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TOWN AND COUNTYShort Paragraphs of Recent Events of

Interest to Our Readers

LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED\ - •

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The circus is coming to town on

Friday of this week, and ail the little(oiks are athrill with excitement.

Rev. Geo. W■ Andrews, former-ly pastor of the Trenton NazareneChurch has accepted a call to thepastorate of the Nazarene Church ativorth Bast, Cecil county.

Despite the unfavorable weatherabout 700 pupils and teachers were

- in attendance at the Rally Day exer-cises Of Cecil county colored schools,

• heid at Blkton, April 14.

The suit of Alveh A. Price vs. Mrs.Addie J. Price, both of First Elec-tion district, for a divorce will be

heard before Judge Wickes, in theCecil Circuit Court, on May 3rd.

The Far Hills Club, of New Jer-sey, purchased 52 fox hounds fromKent and Queen Annea county own-ers last week. It is stated an aver-age of *6O apiece was paid for thedogs.

The first housecleaning accident isreported from Elkton, Mrs. MillerF. Magraw, of that town, having the

misfortune to fall from a chair upon

which she was standing and fracturean ankle. 1

In recognition of county’s quotaof 700 members in the recent roll ofmembership, Mrs. A. Victor. Davis,

Chairman of Cecil County Chapter,American Red Cross, has received anHonor Flag for the Chapter.

The Children’s Preventorium atClairborne, known as the MiracleHouse, will open on June 1. It willcontinue open for ninety days. Un-derfed and undernourished childrenwill be cared fof principally.

Zion Presbyterian Sunday schoolhas elected the following officers:Superintendent, Wm. Graham: asst.Supt!, Charles Morris; Secretary andTreasurer, Miss Edna Moore; Organ-ist, Miss Lorraine Little;

* Assltant,Miss Claire Morris.

Daylight saving goe§ into effect itPennsylvania on Sunday, and thePennsylvania railroad train scheduUwill change at midnight Saturday,to conform to the new time. Trains

leaver this division, leaving Philadel-phia, will arrive at Rising Sun one

hour earlier.Leading orchardists of Lower

Delaware and the Eastern ShorePeninsula, are of the opinion thalthe peach crop is almost a total loss,due to the heavy freezes and frostswithin the last week. They be-lieve that there will not be

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ten per cent yield.Thursday last was the closing date

for the filing of candidates for thenomination to the United StatesSenate. Three candidates filed theirpapers: Philip Lee Goldsborough,republican; Mrs. Virginia Peter*Parkburst, and Wm. Cabell Bruce,democrats.i H. Taft Malin, Elkton, was plac-

ed on trial in Kent County Court,

on Monday, charged with the mur-der of Henry Mitchell Gross, in Oik-ton, seven months ago. The killingtook place in that section of Elktonnear the water front known ar "TheCoast,”, where Gross’ body wasfound. Circumstantial evidence ledto the arrest of Malin some hoursafter the finding of the body.

The suit of Harry Corridean, oiElkton, against the Mayor and TownCommissioners of Elkton, -for *lO,-000 for alleged personal injuriessustained last summer, was placed'on trial in Chestertown last weekMr. Corridean was injured by fal-ling where the town was laying newconcrete pavement, alleging light!were not placed to warn pedestriansof the dangerous place.

The Court of Appeals of Mary-

land, has rendered a decision, revers-ing the decision of Judge Wickes in

the Circuit Court for Cecil county,

in the suit of Edward D. Heisler, oiCharlestown, this county, against

Frederick L. Breitlnger and Mrs

Catherine Sauers, executors of Hen>y L. Sauers, deceased, of Philadeiphia, and Joshua Clayton, of Elkton,administrator, c. t. a. Heisler suedfor wages alleged to be due him.claiming *3*6o, and the Cecil Courtrendered a’ verdict for tjp full

amount claimed. The Court of Apreversed the lower Court

that the bill of com-pftjint be dismissed. ' __

Qn Saturday, in the first game oi

the season, Wept Nottingham Academy shut put West Grove High

SchpoL The superb pitching of Kay

featured the 6-0 victory of Acad-emy team. He allowed but two hits,

and struck out twelve men.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reynolds arevisiting in Phllipsburg, N. J.

Miss Mary Rawlings, of Balti-more, spent the week-end with Mrs.

C. H. Cameron. x

Miss Agnes Cherry, of German-town, was the guest last week ofMrs. Mary Cherry.

