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Newspaper
The Midland Journal
Location
Rising Sun, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1913
Page
1
Cecil County reports a week of local happenings from Elkton to Chesapeake City. Notables include a candidate for Sheriff John A. Morgan Elkton, church classes and Usher Union meetings, school closures over diphtheria, rail and road projects, and extensive social notices with weddings and anniversaries.
Directors and officers chosen at annual stockholders meetings across Cecil County banks include National Bank of Rising Law with Chas S Pyle as President and others named. Cecil National Bank Port Deposit directors E V Stockham and others. National Bank of Port Deposit slate listed. First National Bank North East reelects old directors and names officers. National Bank of Chesapeake City and Elkton boards renewed with new and returning names. Second National Bank Elkton adds Saml J Keys replacing James S Hopper due to workload.
Norman Pierce purchased the Jacob Wayne property at Mt Pleasant. Mrs Clara Carnbourn bought the Jacob Barrow property at Conowingo for 400 dollars. Samuel J Harris acquired the 53 acre Trimble property near Bay View. Dillard Mews bought the Bradbury properties on East High Elkton for 2225 dollars. Frederick H Lefler purchased the small double frame dwelling on Church street for 645 dollars.
Superintendent Dr L Hoffecker of the Wilmington M E Conference lists quarterly conference dates for Cecil county churches. Union January 27 7 30 pm Charles Town January 28 2 pm Perryville January 29 7 30 pm Ebenezer January 29 2 pm Newark January 29 7 30 pm Bethel February 4 10 30 am Chesapeake City February 4 2 pm Hopewell February 20 4 pm Port Deposit February 21 10 am Rising Sun February 21 10 am Colora February 28 2 pm Zion February 28 2 pm.
W P Reynolds won third prize in the corn contest at the Delaware Corn and Fruit Show in Wilmington last week. His ten car exhibit competed in the free-for-all class open to the world with many rivals. Exhibits weighed 11 lbs 10 ozs, 11 Ibs 9 ozs, and 11 lbs 10 ozs for the top entries.
The Russell Sage Foundation reports in Bulletin 124 that Maryland’s state school system ranks twenty eighth in general efficiency among all forty eight states. The bulletin summarizes a comparative study titled A Comparative Study of State School Systems in the Forty eight States. It notes Maryland’s standing within the national landscape and highlights the foundation's findings.
Several marriages are recorded including John T. Brabson and Grace C. Johnson wed in Lancaster on January 16. Gertrude McCarns and Alexander Campbell wed January 14 at Head of Christiana manse. Esther Friedman and Harry Cohn wed in New York January 19 and will reside in Bridgeport. Lola Garrett and James J Gibson wed Havre de Grace January 20 with Bayside Band serenade. Myra Coates Kimbell and Willet Yerkes married January 18 at the Kimbell home.
The Rising Sun Gun Club postponed shoot was held with 17 shooters. C O Williams won the Cecil County amateur championship with 47 of 50 and led top scores including Worthington 164 of 170 and Hammond 150. Williams also led 16 pair doubles with 15.
In regular session January 14 the board accepted resignations of Lula M. Bryson and Helen S. Davidson and confirmed new appointments including Helen Davidson, Edwin Dorcus, Josephine W. Aikin, and Alice Grant. Mattie L. Meade was named for a Maryland Institute scholarship. The Sixth district colored schoolhouse near Rowlandville opened with Carrie Lewis as teacher. Treasurer ordered $10 library funds to each school meeting or exceeding that amount.
At the Orphans Court session on January 14 and 15 bonds were approved for several executors and administrators including Lydia A. Reynolds John C. McNamee Delmar Smithers James S. Graham William S. Evans and others. Accounts passed include the first and final accounts of Luna J. Reynolds Earle L. Reynolds Harold E. Rhodes Helen Wells Kirk Clifford Cook and Ellen M. Woodall with distributions struck. Court adjourned to meet February 11 next.
