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The Midland' Journal.
VOL. XXXI. RISING SUN. CECIL COUNTyTmD., FRIDAY, MARCH ■>, 1909. NO. 87.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED
The Ladies Aid Society of Perr.f
ville . netted $75 by the recent
oyster sapper.
Large catches of rock and perch
are -reported by fishermen in the
upper Chesapeake.
A Delaware exchange reports
that several Sussex county farmers |
have planted potatoes.
One of the biggest snows of the
winter was that of yesterday, it
being fully eight inches in depth.
Operating room equipment has
been installed at the Union Hos
pital, Elkton, at a cost of over SSOO.
The plant of the Mason Multiple
Wasber Company at Oxford, will
be sold at receiver’s sale Saturday,
March 20th.
While chopping wood, Albert
Barnett, of Zion, received a deep
cut on the right foot by the glanc
ing of the ax.
The gross receipts of the fair
held on Friday evening last by
Nottingham Band, ,were over is7o,
about S3O being cleared.
Miss Anna E. Roberts, formerly
of this town, has been appointed
assistant superintendent of the
Homeopathic Hospital, in Wil
mington.
After a trial run on Saturday the
new creamery of Cameron & Davis,
at Colora, parted operations Mon
day morning, when 3,300 pounds of
. milk were received.
The Maryland Bankers’ Asso
ciation will hold its Fourteenth
Annual Convention at the Bine
Mountain House, June 22 24, with
a banquet on the last evening.
Galen Fritz, who recently sold
the Washington House, in Quarry
ville, to C. C. Kirk of Oxford, is
reported to have purchased the
Hotel Quarryville for $32,000.
The contractors for the caisson
work of the new Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad bridge across the Susque
hanna River at Aiken put a large
force of men to work on Monday.
The two masted schooner Emily
8. Burton, Captain John Neal,
bound from Elkton to Piankitank
River, with lumber, was blown
ashore near Tolchester Beach on
Friday.
The Kramer Lumber Company,
of Havre de Grace, been
awarded a contract for 160,000 feet
of lumber by the United States
Government to be delivered at Fort
Howard, near Baltimore.
W. T. and H. A. Warburton,
Attorneys, have sold at private
sale, the farm of 91 acres, owned
by Samuel Scotten and tenanted by
his son, Richard, to Charles T. F.
Mearns r frhose farm it adjoins, for
$2750/
k The viewers appointed to decide
the damage to the Quarryville
School property, caused by the
construction of the low grade rail
road, have awarded the school diS
trict 154,100, and placed all costs
upon the railroad company.
A circle of the King’s Daughters
with fourteen members, has been
organized in North East, to be
known as the Lend a Hand Circle.
Mrs, John F. Johnson was elected
President; Mrs. J. F. Diggs, Vice
President; Mrs. Oliver Murphy,
Secretary; and Mrs. E. R. Fockler,
Treasurer.
Hopewell M. E. church, Wood
lawn, Rev. J. Howard Gray pas
tor. Sabbath service Mar. 7: —
Sunday school at 10. Preaching
at 11 a. m.—B p. m. Morning
subject:—“Hearts as Dwellings.”
Evening subject:—“Evangelistic
Sermon.” Ep worth League at
7.30. Preaching at Anbury at
3 p. m.
Young Friend’s Association will
be held Sabbath afternoon, 3rd
month 7th. Subject, The Nation’s
Wards. Address, E. R. Buffing
ton. Paper, Religious Ceremonies
Among the Pueblo and Pottawat
ornie Indians, B. H. Haiues, fol
lowed by other exercises and
General Discussion of the Indian
Question. Fleta Maybee, a Carlisle
student, will give a recitation.
Clifford Hoover, of Cecilton, was
a Rising Sun visitor last week.
Miss Marjorie M. EffiDg is visit
ing Baltimore relatives and friends.
The Home Mission Social will be
entertained on Friday evening,
March 12, at the home of Edwin
Haines.
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Miss Mona Jenkins left yester
day for Philadelphia, where she
has secured a position in a mil
linery establishment.