Mr. and Mrs. Cluade C. Buck en-tertained last week Mrs. GeorgeBuck, of Port Deposit.

The Woman’s Foreign Missionary'Society was entertained Wednesdayat the home of Mrs. Maude Cutler,

John Boyle will leave on Saturdayfor Jacksonville, Florida, where hewill attend the Shriners convention.

Mrs. Norris Reynolds entertainedthe members of the Komrade Klubvery pleasantly on Thursday eveninglast.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Dixon, ofPhiladelphia, were recent visitors ofMrs. Dixon’s mother, Mrs. B. ■ H.Brown.

Miss Carrie Cummings has return-ed from West Grove Hospital, whereshe has been undergoing treatmentfor some time.

Mrs. Jennie W. Taylor -entertain-ed on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. CharlesReynolds and Mrs. Elizabeth Fergu-son, of Coatesville, Pa.

Mr. and Mrs. Hudders Greenfieldand children,, of Lancaster, /wereSunday visitors of Mrs. Greenfield’*mother, Mrs. Jennie Gillespie.

J. J. Hanna and family, who havebeen spending the winter months lrOrlando, Florida, expect to returrto their home at West Nottinghamthis week.

Rev. J. Brown Turner, of PortDeposit Presbyterian Church, ha*been granted a three months’ vaca-tion by his congregation, and willspend it abroad.' The engagement of Miss Margaret

Wardell Rinard, of Camden, N. J.,and Mr. Alfred Kinsey Lancaster,of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.,formerly of Elkton, has been an-nounced. <-

Mrs. Thos. P, McKee, Mrs. JamesMaxwell, Miss Dorothy Cameron andMiss Betty Gifford represented thtMissionary Societies and Westmins-ter Guild at Presbyterial which irheld April 25 and 26 at Dover, Del.

Mr. John W. Davidson and MissEthel N. Cadell, of Wilmington, weremarried in Chestertown, Md., onApril 9. Mrs. Davidson is thedaughter of Mrs. Wm. H. Johnsonof Chesapeake City. Mr. and MrsDavidson will reside in Wllibington.

Ilbert Constable Lltzehberg, sonof Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Litzenberg, ofElkton, was married on Easter Mon-day, April 9th, in St. Paul’s Episco-pal Church, Mobile, Alabama, trMiss Charolette Adams, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Cleo Adams, of Cleve-land, Ohio.

Mr. William Brehme, son of Mr.jnd Mrs. Thomas Hall Brehme, ofBaltimore, and Miss Elizabeth A.Coudon, daughter of Mrs. and thelate Wilson L. Coudon, were marriedon Saturday, April 14, at noon, atGrace" add St. Peters ProtestantEpiscopal Church, in Baltimore, bythe Rector, Rev. H. P. Alman Abbot.

On Monday, April 23rd, at theParsonage of the First MethodistEpiscopal Church, Pine Grove, Pa. foy the Rev. M. T. Romans, WalkerG. Cline; of Rising Sun, and MissMargaret L. Garvin, Roqfe Springswere united in marriage. Theywere accompanied by Burnet Cline,x brother of the groom, and MissSuth Garvin, a sister of the bride.

Immediately after the ceremonyMr. and Mrs. Cline left by aufomo->ile for Niagara Falls. Upon theirreturn from the honeymoon theywill reside at,Rising Sun, where the;room is employed at the garage ofWilson & McNamee.

J. W. Cowley, for some years pastmanager of, the Sheffield Farms Co.milk plant in this town, has acceptsd a position with the MarylandState Dairy Association, with workin Harford county,, and moved fromUsing Sun this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Ferguson,of near Kirkwood, Pa., attended theraces at Havre de Grace, Wednesdaylast, and when ready to start homeabout six o'clock in the eveningfound their auto had been stolen.Up to thla time no trace la had of themissing auto.

The Midland journalRISING SUN CECIL COUNTY. MD., FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928

TOWN MEETING

Small Attendance—Old Board Of

Commissioners Re-Nomi-nated

The Town Meeting held in thepublic ball on Tuesday evening,brought out a small attendance.The President of the Board, J. T.Cameron, outlined the work done bythe Commissioners during the year.

The treasurer, J. C. Hindman,read the financial report for theyear, which showed a balance of1766.58 in the treasury.

The 018 Board of Town. sioners, J. C. Cameron, J. D. Don-

ache,* Job W. Kirk, J. C. Hindman,E. L. Haines, was nominated toservenduring the ensuing year.

