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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24

Bandits Obtain Over $1,000 And
Make Successful Getaway

Rising Sun was the scene Of
a bank hold-up Tuesday morn
ing, few minutes before nine
O'Clock, when two men entered
the Rising Sun bank, and while
one of them covered cashier
Jos. T. Tyson and his wife, who
was substituting for the assist
ant, John Mackey, absent OH
account of a recent operation
in the hospital, the second
bandits scooped up currency to
the amount of about 1900.
They then ran from the
bank, jumped into an automo-
bile parked across the street by
the National Bank, with a wait
ing driver, and sped away at a
high rate of speed.
Mr.. Tyson and his wife were
the only ones in the bank
when the men entered. The
safe had been opened and prep
arations made for the days
business.
One of the bandits. dressed in
"a light suit and weighing about
165 pounds, approached the
window and asked to have a
check cashed. When Mr.. Ty-
son declined because he did not
know the man, he drew a gun
and commanded Mr.. Tyson not
to move.
His accomplish, who weighed
about 200 pounds and was
dressed in a dark suit, went to
the door of the cage, which the
bandit with the gun ordered
Mrs. Tyson to open. When she
complied the cashier and his
wife were ordered to sit on the
floor, under threat of shooting,
while the man who entered the
cage took packages of bank
notes from the drawer under
the counter, stuffed them in his
pockets and made hurried exit,
his companion ordering Mr..
and Mrs. Tyson to keep on the
floor. In his hurry in scooping
up the money he overlooked
$1,000 in the back compartment
of the drawer.
AS soon as the men had left
the bank Mr.. Tyson telephoned
the State Motor Police at the
sub-station at Conowingo and
gave the alarm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24
Miss Evelyn Stebbing

Miss Evelyn Stebbing, aged
"a years, only child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert L. Stebbing, of
Port Deposit, died at the Wom-
ans Hospital, Baltimore, on
April IS, after an illness of
several weeks.
Miss Stebbing was graduated
from the Town School, Port
Deposit, in 1926. and two years
later received her diploma at
the Maryland State Normal
School, Towson. In the fall of
1929 she accepted the position
of teacher of the third grade of
the Junior School. Port De-
post, and continued in this
work until the Spring vacation,
when illness compelled Ler to
go to Baltimore for treatment.
She was a member of Tome M.
e. Church.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24
GROUND RENT
STIRS SUMMER
COLONISTS

An Increase in ground rent
at Charlestown, this county,
has stirred residents of that
summer colony along the
North East River. as a result
OF which many of the colonists
are deserving the resort.
Five cottage owners have al
ready moved their belongings,
and more, 1t is understood, are
contemplating a similar move.
The increase, it is reported
has been made to $2.13 a front
foot. In one instance the rent
for a cottage was raised from
$25 a year to $104.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24

| The car in which the bandits
made their getaway is describ--
ed as a cream colored Chevro-
let coupe, and was seen Dy sew
eral bystanders. There was
no license tag on the back. but
1.-THE one on the front of the ma
chine was a Pennsylvania tag.
EN-39. The machine was seen
last at Rock Springs, about six
miles northwest of Rising,
Sun, close to the Pennsylvania
line, where all trace of it was
lost, despite the fact that the
State Motor Police and Sheriff
Buckworth have secured all
roads in this section.
Neither of the bandits wore
masks, and Mr.. and Mrs. Tyson
feel sure they can identify them
If they see them again.
1t is reported the men spent
Monday night at a road house
just east OF town. From the
successful manner in which the
holdup was pulled off, it is evil
dent 1t was carefully planned
and that the men knew the lay
of the land.
/, A few minutes before the
bank opened for business on
Tuesday morning Mr.. Tyson
remembers seeing one of the
men pass the bank and glance
in the front window.
Just as the robbers left the
bank, Mrs. Grace Goldie, en-
ployed by Scott Wilson & Son,
entered, passing them on tho
steps, but paid no particular at
tention to them, as she was UNI
aware of anything unusual.
nor did they offer to modest her.
The bank is insured against
loss, and the money will be
made good by the insurance
company. The Rising Sun
Bank is branch of the Elkton
Banking & Trust Company.
All efforts of the authorities
to trace or locate the holdup
men have failed up to the pres
ent time. Cashier Tyson was
called to Darby, Pa. on Wed
nesday evening, where a sus-
pect had been arrested, but the
the man did not tally with the
description of either Of the
men concerned in the holdup.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24
FAILED TO GIVE AID

