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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

The tide of public opinion at this
time has set in strongly against Trust
combinations, and, if we are not greatly
mistaken, there will be something done
in our State and National Legislatures
this season to curtail the disreputable
practices carried on by the band of
organized robbers who, conducting their
business under the respectable name of
Crust" cannot be trusted to do a
legitimate business. The very nature
of those combinations is against their
honesty of purpose. They have only
one aim, and that is to kill competition
and rob the people through the con-
troll of the markets in which the trusts
are interested. This form of combina-
ton is one of the most dangerous that
has ever threatened the prosperity OF
our people, ard its great danger lies in
the enormous control of capital. All
that money can buy in the way of favor
able legislation for the advancement OF
trust schemes is at hand, and iDdivid-
ual and corporate business has but a
slim chance of existence against the
power of its monopoly. IF trust COM
binations are not given death-blow in
this country before long we shall doubt
the potency of public sentiment In the
influencing of legislation. The trusts
must go or the interests of the people
will be sacrificed. They are lncom-
patible with good government.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24
tEanamaker's.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March ~, 1885,

PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, March ~, 1888.
Are you responsibleo
"Advertising' is a sort of by
word. The reproach, "Only
an advertisement" was and to
many still is complete con-
domination of business adj
dresses to the public. The
Hebrew King and Poet was
incorrect in his hasty conclu-
sion that "All men are liars"
And you also err if you putalL
advertising in the same limbo.
But still the Indictment OF
false witness will hold against
much advertising. Itwouldn't
be SO if everybody were care
full to compare statement and
fact. Therefore, if you con-
denim, stop and think whether
you have always been careful
to discreditlying and encourage
truth in advertising.
Commercial literature in adj
vertising is too great force in
modern life to be ignored. You
can neither evade the fact nor
your own relation to it. 1t has
influence and makes impression
whether you will or not.
Behind the advertising
scenes you may see strange
statements: Thousands of
dozens or pieces or yards when
the total stock at command is
only scores or hundreds; prices
reduced, when the process OF
reduction is to open new goods
and mark two prices at the
same time, a high price above,
a lower one beneath it; to state
a value as normal and with it
a reduced price, when all the
time the market has ruled as
low or lower than the so-called
reduction; and so on through
devious and dubious statement
in scores of forms.
This sort of thing only lives
by encouragement. They that
encourage share the response
bility. You may soon find the
truth-teHers if you care to.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

New things in the Dress
Goods stock every day. We
told you a couple of weeks ago
of 1859 styles Of SatcenS and
SIS styles Of GlnghanS then on
sale. A great many more now.
Fresh designs, new fancies are
turning up with every sun
rise.
The tea-gown shades Of
Cashneres and wool or silk
and-wool Henriettas are here.
Marvels of dyeing. In past
seasons we have mad the hues
of flower, fruit, and leaf, but
now come the fruit Inlre col
orings, and wonderfully do they
harmonic with compilations.
The Challis counter shines
as if the Milky Way had
changed its orbit and was tax
ing a turn around the store.
American zoe, best French 50
and 6oc.
They jostle the crisp and
shimmering Printed Mohairs.
soc.
Printed Linen Lawns. As
CHEEKY and sheery lot as we
ever had, and not a thread of
cotton. in them. %, 80, IS,
and 4oc. White, 20, IS, 80,
IS, 40, SO, SIS, and 6oc.
The Sateens are like a June
meadow aglow with buttercups
and daisies. You will wonder
as much at the I21a cent
Peerless as any. They lack
the polish of ocean travel, but
come of the blood royal just
the same. Fine French SIC,
best French 81 c.
The golden light of Fash
ions favor is on the Scotch
Ginghams. They share the
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

Another good (') man has gone
wrong. His name is Tate and he was
State Treasurer of Kentucky. His de-
falcation covers anywhere from one
hundred and fifty to four hundred
thousand dollars. He was considered
the very soul OF honor. Alas for the
weakness of human nature Doubtless
he first began to 6O1y0v, honestly in
tending to restore what he took, and
eased his conscience by many spec
ious plea in justification of his act
Then fortune proved unkind, or specu-
lations resulted disastrously, and when
the time came for restitution he was
entangled in a hopeless web OF trouble
and embarrassment. He never intended
to be dishonest, he never designedly
became a defaulter. If this should
prove to be the fact in his case, it will
be fresh instance to emphasize the
necessity of guarding against the first
step, that leads to habitual dishonesty
The man who handles MONIES not his
own needs to fortlfy himself by the
sternest resolution of hard and unyield.
ing integrity.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