The town election will be heldMay 4.

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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETAT CAMBRIDGE **

The semi-annual meeting of theAssociation of County Commission

' ers of the Eastern Shore, was heldApril 16, at Cambridge, with a fullrepresentation from all the eightcounties in attendance, Somersetnever having joined the Association.

The principal matters discussedwere taxation for school purposes;the automobile tax law, and the pro-posed county home for the EasternShore, to take the place of localalmshouses. No definite action wastaken on any of these subjects.

The following oflicers were elect-ed:—John W. Mumford, of Worces-ter county, President; Roger W.Lankford, County Treasurer'of Wor-cester county, Secretary and Trea-surer.

Cecil County was represented bythe Board of County Commissioners,James P. McCoy, Wm. D. Ewing andDavid T. Reed, and County Treasur-er Edwin S. Dorcus. •

CANDIDATES FILEEleven candidates for delegates to

the Democratic State conventionfrom Cecil county, have filed withhe Board of Supervisors of Election.

Four delegates are to be chosen atprimaries to be held in this countyMonday, Mar 7th. The candidates*re: Miller F. Magraw and FredH. Leffler, Eltkon; Wm. H. Johnson,Chesapeake City; J. Roney,North East; John Benson, Cecilton;J. Miljard Hess, Fair Hill; LawsonU, Tosh, Rising Sun; Sewell White,Perryville; Reese jClark, Elkton; J.W.'Harwood, Port Deposit, and Har-ley W. Ewing, Ninth district.

The Republicans will have no con-test, a compromise having beenagreed upon. The Jackson factionwas given three delegates to theState convention, and the Wellerfaction, one delegate. The deleg-gates agreed upon are: Dr. Joseph£. France, Port Deposit; Henry M.McCullough, Wallace Williams andD. J. Ayerst, Elkton.

NEW CASTLE PRESBYTERY..At the stated meeting of the New

Castle Preebytery held April 17 and18, at Olivet Church in Wilmington,

Rev. Irvin F. Wagner, pastor of the

Elkton Presbyterian Church, waschosen Moderator.

Ministeriar Commissioners to theGeneral Assembly which convenes inTulsa, Oklahoma, on May 24, wereselected to represent the Presbyteryas follows: Rev. Wm. Llshman,Lewes; Rev. Thomas P. McKee, Co-ora, with Rev. Wm. Gibson, NewCastle, and Rev. F. Beattie Wyley,New Castle, as alternates. LayCommissioners are Dr. John L. Ri-ley, Snow Hill; A. Victor Hughes,Wilmington, with T.. J. Whiteman,Delaware City, and J. Frank Moody,Wilmington, as alternates.

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OFFICERS OF CECIL COUNTYWELFARE ASSOCIATION '

The following officers have beenelected by the Cecil County WlfareAssociation: Chairman, Miss Ber-tha Balderston; Vice-Chairman, J. T.Ferrell; Secretary, Lynn B. Gilles-pie, and Treasurer, Mrs. I. D. Davis;Board of Managers: First District.Mrs. Curtis Price; Second, Mrs. Ed-ward Etapp; Third, Mrs. I. D. Davis,John T. Terrell, Lynn B. Gillespie,Albert D. Mackey, Carroll T. Gard-ner, Howard T. Ruhl, Dr. J. H.Bates and Dr. V.' H. McKnight,Fourth, Mrs. A- Baus; Fifth, Mrs.Geo. O. Garey; Sixth, Misses BerthaBalderston and Bertha M. Tyson andWm. M. Pogue; Seventh, Mrs. Wm.Taylor, Miss Alice Miller, Dr. G. H.Richards; Eighth, Mrs. Louis Taylorand Ninth, Mrs. Ivg McKinney.

<Q>BASE BALL AT RISING SUNOn Saturday, April 28, Oxford and

Rising Sun will play an exhibitiongame on the Rising gun diamond.Both clubs will use the regular line-ip which they intend playing duringhe league schedule,

Battery for Oxford, Ragan, Jef-feries and Preston; for Rising Sun,McNutt and McDaniels. Game call-ed at three o'clock sharp. Admis-sion 40c aid 9Qe,

On Saturday, May 5, Rising Sunwill play at Oxford-

CECIL COUNTY SCHOOLS

, Percentage Of Attendance DuringMonth Of March

Attendance officer Alfred B. Mc-Vey has compiled the following table

1 of average attendance in the publicschools, of Cecil County during themonth of March.

