The Cecil Whig., 1879-05-17
NORTH EHST ITEMS.
TEMPERANCE.

On Friday evening of last week, our Tenn
perance Society convened in their usual
place, and was opened with prayer by the
Chaplain, Rev. w. l.. :. Murray. After
the regular routine of business, and select
reading by Miss Martha Sturgeon, Rev. A.
ID. Davis, of Zion Circuit, gave the strong
est discourse on temperance that has ever
been listened to by our Temperance Society.
Mr.. ID. edited temperance paper in Will
mington some three years and has been a
member of the temperance society for many
years. He said that he had had a brother,
who both i'll appearance and intelligence,
far exceeded the speaker, but at an early
age he fell victim to the rum demon
While looking on the box which contained
his brothers remains in the grave he made
Il solemn vow that he would remain in -ter-
nal hostility to the rum business. He said
that perchance Il respectable man might
engage in the traffic, but it was impossible
to retain reSpectability and continue the
netariouS business. Neither could he re-
main an honest man and deal out the deadly
poison to his fellow beings. Mr. ID. had
everything brought to fine points or re-
duced to Il mathematical certainty. Much
of his information was gathered from the
Philadelphia Reformatory Association, that
reports s,0:A grog shops i'll that city which
are principally carried on by tho foreign ele-
i ment, Out Of that number only about 300
We're American horn, and out of 800 females
who We're engaged III the business, he was
pleased to state, only one was American
born. He further stated that the United
STATES contained four rum mills for one
church and seven whisky sellers for one
preacher of the gospel, and required 40 0OO,-
900 bushels of grain per annum to keep up
the supply of liquors, which grain, if load
ell upon wagons, would form a line twice
around the globe: or, if made into flour,
would furnish two anl IA half barrels to
each man, woman and child iii the coun-
try, And the result of all this is that it
brings 100, 900 human beings TO drunkard's :
graves yearly. Many more valuable statis-
ties were presented, hut time and space will
not permit rccapitulation. We would fur
thcr add, however, that Mr.. ID. remarked
to make temperance success it required
the concurrence of tine physicians and also
the support of the newspapers. He said he
had had the pleasure(?) of reading the ".
f. Record that evening, but found it stood
up SO straight that it leaned over on the
side of the rum sellers,
ON \ SHORT VACATION.
On Monday last, Rev. W. l.. S. Murray
and family started on the early train for a
visit to their parents on tn. Eastern Shore,
ninety miles below Wilmington, where they
expect to remain over a week. RrvS. S.
Logan and w. 7. Miller will fill his pulpit
tomorrow, the former in the morning and
the latter in the evening
GOOD ROADS AT LAST.
The extremely dry weather has done What
the supervisors either could not or would
not do, put the ro,lS in good travelling con-
dition.
THE FISHING SEASON
is drawing to close. Herrings are selling
this week, delivered in North East at 80
cents per hundred, and shad ut $40 We
learn the majority of the fishermen have re-
ceived Il fair remuneration for their outlay.
BEAUTIFUL MAY,
the forerunner of Summer, is with us at
last. 1t put III an appearance with heavy
froSts and ice. 1t is tn be hoped that the
p!elsanteSt part of her life will he the latter
end: though in '43 and ~ we saw heavy
frost the first of June, which nipped the
corn severely. CONSISTENCY, JR.
80 STRAW Hats and light eulored Felt
Hats, very desirable, at RECESS.
sxFull stock Ladies', Misses and Chill
drrn's slippers, at tho GLASS FRONT.
-" Ladies' fine Kid Button Boots, opera
toe; French Heel Strap Slippers and Kid
Newp r. Ties, a full Inc, at
MCCRERY 4 BOULDES'S
- Our 25c. Oolong Tea il said 10 be very
good; our iOc. Syrup Is excellent REESE.
.1s@ White and Red Check Mattings from
20c. up; floor Oil Cloths ut bottom prices, ut
MCCRERY 4 BoULDESS
- Lots of Goods for little money; but
we do want the l9;,l"y. REESE.
Ingram Carpets as low rs 2lc per
yard, at McCRERy 4 RotInEN.s,