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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-02-13
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

The School Commissioners we're in
session on Tuesday. All members
present, Sundry bills were approved
and ordered paid Quarterly accounts
OF the various districts were examined
and passed
The Treasurer IVES directed to add
Slo to the Library Fund. raised by each
OF the following teachers:-Misses
Olive {. Oldham. No. I. First: Leila
n. Mccoy, Ceciion; Ethel DuHamell,
No. Q, FIRST Mary o. Terrell, No. 10.
Fourth: Blanche Reynolds. No 4,
Fourth: Annie f. Fryer. No. II. Sixth;
Ada A. Brown. No. ?, Eighth.
\ letter was read from State Super
intendcnt Stephens, suggesting that a
picture OF Edgar Allen Poe be placed
in each school on Maryland Day. and
giving information as TO how such pic
turcs can be obtained.
Appointments coufirmed-M Ruth
Cameron, No. o Fifth: Mss Emily
Whitaker. No. =. Ninth.
The President and Secretary we're
directed to make deed Of the old
school property at Pcrryvillc to Jacob
Schneider.
he Board took the following action.
Whereas. by law the supervision and
control oi all public schools OF Cecil
County is vested in the Board OF
County School Commissioners thereof:
Therefore. all teachers oi the county
are hereby forbidden to close their
schools for any purpose without first
having applied TO. and received the
consent of. said BOARD or some mem
ber thereof. or OF the County Superin-
tendent
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-02-13
Health officer Closed Schools

DR.. H. Arthur Mitchell. Health Of
iiccr for Cecil County, on Monday
morning closed public school house
No. II, in Elkton. owing to number
OF cases OF measles and scarlet fever
among the scholars attending this
school. The building was thoroughly
fumigatcd and after weeks recess
the school will open on Monday next
Several other county schools have been
closed by the County Health Officer.
IN order to stamp out the prevailing
diseases.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-02-13
COUNTYBOARD Dy

The County Commissioners were Id
session Tuesday and "Wednesday at
their Office in Elkton Prcsent--W. n.
Deshanc, President: John Ii. Pierce and
c. A. Benjamin.
The minutes were read and approved
and sundry bills examined. passed and
ordered paid
George BiddIe. Secretary of the
School Board, made requisition on the
Commissioners for $1,000
A letter was received from James
Gardner. notifying the Board that as
the public road from Pcrryvillc to Port
Deposit crosses over land OF the Arms
strong Stove and Manufacturing Com
pany. Of which he Is president, to make
arrangements to change same, as the
Company intends to fence its land.
a petition was received from A. r.
Wiley and others, Of the Sixth dis
trict, requesting protection at the rail-
road crossing between Rising Sun and
Coiora. known rs Krauss' Crossing,
where several accidents have been mar
rowly ayerted
Petition from s. T. Wiley and others
requesting the county 10 pike about
900 yards OF road between Keen's Cor
ner and West Nottingham Prcsbyter-
ian Church.
Petition from citizens OF Akin and
vicinity to restrain the b. & O. r. X.
Company from obstructing the public
road between Blythcdale and Perry
vile. and to require night watchman
at the Akin GRO. sing.
Ordered, that license be granted TO
the Susquehanna Ferry Company TO
operate ferry between Perryville and
liavrc dc Grace
The Commissioners with the Auxii-
iary Road Commission opened bids on
Wednesday on the four sections OF per-
mancnt roads previously advertised.
The roads were Pleasant Hill, Blue
Ball road. Pennington Grecnhurst
road. Ceeiton road. and st. Augustine
road
The letting attracted large num-
her of bidders from all sections, in all
there being thirty bids for the four
sections
The bidders werc--pleasant Hill
road:-M. i. Mcdowell, Juaniata Paw
ing Company. John Gindcr. Horrigan
Construction Co. McCay Eng. Co, w.
c. Brogan. St. Augustine road:-Ar-
thur 7 Rush. John Ginder. Stewart &
Dorado. Jusniata Paving Co. NJ. r.
Mcdowell. Cecil Construction Co,
Horripan Construction Co. Theoboid
iiarseh. McCay Eng Co Ceciltor
road:-M. +. Mcdowell. John Ginder,
McCay. Eng Co. Horrigan Construc-
tion Co, Arthur I. Rush. Cecil Con-
siruction Co. Juariata Paving Co,
Stewart & Donado. and Thcobold
llarsch Pennington road:-Horrigan
Construction Co.. Juaniata Paving Co,
Iohn Ginder. Z. Ward Brown, McCay
Eng. Co,
The bills were ordered forwarded to
the Maryland Geological Survey. who
will examine same and report the sue
cc.ssiul bidder 10 the County Commits
sioncrs
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-02-13
lincoln Day Af Tome

Lincoln Day was celebrated at the
Tome School Friday afternoon at 20
o'clock Special exercises were held.
1t which the whole school was present,
and large number oi people from
Port DEPOSIT and the surrounding
counties The oration was delivered
hv the Hon. John Barrett. Director of
the International Bureau oi American
Republics.
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ALLEN-CRowL..