C Percy Webster of Swarthmore sues Mrs W D Miller of Oxford to recover 10000 bequests left by the late J M C Dickey to Robert Graham Dickey and Edith Scott Dickey conditioned on his widow remarrying. The widow married in October to Illiam D Miller.
Wm. H. Kerr of near Lewisville was taken to Union Hospital Elkton for repairs after Charles Morton ordered him off his land. Kerr reportedly resisted and Morton fired at Kerr in the knee with a revolver then beat him about the head with the gun.
The notice advertises hats at ro912 priced at 1.75 1.00 and 79 McCoy's Millinery in Rising Sun. It mentions expected demand for Art Squares Rugs and floor coverings and directs readers to Buffington's for the best market offers.
Reports from New York to Maryland show mild conditions with early blooms and unseasonably warm days. Ice supplies await colder weather as rivers stay ice free and rural routes note early arbutus bloom signaling a warm winter.
William F. Thomas a Washington businessman and his father grow apples in Montgomery County Maryland. He sent 100 tons of ice to his 460 acre farm to pack around tree roots to delay flowering hoping to prevent frost damage from a likely late spring. If warm weather continues there may be no apples or peaches this year.
Scott Graham 35 of Blue Ball Lancaster County lost an arm at the shoulder after its ingestion by a fodder shredder at Amos Witmer’s premises where he worked. The machine mangled the limb necessitating amputation. In Baltimore a bronze memorial tablet was unveiled at Mt. Vernon Place M E Church marking the site where Francis Scott Key died. Rev Francis Burgette Short cleared a Salt Lake City church debt of 28000 dollars with interest and mortgage burning held. The Chesapeake and Delaware canal traffic paused to repair locks at Chesapeake City and Delaware City.
Footwear from top national factories will be offered at Buffingtons this spring as inventory moves to the public. Strong brands and a wide range of prices are expected to draw shoppers seeking value and style.
Mrs Byron Bouchelle died at her home in Chesapeake City from injuries suffered in a Friday fall. Survived by her husband.
Mrs Florence Phillips wife of B F Phillips of near Galena died Wednesday morning at Union Hospital from an internal infection. She leaves her husband and four small children the youngest only a few days old.
Baltimore preacher Rev William C Maloy aged eighty died on Tuesday in Baltimore. He was the oldest member of the Baltimore Presbytery and is survived by his wife five children and one brother Rev James Earle Maloy of Colora.
The funeral for Mrs Emily Bloxton widow of Rev Floyd E. Bloxton formerly of the Baltimore M E Conference was held on Tuesday with burial at Bethel cemetery She was a daughter of former County Commissioner William H Deshane of Earleville.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara A Hanson were held on Tuesday with interment at Bethel cemetery. She was 62, wife of Benjamin P Hanson of the Second district, and daughter of Joshua Biddle of Bohemia Manor. She died Sunday in Baltimore.
Joseph B Keys died Tuesday morning at his home near the Birmingham schoolhouse after a long illness. He was 65 and survived by his wife and two daughters Mrs. Harry Krauss near Rising Sun and Mrs. Lawrence Buckley of Toughkenamon. Funeral from his late home Friday the 24th at one o'clock.
Joseph L Krauss died in Colora Jan ig in his 83rd year and was buried at West Nottingham cemetery after a Wednesday funeral. He leaves his wife and children Sallie Richardson Jura Brenner Ella Zigman Amanda Carter Addie Clayton Stephen John Edward and Clarence. He was a son of Joseph Krauss from a large extended family of 18 siblings and part of early local settlement roots.
S Thomas Lee of West Nottingham township Pa died Monday afternoon from a complication of diseases in the 86th year. He was a lifelong resident, last in a family of eight, and survived by eight children: Leonard Lee and others. Funeral held Thursday, 23rd, with interment at Union cemetery, Fremont.
A Senate bill aims to restore thousands of acres of Maryland swamp lands to productive use, aided by surveys from an Easton engineer and drainage investigations across the state. Eastern Shore counties and others like Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester, and Somerset would gain fertile fields through improved drainage and reclamation efforts.
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