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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04
THOSE FIRE FLY LAMPS.

TOR months past, the patient tax
X payers of Elkton have been crop
4 ing their way on its streets ut
night, guided by the ftful CLEAN
of its fire fly lamps, by courtesy called
Electric Lights. Only when the moon
was at its full, could they safely trust
themselves abroad after sunset, and
when no "break down" ut the PLANT
made the prevailing blackness doubly
visible.
Time, and time again. the Pickering
fire flies. have been saved from total &C.
lipse by hasty 'tinkering," and the i'm
perilled contract with the Town Corpora
ton narrowly saved.
There seems however. no point in this
farcical but unpleasant experience of our
citizens. mt which forbearancc shall cease
to be Il virtue.
\ triiing mishap, which a little energy
and few dollars, would promptly
remedy. throws the town into utter dark
ness, and the multiplied Inconvenience
of black streets, continue to atilict our
people.
For Il fortnight past the nightly COM
edy has held continuously. \ titful wink
at the mellow twilight, bursting pulley,
which ordinary foresight would replace
in 81 htiipS fin and tI,D
flies have disappeared at the street
corners.
This hlisSful uncertainty. this burIeS-
que upon the municipal benefits of cleo
trio lighting. ut last reached its climax.
If. like its fire fly lamps, the general
ing or rather degenerating plant is
going down. and dependable service can
not be expected from it. the duty the
City Fathers owe Elkton taxpayers is
plain.
Abandon the fire fly SYSTEM and adopt
some certain, sure, and reliable method
of lighting the town.
Candidly, it is an unmcritcd punish
mcnt, Of the citizens of Elkton, with
little or no coal in their cellars. to intlict
upon them, the additional discomfort of
unlightcd streets during the storms and
rigorS of the approaching winter-sans
light-Sans hcat-sans warmth-sans
everything.
Now, that the fire flies are ION" again.
what steps will our City Fathers take to
keep them "on''-that is the inquiry
heard on every hand.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04
A PERTINENT INQUIRY.

VI THE Secretary of the Treasury,
can put an elastic construction upon
Il the Banking Laws. to tide over Il
speculative crisis, in Wall Street,
why cannot an equally liberal construc-
ton be put upon the laws relative to
combinations in restraint of trade =
Certainly Il money Strngcncy is not
worse than coal famine.
If for the relief of Wall Street Il rad-
cal departure from precedent is justif-
able. cannot the Government authorities
at Washington devise some method for
the relief of millions suffering from lack
of fuel through the obstinate cupidity of
the coal operators and the labor agita-
tors
As the Baltimore Sun pcrtincntly says:
"MuSt the people freeze because the
laws enacted for their protection are
without that benevolent elasticity which
has proved the salvation of Wall Street
i'll crisis If the Government can do
things for the Bankers which the law
apparently never contemplated. why
which were designed to protect the pco-
pie from Monopolcs some warrant for Il
radical departure from precedent" in
the interest of the public -
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04
ROOSEVELT FOLLOWS MCKINLEY.

| A NTI-REVISIONISTS who in
| II yoke the spirit of Mckinley in
L n support of their lct-alonc policy
| are rash or short of memory
| McKinlcy's name is almost a synonym
for the principle of protection, yet to
him the Dingley Act was not sacred
| thing upon which no human hand can
be laid without impicty. In his Buffalo
speech, which was the keynote of his
policy. Mckinley Enthusiastically pointed
| the way to revision of the Dngley Tariff.
No other meaning can be read into the
paragraph in which he advised that
where protection has done its full work
for American industries the benefits
should be transferred to other accounts"
1t was McKinleys desire that the
Republican Party, the party of protec-
ton, should cure the defects developed
in the Dinglcy Tariff and readjust the
schedules to conform to new conditions
and the lessons taught by experience.
1t was not Mckinlcy's idea any more
than it was the idea of the orignators
of the policy Of protection that Il tariff
devised to enable new industries to get
themselves established should be per-
pctuated as checks to healthy COMPETE
was called in rs Il wet nurse to infant
industries
As the New York Post recently pointed
out it was part of the theory that the
rate of duty should be no more than
sufficient to balance the cost of produc-
ton between American and Foreign
manufacturers, or that it should con-
tinuc no longer than the time needed to
bring about that condition. Its advoc-
atcs always maintained that, although
domestic consumers would be compelled
| for Il time to pay higher prices for the
protected articles. domestic competition
would soon bring down the prices to the
| general level, so that the producers
would receive no greater profits than
other members of the community
To hold that the Steel Trust, the
Sugar Trust and other gigantic combina-
tons, which amaze the world with their
monstrous profits, are infants needing
protection is manifestly absurd. In their
case protection has done much more
| ~ r,,n
tries. and has become shelter for pre-
datory trusts.
| When President Roosevelt tells his
party that the Tariff should be revised
for the benefit of the business interests
of the country, he fulfils his promise to
carry out the policies Of Mckinley in
good faith and to the best of his ability
North American.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04
GENEROSITY BEGINS AT HOME.
. UDGE PENNYPACKER in re-