In very recent canvass of Republi-
can sentiment in a number of the
largest cities made by the Philadelphia
Times, the following question was
asked and in every instance answered
What is the condition OF the party
as compared with this time four years
ago?
From a few Republicans in Mime.
sofa, who fear the Prohibition move
ment and the tariff about a dozen in
Schuylkill, Carbon, Luzerne and Lacka-
wanna counties, in Pennsylvania, who
fear the effects of the recent strike and
the labor troubles ; and perhaps a score
in Saratoga, Otsego, Monroe and
Queens counties, in New York, where
the Prohibition movement is reported
stronger, and in New York city and
Brooklyn, where the labor movement
is more or less uncertain quantity
the replies are unfavorable. In very
few cases the report is that the party is
in at least no worse condition than foul
years ago.
The overwhelming testimony is or
the side of a marked improvement
The statements are to the effect thai
where, in 1884, personal ambitions were
pushed to the front and this and thai
hobby seeking to be aired at the ex.
pense of the party, today the one
thought is to regain lost power. Reptile:
by the hundreds say that Republicans
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24
THE ANTI-TREAT SOCIETY.
Fashion Sets Its Foot on an Old Custom
A New Move That VIII Greatly Help
the Temperance Cause.

New Move That VIII Greatly Help
the Temperance Cause.
New YORK, March 1S.-Perhaps in no
city in the world are the evils of the
American custom so pronounced as lii
New York. and nowhere is remedy
more needed. Young men and old from
every cline come here and locate. They
go in business, and, whether successful
or not, feel that d visit from au olt-of
Down friend implies compliment which
is worth the price of a glass of liquor.
Those whose acquaintance with out-of
town people is extensive, aud who are
themselves members of several clnbs,
tiud their digestive apparatus greatly
taxed by the system OF treating. Men
who would ordinarily oe sober are III
luced to get drunk for sociable coDsid
Ell tions, and ruin digestion for the sake
Of friendship. To no one cause is so
much respectable inebrietY due as the
fact that drinking and smoking are co..
sidered marks OF sociabillty.
But now the treat custom must go,
A nuinber of popular club members
and good fellows generally who have
looked upon the wine when il is red and
suffered indigestion in the interest of the
organization, TO be known IS the Anti
treat Club. This club, with headquar
tiers in a locality OF wealth and fashion,
has started coutaglon-if a healthy
improvement may be SO termed-wbich
promises to spread in every direction. lis
object is obvious. No member is allowed
TO pay for another mans drink or an
other mans cigar any more than he
would be allowed to settle the laundry
bill against friend. The object. as the
name implies, is to abolish absolutely, or
to at least arrest the evil effects OF the
great American treat idea.
To-day dozen of these gentlemen
walked ipJo a fashionable place up town.
Four out nt the twelve drank, and the
bartender laid down check for the four
drinks.
s'Give us four checks" said one of the
anti treat men, and each man settled for
his drink. That shows" said the Gus
toner, 1.-The good that's being done by
our association. II we were allowed to
treat, l doubt not that every mothers
son of us would have had to take twelve
drinks, or, at least, to pour i'll drink after
drink, until each man had treated. Every
time the dozen men met, it would be
dozen drinks for each member of the
crowd"
The barkeeper nodded, and said that
he believed that the Anti-treat Club
would do more injury to his business
than all the temperance harangues he
had ever heard.
The wholesome effect OF the new or
ganization is widespread. 1t has the
sanction of the all-powerful goddess of
fashion, and an army Of men, by nature
sober, and by habit enforced tipplers, are
looking forward confidently to the day
when the pernicious American system of
treating shall be abolished, and every
man will Clutch it," or not drink at ALL
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