After a coroner's jury had
rendered an open verdict in the
deaths Mrs. Elizabeth Kurtz
and Lydia K. Trezise, the two
New Jersey women who were
killed in a three car crash last
week. near Elkton. Matthew
Draydon, driver of a Philadel-
ph1a truck, who drove off after
the accident. was fined $125
and costs by Magistrate Geo.
w. Owens, on a charge of fail
ing to stop and render aid after
an accident.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24
Mrs. George HI. Woodall

J.
The death of Mrs. May Clark
Woodall, wife Of George H.
Woodall, occurred April IL, at
her home in Elkton, following
a stroke of paralysis suffered q.
few days previous. Before her
marriage she was Miss NAV
Clark, daughter Of the late
James F. and Sophia Manloye
Clak, of the First district. She
was a trained nurse. ! He hus-
band survives. Intermenr was
made in Elkton cemetery on
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Claretta Pickering Morris
Mrs. Claretta Pickering Nor
RS, widow of the late 6. w:
Morris, died on Tuesday morn
ing, at the home of her son-in-
law, Howard e. England. near
Calvert, aged 81 years.
She is survived by ono son
and one daughter: C. H. Nor.
rls. of Zion, and Mrs. Edith p
england, wife of Howard e.
ENGLAND, of near Calvert.
Funeral services were held at
her late home on Thursday af-
ternoon, April %, with inter
ment In Zion Presbyterian
cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24
MUSICAL COMEDY GREAT
SUCCESS
Oh Doctor Is Presented To A
Crowded House

OM UOCtUE 10 IEOSCAtCU " n
Crowded House
| The presentation OF the
catchy musical comedy, "Oh
Doctor" in the public hall here,
on Monday evening, was great
lily enjoyed by an audience that
taxed the seating capacity of
the hall.
The production, which was
the most elaborate ever at
tempt here, was by local talent,
with Jack e. Norbeck, probes
sional director for the Triangle
Co., in charge. The various
Iprettily costumed choruses
were all composed of home
girls, but owing to the snort
time given for rehearsais Mr..
Norbeck was compelled to call
on Middletown, Del, talent for
the members Of the cast In the
play proper, which had been
given in that town few days
previously. These Middletcwn
young people all COVE their SER
vices cheerfully, despite the
long drive and other inconven-
fences, and their aid made
it possible to put the play over
on the scheduled date, and
things went through with a
bang.
The story is woven about the
attempt to steal the formula of
a great cure-all medicine from
the Doctor" and was full of
intrigue and fun, with a love
story running through it.
The local girls who COM
posed the choruses all cid their
songs and steps in snappy man
ner. and won much applause
and praise.
Mr.. Norbeck, who was beset
with obstacles at every turn,
owing to the very limited time
for rehearsals, had the knack
of overcoming them and put
ting the play on in scheduled
time.
The production was given
under the auspices of the Com
munity Fire Company of Ris-
ing Sun, and a good sum was
realized. The Fire Company is
greatly indebted to all who
took part and assisted with the
play.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24
OBITUARY
Mrs. John C. Tyson

Mrs. Bertha Gray Tyson died
April 13 at Trainor, Pa, aged
30 years. She was the wife of
John c. Tyson. Mrs. Tyson
was the daughter of the late
John Gray, and was born near
Bay View, Cecil county, but
had resided in Trainor for the
past forty years. Her husband,
two sons and a daughter sur
vive. Interment was made on
Thursday afternoon in Lawn
Croft cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24
UNION HOSPITAL REPORT

