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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-03-15
Weddings.
STEpHENSON-pYIE.

Pyle. in the Second district, was the
scene of Il fashionable wedding on We'd
neSday evening. when their daughter.
Miss Mary Anna Pyle, was married to
William Stephenson, of Bohemia Manor.
There were many guests present, and the
house had been artistically decorated for
the occasion with flowers and greens.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
:. NJ. Perry. pastor of the Chesapeake
City Presbyterian Church. Howard
Stephenson was best man. and Miss Bees
sic Pcarcc, of Elkton, maid of honor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephenson were the recip-
tents of many handsome and useful pre-
SentS.
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COUNTY AFFAIRS.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The County Commissioners were in
session on Tuesday and Wednesday, at
their Office in Elkton. Present-W. w.
McGuigan, President; VIM. b. Davis and
James G. CrotherS
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
The Board decided to pass no more
bills unless probated when presented
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THAT COLORA ROAD.
Colora. Md. March 10th, 1902
Respectfully.
IIAWKEIli

Mr. Editor Cecil Whig":-
Whcw . The Poet seems TO be
hot under the collar; and he must have
found just small portion of wool in that
shcarng job, after all, and does not that
rainbow, with its many colorS belong on
the other side : And, is it true that he
started out to discuss the Colora Road
Question ? If so, | have not been able
to see it quite that way. | thought all
the time, he was devising means to pro-
tcct the County against that Damage
Suit: for indeed we have heard very
little about the road, but very much
about the suit; and the many readers of
the Wing no doubt see by this time,
that he has Il small way of saying small
things.
And. Mr. Editor. the gentleman almost
took our breath with those queries i'll his
last letter. But suppose we look over
these questions, briefly.
First-What am | going to do with
that hill in front Of Harvey McNey's
Sccond-How about the damage suit ?
Third-IIOw about the dirt road queS-
ton
Fourth-Reason out to the farmers that
ing when the roads are usually bad ?
Fifth-Tell us, why new road will need
macadamizng more than other roads to
and from our town ?
SIXTH defy you to defend the asser-
ton that it will cost five dollars per
lincal foot to open and macadamize road?
Sevcnth-Why did you not accept my
proposition to measure the hill
al, l.. 1 Ill
Corners, including Mr.. b., and do the job
of measurement, etc, and if wrong.
would acknowledge the same in Cecil
Wing"
Ninth-That you said, there never
was Il Good Road Congress held any
where.
Trnth-You obtain Bulletin No. n,
from the Department of Agriculture, and
YOU will see wonders.
Now, with your permission. | will an
Swcr these questions and suggestions
separately.
First. AS far as we are concerned, we
propose to leave the hill in front of Har-
vcy McNey'S, just us it now is. We have
never said Il word about having that hill
graded in connection with Colora hill;
why should we. when it is on another
road. If the gentleman will read my let
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A new pair of Frazer's $500 trousers
will run you another month or more with
the coat and vest you have worn. 3w.
Gold Speck," fine thoroughbred
saddle mare, owned by Robert ID. Brown,
of Elkton, died ut the farm of his brother
near Elkton.
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itively. and to that end | am willing to
leave this matter to be decided by firm
who buys the bulk of the surrounding
country's produce and sells the coal, fer
tiliZcrs and feed to the consumers there
of. Therefore | would request Messrs.
l}rumtcld and Foster to state who is cor
rect, he or |.
Fifth. | have already answered this
query in number three, but | will add
that it is downright folly for any one to
talk about II dirt road near this town;
the matter has been tried too often and
failed.
Sixth. lUu will find by reference to
my letter of December 3lst that cstim-
atcd cost Of new road at S1O4I.5O. Now
every sensible reader of that letter knew
that the 5000 per lncal foot, was mis-
take, either of mine or some other per-
son. For instead of 5000, it should have
been 30 cents per lincal foot. The cal
! culation was i'll right, for the land was
to cost 500, the fence $780, and the l49J
feet of road ut % cents per lincal foot
amounted to SI41.3o. making Il grand
total of SlO4l.1O. We are liable to make
mistakes sometimes. If the gentleman
will look at his letter of January 9th
find this Scntcncc-''Arc dirt roads usual
ly bad during the Fall, Winter and
Spring months. comprising nine of the
twelve calendar months of the year
Surely, even 'TaXpayer' will not so con
tend" Now we knew that the gentle
man did not mean it that way. We
knew. that he intended to say Spring.
Summer and Fall. instead of FALL Win
| for and SnriDp He SimnlV made mis-
| take, and we never referred to it.
Seventh. | had the road measured cor
| rcctly by two competent citizens, Mr.
u. Gray and w. o. Brumtield. 1t was
not necessary for me to measure it again.
If You and &c. B. want to do some
measuring, why, help yourselves.
Eighth. Mr.. Gray and Mr.. Brumfield
took the measurement, and also the
grade. ! am satisfied as to its accuracy,
| and | will add that these gentlemen com
mrnced at top of HILL in order TO get the
amount of grade, and did not begin ut
bottom and level upward. as one of your
near friends suggested; neither did they
secure the services of the acrobat to
climb the telephone pole mt bottom of
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we understand what we want in Mary
land. without asking New York for ad-
vice. The soil OF this neighborhood. and
that of New York State may be entirely
different; what suits them, may not suit
us: and it is always proof of Il desperate
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Mems 81
Shoes, So.

