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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
FAVOR REPEAL OF
ROAD LAW
Shore Commissioners Seek
Return OF Former System

With eight of the nine Eastern
Shore counties represented at a
meeting of the Eastern Shore Coun-
ty Commissioners Association held
in Easton on Dec. 8, seven went on
record as favoring the return of
county roads to home control. Wor-
cester was the only county not rep
resented at the gathering. The one
dissenting vote was that of Kent
county which, according to published
figures in the State Roads Commits
sion investigation, has an overdraft
of approximately $161,OOO. The
recommendation also embraced re-
tention of sufficient portion of the
gasoline tax to cover the expense of
road maintenance and debt service.
BY unanimous vote, the Boards
decided to ask the Legislature for a
change in the law to eliminate the
Supervisor of Assessments and to
substitute full-time assessor whose
OuC6 Will COAo unucI tuc Sup0E~
vision of the County Commissioners.
Following an invitation from the
Commissioners of the Western
Shore counties, the Eastern Shore
group will meet with the commits
sioners of the Western Shore at
Annapolis on Thursday, December
20.
Those present from Cecil county
we're: Mauldin Lum, Lawson G.
Tosh, Daniel H. Garrett, representing
the Board of County Commissioners.
John G. Duncan, former commission
ers, Philip R. Bond, secretary of the
Association, State Senator-eiect Har-
old e. Cobourn, County Treasurer.
Edwin G. Dorcus, William e. Briscoe
and Wroth H. Manlove, members Of
the House of Delegates-elec:..
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
SECURE YOUR RISTMA
SEALS

Announcement was made today.
from the offices Of the Maryland
tuberculosis Association in Baltis
more, that residents of Cecil County
who did not receive Christmas Seals
through the mail may secure them
at Doctor G. A. Kane's Office, Elkton,
Maryland.
Part of the funds annually COM
tributed in Cecil County each year is
used to support the free chest clinics
in the county. During the past
fiscal year our records show that
twelve Of these clinics were held in
the county, resulting in the examine
ton Of 308 patients.
The Seal Sale campaign which
opened on Thanksgiving Day will
continue until Christmas. Mrs. /. D.
Davis of Elkton is Seal Sale Chair-
man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
CANDLE LIGHTING SERVICE

The beautiful candle lighting SER
vice at the M. E. church on Sunday
evening, when the newly-elected
officers of the Young Peoples Group
were installed were very impressive
ly carried out in the soft, Pickering
candle light, the choir assisting with
music. The professional was sung
by Miss Lorraine Johnson and Miss
Gertrude Buck, dressed in white and
carrying lighted candles as they pro-
ceeded slowly down the side aisles to
the altar rail, where the officers took
their places for installation.
Miss Alice Sheldon. of Newark.
district president, indicted the new
ly-elected into office, assisted by the
pastor. Rev, A, B. Frye. The new
officials OF the Group are: President,
Billy Buck; first vice-president, Anna
Haines: secretary, Dorothy Hind
man; treasurer. Ruth Wilson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
CAN YOU HELP BY GIVING SOME
PERSONS EMPLOYMENT

Spread Christmas cheer by giving
work to as many as you are able
The best Christmas present to many
people would be job.
The National Unemployment Ser
vice Office in Chestertown has over
$500 unemployed in is active files
men and women wanting and
needing the opportunity to earn an
honest dollar.
If you can use regular or part
time workers of any kind please
write or call 2O7 High Street, Ches-
tertown, Maryland, telephone 116.
This Office will furnish you with a
list of qualified workers or refer a
worker direct to you If you prefer.
There are classifications from the
white collared class, skilled and un-
skilled workers and laborers.
Make your own Christmas hap
pier this year by giving happiness 70
others through work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
GRAND YOUTH RALLY AT HOPE
WELL M. e. CHURCH

Next Sunday, December 18th, will
be observed at Hopewell and Asbury
M. e. Churches as Young Peoples
Sunday. Prof. James H. Bishop,
Director of Christian Education Of
the Wilmington M. E. Conference,
will be present and speak in all the
services of the day. Sunday School
at Hopewell church in the morning
at 10 o'clock followed by the morn
ing worship service at IL o'clock at
which time Mr.. Bishop will preach.
Sunday School at Asbury Church at
2 p. m, followed by the regular wor-
ship service at 8 p. m. A Grand
Youth Rally, sponsored by the Hope
well Chapter of the Epworth League,
will be held in the evening beginning
at 1880 o'clock. Prof. Bishop win
be the principal speaker in this SER
vice. Young Peoples groups from
the nearby churches are cordially
invited to Join with and participates
~ The youth rally Of the evening
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
BRIEFLY NOTED
HAPPENINGS
Short Paragraphs OF Recent
Events In Town And
County