UNION HOSPITAL REPORT
The report of Miss Elizabeth
Stewart, r. NJ, Superintendent
of Union Hospital, Elkton, for
March, shows there were Sc adj
missions and 70 discharges
during the month. OF the %
operations reported, 16 were
major and seven minor.
Donations reported were:
Asbury Sewing Circle, $500;
Mrs. John H. Terrell, rug for
the Doctors room; Third Dis
trict Auxiliary, pillows and
sheets; Ninth District Auxil-
larry, patients gowns; Miss
Annie Yerkes. four quarts of
peaches, corn and plums; G..
Clinton Logan, 500 pounds of
sugar; Seventh District Auxil-
larry, two dozen sheets; Sixth
District Auxiliary, sixteen UNI
bleached sheets; Taylor Nc
Kinney, 200 pounds of potatoes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24
Mrs. Edgar B. Pearce

Mrs. Ella l.. Pearce died on
April 15 at her home in Phila-
delphia, aged So years. She
was the wife of Edgar B.
Pearce. The deceased was the
daughter of the late Charles H.
Bennett of Cecilton. Her hus-
band and one daughter survive.
Also one sister and two broth
ers: Mrs. Eric Ostrom, York,
Pa; Frank Fl. and Chas. Ben
nett, of Elkton. IntePment was
made in Bethel cemetery on
Sunday afternoon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24
CHILD DROWNED IN MILL
RACE

Paul Rodney Atkinson, s.
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
jerry Atkinson, of Purter's
Bri1ge, west of Rising Sun,
was drowned in the mill race
within a short distance of his
hoaie Tuesday afternoon.
The boy was missed from his
home by his mother and an in
vestigation resulted in the find
ing of his body in the mill
race.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24
Mrs. Samuel C. Rowland

Mrs. Cornelia R. Rowland
wife OF Samuel C. Rowland Of
Fort Deposit, died in Baltimore
on april lS. following a recent
operation.
FOR a number of years Mr..
ana Mrs. Rowland have lived
part OF the time in Baltimore
ana part near Port Deposit.
one is survived by her hus-
band, one daughter and two
sons: Mrs. Frank H. Winants..
:, Harvey Rowland and G.
ransom Rowland, all of BALTIC
Mrs. Rowland was a sister in
law OF the late Mrs. Mary r.
Clapp, whose death occurred
April 9.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24
COOKING BY ELECTRICITY

"A demonstration In cooking
by electricity will be given in
the public hall, Rising Sun, on
Friday afternoon, April "a, at
two o'clock, by the Northern
Maryland Power Co. The dem
onstration will be conducted by
Miss Mary E. Taylor, home
economist for the Company.
A drawing contest will be-
held. Prizes, including dinner
cooked in the electric range,
will be awarded. No admission
charge will be made and the
public is cordially invited to
attend.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24
COUNTIES WIN TAX CASE
Supreme Court Rlinug FavOrs
Cecil and Hartford
Counties

