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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

consideration because they are not avail
able 10 the general public.
Compare these conditions with those pre-
valling in England, for instance. cities Ike
birmingham. Nottinaham or Leicester
which. as far as population and municipal
wealth are concerned. can stand no COM
parisan to big cities in the United States
have each between five and eight beautiful
bathing establishments. either owned by
the city or by private corporations and run
ON "a business basis.
The city of London owns more than ffty
spacious baths, whore any orderly person
may enjoy a swim for prices ranging be-
tween eight and fifteen cents which fee
includes locker room and towels.
You Will lind the same favorable condi-
tIons I'm Germany Towns. the names or
which are hardly known outside Of their
own Immediate ncighborhood own beauu-
full public baths which any big American
city might well be proud Of
| our large American cities, situated on
lakes or on the seashore, have no excuse
for such lack OF facilities. II you compare
the average New Yorker with a resident
OF London. the New Yorker could not af-
ford TO take his daily swim, rs does the
Enelshman. unless he belongs to some
club for who can afford To take two
hours ride 10 the seashorc and incur an
expense OF 81 or more for the sake of one
swim? | mention New York because | am
thoroughly familiar with the conditions
prevailing here. on the other hand, as
before mentioned, | know that the condi-
lions in other cities are not better.
II IS the swimming clubs that promote
! swimming in England, Germany and Aus
tralia. England's swimming clubs, unlike
those I'm this country, do not regard COM
petition as their main object. They prac-
! tIse the sport for its own sake and their
work has proved To be of great benefit
| to the community. Their membership IL
| composed of business men, mechanics etc.
| representng the masses Of the people, who
are happy spending their evenings IN
healthy exercise IN preference 10 playing
billiards or cards I'm smoke filled rooms
or wasting their health and money In bar
| rooms.
Swimming clubs In England, in return
! for facilities granted them by the munici-
| palltles In using their baths usually under
! take Ia teach certain number OF school
children to swim free OF charge. They also
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Continued from third page.

month It regularly has on tap vast sup
ulv Of them that spectators would pay
pretty penny for Its forecasts of the Size
and character of our maturing crops some
times precipitate panics In the specu-
latlve world, shut down plants or cut
wages while they especially fix prices ms
well as stock values Since premature
disclosure OF this information 10 one man
would place in his hands the power to ac-
arire riches undreamed of by Cr1sus
an ingenious system is I'm use for giving
every citizen I'm the land an equal chance
10 make use Of the prognostication. As
the forecasts come I'm from the separate
states the Secretary Of Agriculture puts
them away in his safe. On the day of
the monthly count the statistcians are
locked in a room, where the seals are
broken and the final computation IS made.
And tho key to this room is not turned un-
Ill an official passes out to hand the
operators Of the two great telegraph COM
panies the flash figure" for which all the
wires I'm the country and the cables TO the
Old World are being held open.
Nor is the youngest of the federal de-
nar,ments-that of Commerce and Labor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

makes YOU hate them passionately in your
heart of hearts?
But they shall not catch you again. You
are as wary now as n grandfather fox
When you pass a chair you don't sit down
in II for fear that It will sink into the
boiler room with you. You give the most
innocent appearing tables a wide berth
they might reach out and kick you with
their legs. You are on 10 their ways.
Onward, though. What IS that at tho
other side q the room? The golden stairs
according 10 tho sign on Il.
The attendant at the bottom punches
hole IN your round ticket. and you tackle
the stairway. II isn't an ordinary flight
anything but that II IS made In two sepa-
rate parts and rocks In all sorts Of d.rcc-
lions so that you have 10 cling 20 the
ratings between steps They could have
called It the Rabd Stairs or the Lunauc
Flight and been much more truthful
about Il.
Much 20 your surprise you finally reach
the top. Tho principal reason You finally
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