At high noon on Wednesday. Miss
Mabel {. Crowl. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Alexander Crowl, oi East Not
tingham, Pa, who is widely known in
the upper districts OF Cecil county, be
came the bride Of James G. Allen, son
oi Mr.. and Mrs John r. Allen, OF Ris-
ing Sun The ceremony took place at
Cherry Grove Farm, the country place
OF the brides parents, and was wit
messed by one hundred and fifty in
yitcd guests Rev. II. III. Taylor, OF
Oxford. Pa. Presbyterian Church. per
formed the ceremony. The bride was
attircd in handsome gown OF lace
over white tatfcta. and carried bou
quct of white roses. Miss Matte Al
len, sister of the groom. and Mrs.
Caleb Brokaw. oi Providence. were
matrouS oi honor. Misses Frcda Mac
kcrcth and Louisa Kirk were ribbon
bearers and Mrs. Mary Kirk rim
bearer Lnhcngrin wedding march
was played by Prot Frank Kirk Mr..
Norval Crowl was best man, and Mr..
Caleb Brokaw usher. The groom is
employed at Broad street station. on
the Pennsylvania Railroad. They will
reside in Philadelphia,
FtTCH-RtCHNRDS.
Miss Amy Richards and Mr. Edwin
Obcrlin Fitch, Jr., were married Febru-
airy 2, 1909. at the residence OF the
bride, father MIR Joseph r. Richards,
3oI4 Walnut street, Philadelphia The
clergyman officiating was Rev James
Henry Ecob. Of Flushing. n. Y The
matron oi honor was Mrs. Norman s.
E,>ig. sister Of the bride.
Nlr% Fitch i a daughter oi Mr.. and
Mrs, Joseph I. Richards MIR, Rich
ards, chief engineer of maintenance Of
way. Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
was formerly oi Cecil county Mr..
Fitch is of New England family. is n
graduate from the Annapolis Naval
Acadcmy and a lieutenant in the Naval
Construction Corps. Lieutenant and
Mrs. Fitch will reside in Boston
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MRS. AGNES ANDERSON.

Saturday last. February &. Mrs. Ag-
mes Anderson died at her home near
MI. Olivet. in Elk township, after an
illness OF about four weeks from par
alys;s. The funeral was held on Tues
day at D m. Rev. c. S. Strausberg.
ot Cecil Circuit, officiating. Intcrment
was in Roscbank Cemetery.
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MRS. EMMA McALLISTER.

After lingering illness. Mrs. Emma
McAllister, wife OF George McAlls,er
"i Wilmington, Del. died on January
81. 1900, aged about so years. She was
a daughter OF the late Peter Campbell,
OF near Providence, and is survived by
her husband and three children. The
family formerly resided at Lcwisvillc
and Blake. and is well known in this
section. The intermcnt was made in
the cemetery at ST Johns Church.
LcwiSvilie, on February 4
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-02-13
DEATHS
LEVI KIRK.

