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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04
ANNUAL ELECTION.
Mutual Building Association of Cecil
County Reflects Officers.

The Mutual Building Association of Cecil
county, held its annual election at the Office
OF the secretary in Elkton, Monday evening.
and the following directors were re-elected
Clarence c. Strickland. Roger Witworth s.
j. Keys, John Giipn, Alfred WetheriI, Geo.
McQuilkin, H. G. Wells. The board re. elected
DR.. G. NJ. Ellis, president; George Cosden.
vice-president; L. NJ. Haines. treasurer: Geo.
A. Blake. secretary.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04
Promoted Adjutant.

Lieutenant John G. Constable has been
promoted adiutant of the 46th Regiment
Infantry U. s. Volunteers, now at Indian,
forty miles south of Manila, in the Philip
pines. He was Lieutenant of Company H.,
of that regiment and his advancement comes
as n merit Of good service. The rank of
Adjutant is next to Captain. He is son Of
Albert Constable ESQ, Of Elkton.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04
Big Game Base Ball To-day,

There will be an interesting game OF base
ball this afternoon on the grounds in West
Elkton, between EIkton and Providence
clubs. Firnan and Minker, for Elkton. and
Scott Steele and Willis, for Providence, will
be the batteries. The Elkton boys are now
playing fine bah and good game is assured,
Encourage the boys by witnessing the game.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04
AR RTHUR A. MACKIE.

Arthur A Ma"kie. one of the wcalthest
and most respected citizens of Cecil county,
died saturday, nj hi- home nenr Fair Hill
Mr., Mackie was Il member of one OF Ceril's
prominent families. brirg a son of the late
Jpha Mackie, of the t'ourh district. Mr..
Mackie was born on the Mackie homestead
ncar Fair Hill, and spent his entire lite in the
Fourth district. being engaged in farming
there. He is survived by widow. j.
Alfred Mackie. Franklin T.. Mackle and
Ahrahaw Ma"kie are brothers of the deceased.
The funeral was held Tuesday. luterment
in Shurp's Cemetery.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04
COUNTY AFFAIRS.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

The School Commissioners for Cecil county
We're il special session at their office in Elk
ton. on Monday. Present, Messrs. Blake and
Carey. The minutes were read and approved.
The following trustees were appointed for
the new school at Frenchtown, Nc. s, District
No. 7: Miss Eva Alexander 5 c. Winchester
aud I. G. Slcer.
The following appointments were con-
firmed: Miss Ellen B. ShannoD, No. 3. dis
trict S; Miss Ethel NJ Miller. N. =, district
8; Miss Elizabeth Anderson, NJ. |, district 2.
Miss Bessie NJ. Rlwlug- NJ. II. district 6;
Miss Eva S. Dean, No. Il. districts 5, So long Is
they may have the requisite number Of pupils
il attendance; Miss Mary +. Draper, No. /,
colorei. district 3: Mis- Elizabeth Elan. No
l, coiored, district g.
The following proposals We're received for
the Lew school house at Calvert No. 5, dis
tret 0, and for repairs at Blake, No. 8, dis
trict /, aid at Washington. No. 10, district );
Calvert Blake Wash
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04

This picture illustrates the rescue Of
a wealthy railroad president and a
party of friends who were captured
by western train robbers. The cap
ture was most sensational, as the out
laws stole two Pullman cars from a
regular train. How it all was done
is told in
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04
MRS. FRANCES BENJAMIN,

Mrs. Frances Benjamin. widow of the late
George W. Benjamin, of Bay View, died at
her home on Monday, aged eighty years.
Mrs. Benjamin had been a sufferer for several
years. The funeral services we're held Thur--
day at ten o'clock, at Shalcmiah NJ. p.
Church, Bay View, and we're largely attended
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04
new OWNERSHIP.
ElktOn Pulp Works and Providence Paper
Mill Transferred to the Kenmore Pulp
and Paper Company.