The barker with the corded neck and the
leather tongue is telling you over and over
again that if YOU enter the park he roots
for on one OF these 25-cont combination
tickets you viii shake hands with yourself
over II all the rest of your life. no matter
how long YOU live.
Enough. You divest yourself OF the
requisite two bits ana I'm exchange the
lady with the chewing gum hands You a
circular cardboard with string tied 90 IT,
You dane,e the combination ticket from the
second button Of your coat and enter the
place where they hand out the mirth in
large. heavy chunks.
There is the gate just ahead You go in
through these portals and discover right
away why It was that those who pro-
ceeded YOU acted so funny about IT, As
you pass the white posts you are hit by a
blast Of air that has all the strength of a
compressed cyclone. il sends your hat
spinning and ploughs the set out Of your tie
pin.
Everybody lauehs-that IS everybody but
you.
Thank heaven that IS past. You are on
your way when-what the?
The solid floor YOU are walking on sud
denly begins TO shake back and forth with
a motion that tanFles your sober feet all
ND. and makes you look as though you
were doing one OF these loose jointed &C.
centric dances. Again great laughter, In
which you do not Join.
These little experiences have shaken you
up a bit. so you make bee line for
richly upholstered green davenport 20 ar
range your attire and regain your lost com
posture.
And as you sink back 10 absorb All the
comfort the treacherous furniture tits and
throws you on to the hard floor behind.
There they go-laughing once moro. Why
IS II that the way some people guffaw
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

will help you figure out what will become
Of n eolld body that scoots upon any one
Of these disks. Its fate is I'm the hands Of
the gods.
You get of this ono alive. perhaps. Your
collar is unbuttoucl and the remnants OF
your dignity In tattors. You retire 70 a
corner and make hasty repairs. expecting
momentariy that the wall viii fall in on
you TO give the others laugh, or that the
fire ~xtinguisher overhead will drench you
with cheap perfume or equally uncomfort-
able aqua ammonia
But hold. What is this little sign that
hangs so uuobtrusiyciy here in the corner.
You look closer and make out the follow
iu.:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
Hints for the Dog DAYS: Try the Mad Fun" Coney Island

a half-inch OF the edge and salvation you
slip back again into the centre, to the
fendish delight OF the humorists on the
side lines.
II you are careless with your person and
consign 1t to the tender mercies Of the
Human Pool Table you are perhaps in a
still worse fix For the pool table is made
up OF twenty smooth disks in regular rows
that revolve rapidly in all sorts OF different
directions. No form of higher mathematics
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

1T would at least be convenience" you
observe. IF they would boost the price a
bit and include accident insurance with the
combination ticket"
What is that you say? You haven't had
a laugh yet and you've been In the place
for an hour? Well, others are enjoying II.
Remember how that fat German woman
went into wild Mysteries while you were on
the Human Pool Table? Perhaps the way
TO get the full benefit OF IL all is to retire
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

Otto wahle. OF New York. is chairman "i
the executive committee Of the Amateur
Athletic Union OF the United states. lie
has been n lover OF athletics since child
hood. dcvotlns particular attention 10
swimming Mr. Wahle. ten years ago. won
the onc-mllo swimming championship OF the
United States. since then he has with
drawn from active competition. however.
devotlng most OF his timo to the study OF
swimming conditions. lilo Is still most
energetic I'm that direction, and is admitted
TO he one OF the highest authorities In the
United States on swimming.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

-. cho They wouldn't have bought any
Gates Ajar bouquets II you had been
chokrd 90 death hy that blast of air
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09

Chairman Of the Swimming committee ol ,o ,"
METROPOLITAN Association of the Amateur
Athletic Union.
80, i, - Mar Publishers
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-05-20
Tome School Athletes Win Again

Tome School track team won an
other victory over Penn Charter, Bal
rimore City College and ten other
schools in the Johns Hopkins Inter
scholastic Meet, on Homewood Field
on Saturday. carrying home the team
banner, while Captain Smith led the
individual scores with 20 points Tome
runners scored first, second or third
in most OF their events, Andrews win
ming the $50 yards and Hall The 22o
yards, and 100 yards Junior dashes
Smith won the runnig broad Jump with
10 feet I-2 inches; Hiscox, OF Tome,
second. Curtis, OF Tome, won the po e
vault, II feet 9 inches; Smith was
firsr in the hammer throw, G45 ieet 4
inches; Mack, also of Tome, second.
Tome scored So points, Penn Charter
"a, Baltimore City College and Wash
ington. D. C, Central High School 10
each
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-05-20
Farm Hand Meets Horrible Fate

John M. Reed, AZ years old, hailing
from Harrington, Del, employed as
farm hand for some time past by Ed
ward O. Walton, Of Iron Hill. was
iound dead, about O'Clock on Sunday
morning, by his employer in his stable
yard. Mr.. Walton was aroused by
hearing the animal walking about and
found Reed hanging head foremost
from the front of sulky or road cart
with his feet fastened between the
body Of the cart and the single tree.
Reed owned the cart and the horse,
colt. which he had driven to Whining
ton on Saturday. He left Newark
about II O'Clock on Saturday night and
evidently iell out of the carr, but did
not O. free of it and was stunned by
conact with the ground His face was
badly scraped, as he had been dragged
for more than mile, but it did not
appear that the colt had kicked him.
Blood marks and the track of his head
were seen on the road for quite a dis
tance Reed was well known and well
liked in the neighborhood. Coroner
Chandler held an inquest on Monday,
the jury finding verdict OF death due
to accident.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-05-20
SCHOOLS Cl0Sf