y UDGE PENNYPACKER in re-
cent address at Pittsburg, Pa,
congratulated his audience, that
~ the monies which have been &C.
eumulated from Pennsylvania wells Of
oil, and beds of iron, are building up
higher education, and establishing librar-
les in many an inland village in Scotland
and Ireland.
When the late Jacob Tome was asked,
'why he was erecting the first building
OF the Institute which honors his name,
down in the narrow street of Port De-
post" he replied, that he intended to
spend his money for good purposes,
right on the spot where he made it."
II Andrew Carnegie We're equally right
minded, instead Of donating the millions
earned for him by the lowly wage-earn-
ers of Pennsylvania, to endow free
scholarships for the sapient sons of de-
cayed English Aristocrats, he would like
Mr.. Tome, spent it right where he made
1t, in the erection of beneficial asyums
and homes for superannuated and worn
out American workingmen.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04
A RIDICULOUS MUSS.

VIvINE has upset many a man,
wv and for that matter, many
woman too, but the most
ridiculous upheaval it has
recently caused, is the rumpus between
Herr Won Holleben, the German Ambas-
sador to this country, and French firm
of wine growers. When the Kaiser's
American built yacht, the "Meteor" was
launched, Miss Alice Roosevelt, the Pres
ident's daughter, acted as sponsor and
broke n bottle of French wine over her
bow. The German wine-growers took
offense at this, and cabled Herr Won Hol-
leben to know, why they and the German
Nation had been so grossly outraged
The Ambassador denied the fact, and
his denial was spread throughout Ger
many. Then, the American agents Of
the French wine-growers, filed charges
at Washington against the Ambassador
The State Department ignored them as
trivial, and now Berlin is asked to CEN
sure Won Holleben for his dsloyalty and
nntruthfulness. The whole controversy
is indeed a Tempest, not in tea pot
-5ut over wine glass.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04
THE PRESIDENTS SETBACK.

Ut is but natural that the necessity
for Il second operation upon the
4 President should excite public APP
prehension.
While the bulletins of his surgeons are
assuring, yet the fact remains, that I'M
foreseen complications may arise, and
the affected bone which rendered the
second operation necessary. may prove
serious obstacle to his rapid recovery.
The President however is a man of
robust physique. cheerful temperament,
strong will and correct habits of life, all
of which qualities are prc-cmincntly in
his favor. Yet until his final restoration
from the effects of his wound. the pre-
vailing uncasincss must continue. since
the life of the President means so much
to the people of this country.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04
PAID DETECTIVES FAIL.

J" HE Law Enforcement League of
Hartford county, to secure con-
Il victions for violating Local
Option, is repeating the folly
attempted in Cecil county-in the en-
ployment Of paid detectives. Necessarily
these men must, for pay, become viola
tors of the law, and when the credibility
Of their testimony goes to the jury, it is
turned down as worthless, and the vio-
later Of the law goes free.
Commenting on the recent sixty odd
indictments returned by the Grand Jury
in Hartford county, and the unreliability
Of the testimony of hired detectives on
which they were found, the Havre de
Grace Republican truthfully says
while every law-abiding citizen must
sympathize with the efforts to secure the
proper enforcement of the laws Of the
land, yet when to secure such enforce
ment, it becomes necessary to employ
men as detectives, who are adopts in the
art Of deceit, the very means employed,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04

n n RS. CARRIE NATION, the
MI saloon masher, whose odorous
4t1 exploits with her unlicensed
hatchet, to the credit Of her
sex, have not evoked many imitators, has
been on exhibition this week at the Bel
air Fair. This abnormal specimen Of the
culture and refinement of the wild and
woody West. recently, became the vehi-
Gle of sly bit Of humor when interview
ed by a Boston reporter She had sound
ly larrupcd the Republican Party for
selling its soul to the Liquor Devil, and
for sending her to Jail. "Havc you never
been put i'll Jail by Democrats during
your travels y asked the reporter.
mo" replied Mrs. Nation disgustedly,
"the Democrats never get elected where
I have been"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04
STUPIDITY AND POLITICS.

