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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09
WELFARE WORK.

Though the generosity and
interest Of the citizens of our
county the Cecil County We'll
fare Association was able to
see that many less fortunate
families of the county were
provided with Christmas bas-
kets. We wish to take this op-
portunity of thanking everyone
who contributed in any way to
the work. For the first time
several of the schools gave
large donations of groceries as
well as money. The food con-
tributed not only helped to give
Christmas cheer but will help
in giving destitute families
food during the hard winter
months ahead of us. AS far as
possible the food contributed
will be used for destitute fam
lilies in the community from
which it came, if such families
are brought to the attention of
the society.
Nellie Jean Beardsell,
Director Cecil Co. Welfare Asso.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09
AMERICAN STORE TO OC.
CUPY NEW QUARTERS

The American Stores Co.
has rented the main store room
OF Alice & Shepherd, in this
town, and will move from their
present location in the Bechtel
building, which they have oc-
cupied for several years, as
soon as alteration can be made
to the new quarters.
Alice & Shepherd will occupy
the portion OF the building
used as their shoe department,
and a portion of room now oc-
cupied as a barber shop by
George Ansalvish.
The work of remodeling the
rooms began on Monday morn
ing, in charge of Harry Nc
Cardell & Sons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09
CAUGHT WITH LOAD OF
R0OZE

Federal officers on Friday
AFTERNOON arrested Sol. Ingram
and Carl Adams, both of this
locality, and took them TO Bal
timore, together with a Ply
mouth coupe and four ten-gal-
Ion kegs of alleged liquor.
The men were stopped by the
officers as they were driving
along the road near Birming-
ham school, just across the
Pennsylvania line, and search
of the car revealed the kegs in
the back of it.
Saturday Ingrim and Adams
were released under the sum of
$500 bond for their appear
ance later.
The officers on Friday morn
ing located on the Moore farm,
in the same locality, a 3OO-gal-
Ion still, and seized 10 five gal
Ion cans of liquor at the plant.
The layout, together with 5000
gallons of mash, was destroyed.
Friday morning Federal Of
ficers found and destroyed a
200-gallon still on the Wash
ington Lynch farm, near Bly,
thedale. Ten gallons of liquor
were seized and 5000 gallons of
mash and the still destroyed.
The plant was an oil burner,
evidently of local make, with
pressure tank. James Hale,
who was surprised at the still,
was arrested by the officers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09
JOHNSON-KELLT

A very pretty wedding took
place on Saturday afternoon,
Jan. 3, at two o'clock, at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. Hollis G..
Kelly, "a S. Third street, OK
ford, Pa, when their daughter,
Miss Grace Elizabeth Kelly, be-
came the bride of Mr.. Everett
Ferree Johnson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. F. Johnson, of Rising
Sun.
The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. Edward J. Russell,
of Oxford Presbyterian church,
in the presence of relatives and
friends to the number of about
fifty.
Miss Viola Mcclure, of Ok
ford, was maid of honor, and
Mr.. Horace Lilley, of Elkton,
best man.
The bride was prettily dress
ed in brown fiat crepe, and car
ried yellow rose buds and or
child sweet peas. The maid of
honor wore a dres of red crepe.
Following the ceremony and
congratulations a luncheon
was served, the color scheme in
the dining room being in yell
low and green.
Beautiful and useful presents
OF silver, linen, etc., were re-
ceived.
The bride and groom left for
a short trip North. They are
at home to their friends on
East Main street, in this town.
The groom is employed at
the office of the Cecil Wing, in
Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09
PEN MAR LEAGUE
Gun Clubs ReOrganize And
Arrange Schedule

The Rising Sun, Woodlawn,
Elkton and Oxford gun cubs
have reorganized the Pen-Mar
Trap Shooting League and ar
ranged dates for contests, en-
bracing eight shoots.
Each shoot will be at fifty
targets, two 25-target events,
and will start at IL o'clock
noon.
Sixteen Pen-Mar spoons will
be awarded at each shoot.
There will be eight classes, and
two spoons will be awarded to
each class. A special trophy
will be awarded for each per-
of each team will receive a tro-
ply at the end of the season,
six high scores to count. A
special trophy will be awarded
to the highest score over all.
In the club events the ten high
scores will count.
STANDBY Evans, OF Elkton,
has been reelected president,
and Hugh Falls, of Port De-
post, secretary-treasurer. of
league.
The schedule adopted is as
follows: Saturday, Jan. 10, at
Oxford, Pa: Saturday, Jan. 81,
at Woodlawn; Saturday, Feb. IA
at Elkton; Saturday, Feb. Fl,
at Rising Sun; Saturday, Mar.
Z, at Oxford; Saturday, March
%, at Rising Sun; Saturday,
April 4, at Elkton; Saturday,
April Is, OF Woodlawn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09
BEATEN AND ROBBED AT
DEER CREEK
Assailants Captured BY State
Motor Police At COnOWingO

