The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-07-18

| Pastor of II leading Methodist Episcopal
| Church of that city. Mr.. Mcneil was
! one of the monipd men of his cOngrrga-
! ton.
| The importance of this fact does not
warrant possibly this DEPRESSION. but it
! is interesting to know that this success
full ready made clothier of Philadelphia
was generally known here and had prop
crty interests in Cecil county.
Later Thomas c. Crouch did an extern
sivc shoe trade in the same building. II"
| like Mr.. Brown and Mr. Calvert with
their hats. manufactured all he sold. \
ready made shoe. like ready made hat.
outside of Il hat factory. was an nm
known commodity Today. one extern
Sive hat manufacturer like John Strtson,
makes more hats in Il single week %?
possibly single day, than all the local
hat factories in the State made in
whole year. sixty years ago.
Next to the building of which we are
speaking now Jointly used as II bakery
and II Laundry. stood an old log store
house. When first we can recall it. the
MesSrs. Roe. afterwards the Nelson
Brothers did business in it. They sold
twlnes and leather, possibly shoe findings
generally as Uncle Billy Knots did in
the building now occupied by Mrs. l..
II. Bennett rs mlliner. The Cecil
Wing" occupied this building. having re-
moved there from the old log cabin in
the Hollow" 1t was successfully occu-
pied by several provision men. James
WalmSley. Howard Johnson. by the
| Pryor Brothers rs stove store. until
finally torn down by Darius Burton who
erected on the lot the store house once
| occupied by X. &. Lewis and now ten
anted by J. +. Gonce.
In 1870 DIR. Joseph Wallace succeeded
Col. Whann rs postmaster of Elkton,
and moved the office into the building re-
, Gently occupied by DR.. II. Arthur Mitch
ell. That east end of this building had
played an interesting part in its history.
Two generations of the Parker family
had been identified with it. before its
| occupancy as drug store by DIR. Wal
lace. The Doctor was an unusually gen.
! ial gentleman He was IL retired Army
Surgeon. and Il half brother of Col. John
| e. Groomc. He married Miss Ward. his
son DIR. Joseph V. Wallace. being 4
prominent physician Of this county. To-
Gated ut Chesapeake City.
Old DR.. Caleb Parker. the father of
DR.. Charles Parker IL druggist the
father of Caleb Parker. he the father of
Charles Parker. still living in Ekton.
was tn" progcnitnr of the Elkton family.
| We can recall DIR. Charles Parker who
occupied this drag store. ]. Ferris Moor"
was his clerk and compoundrr of pre-
>criptonS. II" was Il half brother of
the Rev. James Mclntire. his father An
drew Mclntirc having married the widow
| Moore. whose sons became prominent
men. one talented Presbyterian Minis
ter of West Chester. Pa. and J. Ferris
Moore, who afterwards left Elkton and
located in Baltimore. where he hccAmc
| President of the Maryland Phnrmacruti-
cal Society. and made high reputation
rs Il Skllful chemist. For years he OWN
| cd Il Lending drug store i'll Baltimore. AT
! Howard and Madison Streets.
| Next to DR.. Charles ParkcrS drug
store in the middle section of the build
ing. recently occupied by Mrs. Caroline
| Hall. Col. John E. Groomr had lis law
offices in his hatchrlnr days. Colonel
Groomc didn't marry until he was forty.
and the Row" as it was then called,
WAS quite Il professional centre for Elk
ton Lawyers. Augustus Miller having his
office in the building now occupied by
DIR. John w. Cooper. Willis Rutter. Il
| popular tailor of Elkton. who married IL
| daughter of the late David Alexander.
and Il sister of Mrs. William II. Elder,
afterwards did business for years in this
sam" office section of that block.
| While Ferris Moore was with Dr. Par
ker. Thomas II. Denny. of Dover. Del
| l..
opposite. They were great chumS. In
the prolific brains of one or other OF
them was conceived every startling trick
that shocked the nerves of the Staid poo
pie of Elkton. Nothing positively wicket
but novel and startling effects were FREE
quently witnessed about the town. the
| combined results of their genius for oli-
ginal things.
They We're the recognized projectors of
the original and only true Band of Cali.
thumpian Serrnaders that ever afflicted
Elkton. All subsequent bands were
feeble limitations of this one original and
talented company. They conceived the
happy idea of having II roll call of its
members when called upon to honor any
newly married couple with sercnadc.
Taking their positions in II circle on the
| street. not sound or II foot fall indie.
ated their presence. suddenly in stem
torian tones came the call "attention."
Every member in turn was called by
name. Rev. William Duke ! Here"
Col. Samuel Hollingsworth Here"
Dr. Samuel Groome Here" Col.
John c. Groome !. Here Jacob G.
Howard Here" Francis Il. Gottier
Here DIR. Amos Alex. Evans! "Here."
John Partridge ! Here" Rev James
Mclntire Here" Rev. Edward Ken
nard Here" And so all down the
list every prominent citizen Of the town.