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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
SUN CECIL COUNTY, Md. FRIDAY. OCTOBER Id, 1882
HISTORIC HOUSE AT
PERRYVILLE
Marker To Be Unveiled By
Members OF ID. A. r..

Captain jeremiah B a k e r
Chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution will
have charge of the exercises in
connection with the unwilling
of a George Washington mark
er at the old Rodgers home, in
Perryville, on Saturday, Oct.
Is, at two o'clock.
George Washington, on his
trips between Mt. Vernon and
Philadelphia, made the house
a stopping place on several oc-
casions, and the unwilling of
the marker is in line with BIZ
Centennial observances being
held throughout the country.
Captain jeremiah B a K e r
Chapter has already erected a
standard roadside marker, CIV
ing the history Of the old Sus-
quehanna Ferry which was es-
tablished at this piont on the
Susquehanna river as early as
1896, and one of the old Rod
gers house.
Arrangements have been
made to open the house to Wis
itors, so that they may inspect
the woodwork and old corner
mantelpieces, in front of which
George Washington sat so
many times. Colonel Rodgers,
the father of Commodore John
Rodgers, and a long line of
naval heroes will be represent
ed by Rear-Admiral and Mrs.
John A. Rodgers, who now re-
side in the beautiful old Colon
ial home "Sion HILL" on the
hills overlooking Havre de
Grace.
J. Alexis Shriver, Of the
Maryland Commission for the
Celebration of the 2OOth Ami
versary of the Birth of George
Washington, will give an out
line of the history of the old
building, and Washington's
many visits to it, cleaned from
his letters and diaries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
SEPTEMBER COURT AD-
JOURNS
Sentence Passed On Person
Convicted During
Session

Before the September term
of Circuit Court for Cecil coun-
ty, which had been in session
at Elkton for three weeks, adj
journed on Friday, sentences
were passed on several persons
found guilty of various crimes.
e. Leland OFT, of Elkton, a
former county constable, who
pleaded guilty to false pretense
in passing a worthless check.
was sentenced to two years in
Maryland penitentiary. OFT
through his counsel, alleged
that when he gave the check he
fully expected to have the
money in bank by the time it
was deposited, but was unable
to do so.
Herman Moore, negro, found
guilty of assault upon Sheriff
Albert Buckworth and Deputy
Sheriff w. c. Reynolds, when
they attempted to place him
under arrest last July, was sem
fenced to nine months in Mary
land House of Correction.
The four negroes, all of Elk
ton, who were found guilty of
breaking into the store Of Ar
thur Cameron, on East Main
street in that town, were SEN
fenced as follows: James Will
son, six months, Thomas John
son, nine months, and James
Hamilton, nine months in the
House of Correction; Austin
Green, sentence suspended.
Robert Koch. Lee Partain
and James Stewart, three
young white men of Baltimore,
convicted on the charge of lar
ceny Of about $500 worth of
cigarettes from a Pennsylvania
Railroad freight car, were SEN
fenced as follows: Stewart,
three years in Maryland peni-
tertiary; Koch and Partain, Is
months each in House OF Cor
rection.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
HALLOWEEN PARTY

The Community Fire Com
pany of Rising Sun will hold a
Halloween Party in the public
hall of this town on Tuesday
evening, October 25th, at 500
O'Clock. There will be fun for
everybody. Among the fea-
lures will be a cake walk,
games, dancing, etc. Refresh
ments consisting of cake and
cocoa will be served. Music
by string orchestra.
An admission fee of Is cents
will be charged for those who
are masked. and S5 cents for
those unmasked.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
HIKE BY GIRL SCOUTS

Seventeen members of the
Girl Scouts enjoyed a hike and
"doggie roast" in William Rey-
nolds meadow on Tuesday eve
ming.
Saturday afternoon the 22nd,
the girls will take a five mile
hike, (if they can hold out.)
leaving Rising Sun at one
o'clock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14

H. c. McClintock, of Elkton,
president of the State Fedora
tion of Mems Bible Glasses.
will address a meeting of the
organizations at Calvary Meth
odist Protestant Church, Balti-
more, on November 22nd. His
subject will be, "Value of
Christianity Ia q Mans Lite. %
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14

The Development and Con-
struction Company of Balti-
more, at a bid of $19,46S.85,
has been awarded the contract
by the State Roads Commits
sion, for the construction of
1.41 miles of concrete roadway
along the Pearce Neck road,
from the end of the concrete
highway towards White Crys-
tai Beach along Elk river.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
UNION HOSPITAL DONA.
HION DAYS