Hart's 98, Cherry Hill 98, Leeds96, New Bridge 95, Victoria 96, OakGrove (6th) 94, Calvert 93, WestAmwell 92, Elkton Elementary 92,Blake 92, Middle Neck 91, WhYbur-ton-91, Jackson Hall 91, North East91, Jefferson 91, Elk Mills 90, FairHill 90, Wesley 90, Colora 90, Prin-ciple Furnace 90, Bay View 90, Zion90, Cherry Grove 90, Pond’s Neck89, Warwick 89, Charlestown 89,Pilot 89, Chesapeake City 88, RisingSun 88, Blythedale 88, HowardStreet 87, Providence 87, GeorgeBiddle 86, Town Point 86, Union 86,Marion 86, Liberty Grove 86, Mitch-ell 86, Johnson 86, Shawnah 85.Oak Grove (6th) 86, Oakwood 86,Hickory Grove 84, Rowlandvllle 84,Earleville 83, Union Grove 83, Fing-erboard 81, Leslie 81, Washington81, Pierce’s Neck 80, Racine 80.Chapel 79, Perryville 79, Pleasant'Hill 78, Butler 78, Pivot 77, NewValley 76, Chestnut Grove 71.

Average per cent of White Ele-mentary Schools—87.6.

HIGH SCHOOLSElkton 94, Kenmore 94 Rising

Sun 94, Cavlert 94, George Biddle92, Chesapeake City 92, Perryville92, North East 91. •

Average per cent for White HighSchools—92.8.

COLORED SCHOOLSMt. Zoar 92, Wilson 91, Chesa-

peake City 89, Port Deposit 87, Elk-ton 83, Warwick 79, North East 79,Rowlandvllle 79, Cecilton 74, Cokes-bury 71, Manor 69, Cedar Hill 67.

Average Per Cent for Colored Ele-mentary Schools—-78.9.

Colored High School at Elktdn—-(•7.l.'

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RISING SUN SCHOOL NEWSOur athletic teams spent a very

busy week, last week, playing twogames, both away from home. OnWednesday afternoon, our baseballand volley ball teams, journeyed toNorth East, where our volley ballteam defeated the North East girlsby a score of 16 to lfi. Our base-,ball team, by means of an 11 runrally in the ninth inning, defeatedthe strong North East team by ascore of 14 to. 4. Things did not goso favorably on Friday, when weplayed Calvert, at Calvert. Thegirls lost a hard fought game by ascore of 10 to 8. Our baseball team

also was defeated by a seore of 8-3.So far this season our volley ball

team has only had one defeat. Ourbaseball teams has won two gamesand lost t,wo games. We still havea good chance to win-the champion-ship of the Northern league. Weare very fortunate in the fact thatour remaining two games, will beplayed at home.

Our Civic classes are studying thework of our National Congress atthe present time.

The Parent Teachers AssociationMeeting scheduled for Tuesday eveaing, April the 24th, was postponed,due to a Town Meeting, which waspreviously arranged. The date forour postponed meeting will be an-nounced later.

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ORPHAN’S COURT■ Bond Approved—Samuel B. Mc-Neilly, administrator of Cora B. Mc-Neilly.

Accounts Passed—First and finalaccount of H. Buckworth, ex-ecutrix of Sarah E. Buckworth, anddistribution struck on same; thirdaccount of The Elkton Banking andTrust Company, administrators d. b.N. of Geo. Cleaden; sixth and finelaccount of Joseph G. Harrington,guardian of Gerald Eller, minor;first and final account of Thomas P.Dorsey, administrator of Michael A.Dorsey; first and final account of Fi-delity—Philadelphia Trust Company,executor of Sydney G. Fisher; secondand final account of Wm. A. Grubb,Curtis C. Grubb and the NationalBank of Rising Sun, executors ofCharles A. Grubb; third account ofCordelia G. Smith, guardian of Clar-ence W. Griffith, et. al.

:—♦RISING 'SUN M. E. CHURCH

Rev. J. C. McCoy,. PastorServices for Sunday, April 29.

Sunday school 9:45 a. m.. preaching11:00 o’clock, subject, “The Choiceof Life."

Junior League 6:00 p. m.; SeniorLeague, 6:46; preaching 7:30, sub-ject, “The Open Door."

