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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12

The following resolutions offered by the
committee were unanimously adopted -
Resolved, In the administration OF Presi-
dent Mckinley we recognize wise, conser-
vative policy under which the country has
been blessed with unprecedented prosperity ;
we believe his eminent services are entitled
to and will receive the hearty approval OF
every American citizen.
ResolUed, We congratulate the Republican
party of the State OF Maryland upon the eco
nomical and businesslike administration Of
Governor Lowndes. AS the reforms that
were promised the people by the party in
1895, have been carried out by the Executive,
and all branches Of the State Government
have been placed on business basis there
fore be 1t
Resolred, That the delegates to the State
Convention on September 9th, be and are
hereby instructed to vote for the re-nomina-
tion OF the Hon. Lloyd Lowndes for Governor.
H. M. West, OF the Fifth district, and L. r..
Atkinson OF the Sixth district, were appoint
ed tellers, and the nomination of ticket was
proceeded with.
Frederick T. Haines, OF the Third district,
was nominated for States Attorney by accla-
nation.
W. W. Davis, Of the Seventh district, was
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
TEAMS COLLIDE.
Two Serious Driving AccidentS.-Horse
Killed In One Case,

A fine driving horse owned by Newton A.
Nlckle, OF Rowlandville, was instantly killed
on the road near Woodlawn on Sunday night,
by coming into collision with the team OF
Denny Brown, of Rising Sun. The shaft of
Mr.. Browns buggy penetrated the horses
breast causing death instantly Mr.. Browns
horse was slightly injured.
On the same night the teams of Frank
Kelly, OF Woodlawn, and Wes. Jackson,
also collided while going in opposite direc-
items. Mr.. Kelly's horse was badly injured
hy the shaft of the other team and which was
broken in the collision.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
Deaths.
CAPT. WILLIAM R0LPH.

Capt. William Rolph, prominent resident
OF the First district, died suddenly Friday
evening, last week, At his home at Reybod's
wharf, of paralysis Of the braiE, aged 60
years. He engaged in merchandising at
Frenchtown for several years, and ut the
time Of his death was agent for the Ericsson
Line at Reynolds wharf. A widow, four
sons and four daughters survive him. He
was a highly esteemed citizen. His funeral
took place on sunday iu st. Paul's NJ. E.
Church, near Ear"viile, the Rev j. A. Arters
officiating lnternrnt III church cemetery
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
Boy Accidentally Shot,

Two boys Stephen Marvel and Romeo
Abrahams were playing with a revolver at
Port Deposit, on Tuesday afternoon. They
were using 22-short cartridges in the pistol
as young Marvel threw his hand back over
his shoulder the weapon went Off. lodging
the ball in young Abrahams left leg. The
bullet was taken out by DIR. H. E. Clemson.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
Republican State Convention.

The Republican State Convention will be
held in Baltimore, on September 9Th. Cecil
has declared for Governor Lowndes, who
will undoubtedly be re-nominated by accla-
nation. Indications also point to the re-
nomination OF Comptroller Goldsborough,
and the nomination OF Hon. John V. L.
Findlay, Of Baltimore, for Attorney General.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
MRS. MARY E. WILEY.

Mrs. Mary +. Wiley. widow of the late
Wallace W. Wiley, and mother of Postmaster
Samuel T. Wiley, of Coora, died on Monday,
aged about 7S years. The funeral services
were held on Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock, and We're conducted by the Rev.
William Fit2-SImon, Of Zion Presbyterian
Church. The interment was in West Not
tinCham Cemetery. Three grandsons and
three nephews of the deceased were bearers.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
IntermentS.

The remains OF Mrs. Mary Jane Dempsey
were inferred at Oakwood on Monday, SER
vices being conducted in Bethesda Church by
the Rev. j. Earle Maloy. Mrs. Dempsey died
on Thursday. last week, at the home Of her
daughter Mrs. George Janney at East Not
tingham, Pa, aged 67 years.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
MRS. MARGARET A. BAIRD.