Attorney John A, Thompson, of New York.
representing the Elk Paper Company and the
Southern Pulp Company, was in Elkton on
Wednesday recording the deeds of transfer
Of the paper mill at Providence, this county.
and the pulp mill at Elkton. to the kenmore
Pulp and Paper Company, which is in reality
an organization growing out of the two above
named companies, The pulp mill ut Elkton
was sold subject to mortgage OF 100000 as
was also the paper mill. The valuation of
the pnlp mill is $4,000 and the paper mill
$1,000 1t is understood that extensive
improvements and alterations will be made
to the pulp mill at Elktor. 1t is not expected
that there will be any change in the local
management of the two mills. The Kenmore
Pulp an! Paper Company was incorporated
in New jersey.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.


The County Commissioners of Cecil county
were in special session ut their Office il Elk
ton, on Tuesday. The meeting was called to
consider petition OF the Cherry Hill, Elliton
and Chesapeake City Electric Railway Com
pauy asking the Commissioners that they
grant she company the right to equip, main
tain and operate a single track railway on the
public road running between Cherry Hill and
Chesapeake City. In case the right of way
is granted the company agrees TO erect poles
twenty feet in length, and to widen, rebuild
ard keep in repair al! bridges over which the
road would pass. The company also offers
to construct bridge over Hickory Rum"
for the use of the public. The commissioners
decided to reserve their decision until Mon
day next.
AIMS HOUSE TRUSTEES.
The Board of Trustees held their regular
monthly meeting at The Aims House, Cherry
Hill. on Saturday. all the members Of the
board being present.
The minutes OF the last meeting and the
Secretary's report were read and approved
Warrants were drawn on the County Treas
urer to the amount of $1,000.
Overseer's report was read and approved.
He was ordered to receive at the Aims House
Mary Lynch and Peter Devalin.
The Superintendent's report was read and
approved. Ordered to receive at the Asylum
Charles Kennard.
The following bids were received on coal
Keys & Miller, Morea Furnace Coal. "a 23
" - Morea Stove Coal. "a ga
Geo. W. Biles, Morea Furnace Coal. -. "a "a
Morea Stove Coal. "a "A
Bids were received from A. L. Duyckinck
& Co., but being on another kind of coal,
could not be accepted. Keys & Miller being
the lowest bidders, they were awarded the
contract.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04
Mr.. SmitherS Promoted,

Waitman Smithers has been promoted to
the collectorship at the Chesapeake City
.t..o :. 30 Hhesapeake and Delaware Canal.
e .uooeoGs I. . ..s,.,o- ho was recently
,rcrcote3 90 Gcper'n an en-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04
A Romance
of the Rail
By Frederic
ReddaIl

1t is charming story, full of excite
ment. 1t also recounts the doings of
two pairs of lovers, properly chaper-
oned, on their way across the conti-
nent in special car.
The story will be printed in this
paper In instalIments. Watch forit
This story begins in today's
issue Of the Cecil Wing.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04
ELkT0N TOWN COUNCIL.

The Elkton Town Council met on Wednes-
nesday evening, u full board being present
The minutes of the last meetirg were read
and approved. The Treasurer reported:
1871 t'7'' - HND ~
Disbursements. ........S II .il50 06
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04
DR.. JAMES B. WEIGH.

DR.. james b. Wcch a former Cecil coun-
tan, died at his home on West Fourth street.
Wilmington, Friday morning, last week, of
Bright's disease. He was seventy-two years
Of age.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04
Calvert Blake Was

The contract was awarded to Samuel NJ.
McCardell, he being the lowest bidder for
the new house at Calvert at sslG, and repairs
at Washington at 1922, and to George W.
Jackson at Blake at Si25.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-08-04
OPPORTUNITY FOR ELKTON.

A Philadelphia Cigar Manufacturer was
in Elkton this week having under consideration
the location Of factory here provided suffi-
cient girls could be obtained to learn cigar
making Only girl labor would be employed.
Atstarting they would be paid s.. so a week and
their wages be advanced gradually until at the
end Of six months they should be able to earn
from $50 to 81 per day. Wages would be
paid weekly. They must have 100 girls to
start All wishing employment are requested
to send in their names immediately by mail to
CIGAR MANUFACTURER,
Care of Cecil Wing Office,
Elkton, Maryland
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-08

