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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
MEET WITH VERY SERIOUS
ACCIDENTS

Mrs. A.. M. McNamee met
with very serious accident on
Sunday evening, between seven
and eight o'clock, when she fell
while walking through the
alleyway between the resi-
dences of Calvin Reynolds and
Stanley McVey. Mrs. McNa-
NEE was carried to her home
nearby, where it was found she
had suffered a fracture of the
ankle. She was taken to the
hospital on Tuesday morning
in the American Legion AM
bulance, for an x-ray of the in
jured member.
On Monday morning Mrs.
Stanley McVey fell while in her
yard preparing to hang up
clothes. Mrs. McVey reached
up for the clothes line, but
failed to grasp it, and fell back
ward, striking her back on the
edge of a boardwalk. She was
very painfully and seriously in
jured, ligaments in the back
being torn and wrenched. Mrs.
McVey is somewhat improved
at this writing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
GRANTED DIVORCE

Judge levin N. Wickes in
the Circuit Court for Cecil
County has handed down a de-
cree, granting Mrs. Virginia
OFT, of Elkton, an absolute di-
vorce from her husband, E.
Leland OFT, with the custody of
their two minor daughters.
The decree orders Mr.. OFT to
pay his wife $50 per month for
the maintenance of his chill
dren, also to pay his wife with
in thirty days, one-half of the
bonus money he received from
the Federal Government. which
will amount to $500.
OFT recently figured in court
action to keep him out of the
cupid taxicab" traffic by re-
straining him from soliciting
wedding couples at the Elkton
railway station.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
HOSPITAL UNIT DEDICAT.
ED AT PERRY POINT

The part played by former Senator
Joseph l. France, of Port Deposit,
in retaining for Maryland the United
States Veterans Hospital at Perry
Point was lauded on Sunday by
Senator Tydings, at dedication exer-
cises at the hospital.
The ceremonies, attended by more
than 1000 including patients, con-
sisted of addresses by officials pro-
minent in the affairs of veterans and
marked the completion of the new
convalescent building at a cost of
$3.50, 900.
The building has a capacity of
146 beds.
The influence of DR.. France six
years ago, when he was Senator
from Maryland, was instrumental to
a great degree in stopping a move
ment to have the hospital removed
from the State, Senator Tydings said.
Besides Senator Tydings, other
speakers included DR.. Frank E. Les
lie, medical officer in chage; DR..
Charles M. Griffith, medical director,
United States Veterans Administra-
ton; Mayor Walter E. Quenstedt, of
Annapolis, State commander of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars; and Rob-
ert H. Archer and Wallace Williams,
commander and past commander, re-
spectively, Department of Maryland,
American Legion.
DR.. William A. Ellison, clinical d.
rector of the hospital, acted as master
of ceremonies.
The new building is constructed
of stucco on the H-H system. The
porches of the center rear wing face
the Susquehanna river. There is a
diet kitchen with modern appoint
ments, showers on each floor, barber
shop and day and locker rooms.
The building is now being occupied
by patients transferred from tenn
pOrary wards.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
OBSERVE 64th WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY

Married in Port Deposit on
September 20, 1867, by Rev.
Jas. A. Brindell, Mr.. and Mrs.
George M. Coale marked their
Gath wedding anniversary on
Tuesday last, at the home Of
their grand daughter, Mrs.
Dennis F. Buckley, 2434 West
10Th street, Wilmington, Del.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Coale are
enjoying good health.
Mrs. Coale passed her 85th
birthday anniversary last May,
and Mr.. Coale will observe his
85th in December. They have
one son, Walter r. Coale, of
Wilmington; six grand chill
dren and thirteen great-grand
children.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
Mrs. Mary e. Sheppard

Mrs. Mary E. Sheppard, aged
IS years, widow of the late
Harvey Kimble, of Chrome, Pa,
and Rudolph Sheppard, of Mt.
Holly. N. j., to whom she was
married about eleven vars ago,
he only surviving about a year
after their marriage.
The funeral was held from
the residence of her son, F. K.
Kimble, Oxford, Pa, on We'd
nesday afternoon, with inter-
ment in Rosebank cemetery,
Calvert.
She was the last of her fam
lily. Mrs. Sheppard was the
daughter of the late Charles
and Sarah Gamble, of near Cal
vert. Four sons survive: L. B.
of Manoa Park, Upper Darby;
F. K, of Oxford; E. T., of New
London, and Baily w., of Tit
usville, Florida.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
ILLEGAL DUCK SHOOTING

