VOL. X'XXTV. If IS! M 2 SUN, GFC I L COUNTY, MI)., FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 191*.

The Midland journal.TOWN AND COUNTY.

Short Paragraphs of Events in the CountyDuring the Past Week,

LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Colors cannery expects to begin opera-tions on Monday.

The gate receipts showed an attendanceof 3.000 the closing Sunday of Lesliecamp.

The wheat crop of the Bennett farm,

near Chesapeake City, measured 2800bushels.

Charged with robbing Frank Rhoadesof Elk Neck of $35. Isaac Delcoure has

been lodged in Elkton jaH.

Mrs. Ida L. Egner of Cherry Hill, Cecilcounty, has applied fora divorce from her

husband, Clement M. Egner.

The Zion and Calvert Usher's Unionwill hold their regular meeting at the

Parsonage Thursday, Aug. 15

William A. Cameron, employed at thepits near North East, fell into one of

V the pits last week and broke his arm.

P*- members of Betbesda Church willhold a festival at Pilottown on Saturdayevening, Aug. 17. Ice cream, cake andother good things will be on sale.

George T. Williams, of Port Deposit,has accepted a position as choir masterand organist at St. Michael's and AllAngels Church, in Baltimore.

Colora Council, No. 64, Jr. O. U. A M.will attend services at Woodlawn camp in

a body next Sunday morning and all

members are requested to be present.

Rev. William Crawford, pastor of PortDeposit Presbyterian church was injuredin an automomobile accident last week atHolyoke, Mass., where he is spending his

" vacation.

Wm. E. Riley purchased the Wm. J.Kearney property on Tuesday at attor-ney’s sale for $525. The property em-braces 3$ acres of land, situate in theSixth district, near the Slicer mill.

A pie and milk social will be held on the

lawn of J. C. Reynolds, Sylmar, Satur-day evening, 10th inst.*, by the ladies ofSylmar M. E. church Io addition to pies,there will be ice cream and cake for sale.

John H. Black, of Cecilton, whose ap-pointment as a member of the CecilCounty Board of Election Supervisorswas held up in the Senate last spring, has

finally been commissioned by GovernorGoldsborougb.

Zion Presbyterian Sunday school willhold its annual picnic on Thursday, Aug.15, in the grove on the premises of Wm.Stewart. The M. E. Sunday School pic-

will be held Aug 21, in AlfredRameron’s grove.

Examinations are to be held at Elkton/ on Monday, Aug. 19, to fill four vacant

scholarships at Maryland State NormalSchool and one at Maryland AgriculturalCollege. The examinations are open toresidents of Cecil county only.

While in his barn during a heavythunder gust one evening last week,

Joseph Gould, a young farmer of nearConcordville. Chester county, was struckby lightning and killed. The bolt ranalong a heavy door beam and passedthrough the body without leaving a scar.

The report published in the Philadel-phia papers and Oxford News that MissBessie M. Rawlings had resigned as prin-cipal of Rising Sun Grammar School is

denied by the trustees of the school,who assure us that such is not the caseand that Miss Rawlings will continue asprincipal.

The Atlantic Cityexcursion on Tuesdaymorning proved to be a drawing card to

a large number of people. Thirty-fivetickets were sold at this station. The ex-cursionists had a full day, the special trainover the Baltimore Central leaving here atabout quarter of six'in the morning, andnot arriving on the return trip until nearlymidnight.

Guy Johnson has been appointed prin-cipal of North Ealst High School, and hastendered his resignation to the trustees ofPrincipio Furnace public school, where hehas been leaching for the past year ormore. This leaves a vacancy in one ofthe largest public schools of the county,and is an excellent opening for some

fbright teacher.

The blacksmith shop of A. B. Keennarrowly escaped being burned on Fridayevening last. Mr. Keen in lighting hisgasoline torch preparatory to doing somerubber-tire work, set fire to some of thefluid that had spilled on the bench. Inreaching for the receptacle containing thegasoline to move it to a place of safety,it was upset, the gasoline splashing aboutand catching fire immediately. After afew minutes of the liveliest sort .of workthe flames were finally smothered by theuse of some old bags that happened to belying near at band.

