
the warning.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
Daniel Franklin Beck and

Daniel Franklin Beck and
Henry Maxwell Keen, two
Havre de Grace gunners, are
held under 5000 bail each, for a
hearing on Feb, 8. before u.
s. Commissioner J, Frank Sup
plee, In Baltimore, charged
with violating the ducking
laws, by having a number OF
ducks exceeding the bag limit
in their possession, and with
using guns of larger bore than
allowed by law.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
NEWARK ACADEMY DAMAG.
ED BY FIRE

The historic Newark Acade-
my building, erected in 1774
and In recent years the home
OF the Newark Town Library,
was damaged early Wednesday
morning by fire which swept
the stairway and several rooms
III the upper stories. While
the books on the library shelves
escaped the fire, many were
ruined by water and it is esti-
mated that the loss from the
blaze will reach more than ST.
900.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
WORKMAN FATALLY in.
,JURED

CLANCY McGuirk, %, SON of
the late Tobias McGuirk, of
Principle Furnace, this county.
was fatally injured Friday
morning while at work on a
dredging machine in the North
East river, near North East.
when his foot became caught
in the machinery. Coroner
Green, after learning the facts
about the young mans death,
deemed an inquest unnecessary
and gave a certificate of acct
dental death.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30

Crossing a field to deliver a
telephone message to a neigh
Dor, Mrs, Fred CHM, of Bohe-
mia Manor. fell and broke both
bones in the lower leg. She
was removed to Union Hospit-
al, Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-30
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events of
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED


Day.
Hog cholera is reported TO
exist on the premises OF the U.
S. Veterans Bureau, at Perry
Point.
The Northern Md. Power co.
is planning to erect new SUD-
station and warehouse in the
town of Elkton.
Gilbert Cam and James Hol-
lett have sold their farms near
Lewisville, Pa, to William ou
Point, of Wilmington.
The annual stockholders
meeting of Singerly Fire Co.
Elkton. will be held Feb. 2, IN
Elkton Town Council Hall.
Goodwin Gardner, young son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Gard
ner of Elkton, fell while at play
in the yard of his home ana
fractured an arm.
The card party held for the
benefit of the Perry Point troop
of Boy Scouts netted about
$3.50. which will be used for the
purchase of equipment.
Daniel Butler, of Elkton, in
attempting to step from a train
at Principle Furnace, fell ana
suffered painful cuts and bruls-
es about the head and BODY.
The annual meeting OF the
North East Fire Company will
be held in that town on the
evening of February 2, when
officers and directors Will be
elected.
The nineteenth annual meet
ing of the Del-Mar-Va Press
Association will be held at the
duPont-Biltmore Hotel, in Will
mington, on Saturday, Jan. 81,
at eleven a. m.
Mrs. ]. Ben Decker, OF Elk
ton. sustained a painful LAGER
alton above the eye on We'd
nesday last, when a horse she
was riding plunged suddenly,
causing her to strike her head
on a bride buckle.
Mrs. C. F. Miller has been
elected president OF Calvert
Homemakers Club. Mrs. M. j.
Ewing, yice-president; Miss l..
f. Fassitt, secretary ana treas
urer; Mrs. M. A. Hall, cores
ponding secretary.
The Susquehanna Baseball
League, composed Of teams
representing Elk Mills, Perry
vile, Oxford, Aberdeen, Havre
de Grace and Whiteford, will
open the season on May 2 and
close on September Z.
The directors Of the First
National Bank of North East
have elected r. G Underwood
president; r. c. Reeder, vice
president and cashier; E. },
Campbell, assistant cashier;
w. S. Wilson, teller; Mrs. Do
RE X. Foster, bookkeeper.
Members of Cecil Farmers
Club made tour of inspection
of the University of Delaware
poultry plant and dairy herd
on Wednesday last and were
entertained at the home OF G.
P. Hearn, near Newark, where
PORT. 7. A. Baker, of the the
University of Delaware, adj
dressed them on the subject OF
economic feeding of dairy
cattle.
Miss Clara E. Taft, Of Wash
ingtOn, and U. Grant Clifford
OF Kenneth Square, Fa., were
married on Thursday, Jan. %
in the Foundry M. E. Church
The Rev. Charles r. William
son, of Westminster Presbyte'
rian Church, West Chester, Of
ficiated. DR.. and Mrs. Clifford
will go abroad and on their re-
turn will reside in Kennet1
Square. The bride is the daugh'
ter OF Mrs. Eva Taft, Of Wash
ington, D. c.
j. C. Rill, former clerk in sht
assistant train masters ONCE
of the Pennsylvania Railroad a
Perryyille, now superintendent
of the Philadelphia Termina
| division, has been promoted U
general superintendent OF tn
Eastern Ohio division, VIII
headquarters at Pittsburgh.