GunnerS report ducks more
plentiful on the Susquehanna
Flats at the present time than
at this time of the season for a
number of years. Various per-
sons on the Cecil county side of
the Flats report much shoot
ing, evidetly for ducks, has
taken place during the lasst few
days. Deputy game wardens
have been notified.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN

During the month of Novem-
Der the American Legion of
Maryland will put on a cam
paign for membership, when
they hope to add 1000 new
names to the roll. The cam
paign will last throughout the
month of November. All of the
fifty-nine posts in the State.
eighteen of which are in Balti-
more, will take part in the eff
fort to gain new members. The
Legion at present numbers
5000 in the State.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
GOLDEN WEDDING

Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. G. Gibson,
who reside near Charlestown,
this county, with over one hun
dred guests present, celebrated
their golden wedding anniver-
sary at their home on Saturday
evening, Sept. 26. A special
program had been arranged by
the nieces and nephews of the
bridal couple of fifty years ago,
which was carried out. The
bride and groom of fifty years
were the recipients of a number
of beautiful presents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
ORPHANS COURT

Bond Approved-Sue e. M.
Keen, Administrative of w.
Atwood Montgomery.
Accounts Passed-First and
final account Of Thos. Bayard
Scott, administrator of Mary
Ella Scott, and distribution
struck on same; first and final
account of Elizabeth H. Ben
jamin, executrix of F. Ellis
Benjamin; first and final &C
count Saml. A. Sturgeon and
Creston S. Sturgeon, admins
traitors of Elizabeth A. Stur-
geon; first account of Hannah
l.. Price, Administrative of John
H. Price, and distribution
struck on same.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
FLOWER SHOW

The annual Flower Show,
under auspices of the Home
makers Clubs of Cecil County,
was held in the Armory at Elk
ton, on Friday and Saturday
last. The exhibit was a beau
tiful one, artistically arranged
and all who attended were Law
ish in praise of the wonderful
display, that transformed the
interior of the Armory into a
veritable fairyland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED

James Madran, OF upper
Cecil county, was given a hear
ing before Magistrate Drennen,
of Elkton, charged with operat-
ing a car while intoxicated and
was fined 500 and costs. He
was arrested by Sheriff Buck
worth, near Rising Sun. When
taken into custody, the officer
found a key of alleged moon
shine whisky in his car, and
after the hearing the. magis-
trate turned Madran over to
the Federal authorities and he
was taken to Baltimore, charg-
ed with illegally transportation
whisky.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
APPOINTED SUPERVISING
AGENT

]. A. Spragg, agent for the
Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington railroad at Perry
vile, has been appointed super
vising agent for Port Deposit,
Havre de Grace and Perryville.
All business, both freight and
passenger, will be handled as
usual from the three offices,
with Mr.. Spragg in charge.
1t is reported that a similar
consolidation of the office work
will be made on this division,
with Rising Sun handling the
business of all stations between
Oxford and Port Deposit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
CARNIVAL CONDUCTED AT
LOSS

The Brandywine Fire Com
pany, of Gainesville, Pa, after
holding a carnival this year
is convinced it is not a profit
able means of raising funds for
the company. The total re-
ceipts realized from their rec
ent carnival were $2,241.18, the
expenses $2,335.S4, which is a
loss of $94.64, after all the
work and worry. 1t is expected
that donations will be received
to cover the deficit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
CECIL COUNTY MEDICAL
SOCIETY
Semi-Annual Meeting To Be
Held AT West Nottingham
October 21

The semi-annual meeting of Cecil
County Medical Society will be held
at West Nottingham on Wednesday,
October 81.
The Academy building will be the
headquarters and all the meetings
will be held there.
The general meeting will be held
at 200 p. m. Address by j. Paul
Slaybaugh, Headmaster of West
Nottingham Academy.
Response, j. M. H. Rowland, M.
D., President of the Medical and
Chirurgical Faculty.
Address of welcome for the
Cecil County Medical Society, by
Winfred T. Morrison, M. D., Presi-
dent of the Society.
Scientific session at 2:45 p. m.
1. Conditioned air, some of the in
dications for its use in surgical
cases, Charles Reid Edward, M. D.
2. Geologic observation Of impor-
lance to the general practitioner,
E. R. Mayerberg, M. D., New
Castle County Medical Society of
Delaware.
8. Distinguished physicians who
have graduated from West Noting
ham Academy, William H. WEIGH,
M. D.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
NEW PLANT TO LOCATE in
HAVRE DE GRACE

