THE MIDLAND JOURNALVOL. XLIX. RISING SUN, CECIL COUNTY, MD., FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922.
RUN CLOSES ELKTON BANK.
Rumors Are Blamed and President
Promises a Reorganization.
The Second National Bank ofElkton closed its doors at 2 o’clockp. m. Friday, due it 1b alleged, to arun on the institution by depositors.For some days there had beenrumors to the effect that the bankwas about to merge with anotherInstitution, also that the concernwas not in very good shape financial-ly. Depositors began to withdrawtheir money and the climax cameFriday afternoon.
After it became known that it hadclosed its doors many of the deposit-ors hurried to the bank to try tolearn just what chance they had toget what belonged to them. Theywere met with the following state-ment by its president, William T.Warburton:
The Second National Bank, ofElkton, on account of a run madeupon it, closed its doors at 2 o’clock.On account of some slow investmentsand while negotiations were pendingfor a consolidation with anotherbank in the town rumors were cir-culated which caused the run. Theassets are ample to secure depositorsand the bank will be reorganizedand open again for business.
The bank was organized about 30years ago by William M. Singerly,of Philadelphia; William T. War-burton, and several other prominentlocal business men. Mr. Warburtonhas been president of the institutionever since it started. Oliver C.Giles is vice president and C. H.Johnson cashier. The statement ofthe bank at the close of business,December 31, was as follows: Re-sources, the principalitems being $214,053.75 in loansand discounts, including notes andbills rediscounted, and $10,997.76cash; banking house and fixtures,$14,796.22; bonds and stock secur-ities, $164,000; capital stock, $50,-000; surplus fund, SIO,OOO, and un-divided profits, $11,689.91,
Several citizens of Elkton, whoare interested In the bank, and Wm.T. Warburton, president of the in-stitution, were in Baltimore thisweek to confer with bankers andFederal officials in regard to reor-ganizing the bank, but nothingdefinite was accomplished. Quite anumber have signified their willing-ness to help in the reorganization,provided the "slate” is wiped clean.It is said that the $121,000 bondsof the Gilpin Falls Electric Companyheld by the bank are more' of astumbling block to the reorganiza-tion plans than are the slow invest-ments of the bank. At the best,the bank cannot be reorganized orreopened until the Federal BankExaminers complete their work.
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RECEIVERS APPOINTED FORTOWING CO.
Receivers have been appointedfor the Northern Transportation Co.The principal offices of the Companyare in Baltimore.
The bill of complaint was filed bythe Old Dominion Marine RailwayCorporation and the Wood TowingCorporation, both of Virginia, whichallege that the Northern Transporta-tion Company owed them respective-ly $14,618.97 for repairing Its tugs,and $3,366.45 for towing services.They alleged that the NorthernCompany had an aggregate indebt-edness of $950,000, and was insol-vent.
The Diebert Barge Building Com-pany, of Havre de Grace, closed itsplant as a result of the failure of theNorthern Transportation Company,because all the work being done atthe plant was for the Baltimore con-cern.
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ENJOYING RED RIPE TOMATOES.Walter T. Jackson, of Havre de
Grace, has been enjoying "homegrown” tomatoes all winter. Earlyin August of last year, Mr. Jacksonput out some late tomato plants,and the first of November pickedfrom the vines about 1 % bushels oigreen and near-ripe fruit. Heplaced each tomato in a piece ofpaper, and laid them away, with theresult that the tomatoes have beenripening at intervals during the win-ter, and Mr. Jackson has been en-joying the choicest tomatoes up tothe present time.
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MARSH RABBITS PLENTIFUL.Muskrats made their first appear-
ance in local markets last Mondaymorning, and found ready saleamong individuals who are partialto the little "marsh rabbits.” The
; trapping season officially opened on; January Ist, and for the next couple
of months county trappers will bekept busy. While furs are much
; lower than they were a few yearsi ago, muskrat hides are in fair de-
mand.—Aberdeen Enterprise.
