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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events OF
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

LoSHL AbIAA 40 NAA
Monday next is grounding
day.
A number of our farmers are
doing their spring blowing.
The Havre de Grace Ledger
reports several fine shad were
caught last week in the upper
Chesapeake Bay.
The annual banquet OF the
Cecil County Farm BureaI Will
be held Thursday, February 10,
at noon, in the Arraory, at
Elkton.
The annual Automobile
Show, sponsored by Cecil Post;
American Legion, will be held
in the Armory at Elkton, the
latter part of February.
The congregation of Elkton
M. E. church has invited Rev.
L. B. Morgan to return as pas
tor for the coming Conference
year.
Herbert Litzenberg, of near
Elkton, has been elected frst
vice-president of the Eastern
Beagle Club. The Spring Derby
will be held at the Willis estate,
near Glasgow, Del.
The Hartford County Fair
Association, which holds an
nual exhibits at Bel Air, has re-
elected Hamilton Amoss, pres
ident; T. Roy Brookes, secy.,
and A. G.. Ensor, treas.
The w. c. T. U. conducted a
silver medal contest in TIE M.
e. church, at North East, on
Wednesday evening last Miss
Alice Ulary, of Elk Neck, won
the medal. Her essay was
liking Alcohol.
Lynn B. Gillespie has been
elected Lay Delegate to repre-
sent Elkton M. E. church at the
Lay Conference to be held at
Salisbury, Md, in connection
with the annual Conference, in
March. Edward Deibert was
chosen alternate.
The Empire Construction co.
which had the contract for re-
locating the line of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company
through Elkton, has shipped
it's equipment from the scene
of Operations, work having
been indefinitely suspended.
Pansies, violets and dande-
lions have been in bloom in the
yards of several of our resi-
dents during the unusually
mild weather that has prevail
led the greater part of January.
Grass in the yards has remain
Jed remarkably green the entire
winter.
John Reynolds, for years
station agent and postmaster
at Sylmar, has been promoted
by the Pennsylvania railroad
to the position of yard master
at Lenni, Pa, and has resign
ed as postmaster, as his new
duties compel him to move
from Sylmar.
The Community Fire Co. was
called to the home of James
Conlyn, near Ebenezer church,
about eleven o'clock Sunday
morning, to fight a chimney
fire. A chemical extinguisher
was used, and the fire soon ex-
tinguished, the firemen after
ward cleaning the chimney.
The Keystone QuarrleS, 10
Gated between Port Deposit and
Frenchtown, and operated for
several years past by the Cen
eral Crushed Stone Corpora
ton, have closed down and the
machinery is being moved to
other plants of the company.
A large number of men have
been thrown out of work.
While operating a circular
saw. cutting wood, Russell H.
Fristoe. son of w. r. Fristoe. of
near Rising Sun. met with a
Avery serious accident. The
Fight hand of the young man
anne in contact with the saw
and was badly mutilated. All
-four fingers were completely
severed, close to the hand, and
the end O fthe thumb cut-off at
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29