Cos'ng exercises Of the several
county high schools will be he'd next
week. except Cecilton, which IS set for
Monday evening, May 20. Rev Ed
win Gardner viii preach the sermon to
the graduates Of Chesapeake Civ HIGH
Sihool in the M E, Church there Al
10 80 a. m. Subject" Mastery
The Commencement exercises will Be
held on Thursday evening, and the
Alumni's annual banquet will follow.
Rev. B. ] Brinkema will preach me
sermon to Calvert Farm School grad
yates in the M. E. Church there, TO-.
morrow evening Class night exer-
cises will be held on next Thursday
evening, and the commencement on
Friday morning Rev. w. A Coaie
will preach the sermon to CeciIton
graduates. in St. Stephens Chapel to-
morrow afternoon C,ass Day eyer
cises will be he'd next Wednesday.
North East High Schools commence
ment viii be held next Friday evening,
and the Cell County or Elkton High
Schools next Saturday morning.
Perryville schools exercises will Be
he'd next Wednesday evening. Miss
'Eth'e S. Taylor is the only graduate.
The several programs with lists OF
graduates will be given in the regular
reporr OF the commandments
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-05-20
Bridge Watchman Gets Big Damages

William H. Wilson, of tfavre de
Grace, who was employed as a watch
man on the B. & o. R. R bridge over
the Susquehanna and was crippled for
life when one of the large spans col
lapsed on September 20, 1908, while
the new bridge was nnier construc-
ton, was awarded $4,000 damages
against the company by a jury in the
Queen Anne's Court at Centreville
last week. He brought suit against
the railroad company and the Amer
can Bridge Company, the contractors
for the new bridge, jointly. The
Courr granted prayer of the Bridge
Company releasing it from liability
for lack OF evidence to support the
plaintiffs CAIN, leaving the railroad
company as soc defendant The case
was brought in the Hartford Court,
and removed to Queen Anne's, where
at the November term OF Court plain
tiff took a non-pros. The case was
retired lasr week with the result stat
ed, The award OF damages is said to
be the heaviest ever given on the Pen
insua. Messrs. M H. Fahey and John
S. Young. of the Hartford bar, Albert
Constable, Esq. OF Elkton, and J. Fl.
c. Legg, OF Centrevilie, were coun
sci for Mr.. wilson, w. T. .Warburron,
Esq. for the B. & o. R. R. and
Messrs. Cooper, OF New York, and
John E. Semmes Son, OF Baltimore,
for tn eAmerican Bridge Company,
with E. H. Brown, of CentrevilIe.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-05-20
Big Auto Delivery Truck Burned

Fire, OF unknown origin, on Sunday
afternoon broke out i'll the shed or
garage ol J, Irving Dayett, owner of
the -four mill at Cooch's Bridge, about
five miles east OF E!kton, i'll which his
five ton auto truck used for delivery
purposes was stored The truck, which
was va ued at $4,000 was destroyed,
a,ong with the building valued at $500
Prompt work on the parr Of Mr.. Day
etJ employees and uelghbors saved the
mill located within thirty fee" OF the
garage and other buildings They
fought the flames with hose through
which water was pumped from the mill
race and a,so formed a bucket bri-
gade The aid of the Water Witch
Auto Engine rom Wilmington, was
asked, but before it could respond the
fire was gotten Under control The
truck was insured
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-05-20