Mrs. Margaret A. Baird. wife of Robert
Baird, both formerly OF Cecil county, died at
her home in Warsaw, H., on July 30. She
was formerly Miss Margaret A. Brookings, OF
this county. She leaves beside her husband
eleven children. The remains were laid to
rest in Oakland Cemetery, Warsaw.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
WILLIAM H. TERRY,

William Terry, a well-known citizen Of the
Sixth district, died at his home near Colora
on Monday. The deceased was an uncle
OF Homard Terry, prominent Republican of
that district. The funeral was held on
Thursday, interment at West Nottingham.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12

The committee reported the following dele
gates rs regular -
First District-Thomas p. Jones, Jr, Israel
Gunkle, John W. Taylor, Sr., Charles H.
Bennett and Isaac Taylor.
Second District Walter Buckworth VIM.
G. Pyle, Charles A. Stevens Samuel Buck
worth and George Peterson.
Third District-Robert c. Thackery, Wm.
j. Smith, Joseph l.. Wells, Wm. H. Silk and
Thomas s, Miller.
Fourth District H. Drummond,
Henry H. McFadden, George Brown, George
7. Peterson and Wm. j. Taylor.
Fifth District-Edward c. Wilson, II. NJ.
West, Jethro Johnson, J. +. Shippers and
Wesley Logan.
Sixth Districts. d. Mccullough, J.. J.
Richards, l.. Il. Atkinson, r. B. Marshall and
j. Wayne Reynolds.
Seventh Distrct-F. NJ. Rawlings, |. W.
Burlin, George Cole, Harry Scott and W. F.
Taylor.
Eighth District-W, A. Montgomery, Ken.
nard Riley VIM. G. Riley, George ]. Boldly
and Vim. NJ. Berry.
Ninth District-Harry r. England, Harry
d. Trimble, Orian Taylor, George s. Mcvey
and Ross R. Smith.
committee on resolutions was then
named =
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
MRS GEORGE SINNERS.

Mrs. Annie SINNERS, wife of George Sim
mers, died suddenly on Monday at her home
near Aiken. Two infant children survive
her, beside her husband. The funeral SER
vices took place on Wednesday at St. Marks
Chapel Perryville.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12

Edward G. Wilson, legislative candidate, is
progressive young farmer of the Fifth dis
trict. who has always taken the greatest
interest in matters pertaining to the welfare
of the county. He is thirty years of age, and
the son of William J. Wilson, II large property
owner and prominent Republican. He was
one Of the organizers OF Riverview Council,
Jr. O. L. A. NJ, in Elk Neck, and has ever
been active in aiding every advancement of
his locality. Mr., Wilson is well educated,
posted in public matters, Of keen perceptive
powers, courteous in manner and dignled
in bearing and would make a most creditable
and useful legislator.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
Store Property Sold,

Walter Blackwell, Of North East bought at
public sale, in Elkton, on Tuesday, the store
property in North East owned by the late R.
L. Thomas The price was 5475 over claim
of $512 against the property. Mr.. Blackwell
is now engaged in merchandising at this
stand
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
Annninted To SchnnlS

Miss Mona e. Dean, of Elkton, has been
appointed teacher OF Hickory Grove public
school in the Sixth district, near Colora.
Miss Minnie Brickley has been appointed
assistant at the Rising Sun school,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS.

The Convention was called to order at
II o'clock, in the Elkton Opera House. by
William ]. Smith, chairman of the State Cen
tral Committee for the county, who made a
few pertinent remarks. stating that the
RepGbli Fan party in Cecil had more induce
ments and better incentive to nominate Il
strong ticket this year than ever in his recol-
lection. He referred to the grand and sue
cessful administrations of President Mckinley
and Governor Lowndes, and instanced the
fact that the Improvement in State govern
ment under the Republican administration
was recognized and would be endorsed by
the people in their support of Governor
Lowndes Upon his denomination.
J. Wayne Reynolds, OF the Sixth district.
was made Chairman, and Joseph L. Wells. OF
the Third district. Secretary.
The following committee on credentials
was chosen. each district delegation naming
its member =
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
COUNTY SURVEYOR
WILMER J. FALLS.
SKETCHES OF CANDIDATES.
FREDERICK r. HAISEs.