HANDSOME DONATION TO
CHURCH.
Given As Memorial To Sister.
A. Bradley Smith, of Philadelphia,a native of this town, where heresided until early manhood, hassent to Rev. C. C. Harris, pastor ofRising Sun M. E. church, a hand-some donation to help toward therebuilding of the church, that wasdestroyed during the disastrous firehere on June 13 last.
The donation, which came with-out solicitation and is for S6OO, ismade as a memorial to Mr. Smith’ssister, the late M. Addle Smith, whowas alway deeply interested in thechurch and an active worker for itsadvancement in all departments, en-dearing herself by her quiet andunassuming manner to her manyfriends in our community.
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SIXTH DISTRICT AUXILIARY.At the meeting of the Sixth Dis-
trict Auxiliary of Union Hospital,held Wednesday afternoon at thehome of Mrs. H. L. Shepherd, inthis town, the following officers wereelected for the ensuing year: Pres-ident, Miss Virginia Abrahams; vice-president, Mrs. A. O. Reynolds; sec-retary, Mrs. Lettie Reynolds; treas-urer, Miss Hannah Reynolds.
The Auxiliary is in a flourishingcondition having grown from a mem-bership of 19 when organized to 49at the present time.
Annual dues were collectedamounting to $45.
Report of work done for the Hos-pital the past year showed two boltsof muslin made into sheets, SSOcontributed to the annex buildingfund, and a donation of food sup-plies from the District, in whichthe schools helped very materially,that was valued at SBO. Four dol-lars in ctlhh was also received dur-ing donation week.
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TRAFFIC VIOLATORS FINED.Our motor policeman has had a
busy week haling traffic violatorsbefore the Justice. Four cars, con-taining negroes returning from afuneral, Were stopped long enoughfor the 18 occupants to deposit $1each and costs on the charge ofreckless driving and passing a teamon the curve at the top of PigeonHill, west of town. Nelson Minor,charged with operating without li-cense and having swinging licensetags on his machine, was fined$22.90; Richard T. Drescoll, charg-ed with operating a car without li-cense, fined $11.45; Eminio Rug-linl, operating a car without a muf-fler, fined $11.45; William Green,Aberdeen, charged with exceeding35 miles an hour, fined $21.50.
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BIG AIR SHIP FLIES OVER.Our residents had a "close up”
view of a big dirigible balloon onFriday afternoon last, when the“C-2" belonging to the U. S. Armycircled about over town, flying verylow. The big dirigible came fromthe southwest, flying along grace-fully, turned about directly overEast Main street and returned inthe direction from whence it came.It is supposed the dirigible camefrom the flying field near Washing-ton. It was painted the regulationarmy drab. Glistening in the sun-light, and with flags flying, it pre-sented a pretty sight. The big airship was so low that the passengersin the car swinging beneath couldbe plainly seen waving to thosebelow.
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ELOPERS MARRIED.Thomas A. Dunn, Jr., and Miss
Alva Mae Kuhn, a youthful couplefrom'Philada., eloped to‘ Elkton lastweek, and after procuring a licensewere in the act of having the cere-mony performed when Deputy Sher-iff Crothers stopped the marriage,on receipt of a telephone messagefrom Philadelphia. The elopers re-turned to the city, where they weremet by the would-be bride's mother,who was persuaded to return to Elk-ton with them, where the knot wasduly tied.
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STANDARDIZED SCHOOL TESTS.Under the direction of Miss Simp-
son, of the State Board of Educa-tion, Superintendent Hugh W. Cald-well and Supervisor Miss Anderson,standardized tests have been givenpupils in the schools at Elkton,Perryville, Rising Sun, North East,Calvert, Cecilton and ChesapeakeCity in reading and arithmetic. Theschools as a whole made a bettershowing in arithmetic than in read-ing. The grades tested were fromthe third to the seventh.