most heart-stirring appeals are made
TO the jury. Only enc case OF bribery
has ever been discovered, and on that
occasion the guilty official was i'm
mediately deposed, and suffered dis
grace as well as legal penalties.
But the citizens OF the Republic
spend a comparatively small part Of
their time making laws and breaking
them. Each must be at work earning
his or her own living. Bear in mind
that the motto OF the Republic is,
Nothing without labor" and this
motto is strictly adhered 10, except
in case Of sickness. Every citizen is
supposed 10 work and earn enough
money 10 pay for his board aud
clothes. There are two adult head
farmers, as well as carpenter and a
housekeeper, who superintend the
work; but the boys themselves take
contracts for running the hotels,
making roads, laying drains, farming,
building, etc. These contractors hire
laborers at wages ranging from fifty
cents TO 81. 80 per day, according TO
the skill Of the workman. The girls
are employed at household duties,
aud the minors usually help their
guardians. Wages are paid once
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-08
Snake Imprisoned In "A Tree.

The Rev S. S. Grain, in the city
from Emberson, reported n peculiar
incident. He had W. NJ. Fears, liv.
ing on the Jesse Caviness place, cut.
ting posts for him a few days ago.
At the end of one of the pieces of post
timbers was hollow fork When
the cut was split open little black
snake about two feet long was found
in the hollow. 1t was alive and
writhed and squirmed, but could not
escape 1t was discovered that an
inch and half of the tail projected
through the wood on the outside Of
the bark. The fork of the tree had
completely grown around it. The
supposition is that the snake crawled
into the hollow to hibernate, that its
tail got caught IN a crack of the fork
and that it grew over him while he re.
manned in the torpid state. The
wood had so thoroughly grown around
the snakes body that when the chip
was split open in which it was en-.
cased the snake stuck to one side OF
the chip. The snake must have been
held in its peculiar prison for years
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-08
An Ambitions Essay on Lions.

II is the custom of the teachers in
the public schools of Washington to
take the pupils of the younger grades
TO the National geological Park at least
once every term for the double pur-
pose of giving them lay of recreation
and lesson in natural history. Upon
their return the children are required
to give the result of their observations
in writing, Here is a sample from a
bright-miuded eleven. .year-old whose
father occupies a high official position: !:
"Lions always walk except when
they eat aud they groSl Their roar
is terrifying to men and other beasts
when herd in the forest but when they
are in cages it sounds like they was
sorry about something. Their tails
are not so long as the monkeys accord
ing to their size but keep swishing all
the time and the seals can make Just
as loud a noise and have more fun in
the water. They are cats no matter
what You think aud their size has moth.
ing to do with it aud they think with
ont talking. Once donkey stole a
lions skin aud went around Dragging
about IL but the other doukeys got on
TO him and killed him because he
talked SO much. That showed he was
n donkey. Keep still when you are
thinking"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-08

store; the Government building, in
riuding courthouse, Jail, Capitol aud
postofiice; a girls jail; a hospital; a
barn; a laundry and bath.house; a
carpenter and machine shop. Money
for chapel has also recently been
given. The land is good farming, and
fine crops of hay, grain and vegetables
are raised every year. Horses, cows,
pigs, ETC., are also kept TO advantage
This little Republic is gov ernment
OF the children for the children and
by the children. The citizens are
boys and girls from twelve to eighteen
Of age. Those under twelve are
minors, and must have guardians APP
pointed by the State from the older
citizens. Many of these guardians
have shown themselves to be wise,
tactful and loving caretakers of the
little ones intrusted to their charge.
When the minors cannot fully support
themselves their guardians must look
out for them, so that the State is not
encumbered with their support. The
total number of inhabitants of the Re
public is now eighty-six.
Formerly, the Government was
modelled after that of the United
States, with President (at salary of
fifty cents week., Cabinet, Senate,
House of Representatives and Su.
preme Court. judges, police officers,
and other officials must pass a Civil
Service examination, and in conse.
quence the most thumbed books in the
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-08

tain to the distinction of the vertically
striped trousers. Most OF them in
deed would rather be "cop" than Presi
dent. In 1896 a force of fourteen
policemen was necessary TO preserve
order, but now the State is encum
bered with the support of only two.
There is, OF course, a smart little
army.
The position OF Chief Justice. Civil
Service Commissioner, Board Of Health
Commissioner, Sheriff, and in fact
almost every prominent civic Office
excepting that OF COroner-has it's
counterpart in this Junior Republic.
There ~ even an officer detailed in
the early fall 10 compel lazy truants
TO attend school. The representative
form OF government, however, was
found TO be too unwieldly for 80 small
a Republic, and at the suggestion Of
one OF the boys a town meeting was
substituted for Congress as the law
making body.
There are two political PARTIES in
the Republic, the "G. q. T.. >" or Good
Government Party and the 20. ..
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-08
Carries Water From the Wen.