vENHE object Of this suit is to procure a deere,
l. for tie sale of certain properly in Eeci
county, ii hi: tate. when mOrtgaged by
William NcMullin. late of said county. deceas ed
to Mary Y. McAITl'in.
The bill states that or abn1t the 10Th dav o
March. 1867. the said William McNuliin conveyed
| certain real estate, which is particularly Il"
scribed i'll said bill. INTO the said Nary A. Nc.
Muffin, by way Of mo-tg I@r to secure the pay.
ment OF the sum of two Thousand five hun
dred dollars which was then dGa and owing by
the said William McNulln to the said Mary A
McMullin with interest thereon:
That to secure unto the said Mary j. M"Nallin
the payment of u further Indebtedness On hi.
par. oil the sum OF two thousand two huuirct
and forty dollars. with interest thereon. the said
William MrMuliin on or about the l7th day Of
June, 1873. executed and delivered unto the 81 ID
Merry A. McMuIIin a second mortgage of tn,
aforesaid real estate;
That the seti mortgages have been assigned tC
the said Sarah Z Fisher the complainant:
That the whole OF the said sums Of $500 and
S224D. respectively together with a large part o
the interest accrued thereon remains due aut
owing 10 the said Sarah f. Fisher:
That the said Tohn 7. Harris Sarah Harris. hi.
wife, and George Harris non-reSidents.
1t is thereupon. this 18th day of March. 1855
ordered by the Circuit GGurt iur Cecil County. il
Equity. that the plaintiff by causing a copy o
this order to he inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in Cecil county in each OF four success
sve weeks before the 18th day OF April 1888 give no
tce to the said absent defendants OF the object and
substance OF this bill warning them To appear il
this court in person by solicitor or before The
25th day of July next to show cause. il any thel
have why decree ought not to he passed Il:
prayed.
JAMES A. DAVIS,
Test: JAMES A. DAVIS.
Meh24t4 Clerk.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

Few men of his time possessed in a
higher measure, what may be called
the genius of common sense than Pres
ident Garfield. 1t is pleasant to notice
that his widow also has her share of
this precious endowment and that she
can when occasion requires resent the
offensive tattlIng of newspaper and
social gossips. Recently the engage
ment of her daughter Miss Mollie Gar
field to Mr.. ]. Stanley Brown who was
her husbands private secretary has been
made the subject of comment unfavor
able to Mr.. Brown, the gossips going
so far as to assert, that Mrs. Garfield
had made trip to Europe for the ex-
press purpose of breaking the engage
ment.
In Justice to her future son in law,
she says:
"Now thatthe gossips have presumed
to put Mr.. Brown in such false posi-
ton. l deem it my duty TO have the
young folks announce their engagement
formally at once. Instead of opposing
the suit of MIR. Brown | have welcomed
it. I know how manly he is and how
worthy OF every confidence. | could
not trust my daughters fortunes to any
other that could make me happier. |
am deeply sorry that my trip has been
made the pretext for inficting embar-
rassment upon him. The only fault
that | can find with him is that he did
not promptly deny the offensive tale, as
he had every authority to do. Instead
of thus putting himself right, however,
he deemed that it would be unmanly
for him to enter into anything like a
dispute with the rumor distributors,
wherein the names OF ladies would have
somewhat to figure. He was pursued
by inquiries about the stories, but he
refused to discuss them, waiting pa
tiently for our return ; and even when
we are here he has continued to ignore
the reports, fearing that We might be
annoyed at the liberty taken with our
names. That was manliness, wasn'tit
Do you wonder that l am proud OF
such a prospective son-in-law, and in
sist on the formal announcement of the
engagement at once? ?"
MIR. Brown should in turn be proud
of the woman who shows such consid-
Grafton for him, and ought to become
conspicuous member of that rare
class OF benedlcts, who respect, honor,
and esteem their mothers-in- Flaw.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

in the district spoken ior are ready to
support anyone whose record as a man
and Republican is clean. Local feuds
have been buried. In Minnesota it is
said by many that Blaine's withdrawal
has improved the partys chances IS
per cent. The same report comes
from Kings and Queens counties in
New York, though the latter declare
they are ready to work might and main
for any man who can win. Pennsyl-
vania Republicans have long been
united, and Ohio and Indiana say they
were never in better shape.
In every county in all of the five
States evidences are forthcoming that
the party is already as wide awake, eight
months before the election, as it gener-
ally is in June, five months before cleo
ton.
Another feature is the willingness to
send unpledged delegations to Chicago.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