David G. McCoy, of Oxford, metwith a serious accident last week atthe Oxford Caramel factory, by fall-ing between the freight platformand a car. Ligaments in his rightknee were torn and it will be sometime before he Is able to walk again.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTASSOCIATION.
Officers Elected—Lecture On Japan
—lmprovement To Building.,Colora School Improvement As-
sociation has had the partition Inthe old school building removed,making one large assembly room.Large folding doors have been In-stalled in place of the partition,making it possible to have two classrooms when desired. This improve-ment was paid for by the Associ-ation. The election of officers onJan. 18 resulted as follows: Presi-dent, Robt. Boyd; vice-president.Richard Balderston; secretary, Elea-nor Jenness Moore; treasurer, Bren-ice Kincaid.
On Wednesday evening of thisweek Prof. Lloyd Balderston gavean illustrated lecture on Japan, be-fore the Association.
BANK DIRECTORS ELECTED.The stockholders of the First Na-
tional Bank of North East have re-elected the following directors: C.A. Benjamin, Dr. R. G. Underwood,A. Anderson, R. C. Reeder, E. T. BDay, Ross R. Smith, W. K. Blake,E. C. Wilson and C, V. Housekeeper,who organized as follows:—Mr.Benjamin, President; Dr. Under-wood, Vice President; R. C. Reeder.Cashier; E. J. Campbell, AssistantCashier,
Cecil National Bank of Port De-posit has elected the following di-rectors:—S. C. Rowland, E. H. Row-land, John H. Kimble, M. Acker, F.W. Clapp and J. T. C. Hopkins, Jr.Officers—S. C. Rowland, President;J. T.. C. Hopkins, Jr., Cashier; Ro-land V. Atkinson, Assistant Cashier.
The directors elected at the recentannual meeting of the NationalBank of Perryville were:—Norris C.Cameron, William H. Cole, Jr.,Joseph Coudon, John A. Hartenstineand James F. Magraw. The direc-tors organized by electing the fol-lowing officers:—Joseph Coudon,President; William H. Cole, Jr..Vice President; George H. Cobourn,Cashier; Claude C. Buck, AssistantCashier.
The following directors and of-ficers have been elected by thestockholders of the National Bankof Chesapeake City:
Directors—James S. Hopper, Ben-nett Steele, William B. Davis, IrvirG. Griffith and W, W. Schaefer.
Officers—President, James S. Hopper; Vice President, Bennett Steelevice William B. Davis, who declinedre-election; Cashier, Raymond J.Boulay.
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PRESENTED DUTCH SCYTHE TO* MUSEUM.
A tew days ago William J. Martin, Muddy Creek Forks, presenteda Dutch scythe to the museum of theYork County Historical Society, inthe Court House. These scytheswere very common, especially amongGerman farmers. They were short-er and broader than the Americanscythe, and were sharpened by hammering, instead of by a whetstoneIt is related of the late ChristopherF. Bower, Peach Bottom* township,that when he came to this countryhe wanted to take several scythes to
' the hay Held, to change when one’ got dull. He was much surprised
that the other mowers were takingonly one scythe, and used a whet-stone instead of a hammer for sharp-ening.—-Delta Herald.
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ORPHANS’ COURT.Bonds have been approved and ac-
-1 counts passed as follows, by the Or--1 phans’ Court for Cecil County:
Bonds Approved—Lila C. Archi-; bald, guardian of Harold and Vir-
ginia Archibald.Accounts Passed—Third and final
of D. Belle Lewis, guardian of Wil-. liam Howard Lewis; first and final, of Wilmer J. Falls, administrator, ad col. of Annie J. Thomas; first ac-■ count of Margaret Y. Kirk, admin-
istratrix of James Ruley Kirk; firstand final of William Wood and
1 Ernest W. Wood, executors of AnnieA. Wood.
, ❖WILL FILED FOR PROBATE.The will of Oscar F. Weader, of
i Quakertown, Pa., dated December. 30, 1919, has been filed in the. Register’s office. He leaves all hisi property (personal) to his sister,
Mrs. Dora Conner, who lives nearRising Sun. Mary R. Gridley andClayton F. Morey, of Rochester, N.Y., are the witnesses to the will.■ Register McCauley went to Roches-ter to take acknowledgement of the
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i William E. Sanders, a retiredi farmer, formerly of the First dls-> trict, died Jan. 14 at the home of! his son, George Sanders, on the oldi Rudolph farm near Elkton, after ai long illness. He was 79 years of
- age and is survived by his wife, oneson and three daughters,
TOWN AND COUNTY.Short Paragraphs of Events in the Count.
