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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29

Burke, B. L. Mcfarland, Amos X
Brown, G. T. Anderson, E. L. Hoi-
fecker, L. E. Barrett, E. c. Sun
field, G. w. Dawson, ]. w. Eas-
ley, t. F. Beauchamp, Samuel
Polk, ]. P. Otis, who will preach
somewhat in the order named and
as needed.
On Sunday, August 6, Hall and
Mack, noted singers are expected,
the preachers being Revs. Hill,
Hardesty and Corkran. Sunday,
18th, Revs. Hoffecker, Barrett
and Sunfeld will preach, and the
quartet of Tome Memorial Church
Port Deposit, will render special
music.
Special days are Friday, August
4, the County w. c. T. U. in
charge, and Tuesday, August 8, a
convention OF the County Sunday
School Union. Able representa-
tives will address both these meet
ings. Rev. VIM. P. Taylor, OF
Lincoln, Dell, will have charge
throughout the series of the child
ren's services, and Miss Hall, a
deaconess from St. Paul's M. E.
Church, Wilmington, of the young
Peoples meetings.
Mrs. john L. Moore, of North
East, is engaged as organist; and
MIR. Ewing, chorister.
The public is cordially invited
to all these services. The pure
Gospel will be preached and every
effort made for successful, en-
joyable and profitable time.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
M. P. Ministers Convention

Ministers of the Maryland M.
p. Conference will meet at West
minister on Monday for an ex-
change OF views on variety o:
topics. Hon. ]. w. Herring will
give the address of welcome. and
the President of the Conference,
Rev. DR.. J. NJ. Sheridan, will re-
spond. Among the speakers will
be Rev. F. T. Tagg, Rev. T. NJ.
Robinson, of Buffalo, n. Y, Rev.
DIR. Henry Ostrum, D. d., OF
Greencastle, Ind, Chaplain G. E.
I. Stevenson, y. S. n, and Rev.
c. f. Forl;ner, of Westminster NJ.
P. Seminary. Most of the 100
members of the Conference it is
expected, will attend the meeting.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
Large Crowd AT Leslie Camp

All day services were held at
Leslie Campmeeting near North
East, on Sunday, beginning at
$50 a. m. and closing at 1890 p.
m. There was large attendance,
the gate receipts exceeding those
OF the first Sunday OF last years
meeting. Rev. Isaiah Biddle
preached at the morning service,
James E. Ingram, Sr., OF Balti-
more, spoke in the afternoon, and
likewise preached at the evening
service. There are thirty-three
tents on the grounds, a larger
number than last year. The list
of occupants is as follows:
r. c. Larzalere, North East
Mrs. Hugh Scarborough, Mechan-
les Valley; Mrs. Walter Noland,
Mechanics Valley, Mrs. Samuel
Harris, Bay Viey; Miss Martha
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29

Polk, Philadelphia; Miss Poca
Reed, Bay View; Miss Jennie
Trinble, Bay View; Mrs. A. M.
Strickland, Elkton; Mrs. Steph-
ems, Elkton Mrs. William Mercy,
Elkton; Edgar Hammond, Viii
mington; Samuel Lewis, Bay
View; Mrs. Emma Brown, Of
Greenhurst; Miss Myrtle Abrams,
Philadelphia; William Abrams,
Bay View; George Gray, Bay
View; Mrs. Mary Seward, Viii
nlington; John Topin, North East !;
Mrs. Moli;e Williams, Bay View;
Mrs. ]. B. Thompson, Winning
ton; William Thompson, Leslie
Scott Benjamin, Bay View; Mrs.
E. T. Leedom, North East; Prof.
y. S. Wilmington, Baltimore; Rev.
Cotton Amy, East Bangor, Pa. /;
John L. Moore, North East ;
Harry Shippers, North East; Sam
uel J. Reeder, North East; Mrs.
Frank Keithley, Cherry Hill; Miss
Blanche Reynolds, North East
Misses Emily and Fannie Peach,
North East; Miss Muriel Dean,
North East; Miss Edith Good
now, North East; Mrs. William
Irimble, Bay View.
The program for tomorrow,
July 80, is as follows: Love feast
at 9 a. M, led by Rev. E. T. Aha
ron, OF Baltimore. Preaching at
1890 a. m, Rev. J. P. Otis, Of
North East. Address at 3 p. m.
by DIR. Richard Turner, of Phila-
delphia. Preaching at 7.3o p. M,
Rev. ]. F. Kingsley, OF Philadel-
phia. Song services are held half
an hour before the preaching ser
vices.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29