A. T. Fisher and Miss Eva Buck
ley, both of near Rising Sun, were
married in Elkton by Rev. John
McElmoyle on March 3.
S. E. Clayton, H. Linn Worth
ington and Ralph Wilson were
among those from this section
attending the inaugural ceremonies
at Washington yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Ward, of
Zion, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Victoria Reyn
olds, to Mr. Clarence Minor Mc-
Nemar, of Wilmington, formerly of
this county.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Brown,
of Sylmar, have issued invitations
for the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Effie Emma Brown, to Mr. J
Harvey Townsend, of Kirk’s Mills,
Pa., on Thursday, March 11th, at
twelve o’clock, noon.
The Euchre was very pleasantly
entertained on Friday evening last
by Mr. and Mrs. Jesse T. Cam
eroD, at their home on Cherry
street, guests to the number ol
about thirty being present to en
joy the evening. The next meet
ing of the Euchre will be held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart
M. Ward, on Thursday evening,
March 18.
Miss Lydia A. Churchman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Churchman of Sylmar, and Mr.
Charles G. Perry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Perry of Zion, were
married on Wednesday, at the
parsonage of Zion M. E. church,
by Rev. J. H. Mitchell. They
were attended by Miss Vista
Churchman, sister of the bride, and
Mr. Clarence Kidd, of Oxford.
Rev. W. H. Briggs, pastor of
Mt. Pleasaut M. E. Church, near
Colora, and Miss Mabel Beecher, of
Wilmington, Del., were married
Wednesday, 3rd inst., in Grace M.
E. church, Wilmington, by Rev.
J. H. Mitchell, pastor of Zion M.
E church, and a classmate of the
groom. Rev. and Mrs. Briggs will
reside in the parsonage recently
purchased and furnished by Mt.
Pleasant church.
William McCook was arrested
last week at St. George's, Del., for
stealing copper wire from the lines
of the Diamond State Telephone
Company, between that town and
Bares Corner. Jacob Jensen was
also arrested on a like charge.
The Oxford Hotel was entered
Sunday morning by thieves, who
carried away both slot machines
belonging to the pay station tele
phones. It is not known what
amounts were in the boxes.
Monroe Jones, a young colored
man, was arrested on suspicion
and lodged in West Chester jail in
default of bail.
Capt. William Fadeley, on
Wednesday morning, of last week,
while hauling seine, eaught a white
shad ofl the old railway wharf, at
Havre de Grace, the first shad
caught in these waters this season.
This is considered remarkale, as it
has never been known to catch a
white shad in the Susquehanna so
early in the year.
An Oxford bridegroom was given
rather a strenuous serenade on ,
Monday evening. Morris Dickinson
has recently taken nnto himself a
bride and his fellow-members of the
Oxford Band called on him and
persuading him to show himself,
forced him into one of the cages be
longing to the Wheeler show, and
paraded through the streets of the
town with martial music and their
caged victim.
Seasonable Dry Goods and
Notiqu Novelties are now in evi
dence to the right and left at Buf
fington’s.
Horse Cut Tendon.
While eugaged in hauling coal j
from a car on the sidiog at the rail-:
road station in this town to tl e
Sharpless milk condensing plant,
last week, one of the. horses of the
team belonging to Joseph Smith
had the tendon of one leg entirely
severed by coming in contact with
the edge of a piece of tin. The
wound was sewed up, and by the
use of a sling and splint it is hoped
the animal will eventually recover.
Delber & Wilson Co. Win Suit.
The jury in the suit of the Dei
bert & Wilson Textile Manufac
taring Company, of Elkton, agaimt
the North River Fire Insurance
Company, of New York, before the
United States Court for the District
of Maryland, brought in a verdict
Friday morning, last, after being
ont all night, for $1727.50. The
suit was brought to recover $2375,
covering machinery, stock and mill
No. 1, which was burned on the
morning J of May 3, last. It is
thought that the suits against the
other companies will be settled.