The Mary Brown property in Port De-posit hris been purchased for S4OO byEdward Vance.

The annual Harford county Teachers'Institute will be held at Bel Air Septem-ber 2 to 6 inclusive.-While fishing at Tolchester Oliver

Bacharach caught a California perch, afish seldom found in Eastern waters.

Rawlinsville camp meeting will openits 27th annual session on Tuesday eve- <ning, August 13th and close Thursday

■ evening, August 22nd.

The Uommittee having the matter incharge has decided on October 7, 8. 9, 10

, and 11 as the dates for holding “OldHome Week” in Wilmington.

. A number of prisoners tried to escape: from Belair jail by diggings hole through

the wall, but were caught in the act byDeputy Sheriff B. C. Sheridan.

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Mrs. Jacob Hershour, of Tayloria, lost[ two cows last week through eating young

clover. Three other cows were savedthrough the efforts of a veterinary.

r The annual Chester County TennisI Tournament will be held in West Chester

on August 31st and September 2nd. Ox-ford tennis club will compete in several

' events.1 ■■ '

I The little daughter of David Nethery,of near Oxford, got her foot caught in theknives of a mowing machine one day last

1 week, and the member was badly cut and' lacerated,

t5 Poultry thieves have been operating in

the neighborhood of Glasgow, Del. Onefarmer has lost his entire flock of 150

' half-grown turkeys. Others have lostfrom 50 to 75 fowls each.

, The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. hasfollowed the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.,and orders the discontinuance of the sale

' of Intoxicating liquors on all its trains in| New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Six barns were burned in Adams coun-ty, Pa., from July 12 to July 18th. Thebuildings were all fired by lightning.Nearly all the crops were destroyed in

' every instance, but the slock was saved.. James Greer, employed in the press

. room of the Oxford News, had his cloth-ing caught in a cog wheel on Saturdaymorning, and a portion of skin -was

* burned from his back before he could be■ released.

A well at Red Lion, Pa., was cleanedI one day recently and 57 rats found

in it, some dead and some alive. Thewell had not been cleaned for 35 years

1 and the water had been used for drinking1 during this period.

I Edward H. Effing left WesrOrove lastj week for Parksburg, to assume charge of

his duties as cashier of the new bankopened in that town. Mr. Effing is a

' Rising Sun boy'and his friends heye wish• him continued success in bis business

r career.

, At a meeting of the stewards of theI Jockey Club, New York, approval was

granted the Harford Agricultural andBreeders’ Association, of Havre de Grace,

' Md., to conduct a race meeting from* August 26 to September 11, and from

■ September 13 to September 30.

The friends of Wm. S. Forwood are[ urging him for the position of State Audi*

. tor, made vacant by the death of Mr. Geo.R. Ash, and the failure of John O'Malley,who had been named for the place, toqualify. Mr. Forwood was for many

• years Clerk of Court for Harford county.

Wednesday evening of last week light-ning struck one of the large oil tanks at

. the pumping station of the-Southern Pipe| Line Company at Millway, Lancaster

1 county,' and set it on fire. It containedabout 5,000 barrels of oil. The flames

. burned themselves out after consuming all; the oil and ruining the tank.

Recently Lemon Wenger, of Vici, Lan-: caster county, while cutting his wheat

had the misfortune to break his binder.He sent for John Wenger, a blind man.

! who resides at Weaverland, to repair thedamage. This man, although deprived ,

, of his sight is an expert machinist and, soon had the machine iq fine running, order again. 1

Charged with embezzling trust funds to i1 the amount of overslso,ooo, Col. Gibbons 1Grey Cornell, a prominent lawyer of WestChester, was arrested in New York Mon- •day evening. While being brought back Ito West Chester by a constable Col. Cor- ]nell committed suicide on the train by |shooting himself in the mouth with a ,revolver. . 1

PERSONALS.

Mrs. f. H Slicer is sojourning at

Atlantic City.

Miss Nannie McCoy was a Baltimorevisitor this week.

Z. D. Grant enjoyed a sight-seeing tripto Washington this week.

Miss Helen Evans, of Philadelphia, isvisiting Miss Edna Wilson.

Miss Helen R. Jenkins is visiting hersister, Mrs. W. E. Buck, Port Deposit.