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED;
Thursday next is Ground Hog Day.
The Senatorial and Congressionalprimary will be held this year early
in May.
Lent will begin this year on March1, and Easter Sunday will fall onApril 16.
A number of our residents havebeen in attendance at the auto showbeing held in Baltimore this week.
Members of the choir of the M. E.church of this town are rehearsing
for a drama to be given in the pub-
lic hall at an early date.
Manlove Bouchelle, a member ofthe Cecilton Boys’ Club, has been
awarded a registered calf as a prize
for having raised the largest hog
last year.
The Senate has confirmed the ap-
pointment of John M. Reed as post-master at Chesapeake City and thereappointment of Raymond L. Wes-terfield as postmaster at Port De-posit. .
This has been the coldest week ofthe winter. The mercury hasranged as low as si® degrees forseveral mornings in succession andhas not gone above the freezingpoint during the day.
Mrs. C. I. Benson, Port Deposit,chairman fifth annual roll call for
Cecil county, Chapter American RedCross, reports 1021 annual mem-bers, 2 sustaining members, and 5contributing. Total 1028,
The following officers have beenelected by the Woman’s Home andForeign Missionary Society of Zion:President. Mrs. Charles Miller; Sec-retary, Mrs. Howard England;Treasurer, Mrs. Charles Morris.
Plans are under way to have theGeneral Assembly at the presentsession authorize the sale of theFourth Regiment Armory in Balti-more, and from the proceeds estab-lish four armories in as many townsin Maryland.,
Conrad Jamison, of this town,
linemafrin the employ of the C. tP. Telephone Co., suffered a badlyfractured wrist on Tuesday after-noon while cranking his automobile.
Fire at noon Friday, partially de-stroyed one of the drying houses, ofthe Victory Sparkler Company, lo-cated along the Elkton-Cherry Hillroad, about a mile north of town.The Elkton company saved thebuilding from total destruction.
Messrs. J. A. Graeme Allen, C.Wilbur Miller, James Smith, Mich-ael H. Fahey and Frank H. Jacobsand associates have acquired thecontrolling interest in the affairs ofthe Harford Bank, Bell Air. Mr.Allen has been named a Director ofthe bank in place of Mr. Evans re-signed.
According to report from Row-landville the Luther Boddy, colored,who recently killed two New Yorkdetectives, is a son of Charles Bod-dy, better known as “Meshack," whoformerly lived near ML Zoar. Thescar shown on his face was the resultof having been struck with a shovelwhen a boy.
The four handed, 160 point poo!match, staged at the Clover Clubroom on Tuesday evening, whenHerb Pennock, of base ball fame,and Tommie Rtale. were pittedagainst, the Oxford experts, ChessHubs and Bert McFalls, drew a goodsized gallery. The match provedan interesting one, Pennock andRiale winning by ISO to 122.
Rev. R. T. Western, who recentlyreopened his "marrying parlor" inElkton, has closed it and returnedto his farm near Theodore. Mr.Western had been under fire fromWilmington Conference, but refusedto give up his ordination papers.