On Thanksgiving night thieves
stole all of the oil out of the tank at
Roy Anderson's store, at Paramount
Pa.
The residence property of Lynn B
Gillespie, on Locust Lane, in Elkton,
has been purchased by Frank Nc
Cleary, of Providence, for $4,000.
The Havre de Grace Fire Com
pany has had it's No. pumper re-
built at a cost of $4,000, making r.
practically new piece of fire fight
ing apparatus.
In Calvary Baptist Tabernacle,
Sandusky, Ohio on November 26th,
Raymond Biddle, formerly OF North
East was ordained into the ministry
of the Independent Baptist churches.
Toll collections on the Lancaster
York Inter-county bridge between
Columbia and Wrightsville, Pa, SO
far this year are in excess of $314,-
900, or $4,000 more than for the
first II months of 1888.
Rising Sun firemen were called to
the home of James .Gorrell, near
Harrisville, about eight-thirty Sun
day evening, TO extinguish a Chin
new fire that was raging. Applica-
ton of chemicals smothered the
blaze before any damage was done.
A turkey dinner in honor of Mil
ton S. Seminar was given a. the
Howard Hotel, in Elkton, on We'd
nesday last. Mr.. Seminar on that
day sat for his last session as Judge
of the Orphans Court of Cecil
County, after faithful service OF
twenty three years.
The newly elected Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners for Cecil County
organized on Tuesday by the election
of Mauldin Lum, of Leslie, as Presi-
dent. The other members of che
Board are Lawson C. Tosh, of Rising
Sun. and Daniel H. Garrett, OF
Elkton.
The Board of License Commission
ers for Cecil county, which heard
protests several days ago against
beer licenses being granted to Char
les X. Smith. Allison Barclay and
Paul ]. Fleming, all of Perryville,
and also to William Jones, colored,
of Elkton, and held their action un-
der consideration, have passed an
order granting licenses to each OF the
applicants.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
December Term Of
Circuit Court
Newly-Elected Chief Judge Presides
At Opening Session

At Opening Session
The December term of Cecil Coun-
ty Circuit Court, with Chief Judge
w. Mason Shehan presiding, conven-
ed at Elkton on Monday morning.
AZ was the irst term of court in
Cecil county at which Judge Shehan
who was elected chief judge of the
second judicial circuit in November,
presided. Sitting with him were
Associate Judges j. Owen Knots and
Thomas ]. Heating.
Judge Shehan, in making his
charge 20 the grand jury, pointed to
the crime wave over the country.
While there has been no crime wave
in Cecil county, he said, it is the
duty of the grand jury to investigate
all crimes fully and to do all pos
sible to enforce the law.
One hundred and thirty-eight civil
trials are listed on the calendar.
Forty-fve civil appearances are
docketed, and So appeal cases.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
ATTENDANCE IN CECIL SCHOOLS

ATTENDANCE IN CECIL SCHOOLS
The report of School Attendance
officer, e. B. Fockler, for the month
Of November shows that rural
schools had better attendance than
High and town Elementary schools
during the month. Five schools
tied for top honors in attendance, in
the one-teacher school group. In
the two-teacher school group. Colora
was high, while Calvert and Cecilton
led in the grade school group. Two
schools were also tie in the High
school group, Calvert and Kenmore
Wilson school had the highest at
tendance in the colored school group.
The attendance at the various
schools was as follows
e-Teacher Schools-C rry
Grove, Fair Hill. Wesley Harris and
Pilot schools, SO per cent, perfect;
Chapel and Pleasant Hill, 81 per
cent; Town Point, Blake and Finger
board schools, SO per cent; Jeffer-
son, Zion, and Charlestown schools,
"a per cent; New Bridge, Warwick,
johnson and Earleville, SO per cent;
Rowlandyiile. New Valley, Union,
Liberty Grove schools, 80 per cent;
jackson Hall and Marion. 80 per
cent; Ponds Neck, Pierce's Neck and
Principle; 81 per cent; lakewood, So
per cent.
Two-Teacher Schools-Colora, 81
per cent; Providence, Cherry Hill,
Perry Point and Elk Mills schools,
95 per cent; Leeds, 81 per cent.
Graded Schools-Calvert and Cecil
ton, 95 per cent; Chesapeake City,
"a per cent; Perryville and North
East schools, 92 per cent; Elkton
80 per cent; Rising Sun. SS per cent.
High Schools-Calvert and Ken
more High schools, "a per cent;
North East, Elkton. Perryyjlle and
Rising Sun, SO per cent; Chesapeake
City, 80 per cent: ceciiton. SO per
cent
CoIored Schools-Wflsop, 81 PEI
cent; Cedar Hill and Elkton, 96 per
cent; Ceciltop, IS per cent; North
East, "a per cent; Chesapeake City,
Conowingo and Manor schools, 81
per cent; Cokesbury, SO per cent;
Port Deposit. So per cent.
Elkton Colored High, 81 per cent,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING

