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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-12-31
Will Harvest Ice

The reports which have been going
the rounds fthe papers. the WING
included, that the American Ice Com
pany would not I'll It's houses on the
Susquchanna this year, are learned TO
be without foundation. The company
has had from ~ To IS employees for
the past two weeks. getting ready to
GO on with the icecutting. They have
OVERLOADED the ice, to get il into bet
ter condition. The company pays its
laboring men ST. so per day and not Sc,
as the reports have had il.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-12-31


Mrs. r. c. Lewis gave beautiful
tea on Wednesday afternoon to her
sister. Miss Annie Cannon, Of Cam
bridge, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. George r. Witworth
and Miss Lydia Shocklcy. Of Whining
ton. spent the Christmas holidays with
Mr. and Mrs John +. Sparklin.
DR. Grover NJ. Allen, OF Boston
was the guest of his uncle, Rev Will
liam Schouler. at Trinity Rectory, on
Monday OF this week.
The marriage is announced OF Mr.
Drew II. Lort, son OF the satc DR.
Charles b. Lort, ol Lewisville, Pa,
and Miss Mabel Quinn, OF this county
They will reside in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Charles +. Conwell. OF Cole
mans. and Miss Sarah +. Campbell, Of
Betterton. Kent county, were married
at Still Pond. on December IL, by
Rev J. II, Beauchamp. They are now
at home in Betterton.
MIR Charles NJ Lowe and Miss
Olive b. Shallcross, daughter OF Mr.
II. b. Shallcross, were married al
North East NJ. L. parsonage, by Rev
Warren Burr, on December 20
Alpha Chapter OF the Sigma Phi
Fraternity, OF Delaware College. an
nounces It's third annual dance fol
next Friday evening, January 6, il
Newark Opera House.
The engagement is announced o
Miss Mabel Tome. daughter OF Mrs
Judith Tome. oi Port Deposit, and
MIR. George Torbcrl, Of Liberty
Grove.
Mr. and Mrs Henry ii. Mccullough
spent Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs
Charles II Cook, in Trenton. n. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Drew ant
daughters, Emma and Elizabeth. o
Wilmington. spent part OF the Christ
mas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. o. c
Giles.
Miss Bessie l.. Manly spen. 4 .ew
days with her sitter, Mrs George
Reese, in Baltimore.
Miss Mamie Wilson. OF Philadcl
phia. spent Saturday and Sunday with
her sister. Mrs. W. J. Haincs.
Mr.. Howard w Lewis, OF Washing
ton College. Chpstcrtown, is spenu
my the holidays with his mother, Mrs.
Rosalic Price.
Prot Norman Cameron. OF Wes
Chester State Normal School, is spend
ing the holidays with his parents here
MIR William J. Bratton. OF Prince
ton University, is home Tor tie holi.
days.
Misses Mary Bratton and Indiana
liow,and. OF the Maryland State Nor
mai sicffOui. arc spending Scverai days
at their homes.
Miss Ella Jones, OF Baltimore, has
been spending some time with icla'
lipcs in Elkton aud Elk Neck.
Miss Mary t. Irlmblc, OF Philadcl
phia, is spending the Christmas holi
MIR and Mrs J. I. Egner are spend
ing the holidays with friends and re
latives in Philadelphia,
Mr.. Thomas Major, oi Cowantowu
spent Christmas with his grandchild'
rem. {. NJ J. I. and Ethel Deboral
Egner
Mrs Hester Brown. Of Whining
ton. is spending the holidays with hel
daughter. Mrs. T. H. Gallaher
Miss Isabel Stcc,c, teacher at Lom
bard School, is spending the holidays
at home.
MIR C. Webster Plass, OF German
town. is visiting Ricketts, Nelson dur
ing the holidays
Miss Clara Futiy, OF Elk Neck, ha:
been visiting friends IN Elkton
Mrs Charles f. Harry. OF liarior'
county Wa Mrs. Edward W. Taylor!
guest this seek.
Miss MoIsr Ash /, spending a few
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-12-31
Fire la Editor Garey's Home

Fire broke nut in the living room
at George O Garcy's home. IN North
East, ON Wednesday afternoon o, last
week. during the absence oi the fam
lily. The stove was rs su.atcd as II us
ually is at nights. Ncighbors rem
dered prompt help and the blaze was
controlled The loss was not great
and is covered by insurance.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-12-31
WttK'S WEDDINGS
MooRE-HEIsLER.