THAT benefcient gift of Heaven,
to the Eastern Shore of Mary
u land, which the Scientists term
an Ostreod Bivalve, but which
we all know and esteem as the succulent
Oyster, is scarce and high this fall, and
is yearly growing more SO.
Although as distinguished Maryland
Jurist once said:-"God has shown cs-
pecial kindness to Marylanders, in Great
ing oysters without legs. so they could
not run away" vet year by year they are
rapidly getting away from their native
beds, and what was once an abundant
food supply for the poor will, unless
common sense comes to their rescue, be-
fore long prove a luxury only for the
rich
What reflection upon the intelligence
and common sense of the people of
Maryland, this whole Oyster business
has become
The little State of Rhode Island, with
only two hundred square miles of water
covering oyster beds, in quality and ma
tural productiveness far inferior to those
of Maryland, has fair home supply,
and besides, receives an annual income
of over $4,000 from their rental.
Maryland, with nearly three thousand
square miles of water, embracing the
finest natural oyster beds i'll the world,
receives no revenue from them, and sees
her annual supply gradually growing
smaller, while her taxpayers are burden
ed with an Oyster Navy, whose only pur-
pose is to watch the dredgers for the
benefit Of the tongers, which costs an
nually S33, 600.
AS the Baltimore Sun recently said
I'm all attempts give the people Of
Maryland the full benefits of our natural
marine wealth. stupidity and politics, the
twin enemies OF progress, have SO far
been invincible at Annapolis"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04
GET REGISTERED.

J" HERE remains but one more day
to be registered. if you want to
u vote ut the Election next No
vcmbcr. That day is next
Tuesday. October 9TH. On that day the
registration offices will be open from
s o'clock in the morning, until { o'clock
i'll the evening. in the districts and brec-
inctS as advertised by the Board of SUI
pcrviSorS of Election.
The Sittings on Tuesday, October 14th,
will be for revision of the lists only.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04

to the intolerable condition now con-
fronting the country, and which it is in
the power of the operators and miners
to put an end to.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04

"a Mothers Heart will be the at
traction at the Elkton Opera House, on
Tuesday evening. October It'll. This
drama Of intense human interest will be
presented by cast Of extraordinary
strength including some of our best
known legitimate actors. A pleasing
feature is the introduction of little Beat
rice Abbey, acknowledged to be the pref
lest and most versatile child actress now
before the public. The company also in
cludes boys church choir.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04

A WESTERN genius has just in
N vented an iceless refrigerator.
Il n God bless the fertile brains Of
this fellow, but while he was
about it, why didn't he invent a coalless
cook stove. or Il fuellcss heating furnace?
What has become of Edison anyhow
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04

$1,000 Suits for Young Men,
sizes "a to 40 $40 and
and $I2. in sizes I6 to 10
years. This will be
SIS. 100 great season for Black
Sack Suits, they are
Black great values for the
price; a good black al
Thtbet ways looks well, poor
black SCOT shows what
it is. With a White or Fancy Vest
Striped Trousers and Black Suits
you can make several combinations
and changes of dress. White Vests
ST. to So. Striped Trousers So so
to S.. Fall Overcoats and Top
Coats SIS toss. Top Goats $40,
SI2 and SIS, Silk.lined Dress
Overcoats SIS, 500 and s25. Big
line new fall Mixed Sack Suits $40,
$I2 and SIS.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04
No. 1896.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
National Bank of ElktOn,

AT KLKTON, IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND,
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS.
SEPT. 18th, 1902.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04
THE COAL STRIKE.

~ DOL, possibly cold weather is at
hand, the coal bins of the people
. are empty. and there is still no
prospect of the termination of
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
The BEST EVER.
The Grand Double MinstreIs the
Fashionable Event OF the season.

