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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05
Notice to Road Contractors

Notice is hereby given that all roads
under contract in Cecil County must be
put in frst-class order by the Contrac-
tors before the 9th day OF April next,
otherwise the last payment on any
contract will not be made. All roads
in the county will be inspected by the
Commissioners in their respective. dis
tricts at that time
By order of the County Commits
sioncrs of Cecil County.
JOHN +. PIERCE,
mar 5-as President.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05
Dwelling House il;

nearly new. with handsome 6nishings,
bath room and other modern conven-
fences and outbuildings.
The property is in one of the very
best sections OF Cecil County, conven-
lent to railroads, schools, churches,
&c, and is worthy the notice of any
person desiring fine country home,
splendidly located.
TERMS OF SALE-prescribed by
mortgage: Cash on day of sale.
Other and more favorable terms may
be obtained on day OF sale, from the
Attorney, if purchaser desires. Cost
of conveyance to be paid by purchaser.
ROBERT C. THACKERY,
Attorney named in said mortgage.
p. Nj. Groves, auct mar is.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05
County Commissioners Meet

The full Board Of County Commits
sioners met on Monday and Tuesday
to adjust assessments. The Board
passed an order that all roads under
contract be put in first class order be-
fore April 9, next, otherwise the last
payment on the same will not be
made. The Commissioners will inspect
all roads in their respective districts
before April 9. The Board resolved
to advertise for bids to be opened at
noon on April IL, for supplying light
for the public buildings OF the county,
including the Aims House and Insane
Asylum for one year, from date of con-
tract.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05
J. BOLGIANO Z SON
Seed Growers, Importer, Manufacturers
Four Generations Of Unbroken Success
BALTIMORE, ND.
Men and Women Wanted
The Government pays Railway Nail Clerks
$500 TO 81 200, and other employees
up to 1880 annually.

Uncle Sam will h OIL d examina-
tons throughout the country for Rail-
way Mail Clerks, Custom House Clerks,
Stenographers, Bookkeepers, Depart
mental Clerks and other Government
Positions. Thousands of appointments
will be made. Any man or woman over
Is, in City or Country can get Intruc-
ton and free information by writing al
once to the Bureau of Instruction, 463-X
Hamlin Building, Rochester, N. Y.
Jan /
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05
Proposals for Lighting

Proposals will be received by the
County Commissioners for Cecil
County for supplying light to the pub
lie buildings of Cecil County. includ-
ing the Aims House and Insane Asy-
lum, for one year from the date of
contract.
Bids will be opened by the Commits
sioners at their meeting on April IL,
1910, at IL O'Clock noon.
By order of the Board.
JOHN III. TERRELL,
mar s-ts Assistant Treasurer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05

Baltimore.
Mr.. Pusey Allen and daughter. Miss
Blanche, OF Philadelphia, visited May
bcrry's, near here, last Sunday.
The festival held in town hall on
Friday and Saturday nights, February
25-26, under auspices of Rising Sun
Cornet Band, proved to be great
success as usual.
The Home Mission Social was en-
tertained at the home of Mr.. H. Linn
Worthington, on Friday night. A very
good program, consisting Of a very
good dialogue, music, instrumental and
vocal. and recitations. Meeting was
we'll attended.
The Social Sewing Circle" met
with Mrs. NJ f. Founders on Thurs
day afternoon. Miss Nancy Dickey,
OF Port Deposit, was her guest at that
time All present had pleasant time.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05
FOR SALE

Three new houses, on West High
Street. All modern conveniences. Bath
room complete. Hot and cold water.
Electric lights in every Room. Large
dry celler, with hot water system of
heating.
Before buying elsewhere call and see these HOUSES
win sell very low. r. kEMETHtR.
5inar I'm
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05
WAGONS AND HARNESS
IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY

Three inch tread road wagon, heavy
2 horse-will carry 5000; 8 inch tire
light road wagon, will carry 1000 lbs;
low down handy wagon, with inch
tread, lock complete, with fixtures for
anything you want to haul; low handy,
with platform only; short-tongue OK
cart, new milk wagon, used very little;
spindle wagon, seated carriage. bob
sled, sleighs, 3 straps bells, three sets
lead, sets stage, set creamery aN
set buggy harness; collars. lines, bri-
dies, housings, riding saddle and bride,
heavy and light fynets.
MACHINERY - Osborne binder;
Milwaukee mower, 5 it. cut; Tiger hay
tedder, Jones hay rake, Sterling side
delivery hay rake; 2 American, 2 Os-
borne spring tooth, 3 hoe, I2-disc SUI
perior twin spiketooth, and 6o-tooth
iron harrows; left-hand o. c., 1
horse Wizard and Wiley plows. Hal
lock potato digger, Empire grain
drill, International manure spreader,
hayfiats, hayskids, one ratchet roller;
grain fans, corncrusher, Hunt corn
drill, Tiger corn planter, log land roll
Ter, markingou poles.
ENGINE, SHREDDER & CUTTER
Ten-horse power Columbus Gasoline
Engine, No. II Blizzard Fodder Shred
der and Cutter, Spout & Waldron If
inch French Burrh Feed Mill AMI Cob
Crusher, 70 it. o-inch Candy belt, IS it.
6-inch Candy belt, 90 gal galvanized
Gasoline Tank.
MISCELLANEOUS = Four sets
doubletrees, set spreaders. q neck
yokes, 2 iron jockey sticks, sledge, pick,
mattock, forks, shovels. hoes, hay
hooks, moving scythes, grain cradle, 2
hay ropes, ISo it. 3-S and SO it. ga
rope, harpoon hay forks, 24o-egg
Gem incubator. 3 brooders, one nearly
new; Model 100 tomato crates, log
chains.
TERMS CASH, but persons want
ing credit can have any reasonable
time by giving bankable note and add
ing the discount Sale to commence at
IL M. sharp.
JOHN H. KIMBLE.
Hindman, auct
N. B.-No postponement on account
OF the weather, as | have plenty of
sell in the dry COME EARLY, l will
| attend to you and your team. Trains
going south, arriving at Rising Sun at
o42 a. m, LIZ p. M, and northbound
trains at I,4o and Az p. m., giving
persons a chance to attend the sale and
return before night. The stock will be
| sold at 3 o'clock p. m. Only minutes
walk from depot. J. H. K.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05
6 Acres and | Rood, more or less

being part OF the tract of land convey
ed to said Charles L. Carter, by deeds,
the one from Eliza L. Carter and
others, dated January 10th, 1901, and
the other from Dayse Haskell and hus-
band. dated February 4th, 1901, and
recorded in Liber J.. G. w. No. 8,
folio 32I and 4o5, respectively, another
of said Record Books.
The Improvements consist of an at
tractive and commodious FRAME
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05
WARNING

Francis c. Donnely wishes to warn the public
from taking away buying anything off the
former Thomas McMahan farm near Pleasant
Hill, Cecil County. Md. 26feb If
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05

No Brown Mare, IL years, VT.
1850, work anywhere, hitched. No. 2
-Sorrel Horse, Ia years, VT. 100, a
good general purpose horse Pair of
Mules, 7 and 8 years old, VT. 24oo,
sound and as good team as anybody
has. No man has better pair.
COWS--Five due to be fresh in
April and Nav.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05
Ox-Eyed Daisy State FloWer

The 'Black-Eyed Susan" or Ok
Eyed Daisy has been chosen as Mary
lands State flower by majority of the
votes cast by 100000 school children.
The flower makes the nearest approach
to orange and black, the Calvert col
ars, shown in the great seal The gol-
denrod was its closest competitor.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05

Postmaster Jesse p West, of
North East. is i'll with paralysis with
which he was stricken, one day this
week
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05

AT 2 O'CLOCK p. M.

all that parcel OF land situated in the
Fourth District Of said County, on the
road from Carriers Mill to Andora,
and containing
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05
LARGE PUBLIC SALE OF
VALUABLE PROPERTY
Half-Mile S. w. Rising Sum, Md.
TUESDAY, MARCH s, 1910

Having put my farm out on the
shares, | will sell on the above date,
without any reserve or undertaking,
at my residence, half-mile southwest
of Rising Sun, Cecil county, Md, all
my nersnnal nrnnerfv viz
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05

ordered, this LIST day of March 1910 that the
the report of Robert c. Thackery, Auditor men,
toned in these proceedings, be ratified and con-
hrmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be
shown on or before the 27th day of March 1910,
provided copy of this order be inserted in some
newspaper printed and published i'll Cecil County
once in each of two successive weeks before the
goth day of March, 1910.
CECIL KIRK. Clerk.
True Copy-Test
5mar 2t CECIL KIRK, Clerk.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05
ORDER NISI

