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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02
OUR ELKTON FAIR.

We hope and expect to see the Thir-
.n;h Annual Fair Of the Cecil County
L,gricultural Society one of the largest
and best in its history.
"Oh" says an Old moss-back, "couaty
fairs have seen their best days, and
have degenerated into horse races
simple and unadulterated."
And that is just where moss-back is
mistaken.
While too expensive management
has resulted in financial embarrassment
and number of Fair Associations
have gone TO the wall, a number of
counties in Maryland still maintain
fairs just as successfully as when the
first one was held. We Can cite Balti-
more, Hartford, Montgomery. Fred,
erlck and Washington counties as
instances.
The county fair fails, when its
managers, ambitious to make it ga big"
thing, undertake to build State Fair
on county patronage.
This has been the case in the past
with the Elkton Fair. 1t was undoubt-
eddy the rival of State exhibition with
only county financial backing behind 1t.
Put on county basis as it is now,
1t is here to stay, because it affords the
farming classes of our own and ada
cent counties welcome yearly holi-
day and good time generally for the
rest Of mankind.
We cannot measure in dollars and
cents the benefits of competition stimu-
lated by past fairs, among the farmers
of Cecil, among its stock growers, its
fruit growers, its bread makers and its
bread winners. Its benefits have ex-
tended to every class of Cecil county
producers, and the best farmers, and
the best stock growers, and the best
bread makers and the best bread win.
ners, may yet learn much at the Elkton
Fair.
We don't pretend to say that the
fairs have not attendant evils, and that
experience there Is not sometimes
dearly paid for.
1t were strange indeed if it were
otherwise there, as it is everywhere
else in this world.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02
LOOK TO REGISTRATION.

We cali the attention Of our
reade. and particularly the candi
dates upon our ticket, to the fact that
the Registrars of Voters will sit on
September 18th, 10Th and Goth for
the registration of qualified voters,
and the correction and revision of the
registration lists. 1t is fact, that If
close canvass OF the Republican
voters OF the county were made,
there would be found a considerable
percentage OF them unregistered in
every district of the county. To
secure this vote at the coming cleo
ton. We earnestly urge the Republi-
cans in each district to take enough
interest in the matter to look up
these unregistered voters, and see
that they are properly registered.
1t is Of course 10 be reasonably
assumed that the local Candidates will
lead in this necessary work, but still
every individual Republican should
make 1t his especial business to look
up every unregistered voter in his
vicinity and see that he is registered.
Wherever there is Republican club,
a committee of active and vigilant
Republicans should be selected and
in the districts of the county, in
which there is 70 organized club,
such organization should be at once
begun, if the entire Republican vote
Of the county is to be brought out,
and without which the Republican
ticket cannot win.
1t is an old adage and true one,
that what is everybody's business is
nobody's business.
Hence the necessity of organiza-
ton.
No less important than the regis
tration of qualified voters, is the
purgation of the lists of the names of
disqualified voters.
Through carelsssness and inatten-
ton many names of disqualified
voters are carried upon the lists.
And the trouble is that the fact of
registration, establishes conclusive
evidence of the right TO vote. A
man may have removed out OF the
county with the positive intention of
permanently remaining away, yet if
through negligence or design, the
register fails to strike his name from
the list, ne can return on election
day and cast his vote. Judges Of
election are no longer vested with
judicial functions on election day, to
decide upon evidence presented
before them whether or not the man
asking to vote is a duly qualified
voter. If they have no reason
to doubt the identity OF the voter,
and his name is on the list they
must accept his ballot.
For this reason it can be seen how
much depends upon the register in
securing a fair election.
For this reason, and because the
time is limited in which this neces-
sary work can be done, we urge
upon Republicans the importance of
carefully examing and scrutinizing
closely the lists of their respective
districts.
Don't leave it to your neighbor
to do, organize and do so at once.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02
TO THE SLUM EDITOR OF
THE CECIL COUNTY
NEWS,