MI; Howard ] Moore. son III Mr..
and Mrs J. II. Moore. OF $40 soutl,
Franklin street. Wilmington. and Miss
Mary n. Heislcr. Of Cbarlcstown. this
county. were married at Wesley NJ. r.
parsonage in that city, on Saturday
morning, by Rev. Thomas X. Van
Dyke. They took trip to Middle
town and returned TO WiImington o.,
Sunday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-12-31

John p. Focklcr. superintendent
- public schools for Washington
county. and brother of Prof L. b.,
Fock.cr. OF the Elkton High School,
suffered stroke oi paralysis at his
country home, Cavetown, this week,
and is in serious condition.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-12-31
JOHN NECK

J.hn Neck. formerly OF Philadelphia
but ipr twenty years past ,armer ut
the Blythcdalc section, died last
Thursday. aged 70 years His second
wife and a large family oi children
survive him His funeral was held on
Sunday with inicrment in HopeweIl
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-12-31
MRS. MARY Z. STEEL.

Mr. Mary +. Steel, wife OF George
" Stcc. OF Newark, died at her home
there on Monday IN the 10Th year OF
her age Her funeral was held yes
tcrday with service in Head o. Chris
t,ana Church and inicrmcnt in the
cemctcry adjuinlng.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-12-31
GEORGE ". WILLIAMS.

George W. Williams. one OF the best
SHOWN aud highly esteemed residents
% Newark died on Monday at the
home OF his son-in.Iaw. J. +, Wilson,
IN the, town. ON Monday, aged ~
year, III, funeral Was held on lhurs-
lay with intcrmcnt in White Clay
LrL., lrtMcIrrN
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-12-31
MRS. SUSAN / BYE.

Mrs Susan J Bye, widow OF Wi.
liam T. Eye died at her home in the
Fourth district. on Monday night,
aged about 80 years. She was a diugh.
ter Of the late Henry and Elizabeth
Gatchcll \ SON. Samuel g Bye, and
a daushtcr. Mss Susan Bye, sur
vlyc her.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-12-31
MRS. LYDIA A. LAKE.
MRS. MARY y. HAMILTON.

Mrs. Mary Naudain Hamilton,
widow oi Dr William y. Hamilton,
oi Odessa, Del, and a daughte, OF
the late Arnold Naudaim, died at the
home oi her granddaughter, Mrs \.
H. Giles. IN Washington. -. C., on
Sunday, aged % years. Her funeral
was held on Wednesday with inter-
mcut in Old Drawer , Cemetery.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-12-31
CALEB MENDENHALL.

Caleb Mcndcnhall a former resident
OF the Sixth district. this county. died
on Sunday last at the home OF his
daughter. Mrs. Amos Cooper, i'll
phiaiclphia. Funeral services were
he'd IN the NJ 4. Church. Rising Sun,
on Thursday with intermcnt at Brook
view Cemetery The widow and three
son, and three daughters uiyivc.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
ASQU|TH
WILL ACCEPT
English Premier Calls a
Cabinet Meeting to Out
line a Course.
BY United Press Wire.

London, Jan. 6.-Conclusive evil
dence that Premier Asquith will again
accept the post of leader of the gov
ernment party, was given yesterday in
the semi-official announcement that
Asqulth was arranging for a cabinet
meeting this week. 1nasmuch as the
only possible purpose of a cabinet
meeting would be TO outline plans for
the coming session of the new parlia-
ment, there is no longer any doubt
that Asquith will at least accept the
reins of government at the outset.
Leaders among the Liberals and
Laborites were in communication to-
day with John Redmond, the recog-
nized head of the Irish Netionalists.
to learn what support could be de-
pended on from him and his party.
From the highest political source, 1t
Is learned that Redmond told the Lib
erals that he could answer for all of
the prospective eighty-three National
list members but ten, which means
that he himself will be the real bal
ance of power"
The new parliament is not expect
ed to survive the home rule fight The
Conservatives are solidly against the
measure, and many Liberals are ire
vocably opposed. 1t Is predicted that
the split will come by the middle OF
the summer, when a new election will
be called.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26

EASY MARKS
Pop the Question Easily
But Always make a
Fist of it.
BY United Press Wire.