-1 He claims that he is not under theI jurisdiction of the Wilmington Con-■ ference, being a member of the■ Montana Conference.ft of men has been engaged
in setting new distanceHong the State road throughHtion. One of the sign-posts.Mg east and west and northHuth signs was planted at theH°t Main anti Queen streetsHnesday, and gives the follow
Hanres: Philadelphia 60 milesVlO. Baltimore 47, Bel Air 24;Hgton 2, Bay View 7, North
Mrs. Helen Mackey was the guest
of Mrs. Robert Cameron last week. I:
Mrs. I. Wayne Reynolds, of Ox- ,ford, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Norris ,Reynolds, near town. i
Ralph McGonegal, son of Mr. and 1Mrs. Thomas McGonegal, of Havre 'de Grace, and Mrs. Rena Casey, 'were married in Elkton on January
7th, by the Rev. J. Alderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Rowland andMiss Emily Rowland, of Port De- Iposit, left on Tuesday for a trip to 1California. They will return in 1March via the Panama Canal. 1
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The ice boat Latrobe was sent to ;Turkey Point this week to break the ]ice and release a tug, two bargesand a steamer that were frozen in. ,
The two farms connected with theNew Castle County Workhouse were Joperated last year at losses, $lO,-468.24 on one and $1,921.40 on the 1other.
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A bus line between Elkton andNewark, connecting at the latter ]place for Wilmington, has been ,placed in operation, making eight (trips daily.
Forty colored men from Perry- jville and Havre de Grace have goneto Dykeman, N. Y., to help harvestthe ice crop for the American IceCompany.
The Class of 1920 of the CecilCounty High School, has presentedand had placed in the basement ofthe school at Elkton a bubble drink-ing fountain.
Fines totaling $2619 were paidduring the week ending January 14.for infractions of the Motor VehicleLaw. *1546 in Baltimore and$1073 in the counties.
A large bell, weighing 800 lbs.and costing S7OO, has been hung inthe belfry of Perryville M. E. church.The bell has inscribed on it the Dox-wlogy, name of the church, townand date.
The Del-Mar-Via Press Associationwill hold its annual meeting at theHotel duPont, Wilmington, at 10:30a. m., Saturday, January 28. Theannual luncheon to be served at 1p. m., will follow the business meet-ing.
Charles A. Stewart, of North East,and Bayard G. Black, of Charles-town, have been appointed to posi-tions in the Maryland Senate; Jos.Hill, of Providence, and Hugh Falls,of Port Deposit, to positions in theHouse.
| The annual Experience Social ofthe Ladies Aid Society of Janes M.E. church will be held at the homeof the President, Mrs. H. L. Shep-herd, Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 1,at 2:30 o’clock. Every member isurged to be present.
One of the largest diamondbackterrapins ever caught on the EasternShore was brought to Easton from
* the Wye river last week by Elmer! Parkerson and presented to Judge| J. H. Covington. It measured 7 to
B*4 inches and weighed nearly fivepounds .It is said to be the heaviest
! also ever caught in the Shore rivers.* The account of the receivers of
1 the Penna. Casket Co., West Grove,' has been filed in the Chester County
Court, and confirmed, and decree of’ distribution made. The balance for
distribution to the creditors is$9625.01, but the preferred claims,including taxes, insurance, 'etc.,amount to $3563.65, and the charges
r of S. T. Freeman ft Co., auctioneers,i is $1954.97. The debts amount tot $59,927.40, so that the creditors. will receive a dividend of ten peri cent.
1 Perryville M. E. Sundoy School’ has chosen officers for the comings year as follows: Superintendent
Mrs. Charles Crawford; Assistant,* Mr. George Waldron; Secretary and
Treasurer, Mrs. George Calvert; As--1 sistant Secretary, Miss Velva Strine:t Missionary Superintendent, Mrs. W.\ B. Gorrell; Assistant, Mrs. W. L., Taylor; Suprintendent of Temper-
j ance, Mrs. W. L. Taylor; Supertn-e tendent of Beginners, Miss Thelmaa Campbell; Superintendent of Pri-mary Department, Mr. John Warni, er; Assistant, Mrs. McDaniel; L'-; brarlan, Joseph McDaniel; Assistant1 Mr. Strine; Organist, Miss Elsie
White.
NO. 24.
HAVRE DE GRACE BRIDGE.