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* “Ten Nights in a Barroom’* willbe presented in the Rising Sun Hall,Thursday evening, May 3rd, by theReno Road Show Company of NewYork, of ten acting people, and willbe staged with all special scenerycarried by this company. Pleasingsinging and danolng. Vaudevill willbe Introduced between each of itstour sets, giving a continuous per-formance of nearly two hours.There will be* no picture show onThursday night.

FOREST FIRES

5 Large Areas Swept and Much Dam-age Done

" Large areas were swept by forest, fires last week in the Elk Neck sec-

' tion and. in the “barrens" north ofRising Sun.

A great deal of valuable timber* was destroyed in the fire that raged‘ in Elk Neck, together with two thou-

sand -cords of wood that had been’ cut and corded up. Driven by

’ the high wind that prevailed the fire. swept beyond all control. It is re-

ported prosecutions are pending as aresult of this fire.

] In the “barrens” just north of theMaryland line, fire starting on the

\ Tyson Mining Company tract, and‘ driven by the furious wind that pre-_ vailed, swept over an area several

miles in extent, between Lee’s’ Bridge and Fremont, Pa.

Much alarm was felt by residentsof the section as the fire spread withgreat rapidity, sparks being carried

’ great distances by the high wind andscattered far and wide.

The Community Fire Company, was called, and sent both engines,

! manned by a large number of menForest Warden Levi Balderston wentto the scene and helped direct thefight.

A number of farm buildings werethreatened, but the firemen andothers who assembled saved all but.one sipall barn, that of Harrell Cur-ry, near Birmingham School House,which was burned together withcontents.

-v ♦DEATHS

JAMES JORDANJames Jordan died early Friday

morning from pneumonia, at thehome of Wm. Walls, near Wrlghts-dale, Pa., aged 67 years. The fun-eral was held Monday aftornoon,with interment in West NottinghamCemetery.

MRS. LYDIA E. HUGHESMrs. Lydia E. Hughes, aged 80

vears, widow of Joseph Hughes, ofChesapeake City, died at Union Hos-oital, Elkton, April 18, after a ling-ering illness. The funeral was heldfrom the home of her niece, Mrs.Edward C. McCoy, in ChesapeakeCity, Saturday afternoon, at 2o’clock, with interment in Bethelcemetery.

MRS- MARTHA R. RICARDSMrs. Martha Ruth Ricards, aged

81 years, widow Of the late PhilipRicards, died at her home nearHart’s Chapel, Elk Neck, April 19.She is survived by one son and twodaughters; Philip R. Ricards, ofNorth East; Mrs. Wylie, at, home,and Mrs. Albert Cramer, of Row-landville. The funeral was heldFriday, from her late home, with in-terment in North East M. E. Ceme-tery.

HARRY B. WILLHarry B. Will, of New Texas, Pa.,

died suddenly Thursday evening,April 19, of heart trouble, near Hol-linger’s Willow Street pike, whileenroute from his home. He wasborn in Washington Boro, the son ofthe late John and Mary McCue Will,and was 48 years old. He leavestwo sisters: Mrs. CassiuS Finne-frpek, Peach Bottom, and Lulu Will,of Lancaster. i

Interment was made Sunday, inPleasant Grove, Pa., cemetery, with ,military honors, the deceased beinga veteran of the World- War.

HENRY B. CRAIG ]Henry B. Craig died April 16, at

his home near Mechanics Valley, ’aged 68 years. He had moved to ;Cecil county from Ohio, about tenye%rs ago, purchasing the farm ofthe late Thomas S. Miller.

His wife and four daughters sur-vive: Mrs. Irene Donaldson, of Cal-ifornia; Mrs. Mina Abel, of Philadel-phia, Pa.) Misses Gertrude and Eve-lyn Craig, at home, the last named (being a teacher at Elk Mills school. fThe funeral was held Thursday af- (ternoon, with services at the house sat 2 o’clock and interment at LeedsM. P. cemetery.X -

MRS. CHARLOTTE E. COOPER 1Mrs. Charlotte E. Cooper, widow

of Thomas Cooper, a Civil War vet-eran, died Thursday, April 19, at her jhome near Birmingham School :

House, Pa., in the 84th year of her 1age. Mrs. Cooper had always livedin the neighborhood in which she ’

died. 1One daughter survives, Mrs. Lettle '

Mendenhall, of West Chester; also ione granddaughter and two great- <grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. Lord, £lives in Washington, D. C.