Mems S. shoes, $3.50, hand
sewed box stitch with double
sole, extension edge, this seasons
style
Box calf, Patent Leather all
welted and stitched.
Mems 50 shoes. 1925 bright
and new.
Women's 50 shoes, 50 the
latest style and all with flexible,
welted and stitched oak tanned
leather shoes.
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Deople's Column.

This Column is open for communications
ably expressed and signed by the Driter.
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William Nj. Terrell, son of John Nj.
Terrell of Elkton, dealer of real estate
in Montgomery county, has granted lot
of land to the Warner Memorial Church
of kensington, that county.
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WHEAT has become of the Public
wv Drinking Fountain ? Now
that the weather is becoming
pleasant. wouldn't il lie well
for the Town Council to take Sore step
looking to its erection
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Dornestics.

Calico and Ginghams, nc
regular price &c.
Heavy Kersey, regular, price
soc, at bargain 25c.
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Groceries,.
COFFEE

Old Government Java, 3jc Id.
Java and Mocha, soc ID.
Blended coffee, l5c, zoe, and
2Jc.
Don't drink common Toe cof-
fee, when you can get Postum
at 15c a package, you cannot
tell it from coffee. and it will
do you good.
Imported macaron,i finest
made, 12c package, very good
&c package.
A nice line of fish for Lent,
such as mackerel, cod fish and
English romarty bloaters.
10 Id buckets of Mackerel
$1.l5 No. 2 fat.
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THE oEolL WHO is ON SALE AT EVERY
NEWS STAND IN CECIL oouNTY-AND 10
SERVED BY SPECIAL CARRIERS IN ELkToN
NORTH EAST, oEoLToN, oHEsAPEAKE
oITY AND PORT DEPOSIT.
ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS WILL
RECEIVE NO ATTENTION.
The National tribune., 1902-11-27
Work Of the Pension once.

The report of certificates issued for the
week ended Nov. Is shows:
Army Invalid: Original, 5; increase, 1856
reissue. 10; restoration, 3; renewal, 10
supplemental, Z; duplicate, II; accrued
112. Total. 324.
Army widows, ETC.: Original, GO; reissue
1; restoration. 1; renewal, 40; duplicate, 9
accrued, 2. Total. 11S.
Navy invalids: Original, 3; increase, 2
accrued, 1. Total 6.
Navy Widows, ETC.: Original, 2.
Army lnvalids (war with SPAIN: Origi
nal, 80; increase, 4; reissue, 1; duplicate
1. Total. SO.
Army Widows, etc. (war with SPAIN
Original, 13.
Navy Invalids (war with SPAIN: Origi
nal, 1.
Navy Widows, etc. (war with SPAIN
Original, 2.
Army Invalids (act of June 81, 1890
Original, 1914; increase. 677; additional, 80
duplicate, 81: accrued, 1G6. Total, 1,1SO
Army Widows. etc. (act of June q
1890: Original. 276: reissue, 4; restora
ton. 1; renewal, 1; duplicate, Z; accrued
4. Total. 203.
Navy Invalids (act of June q. 1890
Original, %: increase, 16; duplicate, Z; ac
crued, 4. Total, 46.
Navy Widows. etc. (act of June q
1890: Original. 8.
Mexican War Survivors: Increase, 5: re
issue, 10; restoration, I; accrued, Z. Total
3d.
Mexican War Widows: Original. II.
Indian Wars QS32-42) Survivors: Ac
crued. 4.
Indian Wars us32-42) Widows: Orisi
nal. 4.
Totals-Original, 685: increase. $50: ad
ditional. so; reissue, 50; restoration, 6; re
newal, 81: supplemental. 8; duplicate, 45
accrued. 302. Total, 2,123.
The totals for the week ended Nov.
were as follows: Original, Alb; increase
666; additional, 20; reissue, 55; restoration
3: renewal, 80; supplemental. g.; duplicate
III; accrued, 260. Total, LOS.
The National tribune., 1902-11-27
Its First Bath.

