The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-09-23

The festival held at Providence
last Thursday evening yielded
$I3I.6o. The managers return
thanks to all their patrons.
Price Wilson, OF Middletown,
claiming to be the champion corn
cutter Of New Castle county,
Thomas w. Patched the cnamploa
of White Clay Creek hundred, Of
fers to meet him in a contest on
so to 100 shocks for any amount.
Three young Elkton maids went
chincapin hunting one day this
week, and got a good supply, but
came upon a hornets mes. on their
way home. The hornets got busy
and the girls sprinted. One han
dicapped by a "hobble' kept her
fist closed on two chincapins, all
that she saved of the score she
had gathered.
An oyster supper for the benefit
of Head of Christiana Church,
will be held at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. Z. B. Milburn, Barks-
dale, Thursday afternoon and
evening, October 5. Tickets rs
cents. Selected music throughout
the evening. If stormy, next eve
ming.
II. T. c. on Wednesday at De-
troit Won the Michigan $4,000
stake in three heats, which he took
as he pleased.
Rising Sun base ball team clear
ed $S3 rom its recent festival.
Struck on the head by a base
ball, Joseph Hunter, Jr., Of Rising
Sun, was hurt severely one day
last week.
The Prairie Lilies and Ne
braska Bills combined Wild West
showed to good crowds at Elkton
on Monday, Chesapeake City on
Tuesday and Cecilton on Wednes-
day.
Stewart & Donahue are to begin
work on the Delaware section of
the Newark Elkton road as soon
as they complete some work they
are doing for private parties near
the former town.
H. Linn Worthington, of Ris-
ing Sun, was first with % breaks
out OF 100 targets and Lester Ger
man, OF Aberdeen, second with 81
in the singles, in the Westy Hogan
championship match at Atlantic
City on Tuesday. On Wednesday
they each broke I4o in the singles.
The Allen Construction Co.
have started work on the i'm
provement of nearly two miles OF
The Baltimore turnpike in White
Clay Creek and Pencader hun
dreds.
Ely Wright while clearing up
hedgeroWs OH his farm, near town
one day last week found a land
tcrS apin on the under shell of
which several initials, "E. T., wv.
>" F'F. A and H. T. were
carved with the date, 1885.
The thirtv-ninth annual track
inspection of the Pennsylvania
Railroad sy,tem will be made by
General Manager Long and $50
officials OF the operating depart
ment early in October. $500 in
prizes will be distributed among
supervisors and assistant super
visors Of tracks for the best sec
tons maintained during the year.
\ box social will be held on
Walker Fell's lawn, Kembleville
next Thursday, September 20, for
the benefit of the Nj. f. Church.
Rt. Rev. Bishop w. +. Adams
will preach in St. Stephens Chapel,
Cccilton, next Wednesday even-
ing at 7.3o o'clock. Everybody is
invited to attend the service.
Delaware Freshmen ., ..e oper-
ing o. this week numbered 72, OF
which p will take the Agricultu-
raj course, which now has moe
students than any two of the other
courses.
The undertakings and lawr
fete held by the Ladies Aid So
ciety Of Red Lion NJ. f. Church
yielded $50 and $50 respectively
Sixty-nine heads of cabbage
grown on Edward Hopkins place
near Liberty Grove, filled six bar