The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-11-26
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.

Mrs. JOnn M. ucket Is visiting lrleDuS III
Baltimore.
Miss Mollie H. Ash is visiting Wilmington,
| Del. friends.
Miss Emma Lewis is visiting relatives in
| Camden, NJ
D. NJ. Rittenhouse, of Zion, was an Elkton
visitor on Tuesday.
Miss Harriet A. Bolen is on II visit to
friends in Wilmington.
Miss Mile Kerr, of Lewisville Pa, is the
guest Of Mrs Emma Hughes.
Mrs. Joseph Bedwell of Banks, has been
spending II week in Baltimore.
Benjamin Mccartney, of Philadelphia, is
visiting w. S. Carhart at Pleasant HILL
Mise Katherine Constable is being enter
tanned by Miss Black, at New Castle. Del.
Miss Elsie Black of New Castle, was the
guest of Elkton relatives several days this
week.
Mrs. Manly Drennen is spending Thanks
giving week in Milford, Del, with her sister,
Mrs William Marshall.
NIL anu MIS-. Wesley 1aiulltoH' VI Leslle,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Arrison, near
North East on Sunday
Miss Margaret McCauley has returned from
the West, and is now visiting her sister, Mrs.
Frank 7. Whitney in Elkton.
Mrs. James Raston and Mrs. Jesse Bedwell
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Bed
well. at "Sandy HILL" Elk Neck.
The engagement of Miss Edna Cazier. OF
Kirkwood, who has many friends here. to
Mr.. William Gilmore, of Philadelphia. has
been announced.
Mrs. A. G. Shippers, of Colora, has been in
vited to be one of the speakers at the Equal
Suffrage Convention to be held in Baltimore
on December 5th.
Charles b. Finley, Jr., Of Princeton Univer-
sity, and John b. Evars, Of the University of
Maryland, spent Thanksgiving with their
parents in Elkton.
Captain John Schouler, L. S n, brother
of Rev, VIM. Schouler, of Elkton, is mem
her of the board Of inquiry appointed to in
vestigate the abandonment of the warship
Maria Teresa
j. Melville Arthur, member of last years
graduating class OF the Tome Institute this
county, won the Dare prize of 1875 for the
highest average in entrance examination ut
Dickinson College.
Mr. and Mrs. C. NJ. Cbilds gave a dinner
Thanksgiving, in honor CT Mr. and Mrs. John
Swisher of Philadelphia. Among those pre-
sent were Mr.. and Mrs. Al Ezekiel and son
Stanley, Mrs. L. j. Warner and daughter
Fannie. Mr.. NJ. A. Pennypacker, Mr. Tom
Cheyn"v. Mr.. Arthur Swisher, of Phiade!-
phia; Mr. and Mrs. Warren Z"rr and daugh-
ter Mari ,rie, Mr.. Bert Townsend and Mr..
Stanley Grcr. OF Oxford; Mrs. r. r. Swisher,
of Rowlandville; Mr.. and Mrs. p. J. Childs,
of Baltimore; Miss Helen Gipin, of Elkton ;
and Mr. Walter Childs, of Elsmere.
The following reference was made to Il
venerable and beloved Elktonian by the Will
mington Republican on Tuesday evening;
| "Rev. Ben jamn f. Price who now resides in
| Elkton, visited friends in our city a few days
ago He is in mis- eghty-fourth year. is en-
joying very good health, and is quite active
Although IN the superannuated list he occa
sionally breaches. and feels great deal OF
| interest in the revivals OF the different
Methodist Churches. Mr.. Price was born
near Harmony Mill, in Mill Greek Hundred
and narrowly escaped being christened
Napoleon, as some Of his relatives had taker
a fancy to that name. His father objected
and it was only through his influence that he
was called Benjamin Franklin. The name
however, would not have rendered his lif,
less useful as not all persons named Napoleon
are warriors any more than all named Frank
lin are philosophers. Mrs. Price Is also well
husband"
The Ord Quiz a weekly published a
Ord, Valley county. Nebraska, in recen
issue thus speaks of Thomas l.. Hall, Esq.
Il Cecil county boy now located there: "Th,
science of law as a study and the practica
application of its principles to tho variou
business affairs Of life demand of the mem
bers of the legal profession the highest facul
ties possessed by man. In this connection
we would here refer among our leading at
torneys to Mr.. Thomas l.. Hall. This gentle
man is II fine type of the vigorous highminded
conscientious practitioner and he has man.
important legal, decisions to his credit. H,
l. Marylander but has been located here
since 1893 and his record has been such tina
any man might well be proud Of. He ha!
one of the best equipped and most handsome
ly fitted up.ofllces in the State and his law
library is well selected and extensive and by
far the largest here. He is an ever jealous
and efficient city attorney for despite the
actions of busy professional life he does hi.
full part as a public spirited citizen. Mr.
Hall is the. attorney for Nebraska Of tina
great financial concern, the Burnell & Enc
Investment Co., Of Philadelphia, and is also
the local legal representative of the reorgan
lied Union Pacific system. His wife, Mrs
Kate NJ. Hall, a lady of refinement and cuI
ture, is practical lawyer and an expert
stenographer, and in the detail of Office worA
or casesi.she is Il most valuable assistant.
Mr. Hall is the son of Elihu b. Hall, wei
known in Bay View, this county, where he