Here is glad news for all the
kiddies,-jolly old Santa Claus is
coming, and wants to meet them all.
He will be at Pogue & Robersons,
in Rising Sun, on Thursday evening.
December 81, and in his pack will be
a gift for every little one who Is
present to help greet him.
DONE miss this chance to welcome
Jolly old Santa on Thursday evening,
and get the gift he has tor you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
FARM BUREAU BANQUET

The Cecil County Farm Bureau
held an Invitation Booster meet
ing and dinner at the Howard Hotel,
Elkton. Friday evening Of last week,
Guests speakers for the evening
were Mrs. Harry T. Williams, Home
and Community Chairman, Maryland
State Farm Bureau; G. e. Wise, Jr..
Secretary-Treasurer, Maryland Farm
Bureau; and E. |, Oswald, County
Leader, University Of Maryland Ex-
tension Service.
About fifty enjoyed the banquet
and plans were made to increase the
membership Of the organization,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
WILL DISCONTINUE
TRAIN
Passenger Service Over Baltic.
Central Will Be Thing
OF Past

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has taken steps which indicate
that Rising Suns lone passenger
train will soon stop making its daily
trip between oxford and Perryville.
uaiess it can be proven there is
stipulation in the franchise of the
Lailrcad Company compelling that
passenger service be furnished in
order to comply with the right of
way agreement.
The daily passenger train over the
Baltimore Central leaves Rising Sun
at 6:02 in the morning, for Perry
vile, returning at 5:10 in the eve
ming. This train, known for years
as "Gilligan," has been run for
many a year, and took its name from
the late Captain Gilligan, who long
was conductor on it.
Relative to it's probable discon-
tinuance, the Oxford News says:
A notice of hearing before the
Public Service Commission, within a
few weeks in all probability, marks
the end of the last of the personal
trains on the Baltimore Central.
"Gilligan," the one train which for
more than half century, has tied
Oxford with the South, is to be
stricken from the schedule. That
the request of the railroad company
for permission to discontinue this
train will be granted, is almost GER
tain, because of the diminution of
the traffic near to vanishing point.
There was a time when this was
one of the most popular trains on the
road, leaving Oxford with a goodly
number of travellers and picking
them up at all stations, until by the
time the train reached Baltimore,
every coach was filled. In those
days there were many other trains to
and from the South, but gradually
they were cut off, as the traffic de-
mands dwindled, until only Gilligan
remained. And now, it too, is to be
removed. Perhaps nothing points
more strongly to the rapid changes
taking place in transportation meth
DDS and direction than the complete
severance of all railroad passenger
service between. Oxford and the
towns 20 the south.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE

Mrs. Gertrude Ladore Shaffer, of
Elkton, was struck by a car as she
was crossing the street near her
home one evening last week. Taken
to Union Hospital she was found to
be in a serious condition, suffering
from fractured skull and other in
juries. The car was owned and
driven by William P. Hill, Of 1882
Mt. Royal Terrace, Baltimore, and
Rehobo.h, Del. He was held for a
hearing, pending the outcome of
Mrs. Skaters injuries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
PERSONAL AND
SOCIAL
Items OF Social Nature OF In.
terest To Our Readers

Miss Dorothy Cameron, Woman's
College, New Jersey, spent the
weekend with home folks in Rising
Sun.
Mrs. Morgan, wife of the Rev. l..
B. Morgan, pastor of the Elkton
Methodist Episcopal Church, is seri-
ously i'll at the parsonage on East
Main street in that town. She suf-
fered a paralytic stroke some days
ago, but her condition has since i'm
proved somewhat.
Miss Mary Bechtel, of Washing
ton, spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. Bechtel. Mr.. Bechtel was
able to return on Saturday to his
home here. from the Reading, Pa,
Hospital, where he had been a pa
tient for some weeks, suffering from
a severe injury to his neck, sus-
tanned by falling from chair.
The engagement has been an
nounced of Miss Mary A. Jacobs, of
Chester, Pa, who is teacher of
music at the Dewey-Horace Mann
School, Chester, and ]. Walter Har-
ward, of Port Deposit. Miss Jacobs
is daughter of the late Charles and
Sadie Brown Jacobs and former
resident of Fulton House, Lancaster
county, Pa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
GOOD ROADS CLUB MEETING