FREDERICK !. HAlSES.
Frederick T. Haines, the nominee for States
Attorney, is a promising and active young
member of the Elkton bar He is the son Of
L. NJ. Haines ESQ. one Ct this county's lead
ing Republicans and most prominent citizens
Mr.. Haines has had the benefit OF a most
thorough education. He graduated at Lehigh
University in the class OF 1895. He studied
law in the Office of his father whom he has
been actively assisting in his practice since
his admission to the bar. No better evidence
OF Mr.. Haines' character and loyalty as a
citizen can be cited than the fact OF his hav-
ing enlisted in the ranks Of Company E, OF
Elkton, when that organization marched
away for service in the late war with Spain,
and with which he served faithfully. He has
taken high rank among the younger members
of the bar and has already figured In a num-
ber of important cases, in which his conduct
proved oonclusively that his qualifications
are equal to meet any demands Of the office
which he now asks for at the hands of the
people of Cecil county.
WASHINGTON W. DAVIS.
The nomination OF Washington w. Davis,
OF the Seventh district. for the Office OF
County Treasurer, was at once recognized as
most fitting one, because of his long busi-
ness experience in mercantile life. He Is Il
frst-class accountant, thoroughly familiar
with both the theory and practical side of
bookkeeping. Personally he is affable and
recognized as man of very agreeable man
ner. During his life in this county, neither
his morals nor integrity have ever been as
sailed. He is a brother of the late James A.
Davis, with whom he was for many years
associated in business.
John W. RAGAN.
John W. Ragan, candidate for County Com
missioner, long term, is endowed with the
business qualifications that go to make up a
good commissioner. He has resided In the
county all his life and engages in farming in
the Eighth district. He is man of practical
ideas, energetic and thrifty, and would be a
hard worker for the county's interests.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12

The remains Of Eva NJ. Harman aged Is
years. were inferred at Bay View, this county
on Friday. She died in Wilmington on
Tuesday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12

faithful he would be a worker for good. Mr.
Senderling is prominent farmer of the
Fourth district, his home being near Lom-
bard. He is a man of high standing and an
active member of church. He is married
His record proves that he is eminently fitted
for the office to which he aspires.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12
GEORGE $. MryEY.

George S. McFey, legislative candidate, is
member Of a family whose name has long
been associated with Cecil county'5 best in
terests. A property owner and exemplary
and intelligent citizen give him the best quail
lleatioEs. His efforts at Annapolis would be
prompted by hut one motive to serve his
county well and faithfully. Mr.. McVey is 60
years OF age, and during his long residence
near Zion, he has ever been held in the high
est esteem ana regarded as one of Cecil's best
citizens. He is a successful farmer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-08-12

Wilmer j. Falls, candidate for County Sur
yryor, is a son Of j. ". Falls. ESQ Of the
Fifth district, and il identified in IA clerica!
and official capacity with several o! the i'm
portaut industries OF North East: His relab-
i!ity and skill u IA surveyor guarantee the
proper discharge OF the duties of the Office
should they be entrusted to him.
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lConttnued on Page 81
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COUNTY CONIMIsSIOSER-L TERM
JOHN W. RAGAN.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-04

II would not occur to many people
that voyage in one OF the small boats
which make trips round the ponds and
artificial lakes OF our public gardens
could be attended with horrors, but
that idea was firmly fixed in the
mind of small maiden of seven years
"Would You like a ride in one of
the boats, Marjorie?" asked the little
maids aunt, as they crossed the bridge
over the pond one day.
"No, indeed" said Marjorie, with
sudden shrinking. ~ couldn't bear
to see them throw the babies in! The
man says that's what he toes!' she
asserted with rising excitement, as
her auntlooked much rerplexed.
"Hear him! He's saying it now."
Her aunt listened, and of a truth
the mans statement, viewed from
Majorie's standpoint, was far from
reassuring.
''Take ride in the boat Hurry
up" he called out from the landing.
"Grown folks, ten cents, children,
half-price!' and then, with decep-
tive smile, lie added, "Babies thrown
in I"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-04
How State Dinner Guests Are Placed.