The United States Treasury Building,
which for so years has looked as though
it might be the outside of the Black Hole
of Calcutta, has had bath. Not a regu-
latiOn bath of soap and water, but q bath
of sand, and is surprised at itself, it be-
gins to look so clean and white. The
building, whose outlines and supporting
lecture. is constructed of white sandstone,
and it is so soft that it takes right into its
grit every atom of dust and dirt, which
for 10 years have been scurrying around
it. 1t surely was a sight, surrounded as it
is by the War, State and Navy Building,
the White House and many other pnre
white buildings in close proximity. 1t
looked so green and black and so out of
touch with the other Government build
ngS, that in desperation the authorities
concluded to try novel plan, and turned
a sand blast loose on the gloomy old pile.
A Chicago firm which had been engaged
at the new Government Printing Office,
was employed to do the work. Their COM
pressed mir and dried-sand method of
cleaning stone had not been tried in Wash
ington, although it was known in the
West. Piles of sand were brought to the
spot, and the engine fired up. The air
was compressed and forced through long.
heavy rubber tubes, or hose, and carried
to the top of the scaffold where the clean
ers were engaged. Dry sand. heated and
containing no moisture, was also carried
to the cleaners, each of whom was equip
ped with a large atomizer. A stream of
compressed air was directed against the
| stained surface. With the high pressure
back of it the air forces the dry grit with
great velocity toward the point of attack
The accumulated grit of half century dis.
appeared like magic, leaving exposed the
| clean surface of the original sandstone.
The National tribune., 1902-11-27
A Frolicsome Pheasant.
Century,

One season the keeper made a pet of a
young cock, which became so completely
tanned that even after taking up his abode
in the cover he would, at the familiar call,
cautiously emerge, compare the general ap-
pearance of the man with the voice, and
being satisfied as to his identity, walk
quickly toward him, ready for the usual
fr0lic. The keeper would initiate that pc
culiar whirring sound of the bird and make
sidewise lunge; at the same time the
young pheasant would raise his wings and
dart forward and backward before his ad-
vancing and retreating opponent, and
watching his chance, dive at the keepers
hat and knock it upon the ground, then,
turning swiftly, make for the cover, his
vanishing figure presenting q ridiculous ap-
pearance of inward and stified laughter.
This same cock, which was rather re-
markable for the unusual expanse of white
round his neck, afforded the keeper much
amusement one day in a conversation with
the cowman, who wanted to know If all
that white was natural" "No," Taylor
replied, taking advantage of the others ig-
norance; Il catch him every Saturday
night and change his collar" "There," ex-
claimed the exultaat cOwman. Il told my
wife it couldn't grow that way!'
With many others, this interesting bird
came to his death in a most unfortunate
manner. At the sound of an approaching
moving machine he took refuge in the erst-
while protecting length of the grass, and
was cut and mangled in the knives.
The National tribune., 1902-11-27
For st.tuary aaIl.

Maryland will soon be represented in
Statuary Hall by bronze figures of Carroll
and Hanson. and it must be admitted that
she has chosen well. Statuary Hall, the
old House of Representatives. was many
years ago set apart as hall where the
States of the Union could place two statues
each of their greatest men, the State to
do the selecting. While the intent was
good the execution has been such that the
few States which have responded have
made, in many instances, such remarkable
selections of great men, and the statues
of marble and bronze have been such poor
specimens of art that what should be one
of the most interesting chambers in the
| Capitol has come to be known as the HAL
of Horrors" Some of the States have
chosen as their representatives there, mer
whose fortunes We're never linked will
those States in life. New Jersey, for in
stance, has placed in Statuary Hall as one
of her heroes, bronze cast of gallant Phi
Kearny. Gen. Kearny was born in New
York; entered West Point from New York
and in most of his changing and romantic
fortunes, belonged to New York.
| On the other hand, Wisconsin selected
as her noted man Father Jacques Mar
quette. theaJesuit Missionary, who for q
few brief months sojOurned in the Terri
| tory, out of which Wisconsin was after
wards carved, but died nearly 200 years
before Wisconsin was thought of. Con
gress reserves to itself the right to re
ject any and all statues presented, and this
of Pere Marquette, by long odds the finest
specimen of the sculptor's art ever pre-
scented to Statuary Hall, ran up against q
lot of prejudices of a religious character
and has never been actually accepted, bu
| by suffrance, will probably remain where
it now stands. unless it is all carried of
by relic hunters.
Maryland will meet with no such OBJ
structions. however. She has selected
Charles Carroll, of CarrolltOn, her signel
of the Declaration of Independence, ant
John Hanson, who was President of the
Continental Congress. Maryland has mo-
had many famous men, but she has Sc
lected the two who stand out PROMINENT,
from all the rest, and who were real Mary
landerS
The National tribune., 1902-11-27
Christianity a Practical Creed.
Nenturyl