The Upper Cecil County Good
Roads Club met Monday evening. at
the home of ]. L. Monger, with very
good attendance considering weather
conditions. Topics of current in
terest were discussed after which re-
freshments were served by the
ladies.
The Club is still active. but dur
ing the winter season meetings will
be held only once a month. January
4, 1895. was set as the date for the
next meeting which will be at the
home Of S. e. Murdoch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
FILES SUIT FOR DAMAGES

Claiming he has not been paid for
damages done to his crops and land
when a high tension line was run
across his farm by Pennsylvania
Water and Power Co. employees, Earl
w. Mowrer, Martic Township, Lam
caster county, Pa, has sued the
power company for $3.50 in two
actions filed in the prothonotary's
Office at Lancaster. Both suits are
the outgrowth of recent equity
suit brought by the company against
Mowrer to force him to permit
workmen to enter on his land to
work on the high tension line
Quarryville Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
WINTER BRINGS ICY BLASTS

WINTER BRINGS ICY BLASTS
Old Man Winter blew in on US
Saturday with icy blasts and gave US
a light snow and some low tempera-
lures, thermometers in this neigh
borhood registering as low as five
degrees during the cold snap, which
has continued steadily during the
week.
A light snow covered the ground
Saturday night, or early Sunday
morning, and the low temperatures
which have prevailed since Saturday
have frozen everything up tight
even water pipes.
Ponds and streams are covered
with ice and the first skating OF the
winter has been enjoyed this week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
CHIEF JUDGE OF ORPHANS
COURT

Gov. Albert G. Richie has desig-
mated Joseph F. Holt, of Union, as
chief judge of the Orphans Court
for Cecil county. Mr.. Holt received
the highest vote cast for judges Of
the orphans Court at the Novem-
Der election. J. Frank Blake, OF
Childs, and Sylvester Preston, of
North East, were the other two
judges elected.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
POOL EXPERT GIVES EXHIBIT.
TION

Ralph Greenleaf, worlds cham
pion, gave an exhibition at the Pool
Parlors of Thos. s. Riale, in this
town, on Monday evening. The
things Mr.. Greenleaf made the bill
lard balls do are almost unbeliev-
able, and the skill of this master of
the cue is truly remarkable. The
exhibition was witnessed by large
crowd.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
WEsLEY-EsHLEMAN

Miss Isabel N. Eshleman, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton S. Eshle-
man, and William j. Wesley, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wesley, of near
Elm, Pa, were married Wednesday,
Dec. 5, at a. m. at Little Britain
Presbyterian Church Manse by Rev.
William H. Davies, who used the
ring ceremony. The bride was at
tired in brown with hat and access
series to match. Immediately fol-
lowing the ceremony they left for a
honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls and
Canada by auto. The bride is
graduate of Drumore and Quarry
vile High Schools and the groom
graduated from Little Britain and
Quarryville High Schools. He has
been employed as clerk in v. M.
Grubb's store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
ELKTON LAWYER LOSES CAR
IIo,,,,rr A w rl,il i.f on ON Ellrfor

Henry A. Warburton, an Elkton
attorney, who some months ago was
presented with an automobile by
Harold Johnson. of Springfield, ILL.,,
as his fee in defending Johnson in
the county court on charge of rob-
bling Horace M. Duyckinck's garage
at Rising Sun, and now serving a
term in the State penitentiary, has
lost the car Several nights ago FIVE
men pushed the car down an alley
into the street and drove away.
Neighbors saw the men push the
car out Of the drive at Mr.. Warbur-
tons home but thought it was some
one who had driven in to turn
around.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14

The North East High School girls
by defeating Hebron. the Wicomicc
County champions, at Hurlock. won
the field ball championship Of the
Eastern Shore. The score was 1877,
ths game being holly contested.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-14
CRAIG-PRICE

Miss Lillian Price and John A..
Craig, both of near Cecilton, have
announced their marriage on Tues
day. November 27, at the Methodist
Protestant parsonage, Chestertown,
the Rev. w. B. Litsinger officiating.
They were attended by Mr.. and Mrs.
Franklin Craig. The couple will
live near Cecilton.
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
OPERATOR 13

ter was horrible. But the troops
were being overwhelmed by the
terrible rain Of missiles from the
housetops. Colonel Jardine fell:
every tenth man Of the COM
mand way down and others were
dropping fast when the decim-
ated command began it's retreat.
IndiScreet Wrath
Detective Kelso was hurt, but
both he and Policeman McTag-
part managed to keep on their
feet and shoulder a way into
Nineteenth Street with Operator
13 between them. There were
two bullet holes in her skirt, and
a razor-edged sheet Of slate had
Sheared the hat from her head,
nicking her neck and left ear
enough to cover her face and
throat with blood.
This had infuriated her and
she had mounted q Stoop and
emptied her pistol at the dodg-
ing shapes on the roofs sill
houeted against the western sky.
And here, no doubt, the mob
would have caught and MUIR
dered her, had not her faithful
policeman seized her and hus-
tied her off in the retreating col
umn.
On the way downtown to the
e~ntgal ofd0e thsy weEO m
aCAm 1eonaN6 With o
The Washington times., 1934-01-06