Mrs. Mary Cherry is spend
ing the week with her son,
William Cherry and family.
Lancaster, Pa.
Miss Dorothy Cameron, of
Woman's College, New Bruns-
wick, New Jersey, is spending a
few days at her home here.
Master Clyde England, Jr.,
of Darby, Pa, is spending some
time with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Nields.
The Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the NJ. E. Church was
entertained by Mrs. Scott Will
son and Mrs. M. U. Zimmerman
in the church parlor OH We'd
nesday afternoon last.
Mrs. B. H Brown entertained
her sisters at dinner on Tues
day. Those to enjoy the reun-
ion we're: Mrs. Rachel NJcKin-
sey, of Quarryville, Pa; Miss
Margaret Haines, Mrs. Sallie
Smith and Mrs. Ella Mask, of
Rising Sun.
Announcement is made of
marriage of Miss Edith Pau
line Stephens and Mr.. George
Edward Cunniff, Jr., in Wash
ington, d. c., on Dec. 10, 1881.
Mrs. Cunniff is the daughter of
Mrs. William Forest Stephens.
of Glenburnie, Md, formerly OF
Chesapeake City.
Mrs. C. H. Cameron and Miss
Sue Maxwell entertained the
Missionary Society West Not
tingham Presbyterian Church
on Thursday afternoon. The
devotional was led by Mrs. j.
M. Holden; National Missions
by Mrs. Cleveland Jones, and
China by Mr.. HI. O. Lynch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller F. Ma
graw, OF Elkton, have issued
invitations for their golden
wedding, at their home on
West High street in that town,
Tuesday evening, Feb. 2. Mr..
and Mrs. Magraw have resided
in Cecil county practically all
their lives.
Miss Margaret Nelson, a
nurse at the U. S. Veterans
Hospital, Perry Point, has an
nounced her marriage to MI.
Harry E. Young, also of Perry
Point. The ceremony was per-
formed at York, Pa, by the
Rev. G. w. Enders. They will
reside in Havre de Grace.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Logan,
of Rising Sun; Rev. John Pref
lyman, of Zion; Miss Virginia
Abrahams, OF Woodlawn; Miss
Bertha NJ. Tyson, Colora, at
tended the National Anti-Sa-
loon League convention held in
the Maynower Hotel, Washing
ton, on Jan. 18, and the ban
quet in the evening.
Jos. Schrader and Paul Coax
ley, of Perryville, and Harry
Osborne, of Hartford county, all
colored, have been arrested and
are held in Elkton Jail on the
charge of stealing 5000 worth
of fish from A. H. Owens & Son,
Perryville.
William Burke, colored, of
Port Deposit, has been sentenc-
ed to thirty days in Elkton jail,
by Magistrate Manly Drennen,
on the charge of stabbing
Evils OHlIn, cOlOred, or Port
Deposit.
Charged with shooting NAL
com Ford, colored, of Elk Eeck,
Taft Marker, also colored, of
the same section, has been
lodged in Elkton Jail. Ford was
shot in the hip with a 80 cali
bre revolver.
Goldey College. Wilmington,
DEL. held it's 45th graduating
exercises on Tuesday evening,
Jan. Is. The following stu
dents from Cecil county were
amoung the graduates: w. F.
Cooling and Marion Elizabeth
Foster. Chesapeake City; Su-
san Alice Cox, of Rising Sun;
Charles Haberman, of Elkton;
Martha Mccullough Yocum, of
-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
FIRE COMPANY MEETING

me regular monthly meet
ing OF the Community r ire Co.
VIII be held Monday, F sb. /. at
o:oO p. m. A full ATTIC dance of
members is desie, 4 for the.
transaction of il ortant bus
mess.
TAYLOR r. BILES.
w. E. PATTEN, Secretary.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29

Mrs. Frank E. Baker has
been appointed postmistress at
Aberdeen, Hartford county, fol-,
lowing the retirement Of Austin
Andrew. because q " health
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
WEDDINGS
Jackson-Stimax

Miss Eva Stimax, of Perry
vile, and Mr.. Clifton Jackson,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ohio Jack
son, of Woodlawn, were mar
ried by Rev. R. H. Hoover,
pastor of the Perryville Presby-
terrain church, at noon on Sat-
urday, the 23rd.
They will reside at Perry
Point, where the groom is
employed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
Double Wedding

Homer M. Dulaney, of Perry
Point, and Miss Rose A. Cope
land, of Elk Greek, Va, and
Clarence G. Shockley, of Den
ton, Md, and Miss Edan Ham
mond, of Perryville, were unit
ed in marriage on Thursday
evening, at the Perryville M. E..
parsonage, by Rev. Howard
Davis, in the presence of a few
intimate friends of the couples.
The grooms are both en-
ployed at the Veterans Admin
istration Hospital, Perry Point.
The newly-weds will reside in
Havre de Grac.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19
Henry Sievers Home
From Sunny California

Henry Sievers, formerly of the
Southside, who went to California
last fall, came back to Wolf Point
Saturday. He says that he liked
the flowers and the fruit fine, but
he is glad to get back to Montana.
and when he puts into practice
all he has learned about raising
roses and peaches, etc, Montana
won't have to take a back seat for
anybody. We've got just as much
sunshine as California. After liv-
ing 20 years in Montana as Mr..
Sievers did, the state seems like
home, no matter how enjoyable
other states may prove.
Mr.. Sievers hays he never saw
20 many people out of work, trav-
cling about with a pack on their
shoulders, asking for a handout
wherever they could get it. He,
himself, seems to have Jared pretty
well on his wife's cooking for he
weighs about % pounds more than
when he left Montana.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19
WOLVES DROP
LAST TO VIDA
GOOD BALL GAME GOES TO
THE SODBUSTERS SEVEN
TO THREE

