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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-03-17
DELEGATION TO wAsnISGroN.

DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON.
On Wednesday delegation of citizens in
cluding W. H. Mackan. John S. Writ, DR..
John II. lamar, George B, Kerfoot, Henry K,
Torbert, George II. Ash, William d. Bratton,
j NJ Tucker, j. NJ. Post, H. NJ. Mccullough,
Geo. McQuilkin, Edw. Deibert, L. NJ. Hanes,
Charles b. Finley, William T. Warburton and
VIM. S. Evans joined Congressman VIM. B.
Baker at Washington, and appeared before
the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors.
The needs in the case were ably set forth by
the delegation who pointed out the loss to
Elkton from this practically unnayigable con-
dltion Of the river. short addresses being
made by Messrs. Writ. Evans. Torbert
and Congress man Baker. The House Com
mittee received them most attentively being
already familiar with the condition of the
river from II recent report made by Govern
ment engineer, who recommended that the
dredging be done.
Congressman Burton, of Ohio, Chairman
of the Committee stated to the delegation.
that he had no doubt but that the appropria
tion would be promptly forthcoming at the
next session of Congress.
The delegation called upon the Maryland
representatives in Washington, whose CO.
operation with Congressman Baker in advC-
cation of the interests of Elkton and tho Elk
River was heartily assured. Mr.. Mackall
entertained the delegation at dinner at the
Metropolitan hotel, on behalf of the Scott
Fertilizer Company Of Elkton.
FAVORABLE REPORT.
The Government engineers report is as
follows:
The work of constructing new wharf
Sassafras River, for the Colchester Steam
boat Company, will soon be commenced.
During the past week j. Robert Wilson
has been getting the lumber, etc, together
so that the work can be pushed ahead as
fast as possible. The company expects to
do big business in that section this year.
Big peach and pear crops are very prom
Using this coming season, which means y
big freight business for the steamboats,.
The Rev. J. j. Huston, pastor OF the
United Presbyterian Church, Wilmington,
Del, has returned from trip to Belle
Centre Ohio, where he went at the request
of Robert Young saloon-keeper, who had
been shot and was dying While stationed
at Belle Centre, Mr.. Huston had made a
crusade on saloons, and Young had fought
him hardest When he was dying he de-
sired to ask the pardon of the minister,
and Mr.. Huston made trip OF 1900 miles
to grant the mans request.
The steamer "Susquehanna," OF the
Port Deposit and Havre de Grace Steam
boat Company began her regular trips
between Port Deposit, Havre de Grace
and Baltimore, on Monday The schedule
BOAT MAY RUN TO ELKToS.
1t is understood that Captain Eliason of
the Colchester Company, operating the Balti-
more, Havre de Grace and Port Deposit
Steamboat Company and other companies,
stated that when the river here is dredged
there is likelihood of his company placing
steamer regularly on this route for both
freight and passenger traffic.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-03-17
DREDGING OF THE
Elk RIVER.
NEXT CONGRESS- LIKELY
TO MAKE APPROPRIATION.
Delegation Visits Washington and Urges
ElktOn'S SClaim-GOvernmen Engineers
Report Favorable on the Work Which
Is Urgently Needed.

There would seem to be Il favorable pros
pect that the next session OF Congress will
make an appropriation for the dredging of
the Elk River to allow of commerce being
carried on by vessels of considerable tonnage
at the wharves of Elkton. Within tho last
several years the river at Elkton has so filed
up that the former scenes Of activity of boats
unloading poplar wood at the pulp mill,
cargoes for the Scott Fertilizer Company, for
the lumber and coal yards and other tralck
ing for the town, have become thing OF the
past, the freight now being brought here by
rail Only small boats are now able to reach
the Elkton wharves because of this filling up
of the channel.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13
Coming TO Marietta.
127 Greene street.
Both phones, No. SO.

