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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-17

Necessary to choice So
Upon taking the chair Mr. Rose made Il
short speech and Immediately appointed the
committees on credentials and permanent or
ganization and resolutions, John W. Falls,
ESD, of Cecil, being placed on the latter and
Mr.. Henry r. Torbert on the former.
The committees both withdrew to II meeting
room in hall opposite the rink, the conven-
tion itself being in the meanwhile awaiting the
reports entertained by speeches.
The committee on credentials after lively
session, having reported in favor of the seat
ing of the list OF delegates prepared by the
State Central Committee recommended Mr..
Rose as permanent chairman, which report
was approved by the convention.
Then nominations were in order. Mr..
David w. Sloan, of Allegany, was the first to
respond and he put Mr.. Lloyd Lowndes in
nomination. Mr.. Sloan did not mention Mr..
Lowndes's name until the last sentence. and
then then the crowd went wild.
Chairman Rose declared Lowndes unani-
mously nominated and the band played "Hail
to the Chief" Mr.. Wellington proposed three
cheers for Malster. which were given with a
Baker, which We're heartily given. In fact
the convention was turned into Republican
love feast.
Mr.. Geo. II. Gather, Jr.. nominated Harry
NJ Claba,lgh, of Carroll, for the Attorney
Generalship. H. II. Haines, of Cecil and
Herman b. Scott, Jr., of Washington county
both moved that the nomination be made by
acclamaton, and it was done.
Then Thomas Dawson, of Montgomery,
nominated Capt. John Mcdonald, of the same
county, for the comptrollership, but made
no speech.
A. L. Dryden, of Somerset. put l.. L. P.
Dennis in nomination.
W. c. Bradley, of Wicomico, nominated his
fellow. countain. Robert p. Graham, whose
nomination was seconded by s. Chase De
Kraft, of Dorchester, and A. A. Daub, of
Allegheny.
When the ballot was being taken Mcdonald S
name was withdrawn and the vote Of Mont
gomery was cast for Graham. The wicomico
man won and then his nomination was made
unanimous.
Mr.. H. H. Haines, president OF the Rising
Sun National Bank, was solicited by number
OF delegates to allow his name to be put in
nomination for Comptroller but refused.
DELEGATES AND ALTERNATEs FROM CECIL.
Cecil county was represented in the con-
vention by:
Deegates.--H. H. Haines, j. w. Falls,
Thomas Phones, Jr.. H. r. Torbert
Aternates.-J. E. Crothers, John Crothers,
Amos Martindale, G. L. Lightfoot, Jesse
Hambleton, Harry Hambleton, Webster
White, Alfred Cameron, William Hambleton,
DR.. G. Underwood, Kinsey Matthews. s. J..
Reeder, w. Scott Price, l. II. Dean, s. D..
Mccullough, John l.. Moore Edward Wilson
Charles W. Biddle Harry West, William
Butter, Thomas G. McCracken. John Z. Will
son, Joseph L, Wells, William ]. Smith,
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RISING SUN ITEMS.


RISING SUN, Aug. II, 1895.
Base ball is all the rage in our town at the
present time, the attendance at the games
is larger than ever before.
Mr.. W. X. Birds horse attached to his mill
wagon, got loose from the post at Mr.. E. II.
Buffington's store on Wednesday morning
and ran off. However it struck the corner of
the church and became unloosened from tho
wagon and was caught before any further
damage was done.
Mr.. James L. Richards of the Pennsylvania
Railroad was In town on Saturday, accom-.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-17

The Oxford team visited the Rising Sun
club and played them game of base ball on
last Wednesday. The score was: Oxford,
49, Rising Sun, 3. The Oxford boys expected
a lot fun, but when they saw the score stood
. to in favor Of the home club at the close
OF the first inning they had to make up. The
game was lost in the second inning when the
sun boys allowed them to score four run
after II chaDce had been offered to retire the
side without Il run. The home club out
batted the visitors and but for loose leldng
and errors would have won easily. The
clubs play their third game on Saturday and
Il close game is expected.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-17
Notice to Republicans.