Annual donation days fo1
Union Hospital, Elkton, when
all persons interested in the in
stitution are asked to contrib
ute articles of food, have been
set for October 20 and 81.
Boxes will be placed in the
schools to receive canned
goods, groceries, fruits and
other articles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
BUSINESS CHANGES HANDS

Ernest Biles, who has con-
Quoted a meat and provision
business, on Queen Street, in
this town, for some years past,
has disposed of it to VIM. S.
Whitelock, Of Edgewood. Har-
ford county, who assumed
charge on Monday.
Mr.. Riles and family will
continue to occupy the dwell
ling portion of the property.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14

The Alumni Association of
the North East High School
will hold Card Party in the
Auditorium of the New North
East High School, Friday eve-
ming. October 18th, at 500 ps
m. Admission SOC. The pubs
Tic is cordially invited. I
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events OF
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Church realized over $50 by
the bake held on Saturday af-
ternOOn.
Samuel Lee Craig has pur-
chased for $4,000 the dwelling
of the late Mrs. Margaret V.
Campbell, in Elkton.
The receipts of the Donation
Day canvass made by the North
East Fire Company resulted in
the collection of 1913.
The annual Hartford County
Fair is being held this week at
Bel Air, opening on Tuesday
and closing on Friday.
The public hall building and
fire engine house are being
painted, the work being in
charge of Clyde Bremen.
Perry Crawford, of the Young
Peoples Church of the Air, will
speak in the Elkton Presbyter-
ian Church, at 7:45 o'clock the
evening of October 26.
Elkton Town Council has
had several Washington mark
ers placed on Main street, in
that town, the road travelled by
General Washington.
A house and three acres OF
land at Warwick was sold at
the Court House door by James
F. Evans, Esq, Trustee, to K.
Delbert Aiken, for $50.
Wednesday, the 18th, was
Columbus Day, a legal holiday,
it's observance signalling the
discovery of America by Chris
topher Columbus 440 years
ago.
The standpipe has been CIV
en- a coat of aluminium paint,
and is now resplendent in glis-
tening silver, in place of the
somber black it has worn so
long.
The heel of her shoe catch
ing as she was helping her
small school children down the
steps at Port Deposit, Miss
Linda Anderson fell and sus-
tanned a broken arm.
A minstrel show will be pre-
scented in G.. A. Hall, at North
East, Oct. % and 20, under aus
pices of North East Red Men.
The show will be directed by
Leslie F. Dryer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Coudon,
of Perryyille, have presented
the vestry of st. Mary's Prot
estant Episcopal Church with a
deed to the dwelling on Cecil
avenue, North East, now used
as the rectory.
1t is reported that the Con-
solidated Gas, Electric Light &
Power Company of Baltimore,
has purchased the plant of the
Hayre de Grace Gas Company
and will supply that territory
with gas in the future.
Fire of unknown origin at
Charlestown beach, destroyed
a garage and Packard car on
Friday evening. North East
fire company was called to the
scene and prevented the flames
from spreading to other struc-
lures.
A young doe was captured
one day last week. near North
East, by William Hargrayes
and Charles Franklin. The
deer became entangled in a
wire fence and was caught by
the men. who notified the
Game Warden.
The supper served on Thurs
day evening last, by the ladies
of Bay View M. p. Church, in
the Sunday School room, was
literally patronized, and was
a splendid repast. Over two
hundred partook of the meal,
the gross receipts amounting
to over $105.00.
A small symmetrically shap-
ed maple tree, on the Pogue &
Robertson lot, Main street, has
been a thing of beauty in it's
gorgeous fall coloring of GRIM
son foliage for the past two
weeks, and has been the sub
ject of remark and admiration
Of everyone who has seen it,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14

