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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
CHARITY BENEFIT SHOW

Taking a tip from the New
York Milk Fund promoters,
Frank w. Mathues, proprietor
OF Horse Shoe Farms, in Elk
Neck, Cecil county, is sponsor
ing a program of prize fights to
be held on the farm of ]. B.
Decker, near Elkton, for the
benefit of the Cecil County
County Welfare Association.
Mr.. Mathues expects to have
the best pugilists in the game
present for the show, with the
Manassa Mauler, Jack Demp-
sy, as referee.
In connection with the pugi-
listic talent, Mr.. Mathues has
been assured that other men of
national prominence, including
Harold Lloyd, the movie star:
Damon Runyon and Grant
land Rice, sports writer's; Joe
HUMPHREYS, ring announcer.
and others will be glad to lend
their assistance by being
present.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
PLACED ON HONOR ROLL

After having served a half
century in the employ of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co., FL
mer E. McMaster, of Havre de
Grace, was retired and placed
on the company's honor roll on
Thursday of this week, when he
reached his 10th birthday.
Practically all of that time he
has served as bridge tender on
the Susquehanna river bridge.
which connects this county
with Hartford county.
Mr.. McMaster was born I'M
Smyrna, Del, but when a small
boy his parents moved to Port
Deposit, and later to Havre de
Grace. Mr.. McMaster's father
the late John James McMaster.
was employed as beck-hand on
the old ferry boat, Maryland"
which position he filled until
October %, 1866, when the first
railroad bridge between Perry
vile and Havre de Grace was
opened for traffic, ninety days
after the original bridge was
blown down during a cyclone
that passed down the river.
The elder McMaster was ap-
pointed as draw tender when
the bridge was opened and re-
manned on the job until his
death on August 10, 1881, when
his son succeeded him.
In all his fifty years service
Elmer e. McMaster lost but 1856
days on account of sickness and
vacations. Next month he ex-
poets to go a visit to relatives I'M
Akron, Ohio.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
GIRL BROWNS AT HOLLO-
WAY BEACH

Margaret S. Stewart, aged -,
of Wilmington, was drowned in
North East river, off Holloway
Beach, Charlestown, Sunday
afternoon, when a canoe in
which she and her aunt and
uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. John APP
pleton, were riding, upset.
The trio were visiting at the
cottage of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Davis, Chester, Pa. A party in
a motor boat rescued Mr.. and
Mrs. Appleton and divers later
recovered the body of the child.
Intellectual attempts were made
to resuscitate her. She was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John M. Stewart, Wilmington.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
ORPHANS COURT

Bonds Appropriateness III.
Charsha, administrator of Lila
G. Archibald; Miller F. Nc
Graw, administrator of Chas.
r. Foard.
Accounts Passed-Second ac-
count OF VIM. ]. Metz, guardian
OF Elizabeth Rebecca Metz, ct
al; first and final account of
Sarah c. Childress, admins
tratrix of Joseph F. Chidlress;
first and final account of Tim
othy Kelly, executor of Bar
tholemew F. Kelly, and distrf-
button struck on same.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31

Two S00-gallon stills were
stroyed last week by Sheriff
Buckworth and deputies, in a
woods opposite Charlestown.
One OF the stills had Just shut
down after running all night.
and those engaged in the illicit
business were starting the
other, when the lookout, John
Neiser, who was stationed up a
tree, gave warning Of the ap-
preaching officers, and those
who were at work escaped.
Neiser was placed under arrest
and taken to Baltimore, where
he was turned over to Federal
authorities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
INJURED in AIRPLANE
ACCIDENT

In attempting to take off
Sunday evening, an airplane
that had been carrying passen-
gers at Crystal Beach, along
the Elk River, failed to gain al
titude, and swerved towards
the automobiles parked along
the road, crashing into the
machines.
The cars of Mrs. Mary Thorn
as, of Philadelphia, and John
Gamble, of Glenolden, Pa,
were partially wrecked, and the
the plane put out of commits
sion. Mrs. Thomas and Miss
Peggy Marshall, of Philadel-
phia, were painfully cut by
glass from the windshield. The
two airmen were also badly
cut about the face.
James M. Sinclair, of Clay
mont, Del, the owner of the
plane, and Arnold Rasmusse,
of Folcroft, Pa, the pilot, were
arrested and taken to Elkton.
The men were released the
next day upon the owner of the
plane agreeing to pay the dam
age to the automobiles into
which it crashed, and the case
dropped, as the accident was
deemed unavoidable.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
Miss Grace Wells