President and Mrs. Mckinley have
inaugurated dinner regime which
will make the White House as famous
socially as it was in the days of Dolly
Madison. The great corridor of the
executive mansion is now the state
dining room. The table placed in the
centre is Il most elaborate affair, forty
feet long. At this table about seventy
guests are usually seated. The ques-
tion of seats is one of paramount i'm
portance. Mrs. McKinley prefers to
sit at the right of the president. This
is an innovation and causes an entirely
new placing of the guests. The task
of seating the guests in their proper
place according to precedence de-
wolves upon Assistant Secretary Pru-
den. He has wooden model of the
table and uses pegs to represent the
guests. Each seat is numbered on
the model. When the list of the
guests is in Mr.. Pruden ascertains the
exact official standing of each person
invited and then begins his little
game til the pegs. Every man
must be placed according to his osli-
cial rank. His wife must occupy
seat corresponding in honor, and his
daughter must be plac 1t among the
daughters of those whose rank is
equal to his.
The president always carefully in
spects the wooden model and pegs,
and his approval must have been given
before the cards bearing the names OF
the guests are laid ut each plate.
New York World.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-04
ABOUT AMERICAN HOTELS.
One Man Who Travels All the Time Say
They Are Fairly Good.


81 have record of over 700 hotels
where l have stoppel," volunteered q
well known popular minstrel per-
former to Washington Star reporter,
(Which are scattered all over our
glorious country, from Maine to the
Rio Granle, and it is to be presumed
that | know something of hotel life
after having lived in them and in
hotels alone nine months ont of every
year for the last twenty-five years.
Besides the 700 and over have rec
ord of have stopped at some hotels
where / did not make record. At
many of the 700 1 have stopped from
ten to twenty times, generally from
one to six days each time. Now, what
am trying to get at is that those who
complain most of hotel life in this
country are those who know the least
about it. During three months of
each year I live at my own home
or at some friends home. come in
contact with misunderstanding
people like myself and associates-by
the thousands, and I hear what they
have to say about hotels aud hotel
life The professional traveller has no
kick, like the amateur or occasional
traveller; he knows enough to know
that lie is as rule better fed at even
the second-grade hotels than in the
ordinary private house-that il, he
has more to eat, if he desires, and a
larger selection TO choose from. As
far as the room is concerned, the
travelling man only has it to sleep in,
and, provided the bed is good, he
does not care q rap about the other
furniture or whether the room is
papered or whitewashed or not, so
that it is clean. In the minstrel bust
ness ballad singer is generally the
hardest man to please, and if we find
that he likes q place it suits all the
rest of the company. My opinion thai
the hotels feed we'll goes with them
all, north, south, east and west.
Now and then some are specially
good. The difficulty with the so.
called poor hotels is that the eaters
are bad; it is not the food. A poor
sleeper likewise makes very poor
bed. The ballad singers say this, and
what they say goes for all it is worth"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-04
What the Poet Moore Thou yht OF Doctors
Thomas Moore, wittest Of poets, wrote:
~ find the doctors and the sages
Have differed in all clines and ages
nd tyn In Nv

Doctors do disagree about your disease,
one physician telling you one thing and one
another but the reason for this Is plain. 1t
Is because you consult ordinary practition-
ers, whose time Is spent among their fever
patients. Such physicians have no experience
in chronic cases like yours. II you wish to
learn exactly what your complaint Is, by all
means consult skilled specialists physician
who makes the treatment OF nervous, chronic
and lingering diseases a special life work and
who therefore knows from vast experience
just what your trouble is and precisely how
to cure it. Why not, for instance, consult
DR.. Greene Of 81 Temple Place. Boston, Mass,
charge or cost either by calling or writing to
him. for he gives consultation and advice alb
solutey free. He makes this class Of disease
a specially, has seen and cured thousands Of
cases like yours; In fact, he has the largest
practice and greatest success In curing dis
eases Of any physician In the world. His
medicines also differ from those used by
other doctors, for he uses no r oisonOus drugs,
but cures his patients with harmless vege-
table medicines, which. because they act In
harmony with the laws Of life, are always
curative and strengthening. One OF his med
zeal discoveries. DR.. Greenes Nervura blood
and nerve remedy, Is used throughout the
civilized world and he has discovered no less
wonderful cures for all forms and conditions
OF disease. Why not consult him at once?
If you cannot call, write him all about your
complaints freely, fully and In perfect conf
dence. 1t will cost you nothing to learn ex-
actly what ais you, and his counsel and ad-
vice are sure to do you good.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