Next Monday evening A. B. White
will address the citizens of Williams
town, this county
1t is proposed to make this meeting
a rouser. The White marching club,
of Parkersburg, and band will go to
Willtamstown by special train leav-
ing the o. r. R. station at 1880 p. m.
After the drilling in Williamstown,
the club will go over to Marietta and
give an exhibition drill. Marietta
Republicans are arranging to turn out
in force to the White meeting, =
Parkersburg News.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13

the columns of the public press.
These three theaters are being
fitted up as a business venture of a
peculiar kind. and one that is abso-
lutely new. They are for the amuse-
ment of the customers of the whole
sale merchants who are building
them.
Practically every wholesale mer-
chant in Chicago, and for that mat
ter every large city, has for years
had to employ men to entertain their
customers; to take them to the thea
ters, to the parks, for rides about
the city in carriages and automobiles,
dine them and wine them, all in an
effort to secure their business.
Some time ago one of the wholesal-
ers had half dozen automobiles
built for the use of his customers, and
found them profitable investment.
Now others are taking another step
in the same line, and providing their
own theaters.
All of them are of the vaudeville va
riety, and will be run only during the
times the city is well filled with buy
ers. The merchants figure that il
will be cheaper TO employ their own
talent and entertain from 20 to 80 OF
more customers at one time than ia
send each of them to regular thea.
ter.
Such a scheme is made possible by
the number of vaudeville artists in
the country who are seeking engage
ments at any price, and it is safe tC
say that the country customer whC
is entertained in this way will not SEE
the best of the stage novelties.
! WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13
LADIES RUN BUTCHER SHOPS.
Two New York State Women Who
Have Been Successful in That
Business.

Rochester, N. Y, boasts a woman
butcher, Miss Daisy Stevenson, said
to be a conversationalist and an ex-
cellent executive, who for two years
and a half has welded the cleaver, at
first substituting for her sick ia
ther. Rather than allow strangers to
take the business, this young lady,
not yet 30. opened the market and
has made it a success, says Success.
There is one other in the trade, a
lady in Syracuse, N. Y. When asked
how she liked her task, she replied:
"It is not through choice that do
the work, but because it is means
of support for the family. 1t was
difficult at first, but now it does not
seem harder than home work. / am
my own boss, which means q great
deal. l open the market at $3.50 in
winter and six in summer. l find it
difficult to get good help; anyone
can sell good cuts, but it is the odds
and ends which go to make up the
profit, and which must be disposed
of as well. l very seldom lose any
thing from bad accounts, as my Gus
toners are prompt. If l send state
ment ana receive no returns, l i'm
mediately drop those people from my
roll and refuse to trust them again."
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13
HEADGEAR FOR A SQUAw.
Woman who Lost Her Hat out of
Train in the West Sees TIA
Year Later.

"Talking of buying expensive hats,
said the New York woman, according
to the Sun, reminds me of what hap
pened to a cousin of mine. She was a
young widow with two children to edu-
cate. Her income being small, she went
to Chicago from her Montana home to
study art in order to open studio her
self. The lessons were expensive ana
when the time came for her to return
home she was short of money. How
ever, she saw a hat in a shop window
that pleased her fancy. OF course 1t
was expensive; what pretty hat, isn't?
She knew the price was more than she
could afford, and for some days she re-
sisted the temptation to buy it. But
the day before her departure for Mon
tana she bought the hat, and decided
to wear it to the train, thinking 1t
would be injured less than If packed.
while changing cars at railroad
junction in gale of wind her hat blew
off and went sailing over the plains
There was no time to run for it, as the
train was late and moved right on. Be-
sides this my cousin had both children
with her, the younger one in her arms
Trying, wasn't it? And now what dc
you think happened year after? My
consin came east again and naturally
as the train reached the place where
she had lost her hat just year before
she looked out of the car window, ant
there on the platform of the newl.
| erected little station stood a squav
rugged out in all the splendor of hel
native costume and on her head re
posed the very hat that had been sucl
an expense and annoyance to m,
cousin. 1t was comical sight and al
most reconcled her to the loss, espe
cially as the glory of the hat had de
parted, the feathers looking forlorl
and the trimming generally the wors
for wear"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13
Kitchens.