Charles Moore, 10 years old, lat
er identified as Charles Blackiston, OF
Wilmington, who had escaped from
the Ferris Reform School, was fatally
kicked by horse which he was water
ing on the Biddle farm, near Bear Sta
ton on Saturday.
The dupont interests purpose
erecting modern IL story hotel with
$50 rooms, at Eleventh and Market
streets, Wilmington, provided Council
agrees TO widening Eleventh street 20
teet. to Orange, and condemns the new
Continental Insurance Company's
building.
A census bulletin just issued gives
the total white population OF Mary
land as I,o62 ,o44, colored 233,24o, Chm
ese $40, Japanese 22 and Indians S..
Cecil has 2o,427 whites, 1914 colored,
I Chlnaman, Japanese and IS Indians.
Republican city primaries were
he'd in Wilmington on Saturday. DR..
Harrison w. Howell was nominated
for Mayor, William L. Lednum ior
City Treasurer and Samuel Fl. Ben
son, Jr,, for President of City Council.
The election will be held on Saturday.
June 3.
&C aude Edwards, IS and Theodore
Smith, T3 years old. of Baltimore, were
given in charge o, the atter's father
Saturday, by Sheriff McAllster. who
picked them up tramping bareheaded
on the road near Leslie last Friday.
They reached North East by train on
the previous night.
-Ihe teacher and pupils of school
No. I, district 5, will hold an ice
cream festival on the school lawn on
Wednesday evening, May "a, Benefit
of school,. If stormy the next Gear
evening
"A box social and strawberry festi-
val, for the benefit Of the Iron Hill
base ball team, will be held on June 10.
There will be music by performers of
talent. Everybody invited to attend.
Rev. John D. Kinzer, former presi-
dent of Maryland M. P. Conference,
died of paralysis at his home in Bati-
more on Tuesday aged II years.
An ice cream and strawberry fes-
tival for the rebuilding fund of the M.
f. Church will be held this Saturday
evening by North East Chapter of the
Epworth League.
Lightning iasr Friday night struck
the houses OF George w. Padley and
Robert B!ackway. in the Ceci,ton Sec
tion, but luckily did little damage.
The May residence on West Main
streer, recently purchased by Edward
Deibert, has been converted into
double dwelling which Mr.. Deibert
and his son-in-law Charles H. Jeffers,
will occupy.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-05-20
LOCAL JOTTINGS

-E.kton Methodist Episcopal con-
gregarion has increased the salary Of
its pastor, Rev. E. P Roberts, from
$IIoo to SI2oo year Several other
churches in Wilmington district have
increased pastors salaries for the COM
ing year.
Walter c. Martindae, OF Lom-
bard, will enter The Democratic pri-
maries .or the nomination for Assist
ant County Treasurer.
Robert Donnely has completed
The repainting of the Hotel Elkton
building in cream and terra Gotta,
greatly improving its appearance.
James NJ. Tosh, OF Colora, it is
stated. will enter the Democratic pri-
mraies for nomination for County
Commissioner.
The old well on the Court House
yard is to be filled up and the pump
remove d James Shorr is paving the
bare space to the west Of the main en-
trance to the building.
-Kemblevilae Driving Association
will ho,d its first matinee races on
June l.
George Dale has received the con-
tract for the new county bridge at
Spring Lawn, near Lewisville, bidding
$3.50 for the work
A young son of Clerk of the Courr
Cecil Kirk got bad cut by railing G1
a mai! at his home at Colora, one day
last week
The ninety-seventh annual confer
ence of the A. u. M. P. Church is in
session at St. Johns Church, Newark,
Closing next Monday. The choir OF
the Elkton church will sing at the SER
vices tomorrow
The Felt Papr Company's plant at
Rowandville. after brief resumption
has shut down, it is reported, until
June I.
Chester Reis,er will install a saw
ing outfit at his mill in the Hickory
Hill section
The members OF the Cherry Hill
Band will hold a festival in Red Mems
Hal, this Saturday evening, May 20
The first quarterly conference Of
the Methodist NJ P. Church will be
held at Moores Chape,, on Saturday.
May 27, at 80 p. m.
The ladies of Bethel, Pivot Bridge,
will hod their annual festival on Me-
mortal Day, May 80.
bringing light too close to a
can OF varnish. which exploded, last
Friday, Harry Mayer, clerk in Deans
hardware store. Newark, was burned
about his face
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-05-20
SPRINKLER PURCHASED