Mr. and Mrs, Jos. T. Riale and daugh-ter are enjoying the week at AtlanticCity.

Mr. and'Mrs. Willard Slack, of Trenton.N. J., spent several days in town thisweek.

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Wright ofHoneybrook. Pa., are visiting Rising Sunrelatives.

Miss Helen Collier, of Wilmington is a

guest at the home of J. W. Hambletonand family.

Mr. Harry Riale and daughterof Baltimore, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.Geo. R. Riale.

Miss Dorothy Welsh and RussellWelsh, of Baltimore, are visiting MissLouise Wagner.

Miss Jane Maxwell, of Philadelphia, isa guest at the home of her uncle, Dr. G.S. Dare, and family.

Robert Dickey, of Oxford, was a Satur-

day-Sundry visitor at the home of Wm.M. Pogue and family.

Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Snyder are enjoy-ing a trip to Atlantic City, New York andother places of interest.

Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Micheals, ofLanghorne, Pa., are visiting the latter’sparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Haines.

Miss Mabel Coulson Johnson, of Har-risburg, Pa., in a visitor at the homeof her cousin, J. C. Hindman, and family.

The marriage at Betterton of MissMary C. Lotman and Mr. John Krastel,both of Chesapeake, has been announced.

Mrs. Emma Betts and daughter, MissFrancis Betts, of "New Hope, Pa., arevisiting Mr. and Mrs. M. Ely and family.

Mr. and Mrs. S.- Taylor Wilson, ofEaston, Pa., are visitors at Maple Lawn,the home of Thomas J. Wilson and family,near town.

Miss Mildred Clayton returned from apleasant visit to Lancaster on Saturday,accompanied by her cousin, Miss DoraBrenner, of that city.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Brown and son, ofPhiladelphia, are spending the week atthe summer home of the former's parents,Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Brpwn.

Mr. and Mrs. S. Taylor Wilson', ofEaston, Pa., are visiting-the former’sparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. J. Wilson,at “Maple Lawn,” near town.

Mrs. H. H. Hambleton paid J. W*Hambleton and family a short visit thisweek while enroute from Philadelphia toHickory, N. C., to join her husband whohasdecided to locate in the Tarheel state-

Mrs. Clara I. Turner has as guests thisweek Mrs. Jas. Evans of Oxford, Mrs. J.Hayes Turner of Lincoln University, MissMollie Turner of Philadelphia, Miss MaryMcCachran of Newville and Miss MaryEgan of Camden.

Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Mitchell have is-sued cards for the marriage of theirdaughter Gertrude, to Rev. Melvin ErnestWheately, on Tuesday afternoon, August13, at two o’clock, at their residence inLaurel, Del. Miss Mitchell is wellknown in this locality, her father havingbeen pastor of Zion Circuit for three years.

An Old Resident Calls.John T. Egan, a former resident of this

town, now living at Upland, Pa., was avisitor here this week. Mr. and Mm.Egan celebrated the 57 anniversary oftheir marriage on Wednesday and held aninformal reception at their borne, afterwhich they came to Cecil county to re-visit old scenes. The groom is 8a yearsold and is quite hale and hearty. In re-calling events of ye olden days he saidthat the first M. E. church edifice in RisingSun was built on of the presentchurch and was dedicated in October 57years ago, he being one of the trustees.It was a frame building and cost SIBOO.

Years ago while living at Porter'sBridge Mr. Egan decided to “break intoprint” and win fame for himself and hislocality by sending items for publicationto the father of the present publishers ofthe Journal. He rechristened Porter’sBridge "Mechanicsville” and headed hisitems from that mythical place. Yeeditor was at a loss at first to locate“Mechanicsville” but finally got it placed

in his mind and stated he had formerlyknown the so-called metropolis as Houn’Hollow and that on a very clear day twohouses could be seen with the naked eye.This so discouraged the young scribe thathe let Mechanicsville “go to the dogs,”but it has since lost its former title andis at present known as Ricbardsmere andnow boasts of more than two houses by adam site, with Atkinson’s mill and 11Elliot’s store in addition.

TEMPERANCE DAY.