The contrasts between kitchens have
a parallel in the prescription depart
ments of pharmacies.
Have you ever stepped into the be-
yond of an ordinary drug store?
No. Never invited, were you?
Well go unlimited, unexpectedly
and unwanted and note the mess-mass
of conglomeIies that entangle your
senses.
Then visit my prescription depart
ment and note the systematic ar
rangement of the pharmaeuticals and
apparatus for the intelligent dispens-
ing of medicine and the care with
which your prescriptions are prepared
and my triple style of checking to
avoid ever the possibility of an error.
l have so arranged that l now de-
vote my entire attention to the man.
agement of my Marietta store and
your prescriptions and family receipts
shall have my individual personal
care.
Yours for business,
WILL S. RICHARDSON,
The Cut-Rate Druggist.
127 Greene street.
Both phones, No. SO.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13
The Free Lunch Attracts
Municipal Attention in Chicago

omy on their part. and with the free
lunch goes he paid-for beer. OF course
he might pay for the beer and then not
drink it in order TO get the lunch. but
the average young man, no matter how
he has been raised, is not long proof
against the smiles of derision on the
part of more worldly companions that
greet such actions in place of this
kind.
In al! probability the saloon keepers
themselves would appreciate the
squelching of the free lunch system.
1t is a system that has been built up
by competition to point far in ad-
vance of what was desired, and is prov
ing an expensive luxury. True, there
are but few places where staff of
cooks are kept for the purpose of pre-
pairing this luncheon; it is usually pur-
chased from a company that makes a
business of providing them, and they
are merely kept warm in the place
where they are served, but even this
is more expensive than the receipts will
always warrant. There are saloons in
Chicago where the expense of the free
lunch will run as high as $500 weekly
and these places would be glad to stop
the system if they could.
By all means, DR.. Gehrmann, con.
tinue your investigation.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13
INVENTIVE CELESTIAL GENIUS
Many Useful ana Important Inven-
tions Are the Result of Their
Ingenuity.

Americans are apt to regard the
Chinese, writes w. j. Johnston. in
Success, as lacking in progressive
spirit and inventive genius. While
this is true to some extent, a visit
to China makes one realize that west
ern nations are indebted to the Celes-
tial empire for many important in
ventions, and discoveries which we
are prone to regard as part of our
own civilization. 1t is to them we
owe the mariners compass, invented
by them over 1900 years ago. The
building of ships with water-tigbt
compartments was also first intro
duced by the Chinese, and to them
we are indebted for the discovery of
gunpowder.
Prior to the establishment of any
banking system in Europe, and while
America was still in state of saw
agery, China boosted of the same ex-
cellent banking system it has in op-
Grafton to-day.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13
GET INTO TANTRUMS.
That Is what the Child Wives of In
dia Do when They Are
Ugly.

"Wife beating, which seems such a
horrible and repulsive thing to occi-
dental minds, if looked at from the
Hindoo standpoint becomes not only
allowable, but actually commendable,
says a missionary recently returned
from India. "The marriages are made
SO young that the wives are mere chill
dren. If the mother-in-law is alive to
look after her daughter, well and good,
but if not, the husband is apt to say:
Who is to govern my wife, if not IL?
A native who has been converted was
told that, as a Christian, he could no
longer whip his wife. He replied in
some surprise that there was nothing
else to be done when his wife got in
one of her 'tantrums.' The missionary
promised to try to calm her if trouble
should again arise, and was thanked
again and again for the generous offer.
Soon the Hindoo came to bring word
of another 'tantrum,' and the mission
ary Immediately went to the family
abode. At the door he was met by a
volley of chairs, pots, pans, etc, while
within could be heard the voice of the
child wife raised in wrath. He hesi-
tated, and when pressed by his pupil
to go in and calm her. was obliged to
acknowledge his inefficiency."
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13


build air castles of the profits he will
realize on his investment. profits that
through the winter season are eaten up
in the purchase of fuel. But his dreams
are short-lived, for the tenants have
way of figuring out things for them
selves, and when fire is no longer me-
cessity-when there are no more SHOWS
to be shoveled from the sidewalks
the beauties of life in suburban cot
tage strike them forcib.y, and they
move.
And what a joy life is, to be sure
through the hot summer months far
out on the Chicago prairies. The sub
urban landlord feels unusually gener'
| Gus after having his house stand empty
all through the winter months. and Of
fers great Inducements to a good ten
| ant-one who intends to stay. And they
all intend to stay. though the tenants
have learned from experience that ii
is better to make lease for not over
six months. and the six months just
takes them along to the days when fire
| is again necessary, and back they go ia
| the comforts of the apartment house
and the steam radiator. while the sub
urban landlord weeps and walls at the
unfaithfulness of humanity in general
and his late tenant in particular.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13