The labor of carrying pals of water
from the we'll to the house day after
day soon becomes monotonous and
tiresome, and as the work generally
falls on the women of the household,
anything,which will tighten the labor
will he duly appreciated. Henry w.
Hairless, of Good Hope, Mo, has
evolved an apparatus by means OF
which it is possible to send the pals
10 the well, fill them and return them
TO the house without doing any heavy
lifting, the operator simply standing
at the house aud turning a crank.
The buckets are suspended on the
ends of the ropes, which are wound
on the drum, the latter being sup
ported by carriage riding on the
cable. The turning of a crank slides
the carriage along the cable to the
spring, where the toothed wheel en-.
cages cog wheel on the drum to
lower the buckets into the well aud
fill them. Then the motion of the
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-08
a CuI,au Prison.

At present the state prisoners OF
Cuba are kept in the Preside, an im.
meuse -e'lov building on the city
side of the E3, Dor, and near the point
Of land which iuts out to form the
mouth. In this place there are now
an average OF 600 prisoners. There Is
no attempt az drainage or sanitation
Of anv kind tha. Is effective in the en-
tire building, and the interior is
dirty. gloomy, and unvholesome. The
Americans have done everything 10
their power 20 alleviate these condi-
tions. but with the buildings as they
are il is almost impossible 10 do more
than 10 keep things fairly clean aud
give the prisoners good food and med
ical attendance. IL was the impossi-
bility OF making this present prison
even tolerable that suggested the plan
for utilizing the fortiications across
the harbor j. u. Whelpley. in Har.
per's Wesklv
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-08

week, and no favors are shown to
those workmen or Government oili-
cials who recklessly spend their earn.
ings the first few days of the week.
A coarse diet and hard bed are the
lot of spendthrifts and loafers
At first very lenient pauper laws
were passed. Paupers were fed at
the expense of the State, although in
a humiliating manner ut second
table from which the cloth aud other
"luxuries" had been removed, and
where portious were served like prison
rations. But some boys had but lit
tie self-respect, and preferred to idle
away their time and be dependent up
on the charity of the Republic. Hav-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-08
Cause. of Failure In Spraying.

Trials of spraying methods by our
fruit growers which have too often
resulted in apparent failure, may have
come from one of several causes.
First, an exaggerated idea of the
results to be obtained by spraying has
led TO anticipations of a degree OF
success not warranted by the expert
ence of the most successful expert
menters. Second, proper spraying
demands such close adherence 10 sew
eral indispensable points of practice
that even careful men may fail through
oversight of these particulars; or,
finally, the adverse report is made
without a Just estimate Of the result
Of the experiment; for it will be
granted that a true judgment of the
degree of success can only be had by
the comparison of trees treated with
trees uutreated in the same surround.
ings, and this comparison lacking,
the estimate of success or failure is
altogether matter OF opinion, and
not to be admitted as evidence.
4 single seasons trial of spraying
against the coddling moth cannot
alone bring perfect success, especially
whore the nelghboriug fruit growers
do not follow the same methods, and
where these have not been practlced
for several years together, or long
enough for the cumulative effects 20
become apparent. Moreover, spray
ing alone, though successful within
its own limits, cannot insure the full
est product of perfect apples without
the concurrent practice of other
methods looking to the final reduction
of the numbers Of the pest.
The most important of these asso.
ciated methods is the banding of the
trees aud the destruction of the
attracted worms every ten days from
the fall of the first wormy apple till
the fruit is all in the bin. The second
is the immediate destruction of all
fallen wormy fruit. and the third IL
the destruction Of "a many as possible
Cf the worms wintering over under
bark scales, in old birds nests, IN
cracks in apple bins or barrels, or
elsewhere in the fruit room. Ii Is
also possible that some OF the re-
ported failures are referable 10 the
use Of adulterated or low grade pois )n.
A. f. Popenoe, of the Kansas Ex-
pertinent Station.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-08
H.pid Planting of Fruit Trees.