The Republicans OF the Third District are
requested to meet at the office of Henry NJ.
Mccullough, Esq, in Elkton, on Saturday
evening next, August 81, at eight p. M, for
the purpose OF organizing a Lowndes Cam
paign club.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-17

all the events, as follows:
Mems Doubles b. Kendall, Jr., and NJ.
l.. Mccullough, Oxford, beat, 7. C. Bond,
Jr, and Philip Bond, Port Deposit, 6 0, 4 &,
O..
Ladies' Singes-Miss Hannah Ewing,
Oxford, beat Laura Noyes, Port Depot, 4-6,
IS, 60. Miss Ewing was overcome by the
heat, but revived and won.
Mems Singles-Mr. Mccullough beat T. C.
Bond Jr.. 6 4, ll9.
The Elkton Tennis Club will give a tennis
tea next Friday afternoon. A cordial invita-
tion is given to the friends of the club.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-17
SKETCHES OF THE CANDIDATES.
HON. LLOYD LOWNDES,

Hon. Lloyd Lowndes, the subject of this
sketch, was born in Clarksburg, February 81,
1S45 He laid the foundation of his early
education at the academy in his native town
In early life he developed those qualities OF
mind and characte er which have since given
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-17

Walter Buckwith, Robert L. Christie, L. T.
Logan.
The Cecil contingent together with Malster
delegates and supporters from Baltimore and
other counties went to Cambridge on the
steamer Enoch Pratt leaving Baltimore ON
Wednesday afternoon.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-17

The ElktOn colored base ball
club played in Havre de Grace on
Tuesday and was defeated by the
club of that place; score, 80 to %.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-17
Base Ball Hits.

The Townsend base ball club
came to Elkton, on Saturday last
and defeated the Juniors by the
score of II to 5. The visitors piled
up l3 runs in the first two innings.
The winning battery was: Strad-
ley and Lattamus. Freeman.
Carroll and Green were the Junior
battery.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-17
Tennis.

The Country Tennis
Club of Port Deposit,
visited Oxford, on
Thursday afternoon of
last week. and engaged
in Il tournament with
the club of that place.
The oxford club won
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-17
THE PLATFORM.

The platform adopted by the convention is
as follows:
The Republicans of Maryland in convention
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-17
Sailing.

John II. Gallaher,
Elmer Hinson, John
Morgan and William
Deyore spent several
days camping and sail
ing on the Elk river
this week.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-17

G.. Constable left Ellston on Monday for
cruise down the bay.
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Y

w. H. May. Jr.. III.
d. Litzenberg and John
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-12-25

less extent by the freeze, and these sec
lions may suffer in years to come. Adj
hitting that they would always be ex-
empt from killing frost, the area repre-
sented by the favored localities is too
limited; they could not produce suffi-
cient quantity of fruit to supply the de-
mand.
But after all, the question is twill it
pay the growers not located In these
'frostless regions to take the precaution
to bank their trees as a protection against
freezes?" Our opinion is that they will
be justified in doing anything at this
time that will reduce the chances of
their trees being frozen again. Orange
trees or sprouts, are just now in an alb
normal condition. The greater portion
of the growth made since the freeze, was
put on during the latter months of sum-
mer, and consequently they have not
hardened up and are very full of sap. With
this condition existing it will not take a
very severe frost to nip them back and
perhaps ruin forever the growers pros
poets. We admit that where it was nee
essary to bank the trees every year as
protection against frost, orange growing
had better be abandoned for some other
occupation. Just now, however, we
think it necessary and wise to give the
sprouts all of the protection possible. If
these sprouts can be made to live
through the winter, they will be in a
different condition by the next season.
Tie wood will have had time to harden
and will be able to withstand very
much greater degree of cold than they
will this winter.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-12-25
THE FLORIDIAN'S DUTY.