A three column diatribe, con
ceived in the choler of common
cur, livid in the livery of libelous
liar, besmeared all over with the
blatent bile OF bibulous blackguard,
and which no man other than a cur,
a liar and blackguard, would inflict
upon a decent community, is the
reply OF Mr.. c. c. Crother's per
sonal organ the Cecil County Meas.
to our impersonal defence of the
professional integrity OF Mr.. Haines,
the Republican Senatorial candidate
against Mr.. Crother's own unmanly
assault.
Whoever the author of this rare
specimen OF journalistic blackguar-
dism may be, whether reeklng with
the odor of Gloucester rum, or the
hacker or hummer of local bar
rooms, let him, and all of his kidney,
take notice right here and now, that
the editor of THE WING will not be
sweryed one iota from his indicated
line of argument in this campaign.
He is as defiant OF the dirt OF the
Meas, as he cherishes a wholesome
contempt for the political methods
of its master, and whether the writer
OF the article in question kennels on
the Big Elk or the Octoraro, he can
take his change at the counter OF the
WING in any currency he prefers.
We opened this campaign on the
Republican side in an honorable
spirit OF impersonalism, with no
desire TO overstep the limits Of fair
political discussion, or to do injustice
to any candidate on the Democratic
ticket.
Nor has the WING as yet in this
Campaign, contained a single line,
that affords even a pretence of justi-
hcatlon, for the scurrilous and scoun-
drelly attack upon it by Mr.. Croth-
er's subservient organ.
We shall certainly continue to
ventilate Mr.. Crother's record as
political manipulation and "boodle"
boss in Cecil, drawing his financial
sustenance indirectly from the de-
bauched patrons OF the rum saloons
of this county, and without fear or
favor will turn the electric light on his
dark tricks of political debauchery,
neither asking nor giving quarter.
As the master of the Meas, has
.nself set the pace of this campaign,
method that violates every
ION of journalistic decency, let the
led jade vince.
The editor of the WING is not an
ue in this campaign, but he will
vertheless be in it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02
TwINs-the saloon in Cecil and
Gloucester in New Jersey.

Among the incidents of childhood that
stand out ia bold relief, as our memory
reverts to the days when we were youHg,
none are more prominent than severe sick
ness. The young mother wildly remaI.l-
bers that it was Cham berlain's Cough
administers it to her own offspring and
always with the best results. For sale by
Druggists.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

GLOUCESTER is in New Jersey, but
strange to say it is trying to run the
politics of Cecil county, Maryland,
this year.
How do the honest. temperate,
law. abidlng people of this county
like the prospect?
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02
ENCOURAGING REPORTS.

Since the nomination of the Re-
publican ticket, the most encouraging
evidence of the public favor with
which it has been received, are every
where apparent. In every district
of the county the Republicans are
solidly united in its support, while
on the other hand, there is not one
district in the county, in which there
is not ample evidence of Democratic
disaffection and dissatisfaction largely
attributable to the unwholesome
methods employed to nominate it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

The vote en- the 10 to I ratio
amendment in the Lower House oil
Congress on Monday showed exactly
one half OF the Democrats in favor
of it, and eleven twelfths of the Re
publicans against. This represents
very accurately the proportion OF the
sound money sentiment to day in
both parties throughout the country
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

WHAT do the friends OF Mr.. Jere-
miah c. Price, Jr., think of the
Gloucester Meas, when it defames
the WING for not having abused him
as a Democratic Commissioner
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

For years we have been
passing out from one of the
leading mills OF this country
a grade of all wool plain and
mixed suitings that has be-
come famous all over the
United States.
Full 81 inches wide and
every fiber wool. Wonderful
how the loom men can sneak
cotton into a Dress Stuff
comb it into the wooden yarns
sometimes. But this manu-
facturer never lets any cotton
enter his door. And he
chooses the wool with jealous
care; fine wool, long fiber,
clean and bright.
One dollar a yard has been
the pest price we COuld make
on this Dress Stuff, no matter
how big the lot taken.
But now comes a pleasant
surprise, the price is
SEVENTY. FIVE CENTS.
And for the choicest line
of colors we ever had. Mainly
mixed effects, but there are
beautiful.
browns green's
navy blues garnets
plum black
In all 10 colorings.
IOHN WANAMAKER
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

A TICKET nominated by "Apathy"
is far better ticket than one made
by "Bribery''-although the Glouces
ter Meas doesn't think so.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

GLoUCEsTER-the echo of broken
hearts, the ruin Of promising lives,
the destruction of happy homes, the
synonym of woe and wretchedness-
has its hand at last on Cecil politics.
What are the good people of this
county going to do about it i!
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

A PERSON who spends large part
of his time, and a larger part OF
something else in the gambling hells
of Gloucester, ought to be careful
how he poses as an instructor of
morality.
Shall Gloucester records be venti-
lote5 ,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

WHAT does Mr.. Andrew Anderson
think of the Cyothers Ne7Ss, when 1t
defames the WHIG for not having
abused him as Democratic Com
missioner
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

WHAT does Mr.. A. J. H. Cameron
think Of the Gloucester Meas, when
it defames the Wing for not having
abused him as Democratic Com
missioner
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

THE name OF the next State Sena-
tor from Cecil is L. Marshall Haines.
His acceptance OF the nomination is
a fact, and his election will be
another fact.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

THE issue is at last we'll defined
The success of the Democratic ticket
in Cecil means the triumph of-the
Saloon and Gloucester.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

When poverty Oh political argu-
ment strikes the WING office, the
devil take it, if it descends to com
menting on the shirts and pantaloons
OF its opponents.
Heayen help US, "where are we
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

THE midget has wiiggled
up from below, and come again to
the surface Of Cecil politics.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

For pure, unadulterated vulgarity
and asslninity, commend us to the
Gloucester Meas.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02
OF its opponents.