Ice Plant At Elkton.
Davis & Vinsinger, of Elkton,
are preparing to build an ice plant
in that town. The contract has
been given and it is expected that
the plant will be in operation by
May 15th. The buildiug will be
erected upon the open lot near the
dour mill of the Orm, at the corner
of Howard x street and Delaware
Avenue. The water to be used
will be pumped from the race, the
same as the town supply and will
then be distilled.
The failure to secure a,supply of
the natural product this winter re
suited in the decision to erect the
plant for the manufacture of arti
ficial ice.
Scotch Singers Tonight.
The entertainment in the pnblic
hall, Rising Sun? this evening,
March 5, is the concluding one of
the course given here this winter,
and will be given by the Scotch
Singers. The troupe is composed of
Miss Tina Crawford, the Scottish
prima donna, acknowledged by
press and public of Great Britain-as
the greatest living Scottish' con
tralto; Miss Agnes Hyde, the lead
ing Scottish entertainer; Miss Ella
Campbell, a soprano and pianist of
rare ability, and Miss Jeannette
Culhill, soprano, a bright and
clever artist. The entertainment
promises to be one of the best of the
course. Tickets on-sale at Eli T.
Reynolds’ drug store.
Road Contracts Awarded.
The County Commissioners of
Cecil County and the Auxiliary
Road -Commission, in session on
Wednesday afternoon awarded two
road contracts, as follows :
Stone road from Cecilton to the
Delaware State line, about two
miles, to the Cecil Construction Co.,
the lowest bidders, at $17,841.23.
Stone road from Chesapeake City
to St. Augnstine, about two miles,
to the Cecil Construction Co., the
lowest bidder, at $13,446.00.
These two sections of road will
be built with State aid under the
Shoemaker law.
The Commission decided to
gravel the road from Pleasant Hill
to Kirk’s Bridge, without State
aid.
Persistent Plunderers.
The residence of Mrs. Martha
Slicer, between Farmington and
Calvert, has been entered by burg
lars three nights within the past
week. On Friday night entrance
was made through a lower window
and the marauders struck matches
lo conduot their search for val
uables. In the room was a sewing
machine upon which was some un
finished dress material. Members
of the household were awakened by
the smell of smoke and on coming
down stairs found the sewing
machine, the dress goods and a lace
curtain in a blaze. By prompt
work the blaze was extinguished
before it got beyond control, but
not until considerable damage had
been done. Eight cents in cash
was the only reward the robbers
secured before making their hasty
exit. On the following night en
trance was again effected through
the pantry. This time the family
was aroused and Miss Slioer tired
a revolver at the fleeing rubbers,
bnt without result Monday night
a third attempt was made to burg
larize the place bnt the household
raised an alarm before an entrance
was made.
Large invoices of • Furniture,
Carpets and Mattings were this
week unloaded at Buffington’s.
DEATHS. v
Morris A. McCullough.
Morris A. McCullough di£d
Sunday morning, at his home in
Port Deposit, after a long illness,
aged 78 years. He was a stone
cutter by .trade, and following the
calling for' years. , One son, James
McCullough, of West Chester, and
one daughter, Mrs. Frank Barrett,
of Port Deposit, survive him. The!
interment took place at Hopewell
cemetery.
Mrs. Charles A. Stewart-
Mahalah Stewart, wife'of Cbas.
A. Stewart, died suddenly at her
home in Pleasant Hill, Cecil
county, Friday, from paralysis,
aged 75 years. She was born in
Baltimore and is a direct descen
dant of Oliver Cromwell. Her
husband and two daughters sur
vive : Mrs. JohnQninn, of Andora,
and Mrs. Samuel Logan, of Pleas
ant Hill. Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon from her
late home, with interment in North
East Methodist cemetery.
William T. Richardson.
William T. Richardson, a re
spected resident of Charlestown*
and one of the oldest citizens of the
Fifth district, died on Saturday,
in his 88th year. Mr. Richardson
was for more than thirty years
postmaster at Charlestown, where
be conducted a successful mer
cantile business. His health had
not been good for the past two
years, and he had retired from
active business and resigned The
postmastersbip several months ago.