Cecil county is to receive ap-
proximately $4,000, and Har-
ford county $121,0O0 in 1880
taxes from the Susquehanna
Power Company as a result of
the Supreme Courts decision
last week, in the Conowingo
Dam case, State Tax Commits
sion officials point out.
UNFOLDING the commission
! in the biggest piece of litiga-
tion in which that body has en-
gagged since it's formation, the
Supreme Court ruled. that land
submerged by the. company to
make the Conowingo pool was
taxable and that. shares of the
company, although held outside
the State, also were taxable in
Maryland. The decision ended
a two-year legal battle.
The land involved had total
assessed valuation of $4,706,-
$40, of which $2,349,300 was in
Hartford county, and $2,357 $40
in Cecil county. The States
annual tax revenue from the
land figures at $12,O68. On the
245,500 shares of stock with a
net assessment of 100000,
the State will collect approx
mately $4,000 year.
Inasmuch as the main Office
of the company is in Hartford
Icounty, Cecil county can collect
taxes only on the submerged
lands within it's boundaries,
whereas Hartford county can
collect taxes on the 245,500
shares, as well as the 2,110
acres of submerged land within
its boundaries.
The power company paid its
1929 taxes to the counties, but
deferred payment of 1880 taxes
pending the outcome of it's ap-
peal to the Supreme Court.
Payment of 1929 taxes was
made with the proviso that in
the event the courts reversed
the commissions. ruling the
counties would refund the
tax payments. State taxes have
been met without interruption.
The Supreme Courts decis-
ion, handed down on April 10,
means not only that Hartford
and Cecil counties will not
have to refund to the Susque-
hanna Power Co. the 1929
taxes collected from it, but also
that the two counties now have
coming to them an aggregate
Of approximately $154,00O in
1880 taxes on which payment
was deferred.
Hartford county probably will
collect $4,000 on submerged
land, and about $S7 1000 on the
|company's shares, a total of ap-
proximately $121, 1000, which is
equal to nearly a fifth of the
county's total. annual tax col
lections. Cecil county, whose
tax is 1.40, is expected to collect
$33,105' on submerged land
within it's boundaries.
County and State taxes COM
bined to bring approximately
$181 900 the total addition
made to the power company's
annual tax bill in Maryland by
the Supreme Courts decision.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24

The Eastern Shore Fedora
alton of Women's Clubs will
meet May Z, from IL a. m. to 4
p. M, in Tome M. e. church,
Port Deposit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24
Gardeners are busy.

Fruit trees putting fortn
blooms.
Lawn mowers being put m
trim for the summer campaign.
Jerry Price, of Earleville,
lost 800 young chickens last
week, when a brooder burned
and the little chicks persisted
in the flames.
Application for divorce has
been filed in the Circuit Court
for Cecil County by ]. Edgar
Watts from his wife, Esther
Watts, of Delaware City.
The Radnor Pulp Mill, in
Elkton, will close down per-
manently on Saturday, April
"a, notice to that effect having
been posted at the mill.
The stated meeting of the
Presbytery of New Castle was
held Monday and Tuesday,
April 20 and 81, at the Port De-
post Presbyterian Church.
Elkton Town Council has
voted; to institute a garbage
collecting system in that town,
and named the first Monday in
May for the Inauguration of the
plan.
A troop Of Boy Scouts has
been organized at Elk Mills
and application for a charter
made. Oscar P. Humes is
scoutmaster and Levy Carr
assistant.
The mill of the Kay g. Todd
Co., at Elk Mills, was damaged
by fire to the extent Of $1,000
one evening last week. The
Elkton and Newark Fire Com
panies rendered aid.
The County Commissioners
and a committee appointed by
the Elkton Bar Association
will confer as, to the proposed
improvements to be made to
the Court House, in Elkton..
The Senior Glass of Calvert
High School will present their
class play, "A Poor Married
Man." on Thursday and Friday
evenings, April % and "a, in
the school auditorium. Reserv-
ed seats so cents.
While at work on the new
warehouse being erected in
Elkton for the Northern Mary
land Power Co., James e.
Chambers was struck on the
head and painfully injured by a
falling cinder block.
The Great Council of Md,
Improved Order of Red Men,
held it's 'ninety-sixth annual
conclave in Baltimore on We'd
1esday and Thursday of this
week. Members of Cecil Coun-
ty tribes were in attendance.
An explosion occurring in a
bonfire that some little Perry
vile boys had started, resulted
in one of them, Eddie Wilson,
being seriously burned about
the face, and suffering an in
jury to one Of his eyes.
Officers raided the place con-
Quoted by Earl Rollins, in Per-
ryville, last week and found
two gallons and several pints
Of whiskey, also a complete
beer making plant. Rollins
was taken in charge by the
Federal authorities.
At. the 83rd annual meeting
Of Maryland Council, Order of
United American Mechanics,
held at Salisbury on Wednes-
day and Thursday last, James
S. Rutter, Of Principle Fur
mace, was reelected State Coun-
Gil treasurer, and S. Raymond
Harris, of Perryville, State
chaplain. Samuel Lee Craig,
of Principle Furnace, retiring
State councillor. is a member of
the Board of Officers.
Charity day at the Havre de
Grace race track, April Is, pro-
duced $S2.754.75 for the unem-
ployed relief fund.
The net proceeds from the
Bowie track on charity day
were $11,164.44, plus $4,000 tax
refund. making q grand total OF
$49.S19.19 raised at the two
tracks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events OF
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