Levi Kirk. one OF the well known
citizens Of Oxford section, died Fcbru-
AIRY 4, 1909. at his home in West Not
tingham township, having been Ill
about ten days with Bright's disease
and heart trouble. lie was in his 7Ist
car. His parents were Jacob L. and
Jane (Milncr) Kirk Of Little Britain
township, Lancaster county. Lewis
Kirk went TO the defense OF his coun-
try's flag in the War OF the Rebellion,
being member of Company +, Pur-
nell Legion. Maryland Volunteers. He
saw three years OF active service be-
fore peace was declared He then turn
cd his face westward, went to Council
Bluffs, Iowa, and from that place jour
neycd toward the setting sun. driving
eight oxen over the trail to Elko, Me-
vada. He then ircighted between Eiko
and Boise City, Idaho, for about four
years, the distance being almost 700
miles For time he drove his OK
teams between Kelton. Utah. and the
Occur dAlcnc country, Idaho. In
about 1879 he married Miss Lizzie
MacManus. 4 western lady. and the
couple took tip 6io acres of land at
Bridge. Idaho. Mr. Kirk was rugged
and hardy; his hcpmatc was full OF
western vigor. She kept boarding
house and aided her husband to stock
his ranch with horses and cattle. Mr..
Kirk had postofficc established at
Bridge. and became its first postmas-
ter, John X Taylor. now Of Oxford.
who is nephew OF Mr.. Kirk. was his
assistant. having gone to the western
country. where he spent several years
with his uncle. Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk sold
ont and came cast in 1901. He pur-
chased farm near Calvert, residing
there until the death OF his wife in
1904. He then removed To Glenroy.
and in 1000 welded his ward. Miss Ger
trude Schanhcld. who survives him.
They have one daughter. Three bro
theirs and sister are living-Cyrus. OF
Des Moncs. Iowa: Thaddeus. OF Pitts
burg; Frank. of Blassboro, and Mrs.
Rachel Miller. OF Glenroy The fun
cral took place on Friday at Io3 30 n. m..
from the late residence oi the deceased.
near Fremont Interment in Roscbank
Cemetery.
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MRS. THOMAS d. WARRINGTON

Mrs Victoria d. Warrington. wife
oi Thomas d. Warrington, died Friday
evening last week. at her home in Jcr-
Scy City aged ih:rty-scvcn years. She
had been in poor health for some time.
but i, was not thought to be serious
until the past few weeks She is sur
vived by her husband, also by her IA
ther, jesse X. Shippers. OF this county:
by two brothers, William 7. and Rob
crt {. Shippers: and by two sisters.
Mrs. John i. Holt aud Mrs. Joseph +.
Holt
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MRS. JENNIE BuRLlN.

Every one was shocked Friday morn
ing to hear of the sudden death OF
Miss Jennie Burin. daughter oi Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Burlin She had had
severe cold. but seemingly nothing
else was the matter She was confined
to bed Wednesday and Thursday, her
lungs being congestcd. and she died
very quickly at $40 a IN. leaving her
parents crazcd with grief at the sud
denness Of the blow. The funeral SER
wees were conducted by Rev. V. s.
Collins Monday morning at eleven
O'Clock. lntcrment was made at Hope
well Cemetery.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-10
Fine Woodworking Plant.

Messrs. Mccain and Harmon have
just installed some new equipment
in their plant which is located across
the street from the Hayden Lumber
Co. yards. They are now prepared
to do any kind of mill work that is
required by contractors and builders
in this valley. They have the ma
chinery to turn out the most par
ticular jobs with dispatch and salts
faction One of the large orders
they have just received is the max
ing of the new locker cabinets for
the Masonic rooms. They can also
make all kinds of sash, doors, mould
ings, window and door frames, grill
and stair work. The name of the
new concern is the Wenatchee Wood
working Co.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-10
Not the Appendix.

The friend of a well known United
States senator was stricken i'll sud
denly the other day and rushed off >
a hospital. The cas-, vas hurrie I.y
diagnosed as acute appendicitis, aud
the senator was notified that an
operation would in all probability be
performed at once
The senator Immediately prepared
to send a note of consolation and
encouragement to the patient, when
second message arrived informing
him that the original diagnosis was
incorrect and that the case was mere
ly one of acute indigestion. The
senator changed his mind about the
letter of coincidence and instead sent
the following:
II rejoice that the trouble resulted
from the table of contents and not
the appendix. National Food Mag
azine
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-10
Installing Rope Fire Escapes.

Harry Taylor is installing rope
fire escapes in the Great Northern
hotel. The United Travelling Mems
Association, at a national meeting
held recently, adopted a resolution
to the effect that an effort should
be made to pass legislation compell-
ing every hotel to be equipped with
the rope fire escapes, claiming that
these are a better protection to the
guests than any other that might be
installed. Mr.. Taylor is placing one
in each room This is made of SIS
inch rope. knotted every IL inches.
One end is fastened to the window
sill and the other is loose. On the
window is a printed sign, Break the
window and throw the loose end
OUT Should every hotel in the
United States be equipped with these
cheap escapes it would prevent an
enormous loss of life every year.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-10

Regular mid-week prayer service
at the Baptist church will be held
tonight instead Of Thursday night,
owing to the coming of Miss Mels-
paugh. the district field worker of
the Baptist Woman's Home Mission
airy society. She comes tomorrow.
and on tomorrow night she will give
a talk on her work at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Battles, North
Wenatchee avenue. There will be
special music for the occasion and
refreshments will be served. Also
on Friday evening at the Baptist
church, Rev. Whitman, returned
missionary from China, will speak
and the ladies will serve light re-
freshments. Everybody cordially in
vited to attend both meetings.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-10
SENSIBLE GIRLS.