The Trojan Composition Cor
poration, of Trenton, N. j., will
locate in Havre de Grace, hav-
ing leased a two-story brick
building at the corner of Foun-
tain and Adams street, in that
town. The Company manufac-
lures patented cups for oil
drilling machinery, used extern
sively in the oil fields of the
West, and employs about 35
men. =
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
TO CELEBRATE CHURCH
ANNIVERSARY

The 151st anniversary Of
Harris Chapel and the 101st an
niversary of Wesley Chapel,
both in Elk Neck, will be cele-
brated the week of Oct. 18th.
Special programs have been ar
ranged. Miss Florence Cor
such and Miss Nora Graves, of
the Grace and Hope Mission,
Philadelphia, talented music
ians and singers, will assist the
pastor, Rev. F. Chas. Louhoff.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
STILL DESTROYED AND
THREE MEN ARRESTED

Prohibition Enforcement Of
ficers from Baltimore last week
located a still in a woods near
Cecilton and lay in wait until
|sti operators appeared, when
Lee Croftman and Otis Supt-
ham, white, and Samuel Gar
sea, colored, were arrested, and
the still destroyed. The men
arrested were taken to BALTIC.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
Mrs. w. w. Ford

Mrs. Lulie Wright Nelson
Ford, wife of DR.. w. w. Ford
of the Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, died at her home in Bal
timore on Sept. 81. Her funer-
al was held from her late home
on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
Ford was the daughter Of the
late Albert Nelson, of Elkton.
She was a talented artist and
for many years spent the sum-
mer abroad in the pursuit of
her profession.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
Francis Brown

Francis Brown, aged 25 years,
was buried in Brookview Gem
etery on Tuesday last. He was
the son of the late w. e. Brown
and died at the home of his
brother in Philadelphia, follow
ing an operation for appendi-
citis. He was unmarried and
employed by the Pennsylvania
Railroad at the Broad Street
Station.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
TO INSTALL PASTOR

Ordination and installation
strvice of Peter De Ruiter at
the Nottingham, Pa, Presby-
teriian Church was arranged to
take place Thursday, Oct. s, at
1880 p. m. DR.. J. Gresham
Machen, of Westminster Theo-
logical Seminary was selected
Ito preach the sermon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
OBITUARY
Mrs. Laura A. ShelOr

Mrs. Laura A. Shelor, widow
of the late Geo. w. Shelor, Of
near Calvert, died at the home
of her son, Carl Shelor, in Vir-
ginia, on Sept. 18th, after a
brief illness, aged 20 vars. She
is survived by eleven sons and
daughters. .-u--..
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

The Community Canning En-
terprise, of Oxford, Pa, has
put up nearly a thousand
quarts of vegetables and fruit
to be used in the emergency
relief work next winter,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
PENNSYLVANIA FIRE LOSS

The fire loss in Pennsylvania
for the first six months of 1891
totalled $15,000,000, a slight in
crease over the corresponding
1880 period, State Fire Marshal
]. w. Morgan reports. In the
six months period Morgan re-
ported Investigations in 36&
cases Of incendiarism.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

Robert H. Archer, of Bel Air,
has resigned as Special Deputy
Assistant Attorney General to
the State Roads Commission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