Some of the greatest questions with
which humanity has ever had to deal are
still to be settled-are, indeed, pressing
down upon Our own time and day with
startling actually. Now, indeed, is the
time for the Christian ideals and precepts
Of purity, of brotherhood. Of kindness, of
truthfulness. of fair denling, of charity,
to be kept in sight and mind, in interna-
tional relations, in the relation Of races,
in the relations between employees and
empioyer-in word, throughout the en-
tire world of affairs. Its a practical man,
a student of communicable Hon. Carroll
d. Wright-who makes the following re-
markable statement: "p believe that in the
adoption of the philosophy of the religion
of Jesus Christ as n practical creed for
the conduct of business lies the easiest and
speediest solution of those industrial diff
culties which are exciting the minds OF
men today and leading rnhny to think that
the crisis of Government is at hand"
The National tribune., 1902-11-27

promising that the ''single coward" among
them who had failed to keep his word to
Stockton, should be Immediately sent to
England, cashiered. Later an American
Midshipman was insulted by the English,
and the Captain sent challenge to the
Governor of the place, which" says the
log, produced an apology and put an end
to the whole cause of disturbance by in
ducing the English to mend their man
ners."
Commodore Stockton was the officer
who commanded the fleet sent along the
Pacific coast during the war with Mexico,
and, in cooperation with Fremont. did
more than anybody else to accomplish the
cession of California to the United States.
He commanded the United States steamer
Princeton, on which, during its trial
trip up the Potomac during President
Tyler's term. one of its guns exploded,
killing the Secretary of State. the Secre-
tary of Navy and Mr.. Gardiner, whose
daughter President Tyler afterward mar
ried. After his retirement from active
service Commodore Stockton was promi-
nent both in National and State politics.
The National tribune., 1902-11-27
Tia aras,dsut.a Flag.

The Navy Department and the War De-
partment have been having a roundup on
the Presidents Flag. This flag, be it
known, is deep, dark blud with the Great
Seal of the United States embroidered
upon it in proper colorS< The Navy De-
partment has always fixed up the shield
which the Eagle bears upon its breast
with seven red bars aha six white ones.
As the Navy has been, using n flag for
about 100 years to denoYs the presence Of
the President upon vessel. it was sup.
posed that the Navy Department knew all
about it that there was e know.
But the other day fdfeign attache call
ed attention to the fact that the flag the
| War Department displayed in honor of The
President had seven white bars and six
red on the shield. Then there was hurry
in; in hot haste to locate the bureau Off
cial who would have authority to say what
peaied to the President for decision, tu,
he very wisely referred the matter back
to the Navy Department. That bureau
found that the design which had been certi
fed to it by the State Department fol
some IS years, more or less, had seven
white bars and six red, hence it had never
made the Presidents flag correctly, though
it had followed the design of the Ameri
can flag.
The State Department was then invad
ed, and after two weeks reflection some
body in the State Department has hand
ed down an opinion that that Department
was clothed in its right mind when some
thing less than hundred years ago, il
certified to the flag makers in the Navy
Department that the shield on the Eagles
breast should bear seven white bars anG
six red. So the Navy Department mus
! rip the stripes off their Presidents flag and
do them over according to the HOyle Of
the State Department.
Has the naughty State Department con
cluded to supersede the flag? The Con
gress of the United States, June IA, I'LL
resolved that the flag should consist OF
"13 stripes, alternate red and white" ant
so it has been. with brief exception which
ended in 1918; but the red predOminatet
even then. In the old days before the FLAG
was born and the struggling Revolution
lists were striving to invent a banner diff
ferent from that Of England, they, too
had flag of 13 stripes alternate red ant
white"
| Since the shield symbolizes the flag in it,
| blue field with 10 stars, and its IL stripes
| why should the stripes not be alternate
red and white" or seven red and 81,
white? The State Department might jus
as we'll say the field of the shield shall bt
white and the stars blue.
The National tribune., 1902-11-27
Three Good Reasous.

A good story is related Of Henry Clay
Dean, the famous orator of a generation
or SO ago. Mr.. Dean was generally refer.
red to as Henry Clay Dean, of Iowa.
even long after he had established a home
in Missouri. He explained his change Of
passed q nefarious prohibition law In
Iowa, and there's your whisky gone. Then
they abolished capital punishment. and
there's your hanging gone. And now the
whole population seems to be drifting to-
ward universalism. and there's your hell
go0s. I can't i've In State that has
neither hell, hanging, nor whisky"
The National tribune., 1902-11-27
Fuel Suggestions.

Elliott Woods, Superintendent of the
Capitol at Washington, declares that the
building was bubbling over with wit and
humor during the strike. prompted by the
scarcity Of coal. He mentions some of the
suggestions for fuel which he has received
from visitors:
''Storing the heat from the warm de-
bates:" ''The seasoned timber from which
Cabinets are selected" ''Planks from po-
litical conventions" "Some of the dried old
fossils in the Senate;" Logs which are
rolled by all members" 1.-THE protected
cradles of our infant industries" and the
''Steps which are always taken to remedy
all matters"