We wish to impress upon our readers
the Importance of keeping their fellow
readers and laborers posted by commu-
nications to the AGRICULTURIsT of their
movements in the matter of cultivating
crops. A man may think that 1t is no
ones business what he grows and how he
grows it; he may even take selfish view
of the situation and reason that he has
made success of certain crop by a
certain method and that his neighbor
should not profit by his labor and ex-
pertinent. OF course this is all wrong.
1t is duty we owe ourselves and our
country to do everything that will in.
crease it's prosperity and the well being
of her people, and we think that nothing
will so tend TO this end as free dis
cussion through our columns of the
methods pursued in the cultivation of
crops and the development of new in
dustries.
It quite often happens that man will
experiment for months with certain
crop; he will spend both time and money
to prove or disprove his theories, and
the result may be that his theories are
disproveG and that the methods he pur-
sued did not produce satisfactory re.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-12-25
BANKING TREES.

The suggestion has been made by
some of our horticulturists that it will
not pay to bank orange trees as a protec-
ton against cold. They contend that
in sections where it is necessary to follow
this plan orange culture would not be
made profitable, and that the better
plan would be to abandon the trees en-
tirely, and give up orange culture, or
move to a section where banking would
be unnecessary.
We cannot subscribe to this theory.
In the first place it was demonstrated
by the freeze of last winter that it would
be impossible to follow the last recon-
mendstion, if the grower wishes to con-
tinue the business of orange culture in
Florida. There was only small section
of the orange producing region of the
State chat did not suffer to a greater or
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-12-25
CHRISTMAS.
1t is Christmas.

LII IS OQrISbQhS.
Unnumbered millions of eyes brighten
and pulses quicken at the inspiring
word. Homes and hearts that have
been bright and happy during the year
now closing will be brighter and happier
still during The Joyous season. Homes
where the sunlight Of happiness has
entered only at fitful moments through
the ''chincks" in the walls Of misery,
poverty and sickness will gather to
themselves at least a modicum of pleas
ure and happiness from REFLECTED light
if nothing else.
Where the snow incrusted spruce in
the tar-ef North stands as silent sem
tinels, to the fragrant rose bush in our
own southland, it is Christmas. The
simple word tells the story. "Christ-
mas" We all know what it means
and the event it commentaries.
We know that since the first Christmas
twenty centuries agone it has been the
acknowledged duty OF the world to maze
tie world better; the chief aim of man
to make man happier; the object of the
good to make the good better and to
follow as near as possible in the foot
steps of the divine teacher who brought
with Him ''peace on earth, good will
to men,"
Happiness, no ever,is the chief aim of
man and the study of'the question is most
fitting for this day. Happiness can best
be secured by giving happiness-by max
ing others happy, and we trust that our
readers have long ago learned this lesson,
and that to day they are making them
selves most supremacy happy by giving
happiness to others. The matter is not
difficult one, and to those who have
learned the lesson and are today doing
their duty, as we'll as to all others (if
there are any such) we extend heart
felt wish for
| Merry Christmas.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-12-25
Is 1T WAR?