THE WING doesn't run a dirty
shirt department in its political
shop.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02
The object OF its proprietor being to ma
>THE WHlE~

Prominently valuable for its Local as well as
General Intelligence, News Communications are
respectfully solicited irCm all sections OF the
County in addition to the weekly contributions
of its regular corps OF correspondents. Anony
nous communications will receive no attention,
the name OF the writer being required in all cases
as a guarantee OF good faith,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

Does the Gloucester Meas com
prehend
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

THE two leading supporters of the
Democratic ticket in Cecil this year
are-the Saloon and Gloucester.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

RTso sY W. II. mIoHAEl 4 SONS, GRAIN AND PROUD
COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 81 MoELoERRY's WHARF
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

y;3he must have known that it
q throw doubt upon Mr.. Cleve.
Intentions as a reformer, and be
a uding trouble and disgrace to
/ amlnlstration. 1t was he who
Il and derided every step in
of reform by the President
I o,rty. 1t was ne who seduced
a,crats of the Senate in the
against the force bill to vote
alver coinage in order to gain
80, of the Senators from the
soduclng States, although the
.ght have been fought and won
Yintforward means. This was
- ;. achievement as the Democ.
ac I.der of the Senate, and, as
nne man could foresee, it has
most prolific breeder of mis-
He has the ambition not only
/, the leader OF the Democratic
,r;tv in the Senate but to be the
or of the Democracy of the country
~ be nominated and elected
.dsnt OF the United Estates.
,e last National Convention he
,.red with a handful of henchmen
,,,earance not unirlendly to
sIapd, but eagerly watching for a
30 10 stab him in the back and
~ over his corpse into the place
adership.
NV he seems to be at his old game
The calamities under which
ountry is suffering urgently de-
a remedy. Public opinion with
lar unanimity points out what the
dy IS. President Cleveland
.btforwardly and convlncingly
,ses il. He periodically proclalms
he interests OF the country are
superior to any party interests,
considered alone. But
or German will not follow Pres
CIevi Glands lead. He wants to
e leader himself and in order t.
how)valuable he is to the party
,intains that a measure of relief
2und and proposed upon
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02

Advertising Rates:
Local matter Ten Cents line for single in
sertion.
Marriage and Death Notices inserted gratuit-
ously. Obituaries will be charged hall the usual
rate OF ransient local matter.
Transient rateS-Eieht cents line for one, and
four cents n line Tor every additional insertion.
One inch OF space counted as Twelve lines. one
column, Five Dollars per ineh one year Four
additional charge.
Thecircu lation OF The Wing being among the
most Intelligent classes OF Cecil county and the
and Delaware, the proprietor confidently recon-
mends it to business Men as most desirable
medium for remunerative advertising. To main.
offensive or Objectionable advertisements will be
admitted at any price.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02
OF THE PUBLIC
WELFARE.

OF THE PUBLIC
WELFARE.
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Mr.. Cleveland should be
reed by large contin-
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' o'ding the repeal OF
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should burn him in
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-02
School commissioners

HHE School Commissioners of Cecil
a county viii meet at their office, in Elktcn
for the transaction OF current school business ON
the SECOND TUESDAY in each and every
mon GEORGE BIDDLE,
Secretary.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-09

possible to keep the contents OF the tel
egram from becoming known, the re-
port was soon spread about the city
that the Dreadnaught had neither
reached Calcutta nor Singapore.
The Allaire family, so 1t seemed, was
about 10 be stricken with another cal
amity. a calamity that would reach
other San Diego families to which the
crew belonged.
About this time IL was that change
was made in the service of the cottage.
Without any apparent motive, Lew
Barker discharged the servant who had
been retained until now, and whose
work had not given any cause for COM
plant. The mulattress was now left
in sole charge of the domestic arrange
ments of the house.
At the end of June Andrew Hollister
received dispatch from Calcutta. The
maritime agencies had no news OF the
Dreadnaught's touching at any port OF
the course which she would be obliged
10 take in traversing the latitude OF the
PHILIPPINES, the Celebes, the Java sea
and the Indian ocean. Now, as II
was three months since this vessel had
left the port of San Diego, IL was but
fair TO assume that she had been lost
with every soul on board of her, either
through a collision or by shipwreck be-
fore she had reached Singapore.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-09