Isador Alex, a truck driver Of
Lancaster, Pa, last Friday
while enroute to Baltimore,
gave two negros a lift. The
negroes stated they were on
their way to North Carolina.
When near Deer Creek, in
Hartford county. they attacked
him with a crank handle and
jack, beating him until he was
unconscious and then robbing
him of $40. They left him in
the truck along the road and
ran off into the woods.
When Alex recovered his
senses he notified the Sheriff
at Bel Air, who in turn phoned
the facts to the State Motor
Police. A close watch was
kept and that night officer G. S.
Jones, at Conowingo Sub-sta-
ton, saw two darkies come out
on the road and after cautious
ly looking around proceed
toward the dam. He notified
Sgt. J. A. Rassa, who was pre-
pairing to retire. The Strgeant
hastily donned his overcOat and
the two officers sailed forth
and intercepted the negroes be-
fore they realized they were
being approached. A shot over
their heads and a sudden COM
mand to halt froze them in
their tracks, with hands in the
air and pleading for mercy.
When searched the money
was found on them, and they
stated they had thrown away
the pocketbook. They gave
their names as Claude and Oh
liver Page, aged 10 and II.
The officers notified Sheriff
Bowman, who arrived in short
order and landed the culprits
in Bel Air Jail.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09
John e. Conway

John E. Conway, aged II
years, died at the home Of his
son, Frank B. Conway, in North
East, on Dec. 80, after a short
illness of pneumonia. The de-
ceased was a native of this
county, and followed the butch
ering business. His wife died
less than year ago.
The following children sur
vive him: Mrs. Elsie Filbert,,
of Elmhurst, DEL; Mrs. Elva
Green, of Elkton; Frank b.
Conway. of North East; Mrs.
Elizabeth Cobb. of Centerville;
Charles Conway, of Elmhurst,
Del.
The funeral was held Friday
afternoon, with interment in
Bethel cemetery, near Chesa-
peake City.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09
Susannah Goodshan Queck

The funeral of Mrs. Susan
nah Goodshall Queck, widow of
the late VIM. A. Queck, who for
many years was in the bakery
business in Chesapeake City,
was held from her late home on
Dec. 81, with interment in
Bethel cemetery.
Mrs. Queck was a native of
Pennsylvania, but practically
all of her married life was
spent in Elkton and Chesa-
peake City. Four daughters
and two sons survive: Mrs.
VIM. Vaughn, Mrs. Geo. Con-
rey, Mrs. Leroy Allen and Miss
Ella Queck, all of Chesapeake
City; William Queck and John
Banks Queck, all of that town.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09
DEADLY RIFLE
In Hands OF Boy Causes Fatal
Accident

HI 11duuS vi 1BVy OuucCS usesA
Accident
While walking near his
home, about a mile northwest
of North East, late Saturday
aftrnoon in company with V.
L. Sweet, Daniel Dennison, SO,
a widower, who resided alone
in a house at the edge of a
woods, was shot sin the breast
by Frank Bostwick, l6, and
died few minutes later
Bostwick, in company with
John Shallcross, Robert Rhudy
and George McKenny, went in
the woods during the afternoon
taking with them 22-calibre
rifle. When near the home of
Dennison, Bostwick fired at a
bird on a bush and fthe bullet
struck the man, whom the
boys did not see.
He was hurried to the office
of DIR. HI. A. Cantwell, North
East, who pronounced him
dead. Coroner Howard w.
Green, of Elkton, will hold an
inquest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09
NEW HOSPITAL AT PERRY
POINT

Geo. E. Ijams, director of the
Y. S. Veterans Bureau, an
nounces that bids for the con-
struction of a modern fireproof
building at Perry Point will be
opened on February 8.
The proposed building, to be
constructed in the spring, will
supplant the present tempo
rary wooden structure, used
since the establishment of the
hospital. The use of the wood
en- building has been criticised
by members of Congress from
Maryland and Delaware.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09
Matthew G. Scarborough