Three daughters survive,—Mrs. N.
B. Morrison, of Wilmington; Mrs.
William Louden, of New York; and
Mrs. Ella Logan, of Charlestown.
The funeral was held on Wednes
day, with interment a't Charlestown
cemetery.
Thomas Corcoran.
Thomas Corcoran, probably the
oldest man in his State, died on
Monday afternoon at his home near
Elk Mills, from the effects of para
lytic stroke, sustained a few days
previous, aged 103'years. He had
been long in feeble health in con
sequence of his advanced years,
and his death was not unexpected.
He was born in Ireland and came
to this country with a number of
others from his native isle, who
settled in the neighborhood of Cal
vert and Elk Mills, about sixty
years ago, when the manufacture
of paper was the principal industry
of that section. He is survived by
a wife and four children : Frank, of
Fair Hill; Annie, Patrick and
Martin, at home. The funeral was
held on Thursday, with interment
at Elkton Catholic cemetery.
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Samuel 6. Berrell.
Samuel G. Berrell died suddenly
at his home in Philadelphia on
Monday morning, from fatty de
generation of the heart, aged 59
years. Although not in the best
of health he was able to make his
usual run to Oxford on the train,
the day previous, and his death
was entirely unexpected. The de
ceased was the son of Justice Ber
rell and was born at Willow Grove,
removing to Oxford with his
parents when a boy. \ He worked
on the Central Division railroad as
a mason, under his father, and later
became a conductor on the road,
which position be held longer than
any other employee in the same
capacity on the Central Division.
He married Miss Ella Knight, of
Port Deposit, who with two chil
dren, Mrs. Mabel Bloomer, of New
York, and Guy Berrell, of Char- .
lotte, North Carolina, survive him.
The body was taken to Oxford on
Thursday for interment in Oxford
cemetery.
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Mrs. Rebecca F. Haines.
Mrs. Rebecca F. Haines, widow '
of Joseph Haines, died about five
o’clock Monday evening, March 1, *
at her home near Rising Sun, aged
fll. She was the daughter of John
and Francina Lincoln. Her hus
band, who was a son of Edwin and ,
Margaret Haines, died more than
forty years ago, but Mrs. Haines ;
continued to reside on the farm
where they moved after their mar
riage. The following children sur
vive: John D. ol Colorado; Mrs. ,
Annie Brown, Miss Margaret ,
Haines, Mrs. Ida Ella Addison, ,
Philada; Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, ,
West Virginia; Mrs. Sarah Smith,
Farmiugton; Mrs. Rachel McKin
aey, Chestnut Level, and Joseph,
who has always lived with bis :
mother. One brother and five sis
ters also survive : Benton Lincoln
*
and Mrs. Fannie Kirk, Fremont;
Mrs. Margaret W. Scott, Mrs.
Lydia E. Reynolds, Rising Sun;
Mrs. Cornelia F. Blackburn, Pleas
ant Grove; Mrs. Rachel H. Platt,
Helena, Montana. The funeral will
take place on Friday, March 5.
Meet at the house at 10:30; at West
Nottingham Friends Meeting house
at 12 o’clock. Interment in the
cemetery adjoining.
Harry 6. Roberson.
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After a long and painful illness
Harry G. Roberson passed away at
his home near town, on Friday last
at noon. He had been a sufferer
from cancer, which an operation
in a Philadelphia hospital had
failed to relieve, but despite his
terrible affliction bore his suffer
ing frith Christian fortitude. The
deceased was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. B. R. Roberson, of
near town. He was in the 30th
year of his age and was one of the
most highly respected young men
of this .community. He had pur
chased the Headly property, where
he resided, less than a year ago,
and engaged in farming with bright
prospests, his untimely death being
a sad bereavement to his relatives
and friends. His wife, who is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Keilholtz of near town, and a
young son survive. Also his par
ents, three sisters and two brothers.