Miss Grace Wells, daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. George
Wells, died at Union Hospital,
Elkton, Saturday night, from a
complication of diseases. For
more than forty years she had
been a teacher in the Elkton
school. With her sister, the
late Miss Elizabeth Wells, she
instituted what is now the child
welfare work in Elkton. Her
funeral was held on Tuesday
afternoon, with interment in
Elkton cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
ANNUAL FARMERS DAY
Speakers Who VIII Address
: Meeting At Port Deposit


Announcement is made
of speakers who will address
the eighteenth annual Farmers
Day meeting, to be held in Me-
mortal Hall, Jacob Tome Insti-
tute, Port Deposit, on Satur-
day, August 15. This annual
gathering is always looked
forward to with a great deal of
anticipation, and is largely at
tended. It is sponsored by the
allied farm organizations of the
county.
Charles S. Brown is one of
the speakers who will be heard
on the date mentioned. Mr..
Brown, as a member Of the
Board of Directors of Amer
lean Farm Bureau Federation,
has had wide experience in adj
dressing large meetings Of
farmers and other public gath
erings. He is a speaker Of
ability, and will tell what is
being done under the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act.
Much local Interest," is given
the meeting from the fact that
DR.. JOS. I. France, who sue
cessfully operates one Of the
finest dairies in the country on
Mt. Ararat Farms, and who
recently announced his candi-
dacy for Presidential nomina-
ton on the Republican ticket,
will make an address.
Charles w. Holman, secre-
tary Of the National Coopera-
tive Milk Producers Federation
has also accepted an invitation
to be one of the speakers.
Mr.. Holman has been heard
at Port Deposit on previous oc-
casions, and in addition to be-
ing an authority on matters
pertaining to milk production.
has had wide experience as a
newspaper man, and an inves-
tigator of cooperative market
ing methods.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
WILL VOTE ON ROAD BOND
MEASURE

Acknowledgement VIM. Pres
ton Lane, Jr., has notified Sec
rotary of State, David G. Wine
brenner, Jr., that the petitions
filed with him in May, signed
by 1867 voters in Cecil county,
asking for a Referendum on
the Cecil County Road Bond
bill, known as Chapter $40 of
the Acts of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, 1881, were in
accordance with the law. This
means that the proposition will
be submitted to the voters of
Cecil county at the November
election next year.
This bill was passed by boss
tactics during the closing hour
of the Legislature in April,
over the vigorous protests of
the Cecil county delegation in
the House.
The Cecil delegation held out
for "a referendum amendment,
but the powers that be would
not permit it, and literally
jammed the measure through
by rough shod methods, which
aroused the ire of the voters of
Cecil county, and led to petit
lions being circulated for sig
natures, asking that vote be
had. The result is that the
proposition will be submitted
for endorsement or rejection by
the voters of the county in Mo-
Vemher. 1892.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
OBITUARY
Miss Ida Davis

Miss Ida Davis, aged about
so years, daughter of the late
William Davis, of Elkton, died
at a hospital near Washington,
D. c., on July22, where she had
been undergoing treatment for
the past several weeks. She
is survival by three sisters, Mrs.
ID. w. Wilson. Misses Dora and
Duella Davis, of Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE

charged with criminal as
sault upon 13-year-old Mary
Shlvery, of Elkton, Francis
Coyle, a farm worker of near
Elkton, and William Linton.
were locked up in the county
jail last week, on complaint of
the girls mother, Mrs. Mary
Shivery.
The girl is said to have adj
mitted to her mother and Of
Ulcers that the men mistreated
her after they had taken her
for a ride in the country in a
truck.
Linton is already held on
5000 bail on a charge of steal
ing gasoline from the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Co.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
CECIL ROAD MILEAGE

Figures compiled at the office
of the State Roads Department,
and recently published, show
that Cecil county has 645 miles
of road, 1000 of which is i'm
proved in some form.
OF the total miles of i'm
proved highways, lightweight
and three-tenths is in concrete.
The remaining fifty-two and
six-tenths consists of 1904 of
macadam and 1855 miles of
betuminous macadam.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
WHEAT YIELD GOOD
PRICE POOR

