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green. sometimes an amber green and
at times black Her mate s small
| and a rusty salmon IN color His
side spots are not 20 conspicuous As
his portly mates. The red in their
name is descriptive of their work on
leaves rather than their own color.
To be absolutely accurate we should
| call these insects mites. and they are
closer kin to ticks than to true
spiders. They do have eight legs, As
spiders do. and they do not possess
wings The largest member of the
family. the mother is not even one
fiftieth of an inch long!
The mothers usually spend the
Winter in seclusion, the mildness of
the weather having much to do with
their activities. They are domiciled
on Wild plants, the wild blackberry,
primrose. hedge nettle, SOW thistle,
wild Reranium and wild vetch being
among the hosts.
The new generation develops about
March 81. and from this date until
May, when the cotton begins to show
bravely above the ground, the red
spiders are making the best Of 1t on
Winter plants
How do you react to these figures
when it comes to thinking OF your
plants? Five generations develop in
one season. BY the time the female
that Wintered last season is ready to
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are affected the plant dies. II has
been unable to have the work of the
leaves to provide nourishment for the
roots and other parts of the plant
itself.
This wee pest has spread it's tribe
over the United States. In some
States it is more harmful than in
others. Where it attacks a cotton
field much damage is accomplished.
There seems to be a strange tradi-
ton among red spiders. There will
be fields left to flourish close to an
area that is doomed. The toll taken
by these Smal pests amounts to sev-
eral millions each year.
In order to curtail the activities
OF the red spider it is important to
pull up and destroy the plants that are
known to be afflicted with them.
Often this has been sufficient to
clear an area of them. 1t is far more
important to prevent the red spider
from getting foothold than to try
to eradicate it when it is f1ourishing.
1t is interesting to note that the
males and females live together on
the plant. Though the spider is called
red, the female is usually rusty
Evening star., 1937-08-19
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEl

- TZE has nothing to do with the
amount Of trouble some insects
can make. Take the red spider,
- so tiny you can hardly see 1t
with the unaided eye, yet this small
beast can ruin your beautiful plants
in . short time, and you cannot find
. trace Of his actions, only the fact
that the leaves of your plants are
dropping to the earth.
One hundred and eighty-three
plants are the hosts of these sly
workers Fiftv-five per cent are
cultivated plants and IS native wild
ones.
They love cotton, cultivated vlolets,
beans, sweet peas. hollyhocks, ivy and
many other plants. They are husily
engaged in feasting on the juices of
the leaves.
At first you may see a bright red
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Natures Children
Red Spider.

|, spot on the surface of the leaf. That
is warning and If obeyed gives you
a chance to save your plant. There
are four different kinds of sprays that
are fatal to the tiny mites.
Most of the time the red spider
has been domiciled under the leaves
so long, drinking deep of the plants
juices, that the leaves have turned
rusty or yellow over the entire surface
and at the slightest touch drop from
the stem. II too many of the leaves
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pAss on to her reward ahe IA the
ancestor OF more than 800, 900, 900 Of
spring. Yet she s the sise Of . We
dot unless masnified, a. abe "a here
for your inspection.
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stsid means steady, sober, sedate.
The Standard Dictionary does not
give recognition to the word swat
in the sense of hit, strike or kill.
Send a return envelope for the
lea f1et, business English"
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Jolly Polly

A Little Chat on English
BY JOS. ]. FRISCH,
Z. D.-Elther stayed or staid may
be used as the past tense of stay, but
the former is preferred The adjective
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Straw Hats, So

Originally Sl95, 1928
35 Straw hats for women
and misses in assorted
colors and headsiZes.
IS Straw Hats in assorted head
SIZES and colors. Originally
1926, $395. Now ----H
Down STAIRS SrORE.
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Bath Busy.
Bath. England, said to have been 4
Summer resort since B63 b. c., IA hav-
ing one N Its busiest seaAons.
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Girls Stacks, So

Urls SIacks, OU|
We're 81
90 Pairs white twill slscks.
Sizes 8 to Is.
IS Girh' Skirts in tweeds and
pastel wool crepes and fiannels.
Sizes 10 to Is. Originally 32.a5.
NOW -----------------
% White Ora ndie. Rayon Crepe
Dresses. Sizes Z to is, broken.
Originally &1.l5 to 3laa.
NvN tSS
- Pisue Cost and Dress En-
semblee. Were s2.e5. Now. l1.eS
Down STAIRS sroRL, GnLs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
ANNUAL FARM BUREAU
MEETING