In. Re. The Mortgaged Real Estate of Mary
G. Walters.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil County.
In Equity, No. 1887.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05
UNCALLED FOR GRIEF

T T SEEMS pity the fortunes of
the Democratic party in Mary
land should be in the hands of
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-03-05
Store Fixtures and Household Goods
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Hindman, auct. Exc,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07
GOVERNOR GETS RELIC
OF GEN. u. s. GRANT
Cane ls Made From Tree Under
Which Military Hero Slept on
the Shiloh Battlefield.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Feb. IA
stick of wood from the oak tree
under which General U. s. Grant
spent the night in the lull between
the two days battle of Shiloh has
been received by Governor Carroll
from the custodian of the national
cemetery at Shiloh.
This oak tree stood at the edge
Of the battle-ground in what is now
the national cemetery. The tree
was blown down during destruct-
i've hurricane last fell. This stick
is just long enough for a cane, but
Is in the rough, being left that way
so that Governor Carroll can have
it carved in any way he sees fit.
The stick, is somewhat decayed,
but when finished will make a
handsome cane.
The story of the tree Is that
after the first days battle General
Grant went to an old brick house
with the intention of making it his
headquarters. It had been con-
verted into hospital, and the
groans of the injured and dying
were too much for the general, so
he went out under the old oak
tree, and with his back to the trunk
of the tree, passed the night there,
sleeping in sitting position.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07
UMAT|LLA LANDS
THROWN OPEN
]. FEB. 10
Third Unit of Government
Irrigation Project Is
Ready.

HERMISTON, Ore, Feb. The
third unit of the Umatilla govern
ment irrigation project will be
thrown open to settlement Febru-
airy 10. Entries will be made at
the La Grande land office. Less
than 100 homesteads of 10 to 40
acres each are in the tract, while
areas of privately owned lands will
have to be sold to settlers under
the reclamation law. Settlers will
be allowed to take from 10 to 40
acres each, only, the size of the
claims being fixed by government
engineers in accordance with the
prospective value of the land.
A large part of the lands under
the new unit are in private owner.
ship, but under the reclamation
law private land holders must sell
off all their holdings in excess of
100 acres. Homesteaders, who
have gone into the district since
the beginning of the work on the
irrigation project, must relinquish
all above the unit of from 10 to
40 acres, at which the size of the
irrigation homestead is fixed by
the secretary of the interior.
Water rights under the third
unit of the government project will
cost the settlers $50 per acre. I'm
der the order issued by Secretary
Ballinger the new settler must pay
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07
PLANS STORE WITH
TWO-INCH FRONT

BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. I'll
the plans of local merchant for
the erection of an architectural
wonder do not miscarry. Baltimore
will soon boast Of the smallest flat
iron building in the world.
A. c. Schmidt Is the owner OF
the noted two inch lot at Balti
more and Light streets. The
ground has a two inch front on
Baltimore street and then slopes
away for 30 feet II inches on Light
street to nothingness.
Schmidt bought the lot for $1225
from the burnt district commits.
sion after the big fire. and. failing
to acquire the adjoining lot. on
which now stands the Western
Maryland railroad office building
he has decided to erect building
of his own and will ask the build
ing inspector for a permit.
The plans call for a two inch
door on Baltimore street. When
the door is opened 1t will enable
one to slip small things into a
number of shelves that will be put
in. Mr.. Schmidt will ask the in
spector's permission to extend the
cellar underneath the pavement.
as Is done with many other build
ings in the same district. The Of
fices will be In the cellar. He
plans drop door through the
basement, like that of some other
mercantile establishments.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07
'WETSAND DRYS
/ IN STRUGGLE
Half Million Dollars Will Be
Spent by Two Factions
to Decide Question.
(ey United Pres. leased Wire,

(ey United Press Leased Wire.)
CHIGAGOs Feb. between now
end the second week in April half
million dollars will be spent in
Chicago by "Wets" and "Drys" to
decide whether this city shall keep
its 1900 saloons or shall go dry"
On the resuitsUf this issue anti
saloon leaders declare tonight
hangs the fate OF the saloons in
many Of the largest cities in the
country.
The fight was precipitated by the
filing of opposition containing IA
600 names, which assures the plac-
ing OF the "wet" and "dry" ques-
ton on the official ballots.
Realizing how vital to them the
results VIII be, both sides an
nouneed plans tonight for the
greatest campaign in the history of
prohibition and local option in this
country. s.~s4G $500 y'rst
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07
r...a..- sss-s-sss-~ sssfscti-
KIDNAPPED BY HIS
FATHER AND NURSE