Matthew G. Scarborough, &c
years of age, died at his home
at Andora, Cecil county. on
Dec. 80. The deceased spent
his entire life in this county,
where he was engaged in the
merchantile business at Leeds,
Childs, and other place. For
eighteen years he conducted a
stage route and carried mail
between Elkton and Blake.
Recently he opened a filling
station and store at Andora,
which he conducted with his
son, Franklin M. Scarborough.
He is survived by his wife,
who was Miss Margaret Gregg;
a daughter, Mary, wife of Thos.
Sidwell, and three sons: Jos. e.
Scarborough and T. Alfred
Scarborough, of Childs; F. M.
Scarborough of Andora..
The funeral was held on
Saturday afternoon, with in
terment in Sharp's cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09
PETTY THIEVING

Unknown parties forced en-
trance to the canning house of
Cameron Bros, at the railroad
station, in this town, Sunday
night, and stole a quantity of
canned corn and beans stored
there.
The same night the butcher
shop of Tosh & Tosh, on Pearl
street, was entered and some
hams and scrapple stolen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09
COUNTY HEALTH REPORT

The following cases of noti-
hable diseases were reported by
the physicians of the county
during December:
tuberculosis 2, lobar pneu-
monia 6, broncho pneumonia 1.
influenza IL, measles 8, scarlet
FEVER 8. diphtheria 2, humps 8.
typhoid fever 1, chicken pox 8.
eryslpelas 1, scabies 1, social
diseases 2.
Three physicians did not re-
port and it is taken for grant
ed they did not treat any noti-
fable diseases during the
month. G. A. KANE, M. d.,
County Health Officer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09
OBITUARY
Mary Catherine Cobourn


Mary Catherine Cobourn, the
ten year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold G. Cobourn of
Perryville, died Dec. 81, at the
home of her parents, following
an illness of complications af-
ter an attack of scarlet fever.
Shortly after being stricken
her condition was considered
serious, but later she improved,
only to suffer a relapse, from
which she did not rally.
Funeral services were held at
St. Patrick's church, Havre de
Grace, saturday morning, and
interment made in Mount Erin
cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09

The American Store at Ches-
apeake City, was entered early
Friday morning last and the
small safe carried away. The
safe was found in a nearby
woods the next day, where it
had been broken open and
robbed of SIPS that was in it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09

A bake will be held by the
Sunday school of the M. e.
church on Saturday afternoon,
Jan. II, at Pogue & Roberson's
store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-09

reopened on Monday morning.
after the Christmas vacation.
Mrs. Henry Kern has pur-
chased at trustees sale, the
Mcconnell property OF 10 acres
on the Elkton-Newark road.
A Maryland tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION clinic will be held at
Elkton, on Jan. IA, at 10 a. M,
in charge of DIR. w. A. Bridges.
The store of John Benson, in
Cecilton, was entered one night
last week and the money draw
er robbed of $3.50 in small
change.
DR.. Chas. J. Foley, of Havre
de Grace, has been appointed
chief consulting surgeon at the
United States Veterans Hos
pital, Perry Point, succeeding
DR.. G. Hampton Richards, OF
Port Deposit, resigned.
The annual meeting OF the
Rising Sun Detective Associa-
ton will be held on Saturday
morning, Jan. 10, at 10 o'clock.
A turkey dinner will be served
to the members at IL O'Clock,
at the Rising Sun Hotel.
Taylor r. Biles and family
moved on Friday from Haines
Avenue to the David I. Reed
dwelling, on South Queen ST.,
lately vacated by William Mar
Gus and family, who moved to
ElktOn.
Work of dredging the chan
mel of Elk Creek, from Cedar
Point up to the bridge at the
foot of Bridge street, Elkton,
is expected to start at an early
date. The channel is to be
made forty feet wide and seven
feet deep.
Evangelistic services, to con-
tinue a month, started in Per-
ryville NJ. E. church on Sunday
night, under leadership of Rev.
&. f. Weigle, d. D., of Sebring,
Florida. Rev. L. w. Broadway,
pastor of the church, is assist
ing with the service.
Z The Safety Committee of the
! Pennsylvania Railroad, Perry
vile District, is as follows: w.
T. Beyan, chairman; r. A.
Mills, w. P. Mcdonald, w. w.
Reynolds. H. T. Biddle, G. G..
Jacobs, w. H. Haul, ]. M.
Burns, w. H. Jack, H. Alexan-
der and H. o. Upton.
Rudolph Valentine, colored,
has been lodged in Elkton Jail,
charged with stealing chickens.
James Hamilton and Randall
Burke, two other Elkton color
ed men, are behind the bars of
Centerville Jail for stealing
chickens in Queen Anne's
county.
A special feature of the SER
vices Sunday eve, at the M. E.
church was the singing of a
mems choir of twenty-five
voices, which was the subject
of much favorable comment.
The pastor, Rev. j. G. Mccoy,
delivered a short sermon and
expressed the hope of having
the men sing again soon.
A bulkhead landing for Gov
eminent craft is to be con-
structed at Chesapeake City.
The bulkhead is to be built on
Chesapeake & Delaware canal
in front of the Government
warehouse, and will provide a
tying-up place for Government
plants used in the maintenance
of the canal.
Miss Ruth Hopkins, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. I. G. Hop
kins, Jr., of Port Deposit, met
with an auto accident Satur-
day. In company with a col
lege friend she was enroute to
a dance, when the machine
skidded and crashed into a
tree. Miss Hopkins sustained
severe cuts on the face and
had some of her teeth knocked
out. Her companion escaped
injury.
A>clinic for cripple and or
thopedic patients will be held
on Tuesday, Jan. IS, at the
Meath office, in Elkton, from
10 a. m. \until 8 p. m. A spec
ialist from Johns Hopkins will
be in charge.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
FACES
. SENATE QUIZ
!. ON LOANS

