The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-11-04
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The social room OF the SingcrIy Fire
Company is being repainted and rcoarp"tcd.
Next Tue. day will tie election day. aud
all the public offices and National Banks will
be closed.
Tuesday night was hallowe'pn The
small boys We're out enjoying the occasion in
various ways.
Tho contributors to the Needle Work
Guild are requested to send all contributions
to tn" directors y November %.
A number Of farmers Of the upper dis
tricts have set 20 working to have the next
Farmers Institute held at Rising sun.
Tn" work on the improvements to Main
street Is rapidly being pushed and it is eX-
peete1 will be completed in another week.
Tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
contracted for tho building of one hundred
and fifty new locomotives during the coming
winter.
The horse driven by William Futty, of
Elk Neck. got on rampage on Saturday
nlrht ard smashed the buggy. Mr.. Futty
was not hurt
The Ladies Aid Society Of the Elkton
Presbyterian Church held an Autumn Social
at the home Of Mrs. c. Hal Johnson on
Fridpy night. 522 were cleared.
Ever EFT B. Wilson. formerly of Elkton,
has been promoted to chief OF the engineer
ing department of the New York division of
the Pennsylvania railroad, with headquarters
ut Jersey CITY.
An entertainment will be given in Cherry
Hill hall on Saturday evening, November IS.
by Ralph Bingham, the well-known enter
tainer. Proceeds for the benefit of Rock
Church. Admission rs cents.
Next Friday the forty-frst annual meet
Ing OF the Local Preachers and Exhorters
Asso citation, Of this the Wilmington Metho
dist Episcopal Conference, will begin at New
port, Del An Interesting program has been
arranged.
Tho condition Of William Prettyman, the
Wilmington football player who was injured
in game on Saturday, is critical. and the
doctors fear that he cannot recover. He is
the son of DR.. John S. Prettyman, of Milford,
Delaware.
Receipts for the schools that contributed
to the Lafayette Memorial Fund have been
received by Examiner George Bidde. They
may be had by calling at the School Commits
sioners Office. SiXty-cight schools OF the
county contributed to the fund.-
Mrs. Ewing, wife Of Rev. Fl. W. Ewing,
of Covington, Kentucky, formerly of the
Tome Memorial 1I. f. Church, Port Deposit
who has been very ill. is much improved and
is now on Il visit to her sister, Mrs. l.. s.
Murray IT, Wilmington, Del. Rev. Mr.. Ewing
will likely resign his pastorate in Kentucky.
and return East,
Rev 2. f. Terry began at the NJ. e.
Church last Sunday evening series of Sun
dav evening sermons on "Sin and It's Conse-
quences" The subject for tomorrow, Sun
day, Is The objectionable Sin He gave
an invitation 10 TIE public generally to como
AMI hr&~ tie entire series, especially desiring
the presauce of the unconverted part Of the
commanrg
Tin :, l@i convention of the EpN ORTIZ
League ri thy Edstou district which was
held at Ch-sttrtOwn, laet week, was very
pleasing ard profitable gathering. The
Kent Ncws.in speaking of the progam for
Wednesday "tternoon said ''The afternoon
program a.IanGed by Miss Leila n. Mccoy
of Ccrisa' Nd yi"e-pIesident of tie third
Or lite.ary Department, was gem. The
idea, ccrceiyed by this bGigbt girl was
unique end original. The key word % OF
the iitcnry h0ar was Think"
DIR. Alexander Lowber, Delaware,
Health Officer has returned from Middle
town, where he went to investigate Il report
that there had been au outbreak Of diphtheria
in the suburbs Of the town, among 4olored
people. lie found that one of the local ply
sicians h,i been called to attend Il case last
Friday and on Saturday the patient died and
wes buried. Secretary Low bar went down on
Sunday night and after reaching the town
learned chat a woman and four children had
been sent from Il house where ease had been
discovered to the pest-heuse ut Farnhurst
He gave orders to have all suspected houses
Amigd,,d and the occupants quarnntinoi
rAtil all danger should be past Tuesday morn
ing The doctor was informed that one OF the
four children sent to Farnhurst had died and
one of the others u critically ill, but the
others are likely 70 resoyer. 50 fnr as the
doctor knows, there is no danger Of Il spread
of the disease in Middetown If his orders are
carried out and he has every reason to be-
lieve they will be.