A rolling heart gathers but dross.
A bride tries to look as if she knows
more than she does; a bridegroom
less.
Not even a truthful looking glass
can convince vanity that it is not
beautiful.
At twenty q wife is sorry for her
husband; at twenty-five for herself; at
thirty for both.
The man who is disappointed in
himself is generally a lot too we'll
satisfied with other folke.
The bravest man is the husband
who doesn't envy the man who might
have married the woman he married.
No woman really appreciates new
dress unless she is sure some psrticu-
lar woman she knows can't afford to
get one like it.
If there were no weakness there
would be no decisions; if there were
no decisions there would be no i'm
posters.
When woman enters wedlook she
wonders how high it will elevate her
afterward she begins calculations on
how far it will drag her down.
When wife is more pleased with a
bunch of violets given with loving
word than she is with a sealskin
sacque, it is generally in book.
To be fascinating to young man a
woman must never admit that he is
not in love; to be fascinating to an old
man she must never admit that she is.
New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-04

On the island of Gualeloupe. French
West Indies, peculiar plant, called
the "life plant grows wild. II any
leaf be broken from the plant and
pinned by the stem to the wall of n
room, each of the angles between the
undulations of the leaf margin soon
throws out number of thin, thread
like roots. Next, tiny plant begins
to sprout, which in the course of two
or three weeks attains height of two
or more inches. When the original
leaf begins to shrivel, which may take
from six weeks to three months, the
mall plants may be cut out with scis-
sors and planted or the whole leaf
buried, when the young plants will
rapidly attain full size. When Guilt
waited the plant grows four feet tall
produces graceful red and yellow
flowers. Consul Ayme believes this
plant could be grown successfully as
a house plant, and certainly in any
ordinary greenhouse. Old and new
leaves sprout with about the same
readiness. New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-04
REPORTER HAD PROOF.
Convinced City Editor He Had Covered
His Assignment


When Lutte Nieman, editor OF the
Milwaukee journal, was reporter
on the Sentinel in 1880 or 1881, he
had the reputation, which was we'll
earned aud deserved, OF being the
most ambitious and most persistent
newsgatherer in the city This is illus.
trated by an incident occurring dur
ing his cub" days. Nieman was sent
ont ut II O'Clock at night to inter
view politician who was hard to APP
proach and harder to pump" even
under the most favorable circum-
stances. No one, not even the city
editor, expected Nieman to get an in
tervicw with the politician, but there
was one chance in thousand that he
would talk, so the trial was made.
Nieman knocked all the paint of the
front door and aroused the neighbors
for block in either direction, but the
I olitician and his family slumbered on
or pretended to.
Il made u lot OF noise at his house"
explained the young man when he re-
turned to the office, ''but it was no
use, he wouldn't get up
"Did You ring the bell?"
''Did l ling the bell! I should say
/ did. 1 pulled the knob hundred
times and wouldn't have stopped
when did If I'd had more strength. "
"Wel," said the city editor, Ego
back to Blanks house and pull that
knob again. Don't come back heie
without proof that you have made IL
good effort to arouse your man. We
must have talk with old Blank or
evidence that we have exhausted every
known means of getting at him"
Fifty minutes later Nieman saun-
tered into the city EDITORS room with
m old fashioned crockely bell knob
and placed it on the desk.
"There,' he said, sis proof that I've
done my duty. The lest of it is ON
the stairs and out in the street."
Nieman had brought everything but
the bell itself. When the wire was
warped mp it was found to be about
100 feet long.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-04
A Horrible Mistake,

The husband OF an acquaintance Of
mine had rather an odd experience the
other day in one of our large combiua-
ton stores.
He had stopped at the hat counter
to purchase little railroad cap, and
as he stood bareheaded awaiting the
right size an elderly lady approached
him and asked:
"Where is the silk Department."
To which he replied:
81 don't know, madam"
"Then why don't you know" asked
the elderly person sharply. Its your
business to know. What are You here
for. anyhow"
II took the liberty of coming here
to buy cap" was his meek rejoinder.
Then there was confusion and apollo.
gies galore.
"She TOOK me for floor walker, he
said later, land she wasn't far out of
the way, for walked the floor two
hours last night with our youngster."