the day on which
the fl r e S were
lighted in { h e
S t e a m = h e a I e d
apartment houses.
1t was the steam
heated apartment
houses that made
two moving days a
year a necessity.
When the fires are
put out under the
furnaces the 1st of
May the landlord
of the apartment t
hui16inu heuinS TO
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13

whom the free lunch system as it is
known in Chicago at the present time
offers many attractions.
At the same time there is no doubt
but that many of these young men start
ON downward course from their noon
day visits to these resorts. This is es-
pecially true of young men coming
from the smaller towns to Chicago to
seek employment. They have been
reared to abhor the saloon and its in
stitutions, but the free lunch appeals
to them as measure of needed econ
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13

"'o'oseope' beets, macar n /,
etc. In the interest of his own diges-
tion and well being he will not chance
personal attack on the viands dis
played for the feeding of the hungry,
but will content himself with sci
entific analysis of their contents. and
believes that he will find that which
will Justify the squelching of this
time-honored institution in the in
terest cf the puoic health.
Worthy DR.. Gehrmann, the head of
the health department of the city, in
sists that it was not personal expert
ence that turned his attention to the
free lunch, and that he has never eX-
perienCed the delights of feeding with
out price. He does not know that the
free lunch conditions are so bad as
to warrant municipal interference, but
If they are not, an investigation can
do no harm, and if they are, then
certainly an investigation Is needed
and then the health department OF
the city government must earn its
salaries. 1t must not be open to the
charge of useless expenditure of the
public money when there is nothing
for it to do.
Just what DR.. Gehrmann expect.
to find if all is rot right with the free
lunch, he refuses to state, nor vii
he say what Els recommendation viii
be if his scientific analysis results dis
astrously to the red hots, etc. 1t il
4
result much as the departments cru
sade against noise has-with a con
tinuation of the noise.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13
3. & G. S-W. RY
T.MS TABLE.

Trains Arrive at and Depart Unio.
ARRIVE WESTWARD. DEPAR:
3 IL m--Athpns. Chillicothe, I'll 4Opl.
Cincinnati, Louisville,
- Louis and all POI Is
West. South aud S-west
'1@ 55 m-Belpre, Athens, Chill. 90 n
s19p m-Beipre. Athens. chi. +. o aOap NJ
43 pln icotht. Cincinnati and
suhuay Louisville, st. Louis
only ano an points west and
'I2 55 p m-Belpre. Parkershurg Il O5 N
ChilliCothe. I incinnati
and way stations.
a O5 p m-Belpre. Pa arkers-+ eOpn
burg, Ihillicothe. Gin
cinnati, Louisville, St.
Louis, Chicago and all
points west. south and
southwest.
go m-Parkersburg and Belpre Loca
EASTWARD.
81 O5 p m-Belpre, Parkershurg, 15 90 m
Salem. Corr wallis,
Clark, burg, Grafton,
and All way stations.
s12 90 m-Belpre, Parkersburg, u O5 p m
Grafton, Washington,
Baltimore. Phil delphi
la and New York.
11a m--Pa rkershurg. wash. 8 Top m
int ton, altimore,
Philadelphia and New York.
40 10 m--Parkersourk. Wash I'll 40 n,
lnftOn Baltimore Phil
adelphia, New York,
Boston and all points east.
"-'Daily tExcept Sunday.
All trains OF Marietta District run to Park
ersburg.
For through tickets to all points in the
United States, Canada and Mexico with de
tailed information as to rates routes, sleeping
accommodations ETC., please call on C
/ sS:--
q. NJ PAYNE, Ticket Agent, Marietta, o.
| 4. H. SNIDER Passenger Agt., Marietta, o.
o. P.McCARTY, Gen'l Passenger Agent,
| in in IaCi, y
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13