The presidents message to congress on
the Venezuela matter has won the hearty
approval of every true American, and it
is most gratifying to note that when a
vital point in our national pride is
touched, party lines disappear and our
people stand together as one man, will
ing to fight or do anything else he may
be called on to do for the honor and we'll
being of his country. If President
Cleveland's message has done nothing
else, it has at least shown to the world
that the people of this nation are still
patriots, as well as democrats and re-
publicans, and that they will guard with
their life's blood, if necessary, the honor
of the republic. Europeans have fallen
into the mistaken idea that our nation is
divided into two nearly equal parts-one
part being occupied by republicans and
the other by democrats. If the occasion
presents itself they will be taught the
fallacy of their idea.
A war between Great Britain and the
United States, the two most highly civil
lized nations on earth, is fearful to con-
template, and we decline to think that
this will be the eventuality of the pend
ing dispute. We had hoped that the
days of bloody wars had passed and that
in the peaceful and more equitable
courts of arbitration our International
disputes would be settled. We still
hope that such is the case. Our nation
has certainly done it's part to bring
about settlement in this manner: we
have proposed arbitration, and our prop
osition has been as ptuouslY de-
clined as the rules of diplomacy will per-
nit; in return we have given practi.
Cal ultim alum that is the boundary
question will be inquired into by COM
mission-and we will uphold the Monroe
doctrine which England approves or
disap proves as her interests dictate, at
any cost. We do not want war, but if
we must choose between war and a dis
honorable back down from the princi-
pies upon which rests the very founda-
tion blocks of our government--England
! must make the best of it that she can.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-12-25
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1895
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FARM. GROVE AND GARDEN-Diversi-
fying-Curing Meat etc; Sweet Potato
Culture No. 2; A Big Orange Enterprise; S17
Cuban Tobacco Prospectors; Serm on;
Smooth Cayenne Pineapples;A Good Idea S1S
An Experts Opinion; Agricultural Re-
The Rubber Tree in Florida; Fertilizng
Peanuts; Why? Why? The Useful Banana 82O
An Interesting Exhibit; Let Orange
Growers Make Brandy. ...................... S21
Increasing Lemon Consumption; Immi-
grafton. S22
FLORAL DEPARTMENT - The Mistletoe,
(poetry); Christmas Greens; Au Revoir;
Floral Notes and Suggestions ............. S23
EDITORIAL - Editorial Chat; Christmas:
The Floridian's Duty; Banking Trees; Is
it War? ..................... S24
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT - He Gives
Thanks, (poetry); A Christmas Goose. -. 1926
POULTRY DEPARTMENT-Falla About
Cost of Egg Production; Value OF the
American Hen: Diptheria, Roup. etc.;
Beginning With an Incubator; To Set
Broken Legs. ...................... -....... o2|
LITERATURE-An Episode..."............... 82s
PUZZLER. ...................... $50
FL ORIDIANA........ SSl
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what is generally called failure. But
it was not failure. 1t proved, tits
true, that the experimenter's ideas were
at fault, but at the same time he doubt
less learned to correct Them the coming
year. Besides this if he will devote a
little time in the preparation of COM
munication to our paper, explaining his
plans and methods, he may save others
from the same mistake. This certainly
will not be failure.
Just now, when the people of Florida,
are largely devoting their time to the
matter of growing new products, and in
the cultivation of crops with which they
have had no experience, full, free and
con- inued discussion of the matter will
be of the greatest benefit to every soil
tiller. Although Florida is an old State
in some respects, in others it is the new
est of the new. This is especially true
in agricultural matters. General agri-
culture has received but little If any at
tention in the southern section of the
State. Until a very few years ago this
section was an almost uninhabited re-
gion. When the tide of immigration
set this way, it came not in driblets, but
in great volumes. The population in
creased with great rapidity-lt was the
wonder of the world. But the people
came with a single idea-they wanted
orange groves, and they wanted and
would have nothing else. General agrl.
culture was totally neglected, and an Or
ange grower with even kitchen garden
was curiosity. The people talked
about oranges and orange groves. they
dreamed of chem and thought of them.
If they studied about anything at all it
was orange groves and ranges. It was a
fever, disease that was only abated by
the cold of last winter. During the
continuance of this fever, people thought
of no other crop, and when the neces
sitY of giving their attention to some
thing else presented itself, they were en-
tirely at sea; they did not know what
could be grown here or how to grow it:
they would hardly have been eligible to
enter kindergarten class of agricult-
ure.
We are just now making a start, and
it is new one. We are doing the best
we can with the experience behind us
and with the little knowledge we have.
tits the duty of every man to help along
with the work. If you will tell your
neighbor something about the cultiva-
ton of a certain crop, the chances are
that he will reciprocate by telling you
something about another. Thus will
the good work keep up.
Send us in your communications. The
facts you have to tell may seem in
significant to you, but they will certainly
benefit someone, and at any rate you
will have consciousness of having done
the best you could to help along your
struggling fellow laborer.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-12-25
EDITORIAL CHAT.