The funeral, which was largely
attended, was held from his late
home on Tuesday, services beiDg
conducted by Revs. E. A. Gilles
pie, of Rock Glen, Del., J. P. Otis,
pastor of Janes M. E. church, of
which deceased was a member, and
A. R. Brown, of Sylmar. The
casket was banked with beautiful
floral offerings from the Epworth
League, Sunday School, Modern
Woodmen of American, Tome In
stitute students, and other friends
and relatives. The pall bearers
were Haines Job, J. T. Cameron,
Dr. J. H. Jenness, W. L. Ryan.
Wayne Reynolds and C. S. Nield.
Interment was made at Brookview
cemetery.
Killed By Automobile.
Miss Fannie W. Kerr, of Oxford,
a young lady who had been em
ployed as a nurse in Philadelphia,
was run down and killed by an
automobile in that city on Thurs
day of last week. The automobile
was being driven by Cornelius El
liott, a colored chauffeur.
At a hearing held before Coroner
Sellers, in Philadelphia, the col
ored man was. exonerated from
blame and released by the author
ities. Walter R. Garsed, of 1906
Sansom st., testified that he was
riding on the Chestnut st. car from
which Miss Kerr alighted just be
fore she was killed. He said that
Miss Kerr left the car at 18th st.
and attempted to cross the thor
oughfare in the rear of the car.
She did not see the motor car until
she had stepped in frout of it.
Garsed said that the chauffeur at
tempted to stop his car, and was
running slowly wheo he struck the
woman. She was knocked down
but the wheels of the machine did
not pass over her.
Miss Kerr died of a fractured
skull a few minutes later in the
Belgravia Hotel, where she had
been carried. The deceased was 43
years of age. She was a daughter
of the late J. Cyrus and Margaretta
Kerr.
Sues For Injuries.
The case of William J. Fisher
vs. the Mayor and City Council
of Havre de Grace, and the Phila
delphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton Railroad Company, for $30,000
damages, for alleged personal in
juries received by falling on Stokes
street bridge, in February, 1907,
came up for trial in the Circuit
Court at Bel Air last week. Mr.
Fisher, while crossing the bridge in
question slipped upon the stiuc
ture, which was covered with ice,
and fell heavily to the board floor,
sustaining a broken hip. The in
jury rendered him a cripple, com
pelling him to use a cane.
Fell From Train.
Falling from a train on the P., B.
& W. R. R.’s Susquehanna bridge,
Hugh J. Carroll, 36 years old, a
laborer, from Phoenix, R. 1., w’as
picked up unconscious one night
last week. He was taken to Perry
vHle where Dr. L. G. Taylor treat
ed him and had him removed to
the City Hospital, Baltimore. Hei
suffered a dislocated shoulder, and
sustained internal injuries. Luck
ily, he did not fall into the river.
Bananas, Grapefruit, Lemons
and barrels of Oranges direct from
the orchard in Florida at Buf
fington’s.
Circuit Court.
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, March Term In Session At Elkton
—Appeal Cases Tried.
; THE GBAND AND PETIT JURIES.
The March term of the Circuit Court
for Cecil County convened at Elkton on
| Monday morning, Chief Judge James A.
! Pearce and Associate Judges W. H. Ad
kins and P. B. Hopper all on the Bench.
The Grand Jury was drawn with W. I.
, Smith, of the Fourth district, as foreman.