Elkton Improvement Association
he'd special meeting on Monday
evening at which Chairman Clayton Of
the Committee on Streer Sprinkler re-
ported subscriptions totalling upaWrds
OF $3.50. The committee had met with
ready responses, many ladies' contri-
hating, and the subscriptions probably
represented -eighths of the towns S
taxpayers. CA full list O. the subscrb-
ers will! be found elsewhere in this
issue), The commit ee, Mr.. Clayton
stated, had obtained prices on the lat-
est improved Aus:n and Studebaker
Goo gallon sprinkler They had wit
messed the work OF a sprinkler used on
local road now building. as also Of
the one in service in Newark Sprink-
lers could be purchased more cheap y
at factories than from agencies, but
there would be more or less delay in
shipment The thanks of the Associa-
ton were voed to the Committee, to
which County Roads Engineer w. D.
Hines was added, and on motion of H.
M. Mccullough. Esq. it was author
lied to purchase a sprinkler, it being
understood that Council was willing to
accept and put it in service. Henry
Vinsinger stated that an answer was
expected from Count on Wednesday
evenig as to whether the town would
rent the Hurn lot or a wagon yard
DR.. w. T. Morrison suggested the pro-
priety of arranging for safe and
sane" Four h OF Juy celebration, and
T. F. Williams said that perhaps an
"Old Home Week would be prefer
able. No action was taken The COM
mittee on sprinkler after adjournment
met and concluded to order a 600 gal
ION automatic Studebaker machine
with Niagara spray brake, etc, at a
cost OF $3Io, o. b., at Philadelphia.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-05-20

Warren w. Boulden's new garage
and auto supplies depot. az the foot Of
Bow street is now open. 1t is a roomy
brick structure, 20 feet front and 90
leet in depth, with wide front and reac
entrances, and will shelter seven or
eight cars at once. The building is
well lighted at night and is marked
improvement to the Hollow"
S. J Reynolds has been chosen
president. Edwin Haines vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. Jefferson Haines secretary,
and Wayne Reynolds treasurer Of
the West Nottingham Friends Gene
terry Association, the grounds Of which
have been cared for recently and inn
proved in appearance.
George A. Blake, Esq, has been
appointed receiver for the Elk Mills
Grocery Company.
Thomas NJ Lort, OF the Leslie
section, is critically i'll at his home
District Superintendent Rev E l..
Hoffecker held quarterly conference
on Sunday at Chariestown, Principle
and Perryvile and preached in the NJ,
E. Churches in those towns on Sum
day,
Bay View Council of United
American Mechanics attended service
in the NJ P Church there on Sunday.
National Lodge |. o. o. F, Of
Elkton. attended service at the NJ E.
Church on Sunday evening.
George c. Reynolds 90 acre iarm
with improvements, near Pennington,
has been sold to F. N. Hall, for $623o.
Lightning fired and burned some
growing timber on Henry Poist's farm
near Colora. lasr Friday night.
William Peoples grist mill at New
Valley has been sold to Elmer McCar-
dell, for $1,000
Stephen Rouse, foreman OF bridge
carpenters in the service of the P B.
& w. R. R., for forty-four years, who
was retired about Is months ago, died
at his home in Havre de Grace, on
Monday OF pneumonia, aged 72 years.
His wife, son and four daughters
survive him.
E R. Marker with a force OF ten
hands is engaged in setting out several
thousand young oaks and pines for the
Delaware Railroad Company at the
gravel pit near St. Anne's Crossing,
MiddletoWn
Miss Eugenia Beasten, of Middle
town, Del, was awarded fine clock,
valued at $5o offered as prize to the
agent of the Reading, Pa, Fire Insur-
ance Company showing the greatest
increase OF business during the year
over rs or more male competitors.
The residences of c. c. Strickland
and J. H. Marshbank, on Bow street,
have been repainted.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-05-20
State Council d. OF LIS Officers

The State Council Daughters Of Lib
erty OF Maryland closed its sessions
here last Friday to meet next year i'll
Cumberland The following officers
were re-e!ected:-Councilor, Miss Han
nah Myer. Eckhart; Associate, Miss
Lille V. Jones, Fishing Creek; Vice
Councillor, Mrs. George W. Boulden,
Elkton; Associate, Mrs. Jennie Craig,
Perryville; Secretary Miss Gertrude
Strlne, Walkersvi.le; Treasurer, Mrs.
Hattie Mead, Baltimore; Representa-
tives to National Council. Mrs. Amy
Dale, Baltimore.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-05-20
Barn Burned Horses Killed

The country within wide radius
OF Elkton witnessed a vivid electric
display, on Friday nighr of last week,
with frequent flashes Of lightning,
many zig-zag to the south, east, and
north Little rain fell in this acc
ton. The storm seemed to centre to-
ward the southwest The barn on
Thomas Dickerson's pace, near Earle
vile, William Boy,e's tenant, was fired
and destroyed A valuable mare own
ed by w. B. Robinson, stabbed in the
building, perished. Three horses own
ed by Charles Bailey, tenant on the old
Charles Clark farm, also in the First
district, were struck by lightning and
two were killed