The quickest work ever made in set.
ting an orchard of fruit trees was re.
Gently accomplished by II. NJ. String
fellow, of Texas, who set au orchard
of 1000 trees with the help Of two men
aud boyi less than three days The
rows were laid out, on unbroken yir.
gin prairie sod, with strong line on
which tags we're tied where the trees
were TO stand. A heavy iron bar was
driven into the ground TO depth OF
about one foot and the holes were all
marked in this way before the trees
were set. The trees, which were APP
pies and pears, were then pruned ac.
cording to Mr.. Stringfellow' method,
which is TO cut off all the roots, leay.
ing nothing but the stump. They
were then distributed from a wagon
and stuck into the holes. A handful
Of dirt and cup of water were slowly
poured into the holes until they were
tlled up. He reports that the trees
ell started TO grow. While this meth.
Cd is all right for certain localities, 1t
will not do on heavy clay soils or in
the greater part of the northern fruit
elt.-American Agriculturist.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-08

p, or Grand Old Party. Hot are
the contests waged.
woman Suffrage" prevails at the
Republic, since TO refuse them the
ballot would mean taxation without
representation.
A heavy fine was imposed on cigar
cite smoking, but nevertheless some
would often steal away beyond the po-
liceman's beat, aud indulge in this
habit. Consequently an amendment
was passed which made IA citizen liable
to arrest aud punishment If even the
smell OF smoke could be detected in
his breath. The penalty is n fine of
from one dollar TO three dollars, or
from one to three days in the work
house.
Gambling of any sort receives no
quarter from the officials. The first
boy caught shooting craps" was no
less parsonage than member of the
Senate of the Republic; and even
though he pleaded gully, the judge
fined him twenty-five dollars. He re-
fused to pay. He lost not only his
seat in the Senate but also his rights
OF citizenship. and he was obliged to
don the ignominious striped suit of n
convict aud break stone Mt five cents
an hour. One night M~ George him
self was passing his prison cell and
spoke to the boy, advising him to pay
up and get out of prison. mo, /
won't do it," the boy answered; and
then. with the steady wit of the street
urchin, he added; II guess I'll take
the smallpox o-uight and break out. "
Some days later, however, as he was
breaking stone, he suddenly threw
down his hammer, threw up his hands
in tragic manner, and exclaimed; 81
surrender March me to me bank ac-
count"
When we remember that these
laws against swearing, gambling,
smoking and other vices, with their
heavy penalties attached, are of the
boys own making, and are enforced
10y the boys with rigor which shows
strong public sentiment against the
evils, we have some idea OF the success
which has attended this most interest
ing effort at self-government.
The Jail is no playhouse, but has
small cells with bars aud high win
dows, the hardest of beds, and uumis-
taxable prison fare. Upstairs ia the
courtroom, containing, among other
things, a trap.door for the entrance OF
the prisoner, an imposing high desk
for the Judge, and jurors bench.
There is also small space rallied of
for the witness stand, and rows o
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-08

scendants Of her father in many parts
of the country will be set at rest.
At II o'clock a large crowd had
gathered at the resting place Of the
famous woman. The exercises were
opened with prayer by DR.. Arthur
Gaylord SIocum, President OF Kala
mazoo College. The yelling was re.
moved from the shaft by Victoria and
Mabel Bondy, great-grauddaughters
OF Frances Slocum. Then followed
an address by Charles f.. Slocum, OF
Defiance, Ohio, and speeches by early
settlers of Indiana and other citizens
interested in the strange and pathetic
story of the white woman who be
came socially lost to her people by
contact with the American Indians.
Frances Slocum was carried away
from the home Of her parents in what
is now Wabash County, Indiana, in
1873. She was a child OF five years
at that time. In spite Of almost
superhuman efforts made by her
family nothing was learned Of her fate
until 1885, when she was found living
with the Miamis near Peru. She had
become the wife Of chief and had
lost all traces of her English origin
save in complexion and features.
When it was proposed that she re.
turn to her people she fatty refused
to do 40. She had forgotten her child.
hood, her language and her race, and
remained with the Indians almost TO
the day of her death in lSi7. For
several years members of the Slocum
family have been active in raising
funds for the monument which has
Just been unveiled.