Chicago, Jan. 6.--College professors
pop the question" more freely than
any other class of men. Also, profess
ors as peppers of the question" are
failures in the majority of cases
Notwithstanding the vocabulary
possessed by these rearned men and
the ease with which they address
young women in the class rooms,
when ii comes to a showdown and the
blushing girl listens to what the pro-
fessor is trying to make her under
stand, the odds are ten to four against
the proof"
These statements are based on q
marriage census taken by "The
are published in the February num-
ber of that magazine. The magazine
took a census of its readres on what
class of men had proposed to them
and how they did the job The returns
show that forty per cent, of the pro-
posers were college professors. and
most of the proposals failed. The re-
turns also showed that ninety per cent.
of the proposals were made "when the
moon was bathing the earth in its
silvery rays" etc.
Chicago university "profs" explain
the failure of the gentlemen of their
profession by declaring that the learn
ed are too academic in approaching
the delicate subject of love and that
the "profs' are too conventional,
which cause them to shun moon
light.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR

One of the most important matters
of our times is the fact that the dir
igible balloon and the heavier-than-
cir flying machines have been brought
TO the point of practically that they
are feasible proposition and have to
be reckoned with in the future. This
is true especially with regard to
military affairs. A company Of these
machines well-manned and drilled
would be able to work havoc with
forts. arsenals, 4, equipments, armies
and cities of (belligerents. Therefore
1t Is likely that the great powers like
Germany. Great b Britain, France
Austria, Russia, Japan and our own
country will be compelled in the
very nature of things either to equip
their armies with these machines and
high explosives or cut them out of
the implements of war by interna-
tional agreement. It would be wise to
be wrested from peaceable purposes
The peace commission should put the
matter up to the several nations for
their disposition at the earliest op-
portunlty.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
|H0T WORDS
| ARE PASSED
Two Democrat Congress-
men get into a Lively
Ward War.
Rv I1nIted preaa wire.

~
washington, Jan. 26-"Hot air."
false construction, Charges based
on rumors," and other similar re-
arks were exchanged by Representa-
tives Hitchcock. Democrat, Nebraska,
and Lafean, Democrat, Pennsylvania,
at the meeting OF the house COM
ior department today.
The committee has been investigat-
ing the charges made by the Me-
braska congressman as to extrava-
gance in the general land office. The
hot words were passed between the
two members after Hitchcock charg-
ed that the committee was attempt
ing to stifle the Investigation of his
accusation. Lafean is member of
the committee.
The Nebraska MEMBER had no SOON
er finished his denunciation than La
fean asserted that oil Hitchcock had
done up to date was to rumors and
indulge in "hot air"
Chairman MCGUIRE informed the
committee that personalities should
be reserved for the executive session.
The case of Jack Ballinger, nephew
of the secretary, who was given an
$500 position in the land office with
out specific authority of Law. was up
for investigation. Land Commissioner
bennett testified that young Balling-
er was later given a $1,000 place
vocated by clerk who was discharg-
ed for accepting bribe, but instead
OF performing this clerks work he
had been made CONFIDENTIAL clerk to
his uncle. the secretary. then commits
sioner.
bennett furnished the committee
with a list of clerks that had been
transferred TO the famous million
dollar rolf from the statutory roll
and then back again to the latter, at
an increased salary. At former
hearing bennett had said that he did
not believe such transfers had been
made. The committee VIII hold
it's next meeting Saturday.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
ENCHANTRESS
MAY STRETCH HEMP
BY United Press Wire.


Waterbury, Conn. Jan. 26.-The
trial of Sophia Kritchman, a pretty
eighteen -year-old music teacher for
the murder of her lover, Ben Kulv-
inskas, last September, near Union
City, began Tuesday and the first
hanging of woman in the .sta1e
may result.
1t is charged that the girl lured
her lover to lonely spot and while
sitting talking with him, the victim
was shot by some one concealed in
the bushes. The woman, 1t is alleged
left Kulvinskas for dead, but re-
turning in the afternoon found him
living. The state charges that she
then shot him. 1t Is further alleged
that she returned again the same
day and finding him still alive cut
his throat. Kulvinskas lived until
the next afternoon. The state
charges that the girl toyed with his
affections to murder him for money
she thought he possessed.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
london's Police Press.