ell farm near Rising SUM- Oh
Stone Run.
Company E, of Elkton, is
sponsoring a carnival being
held in that town this week by
the Curtis l.. Bockus Shows.
The annual Hartford County
Fair will be held at Bel Air on
October 10, IA, Is and 10. Rae
ing each afternoon will be a
feature.
A number of our base ball
fans enjoyed the world series
games in Philadelphia, but a
much larger number listened
in on the radio.
Thomas Weaver, of Oak
wood, has a pair of large type
Poland China hogs, eight
months old, that tip the scales
at 400 pounds.
Paul Hrynick, a graduate OF
the class of 1881, Chesapeake
City High School, has been
awarded a scholarship at johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore.
In charge of DR.. w. A.
Bridges, the Maryland Tuber-
culosis Association will hold a
clinic at the County Health
Center, in Elkton, on Oct. IA, at
10 a. m.
Harold E. Coburn, of Perry
Vile, a member of the Elkton
Bar, who recently obtained his
pilots license, travels to and
from Elkton, in his plane, to
attend Court.
The contract for laying 2.67
miles of gravel roadway from
Charlestown to Carpenters
Point, has been awarded to
Jarboe & Houghton, OF Me-
: chanicsville, Md.
Arrested in Philadelphia for
alleged connection with Her
bert Truman in numerous rob-
berries of cottages along the
Elk river, a man by the name
Edwards is held for the Cecil
county authorities.
National Lodge of odd Eel
lows, OF Elkton, will present
"rhe College Flapper," a three
act comedy, in the Armory, at
Elkton, on the evenings OF Oc-
tober 81, % and %. There are
$50 people in the cast.
The "a acre farm of the late
Adam Keen, located at Hawks
Vile, Lancaster county, Pa,
has been purchased by VIM. B.
Keen, of Quarryville, Pa, for
$4,000. The farm is one OF
the finest in that section.
Lawrence Preston, who play
ed third base for the Havre de
Grace team this year, cham
pions of the Susquehanna
League, has signed a contract
to play with the Youngstown,
Ohio, club of the Middle Allan
tic League.
Calvert School Improvement
Association has organized by
electing the following officers :
President, Mrs. Norman Fell;
vice-president, John S. Reisler;
secretary, Mrs. M. A. Hall ;
assistant, Mrs. John S. Refs
Ter; treasurer, VIM. r. Little.
The American Legion Aux
iliary of Elkton, has elected the
following officers: President
Mrs. Philip N. King; vice pres
ident, Mrs. Curtis Jones; Sec
rotary, Miss Frances Mahan
treas, Miss Bessie Bratton
chaplain, Mrs. Flora Kelley
historian, Mrs. Leonard Brown
A man giving his name as
VIM. E. Gambrill, and alleged
to be a parolled convict from
the Eastern Penitentiary, Phil
adelphia, was arrested last week
in Easton, for having in his
possession an Essex coupe that
was stolen while parked along
a street in Elkton, on the night
of September %.
Failing from a maple tree
Richard, the six year old sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hadon
of Mechanics Grove, Lancas'
ter county, Pa, received a frac'
tured arm above the elbow.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs Of Recent Events of
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

New York and Brooklyn, the
guest of Mrs. John Nichols.
Mrs. G.. O. Bechtel, who has
been spending the summer at
West Nottingham, left for her
home in Galesburg, ILL.,, on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. S. Pyle
are spending the week at At
lantic City, where Mr.. Pyle is
attending the sessions of the
Bankers Association.
Miss Catharine Evans Kirk
has entered the College of
Pharmacy, Baltimore, where
she will pursue a three-year
course in pharmacy.
Miss Ruth Jenkins, a men,
Der Of this years graduating
class of Rising Sun High
School, has entered Western
Md. College, Westminster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben. Berko-
WITT and children, of Baltimore,
were visitors of DR.. and Mrs. I'll.
D. Barnes, last week, at their
country home at WoOdlawn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. E. Dare
and daughter, Miss Virginia
Dare, of Alexandria, Va, we're
weekend visitors at the home
of Ralph T. Wilson and family
at Maple Lawn.
Announcement is made of
the marriage of Miss Elizabeth
Hazel Hudson, of Ocean View,
Del, and Mr.. Edward Simpson,
of Chesapeake City, at the
home of the bride.
The marriage Of Miss Ruth
Kennedy, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Kennedy, of Zion,
and Gerald Gray, son of Mr..
and Mrs. George Gray, of Les
lie, has been announced.
The announcement has been
made of the wedding of Miss
Marion Spelman Walker, of
Purdy's, New York, and George
Kennedy Bailey, son of Mrs. S.
K. and the late DR.. Bailey, of
Earleville The young couple
are honeymooning in Europe.
The marriage of Miss Edith
Carlton, of Chesapeake City,
and Mr.. Frances McIntire, of
Salem, N. j., took place on
Monday evening, Sept. %, at
six O'Clock, DR.. Robbins per-
forming the ceremony. Mr.. and
Mrs. McIntire will reside in
Pennsville, N. j.
The marriage of Miss Bar
bara Jane Jenkinson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. II. Jenk-
inson, of KAMA, Ohio, to Mr..
John Henry Hanley, Youngs-
town, Ohio, took place Sept. 4.
The groom is the eldest son of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Lee Hanley,
formerly of Elkton.
VIM. B. Evans, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Cleaver Evans, of
Elkton, entered st. Andrews
School, near Middletown, Del,
last week, and the next day at
ter his entry he had the misfor-
tune to fall and break his leg
above the ankle. He is able to
remain at school, however, and
go on with his studies.
Two stable boys employed at
the Havre de Grace race track,
Phil Smith and George Howell,
aged IL years, were arrested
f,r forcing a door at the State
Theatre, in that town, AID SEN
fenced to ten days in Bel Air
Jail.
A man from the Chome, Pa,
section gave residents of Har-
risville and several State Po-
lice a merry chase across fields
and through woods, on Sunday
aftrnoon, before he was cap
tured and taken to the sub
station at Conowihgo to sober
up. The man was crazy drunk.
Two companions, from the Old
Dominion State, who were with
the man and furnished him
with liquor, deserted him when
Ithn n~ni%ovnAwak hn~w1~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-20
BENEFIT UNITS AID
10000 WORKERS
Association in Government
Service Founded in 1892
by Treasury Employees.