Secretary of State Stimson
may be summoned before the
Senate Finance Committee in its
investigation Of the sale Of
$4,000, 5000 worth Of foreign
securities in this country.
The committee begins its
inquiry tomorrow with Thomas
w. Lamont, partner Of the j.
p. Morgan Bank, and Charles E.
Mitchell, head Of the Rational
City Bank, as witnesses.
Warning Note Of 1927
Members of the finance COM
mittee are considering demand
ing the appearance of Stimson
to explain the State Depart
ment's part in this vast foreign
bonding.
Information has come to them
that in 1877 the State Depart.
ment issued a letter to New York
bankers warning them against
further loans to Germany.
This communication followed
on the heels of a report by s.
Parker Gilbert, agent general for
reparations, declaring that Ger.
many was overborrowing and
that many German states and
communities were living above
their means"
Conflicting Reports
The Senators have been in.
formed that despite this official
caution, the State Department
approved a $30,000,000 loan to
Prussia IL days previous to the
agent generals protest.
Also, that while for a time
after Gilbert's pronoune ement
there was a falling off of these
foreign loans, by the spring of
1928, they were in full flow.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17

Carl Shoucalr, 24-year-old ar
tist of Santa Monica, Calf, is
in Washington to do sketches
and paintings, of prominent
statesmen. He has already
sketched Vice President Curtis
and Senator George w. Norris
during the two weeks that he
has been here.
Mr.. Shoucair, who studied at
the Los Angeles Art School and
in Philadelphia. has also painted
Governor Pinchot. of Pennsylva
MIA. The portrait was exhibited
throughout Pennsylvania.
Governor Ritchie, of Maryland,
has agreed to sit for his next
portrait.
After finishing his series in
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
YULe Fund Raised
For Unp1id FucuLtu

. NORFOLK, Va, Dec. ia
Norfolk newspaper, the Norfolk
Quota Club, Mrs. John D. Leitch,
writer, and other individuals and
groups are raising funds for
Christmas relief of families of
faculty members of the Atlantic
University at Virginia Beach. The
instructors have received no sal
aries this fall.
DR.. William Moseley Brown,
anti-Smith candidate for Cover
nor in 1929, is president of the
school. He says he is as bad off
financially as the teachers. Two
dropped teachers have petitioned
for a receivership. The school
owes $65,000 for salaries and
$4,000 elsewhere, it is claimed.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
Police Post Backs
D. C. RepresentatiOn

A resolution indorsing work Of
Members of Congress who favor
congressional representation for
the District of Columbia was
adopted last night by Police Post
No. 20, American Legion. at a
special meeting held at the
Metropolitan Hotel. Members Of
the post also urged that the en-
tire District department of the
Legion follow their lead in cham.
pioning representation.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
When the honors
are easy-for ice

With bated breath, millions Of
ardent bridge players throughout
America are following the progress
of the battle of the century" now
being waged nightly between the
two world-famous contract stars
and their systems" But which.
ever side triumphs, we venture to
suggest that for everyday bridge
players one Of the most effective
aids to good bidding-and good.
tempered playing-is not to be
found in the instruction books of
either system. Rather, it is to
place a tall glass of beverage.
generously filled with clear, spark.
ling American ice, within easy
reach of each player at the table,
where its. welcome GOODNESS can
act as an antidote to the heat
and tension of battle.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
MEETING POSTPONED