Those of our farmers in this
locality who have threshed
their wheat report good yields.
in most cases above average.
This seems to be the rule
throughout the county. While
some low acreage yields are re-
ported, others have reached as
high as 45 bushels per acre.
The one big Disappointing
feature with the wheat crop is
the price, our warehouse men
offering around forty cents per
bushel. The prevailing low
price will result in much of the
crop being fed to stock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events of
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

passed over town shortly after
six O'Clock on Friday morning.
The Columbia Gas Co. has
completed the laying OF three
pipes across Conowingo lake,
and the floats from which work
was carried on are being torn
apart.
]. B. Webb suffered serious
Injuries to his neck and back,
some days ago, by fall while
helping to haul in wheat on the
farm of Lewis J. Brown, near
Sylmar.
w. S. Bachman and family
have moved from Wilmington
and are occupying the dwelling
at the corner of Queen and
Cherry streets, lately vacated
by Mrs. Wilbert Maxwell.
Mrs. Phineas Craig, of North
East, has been appointed a
member on permanent organ
ization of a Ladies Auxiliary OF
Maryland. as outlined at the
recent State Firemen's Con-
vention, held at Ocean City, Md.
During the annual cruise OF
the Maryland Yacht Club, OF
Baltimore, visit will be made
to Havre de Grace on August
Srd. 1t is expected fully forty
yachts will participate in the
cruise.
Thives have recently paid
two visits to the store of N. R.
Touchton, at Zion. On the first
occasion about forty gallons OF
gasoline were stolen from the
tank, and last week goods to
the value of abount fifty dol
lars were stolen.
During the heavy storm of
July 20 Robert McCleary, a
farmer of near Lewisville, Pa,
lost five cows. Three of them
were killed by lightning, and
two were drowned when they
got into the, Big Elk creek,
which was greatly swollen by
the torrential rain.
Caught in the act of making
preparations to run a quantity
of mash through a 30-gallon
still in the woods near Elkton,
last week, Harry Davis and
Herman Clark were arrested by
Deputies Reynolds and Boyd, of
Elkton, and turned over to the
Federal authorities in BALTIC.
During the blockade of traf
fic through the Chesapeake 4
Delaware Canal, caused by the
grounding of two large heavily
laden barges, it was necessary
to leroute vessels to Philadel-
phia via the Virginia Capes.
Passengers were transferred to
chartered buses and freight to
trucks.
The pouring of concrete on
the Gathers Corner-Por~ De-
post section of road being i'm
proved, began on the Gathers
Corner end Monday afternoon.
The section of roadway being
improved by the State Roads
Commission is 1925 miles in
length, and the construction
company having the work in
charge expect to complete it in
September.
Miss Bessie L. Mendenhall,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Mendenhall, of Blue Ball, and a
graduate of Maryland Institute
of Fine and Practical Arts, will
enter the School of Occupa-
tional Therapy, Walter Reed
Hospital, Washington, D. c.,
in October. This course is Of
fered to only ten students each
year who have been graduated
from art schools and occupa-
tional Therapy Schools OF the
United States.
The Susquehanna Hose Co.,
) of Havre de Grace, has desig-
mated August Is as Tag Day,
when funds will be solicited for
the Fire Company. The Havre
de Grace company was one OF
the first to discontinue carni-
walls and solicit sunds by a tag
day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31