SUI dk1u CuAAOA Ch WOAO, AOONA'
visitors of Mrs. Amy Gadd, OF
Phillipsburg, N. J.
Mrs. Annie Marshall has
been spending some time with
her daughter, Mrs. Harry
Crooks, Richmond, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Wilson
and Mr.. John Hall were Sun
day visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Algernon Carter, Queenstown,
Maryland.
Mr.. ]. Veryl Cramer, of Line
boro, Md, and Miss Bessie
Woodrow, of Liberty Grove,
we're quietly married at tie VI.
IF. Parsonage, Warwick, on
Monday, April 20, by Rev.
Clark S. Marshall.
Announcement has been
made of the engagement of
Miss Carolyn C. Lewis, daugh-
I ter of Mr.. mad Mrs. Fred Lewis
of Eikton, and a member of the
faculty of the Elkton High
School, to Mr.. Fred e. Fish, of
Elkton.
The marriage of John T.
Fulton, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Fulton of Conowingo,
and Miss Beatrice H. Croft,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
tin Croft, of Conestoga, Pa,
took place on Tuesday after
noon, April IA, in the United
Brethren parsonage, by the
pastor, Rev. Ralph H. Wolfe.
The ladies of Ebenezer M.
e. church are planning COM
munity banquet to be held in
the Church House on Thursday
evening, May FL.
The annual meeting of the
Needlework Guild of America
will be held at the Bellevue
Stratford Hotel, in Phiiadel-
Iphia, April 3d.. May l and 2.
The speaker on Friday after
noon will be Maude Darlington
Booth.
The American Stores Co.
bread truck ran into the side
ditch just east Of town, early
Saturday morning, upset and
scattered fresh bread far and
wide. Driver KavenaHgh, of
Kennett Square, momentarily
lost control of the wheel, caus-
ing the accident. He escaped
injury. The truck was badly
wrecked, as was the Saturday
morning bread trade of the
American Store.
Burning trash in the rear of
Pogue & Roberson's furniture
store, Saturday morning last,
caused a blaze that threatened
serious consequences. Fortu-
lily the spread of the flames was
discovered just as they were
gaining first class Roadway.
The burning trash was in close
proximity to a solid board
fence, which caught on fire and
one panel was burned before
the flames were discovered and
extinguished by a few buckets
Of water. The blaze was with
in a few feet of the furniture
store and the Midland Journal
office, and given a few more
minutes would have cause a
serious fire.
The office at the warehouse
of S. M. Ward Co., in this town
was entered by unknown par
ties on Friday night last, desk
drawers ransacked, but nothing
apparently stolen, as no money
lis left In the Office over night.
THE garage Of H. M. Duyck-
inck, just across the railroad
tracks from the warehouse.
was also entered the same
night. Here the would-be
lyeggmen had moved the safe to
the middle of the floor in the
office, turned it bottom up, con-
Injected an electric drill to q
light socket, but had evidently
been frightened away before
any attempt was made to drill
1.-THE safe.
| Both Of these places have re-
lceived visits from robbers on
three or four different Occa-
Isions within the past few
months. ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24