WARS and rumors of war will not dis.
turb the equanimity of the Florida farmer. He
will go ahead with his work of developing the
resources OF the country and making discoveries
in reference to the possible products of the SOIL
~
By much-regretted oversight the
credit was omitted from the article published in
the AGR1CULTURIsT of two weeks ago on the
Spanish Moss industry in the South. This arti-
Gle should have been credited to that excellent
publication, The American Agriculturist-Sou
ern edition.
1t almost seems that tobacco will fill
the place in minds of the South FL oridian, FORM
erly occupied by the orange. At least this is apt
to be the case for the next few years until the
ange trees commence to bear again. The talk
everywhere is now of tobacco, and everything
written or said about the weed is eagerly read,
listened to and considered.
x*w
THE year book of the Florida State
Horticultural Society is now out OF press and
is being delivered to members OF the Society.
1t is q N ost valuable publication for the fruit
grower, and the man who expects to make a
success OF horticulture in Florida cannot afford
to be without it. Those who are not members
OF the Society can procure copies by .remitting
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81 to the Seer etary, Mr.. A. H. Manville, at Glen
StMary.
IT seems too bad that the Florida


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1T seems too bad that the Florida
farmer cannot find a more profitable market or
use for his sweet potatoes. The past seas on mil
lions of bushels OF the tubers have been raised
and are now safely housed, and the question
that is bothering the grower is what to DO with
them. II the potatoes could be sold for twenty
cents a bushel the people could make money rails
ing them, but the market appears to be limited
and consequently glutted Some way OF utiliz :
ing the crop at home must be discovered.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-04-18
OPINION.

A painting by Meissonier was bought
by Henry Hilton for over $4,000.
Now the value for use of it is almost
nothing, but opinion among art judges
gives it an intrinsic value to that
monstrous extent. Values of dia-
monds, gold, ETC., for use are quite
small, although of late years the uses
of gold and diamonds have greatly in
creased. Yet the values called intrin-
sic are merely created by opinion, ex-
cept that which the law fixes on gold
as legal tender. There are some met
ais more valuable than gold for their
uses alone, owing to scarcity. Speak
ing of intrinsic value, there is no such
thing aside from opinion. Were
opinion to denounce even the most
useful article as worthless its value
would fall to nothing. Opinion, right
or wrong, makes all such values,
strictly speaking. In fact there is
nothing SO potent as opinion.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-04-18
BL00D-FREEZING CRIME
Beautiful Young Girl
Murdered.
Her Supposed Lover Is
Suspected.
The Crime Is Committed in a Church
Suspicious Death in Seattle
Crime Calendar Generally

SAN FRANCESCA. April ia
horrible crime was unearthed today
at the Emanuel Baptist church in this
city. One of the Sunday school
teachers with her scholars entering the
church to arrange Easter decorations
fully mutilated in the pastors study
adjoining the main auditorium. Her
clothing was torn and diSheveled, and
she had evidently been outraged be-
fore she was killed, or else her mur-
der was the result of chagrin and rage
upon the part of her baff1ed assailant.
Her frail body was covered with
blood and wounds The walls of the
study were bespattered with her blood
and there was large pool under the
table near her feet. There was a
big cash across he forehead, from
which had flowed blood filling her
eyes. She was stabbed in each breast
and over the heart was a flesh wound
in which was sticking a broken blade.
The body was subsequently, identi-
fed as that of Minnie Williams, a do
nestle residing in Alameda. She was
about 1S years old and remarkably
pretty. She left her employers resi-
dence in Alameda yesterday afternoon
at 4 o'clock to attend a festival in the
church last evening, to remain all
night with friends and assist in the
decorations today. She wore her best
frock, and carried an older dress to
wear while working in the church.
When the entertainment closed last
evening she was presumed to have en-
tered the closet adjoining the study to
change her attire. The sexton, be-
lieving everyone had gone, turned out
the lights and left the church. The girl
had an excellent reputa ton. She had
two male friends, dental student
whom she had not seen lately. and
dental student whom she once said had
inSulted her and whom her friends sus-
pect of the murder. This student,
whose name is Durant, wrote her yes
terday, asking her to meet him in San
Francisco last night. Both Miss Will
Jams and Durant were at the festival.
No one saw either of them leave the
church at its conclusion.