Bill in Maryland Legislature Provid-ing For State Ownership.
Urging passage of the measurefor State ownership of the Susque-hanna River bridge, from Havre deGrace to Perryville, over whichdally pass from 300 to 1000 auto-mobiles and trucks between Phila-delphia, Baltimore and Washington,Senators Tydings, of Harford coun-ty, and Cantwell of Cecil, declaredon Tuesday that many motorists be-tween Baltimore and Philadelphianow make a detour byway of Cono-wingo bridge to avoid the heavy tollcharges.
Should the bill to take over thebridge pass it is proposed to estab-lish the Susquehanna bridge loan.Tentatively, the figure is fixed at amaximum of $700,000. In fixingthis figure, however, Senator Tyd-ings stated that sum was to be re-garded only as one under which theprice to be paid by the State mustcome, so that the bond redemptionfeature could be met. If the figurewere placed at $350,000, for in-stance, he said, the Legislaturemight be presumed to be seeking toregulate the price. Whatever theultimate price determined upon, thebonds, under the measure, will beredeemed at the rate of $60,000 an-nually. Interest on bonds and main-tenance of the bridge will be met bythe tolls. As soon as the bonds areredeemed and the Interest ceasesthe tolls are to be lifted on everyclass of vehicles. The bond re-demption is to be met by a local taxrequired to be Imposed by eachcounty and by Baltimore city of one-third of a cent on SIOO. Controland regulation of the span is def-initely and finally taken away fromthe Public Service Commission bythe bill.
Following are the maximum tollrates fixed in the bill: Passengerautomobiles, single trip (irrespectiveof number of .passengers), 25 cents;one-ton trucks, 30 cents; two-ton,35 cents; three-ton, 45 cents; four-ton, 60 cents; five-ton and over, sl.The maximum toll feature of themeasure is one of its importantangles. The State roads committeemay reduce toll charges as it sees fit.
There will undoubtedly be a sharpfight over the measure in which op-posing Democratic factions in Har-ford county will engage. One ele-ment supports the present owners ofthe structure, who include the heirsof the late Murray Vandiver, Demo-cratic State chairman, who withother Havre de Grace men securedcontrol of the bridge for the sum ofS7OO from the Pennsylvania Rail-road when the latter company builtits new structure.
There is growing sentiment amongmembers of the Assembly to putracing—or rather race track betting—“up to the people” by means of areferendum to be incorporated in abill. So far as prohibition enforce-ment is concerned there is doubt asto whether a measure of this sort’ould be subject to a referendum asthe Constitution debare it being in-voked where laws dealing with theregulation of the liquor traffic areinvolved.
On blanks spread throughout theState by the Maryland Anti-RaceTrack Gambling Association peti-tions memorializing the generalAssembly to abolish race track bet-ting began to rain upon the HouseTuesday. The petitions, many ofthem containing hundreds of names,came from church congregations,Sunday schools and bodies of votersin every county excepting Baltimorecity, Harford, Anne Arundel orPrince Georges, where racetracksare located.
Delegate Cook,,of Baltimore city,introduced a resolution petitioningCongress to submit to the severalStates the question of repealing theEighteenth amendment. It was re-ferred to the House TemperanceCommittee, of which Cook is chair-man and in which the “wets” haveone majority.
Lines are being drawn for a bitterfight between insurgent and regularDemocrats over the two greater rep-resentation bills for Baltimore city.A number of county members of theHouse headed by Delegate Roberts,of Prince Georges county, have comeout openly against the measures.
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FARM BUILDINGS BURNED.The barn, stable and cow sheds on
the farm of William Price in MiddleNeck, Cecil county, tenanted byPatrick Maloney, were destroyed byfire of unknown origin Wednesdayevening of last week. Hay, farmmachinery, harness, etc. were ioburned, but the livestock was allsaved. The buildings were insuredfor S4OO, but cost $2400. The con-tents, belonging to Mr. Maloney,were fully Insured.
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