They have come and gone, but are
not TO be forgotten. The Grand
Double Minstrels under the auspices
of the X. of p. and the Rathbone Sis
tiers and under the personal direction
of Prof. Claude Menkee' at the Opera
House, Tuesday evening, pleased
every one of the critical audience
present. Their chorus singing was
excellent, their solos fine, the Jokes
rich, rare and spicy. When the cur
tain went up on the first part it show
ed an unusual group for a minstrel
entertainment, being gentlemen on
one side, and ladies, colored ladies, on
the other. And don't you believe for
one minute but what the ladies dem
onstrated their ability to keep up
their end just as well as the male
portion. Prof. Menkee was in the
center, and the solos were sung by
Messrs G. f. Sheldon, NJ Case, Mr.
Gooch, Claud PETER, Howard Hall;
Mrs. Ferguson, Misses Merl Stahl and
G.. Peckham. Each were encored in
turn, but Howard Hall got the boquet.
two of them in fact. The farcial
finale "Sousa Outdone" closed the
first part with roars of laughter.
First on the second part came a
fine exhibition fancy drill by eight
young men, also some silent work in
manual of arms by Geo Baker and
Chas. S. Youngs which was worthy of
highest commentator, Then Judge
Coat (Chas. r. Foote) and Senetor
Vest CIV l.. Cusser) told the audience
what they didn't know about expan-
sion in Cuba and what they did know
about some other things. Their
makeup was great. Claude PETER
gave some difficult selections on the
banjo which showed that he was mas
ter of that instrument, and then
came the bright, tuneful little opper-
eta, "King of the Kanibal Islands,
The words and music are copyrighted
by Prof. Menkee and if it does not
win him fame and good financial re-
turns some day we miss our guess. 1t
is bright, it is pleasing, the tunes
have just the right jingle and swing
to them to be catchy and it is a
sure winner anywhere just as it was
here Tuesday evening.
The house should have been packed
which it was not. but such was it's
success that many requests are being
made for one more presentation
which may be done.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
Death OF Mrs. III. l.. Francisco

Many Bedding friends we're sadden-
ed by the death of Mrs. II. l.. Fran
cisco Sunday at their home near
Ithaca. 1t is only few weeks ago
they sold their home here and went
there TO RESIDE on account of the
death of her mother. Her death was
not entirely unexpected as her failing
health had given warning of APP
preaching dissolution, and medical
counsel had held out no encourage
ment. Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Francisco
and Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Krum attend
ed the funeral services which were
held "Wednesday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Michigan Central Live Stock Yards,
Detroit, June 3.-The demand for live
cattle is fairly active this week, re.
ceipts have been moderate of late. The
following prices are being paid al
the Detroit Live Stock Market: Prime
steers and heifers, $3.50 (G 6 So: handy
butchers cattle, 81 50(a5.40; common
SO. 00(d4 20; Gamers cows, 81 80 ca 90
stockers and feeders, active, So 0t
(a4 90 Mich cows strong at $25(d55'
calves active at So O0(G$7. 90.
Sheep and lambs higher. prime
lambs SC. 4O(GS6. so; mixed, $475(05. 70
culls, 81 so (G $3.50. Spring lambs,
81 .00(dS 90 per cwt.
Hogs, light receipts fair quality,
trade il active at the following prices
Prime mediums $6.90(d6 90; Workers
So 75(d6 50; pigs, So 60(G6. 20; roughs
SIS 50(G6. Is; stays, 1 Off; cripples, 81 per
cwt of.
House and lot for sale-two lots
very desirable location. Price reas
enable. Mrs. j. A. Spencer, Bedding
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
A NEW LINE.
Ballou Basket Works Lease Another
Building for N New Line OF
Manufacturing.


The Ballou Basket Works has exec
uted lease for the smaller of the old
casket factory buildings, just across
the Pere Marquette Ry tracks from
their property and as soon as the ma
chinery and supplies can reach here
expect TO install therein an entirely
new branch of business. 1t is for the
manufacture of coal sacks from can
vas, Mr.. Ballou having purchased
when east recently the patents and
right for the New Labanon coal sacks.
They expect to get it in operation
about July lst The machinery re-
quired will mostly be sewing ma
chimes. They will also experiment
making laundry and other baskets
of canvas over steel frames which are
being tried by others. No large
amount of help will be required but
what is will be additional to their
present force as all lines will be con-
tinued as before.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05