Every problem of the Maryland
farmer in production, marketing,
economics, and social relationships
will come up for consideration at
some. time during the annual meeting
of the Maryland Farm Bureau and
afiliated organizations in Baltimore
January ~ to Is, says President
Harry H. Nuttle of the Farm Bureau,
in announcing the program of the
gathering.
President H. C. Byrd Of the Uni
versity of Maryland has been announ-
ced as POSTMASTER of the annual ban
quet on Thursday night, January IA.
Delegates from the county farm bu-
reaus will hold business sessions FRI
day morning, out of which will come
the program of organized Maryland
farmers for 1887.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
VACANCIES IN U. s. MARINE
CORPS

Major P. c. Geyer, Jr., Officer in
Charge of the Marine Corps Result
ing Station, Room 325, Post Office
Building, Baltimore, Maryland, an
nounces a number of vacancies for
immediate enlistment in the Marines
to fill all existing vacancies for the
month of January. Those accepted
will be transferred to the Marine
Barracks, Paris Island, S. C. for i'm
mediate service.
An enlistment with the sea soldiers
offers the ambitious young man ad-
venture, travel, free educational ad-
vantages, and advancement limited
only by his own ability.
Applicants should be between Is
and rs years of age and 6S and "a
inches in height, sound and free
from disease, of good moral charact
er, and able to produce three charac-
ter references from responsible citi-
zens.
Those interested should write to or
call at the above address.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
LARGE SHIPMENT OF TIRES

What is thought to be the largest
shipment of automobile tires to ar
rive in Havre de Grace were deliver
ed to Mr.. A. ]. Dinsmore, Firestone
distributor for Hartford and Cecil
counties, on Saturday when he re
ceived a consignment valued at So
600. Trucks have been busy thru
out the week making distributions
of the tires, the last load having been
taken out on Thursday. In addition
to selling Firestone products, Mr..
Dinsmore is head of the firm of A. J.
Dinsmore & Bro, Checrolet dealers
at Rising Sun and also owns several
fine farms in Cecil county.
He is also distributor for the Gulf
Oil Corporation, this city, the plant
on the wharf adjoining Abbott Bros.
being one of the largest stations in
this section Havre de Grace Ledger.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
STATE TAXABLE BASIS IN.
CREASED

The taxable basis of Maryland, for
State purposes, increased $46,757,-
100 in 1885 over 1884, according to
State Tax Commission reports incor-
porated in the 1886 Maryland Man
ual, just issued by E. Ray Jones,
Secretary of State.
The reports show that the assess
ments on real estate, other tangible
personal property and the securities
of non-stock corporations declined In
1896 from the 1894 level.
Increases were reported in the as
sessment of motor vehicles, tangible
personal property of business corpor-
atoms, taxable shares of domestic
corporations, distilled spirits, tangi-
Bile personal property of non-stock
corporations, shares Of bank, trust
and other financial corporations,
shares of all classes of domestic in
surance companies, exclusive of life
insurance companies; securities, and
deposits in mutual savings banks.
The total taxable basis CT the State
for 1895 was $2,803,475,718, COM
pared to $2,756,717,s19 In 1894.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
FORTY-THREE HEAD OF STOCK
PERISH IN FLAMES

Fire Saturday morning destroyed
the large barn and contents, includ-
ing 43 head of stock, on the farm of
William st. John, at Forrestville, be-
tween Jennersville and Lincoln Uni
versity, Pa The fire was discovered
about 4:30 o'clock by the tenant,
Walter Campbell, as he was going
to the barn to milk.
Twenty-seven milk cows. three
horses, and thirteen head Of young
stock were burned to death. Two OF
the horses had been led to safety,
but one of the animals ran back into
the barn. All farm equipment and
machinery of a modern dairy farm
as we'll as the crops Of 150-acre farm
were lost.
Oxford and West Grove fire com.
panies responded to the alarm and
succeeded in saving smaller farm
structures near the main barn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
RISING SUN CECIL COUNTY, Md. FRIDAY. JANUARY
Short Paragraphs

Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Dinsmore moved
on Tuesday to their recently COM
uleted bungalow on West Main st.
The public schools Of the county
reopened on Monday morning after
the ten day Christmas holiday period.
James Pappas, Elkton restaurant
operator had his hand badly shatter-
ed by the bursting of his gun while
out hunting.
The congregation of Zion M. E.
Church has unanimously invited Rev.
Charles H. Atkins to return to the
charge for another Conference year.
George Berry and Ada Berry, of
Conowingo, have purchased, through
w. l.. Ely, real estate broker, the
Ida Hartman estate, store and dwell
ling property, at Mt. Zoar.
Construction work on the new
school building for colored children
of Port Deposit, has begun. The
school site is located at Rock Run,
the northern end of the town.
The thirty-one-acre Bel Air Fair
Grounds, operated by the Hartford
County Fair Association, went under
the auctioneer's hammer on January
at the door of the Bel Air Court
house. The sale was forced by the
mortgage.
The ladies of West Nottingham
Presbyterian church will hold their
annual turkey supper in the Chapel
on Thursday evening, Jan. IA. Sup
per served from 800 to 500 O'Clock.
Price, SO cents.
George s. Rhoads, of Quarryville,
Pa, while breaking stone on the new
road near Spruce Grove bridge, suf-
tered injury to his eye when piece
of stone broke his goggles. Some of
the glass penetrated the eye. A
physician removed the glass.
Adult Educational Programs have
been formed in Cecil county. Clas-
ses of home nursing and needleart
for Calvert and vicinity are held at
the home of H. W. Cochran on Mon
day and Thursday, Ia p. M; needle
art at Mrs D. B. McDowell's Tuesday
night, and Mrs. T. w. Brwn's, Zion,
Friday afternoon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
Relief Funds Distrib-
uted In State
Direct Relief Payment For
Cecil County Is $3,1O2.87

RELIEF FUNDS DISTRIBUTED
William S. Gordy, Jr., state comp
troller, on Wednesday ordered the
distribution of $25O,O0O to Balti-
more city and the % counties of
Maryland for direct relief payments.
The comptroller's Office held back
$2,167.26 of the sum allocated to
finance administration of aid to the
blind in the city and counties, max
ing the sum distributed $247,832.74.
Checks for the following amounts
were mailed to Eastern Shore Coun-
ties: Caroline, $2,O81.79; Cecil, $3,-
102.S7; Dorchester, $3,221.82; Kent,
$1,709.O9; Queen Anne's, $1,744.74;
Somerset, $2,S05.46; Talbot, -2,230-
40; Wicomtco, -3,747.23 and Wor-
cester, $2,59729.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
DRUNKEN DRIVERS DRAW FINES

Edgar Harris, formerly of Rising
Sun, was hailed before Police Justice
George L. Ewing, of this town, after
Officer Jones, of the Conowingo SUB
Station, who made the arrest, saw
him driving in reckless manner
Harris was fined total of $103.90 on
the charges of driving while under
the influence of liquor, and reckless
driving.
A three car accident that occurred
near the road house of Jerry Nc
Konly, east of town on Dec. 81, was
caused by Aneell Howell, of Darling
ton, who ran in the car being driven
by Myron P. Gordon. Gordon lost
control of his machine, which struck
the car of Thomas C. Hill, Of Central
Y. M. c. A. building, Baltimore.
Howell was arrested and brought
before Magistrate Ewing who fined
him a total of $103 for driving while
under the influence of liquor and
reckless driving.
Corporal J. P. Novicki caught Gus
Jordan, colored, Of Dunkirk, s. c.,
passing a car near the top of hill
and brought him before Magistrate
Ewing. 1t was also found the negro
was driving without a license card or
registration card, and he was fined
$500 and cost. In default of pay
ment he spent two days in Jail before
friends came to his rescue and paid
his fine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
Sentence OF Five
Years Imposed
Waylaid Wife And Attacked
Her With Wrench

Brought into court at Elkton on
Wednesday, Stanley Dubree, 80 years
old, a farmer living ON the Elkton-
Glasgow Road, two miles east of Elk
ton, was sentenced to five years in
the Maryland penitentiary as re-
suit of his conviction by a jury just
before the Christmas holiday, ON a
charge of assault with intent to kill
his wife, Mrs. Goldie Dubree, one
night last October.
Mrs. Dubree charged that her
husband sent her to the home of a
neighbor, John Everett, quarter of
mile distant, after medicine, stat
ing that he was ill and that two
hours later she was again sent on the
same mission. This time, she testi-
fed he waylaid her from behind a
hedge fence, with wrench and beat
her into unconsciousness. She was
later found lying in side ditch in a
semi-conscious condition.
Mrs. Dubree is still q patient in
Union Hospital but is very much
improved. She Is the mother Of sew
en- children.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
UNEMPLOYED INSURANCE. COM.
MISSION