Therefore this dishonest man didn't
hesitate 10 take advantage OF his posi-
t,on as quardian and appropriate the
property of his ward and relative 10 ms
own use. Thanks TO these trust FUNDS
he was enabled TO secure q brief respite
and 10 launch new schemes not whit
less disreputable. Having once set loot
unon the highway which leads to crime.
lew Barker would IL necessary follow
Il 10 the end.
Moreover, the return of Capt. John
wa. now less and less TO be feared.
Week after week went by and Hollister
a. Co. received no news of the missing
ship. But how had she perished? opin-
ions differed but little, although IL
could be only a matter OF conjecture.
True Il was that since the sailing OF the
Dreadnaught several merchantmen
bound for the same port had necessarily
gone over the same coprse. Now, as
none of these had found any trace OF
her. there was nothing left but to ac-
cept the most reasonable hypothesis,
which was this: Overtaken oy one OF
those dangerous hurricanes, those IRE
sistible typhoons which often burst
upon the waters Of the Celebes, or Java
sea, the Dreadnaught had gone down
with every soul on board. On October
Is. 1875, IL would be seven months since
the Drcadnaught had sailed out OF the
port of San Diego, and the conclusion
was irresistible that she would never en-
ter it again.
Andrew Hollister looked upon it as
matter of duty to see that Mrs. Allaire,
now she was robbed of her mental fac
ulties, should have all her material ne
cessities well provided for. He was
aware that Capt. John had before his
departure set aside sum, based upon
an absence of six or seven months,
quite sufficient to cover all the expenses
of the house. But realizing now that
this provision must be pretty nearly
exhausted, and not being willing that
Molly should fall burden TO her rela'
tives, he resolved TO have an interview
with Lew BARRIER on this subject.
CONTINUED TOMORROW.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-09

CHATTER V--COHtttue"'
IL was a sail standing out sharp and
clear against the sky, as the suns rays
elothed IL with dazzling whiteness-
.Iook, Look" repeated Molly In
Zones so strange as TO seem scarcely 10
have fallen from human lips.
Kate's eyes followed her cousins
movements with startled look in them
md the mulattress with censuring
shake of the head reached quickly out
and laid hold of Molly's arm.
: "Come. comel" she cried.
Rnt the words didn't seem TO reach
Molly's ears.
"Come, dear Molly, come" pleaded
Kate. And with these words she tried
20 lead her away, to turn her gaze
away from that sail, hung like glisten-
yn0 white curtain on the far western
sky. Molly resisted.
sNo, nor she cried, pushing Nanny
aside with O startling vigor.
But this mental excitation ended sud
aenly. The sun passed under cloud
and the white and glistening vision
faded into nothingness. Once more
Molly's arms dropped listlessly by her
side, the vacant stare came back TO her
eyes and all consciousness OF the situa-
ton ceased. Then Kate took her by
the hand and she allowed herself to be
led quietly back to Prospect cottage.
From now ON, by Lew Barker's direc-
lions, Molly was not to be taken for q
walk outside of the villa grounds.
It was at this juncture that Andrew
Hollister decided to inform Capt. John
Of everything that had happened, the
mental alteration of Mrs. Allaire hav-
ing now taken on all the symptoms OF a
chronic disorder. II was not 10 Singapore
whence the Dreadnaught mus already
have sailed, after putting in there as
had been contemplated; it was to Cal
rutta that he cabled long message
which John would find upon reaching
that port In the Indies But, although
Mr.. Hollister had given up all hope
with regard to Molly, still, In the opin-
ion of the physicians, 1t was possi-
BILE that her mental condition might
undergo some change In the event
of her experiencing some violent shock
--as for example, the return of her bus
band and her coming suddenly face to
face with him. This chance, 1t is true,
was the only remaining one. and al
though its promise Of success was very
slight, Mr.. Hollister was unwilling that
IL should be neglected. Hence in his
dispatch to Capt. John, after conjurinl
him not TO give himself over TO despair
he directed HIM TO turn the command
of the Dreadnaught over to his frs
mate, Rod Shelton, and to return e
San Diego as quickly as possible. This
worthy man would not have stopped al
any sacrifice In order to have this last
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Many of Them Have Passed Away SUD
denly and without warning-"hat Is
Heart Disease or Apoplexy"- IL Not
Caused by Overwork or over indu'-
gence?