Louise f1arOCdSCl6 were ICcOAI
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Wilson.
Ralph Wilson and family
spent the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. S. Taylor Wilson,
Easton, Pa.
Miss Gertrude S. Dare, of
Swarthmore, visited her aunt,
Miss Addie Moore, near Colora,
on Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson K.
Patten and little daughter
Alice, of Baltimore, were week
end guests of Mrs. H. B. Pat
ten.
Mrs. Edwin L. Haines is
spending some time with her
sister, Mrs. Moore, at their
summer home in Massachu-
sets.
Mrs. T. B. Moore, Mrs. Car
RE Cameron, Miss Walter and
Rowland Keilholtz motored to
Atlantic City on Saturday for
the weekend.
Mrs. e. C. Dixon and son
Austin Dixon, of Philadelphia,
were weekend visitors at the
home of the formers mother,
Mrs. B. H. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Tome
and three children have moved
from Chester, Pa, and are oc-
cupying one of the Wilson
dwellings, on Mount street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph t. Ty-
son had as their recent guests
the formers sister, Mrs. P. T.
Woods and daughter, Miss
Dorothy, of Silver Lake, Mass.
Mrs. J. Paul Slaybaugh en-
tertained at bridge, on Thurs
day afternoon, at her home at
West Nottingham, in honor of
Mrs. J. d. Eyeritt. Nine tables
were played and very delight
full afternoon enjoyed.
Miss Minnie Gregson, of
Zion, while on a visit to the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Lamborn, in Avondale, Pa,
feh from the porch steps and
sustained a fracture of the col
lar bone in two places.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Ryan are
guests at the Harrington, in
Washington, where Mr.. Ryan
is in attendance upon the SEES
sions Of the Supreme Castle,
Knights of the Golden Eagle.
holding it's annual convention
during the present week. Mr..
Ryan is a past Supreme Chief,
the highest office in the organ
ization, and is now a member
of the Appeals Committee.
A George Washington BIZ
Centennial celegration will be
held in North East, on Armis-
tice Day, Nov. II. The speak
er for the occasion will be Rt.
Rev. Philip c. Cook, Bishop of
the Diocese of Delaware, Prot
estant Episcopal Church.
The road stand at the en-
trance of DR.. Jos. l. Frances
Mt. Ararat Farm, near Port De-
post, having been broken into
several times, special Officer
Robert Lynch was employed to
watch the place, with the re-
suit that a man by the name of
John Smith, of Scranton. Pa,
was arrested and lodged in
Jail.
7 A large number of our resi-
dents attended the temperance
rally at Perryyille M. E, church
on Wednesday evening last,
and heard a strong appeal
from George w. Crabbe, super
intendent of the Maryland
Anti-Saloon League, for sup
port of the 18th Amendment,
which has improved conditions
throughout the country, de-
spite the statements and eff
forts of the vets to discredit
the Law.
Elmer B. Harvey, through
his attorney E. Kirk Brown,
has applied to the Circuit
Court for Cecil county for an
absolute divorce from his wife
Reba Al, Harvey, on the
grounds of desertion. The
couple had no children,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-14

There is a beauty in the con-
struction of sentences, and
some are like jewelers. at It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-25