Temperance Day at Woodlawn Campwas observed on Wednesday. The ex-ercises were in charge of Cecil County W.C. T. U., and the following program wascarried out:'

MORNING.Devotional

1 • MusicRecitation. - Mrs.Hannah GiffordAddress, -

- -- E. R. Buffington

Recitation, - - Mrs. Belle R. HainesMusic

Noontide HourChildren’s Hour, Mrs. Martin Thompson

AFTERNOONMusic

Minister's Half HourMusic

Address—“ls the Young Man Safe?”Dr. Geo. W. Hull

MusicClosing.

Sunday School Convention.The annual convention of the Cecil

County Sunday School Association washeld at Woodlawn Camp on the Bth inst.The address of welcome was delivered byRev. T. A. O’Brien and the response byE. D. Carhart president of the association,Addresses were also made by State Sec-

retary B. W. Kindly, Rev. B. J. Brin-kema, F. E. Williams. Rev. Z. H. Webster,Rev. J. P. Otis and Rev. T. H. Huffman.

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Barn ‘Buned—live Stock Perish.During the storm on Wednesday night

of last week lightning struck the barn onthe farm of Miss Kate Price, near Elkton,tenanted ;by William Lum. The struc-ture was set on fire and blfrned to theground, together with 1,200 bushels ofwheat, several head of live stock, all ofthis year’s hay crop and nearly all theharness and farming implements used onthe farm. The loss will probably exceed$5,000.

Crops Burned.On Friday evening fire destroyed a stack

of hay, 250 bushels of wheat and 20 tonsof baled straw in a field on the farm ofAbram Ferguson, near Bartville, Pa.The threshers had left that afternoon,the fire breaking out about nine o'clock inthe evening. The supposition is sparksfrom the engine caused the b'aze. Thisis the second fire on the premises withina year, a fine new barn, with all thecrops, being burned some months ago andthe origin of the fire never discovered.

Automobile Struck By Train.As William Peck and family were re-

turning to their home, near Kemblesville,from Wilmington, Saturday evening,driving a newly purchased automobile,they collided with an express train on theBaltimore & Ohio railroad, at Lumbrook,a flag station one mile east of Newark.The occupants of the automobile werethrown out but fortunately escaped withsome slight cuts and bruises. Themachine was demolished.

Early Sunday morning Mr. Peck droveto Lumbrook to inspect the wreck, drivinghis finest horse. The animal frightenedat a passing train, ran away and wreckedthe buggy before being caught.

Two Large Mortgages Recorded.At the office of the Clerk of the Court in

Elkton last week there was recordedprobably the largest mortgage ever putupon the books of that office. It wasgiven by the Philadelphia and BaltimoreCentral Railroad Company to FideltyTrust Company. Trustee, of Philadelphia.The mortgage was for $10,000,000 and isto secure an issueof bonds of like amount.

Another large mortgage recorded isfrom the American Ice Company to thePennsylvania Company for Insurances onLives and Granting Annuities, Trustee,to secure an issue of bonds. The mort-gage is for $6,500,000. It covors 210pages of printed matter and will fill in theneighborhood of 100 pages in the Mort-gage Record Books at the Clerk's officewhen recorded.

To Enforce Law Against' PublicDrinking Cup.

The day of the old fashioned drinkiggcup, in this state at least is over. Lastweek the State Board of Health, at itsmonthly meeting decreed that, beginningimmediately, all those who allowed a“common drinking cup” to be used in“public places” would be fined in compli-ance with an act passed by the last legis-lature. At the same time the board de-fined a “common drinking cup” and“public places.” Dr. Marshall L. Pricesecretary of the board, stated that it wasthe intention to enforce the law rigidly,and for this purpose, as well as makinginvestigations along other lines, LouisJudge, of Govans, was appointed aspecial agent.

A large oil painting has been presentedto Ott’s Chapel Sunday School, near IronHill, by O. R. Washburn, acting for MissSara J. Eddy, an artist of Bristol Ferry, 1Rhode Island.

Apprentice wanted at 1McCoy’s Millinery.

Visit Buffington’s store and note theI assortments and learn prices; it pays youto keep posted. 1

DEATHS.

Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell.Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell died Saturday

at her home in Port Deposit, aged 80years. The funeral was held Tuesdaywith interment at Hopewell cemetery.

Mrs. S. E. Metz.Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Metz, widow of

late Jacob Metz, died Wednesday morn-ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs.Reuben Hevalow, in Chesapeake City, inthe 76th.year of her age. She is survivedby three children.

Mrs. Clayton Du Un-Mrs. Rachel Jane Dulin, wife of Clay-

ton Dulin, died July 31 at Chome, fromabscess of the liver, aged 41 years. Thedeceased was a daughter of the late JohnBea, of Barnsley. She is survived by herhusband and four young children. Thefuneral was held Saturday.

William E. Moore.William E. Moore, of Farmington, died

from cancer of the stomach on Fridaynight. 2nd inst., at Union Hospital, Elk-ton, where he had gone a few daysprevious for treatment. The deceasedwas 54 years of age, and unmarried. Hewas a son of the late Edwin Moore ofPort Deposit, and is survived by onesister, Mrs. Annie Gardner, of Perryville.The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon,

with services at Hopewell M. E. churchand interment in the adjoining cemetery.

Drowned In Elk River.While swimming in Elk River, off Plum

Point, Tuesday afternoon, Harry Reich-art. aged 16 years, was seized with .crampand drowned before help could reach him.His body was recovered. The lad’s homewas in Philadelphia.

FakeJ. M. Maughlin, thirty years of age, of

Lancaster, left home last Fridayto visithis farm in York Furnace. A rowboatwas found Tuesday stranded on Duncan’sIsland, four miles below York Furnace.In it was a note written on an envelopeaddressed to the missing man, the writer,presumably, being Maughlin. The notewas as follows: “Kindly return this boatto Vanderslote, as I only need it to themiddle of the river. Goodbye.” Somesuppose Maughlin committed suicide inthe river.

It has sincebeen learned Maughlin wasseen by two men about eleven o’clockthat night walking along the railroadbelow York Furnace. It is said he is infinancial trouble and it is believed he isnor in Delaware where he had told afriend he was going to work in the can-ning business.—Quarryville Sun.

$1,500 In Cash Prizes at PeninsulaApple Show.

The Peninsula Horticultural Societywill have the biggest Apple Show everseen on this Peninsula at its meeting inWilmington next January. The Wilming-ton Board of Trade contributed SSOO incash besides taking care of rent for hallfor the meeting and exhibition rooms forthe fruit and vegetable displays. TheDelaware Board of Agriculture contrib-utes SSOO in cash. The Society itself willmake up anotherSSOO. Special premiumswill also be solicited and will add mater-ially to these cash prizes and the value ofthe premium list. The largest prizes willnaturally be for apples, as this fruit canbe kept for a winter exposition muchbetter than peaches and the other moreperishable fruits, and there will be threeor four large cash prizes for the bestgeneral display of apples, and liberalprizes for boxes and plates of all the lead-ing commercial varieties. Apple growersshould begin now to send their fruit tocold storage for this show. It will bestored free of charge at the WilmingtonAbattoir and Cold Storage Company, 230Tatnall St., Wilmington, Delaware. Thefull premium list will soon be out andwill offer liberal prizes for all fruits andvegetables and for canned fruits, etc., andmay be had by addressing the Secretary,Wesley Webb, Dover, Delaware.

Hon. F. N. Soper, President of theSociety, requests especially the smallergrowers to make exhibits and assures themthat the premium list is arranged for themas well as for the big fellows. Everyfarmer should be interested because thisshow means better fruit, better farming,better prices for lands, and more profits tothe farmer, hence more comforts andluxuries for his home.

Susquehanna Tribe, No. 127, I. O. R.M., wish to return thanks to all the palefaces who assisted in making our festival ;a success. We certainly appreciate their 1kindness. We also tender our thanks to 'C. T. Snyder for his promptness in fillingour orders, everything being up-to-date.We are greatly indebted to the ladies ]who rendered such valuable help, and Ithey have our appreciation.

By order of Committee.— ]

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NO. 50.

THE CROTHERS ESTATE.

Executors Of Late Cjovernor File, Answer In Court.