Public opinion rules the
world. Some of it gets put into
law.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-04-24

Jack of all trades is the dol
ar.
Evening star., 1931-04-10
Eight Colored Men .
Sentenced to Death
Stage Riot in Jail
Group Convicted of At
tacking White Girls Is
Placed i'm Irons.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GADSDEN, Ala, April 1o-Protesting
against their sentences, eight colored
men condemned to death at Scottsboro
yesterday for attacking two white girls
rioted in the Etowah County Jail today,
but were subdued by guards, who placed
them In irons.
The men, who were returned here un-
der military escort after being sentenced
for attacking the girls travelling as ho-
boes aboard freight train, shouted
demands for special food, beat on the
cell bars and tore up the bedding.
Oaths they hurled at the court, Of
ncers and white people generally were
heard some distance from the jail, and
Sheriff T. L. Grimm, who occupies an
apartment on the lower floor Of the jail,
removed his family.
Sheriff Grifnn appealed to military
authorities for aid, and Col. w. M.
Thompson, commanding the 18TH In
fantry, and Capt. G. G. Whitehead, COM
manding Company F of the 167th In
fantry, went to the jail.
With suf1cient guards to prevent an
attempted break, the bull pen," in
which the men were confined, was
opened and guards went in and SUBJ
dued them, Handwriting them in pairs.
Evening star., 1931-04-10
WIFE, SHOT, DIES
IN NHUSBAND'S ARMS
Suicide Pact Suspected as
Woman Is SIain-Parents
Tell of Previous Efforts.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 10.-Mrs. Franklin
c. Simmons, with bullet wound In her
head, was found dying early today in
the arms Of her husband, q branch
manager for Armour S Co.
Simmons said his wife shot herself
accidentally. Police doubted this and
expressed a belief that the couple,
grieving over the death year ago Of
their 3-year-old daughter Barbara, had
made a suicide pact and that Simmons
was discovered by his wife's parents be-
fore he could kill himself.
Found In Husbands Arms.
The parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred N
Grant of Dodge Center, MINI, heard
the shot, rushed to the kitchen Of the
Simmons Rogers Park home and found
Mrs. Simmons embracing her husband,
q bullet wound in her head and a pis-
tol on the floor. She was taken to .
hospital, but died within an hour.
From the position Of the wound, po-
lice said they doubted that Mrs. Sim
mons shot herself.
The woman's father said his daughter
and Simmons attempted suicide several
months ago by taking an overdose of
sleeping potion. Later Simmons again
tried to end his life, Grant said, by gas.
Parents Suspect Suicide.
IT don't think her husband shot her"
Mrs. Simmons mother told police. 81
believe she killed herself-something my
husband and have been trying to pre-
vent ever since they became heart
broken at the death Of their child.S
Mrs. Simmons, the mother said, OBJ
tanned the pistol while visiting at the
Grant home In Dodge Center last
month
I'VE tried to be with them as much
as possible" Mrs. Grant said. After
their visit to our home we came to
Chicago"
Evening star., 1931-04-10
POOLESvILLE BLAST
TAKES SECOND LIFE
J. Stanley Gingell Dies Here Of
Burns Sustained When I. @.
Clagett Lost Life.

J. Stanley 0ingell, former Rockville
deputy sheriff, died In Emergency Hos
pital at 7:20 o'clock last night Of burns
sustained o month ago when kerosene
taking the life Of Lawrence G. Clagett
q teacher at the National Training
School for Boys. The accident occurred
in Poolesville, Md.
Four Montgomery County policemen
and Francis Lyddane Of Rockville gave
blood in an effort to save Gingell's life.
Physicians at the hospital said that the
blood transfusions alone kept him alive.
Policemen who gave blood were Robert
Howes, Charles Barnes, Joseph Nolte
and Roy Davis, the last named submit
ting to .. TRANSMISSION Wednesday.