Greenwich and Charlton Streets,
and collapsed in the gutter with
q broken neck.
John Gailliard rolled over and
over until q shattered railing
stopped him; and he scrambled
to his feet and staggered back
to where Operator 13 lay with
her right leg under the dead
horse, trying to free herself.
"IS your leg broken?" he de-
manded as she looked up at him
in the wavering gaSlight,
ragged, bleeding and disheveled.
my leg isn't broken" she
gaSped, "but my heart is. Take
me under the shoulders and
pull, please"
He managed to drag her free
Of the dead creature.
Greenwich Street was de-
serted and silent in the dim gas
light. There had been q battle
there; empty, looted shops,
stores and dwellings gasped
wide open. A dead sergeant Of
cavalry lay on the sidewalk,
still clutching q revolver. Scores
Of corpses were scattered in the
street.
The girl wiped her dirty face
with a dirtier handkerchief. st
suppose" she said TREMENDOUSLY,
you won't consider yourself
my pR4NonGCP
he stared aS heEg went 0pG8
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
Exciting Tale Of
War Espionage

Damn you!" he shouted.
''Drive those troops back and
get on to the ironclad. That's
why you're here"
But already, in NeverS' regh
..1ent, bugles were sounding the
charge and the troops, cheer
ing, dropped their bayonets to
Q glittering level and plunged
ahead, sweeping the girl with
them almost under the hoofs
Of John Gailliard's plunging
horse.
She caught his stirrup,
climbed like a wild cat to his,
saddle, and, as he twisted
around to shoot her, she
clasped him around the body;
and he recognized her.
The horse, pricked by a bay
onet, reared and kicked him
self onto the sidewalk, pirouet-
ted on hind legs and tore into
the melee, bolting through the
disordered ranks into Green
which Street. And in the sad
die reeled John Gailliard, striv-
ing to check and control the
maddened animal, while a
white-faced girl clung deSper-
ately to his Swaying body.
A Crash
9laazcaaed horse hia Q a
10 darkness Z - SIDe@ a
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
MICKEY MOUSE

| HCOneinued from NeIOS P0Ss)
So Operator 13 went off with
them through the deserted,
smoky streets lurid with the red
glare of the western sun. From
0very direction came the distant
roaring Of numbering mobs and
the rattle Of pistol fire and mus
ketry.
And about 6 o'clock they
found the battalion they were
looking for-but it was the
wrong regiment and in the
wrong quarter Of the city-a
sinister district on Eighteenth
Street near First Avenue.
The girl and her policemen
were involved in trouble before
they could extricate themselves;
the soldiers and two howitzerS
were firing into a dense mob
which fired back at them; and
from windows and roof tops on
both sides Of the street am
buShed ruffians hurled down
bricks and paving blocks upon
the troops. The mob numbered
thousands; the troops, under
Colonels Winslow and Jardine,
$50.
Ten rapid rounds Of grape
md canister from Jardine's guns
lanes through the masOe4
- 6AoclSa Saong. Tho sRauA
The Washington times., 1934-01-06
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hundred policemen, who es-
corted what remained of tho
battalion to Mulberry Street.
And it was there, outside tho
police and military Gordon
guarding citizen refugees, white
and black, that the girl saw
Capt. Helme, Of the Cedar
Street station, who told her
that Col. NeverS regiment was
marching to destroy the IRON
clad and that Commissioner
Acton expected her to go with
that command.
Captain Thorne, who had
Just escorted to safety three
wounded policemen, went out
again with Operator 13 to find
Nevers' regiment.
Organized Mob
At 9 o'clock at night they
found it by the crash and
glare Of its volley firing and
the flaring torches Of the mob.
It vas a disciplined mob, about
q thousand strong, armed with
new muskets, firing by platoonS
into Nevers' regiment.
And instantly through the
internal flame of the torches,
the girl saw John Gailliard, in
full Confederate uniform. And
she almost screamed at sight
of him, where he sat his horSa
Nrang % the troops and ugn9
Ia Mn Do @e GhaEg&