Forty thousand government employees
now are protecting their families
through some kind OF governmental
benefit association, according to H. G..
Kaiser, president OF the oldest and
largest organization Of its kind, known
as the United States Treasury Depart
ment Beneficial Association.
Under an arrangement recently per-
fected with an old line insurance COM
pany there is now III force among en-
ployes Of the Treasury Department a
total OF $10,255,7 $50 insurance, official
reports show.
Mr.. Kaiser Is in the Internal Revenue
Bureau. and has cooperating with him
in the management of the organization
representative officials from other parts
OF the Treasury Department.
Was Founded in 1892.
The association was organized in
1892. Mr.. Kaiser explained IN a report
on its activities appearing in the house
organ of the Internal Revenue Bureau
known as the Internal Revenue News.
1t had originally existed by assessing its
members in order to pay benefits when
deaths occurred. The association was
organized to avoid charitable donations
in case Of deaths among Treasury en-
ployes who were without means to pay
for burial and other expenses.
The membership. which in Septem-
Der. 1928. was confined to the depart
mental force in this city, numbered
3,407. with a coverage in insurance
benefits amounting to s3,04300O. Since
that time the activities of the associa-
ton have been extended to the various
field Offices of the Treasury Depart
ment. including the field Offices Of the
Internal Revenue Bureau. with the re-
suit that the membership now totals
1895. of whom 5,467 are attached to
the departmental force in Washington
and 1923 are attached to the force in
the various field offices of the de-
partment.
Will Extend Benefits.
While the Treasury Department was
the first to start such an organization,
others have followed, especially since
September. 1928. The total number Of
Government officials and employees who
are now members Of associations of this
type Is estimated by Mr.. Kaiser to be
approximately 10000. The Treasury
unit is now working on plans which will
accord accident and sick benefits to its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-20
TRIAL IN MURDERS
AT BERLIN RUSHED
Orphan Jones Pleads Not Guilty.
Attorneys Are Named
by Court.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SNOW HILL, Md, October 20.-Yuel
Lee, known as Orphan Jones, confessed
slayer of four members of the Green
Davis family at Berlin, entered not
guilty pleas to four indictments charg-
ing murder when he was arraigned in
Circuit Court yesterday, few minutes
after he had been indicted.
Franklin Upshur of Berlin and Ber-
nard AIDES of Baltimore entered the
pleas as attorneys for the colored man.
who was indicted and arraigned under
what he said was his correct name.
He formerly worked for the Davis
family.
Mr.. Upshur was appointed by Judges
Joseph L. Bailey and Robert F. Duer to
act as Lees attorneys after the 60
year-old colored man said he did not
see any use in having counsel. AIDES,
attorney for the International Labor
Defense League of Baltimore, offered
his services and was appointed counsel
AIDES and Louis Berger. secretary Of
the league, had an interview with the
colcred man in lieu of the one asked
in writ OF habeaS corpus issued by
Judge Eli Frank in the Baltimore City
Court Saturday. The writ was made
returnabe today. but Judge Frank sus-
pended it to allow the colored man to
be returned here for arrangement.
In view Of the not guilty pleas en-
tered by the colored man, it was indi-
Gated that his attorneys would plead
insanity in an effort to escape the death
penalty. States Attorney Godfrey Child
has said that capital punishment would
be asked
1t was indicated that the colored mans
trial would be held here on Thursday
Immediately after his arraignment the
colored man was taken to Jail in
another county for safe-keeping.
officials here refused to tell where the
prisoner was confined
The defendant was brought here to-
day by Sheriff Wilmer Purnell, having
been lodged for safe-keeping in the
Baltimore City Jail after he confessed
to killing Davis, his wife and their two
children. The murders were committed
a week ago, Sunday, in the Davis home
near Berlin.
A foot ball game between Spanish
and Irish Free State teams will be
in niIhljr,