helped with information and practical
advice. State agricultural colleges and
departments also have given aid to the
gardeners, who for the first time, In
many cases, were drawing their living
direct from the soil.
Probably for the first time during the
many recurrent business depressions the
heads of industry have been brought to
a realization of their responsibility to
furl0ughed w0rkerS-and an understand
ing Of the possibilities of affording aid
through the land with minimum OF
competition for established farmers. In
times past mill owners were inclined TO
lock the doors and ignore the needs OF
those who had been employees. But dur
ing the time Of stress that is now being
nghtened and dissipated the response
bility has been brought home to the
leaders Of industry by such means as
the Presidents Organization ON Unem-
ployment Relief. One Of the activities
of that organization was to foster CO.
operation in garden projects by indus
trial firms with workers who had been
laid Of, and to disseminate information
of value IN the gardens development.
This meant the maintenance of self
respect by many thousands Of Ameri-
cans who discovered that in spite of
closed factories and mines they could
still earn food with their own hands.
Hundreds of firms have been equally
helpful to the families OF unemployed by
aiding with industrial gardens, and cite
what has been done by one Of them, the
United States Steel Corporation, only be-
cause its size emphasizes the importance
of this activity generally. The steel
company first helped workers to create
gardens during the World War. After
the war the workers interest fell of,
but there was a squirt in garden activity
during the 1922 depression. Then.
when business improved again, interest
of the employees in their gardens waned
once more. During the Summer Of 1921
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children, said: I'VE raise a lot OF stuff.
I've had a regular job, but man has to
hustle to feed 10 'chilrun.' Yes, sir; we
raise 1t and can 1t ourselves, me and the
older ones"
In Minneapolis one industrial gar
dener produced enough on his plot to
feed his family during the Summer and
to put 400 jars of canned products in
his basement for Winter use.
THE gardens supply something more
than food. They supply health
safeguard for children in a time when
ordinarily the future well being of the
little ones might be menaced. Those In
charge of the Goodman Guild Commun-
ity gardens In Columbus, Ohio, for in
stance, reported that soon after the Co
lumbus schools opened all children were
carefully examined for general health
and any signs of undernourishment
Out Of 400 pupils from the district, which
includes practically all the families hav-
ing gardens in this particular project,
only "a were reported as undernourished.
This was so much better than the con-
ditions found in many districts more
favored from an economic standpoint
that the central office ordered re-
check at this school. The result was
to reduce still further the number of
pupils showing undernourishment! This
favorable showing from a children's
health standpoint was believed to be
directly traceable to the gardens, which
had not only supplied an abundance Of
fresh vegetables to many families all
Summer and Fall, but had also sup
piled healthful and recreationd en-
ployment out of doors.
OF course, the gardens have not been
merely play-they have meant work and
worry and study. In their development
and cultivation throughout the country
the extension service of the United
States Department of Agriculture has
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the employees of the steel corporation
had around 20 900 gardens. In the Sum-
mer OF 1881 there were approximately
@, 900 gardens. During the last Sum-
mer, 1882, the garden idea for food really
became implanted among those who
were unemployed or employed only part
time. The number of family gardens
for this one corporation rose to more
than $1,000!
APPROXIMATELY one-third of these
~ are small, individual gardens which
the workers control entirely. They have
been encouraged for many years by prize
contests sponsored by the company. The
other two-thirds, or approximately
so 900 gardens. are what may be termed
community gardens" The land is pre-
pared for use by the corporation and Is
divided into plots which are turned over
to the workers. The individual worker
does the planting, cultivating and har-
vesting on his plot Of ground. Some
workers bring their whole families to
the garden which is to furnish food
and some degree of security-for all Of
them.
The value Of the garden produce thus
raised during the last Summer is esti-
mated to be more than 81 100000. The
company has provided skilled instructors
to teach housewives how to can the fruits
and vegetables raised on more than
1000 acres adjacent to steel mills,
mines, quarries, railroad tracks and
warehouses.
The experience of the steel company
with the industrial garden movement is
of particular interest to farmers engaged
regularly In producing fruits and vege-
tables for market. It demonstrates, over
a period of years, that the city garden
movement is not going to raise a per-
manent Crop" of competitors for the
men whose lives are spent on the farms.
The people who are being helped now
by the industrial gardens are those
without their regular employment and
so pressed for lack of funds that they
could not possibly buy fresh or even
canned vegetables without resort TO
charity funds. Experience in prosperous
times has shown conclusively that when
these city families again have regular
incomes they will drop their gardening
activities and buy their vegetables and
other produce from the stores. And I
have no doubt that they realize, as never
before, that the farmer earns and should
have a more satisfactory return for his
labor. The cause of agriculture cannot
but be benefited by this better under
standing in the cities.
It is the feeling, of some furloughed
industrial workers that they would be
better off permanently if they went back
to the land. However, those who are
using rent-free land temporarily during
the emergency, without the necessity Of
paying taxes, and who have not. met
other ultimately necessary expense,
such as that of purchasing fertilizers,
etc, are not In a position TO estimate
accurately what their farming activities
might net in normal times. The fact
Is, Of course, as is well and conclusively
known to every informed economist and
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months, and that his family would be,
dependent upon charity if the little
accumulation were used to purchase food.
LIE had small yard of his own, and
neighbor, who had been longer in
the railroad service and therefore was
not furloughed, gladly agreed to lend the
use of his larger yard. Through his
Congressman the brakeman obtained
copy of the United States Department OF
Agriculture Bulletin 1914, entitled, 1.-THE
City Home Garden" and three of our
farmers bulletins covering the canning
of fruits and vegetables at home, farm
and home drying of fruits and vegetables
and home storage of vegetables.
very few dollars were invested in
seeds, a hoe, spade and the rental OF
a pillow for few days. Many days of
real labor were invested, too-and the
brakeman learned in one Summer more
than he had ever known before about
the difficulties and hardships of farm
ers life.
But the garden paid dividends in the
form of plenty of fresh vegetables for
the little family, whose expenditures
were confined during the Summer to
meat and milk and flour. When the
Summer was over the cellar of the little
house was full of potatoes and canned
and dried vegetables, including string
and lima beans, beets, carrots, cabbage,
tomatoes, corn, onions, squash, peas and
turnips. There was actually enough food
put by to last not only all through the
Winter but into the next Summer.
From time to time the furloughed
brakeman was able to secure employment
for a day or two in "odd jobs" and the
money thus earned was sufficient to pay
for meat, butter, etc Thus the family's
small savings have been conserved, and
charity and the tax rolls have not been
burdened by this good American citizen.
This is but single instance of the
discovery of the soils worth by millions
of city-bred workers.
Some workers have raised as many as
As varieties of vegetables in their gar
denS. In one county in West Virginia
a survey showed that 1,250, 600 glass jars
were actually sold during 1881, as
against 100000 the year before. The
million additional jars meant food and
life for thousands of men, women and
children whose ordinary means of live
lihood had disappeared. In surveying
the results of some of the community
gardens the Presidents Emergency Com
mittee for Employment interviewed the
gardeners here and there, and what
these people said is an index of the true
human values produced. One man,
65-year old carpenter, said:
II haven't had a regular job since I
broke both my wrists three years ago.
They wouldn't take me back. They want
younger fellows, and I've got to raise a
garden if I want to eat"
And he did eat, as result of his own
labor on the SOIL OF course, that labor
involved no real loss to the regular farm
producer of truck crop&for that man,
like scores of thousands of others, was
in no position to buy anything that the
farmer might send to market. If these
people had been added to the charity
lists the result inevitably would have
been increased taxes, burdensome to
both farm and city property owners.
A Negro janitor, widower with 10
The Washington times., 1932-07-06
COUNTY No TES
REVENUE GAIN