The December meeting of the
West End Citizens Association,
scheduled for next Monday night,
has been postponed until January
10, according to President Robert
D. Lyons.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
NOTABLES DONE BY ARTIST

Washington, the young artist will
60 to New York to continue his
study ana later will go to Paris
to work
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
Plain Colors Are Still Smart

Sophisticated black crepes trimmed in rhine
stones for informal Christmas parties. Amer
lean Beauty crepes that are stunning beneath
black coats Spanish tile and soft greens.
Sizes ID to 20 and 80 to so.
The Washington times., 1931-12-17

A printed dress is the smartest thing you can
wear right now, and their bright color combi-
nations are very Aattering. All-over prints or
plain colors with prints worked into the sleeves,
belts, jackets, or used to give the new two
pieced effect
The Washington times., 1931-12-17
Street Dresses, too, at $2.95

Adorable plaid skirts with velveteen tops,
wool crepes with pleated skirts, light weight
tweeds for school, and practical shades of
silk crepe Coat effects; shirred necklines;
combinations of two smart colors.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
KENNETH Smith
IS BOUND OVER
TO HIGH COURT

After long delays occasioned by
the inability of the complaining
witness to appear, preliminary hear
ing for Kenneth Smith was held in
Brawley justice court yesterday. He
was held to answer to charge OF
assault with a deadly weapon upon
the person of Pablo Berrera last
June.
Berrera. who has been confined
to a hospital for treatment of in
juries said to have been inflicted
by Smith. had not been able to ap-
pear prior to yesterday. Bail for
Smith was set at $500.
Smith is charged with shooting
Berrera in a beer establishment
near Brawley after he threatened
patrons of the place with a gun.
After his arrest Smith said he just
wanted to see how the patrons
would act in q holdup.
Preliminary hearing for p. l. Had
dan, Jr., for alleged forgery Of an
endorsement on a CHECK. was con-
tinued to September %, by Judge
H. B. Griffin. That of Helen Stod-
dard Taggart, charged with bigamy,
was continued to September "a.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
SHIPS WATCHING
FOR FLYERS in
NORTHERN SEAS

LONDON. Sept %. U.P)-Ships in
the North Sea kept careful watch
today for Parker Craner, American
flyer lost on a flight from Green
land to Copenhagen.
The search was requested by the
United States embassy last night
in a radio message broadcast by the
British Broadcasting corporation in
the hope that Cramer and Oliver
Pacquette. his radio operator. might
have found refuge on a North Sea
island. The wreckage Of their plane
was found off the northern coast Of
Scotland by a steam trawler last
week.
Cramer and PacQuette flew in
easy stages from Detroit to Green
land over the route Cramer had fol-
lowed before investigating the pos
sibility Of a northern ali route be-
tween Europe and the United
States. They were last heard from
after leaving the Shetland islands.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-23
GENERAL BUTLER
MAY ENTER into
POLITICAL ARENA
Retirement From Marine
Corps Seen AS Prelimi-
nary To Political Life.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, Sept. %. U.P)-
The rousing sendoff which was
given to Major General Smedley D.
Butler as he retired from the U. S.
Marine Corps was construed by
many here today to signal the ap-
proach of a new figure in politics.
The farewell program put on for
Butler at the Quantico. Va, marine
base. was calculated to send him out
into civilian life with a fanfare fit
ing his spectacular military career.
Butler will. it is expected, an
nounce plans later to become
candidate for the L. :. senate in
Pennsylvania against Senator
James ]. Davis, who stands for
reelection next year.
Added belief that Butler would
enter the political field in that state
was based on remarks of Governor
Clifford Pinchot Of Pennsylvania,
who said last night at a smoker held
at Quantico:
we are all going to hear more
from General Butler
oit
Many believe Butler is destined TO
become one of the first outstanding
national military figures in post
war politics. His irrepresSible per-
sonality has survived the heavy re-
straints of marine corps routine. He
has been disclosed as a daring,
sprightly and potential figure, the
kind of blazing comet that shoots
across the drab political sky once in
a generation.
Buffers stem winding exit from
the marine corps comes at a mo-
ment when much attention is di-
rected to the role of the soldier in
politics.
Exceptional Importance given the
American Legion convention in De-
troit this week is a herald. in the
eyes of many here, of new period
of greater power. President Hoo
ver'S sudden dash to Detroit, his
leaving Washington at the hour of
the British gold crisis, was a recog-
milton of the growing Importance
of the war veterans in public affairs.
1t was an attempt to head off what
he considered ill-advised action.
which. he feared, would subject the
present stability OF the government
to grave risks.