of Newark, Del.
Miss Shirley Ewing is spend
ing the week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Crosby, of Gainesville.
Ralph T. Wilson and family
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. e. Dare in Alexandria,
Virginia
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bell, of
Glenolden, Pa, were entertain
ed last week by Mr.. and Mrs. J..
Earl Tyson.
Miss Mary Mosteller, OF
Philadelphia, is spending her
vacation with her sister, Miss
Helen Mostellef.
Miss Katharine Kirk has
been enjoying a visit to her
aunt, Mrs. Henry Townsend, OF
Willow Grove, Pa.
Miss Shirley Ewing enter
tanned over the weekend Miss
Jane Crosby, Thomas Crosby
and Russell Teeter, OF BALTIC.
Miss Case Moore and Miss
Lizzie Moore, of Delta, Pa, are
visitors at the home of their
brother, DR.. and Mrs. T. B.
Moore.
Miss Elizabeth Wood Coates,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. HART
G. Coates, of Nottingham, Pa,
and Robert T. Poole, of Oxford,
were married July 16, at Bel
Air, by Rev. Dillon B. Groves.
Mrs. Sara Wagner, Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin Thompson, Mr..
and Mrs. Claude G. Buck and
children, Miss Isabel Pogue
and Benz. r. Pogue are enjoy
ling the week by the seaside at
Rehoboth Beach, Del.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Jack
lson, of Perryville, have an
nounced the marriage OF their
daughter, Miss Pearl Naomi
Jackson, to H. Marshall Biddle,
Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
M. Biddle, of North East.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. L. Ewing
and Pearl, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey E. SINNERS
and Sara, motored to Philadel-
phia on Sunday, the 26th,
spending the day with Mr.. and
Mrs. Sterling L. Kirkwood and
family and Walter ]. Kirkwood.
Miss Luna Romie, of Spen-
Ger, Va, daughter of Mrs. Ida
B. Romie, and Mr.. c. L. Whited
of Akron, Ohio, were married
in Elkton on July %, at the M.
E. Parsonage, by Rev. l.. B.
Morgan. They were attended
by Miss Louise Gentry, of Rich
mond, Va, and Miss Estella
Wright, also of Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whited will
make their home in Akron,
Ohio, where the groom is en-
ployed by the Firestone Tire &
Rubber Co. The newly-weds
spent several days visiting rel
atives in this neighborhood
before leaving for Ohio.
Mrs. Fife X. Evans, of Ris-
ing Sun; her sister. Mrs. Car
RE Martendale, of Oxford, Pa. !;
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. J. Liddell, of
Liberty Grove, left on Wednes-
day for Philadelphia, where
they joined a large party and
boarded special train that
carried the Pennsylvania Far
mer Pacific Northwest-C alifor-
mia Tour, which will traverse
Fl States, two Provinces of
Canada, one State of Mexico,
and cover about 10000 miles,
returning home on August 20.
The tour goes as far north
west as Victoria, capital British
Columbia, and southwest asTia
Juana and Auga Caliente, Mex
leo. The tourists among other
wonders will see the Yellow
stone Park, Grand Canyon, and
many other interesting sights.
Governors Day will be OBJ
served at Camp Albert T.
Richie, State Military Reser-
walton. Cascade, Md, Thurs
day. August 6.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
J. Q. MCCOY, Pastor.

" We 4ASSOys 1dstOT.
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Preaching HOO o'clock.
Community Sing at TOO d.
M, in charge of Mrs. A. M. Nc
Nance.
Wednesday evening, 7:45
to $3.50 prayer meeting.
a cordial welcome TO all
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31

Any new plan cheers one up
temporarily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-11
Lighting the Monument.

Out of the experiments now being
conducted atop the Washington Monu-
ment to provide adequate warning for
night flyers will unquestionably come
an appropriate system that will def
nitely end the menace of the tall shaft
to those who roam the skies in the
darkness. Various types Of illumina-
ton are now being tried. The other
night, for instance, the tip of the
Monument was bathed in a red glow
which observers declared TO be highly
effective. Other devices will be installed
and tried until the best Is found and
then the shaft will serve both as a
warning and direction mark for flyers.
Washington has been undergoing. in
the vicinity Of its airports, the same ex-
perience as that Of other cities. Build
ings and other distractions near land
ing fields have been found to present
a serious danger to flyers at night and
a general program has been going on all
over the country for the proper illuri-
nation of these objects. With the Cap
itol already Illuminated and fine Sys-
tenn Of lighting near and on the air.
ports, the Monument, is practically the
last of the danger spots. The expert
ments on 1t, therefore, cannot be con-
cluded too soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-11
Insenh ?. Cotton.

The work of the Undersecretary of
State is not, under our system, of q
character to attract public notice. yet
no other single official of the Depart
ment Of State Is q more potent factor
in its internal conduct or in its vitality
important relations with the members
Of the diplomatic corps stationed in
Washington.
Joseph Potter Cotton, who has just
left the scene following a protracted
period Of distressing illness, was .
splendid exemplar Of what the right
bower Of the Secretary of State should
be- Brought here by Col. Stimson from
the New York bar. where they had been
intimate professional associates, Mr..
Cotton was forthwith intrusted with the
task Of recognizing the departmental
administration. Rapidly. because Of his
personal charm and tact, a species Of
teamwork ensued, said by men and
women who have long been at State"
never to have been known there before.
He became "Uncle Joe" to his CO.
workers and subordinates, q sobr1quet
which spoke volumes for his popularity
and their devotion.
Periodically the Undersecretary Of
State serves as buffer between Ambas-
sailors and Ministers of foreign govern
ments and the Secretary Of state. FIRE.
quently. especially during Col. Stimsons
prolonged absence at the London Naval
Conference, Mr.. Cotton functioned a.
Acting Secretary. In all Of these re-
sponsthls ecaergencies be acquitted him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-11