Ell PASO, Tex, Feb. 7.-Detec-
tive G. H. Taylor of San Francisco
is on his way home today with l..
Is. Adams, Adams 8 year old son
john and the boys nurse, Nora
Mclaughlin. The nurse and Ad-
ANS private secretary, Nat Muir
ply, are alleged to have kidnapped
the boy from his mother, and to
have brought him to this city.
John Adams is said to be heir
to about 100000, left him by a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07
WHEN 17-YEAR-OLD ROBBIE HIT JOY
RIDE PATH MOTHER WRECKED HIS AUTO

KANSAS CITY, Feb 7-Robbe years
saen the gasoline path the chop
gftetu restaurants.
Not from choice for yet Robbie has Bohemian aspirations
because his mother Ratchet
g car and left wreck in the at his mothers
lips East Tenth -.a~A.-l.
III Il" the mistake life
PIP said his mother night
9 chaufeurs and girls The girls called here
Aim where
When Robbie home at Sunday morning his mother
with hatcet in her hand and she used it with the skill Of
carrie Nation Robbie the this morning and
pActed the wreck mo riding for he said rather
Mrs Pattersons wealth is estimated at $250OOO She is widow
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07

the national department of com
merce and labor and which explains
just why the $4,000 men of the trust
tin mills struck.
mo mill belonging to the COM
pany has been open for work longer
than eight months in a year." said
Rogers. "The Greer mill has been
shut down eight months, the She
mango every year from four to six
months and at Elwood, Ind, the
mills have only been open Is weeks
in the last two years. The company
makes us take shutdowns like that,
and then wonders how we can
stand strike of seven months"
when the mill is running full
we only work 81 days a month"
said Jones. That's as much as we
can, because the work Is terrific
strain, and we can only keep at it
from 10 to Is minutes at a stretch.
The rollers, the highest paid men,
can make at the highest So a day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07
MAKING A BOOK ON
CUPID IN CHICAGO
Odds Are 1 to 5 in Favor OF and
8 to 5 Against the Triumph
of Love.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE romance
Of James OLeary. Jr. and Gertrude
Clancy has tickled the whole West
Side.
James, Jr., is the son of James,
ST., Chicago's boss gambler. In
spector Clancy is in charge of the
stockyards district. Among his re-
iaxations are occasional raids on
gambling houses said to be con-
Quoted by O'Leary. While the in
spector was busy at this work the
younger O'Leary was raiding the
Clancy domestic circles. The
youngsters paid no attention to the
feuds of their elders. They were
secretly married two weeks ago.
Parental blessings were not forth
coming.
OLeary, Jr, has left his fathers
home. Inspector Clancy is the first
to forgive. and says he will set
them up housekeeping. Several OF
OIeary's friends are making a
book thus:
"He will forgive. 1 to 5.
Gle will not forgive. to s."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07

B. MYRTLE
eaker "Bkk

them food and concerts. One day
took 20 pies. We went and sang
with them to cheer them up. And
they'll do the same for us if we
have to co.
In the homes at New Castle ev-
eryone seems CHEEKY. The sending
in of relief by other unions has kept
the pot boiling, and whever cloth
ing or coal has been needed that
has been provided, too. The women
peel their potatoes on Saturday
night for the Sunday meal, because
after the strict Welsh religious
ideas--nO work is done on the sab
bath day.
Over at the headquarters of the
tin workers it was just the same.
There was no disorder. Welshmen
are not drinking men.
John Rogers and e. r. Jones, two
members Of the advisory board of
the hot mill workers union, told
what Is in the report asked for by
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07

Pisgah home here. Soon afterward
he died without revealing his name
or his history. In his tattered coat
was found 1910. sewed in the lin
ing. Over his heart rested the lit
tie shoe.
Later. slip of paper with the
name of the son and his address
was found in the shoe. Young
Franklin, now married and with
children of his own. identified the
memento and recognized a morgue
photograph as that of his father,
who disappeared from home 81
years ago. Franklin spent nearly
5000 of the small estate in purchas-
ing fitting burial plot and in erect
ing stone over his fathers grave.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07
BABYs SHOE NEXT TO HIS HEART IN
ALL HIS 20 YEARS OF TRAMP LIFE

