The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-04-15
LOCAL JOTTINGS

in The assembly room OF the school on
Friday evening, April FL.
A farmer driving a milk wagon
and the TWO women IN a carriage h.o
close calls while about to cross the
Peach Train" siding in Middletown
last Thursday The .ormer pulled I'D
barely IN time while the womens car
rage colllded win telegraph pole,
smashing II at its base but the occu-
pants were unhurt
The two hotels in Newark las,
week passed to new owners. ]. A. Nc
Kelvey. OF Hockessin, taking charge
OF the Deer Park, and Victor G.. VII.
lis, OF Newark, OF the Washington
House.
Justin E. Harlow has resigned as
supervising engineer al Tome School,
Port Deposit, and will take a position
with the General Electric Co., in Chi
cago.
Thirteen new residences will short
ly be erecred in Rising Sun.
Rev. John NJ. Arters, who was at
the late session OF Wilmington M. F..
Conference assigned to the Newark,
Worcester county Church, has been
invited to take charge OF anti-scaloon
league work in Mississippi.
The Cecil County High School
team and the dupont seconds, of Will
mington, lined up on the diamond here
on Saturday. the latter winning by a
score OF to 3. Lutz, lor the visitors,
struck out IS ba,ters and gave but :
hits. Martone made two OF the home
team hits.
Richard Coverdale, colored, held
for a month as The supposed SLAYER OF
George H. Merritt, formerly OF Gal
ena, whose dead body was found on a
second floor corridor OF Walnut Hall,
Wilmington. on the morning OF March
16, was discharged by Judge Joslyn on
Saturday, ior lack OF evidence to hold
him for trial
First Year class OF the George
Biddle High School will hold bake in
the old schoo! building at Ceclton, on
Saturday afternoon. April %. begin
ming at O'Clock. Bread, biscuit, cake,
pie, ice cream for sale. Proceeds for
school purposes.
Mr.. Thomas Moss, Music Master
OF the Tome School for Boys, will give
an organ recital at the school, on Eas-
ter Sunday afternoon, at o'clock
Mr.. Moss will be assisted by the Girls
Choral Society. Mr. Moss came to
the Tome School from Lawrence, Mas
sachuset.'S, where he was organst and
choir master o, Grace Church, the
largest Episcopal Church OF northern
Massachusetts. Mr. Moss is a grao
uatc OF the New ENGLAND Conservatory
OF Music and was at one time a choir
boy in the Durham Cathedral, Eng
land. He has recently been appointed
conductor OF The Elkton Choral So
cie:y.
We call attention to the adver-
tisement OF Easter flowers, in another
column. from the nursery OF ouI
friend, George Juergens. You should
see his display at o. c. Giles. where
orders can be placed 1t
--Mrs,s John B. Heath and family
were awakened by the explosion OF
coal Gil lamp about 3 o'clock Sunday
morning, bnt the blaze was extinguish-
ed by the quick action OF Mrs. Heath,
who threw the lamp out OF a window
before much damage was done.
The members OF the Epwortt
League OF the Elkton NJ. T. Church,
rendered their newly appointed pasto'
and his family reception at the par
sonage, on last evening. A large
crowd was on hand and spent a ve,y
pleasant evening.
A box social will be held at the
Johnson School, Elk Neck, on Tues
day evening, April IS. Ii stormy, next
clear evening. Proceeds Tor school
purposes.
On Saturday asst Penn Charter de
ieated the varsity Of Tome School br
the score OF 7 to Q, this being The first
game OF base ba that Tome has lost
on the home grounds this year.
Mr. James Gayley, we'll known III
TINS county. trustee OF the Jacob
Tome Institute. and FORMERLY vice
president OF the United States Steel
Corporation, will come o Port Deposit
on Friday, April 81, and address the
students OF the Institute.
The sheds at Jackson Hall will be
repaired with part OF the money raised
by the True Blue Sunday School at
its lawn iete held last summer.
Students OF Cecil County High
School vii! hold bake in the Perkins
building, on Main street, from to e
p. m, today. Cakes, pies, bread and
candy for sale. Everybody welcome.
-Waae H. Parker this week repaint-
ed the drinking fountain on North
street in dark green and silver bronze
on the relief figures.
Mrs. Eva p. Schwatka, OF Mas
sey's Kent county. died at Union Hos
pital on Wednesday morning. OF peri
tonitis
The regular meeting OF the Leeds
M. p Church Ladies Aid will be held
at the home oi Mrs. Lawrence ker.
Wednes lay evening, April TO- All are
cordially invited.
Mrs. Ellen Gilmor Howard Bay
ard, widow OF Richard BasSett Bayard
OF Delaware, died az her residence, oo7
Cathedra! street, Baltimore, on We'd
nesday, aged 7S years. She was
granddaughter OF Col. John Eager How
ard, famed in the Revolution A son,
Richard H., daughter. Miss Ellen H.
and two sisters, Miss Marion Howard
and Mrs. Jane H. King, OF Baltimore,