A good diamond contest that was
interesting an d fairly even was
played by the Wolves and their
old and close rivals the Vida Sod
busters. 1t could be called a color
full game. 1t fact there was a little
too much Dye for the health and
prosperity of the local pack. eve
don't becall being guilty of this
pun before, Elmer. and maybe it
will never be committed AGAIN..
With just a couple more safe ones
at the right time and the story
would be different. Maybe along
about 1949 when Dye begins to
fade we can stage a comeback and
beat that McCone county gang /
gain.
1t was the closing day of the
county league. Poplar trimmed
Bainville, and if Culbertson defeat
ed Brockton there appears to be
a tie for first place between Pop
lar and Culbertson.
A lively boys game is expected
Sunday afternoon here, the Vida
juniors VS. a Wolf Point school
team. Perhaps there are some big
leaguers among them. Who knows?
Here is the detailed story of the
Sunday set-to:
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19
TRUCK SMASHES into
CAR 10 Miles EAST

A truck driven by a Mr.. Aspen
gren of Bainville collided with a
car driven by a man from Noonan,
N. Oak. on the highway about ten
miles east of Wolf Point last Sat
urday afternoon. The car was bad
ly smashed up and the mar receiv-
ed several bruises and decorations
on his face, but was able the next
day to continue on his way to Wis
it a family named Bjorge near Cir
Gle. Clarence Lee drove him to Cir
Gle. The North Dakota man said
he saw the truck coming for some
distance, and was on his W side
of the road. He expected the truck
to get over to it's own side of the
road, but it didn't edge owe suf-
ficiently to prevent the accident.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19
MOTHER POTTER
VISITS WOLF PIT.

Among the interesting persons
who came into the Herald office
during the last week was Mrs. N.
I. Potter, known as Mother" Pot
ter, who came originally from West
Frankfort, Illinois, but who is hik-
ing over the country, delivering
lectures where she can. She says
she has lectured in every state in
the union except Arizona. The pur-
pose of her lectures is to try to
get everyone to take an individual
stand against immortality.
Mother Potter is a middle aged
woman, apparently well educated
and we'll bred. When asked what
was her candid opinion of moral
conditions the country over, as com
pared with conditions 25 years ago,
she unhesitantly said they IT.
much better, and went on to cite
examples by way of comparison.
Asked how she could reconcile her
statement with a picture of condi-
tons as shown by the daily news
papers, she quickly replied: "But
we never before went through the
reconstruction period following a
world war" That, not prohibition,
is responsible for much of the &c
onomic trouble today.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19
FARM NEWS STORY COMBINED With
EDITORIAL COMMENT AND QUERIES

T OF course he made a mistake
when he punched the poor little
collector. 1t was neither polite nor
discreet. But how many of us red
blooded w~esterners cannot picture
ourselves doing the same thing in
the same circumstances? 1t was
not really a blow at the collector,
who has to hold his job (such as
it isl and feed a family, perhaps.
It was a blow not entirely dissimi-
lar to the n struck by the colon
ial patriots at Bull Run or by John
Brown at Harpers Ferry.
To get at the heart of the mat
ter. The merchants, the banks, the
doctors, the county and the fed
era1 government car all wait for
theirs, while the machine companies
jump in and grab theirs. Grab in
good years, bad years, and during
prolonged depressions. Of course it
is all very legal; it is there in the
fine print above the dotted line.
And all of us share in paying the
whopping big price whether we
signed or not. Will we keep on
doing it?
A truck or a tractor are useful
for many purposes. A combine can
be used only to harvest grain. Has
anyone figured out how many bush
els of 40 cent wheat a farmer would
have to raise to pay the price, plus
interest, of a $1,000 combine, out
of the profits? Here is another
question. Did anybody ever hear of
the manufacturers accepting just
what was offered for combines,
combines, drills and gang plows?
Please understand, readers, that
violence, even in mild form is not
advocated or excused. Obligations
should be met, if possible. What is
advocated is a fair. square deal for
the West. An even chance for
Woodworking men and women to
scale the heights of independence.
We will never make it signing on
these dotted lines. There must be
a better way.
What about shipping the iron
and steel out here to where we
have an abundance OF fuel for
power. and surplus labor half the
year. and building our own mach
ines? Is such a suggestion sane
and practicable?
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19
HOLLYWOOD KIDS
OLYMPIC GAMES
TEN STARRING COMICS RUN
RIOT AS CHAMPIONS IN
KLOPSTOKlA

Million Dollar Legs" Para
mounts Olympic Games comedy,
which comes to the Liberty theatre
on Thursday, Friday, Saturday;
with an all-star comedy cast head
ed by Jack Oakie, w. c. Fields,
LYDIA Boberti, Ben Turpin, Hank
Mann, Andy Clyde, Susan Elem
ing and Dickie Moore, is said to
be a completely dizzy buslesque.
million Dollar Legs" makes no
pretense at sanity but is out for
all laugh records.
The story begins in the Repub-
lie of Klopstokia, where all the
me~ are named George and all the
women, Angela, and the President,
W. c. Fields, holds the job because
he is the best weight litter in the
country. Jack Oakie plays the role
of a red-hot American brush sales
man who falls in love with one
of Klopstokia's Angelas, and in
order to save the defunct treasury
of the country, organizes an Olym-
pic Team which can carry off all
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19
BALL GAMES
ASSURED SUNDAY

