The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-05-27

against Howard H. Pyle, of New
London, who is under 5000 bail to
appear in Court.
| The Cecil Farmers Club he'd its
| May meeting at X. t. Cameron S
rear Principle, on Wednesday.
John Taylor has purchased Ceci
| p. Seminar S property OF ten acres
with improvements, in the Fourth
district, for $500.
The ladies Aid Society OF I'm
ion M. E. Church will entertain the
| G. A. r. on Decoration Day, May
80. Addresses by Rev. Brlnke.,la
OF Zion Presbyterian Church, a..o
Henry Mccullough, Esq, OF Elk
ton, at ? p. m. A cordial invitation
to all.
| Work was to be res umed this
week ON the State road, from
Browns Mill to Calvert.
;ot. John NJ. E. Church, Lewis
vile, will nod Children's Day eX-
ercises Oh Sunday, June II.
| A social for the benefit OF Syl-
mar Sunday School will be held in
| A. r. Whiteman's orchard this
evening. There will be a penny
fish pond as an attraction for
children. Everybody welcome.
| Thus far this season 2oo, ooo, 900
yellow and $40 600, 900 white perch
fry have been Matched along with
100000 shad fry at the Battery
Station, near Havre de Grace,
large increase over the total for
last season.
| Prof. F. A. Waugh, OF the Mas
sachusetts Agricultural College,
| will deliver the principal address
at the Delaware College farm on
Farmers Day, June 19, when a
large attendance is expected. Prof,
| McCue and Prof. Grantham OF the
Experiment Station staff will also
make addresses.
| Ray Dickson, a printer OF Mid
dletown. while handling a rife on
Saturday, fired it accidentally, the
bullet entering one OF his feet at
; the instep and passing through the
sole OF his shoe. DR.. Vaughn
dressed the wound, which is not
serious.
| Newark Town Council has re-
ceived bids for furnishing day light
current from the Chester County
and the Elk River plants, the for-
mer at 3 and the latter at cents
per kilowatt hour and both will
compete with trial service :or the
contract.
Reports to the Delaware De-
partment q. Agriculture indicate
the largest crop OF small fruits in
recent years with full crop OF
apples, pears and grapes and half
a crop OF peaches. The averages
OF tomatoes and potatoes are lar
ger than last years.
Forest Presbyterian Sunday
School, Middletown, will hold its
| Children's Day exercises tomor-
row. Those OF Bethesda NJ. E.
Sunday School will be held on
| June II.
E. r. Burlington, OF Rising Sun.
Thomas B. Hull, DR.. E. O. Jan
ney and Arthur NJ. Devices OF the
Baltimore Yearly Meeting will de-
liver addresses at the Nottingham
| Quarterly Meeting of Friends at
| Deer Creek, today.
| Stewards of Dover district, w IL
mington Nj. Z. Conference, at their
annual meeting last week fixed the
salary of Superintendent Rev. r.
| X. Stephenson on last years basis
six per cent. OF the salaries OF pas
tors in the district which will give
a total OF more than $500 as sal
aries of several preachers la e
been raised.
Flying on a lawn in Middletown,
one day last week, bird with a
red bill tipped with yellow, dove
colored, about the size OF pigeon
with large webless leet, was cap
tured by a resident. 1t was later
recognized as a Florida mud hen
that had escaped in transit by rail
or from captivity in some nearby
locality.
Miss Agnes Sauiers class in
music gave number of selections
at a meeting OF the Mozart Club