LOS ANGELES, Gel, Feb. T.
Through all the vicissitudes of
tramp life, while sleeping in barn,
haystack or field, while camping
beside railroads or lying in village
jails. Nathan Franklin carried with
him a tiny baby shoe, a soiled and
crumpled reminder of happier
days long ago.
The little shoe today is the prin-
cipal evidential exhibit whereby
Thomas J. Franklin, of this city.
came into possession of little
hoard of money left by his father,
the aged wanderer.
Just year ago Nathan Franklin
cid and infirm, was received at the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07
ALBANY MAN FINDS
AURORA BOREALIS
REPLICA IN ROCK

- ALBANY. Ore, Feb. T. .
. j. G. Crawford of this city has .
. found quartz bearing rock .
. in which is embedded petri- =
. fled vegetable growth display .
. ing a perfect replica of the .
. aurora borealis. q
= No quartzlte algae like this =
. has ever before been found. .
. The polished stone measures .
q about two and half inches q
. long by two inches wide, and .
= 1t is thought may be of rare .
. value. .
. . . . . . . . Q . . 800 .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07
YES, STORAGE EGGS
FLOAT IN SALT WATER

It's right. DR.. Wiley of the agri-
cultural department told the truth
when he said storage egg would
float in sailed water and a fresh
egg would sink.
Tests were made today in the Of
flee of The Press.
Eggs and basin of water into
which a spoonful of salt has been
thrown are all the necessities for
the test. If the eggs float and they
have been sold to you as fresh,
just send them back to the dealer
and tell him he didn't tell you the
truth. They're storage eggs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07

This at 81 days month for from
only four to six months year
over in Elwood, Ind, it's 13 weeks
in two years-makes good, steady
clerking job look attractive in COM
parison.
The lowest workers in our part
of the mills get about $2.25 day.
They work for the same time that
we do"
Judge w. E. Porter granted the
injunction to keep strikers from in
terfering with strikebreakers.
There has been no violence, so an
injunction against interference by
word of mouth had to be issued.
In December q strikers were
sent to Jail in contempt of court for
walking the streets near the mills.
While in jail they appointed a court
of their own. When any one of their
number committed any offense
against the rules of the Jail, they
tried him and sentenced him to soil
tary confinement in his cell.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07

reIrtive Of his ul6ehet. - -
dy 81 the boy w. U0eoG -
mother when - epD11o1 ~ ~
vorce from AdarnA III nno1 -
cree has not been i1ooeG O. -
uary rs, while "a hi wy ~
school, John disappeared poeoe
tive Taylor was detailed 70 m
him. which he did after followino
Private Secretary Murphy f. tn
city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07
of neighbOrs for beating her.

of neighbors for beating her.
"If he didn't beat me once in q
while I'd think he didn't love me
any more" Mrs. Duffy pleaded. "A
mans not man that won't show
he is the boss by licking his wife
once in a while. l think the more
of him for 1t"
Judge Grove smiled and said:
81 have often heard it said that
women love best the hand that
beats them. but l have never be-
fore heard woman admit the fact.
However. Mrs. Duffy, you are the
Judge in this case. The prisoner is
discharged"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07
WOMEN HERONES FACE JAIL CELLS IN TIN STRIKE;
[AbORS LAST STAND AGAINST CRUEL STEEL TRUST

twenty Six Wives Of Strik-
ers Arrested for Violating
Injunction; They Just
Used the Tongues That
God Gave Them to Use
I They Are With Their Men
Heart and Soul in Battle
That Has Already Ragged
Seven Months.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07
IF HE LOVES YOU
HE'LL BEAT YOU

CHICAGO. Feb. 7,--"Does your
husband beat you?
'If not. he does not love you"
This philosophy was expounded
by Mrs. Mary Duffy before Judge
Grove, when her husband. Peter
Duffy, was arrested on complaint
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07

NEW YORK.-Gotham has a new
worlds record. The freshman class
of 1407 girls just admitted to the
Washington Irving high school is
the largest freshman class that ever
entered a high school,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-07

down 1890 per acre. This in
cludes the maintenance charges for
the first year.