The Of the class of the Everett
high sensby decided simple dress
graduated without the usual fuss and feathers and
straining of paternal pockets.
of this conmendabe REFORM the editor of the school
of the has urged this policy the school
sensible girls readily fell in line They will dress in
something like uniformity probably simple hrws suit that will
attractive and will hardship parents
girls with have caused personal dprivaions the
parents provide graduation dresses in keeping with
fortunate members of
the 1t commendab that these girls have taken them
needed reform which will be appreciated by and is the
that its inception is due to girls who
might enjoyed nery usual such accasionsTacoma Daily
News.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-10
CONVERSION Of
BILLY sunday
WEST WAS MUCH DIFFERENT
THAN HE EXPECTED.-MAM
FUTURE in INLAND EMPIRE.
Especial to the WORLDLY

Spokane, Feb 10.-This is some
thing about the conversion of Rev.
BILLY" Sunday, who has just closed
"a series of revival meetings in the
Tabernacle, where he added 37S6
names to the church membership of
Spokane since December 25. The ex-
baseballist became a full-f1edge1
booster" at a farewell luncheon in
honor of himself and his family in
the Hall of the Doges, where $50
men, representing every branch of
commercial, industrial, financial and
professional activity in the city,
were hosts. r. B. Patterson, who
presided, invested the evangelist
with the $4,000 club triangle, prior
to which Sunday testified in open
meeting, saying in part:
Spokane has been a revelation
to me. I came out here expecting
to find every man wearing spurs on
his boots, a sombrero on his head
and a gun strapped to his hip. I hal
an idea everything was wild and
woolly and waist-deep in sin and vice.
| was dumbfounded with what l ZEAL
ly found during my stay of seven
weeks-a modern city with 10000
progressive people, the financial and
commercial center of a rich dist: ic1,
with vast undeveloped riches in
mines, forests, stock ranges, grain
fields and orchards. 1 found good
citizenship and the real love of home
and upright business men, and a
high moral and religious spirit in city
and country.
"No man ever left your city with
a more highly exalted opinion of the
community and it's people than
Billy Sunday. l am coming back
in a year or so. when I expect to
build a home somewhere in this In
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-10
Save Money by Buying Chamberlain
Cough Remedy.

You will pay just as much for a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy as for any of the other cough
medicines, but you save money in
buying it. The saving is in what
you get, not what you pay. The sure
to-cure-you quality is in every bot
tie of this remedy, and you get good
results when you take it. Neglected
colds often develop serious conii-
tons, and when you buy cough
medicine you want to be sure you
are getting one that will cure your
cold. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
always cures. Price rs and so cents
bottle. For sale by all dealers.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-10
STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE.

His Wife's Name Was Not Gabrielle.
Clyde Fitch was describing his
large scrapbook collection of typo
graphical errors. Suddenly, he smiled.
'Such errors he said, ''are con-
tinually cropping up. I called for a
magazine editor the other day to
take him to luncheon. AS he was
getting into his coat a man entered.
:" Do you read your magazine?'
the man asked.
CT do replied the editor.
Have you read the new number,
the one that came out yesterday
"I have
Have you read my poem, "to
Gabrielle" on page 117?'
tN-no.'
"'No! Well, in that poem I wrote
the line, 81 love you better than I
love my life.'
GA neat line. Neat and well
turned said the editor, soothingly.
"'And one of the professional hui
morists of your composing room set
it up to read, II love you better than
I love my wife,
'How-er-'
" Than my wife-precisely that
And my wife knows nothing of COM
posing room comedy, and she thinks
the line was printed exactly as I
wrote it. New York Press.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-10
Cause of His Silence.

A few days ago, in a large met
ropolitan railroad station, man
rushed up to little boy and stutter-
ingly inquired if he knew which train
went to Pittsburg. The boy looked
at him a minute and deliberately
turned away without replying and
the man went on.
A by stander walked over to the
boy and asked him what had prompt
ed him to be SO discourteous.
'I-I-I-I didn't w-wa-Want him tu-
tu-to lic-lick m-m-m-me," answered
the wise lad
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-10

land Empire and settle down where
I can spend the rest of my days and
do something for my fellows
More than $12, 900 in thank Offer
ings was contributed during the last
two days of the tabernacle meetings.
and this was presented to the evange-
list ON the eve of his departure
Others in the party were also remef-
oered with purses of gold and pres
ents.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-10
Four DrInkS Last Night.