The theory that a decreased
tax rate brings increased reve-
nues seems to have been prc-7'ed
in one place at least-Prince
Georges county.
According to a report prepared
for the board of county commits
sioners by Treasurer Thomas Ma.
gruder, county revenues rose from
$249 SIT .26 for the first quarter
of the fiscal year beginning April
l in 1881 to $249, ,925.32 for the
same period Of 1882.
The tax rate at the same time
was lowered from $1.52 to $1.49
on the hundred dollars.
Other items in Treasurer Ma
gruder'S statement for the first
quarter Of the year include $37,-
081.77 in taxes collected for the
State, $6.806.10 for the Suburban
Sanitary Commission, $2,862.97
for the Park and Planning Com.
mission, and $35, ,031. 80 front foot
age benefits.
The total was 3S1,7O7.4S COL
lected, a gain Of more than $4,000
over last year. f.
The Washington times., 1932-07-06
BOY Of 10 SEEN
RADIO MARVEL

Full.blooded Indians, croonerS,
mother and child harmony teams,
old sopranos, infant baritones,
everybody has been out to win
Vaughn De Leath's addition con-
test to discover the best radio
talent in Washington.
Vaughn de Leath, radio star
who is appearing till Thursday
evening at Loew's Fox Theater,
has heard q wealth Of talent.
The two winners yesterday.
chosen from q group Of 60, are
Master Milton Mendelsohn, age
10, Of 4503 Argyle Terrace, and
Miss lara Bouson, Of GAS L St.
According to Miss De Leath
and the other judges, STAN
ley Bigelow, Of the Times, Carter
Barron, Of Loew's, and Fred
Pfahler, of Station VOL, Milton
has the most pleasing voice of
any contestant heard thus far.
They believe that the lad has a
brilliant radio future.
The finals are to be held to-
morrow at noon backstage Of the
Fox Theater. All the daily win
ners will be given final hearings
by. the. combined group of judges,
and the final winner determined.
He or she will be presented on
the stage at the last show
Thursday evening by Miss De
Leath, and will in addition be
presented as a regular weekly
feature over VOL for 13 weeks.
The Washington times., 1932-07-06
OUNTYWORKER
! HURT IN FALL

Following her third blood
TRANSMISSION yesterday afternoon,
Miss Ruth Gather, 20-year clerk
In the office Of c. Y. Latimer,
clerk to the Montgomery county
Commissioner in Rockville, is re-
ported improviny at the Mont
gomery county General Hospital
in Sandy Spring, Md.
Miss Gather, the daughter of
Mrs. Stanley D. Gather. Of
Gaithersburg, fell down the stairs
Of her home Saturday, and
struck the post Of the railing
tnjuring her left side.
According to DR.. J. w. Bird,
superintendent Of the hospital,
Miss Gather ruptured an
internal organ, causing an inner
hemmorhage.