The funeral was held on Sunday, 1with services at the parlors of iJennie W. Taylor, at one o’clock, incharge of Rev. J. C. McCoy, and in- lterment in Brookview cemetery, ad- (

joining town. -1

Mrs. Isabelle Lynch has sold her lfarm of 36 acres, near Kirk’s Mills, sPa., to Arthur Eastridge. 1

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CECIL FARMERS’ CLUB

Minutes ot The March Meeting HejdAt Home Of E. Wilmer JacksonThe Cecil Farmers Club was called

to order by A. H. Mendenhall, Pres,pro tem, at the home .of E. WilmerJackson on March 21, 1928.

The following members respondedto roll call: A. H. Mendenhall,Reuben Reynolds, Martin L. Thomp-son, E. Wilmer Jackson, James H.Maxwell, Clarence D. Cullen, How- , *ard G. Barnes, John E. Lippincott,Maurice C. Reeder, John S. Cullen,Lloyd Balderston 111, and the follow-ing visitors: Dr. Joseph I. France,Elmore Owens, Rufus G. Jacksonand Clinton Jackson.

The minutes of the last meetingwere read and approved* The com-mittee appointed at our last meetingto consider the request of the CecilCounty Welfare Association forfunds to aid in their work produceda favorable report, and our Treasur-er was authorized to collect and for-ward io the association the sura of120.00.

Experiments were then reported.A. H. Mendenhall said that hla alfal-fa had wintered well. He asked ifit was best to seed clover in wheatwith a whelbarrow seeder or a discalfalfa drill. Members who haveused the drill for several years feelthat they are justified to continuethe extra expense of applying theseed with the drill as they get amore uniform seeding and often ap-ply less seed per acre. He also re-ported that he was well pleased withthe stand and vigor of the Frenchred clover. Martin Thompson alsoreported that French red clover seedhad done well and had stood heavypasturing after harvesting thewheat.

John S. Cullen thought it pays toharrow wheat, seed the clover andthen culti-pack it. He said that his3on Ernest had 459 Plymouth Rockchickens, which he was raising forfcrollers.

Our hostess then Invited us to din-ner and the following committee ofinspection was named: Clarence D.'ullen, Howard G. Barnes and John

<3. Lippincott.Upon reassembling our host wel-

comed our fbrmer member, Dr. Jos.I. France, and he favored us with asplendid talk. He told us some ofthe causes of the great world faminefollowing the war and said that aft-er the wgr credits were exhausted,that we burned 6c per bushel corn,while all Europe starved. He alsogave us a "close up” of the peasantlife of Russia. The Club gave hima rising vote of thanks.

Clarence Cullen then reported for.he committee.

We had a very fine dinner whichwas thoroughly enjoyed by all. Theold house and large spring houseover 200 years old was especiallynoted.

The livestock consisted of 200chickens, mostly Barred Rocks andR. 1. Reds; 6 cows and 2 horses.250 bushels of corn were in the crib,1 tons of straw and 16 tons of haywere baled, and sufficient soy beanhay and mixed hay were in the barnto feed the stock. He had 40 bu. ofvery nice Russett Potatoes and 250bus. of good red potatoes. 6 acreswere seeded to wheat. The youngfarm orchard looked thrifty. Healso had a large amount of lumberon hand.

Continuing the experiments Clar-ence Cullen reported that ho hadsold some fat hogs which everaged237 lbs. at 190 days of age. Hesajjj their feed ration was alfalfapasture, corn, fish meal, and salt.

The Club then adjourned to meetwith Martin L. Thompson on April18, 1928.

LLOYD BALDERSTON 111Secretary.

WOODLAWN

The Young Men’s Ministrels wentto Wilmington, Saturday evening,giving tfie show at Asbury M. E.Church at an Epworth League Ba-zaar.

Miss Evelyn G. Williams, who at-tends Saulißbury Normal School, washome over the past week end.

Mrs. Rufus G. Jackson came homefrom Port Hospital, Saturday after-noon, after a four weeks stay ffiere,following an operation for gall trou-ble.

Mr. Norman Foote, of Malone, N.Y., a student at West NottinghamAcademy, spent Saturday afternoonwith the E. C. Williams family,where his cousin, Mrs. N. F. Foote,of Tupper Lake, N. Y., was visiting.She left Sunday afternoon, visitingenroute but will meet her husband.Dr. Foote, in New York City, thefirst of May.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ludlum, ofPhiladelphia, were over night guests

of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll E. Tyson,last week.

Miss Cele Marshall returned toher home last Wednesday afterspending the winter with her sister,Mrs. Ruth Lamb in Balto.

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