Definite information could not be
obtained but it is understood that
two ball games are scheduled for
the local park next Sunday. The
Herald was requested to announce
a game between the Vida juniors
and a team of Wolf Point school
boys. These teams will be made
up of boys from 16 to 10 and will
be good. The Vida kids have been
playing, and winning their games.
Manager Brandon has secured
the Malta team to come here and
take on the big Wolves for a warm
session. Malta has been winning
from good teams at home. The
boys game will begin at one o.
clock or soon there after.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19

the international honors and win
an endowment offered by Jacks
boss, the brush king. So all of
Klopstokis, including the famous
spy. Malta Machree, "the woman
no man can resist" journeys to Los
Angeles for the Olympic Games,
and there, in spite of Mata's dirty
work, good old Klopstokia comes
through.
LYDIA Roberti, noted coincidence
OF Broadway musical comedy, has
the role of the seductive Mata.
Susan Fleming, another former
Broadway showgirl, is the romantic
lead, and Dickie Moore turns com
edian as the heroine's young broth
er, who has a bow and arrow and
a penchant for shooting arrows at
inopportune moments. Ben Turpin
plays a new kind of spy: He watch
es both sides.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19

The most discussed local event
of the week happened out in a
wheat field where 35 or 40 cent
wheat was being harvested with a
$1,000 or more combine. The pur-
chaser of the combine and a col
lector were the actors in the drama.
The identity of these men, the
farm, the make of machine, the
agency through which it was sold
and the concern that manufactured
it are all ~unessentia1. 1t is not dealt
with as a personal matter. It was
an illustration of n of the meth
DDS by which big, good business
steps out in a big way to profit
by the small, poor business of the
West. But it cannot be said to be
typical of the methods of all sim
iliar concerns.
A tenant farmer bought a com
bine (not this season. and had it
partly paid for. Drouth seasons
came and he got behind in his pay
ments. This year he was harvest
ing for other people besides him.
self. 1t is understood there was
an arrangement by which the farm
err was to pay the collector at the
rate of so cents per acre, and did
pay him 5000 this month. The col
lector wanted more and finally said
if he could not get it, in some form,
he would stop the machine. "You
just try stopping it." said the man
running the combine. The collector
tried and the farmer socked him
square on his nose, which was
considerably damaged. He could
not get repairs for it from his con-
Germ, even for cash, so went to a
doctor. The doctor, q farmer him
self. inquired the circumstances
while putting him together again
and said: "You got just what was
coming to you" The doctor says
the reply was, 81 guess | did.
guess l deserved it."
But the purchaser of the COM
bine had signed on the dotted line
which usually has a few thousand
words in fine print above il. The
law was invoked. The sheriff had
no choice. The papers had to be
served. The farmer now has no
machine with which to harvest his
crop or earn money to pay machine
obligations or other debts or feed
his family.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19
SHELBY FIRM
WILL GRAVEL
AWARDED SURFACfNG JOB;
40 MILES ON SCOBEY
HIGHWAY

At the recent letting at Helena,
Syster and Rathbun of Shelby made
the best bid for %surfacing with
gravel 40 and a fraction miles of
the newly constructed highway
from the Wolf Point bridge toward
Scobey. Their bid was $74,160.66.
Other bids were much higher, up
to S12S, 900.
The work will begin at once.
Part of the equipment reached
here Thursday. Their contract calls
for completion by July 1, 1888.
E. E. Krebsbach, manager of
the local branch of the Westland
Oil Co., went to Helena to get in
contact with the successful bid
ders, and secured the contract to
supply them with gasoline and lub-
ricating oil for this job.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19
TRAVELLERS talk,
K. c. RECEPTION
TOUR OF IRELAND, ENGLAND
INTERESTINGLY TOLD
BY FOUR