The three executives to administer
the new Unemployment Insurance
Law were appointed Dec. 20 by the
Board Of Public Works.
The three are: William Mines Ma
10y, of Baltimore, who will be chief
executive director; Russell S. Davis,
Of Cambridge, associate executive de
rector; Joseph P. McCurdy, of Balti-
more, associate executive director.
They were the choice of the two
Democratic members of the Board
of Public Works, Hooper s. Miles,
state treasurer, and William s.
Gordy, Jr., state comptroller. All
three are Democrats. Governor Nice,
third member of the board, did not
have voice in their selection.
The executives authorized w. II.
Vickers to map out specifications for
employees, to interview and investi-
gate those applying for jobs, and To-
submit to them a list of eligibles
from which appointments to posi-
lions may be made.
They also agreed to locate Offices
of the new administration in Balti-
more.
MIR. Maloy, the chief executive di-
rector with a salary of $4,000 a year,
has been for many years leading
figure in Maryland politics. He
formerly was chairman of the Public
Service Commission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
NOTIFY MOTOR COMMISSION OF
CHANGE OF ADDRESS

"The failure of the automobile
owners to notify the Office of the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Of
change of address was again. during
1886, source Of great inconvenience
to this Office as we'll as to the motor
lists themselves" said Walter r,
Rudy, Commissioner.
1.-THE application blanks for 1887
licenses will be printed soon and your
application will bear your address
as now recorded. Failure on your
part to notify the Office of change of
address may result in not receiving
your application or tags. Last year
SIG sets of license plates, as well as
hundreds of license applications,
were returned by the post Office for
better address.
Notification blanks for change Of
address may be secured from the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or
from automobile dealers, justices of
the peace and notaries public thru
out the State"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
CECIL COUNTY BULL WINS Ma
TIONAL RECOGNITION

Peterborough, N. MA Cecil
county Guernsey bull, Pride's Ouch
ess' Procris 169291, bred by Joseph
I. France, OF Port Deposit, Md, and
owned by Willow Brook Company, Of
Catasaqua. Pa, has just won national
recognition.
This bull, having two daughters
which have made creditable official
records, has been entered in the Ad-
vanced Register of the American
Guernsey Cattle Club. "Pride's
Duchess Procris" will be known
hereafter as an Advanced Register
sire. Only Guernseys which meet
high production requirements are ell
igible for entry. The two daughters
which have completed official records
are Procris' Pride Lady and Cherub's
Golden Maiden.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
Business Census Fig
ures Released
Retail Sales In Cecil County
Total Up $4,687 900
For Year 1885

Final figures for retail sales IN
Cecil county in an area report releas-
ed by William L. Austin, Director,
Bureau of Census, show total sales
of s4,6s7,OOO in $50 stores in 1885
The 800 stores are shown to have
employed during 1885 an average OF
3s5 proprietors and employed 54S
persons full-time or part-time, to
whom was paid total payroll OF
$4,000.
The report also shows that OF the
total number of stores, 100 were
food stores with sales for the year
amounting to 1,494,0OO. The peopl'
of the county ate and drank $685.
900 in eating and drinking places
numbering So.
The general stores in the county
numbered 40 with a, total volume OF
sales of S343,000. In addition were
the general merchandise stores which
numbered ten. The sales in this
class of stores however, were "lth-
held to avoid disclosure.
In the 81 automotive stores, the
total amount of business was $751;
600. and in addition Sc filling sta
lions did a business amounting TO
$4,000. The people of the county
spent in five stores $4,000 for furni-
ture, household effects and radios.
While 10 lumber, building and hard
ware stores sold S405,00O of goods.
The drug stores, numbering ten,
did a business of 100000 and all
other stores including liquor stores
numbering 80, did $558,O0O worth
of business.
Total sales in the State amounte
to s462,874,O00 in 23,349 stores,
and the ten leading counties and Bal
timore in point of sales for the year
were: Baltimore City and Baltimore
county, Allegany, Washington, Mont
gomery, Frederick, Prince George,
Anne Arundel, Wicomico, Carroll and
Hartford.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
ELKTON MARRIAGE LICENSES
TOP ALL RECORDS IN 1886

Records in the office of the Clerk
of the Court in Elkton show the
greatest number of marriage licenses
secured of any year on record in Cecil
county. During the IL months H.
512 couples obtained the necessary
permits to wed, an increase of 4480
compared with the year 1895, and an
increase of $3.50 compared with 1894.
During the year about 100 couples
also were refused marriage licenses
for various reasons.
The number of couples obtaining
marriage licenses the past year
showed an increase each month com.
pared with the previous two years
The largest number of licenses Was
issued during the month of August
when 1912 couples obtained the nec-
essary legal permits to wed. Sep
TENDER was the second biggest month
when 1907 licenses were issued.
February was the leanest month for
cupid, when only 572 licenses were
issued.
The principal reason assigned for
the increase in number of couples
coming to Elkton was due to the
passage of law in Pennsylvania re-
quiring couples to wait 4S hours in
that state between the time of issu-
ance and the time it could be used to
have a ceremony performed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
Auto Fatalities In Year
just Closed
Maryland One OF States To
Report Decrease In
Number Killed

