The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-05-11

Ny. !, ilaTNeE proves DeSlnS the
making OF ice cream today. Mr..
Groves is becoming famous as the
maker OF the finest ice cream. ST
Rev. J. NJ. Sheridan, d. d.. Presi-
dent OF the Maryland Conference. will
preach Sunday. May IL. at 3 p M, al
Moore's Chapel and at Leeds at s
y. m.
The teacher and pupils 81 Big
Elk' school Will hold an ice cream les
rival in the school building on MAY
TO- Tor the benefit oi the library. All
-rr invited
Philip 4 Rothwcll, tenant on the
lumcs F. Dean farm. in Elk Neck. was
stricken with second attack OF par
alys's, Monday night and is in seri-
.us condition.
The pupils OF Centre School, Fair
Hill. will hold an ice cream festival on
the school ground May Is. Ii stormy,
the following evening The public is
cordially invited.
The pupils Of the Oak Grove
school. near Mechanics Valley. will
mold festival on the school grounds,
Wednesday evening, May IS. II
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Why not see about those new car
Tiages now, and consult Burns Bros,
Havre de Grace, Md. Never were
their carriages better and never was
the demand Tor them so great apr Off
Grant Post No. 10, G. A. r. will
attend divine services at Leeds NJ. P.
Church. on Sunday, May 20, at 10 30
:. m. The Post is requested to meet
outside the church at 10 o'clock a. m.
p. H. Cleaver, c. c. Strickland
and William S. Evans were reelected
Trustees OF the Elkton Presbyterian
Church for period OF three years at
congregational meeting held last
Monday evening.
The run" OF shad may be dis
cOuraging but the run OF school les
rivals is all that heart could wish Ice
cream, cake. strawberries. will now be
widely dispensed. where they will do
the cholera doctor most good
Decorative services will be held
ii Cherry Hill NJ F, Church, May 80,
At : o'clock p, m. Prominent speakers
are expected 10 be present The same
committee that usually dccorateS the
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BY order Of Post.
The teachers and pupils OF the
Andora school will hold festival on
The school grounds on Tuesday even
ing. May Il. Ice cream. cakes, can
dies. etc. will be on sale. Proceeds
to be used for library purposes. Ii
stormy, the following evening.
Justice II. II. GiIpin. former De
. 3uty Sheriff !. W. McAllstcr and w
Fcchly were in Washington. on
Thursday a. Witnesses in the w. II.
II. Hart ca,e. which is on trial in the
United Starc> District Court. reference
to which wa made in the WIG last
week.
Harry Price. OF Chesapeake City
First Officer on the steamer Lord Bal
timore, plying between Philadelphia
and the Jamestown Exposition, has
been granted an absolute divorce from
his wife, Althea Price, by the Circuit
Court ior Cecil County Joshua Clay
ton, Esq, was counsel for Price
The Orphans Court was in spec
ial session on Tuesday last. the full
bench present. To hear evidence con
corning the settlement oi the estate OF
the late Eleanora J. White. objection
having been filed 10 the account OF the
administrator In the absence OF i'm
portant witnesses and the adminstra-
tor, the case was not concluded.
Two oi Wllmlngton's most promi-
ncnt clrrgymen. the Rev Thomas a
McCurdy. d. d., pastor oi Central
Presbyterian Church. and Rev, F. F
Briggs. pastor OF Second Baptist
Church. surprised their congregation;
last Sunday by announcing their re-
signati"nS. The former did not make
any statement as to his plans, The
latter will 60 To- Middletown. Ohio.
Levin Netherill Barroll, son o
Mr. and Mrs. Hope H. Barrol, o.
Chestertown. and nephew oi Mis-,
Ellen Barroll. OF Elkton, Represented
Washington College, Chestcrtown, a
Westminster. Friday night week ii
the ninth annual contest al the ora
torical association OF Maryland Col
leges, which was held in Alumni Hall
OF Western Maryland College, ant
won second prize, gold medal.
The WING enjoyed very pleas
ant call from Mr. w. T. Richardson
Of Charlestown, few days ago, who
dropped in to renew his subscription
which he has continuously kept up fo
ffty-three years Upon the death o
his father, in 1854, Mr. Richardson
took up. the subscription that had ther
been running for ten years, making il
all sixty-three years that the paper ha
been going to the same household.
A special meeting OF the stock
holders OF the Susquehanna Power Co
has been called for Tuesday, May 81
at Conowingo, for the purpose OF in
creasing the capital stock OF the Com
pany from $500, 900 to $4,000, 900. Thi
Company owns property along thu
river just below that OF the Mccall
Ferry Power Company, which is build
ing the big plant at McCall's Ferry
Although no formal announcement
ha sheen made, il is generally supposed
that the Susquehanna Power Compan,
will begin work on its plant in the nea
future.
The pupils OF the Calvert High
School held a contest on Friday even
ing last week, under the auspices o
the w. c. T. U. The contestants wer
Lillian Grier. Helen Mcdowell, Earl