Mrs. j. G. Wilbur and children left
Monday for a three weeks visit with
friends in Indiana. Mrs. Wilbur's
mother, Mrs. NJ. Driese, went to Chi
cago at the same time to spend a
week, after which she also will Join
them.
Chas. f.. Francisco and wife return
ed to their home at Lowell last Sat
urday evening from a trip to Califor-
MIA. Their son, ex-mayor Waldo
Francisco of this city, accompanied
by his wife went down in his auto
mobile to meet them.
Mrs l.. X. Webster left Tuesday
evening for Portland, Oregon, where
she goes as one of the delegates from
Michigan to the Supreme lodge of the
Degree of Honor. She expects to be
gone altogether about three weeks,
visiting Seattle, Wash, and stopping
of at other points en- route.
The Baptist church will have a new
cement walk clear around their prop.
crty. IL will be monument TO the
to the last work of Pastor Quick in be.
half of the church, the money having
been raised to pay for it in just seven.
teen minutes at the close of the
morning services last Sunday. An
iron fence is also to be added later.
Leo Ranger, foreman of the Benton
Harbor Daily News Office was in the
city Tuesday visiting friends He
was called to Lyons TO attend the
funeral OF an uncle, Chas. $. Marsh
He is graduate of the BANNER Office
and has also in the Office with him as
al setter Alva Pringle, a Bedding
boy, who learned his trade in the
BANNER Office.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Methodist church will have another
handkerchief sale ON Friday and
Saturday, June l3 and II, at G. G.
O'Bryon's store. Thor previous sale
at w. A. Chave's amounted To $40
Since that time a quantity of fine
handkerchiefs have been received by
the ladies and again they have ;
good display to offer the public al
prices which will suit Any wishing
to purchase commencement handker
chiefs are invited to call before
purchasing elsewhere
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
Cleveland business Men can.

The Wholesale Merchants Board of
the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
are on tour of the state, and called
at Bedding Wednesday afternoon.
There were about forty in the party
and they are travelling by special
train of two Pullmans, one dining car
and one combination car. Their pur-
pose is trade extension. They were
scheduled to stop here a half an hour,
and Mayor Lapham and quite a party
of business and professional gentle
men who had been appointed recep-
tion committee were at the station
to properly receive and entertain
them. However the train was an
hour later than its schedule, and the
stop here was cut to fifteen minutes.
They made the most of their time,
but we all regret they could not have
given us more time as they could gain
but very little knowledge of Belding
in that short period
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
Washington Club Picnic.

The annual picnic of the Washing
ton club will be held at Ganton's pa.
Wilton, Baldwin Lake Tuesday, June
24th. The following reception com
mittee has been appointed: Mr.. and
Mrs. G. G.. Merritt, Mr.. and Mrs. o.
G. Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Green,
Greenville, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. f. Ire
land, Mr.. and Mrs. II. J. Leonard, Mr.
and Mrs. w. Z. Hetherington,B elding
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
A Serious Thought.

There are moments in every mans
life when he looks for something to
turn his thoughts from the serious
side thereof. In this respect nothing
is more suited than good, first class
farce comedy. We have it. ga
Breezy Time" complete with CO.
medians, actors and singers, and its
own silver toned band.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
Ionia Won.

A special train passed through here
yesterday with the Greenville bal
club and lot of their friends on boarC
bound for Ionia to cross bats with the
club there. A few from this city join
ed them. The game was a very
pretty one and was won by Ionia the
score being to /.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05

A reception was rendered the pas
tor of the Congregational church
Rev. j. f Butler and wife at the
church parlors last Wednesday, eve
ming. The attendance was good and
the time was spent very pleasantly.
Ice cream and cake was served.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
Music Has Charms.

Who is there chat does not like
music-and especially fine music? "a
Breezy Time" has fine brass band
and orchestra, playing nothing but
the very best selections, and those
who want to hear will have a chance
as the band makes parade daily.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
ri,,hv rempIes In India.

Sacred cows often delile Indian tenn
plies, but worse yet is a body that's pol.
Iuted by constipation, Don't permit
it, Cleanse your system with Dr.
Kings New Life Pills and avoid un'
told misery. They give lively lvers
active bowels, good digestion, fine APP
petite. Only 25c at Cornell Bros.
urup store.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05

Lost-upon the street "Wednesday
evening a small package containing
lace Will finder please return to
Mrs. Ellis Ranney.