The charge was delivered by Jndge
Pearce. The following are the jnries:
GRAND JURY PETIT JURY
Walter I. Smith 4 John H. Hnafelt 1
Foreman George W. Padiey 1
I Lewie C.Bpear 1 Wm. J. Maolove 1
William H. Anderson 1 James T. Watts 1
John B. Stephens 1 Phillip Ott I
’ John C. Oldham 1 Henry George 1
Robert J. McCleary 4 Harry W. Kibler 3
William Ewing Philip M. Groves 3
Elmer E. Janney 4W. Palmer MoFadden 3
' Samuel Kelly fl George B. Howard 3
E. A. Olendenin 6 Taylor W. McKenney 3
Samuel T. Tyson 6 John M. Dunbar 3
Harry L. Glacken 6 Oharles 8: Boulden 3
J. Harry Polst 6 Henry M. Biddle 8
E. Ward Brown 7 Louis O. I Atwood 3
E Knrtz Taylor 7 Alfred B. McVey 4
Thomas C. Murray 7 Milford B. Richards 6
Robert Russell 7 Wm. T. Bcott 3
, John P. Kelly 7 Franklin B. Lackland <
Hibbard Anderson 7 Robert B. Marshall 6
I R E. McClenahan 7 Robert A. Stephenson 7
Wm R Dempsey 8 Clifton Jackson 7
, Archibald B Trimble BT. H. Warbnrton 9
Charles P. Fitzgerald 9 John B. Fassitt 9
William J. Simmers 9
The appeal case of Wesley Neal V 9. the
Town Commissions of North East was
called. Neal had been fined for disor
derly conduct and took an appeal. When
the case was called he failed to answer
and the judgment was affirmed.
The appeal case of Edna F. Warbnrton
vs. the Adams Express Co. was tried be
fore the Court. The claim was for dam
ages to merchandise shipped by express,
and at a hearing before Magistrate Gilpin
the verdict was in favor of the express
company. An appeal was taken and the
Court reversed the judgment below, Mrs.
Warburton being awarded $3.45 damages
and costs.
Wm. Christie, who had been fined for
common assault and had taken an appeal,
failed to answer when the case was called,
and the Court ordered his bail forfeited.
Wm. E. Penning was his bondsman, in
the. sum of $ l5O.
The appeal of Charles Peterson, col,,
who had been sentenced by a Justice of
the Peace on a charge of assault with
intent to kill, was beard by the Conrt,
and the judgment reversed and proceed
ings quashed, as magistrates do not have
jurisdiction in such cases, that being the
Grand Jury's province.
The appeal case of Thos. J. Murry vs.
John E. Alexander, growing oat of a
dispute about the ownership of a stable,
was put on trial before a jury, bnt a
judgment of non pros, was entered by
counsel for the appellee, Mr. Alexander,
and the case will either be settled or
brought in a new form.
On Tuesday an attachment case was
put on trial before a jury. John H. Arm
strong, trading both as John H. Arm
strong & Co. and as Armstrong, Sqmer &
Co., bad issued an attachment against a
pair of mules, a wagon and two sets of
harness, for bills owed by David Banks,
who was doing a contracting business at
North East and left withqut paying bis
bills. The property attached, however,
was claimed by C. J. Rhodes & Co., and
the case came before the jnry to decide
ownership. On account of Mr. Arm
strong's two business connections it was
docketed as two cases. The case was con
cluded and given to the jnry Wednesday
afternoon, which returned a verdict
against Armstrong.
The Grand Jury concluded its labors on
Wednesday and was discharged.
Wednesday afternoon the appeal case
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad vs S.
M. Johnson wss put on trial. Mr. John
son recovered damages for loss by fire
and the company appealed. The case
occupied the Court all day Thursday.
Lewis Hangs For His Crime.
Irwin A. Lewis, the young fann
er of Landenberg, Pa, who was con
victed of the murder of little Mary
Newlin, his 5 year-old step-daugh
ter, which occurred on June 16,
1907, was hanged for the crime in
the jail yard at West Chester, Pa.,
Thursday morning, of last week.
It was 8i minutes past ten when
the drop fell, and the doomed
man’s neck was broken.
In his will, which he made on
Wednesday night, Lewis gave bis
father SBOO. He ignored his wife
because, he said, she bad not testi
fied unconditionally for him at his
trial. He willed his household
effects to his mother and gave his
brother Wayne, his watch and
chain.
Lewis’s father spent nearly
S4OOO in legal fees and for expert
testimony to save his son from the
gallows. )
Several styles of heavy all-wool
ingrain Carpets offered this week 7
cents below ruling price, at Buf
fington’s.