Last Stand-An Interpretation Of the
Soviet Five-Year Plan" Father Walsh,
who recently left Washington for one
Of his periodical visits to Rome, believes
that Gar Stain and his fellow auto-
Gratis at Moscow instigated the f1ve-year
plan as q desperate last throw by q
nation. poor in capital but rich in crude
strength, for the purpose Of capitalizing
the present globe girdling economic de-
preston. The underlying suggestion in
DR.. Walsh's book, just of the press at
Boston and consisting in part of his
brilliant series Of Georgetown lectures
last Fall, Is that the Communistic re-
gime will stand or fall by the results of
the scheme to conve4t Russia by brute
force from an agricultural into an in
dustrial power.
Lieut.. Col. John Thomas Taylor,
vice chairman Of the National Legis-
lative Committee of the American
Legion, deserves a medal of honor
from the veterans. Virtually every
dollar Of bonus legislation-and that's
saying a mouthful-enacted by Con-
gress during the past four Of five years
was enacted under Col. Taylor's driv-
ing craftsmanship. When not on the
firing line on Capitol Hill, where his
every member Of House and Senate,
Taylor practices law at the District Of
Columbia bar. Native of Pennsylvania.
he grew up in Indiana. In the years
before the war he ingratiated himself
with Senators Boise Penrose of Penn
sylvania and Kern Of Indiana. From
France, Taylor, who went over as a
private, emerged as q captain, and
brought home half a dozen citations
for extraordinary gallantry before the
enemy. Before the foes Of bonus legis-
lation. Taylor, now reserve of1cer in
the Chemical Warfare section, reveals
no less intrepidity than when he faced
the Germans in the Argonne.
y
Martin Codel, Washington radio
writer, has coined g brand new idiom-
audible journalism" That's his name
for broadcasting Of news, analyses Of
politics and reports Of current events,
which are becoming more and more
regular features of radio programs
throughout the country. At the recent
Cleveland convention of national broad
casters, somebody who remembered Ed
mund Burke's immortal designation of
The press as the fourth estate, christened
radio "the fifth estate"
Copyright, 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-11
The Watson QUESTIONABLE.

Senator Watson, Republican leader Of
the Senate, has challenged the Progress
sives, meeting here today, to answer four
teen questions regarding public problems
and governmental policies. The chal-
lenge, sent from New York to Senator
Norris, chairman Of the Progressive con-
ference, calls on the Progressives to an
swer whether they desire to repeal the
eighteenth amendment or have the Fed
eral Government take over the enforce
ment responsibility of the State. 1t
asks the Progressives to say whether
they desire the recognition Of Russia,
the Government ownership and opera
ton of the railroads and the public
utilities, whether they seek to have the
Congress given power to override the
whether the Constitution should be
amended so as to do away with the
presidential veto of measures passed by
Congress. The QUESTIONABLE also wishes
the Progressives to say whether they
favor a Government dole" whether
the Farm Board should be abolished,
whether the Farm Board should cease
making loans to farmers and whether
the tariff on farm products should be
reduced. 1t demands the attitude, too,
Of the Progressives on an embargo or
a tariff on oil and on immigration.
In the Progressive group Of Senators
who have called the conference, and in
the entire group meeting here today,
there are men who would say Eyes"
to nearly all of these questions. But
there is likely to be little unity of opin-
ion by all Of the Progressives on any of
them. The Republican senatorial leader
has thrown q bomb into the Progressive
meeting at its start. Either the men,
bers Of the conference will undertake
to make reply or they will ignore the
QUESTIONABLE. If they reply they lay
themselves open to criticism within
their own ranks. for who can speak for
all of them on prohibition, or on the
question Of Government ownership Of
the railroads and the public utilities, or
on the question of an oil embargo
which has split the West and the East?
If no reply is made to the challenge Of
Senator Watson the Progressives will be
subject to attack on the ground they
are unwilling to discuss concrete ques-
tons and care merely for generalities
and talk.
The Watson QUESTIONABLE may do for
the Progressive conference what the
Progressives have undertaken in the last
Congress and In several previous Con-
crosses to do for the Republican organi-
zation Of the Senate. 1t may split the
conference wide open. The Progressives
may retort that Senator Watson,
standpat Republican. has no business
catechizine those who believe in PRO
gressive principles" But If they do, they
lay themselves open to the charge that
they are lodging questions which either
now confront the country or will con-
front it. The questions of prohibition
and an oil embargo are both to come
before the next session Of Congress. Mr..
Watson would like to know what the
Progressive program is to be in regard
to these matters, which. after all. are
considered important by . very large
number Of people in this country. What
are the Progressives to answer?