The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-02-11
LOCAL JOTTINGS OF THE WEEK

--Valentine's Day next Tuesday.
February moon full next Monday
at 5.37 a. m.
Tile Senior classes OF Calvert and
North East High Schools. chaperon-
ed by teachers, witnessed the Sothern
and NARROW presentation OF "Ham-
let,' iii Baltimore, last Wednesday
evening.
Calvert, it is stated will be made
a receiving station for the Sharpless
Milk Condensary at Rising Sun upon
the completion OF the State road be-
tween the two points and a delivery
line OF auto trucks, will be put in
service.
The Second year class OF the North
East High School will hold a "Miscel-
sneous Fair" in the school building,
on February "a
Rev Ira Hicks, the weather ex-
pert, predicted last Friday nights
electric storm ito be quickly followed
by sleet snow and billiards." all of
which showed up in various sections.
Zimmerman, one of the fine string
OF horses driven by H. R. Tyson, OF
Newark, and winner OF several purses
Peninsula tracks last season, was
sold last week, at Madison Square
Garden, New York, for $1,000, to
Rhode Island buyer.
The unknown white man found
injured last Thursday on the B. & o.
K. k. tracks near Elk Mills. where he
was to report ior work the next day,
as weaver, died in Delaware Hospi-
tai, without regaining consciousness.
He had said he was from Boston and
had evidently been struck by train.
Fire, caused b va defective flue at
the home OF Charles Durham, in Ris-
ing Sun, one day last week, did some
damage to household goods.
Services with sermon will be held
in Jones Chapel, at 7.3o p. m. tomor-
row.
William Foster, OF the Leeds sec
ton, was stricken with paralysis, one
day this week, and his condition is re-
ported as serious.
a series OF progressive teas, at
which each guest contributes ten
cents, for the improvement fund OF
Elkton M. E. Church, has been ar
ranged by ladies OF the congregation.
+. J. Cooper. who is on a tramp
from Brooklyn to Tampa, Fla, pass
ed through Elkton on Thursday.
The Orphans Court, County
Commissioners and School Board will
hold regular sessions next Tuesday.
The Senior Class OF the Cecil
County High School has postponed
its lox social and dance lntil FRIDAY.
February "a
Rev. H. A. G. Westerfeld will
preach at Crouch Chapel at D. m. to-
morrow. The public is invited to at
tend.
Slipping on the wet snow, on the
stone crossing al 1ennetts Alley, on
Monday, Mrs. William Mahan fell,
breaking a bone in her ankle and
bruising her hip painfully. Bailiff Ru-
Rudulph came to her aid and had her
taken to her home in hack.
Rev. T. c. Peters, of Baltimore,
will lecture on "Matrimony" on Mon
day evening in Perryville NJ. E.
Church, lor the benefit OF Mrs. Will
lis GorrelRs Sunday School Class.
Admission, IS cents.
Rev, S. NJ. Perry preached in
Elkton Presbyterian Church on Sun
day when Rev. DR.. John McElmoyle
preached at Princess Anne.
The Fourth Quarterly Conference
vii be held in Bay View NJ. P. Church
next Saturday, February IS, at 2 p. III.
"A poultry supper will be held at
George r. Howard's, in upper Elk
Neck, next Wednesday evening, by
the ladies OF Wesley Chapel. Ice
cream, cake and candy will be on sale.
+. L. Halnes and c. B. Finley,
! Jr., Assignees, on Wednesday sold
the White Banks property OF the Sus-
quehanna Clay Products Co., cont
prising I5o acres, in the Fifth district,
to Francis d. Weaver, of Camden,
N. j., for $7I5o. P. M. Groves, auc-
| tioneer.
A necktie social will be held this
evening, by Mrs. Hazards class of
Cherry Hill M. E. Sunday School, in
Mrs. Thomas Kelly's tenement house.
Everybody invited to attend.
Thomas c. Swing writes from
Moosehead, N c., that he will arrive
home in few weeks with a newly
purchased power boat, 90 feet long
and IS feet beam, supplied with two
| 80 horse power engines, which he
will use for passenger travel on Elk
River.
A chicken and waffle supper will
| be served in the old church building
at Johntown, ndar Earlevilfe, next
Tuesday evening, by St. Paul's M. E.
Sunday School, from E to 10 p. m.
Supper rs cents,
A box social, for the benefit of
the missionary iund Of Bethel M. E.
Church, will be held this evening at
William Dickinson's near Mt. Pleas
ant, Del. Ice cream will be served.
All invited to attend.
Rev Henry Wilson, a blind
preacher, OF Madison, Wis, gave an