Automobile accidents In this coun-
try took the lives of 35,7O8 persons
in the year ending Thursday, the ac-
cident prevention conference of the
Department of Commerce reported.
For the first time since 1892, the
report stated, the total number Of
| deaths was less than that of the prs
vious year. The 1896 total reported
by the conference was 353 less than
that for 1885, and sixty-one below
the 1884 figure. It did not, OF
course, include final figures, but was
based on telegraphic check-up
made Thursday through the Bureau
of the Census.
In Maryland, the report stated,
automobile accidents caused 445
deaths this year, as compared with
ats in 1885. Maryland was one Of
twenty-six States showing decreases
from 1895.
Others reporting decreases includ-
ed New York, from 2,911 to 1880;
Ohio, from 2,393 to 2,10O; Pennsyl-
vania, from 2,393 to 2,2O0, and Wis
consin, from SIG to $50 The 311
decrease in New York was attributed
largely to the enactment of strict
enforcement of laws against reckless
driving and speeding, the report
said.
The largest increases in deaths
were reported from California, from
2,797 to $3.50; Illinois, from 2,334
to 1886; Indiana, from 1908 to L.
1913; Mississippi, from 385 to 500,
and Michigan, from 1861 to 1910.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Mrs. H. D. Boulder, of Cecilton,
has announced the engagement of
her daughter, Miss Virginia Boulder,
to Mr.. Alton L. Blakeslee son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard w. Blakeslee, of
New York City.
Miss Boulder is a graduate Of the
George Biddle High School, Cecilton,
and Mr.. Blakeslee is a graduate OF
Columbia University and attended
Duke University. He Ia a member
of the Reportorial Staff of the Jour-
nall Every Evening, Wilmington.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
GRANTED ABSOLUTE DIVORCE

Associate Judge ]. Owen Knotts
has handed down decision for the
Circuit Court for Cecil county, in the
suit of Jesse N. Howell, of Elkton,
VS.. Anna l.. Howell, his wife, for d.
vorce. The decision grants the pc
titioner an absolute divorce, but or
ders her the care, custody and guar
diauship Of their two children, also
orders the plaintiff to pay his wifi
$40 per month for support of the
children.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
WESTMINSTER GUILD

The West Minister Guild will meet
with Mrs. Clarence Clifford on Sat
urday afternoon Of this week, Janu-
airy 9th. at two O'Clock. Mrs. Pierce
Hayes. of Baltimore, returned mis-
sionary from China, will speak. The
ledies of the Missionary Society are
cordially invited.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
CRASHED INTO PARKED CAT

Just after Howard Jones, SON of
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Jones, of Elk
ton, a student at Tome Institute,
Port Deposit, had parked his car
along West Main street, Elkton,
New Years eve, his machine was
struck in the rear by another driven
by George Blake, of Elkton. Both
machines were badly damaged, and
each of the drivers were severely in
jured,
Blake had several of his teeth
knocked out and sustained lacera-
tions about the face. Jones sustain
ed a slight fracture of the skull.
He is undergoing treatment at Union
Hospital.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08
PORT DEPOSIT FIRE COMPANY

The annual election of the Water
Witch Fire Company, Pert Deposit,
was held Dec. 30. The following
were elected for the ensuing year:
Ernest Baker, president; James
Charsha, vice president and fre
chief: Martin Tyson, secretary; Chas.
Mohrelein, treasurer; Robert Gather,
William Campbell, Aaron Love,
George Kepler, Wesley Paxton, Cliff
ton Blackburn, Ira Brannon. John
Blackburn. directors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-01-08

Mr. and Mrs. George P. Taylor, OF
Akin, on Saturday evening, Dec. 10,
celebrated their fiftieth wedding an
niversary at their home with many
friends and relatives present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor were assisted
in receiving by the bridesmaid of fifty
years ago, Mrs. R. w. Dill, and the
bestman, E. Kurtz Taylor. They
were also assisted by their daughter
Miss Ethel Taylor and niece, Miss
Naomi Kelly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry /. Garrett, Of
Strickersville, Pa, celebrated theil
fiftieth wedding anniversary at their
home near Strickersville on Tuesday
evening, Dec. 20.