The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-06-24

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Rector, Rev. w. A. Coale, who was i'll
last Sunday, expects 20 be able to hold
service tomorrow.
III. Frank Witworth has a new tour
ing car of the Flanders make
While trying to catch anunbridled
colt, which had been cut by contact with
barted wire fence, whiles at pasture,
Henry Glaclen was knocked down and
trampled by the animal one day this
week, near Rising Sun.
According to the aimanacs, summer
began at S.35 a. m. Oh Thursday, June g.
The rebuilding of the Scott Fertile
er Company's pier broken by freight
car which fell off the trestle, one day
last winter, has been completed.
DR.. Charles R. Biles has fine new
Oakland runabout automobile.
The strawberry festival held at John
town, near Earleville, last Thursday and
Friday evenings, was quite successful.
-Children's Day services of Zion last
Sunday were postponed until tomorrow
afternoon, owing to unfavorable weather.
The festival held by the Finance Com
mittee of Perryvile M E. Church, last
Friday and Saturday evenings, netted $25.
Wesley M. e. Church, Elk Neck, will
hold Children's Day services at 10 a. n
tomorrow.
business OF Importance will come up
at the meeting of Elkton Council Jr. ..
U. A. M. next Tuesday evening. A full
attendance Of members is requested.
Farmers in lower Cecil began cut
ting wheat this week and report straw
short, but wit ha fair to good yield of
grain.
The annual meeting of the Maryland
state Teachers Association which a num-
Der Of Cecil members will attend, will be
held at Braddock Heights, Frederick
county, next week
-Elkton Grange p. of H. will hold its
June meeting at 2.30 p. m. today Dele
gates to Pomona County Grange will be
elected, and a fall attendance Of men,
bers is urged
-Elkton Fife and Drum Corps, which
mas been re-organized, will give an ex-
cursion on the yacht Ono H., to Better
ton, next Wednesday, leaving EIkton at
a. m. and Betterton at D. m. Tick
etc, rs cents.
Rev. j. Fletcher Kane, of Summit
Bridge, is reported quite ill at his home.
james d. Elason fell at his home at
summit Bridge, one day last week, and
one of his legs was broken
-Ceciltons Town Improvement So
ciety cleared $40 from Mr.. Folger Nc
Kinsey's, (the Bentztown Bard's) read
ing, given on the Coppags lawn last
Thursday evening.
-Railroad officials have informed Ma
yor ID. R. Armstrong of Port Deposit,
that work will start shortly on the new
station at that point.
Tome M. E. Sunday School, Port De-
post, held its COLCHESTER excursion yes
terday.
Russell Owens, son of Robert Owens,
OF Leslie, is suffering with badly swol-
len hand and arm fl Nm a snake bit,
Young Owens hand was grabbed by the
reptile while he was cleaning vines and
grass from under a fence.
The Children's Day exercises of Be-
thel M P. Sunday School will be held
tomorrow Sunday June 25 OF 2.3O p. M,
in the grove adjoining the church.
A special officer of the p, B. & W.
r. r. police officer has been stationed at
Elkton to enforce the trespassing law
in prohibiting people jumping inter track
fence at the passenger station and walk
ing along the company's tracks.
The Bay View Social Club met at the
home of John Worth, near Zion, on June
l6, and was well attended
The festival held by Washington
Camp, P. o. S. of A., on the lawn of
Mechanics Hall, on Friday evening, will
be continued this evening.
The suction dredge which will clear
out bars in Big Elk channel arrived off
Cedar Point on Thursday.
Oxford Spring Fair receipts were
$2995.o9, expenses s2562O7, balance,
s432 90
-Colora Red Men will hold festival
next Saturday evening, July l.
-Cecil's share of the. quarterly school
and free book allotment made last Fri
day, is $3,534,15 and sS12.74 respectively.
Some unknown thief stole a bicycle
pump and bell but left a lamp near the
door, after breaking into the Rising Sun
Garage, near the railroad station OIL
Monday night.
-Porter's Grove M. p. congregation
will hold festival on it's lawn this even
ing
-Haymaking is on in some sections of
upper Cecil.
We notice among the list of those
graduated from the University of Penn
sylvania on Wednesday last, the name
of Mr.. Harlan Gallaher, son of Jr. j.
Hayes Gallaher, of Childs. Mr.. Gallaher
has been pursuing the course in Me-
chanical Engineering, at the University
for the past four years, and has the
honor of being chosen from his depart
ment there las an instructor in the Uni
versity. He will return in the fall to
enter upon his duties
The last concert of the Elkton Music
Club for the season will take place next
Friday evening" June 30, in the Music
Studio in Mechanics Hall
Jackson Sunday school will hold a
lawn fete at the home of Miss Anna NJ
Scott, near Cowantown, on Saturday
evening, July /. Everybody welcome
The Jones' formerly the Brock resi-
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