While a great many Baltimore beer
drinkers would doubtless like to get
their beer on crust" all of them must
now drink trust beer. After hight in
which beer was sold at one-half its
listed price, the brewers have formed a
trust Tor the maintenance of prices, and
have reorganized the Brewers and
Masters Association. They have
signed an iron clad agreement, and
have already accumulated pool Of
SIS, 900, which will be used to carry
out the object of the union if it be
comes necessary. The fund was raised
by each brewer or firm paying into the
general fund a tax of s. per barrel or
the amount OF his gross sales for the
month of January. This in some In
stances amounted to $4,000, and
violation of the agreement will torfel
this amount to the benefit of the aSSo
citation. Such crust termed poo
has existed in Philadelphia for some
| time
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

We know OF no social custom in this
country to which IS tEaceable the down
fall of SO many young men, as the
American custom of treating" Many
a good fellow, usually self-respectlng,
and respected, has gone into bar
room sober, and came out drunk, be-
cause he hadn't the moral courage to
resist the opportunities of friends, whose
invitations to drink he was pressed to
accept, and whose courtesles he felt in
honor bound to return. We therefore
notice with pleasure a movement in
New York to break down the custom
and can only pray God speed the day
when the bar-room itself, where SC
many promising young men fall easy
prey to this social custom, may like.
wise be broken up by the force of pub.
lie sentiment.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

When Leigh Hunt DETAINED the
memory of his dead friend and bene-
factor Lord Byron, their relative atti,
tudes were well described as those o.
the Giving puppy and the dead lion.
History repeats itself in the melan-
choly meanness of the attack OF the liv-
ing General Badeau upon the integrity
and manliness of his deceased patron
and friend General Grant. He claims
the literary authorship of Gen. Grants
book, and presents his widow an enor,
nous bill for services.
What vast gulf between Badeau':
preposterous pretensions now when the
great soldier is no longer here to speak
for himself, and the confessed truth
over Badeau'S own signature while
Grant was alive What language i:
there that can fully express the shame.
lessness of such man?
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24
The Ubiquitous SpreckeIs

Baltimore has several sugar refnerie:
standing idle, and plenty of unemployed
local capital Instead of her resident
coupon clippers putting their own
shoulders to the wheel and pulling the
city out of the conservative old fogy.
ism in whlchs he has stuck, like the
fabulous teamster, they cry out for the
ubiquitous Spreckels to drag them out
OF the hole. Why don't Spreckels come
to Baltimore has become stereotyped
conundrum there. "Spreckels is still in
New York."
Come Spre-Spreck-SpreckeIs; why
don't you come to Baltlmore2
Go! cruel Spreckels, go! After
awhile you'll have the children crying
for you.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

The defeat of the Amended Charter
Bill for Elkton ought to be matter O
regret with every one really interested
in the growth and advancement of the
town. While the property qualification
for municipal suffrage which it con.
tanned undoubtedly was with some the
subject of honest opposition, and whose
opinions we must respect; still it is nc
less the fact that the bill was defeated
by the miserable demagogism of petty
politicians.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

That legislative monstrosity, the
Legal Notice Doodle Bill. has passed
the Maryland House OF Delegates. In
other words the Legislature of Mary
land with shameless disregard of the
interests and rights of the people, pro-
poses to sanction bill solely in the in
terest of particular journal, owned by
Edwin Warfeld, a Maryland Demo
cratic politician and now Surveyor OF
the Port of Baltimore. 1t is in every
sense the worst kind of class legislation.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24
LEGISLATIVE NEWS,
Investigating the Big Printing Contra ct