State Senator Omar D. Crothers andEmerson R. Crothers, executors of thelate ex-Governor Austin L. Crothers, filedin the Orphans’ Court for Cecil county onMoiday, their answer to the petition ofDr. Augustus C. Crothers, of Havre deGrace, who recently filed a petition to re-quire Omar D. and Emerson R. Crofhersto file an account showing the assets ofthe late Charles Carroll-Crothers. In hispetition Dr. Ciothers alleged that hisbrother, Charles C. Crothers, died in 1897,leaving a will wherein he named AustinL. Crothers and the petitioner the execu-tors thereof. He further alleged that theadministration of the estate was entirelyconfided to Austin L. Crothers; that Aus-tin L. Crothers gave to the petitionerlittle or no information concerning theestate; that no inventory of the estate wasever returned to the court and there has

never been any account filed or distribu-tion made so far as the records of the

court disclose.Under the terms of the will of Charles

C. Crothers, Austin L. Crothers was toreceive the Cruikshank property, on Northstreet, Elkton, and two building lots inWilmington, De).; Alpheus R. Crothers,

a small farm in the Eighth district andS6OO in money; Dr. Augustus C. Crothers,$3.500; Dr. Roman R. Crothers, SSOO.After making several other small bequests,all the rest of the estate, real and per-sonal, was devised to Austin L. Crothersand Dr. Augustus C. Crothers, share andshare alike.

In the answer of Omar D. and EmersonR. Crothers, filed in the Orphans’ Court,they claim that the estate, so far as theaccounts and memoranda left by AustinL. Crothers show, has been fullyexcept possibly some collateral inheritancetax and tax on commissions; that AustinL. Crothers has overpaid the amount ofassets belonging to the estate to theamount of $1,874.05, and that the estatehas been practically settled, and that thereis now a balance due to the estate ofAustin L. Crothers of $1,874.05.

An Jnventory which accompanies theanswer of Omar D. Crothers and EmersonR. Crothers shows that the debts dueCharles C. Crothers which were collectedamounted to $9,830.18, and the debtswhich were not collected amounted to

$934.88. The assets of the executors ofCharles C. Crothers are shown to havebeen $10,297.68, and their disbursements$12,171.73, leaving a balance due AustinL. Crothers’ estate amounting to $1,884.05.

TRI-COUNTY LEA6UE.

STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

W L • Per Cent.Port Deposit 12 5 .706ITavre de Grace 11 7 .611Aberdeen to 7 .588Newark 9 8 .529Elkton 9 8 .529Oxford 8 9 .471Elk Mills 5 H .294North East 5 13 .278

SCHEDULE FOR AUGUST 10.

Elk Mills at North East.Havre de Grace at Port Deposit.

Newark at Oxford.Aberdeen at Elkton.

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RESULT OF SATURDAY’S GAMES.

Port ' Deposit shut Newark out, ElkMills downed Aberdeen, Elkton defeatedHavre de Grace in an eleven inning argu-ment, while Oxford and North East helda batting matinee in which the formerexcelled.

R H EPort Deposit 00000000 I—i i iNewark 00000000 o—o 6 4

Batteries—Jaylor and Hulse; Willisand Massey.

R H EH’re de G’ce 1000000000 q-i 3 2Elkton 00100000 00 i-a 5 2

Batteries—Sweitzer and Nichols; Clay,Watson and Potts.

R H EElk Mills 00020000 o—2 9 3Aberdeen 0001 0000 o—l 3 5, Hoffecker and Hornberger; Bonnettand Harrier.

R H ENorth East 20120310 o—9 12 5Oxford 13130312x—l 4 18 8

Batteries—Finn and .Reynolds; Reyn-olds and Thomas.

Salvator Piccinelli, an Italian, aged 21years, was shot and killed Friday night,a short distance from the P. B. & W.Railroad station at Lenni, by a fellowcountryman, named Dominick Bouni, ayoung man. who after being taken intocustody, confessed but claimed the shoot-ing was in self-defense.

Joseph, little son of Newlin Good, ofKembleville, had bis arm broken by a fallfrom his bicycle on Friday.

No let up in the sale of groceries atBuffington’s. Pure foods at our lowprices are telling largely in volume ofsales.