A very pleasant evening was
spent a the K. c. Hall Sunday
night by those who gathered for
the reception given in honor of
the DeWanes and Barwises and who
enjoyed the proxy the trip across
the ocean and tours through Ire
land and England. Father A. J.
Richard presided during the pro-
grom.
Mrs. Leo Bogut sang Mother
Machree at the beginning and Just
a Little Bit of Heaven, at the end
of the program. Mrs. w. A. Kurtz
accompanied her.
In introducing Dr.. DeWane, Faith
er Richard defined a Eucharistic
congress as a gathering of Catho-
lie people from every part of the
world in a certain town, there to
give honor and glory and adora-
ton to Christ the King. There
have been two such congresses
held in North America, one in
Montreal in 1910 and the other in
Chicago in 1926.
DR.. DeWane's talk dealt largely
with the Congress at Dublin,
churches and Cathedrals visited,
incidents which had to do with re-
ligious faith, etc. Mrs. Barwise de-
scribed the trip across the ocean
and some of their interesting ex-
periences in the south of Ireland.
Larry DeWane made the hit of
the evening when he told some
good Jokes on Mr.. Barwise and DR..
DeWane.
George Barwise told of some Of
Turn to page 3, col. 2, pleasel
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19
COUNTY REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEE C0NVENES

Republican committeeman, rep
resenting a large number of the
precincts, met pursuant to the call
of County Chairman Foor. at Brock
ton Saturday evening, and complet-
ed an organization.
Arlie NJ. Foor was reelected
chairman, George Lesson was made
vice chairman, Joe Frerich, sec
rotary and A. T. Listug member Of
the state committee. The campaign
was discussed and the Republican
county, state and national tickets
were endorsed.
Committeeman present from this
city and community were: A. t.
Listug, II. A. Inman, Nels Lund
and julius Cess.
Some of the candidates attend
ing were: w. c. Adams, Arthur
Ryder, Henry Lowe, Thos. R. For
hes, Dwight Lohn, NJ. P. Trenne
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19
3 BONUS BUDDIES
ON TREK TO COAST
PASS THROUGH WOLF POINT
THURSDAY ON WAY
WEST

Three bonus expedition buddie:
passed through Wolf Point yester
day and attracted considerable at
tention on the street where they
stopped for their car was covered
with inscriptions expressing the
sentiments of the bonus army. They
had a number of pictures of the
scenes in the bonus camp at Wash
ington, both before and after il
was destroyed by fire. Some OF
these they sold. 1t was their way
of getting gas and grub to take
them from Washington to Port
land, Oregon, the home of one of
the men.
Jobless and with more time
than anything else" as n of them
expressed it, they were glad to
answer questions about conditions
in the bonus army camp. The
camp at one time numbered so, 900.
All of these were e~x-service men,
for it was necessary to show their
discharge papers in order to get
a B. e. F. registration or identi-
fication card emitting them to the
privileges of the camp. For the
most part people were sympathe-
tic and friendly, they said.
Among the slogans on their car
were KAISER Bill in 17-1S, Bonus
Bill in 1892, ARMY rations in
1917-1S, no rations in 1882. Re-
ferring to the matter of rations,
ii wasn't so hard on the men, they
said. They hadn't expected a pic
mic. but it was hard on the women
and children, particularly the child
rem, and some of the men in the
b. E. F. had several children with
them.
Another of the slogans was "My
bonus lies over the ocean," One
of the men blamed the high tariff
which caused other nations to boy
colt American goods, and the
United States l~eniency with regard
to the matter of collecting foreign
loans, as contributing cause for
the condition which made the need
of the bonus so acute to jobless
ex-service men, and which at the
same time made payment seem so
difficult. 1t was claimed that sew
eral ways of meeting the payment
had been suggested to Congress.
The three bonus buddies, who
have come from Washington here
in about three weeks, and who
have their faces set toward the
coast are Julian Johnson of Port
land, Samuel c. Miller of Jack
sonville, Fla. and Arthur Ebersole
Of Pittsburgh, Pa.
They say the army. or at least
part of it, plan to return to Wash
next December when Con
yress is in session.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19
A. M. L0DMELL, BROCK
TON POSTMASTER, DIES

Word was received here yester
day of the death of A. M. Lodmell
of Brockton which occurred yester
day morning Mr.. Lodmell had
been in failing health for some
time, but his death is understood
to have been caused either by a
stroke or by heart trouble.
He has been postmaster at Brock
ton for several years and was for
merly on the schoolboard there.
It is understood that he is sur
vived by his widow, two sons and
two daughters.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-08-19
Waska Farmer Receivers
From Severe Illness

Hans Skovheim, we'll known bach
elor farmer of the Waska neigh
borhood, has recovered from a SER
ious seige of four weeks with doub-
lie pneumonia at Mrs. Cooney's pri-
vate hospital. He is rapidly regain
ing his strength and has been out
to his place. He was in Wednesday
and called at this office to request
that his grateful thanks and deep
appreciation be expressed to his
neighbors and friends who were so
kind and helpful during his illness.
He says he will lever forget it.