The committee appointed to investi-
gate the account OF the state printer
submitted a report in reference to extra
work done. The account shows the extra
work done on account of the House to be
SS1425; extra work done on account of
the Senate, So, 254 81. The report states
that the item which has made the Senate
account so large and so out of proportion
to the House bill is ali item of 5000
copies of DIR. Chancellor's Health Report,
amounting to S11. 5j4 &c, the latter being
in addition to the 900 copies of said
report included in the printers contract.
The printers authority for this puSlica-
tion Is a direct order from the Senate
committee. His charge for the work is
according to his bid for extra work oi the
session. There Is a charge of 81, 900 / "
translatiug the Governors message in to
German. which the committee states is
included in the contract. Continuing
the committee says: I'VE also find sew
eral items amounting to Sl07. for binding
and stitching bills, which seem to be done
without authority, but which. the printer
says, became necessity from the size of
| the bills. There is also an item on account
of both houses amounting to Sl55 %
each for IA, 935 newspaper wrappers, 207
different kinds, which also appear to be
without authority. but which. the printer
| claims, to have come under the order pass
ed by the House directing him to furnish
each newspaper in the state with copy
OF the Journal. While not strictly within
their line of inquiry, your committee feel
| justified in stating that they have heard
that uncorrected copies of the journals
are being delivered to the librarian to
be bound. This matter should be ill.,
quired into and the public printer re-
qursted TO fulfill his contract before pay
ment is made"
Accompanying the report was an order,
| the passage of which was recommended
by the committee, and which was done,
requiring tn It the Joint Standing Com
I mittee appointed under section "a, of
article g. OF the Constitution, be and
they are hereby instructed to inquire into
all matters pertaining to the printing of
| the present session by the Geaerai AS
sembly, having especial reference to all
items for extra work and the condition
Of copies Of the journals delivered to the
state librarian to be bound.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

Baby Carriages. An interal
the wheel gear first. Only three
or four kinds. Question, try,
Thatpart is easily fixed. Bodies
next. What is mammals tasteo
Baby will be comfortable
enough in either. The parasol,
the ribbon, the lace cover, the
upholstery. Say what the cost
shall be. 1t rests with you, if
you please. Or you can select
all the parts and have a carri-
age put together to your mind,
from tires to top.
A strong, neat, comfortable
carriage, SO. More fancy work,
IS. Special carriages, ribboned,
parasoled and handsomely
tricked out, S12, $I4 5000.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market streets.
and City Hail square.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

A VALUABLE. FARM containing about goo
n ACRES. well fenced aud in good state OF
cultivation. An APPLE ORCHARD of 81 trees
in prime bearing condition. Over 100 ACRES OF
WOODLAND, containing ii ;t-class timber suit
able for shiphulding. telegraph poles railroad
ties. and other purposes. improvements consist
OF 2l%-STORY FRAME DIV ELLINti HOUSE.
containing rooms. GOOD BARN. GRANARG.
and other outbuidings. Excellent water. said
farm situated about five miles from North East
and ~. miles from Bay View. on the foTi TO Purt
Deros.I. Cecil county. NJ For tIrth- y plrticu,
lars apply to ChALkLEY GARRETT.
On the premises,
Or address w. IT, HARDING.
Baa Z. O.. Mont. Co.. Pa.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

All the Spring Hat styles
except the Henry Heath are in
sight. Boys Hats that will
stand hard use-boy use. You
don't often come across them;
soc to I.25. We sell mans
Derby at $50 or s., and no
complaints as to look or wear;
but the kinds we put our war
rant on begin at S2.5o. :,
stylish Derby, Philadelphia or
New York make, s., $3.50,
and 81. \ good Six Hat, 81,
the best we know of for the
money; for S. a bit more fancy
and finish; for 50 as much Hat
grace as need be.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24
The advocates of the whisky trat

The advocates Of the whisky traffic
in North East are indeed driven to
desperate straits when they resort to
tombstone tactics to swell petitions in
its favor. The act of forging the sigma
ture of a reputable citizen who fol
three years has reposed in his grave is
fully in keeping with other methods re-
Gently resorted to in other sections oil
the county. Such exposures as that
reported from North East are well cal
culated to increase the number oil
honest opponents of the traffic IN Cecil
county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

As the Legislature must adjourn al
midnight on April End, and the Con
stitution of the State forbids the intro
duction of new bills during the last ten
days OF the session except by unani
nous consent, some rapid work is tc
be looked for at Annapolis, if we are to
see any real fruits of the session.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-24

1t has been very pertine ntly said, that
a man who has no.extra legs to spare,
should never attempt to board rail-
road train while III motion. Wholesome
as the injunction is, it IS disregarded
every day in the week and in recent
case very nearly with serious results al
the Elkton depot.