The officers gathered in four
DRINKS last night Two old offenders
were in the bunch, Peter Hovland
and Oscar Nelson. Rowland has been
somehow he secured the liquor aid
flied up on it. The officers have
clue as to how he got it and an ar
rest will follow today.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-10
ADVANCE GUARD
FOR A \. P.FA|R
SEATTLE is FILLING UP WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE After
CONCESSIONS FOR THE BIG
EXPOSITION.
Special to the World.


SEATTLE, Feb. O.-The advance
forces of the A.-Y.-P. exposition are
beginning to arrive in Seattle and
the hotels are getting a lot of bust
ness. The people come from every
part of the globe. Most of them have
followed in the wake of expositions
for the last ten years. Some of them
have seen every exposition, big or
little, that has been held in lhis
country or in Europe for the past
thirty years, and what they don't
know about expositions isn't worth
knowing This exposition business,
they say, is regular microbe. You
can no more get away from it than
a confirmed dope fiend can give up
the drug habit.
One man who dropped in on the
exposition officials last week came
from the east He is very rich; he
made every dollar of his fortune out
of expositions. Two years ago he
told his wife that he had enough of
the exposition business, he intended
to settle down and have some fun
He bought a beautiful home outside
OF one of the eastern cities, lived in
retirement and was happy.
But a month or two ago he began
to be restless. He read in the east
ern papers from time to time about
lie western exposition. He tried to
Day no attention to it, but by and by
lie fever came on him, and he told
in the SWIM He arrived here last
week, and has half a dozen schemes
for getting money from the people
who come here next summer eff
I don't make it." he remarked to
some newspaper boys, sit will be the
first time in the history of any ex-
position that I have failed
This man is only one of a thousand
that will be on the exposition
grounds prior to opening day prepar
ing some attraction that will get the
money. Hundreds of local people ap-
piled for concessions at the exposition
but not one in fifty of them got what
he wanted. The concessions went to
the professionals, as they are known,
who follow the exposition business
The professional outbids the local
man every time. II will pay 20 per
cent for this privilege, said the local I
man. 81 will give you 40 per cont"
said the professional, and he got it.
In reality the professional doesn't |
intend to pay the whole 40 per cent. /
He has methods all his own for beat |
ing the exposition officials who try
to keep a check on him. But in the
end the exposition gets more from
the professional, because he knows /
how to get it from the public, The /
amateur gets the chewing gum con- /
cession. He puts up a few stands
where his gum may be bought. What /
does the professional offer? He hires
a dozen pretty girls, pays them a
small percentage, and turns them /
loose on the grounds. They bring
in lots of money every night. Per-
haps nobody wants the gum, but
who wouldn't give a nickel to stand
and talk with a pretty girl?
The exposition business and the
old time circus business do not con-
f1ict much in the matter of details.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-10
PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR wENATCHEE.

The proposal of the city council take the initiative securing
for the construction of city library
welcome the people of Wenachee The library will be con-
venen and adjunct the high school besides furnish
citizens general opportunity to enjoy the privileges OF
Commercial Club has endorsed the
realization of the long hoped for institution will be practc
ally assured provided laird of Sbo castle mans sufficient
interest in the proposal
Carnegie should be asked for larger donation than $4,000
$4,000 library for the present needs of the city but
few AS Mr. Carnegie is keen business
man and which he makes for this
purpose induced make donation adequate for the
of the few hence representations
Mr. Carnegie through the representation of Mr. Bryan made
donation the city of Lincoln and the authorities
charge would get the endorsement of
citizen Louis w Hill of the Great Northern
might be secured But perhaps
beggars should not be choosers
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-10
At the Olympia.

At the Olympia.
Frank H. Means, Saguashe, Colo.
F. HI. Nagel, Seattle.
Thomas S. Sorenson, Seattle.
w. E. Miller, Seattle.
E. L. Davenport, Scotch Highlands.
Walter Lautenschlager, Seattle.
Mrs. E. w. Crockett. Quincy.
J. A. Shotwell, Seattle.
Jesse Heaverlo and wife, Quincy.
Roy Zahren, city.
U. H. Sutton, city.
R. S. Metcalf, Twisp.
w. Stentz, Olympia.