An article in the Illustrated English
Magazine gives an account Of the print
ing department Of Scotland Yard and
the astonishing amount of work II
turns out Four times a day a broad
side is issued to all the police officers.
At 0 in the morning the first is sent
out, giving an inventory Of all property
lost. At noon is issued list Of all
persons missing, and this often occu-
pies several pages. At half past Q
the broadside contains both subjects,
and also at half past 10. A habitual
criminal register Is distributed and
every few days an account Of persons
released on tickets Of leave. A sheet
Of missing articles is sent to every
pawnbroker, and as many as 1900
copies of this document are needed.
This is only a small part of the work
done by the Scotland Yard press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
BETTER ROADS
IN BUCkEyED0M
Senator Alsdorf Proposes
Improvement in Build
ing Highways.
Rx limited Press wire.


Columbus, o., Jan. 26.-Plans for
a statewide system of good roads
are contained in bill that will be
introduced in the senate next week
by Senator Alsdorf. The Office OF
state highway commissioner is not
disturbed, but provision is made for
q number of assistants who will help
him to carry out new ideas in re-
gard to road building and inprov-
ment.
A committee OF experts. to be
known as designating committee
is created and their principle duty
will be to select highways In each
county In the state on which state
road funds shall be expended. Mem
bers of the committee are to serve
without pay. County commmission-
ers and auditors are required to
furnish them with road maps and
statistics which will aid them in
selecting roads TO be improved
When the designating committee
has mapped out a system of roads,
1t will be up TO the state highway
commissioner to see that the work
is carried out
A total of $4,000 is now being
distributed annually by the state.
among the counties for road inn
provement purposes. The Alsdorf
measure provides that this money
shall be spent under the direction of
the designating committee and the
state highway Commissioner.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26

to the navigation laws and not by
subsidies. The latter proposition Is
not only unpopular but IL is sense
less and rotten. There is no more
sense in 1t than there is in proposl.
tion to run ship canal over the Ohio
hills at the cost of untold millions fol
the benefit of a few dozen people. II
anybody wants ship canal let him
build it. SO with q merchant marine
Why waste public money on miscel-
aneous enterprise which private capt.
tai will not touch?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
GRAND JURY
WILL PROBE
New York Authorities to
Look into the High Cost
of Living.
Hy United Press Wire.

New York, Jan. 25.-The high
prices of food products will be the
subject of inquiry by an extraordinary
grand jury which was empaneled and
sworn by Justice Goff in the criminal
branch of the supreme court today.
Justice Goff called attention to the
report of Referee Brown, who has
been investigating the high price OF
milk and who holds members of the
consolidated milk exchange, incorpo-
rated, i'm New Jersey, but with offices
In Manhattan, responsible for the
high prices.
In his charges, however, the justices
made 1t plain that the jury need not
consider only the milk question, but
should go fully into the price OF all
food products and II they find that a
criminal conspiracy in restraint of
trade, as defined by the Donnelly law,
exists, they are to return indictments,
In order that the jury shall not be
hampered the appellate division has
ordered that its life shall continue
through next month.
The grand jury will also receive a
batch of affidavits and hear number
Of witnesses who will swear that lead
ing milk dealers have defrauded their
customers by serving milk in bottles
that do not contain entire pints or
quarts, although labeled as suoh.
District Attorney Whitman has un-
der subpoena two of the most prom
inent bottle manufacturers of this city
to show the district attorney alleges
that at least two big companies have
sold milk in short measure bottles.
Referee Browns report declares
that when the old consolidated milk
exchange was dissolved by, order OF
the court of appeals, on an order is
sued at the request of the attorney
general, who brought an action under
the Donnelly law, It was at once re-
organized in New Jersey and has
fixed prices both as to what the farm
er shall be paid and what shall be de
manded from the consumer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
READY TO GRANT
MEN A RAISE

New York, Jan. 26-J. p. Bradley,
representing Vice President Smith,
of the New York Central lines, official
ly announced today that the railroad
is willing to grant an increase OF
wages to all traimmen in the employ
of the company, but stated that the
percentage of the increase could not
yet be determined. This announce
ment followed conference between
Bradley and it's employees committee
regarding the demands for shorter
hours and an increase in wages re-
Gently asked by trainmen of thirty
two roads centering in New York.
Bradley added that the railroad was
preparing data from which estimates
of the exact amount or increase might
be made. Another conference Is ex-
pected Tuesday to settle the matter.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
THE BOYCOTT