developm n of 'o'oaf
the free lunch that is not found in
every town. 1t has been but few
years since the really swell saloons,
as saloons go, offered no other at
fractions to the drinking public than
a small dish of cloves with which to
disguise the breath. and a small dish
of cheese with which to temper the
appetite.
To-day the dish of cloves is still
there, for ii is quite as necessary to
disguise the breath now as it was in
days gone by, but the dish of cheese
has given place to a lunch of 'elab-
crate proportions, and oftentimes
served in an elaborate manner.
1t was all matter of competition;
the saloons have not as yet been con-
soldated into a gigantic liquor-sell-
ing trust, and each is still bidding for
individual trade. First one saloon pro-
prietor. more progressive than his
competitors, discarded the dish of
cheese, and in its place put small
sandwich, then his neXt-door neigh
DOT duueu dIolHeI iedluiei anu III 'ho'
way the free lunch has grown until
to-day it represents full meal, with
al the variety of a first-class res
taurant 1t is served by colored wait
ers on attractive little tables, and
comes in on clean plates directly off
the fire. Some saloons have even gone
so far as to serve a course luncheon
at the noon hour, ranging AL the way
from soup to dessert, but that is the
exception rather than the rule.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13

find it an interest
ing study, and one
of which Chicago
offers all phases.
He can find any
thing from a plate
of moldy cheese
and soured brown
bread to a table
de hote dinner, all
served for ( h e
same price-noth-
ing.
But Chicago Of
fers a study in the
deyelonm @ nt q {
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13

Chicago in more
ways t h a n one.
There is no doubt
but that the op-
portunity to Sc
cure a monday
luncheon for the
price of a glass of
beer attracts to
the saloons many
young m e n EN-
p,oyed in clerical
positions W h o S e
salaries C o m p e !
them to practice
economy. a n d 10
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13
To the Ladies'.

We have just received 1000 pairs Of
high grade Fall samples of Ladies'
Misses and Chlldren's Shoes, and Will
sell them at very low prices. Stop and
look at them. The!s Shoe Co, Put
nam Street. Wed,Ocs. lift.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13
HALF FARE EXCURSIONS

T. & o. c. Extension Railroad.
Masonic Orders and Eastern Star of
Cnio, Columbus, October 9th-11th, 1904
Grand Lofee session. F. & A. NJ.
Springfield O. October 2t4h G. 25.h
1900. Commencing sale, October 22d
Tickets gond returning October 26th.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13

are being htted
up. They will
have all the ac-
cessories that go
to make the sue
cessful playhouse
with the eNcep-
tion of the box
office a n d t h e
p r e S S a & e n I.
T h e S e are not
needed, for there
will be no tickets
sold, and the pub
lie will never be
advised of what
s.nn,,;. .1,.-,.l,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13
TOWARD MARIETTA.
Stations. No. 4,

For further information call on or
address G. NJ. Payne, Ticket Agent,
Union Depot.
T. D. DALE, Receiver
VIM. NJ. MORSE, Superintendent.
H. c. VINCENT, General Passenger
Agent.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13

For Laces, BmbI oideries, Lace Cur
tains, Handkerchiofs, Hosiery. Gloves,
or Underwear, go To he Bee Hive, 16S
Front street.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13
Some Elaborate Free Lunches.

If Dr. Gehrmann cares to go into
the free lunch question deeply he will
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13
A Fall Moving Day.

Chicago has moved again. The op-
Grafton was performed on October l.,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13
ONO RIVER RAILROAD.
eastern Time }
GOING NORTH.

Leave Wiliamstown-
d7:H a. m..........,.... to Wheeling
*1O:35 a m.......to New MartinsvilIs
dl2:46 p. m.....to Pittsburg and East
d3:51 p. M. Wheeling and Int. pointa
1918 p. m, Ohio Valley Express Pitts
burg and East.
1912 p. M. .Sistersviile and Int. points
1907 p. m, New Martinsville and Int.
points.
GOING SOUTH.
1854 a. to Parkersburg
11:O6 a. M. ......to Parkersburg
'l1:07 p. m, Ohio Valley Express 10
Huntington and Cincinnati.
4:45 p. m. to PIT, Pleasant
d7:O9 p. m to Parkersburs
$3.50 p. m ............to Parkersburg
D daily. daily except Sunday.
L. e. CHALENOR,
Gen. Pass. Agent
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-13

Right in the center of the Chicago
wholesale district three new theaters