The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-10-28
LOCAL JOTTINGS OF THE WEEK

The meeting of the Republicans of the
sixth district were planning for Thurs
day evening of next week has been called
off, owing TO the fact that 1t would ID
terfere with the C. E. Rally planned Tor
the same evening in the West Noting
ham Church.
Hon. Sydney E. Mudd, former Congress-
man from the Fifth Maryland district,
and long an influential party leader, died
of paralysis, at Philadelphia Sanator-
ium, on Saturday, aged SO years.
Church of the Good Shepherd, Chesa-
peake City. Service tomorrow Sunday
at 7SO p. m.
There will be service Ito include the
Holy Communion) in Trinity Church on
"Wednesday OF next week, All Saints Day,
at 1C 80 a. m.
Burton, the FIVE year old son of Gra-
son Holmes, of Upper Elk Neck, caught
his hand in a corn shelter, one day this
week, and two of his fingers were badly
torn. Physicians at Union Hospital hope
that amputation may not be needed
j. w. Aydon, publicity agent of Penn
sylvana Railroad, spoke by invitation of
Director T. S. Baker of Tome Institute,
before the boys of Tome School on Tues
day and before the pupils of the Girls
High School on Wednesday, on the perls
of trespassing on railroads
There will be a bake for the benefit of
the Commercial department of the New
ark High School, in the Academy build
Sa har A
pies and candies for sale. Also ice
cream.
Mrs. Harry D. Hay, the we'll known
elocutionist Of Wilmington, will give a
recital at Leeds NJ p. Church on Wee
nesday evening, November 1, for the
benefit of the Ladies' Aid. A very pleas.
ing program, including mtsic. has been
provided. Admission, 25 CT nts; children.
Is cents
Love Feast, a. m, preaching, 1890 a.
m. Everybodys meeting 230 p. m. Young
Peoples meeting at 7.30 p. m. Mrs. w.
]. Berger and Mrs. Sewell Downs soloists,
also Miss Edna Scar will sing. Come
for all day and bring your lunch.
Republicans of Port Deposit have or
gan ed a campaign club, with large
membership, and the following officers:
President, w. w. Hopkins; Secretary, F.
T. Benson Treasurer, William ]. Knight.
The festival held by the school and
Sunday school at Liberty Grove last
week, yielded SIS.
Levi K. White has purchased Jacob
McMullen's Is acre farm near Lombard.
The latter will remove to Camden, N. ].
w. Arthur Mitchell is filling the old
Howard ice pond in East Elkton from
the Big Elk, with a pump worked by an
engine removed from mis- naptha launch
iCalvrt Grange entertained Pomona
County Grange in fine style last Thurs
day evening, but bad weather curtailed
the attendance.
Unknown parties ente: ed and damaged
Jefferson School, near Principle, on Sun
day night. They also carried off some
effects of the principal, Miss Anna Jack
son.
Ladies of the Mite Society Of Bethesda
NJ. E. Church. Middletown, cleared $9(
from their annual supper served in the
New Century Clubs rooms last Thurs
day evening.
Work is progressing on the founda'
tions for the new NJ. E. parsonage al
North East. The structure will be o.
| brick with slate r,of. j. Frank Simpers
is supervising the construction and will
have charge of the cal i>vuLers work.
David B. McMullen has been choser
School clerk for District &c. Glasgow
, succeeding the late Samuel Alrichs.
Lend -a-Hand Circle of Kings Daugh
.f ci off ari n pS
totalling SIS, for the benefit of the new
NJ, E. Church building fund at meet
| ing held last week at Mrs. Price rUr'
akers.
The Granville Reynolds farm of 3
| acres in the Sixth district, on the Re-
| Pump Cecil Paper Mill road, was Offered
at mortgage sale at the Court Hous'
door, last Friday, by Omar D. Crothers
Esq, attorney, but was withdrawn anC
was later bought at private sale by Mar!
| S. Windle, of Kennett square, for $296O
The George A. Hogans property on the
| st. Augustine -Cayots Corner road, in thu
Second district, was sold at mortgage
sale, at the Court House door, on Tues
| day, by Robert c. Thackery, Esq, aUror
ney, to Mrs. Thomas Baker, for $50.
Robert C. Thackery, Esq, attorney
sold the Edward A. Jackson property ol
| the Perryville- Battle Swamp read, a
| mortgage sale, at the Court House door
on Monday to the Levi E. Patterson Co.
| for 1851.
Delaware and Washington College
Chestertown, met in d.Izzling rain OIL
the formers gridiron on Saturday. Th'
| field was covered with mud or watel
| which caused fumbles and slow running
Delaware had the best of the playint
| throughout the game and won by
score OF to 0. Porter's all around wort
| for Washington kept down the winners
total.
| Naomi, daughter Of James Long, o
Fremont, near Rising Sun, while driving
home from school, ono day last week
was thrown out and more or less hur
| when a team containing two men and
woman collided with her carriage on th'
! road.
| Owing to the death of Mrs. Mary Me
Kenney Mitchell, wife of Rev. James A
| Mitchell. Of Centrevil,e, the meeting o
! the Woman's Auxiliary of the Diocese o
Easton, set for last Wednesday in st
| T,,,I', Cj,prab in that town was post