Take back those chops I will not
eat
One single ounce Of trust-owend meat,
AS for those eggs. like them much
Bread? Tempt me not; with bread,
I'm through
For that trust produces too,
Potatoes? No. / cast them off;
At trust-owned vegetables / scoff.
A bas the butterl That is made
BY Standard Oil, I've heard IL said,
Chicken? How dare you offer it?
IT'S all trust-owned. you must admit
Tea? Well-but no; some trust,
think,
Controls each cup of tea we drink.
Besides, unsugared tea Is flat,
And oh, the Sugar Trust owns that
Mix? No, / cannot drink drop;
The Milk Trust / must help to stop.
Water? No, not a single drab;
I'll help put down the water-grab.
Yea, though It kill me I'll refrain
From eating trust-owned food again.
Yet. what's the use, For IL die,
an trust made casket must I lie,
And sleep my sleep, forever sound,
All lonesome in the trust-ownet
ground,
still. my reward shall splendid be
II future folks shall speak of me
And say, with sobs that come in gust
1T killed him. but he beat the trusts!'
Paul West in N. Y. World
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
.CR|T|C|SES
UNCLE SAM.
Magazine Writer says no
Excuse of Interfering
In Nicaragua. I.
Ry United pret.s Wirs.

New York, Jan. 26--"Our demon-
stration against Nicaragua was made
against q country that has not harm
ed us and could not; it was made
simply that our government might
play the merry role Of collector OF
the debts held by European money
lenders and assumed for collection by
the masters of Wall street; our rights
In Nicaragua are situated within 100
yards of Trinity church New York.
Summed up, that is the declaration
of ]. Crittenden Underwood for twen-
ty years a resident of Mexico, and
Central America In the February
number of the Travel magazine. He
declares Nicaragua is an ''undevelop-
ed' country, characterizese its "for-
midable army" as "FalstmIlan af-
fair" yet, with ALL he states, its
"debt amounts to $1O.ocO,OOO accumu-
lated by being forced to sell it's bonds
at bargain counter prices to Euro
pean money lenders"
The latter, according to Underwood.
have transferred the debts to Ameri-
can fnanciers and many are now try
ing, through the aid Of Secretary
Knox and the state department, with
the aid Of the marine corps. to place
Estrada in control because Estrada
has promised to pay the bills.
Underwood then says:
mo nation to the south of us will
forget our courageous stand against
this sister republic with an area equal
to Georgia and a population equal to
Baltimore. From the Texas line to
Cape Horn, the United States Is now
commonly referred to as the great
hog Of the north and so long as
we continue to apply, as at present.
that Monroe doctrine. just so long will
there be not one Latin-American
country that would not gladly em-
brace any relation offered by a strong
European power to free such q coun-
try from our thoroughly hated and
thoroughly understood policy of pro-
lection. The citizens of the United
States win some day realize that the
present Interpretation of the Monroe
doctrine is made to force his country
to collect bad debts for good finan-
ciers. Shall no higher arbitrator or
collector be recognized than a pinch
of high explosive ibehindsa steel bul-
LET ?v 4AH
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26

mates the number ana value of live
stock in the United States as follows
Compared with January /, 1909, in
number, milch cows show an increase
of GA per cent other cattle "a de-
crease OF 4.3 per cent; sheep an in
crease of per cent; swine, a decrease
of IL 8 per cent.
The number of livestock on the
hoof was:
Mich cows 21.S01,O0 on January 1,
1910, and 21,720,ooo on January 1,
1903.
Other cattle 4I279,0OO on January
1. 1910, and 49,S79,O0O on January 1,
1909.
Sheep 57,216,O0O on January 1, 1910
and 56,0S4.O0O on January /. 1909.
Swine 47.7s2,00O on January /,
1910. and 54,14IO0O on January 1,
1909.
In average value per head milch
cows have increased SO 43; other cat
tie have increased $1.92 sheep have
increased csc and swine have nereas-
ed $2.59.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-26
Persian PRAYER Rugs.

About 200 years ago small embroid-
cred rugs were largely made In Per-
sia. chiefly at Ispahan. These We're
prayer rugs, and on each of them near
one end was small embroidered
mark to show where the hit of sacred
earth from Mecca was to be placed.
In obedience to a law Of the Koran.
that the head must be bowed to the
ground In prayer. this was touched
by the forehead when the prostration
was made, and so the letter Of the
law was carried out. The custom still
prevails. The Persian women who
weave the finest prayer rugs seldom
weave any other kind of rug.