Bound from Harrisburg to Pc
quea, on the Susquehanna, in a
canoe, w. L. Cooper, so years Of
age, Superintendent of the Bed
ford division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and his son, w. L.
Cooper, Jr, FL years old, who
graduated from Cornell Univer-
slty in June, were drowned near
Creswell on Saturday. They left
r'narrisburg early ON Saturday
lli0rrihg and arrived safely at CO.
lunbia. They left for Pequea,
where Mrs. Cooper and her
sons fancee were waiting for
the voyagers. Just below Cres-
well, at Sewers Point, one of the
most treacherous reaches on the
river, the canoe struck a rock and
was upset. Both occupants sank.
but one rose and swan some dis
tance down the river and then
went down. Trackwalker Carr
saw the canoe upset, but was un-
able to render assistance. He Sc
cured the canoe and a suit case
bearing the name "W. L. Cooper"
Rlvermen and others at once set
to work to recover the bodies. and
that OF young Cooper hoated,
near the spot where he went down.
on Monday. The :ather was born
at Christiana, Lancaster county.
and had been a railroad super
visor in that section, where he was
well known. His father was killed
on the railroad several years ago.
Young Cooper was employed as
civil engineer by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company at Har-
risburg. The fathers body float
ed on Tuesday near the scene of
the drowning. Both bodies we're
forwarded to Christiana for inter
ment.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
kemblesville Matinee Races

The special feature of Kemble-
Vile races on Thursday was the
free-for-all, in which Harlan's Bes-
sic Lambert took the first heat,
but was beaten by Browns Rector
in the second and third. Time,
2.22, eco, 2.2oI-2. Chambers
General c. won first heat in the
2.4o race, Gallagher's Dasie O.
taking the second and third. Time
2.3I, 2.35, 2.37. Vests Hoke's
Elizabeth won the 2.35 race, Gra-
sons Lee Electric second. lime,
2.24, 2.3o. Hevelow's Bill Bailey
won the colt race. Time sos,
2.5S and Mullen's Webster the
Farmers race in 800 and 3.oI.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
Creditors Hold Meeting

The creditors of James H.
Smith, OF Cecilton, held a meeting
on Tuesday in the office of w. 7.
Warburton, Esq, Referee in
Bankruptcy, for the purpose OF
electing trustee and examining
Mr.. Smith as to matters concern
ing his failure. About twelve or
tttecn PERSONS were present, rep
resenting machinery companies,
fertilizer companies, the Peoples
Bank OF Middletown and local
creditors. Mr.. Smith was examm-
ed at considerable length as to
sundry transactions in the con-
duct OF his business and as to his
available assets. These assets are
estimated as at about $1,000, with
total liability o: S42,S3S.SS, ~
lar as it is disclosed by the sche-
dule or filed claims to date. Some
OF the heaviest creditors are the
International Harvester Co., the
Baltimore Pulverizing Co., the
Keystone Farm Machine Co., the
American Seeding Co., the Con-
tinental Carriage Co., the Stewart
Vehicle Co., and a long list of
notes, headed by the Peoples Ma
tional Bank OF Middletown. At
the close of Mr.. Smiths examina-
ton, the creditors proceeded to
elect Joshua Clayton, Esq, per-
manent Trustee, his bond to be
$1,000, if he shall give corporate
security.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
New Work On County Roads

Orders, it is stated, have been
given for the south end of the
Elkton-Chesapeake City section OF
State road, which is to be finished
before winter begins Plans have
been completed for improving the
road from Fair Hill to the Della
ware line, under the terms of the
Shoemaker Act, for which bids will
shortly be asked, and plans are
preparing ior work on the Elkton-
Belle Hill section of the Newark
road. ...
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
Annex To Union Hospital

The directors of Union Hospi-
tai, Elkton, have concluded to
erect another annex to the man
b'flding. The medical staff, OF
which DIR. John H. lamar is now
Chief and DR.. John E. Mackall, of
Elkton, has been chosen as mem
Der, will prepare plans for a train
ing school for nurses. Chief
Judge w. H. Simcoe, of the Or
phans' Court, succeeds the late DIR.
c. M. Ellis as a director. The
plan for securing a body of yearly
donors is to be considered.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
Woodlawn Camp

Woodlawn Camp commences
next Wednesday evening, August
2, and closes Wednesday morning,
August 10. Rev. J. M. Lindale,
in charge has secured a full supply
o: preachers, viz: Revs. L. f.
Poole, E. B. Taylor, G. P. Smith,
L. H. Webster, F. F. Carpenter,
c. A. Hill, G. L. Hardesty, Eben
N. Baldwin, w. F. Corkran, ]. H.
Gray, ]. T. Richardson, T. S. Bar
rett, H. A. G. Westerfeld, f. C.
Wright, Edwin Gardner, Asbury
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29

Rising Sun residents having
voted an increase of town taxes to
meet the cost of water and electric
light service, the Journal says that
the Town Commissioners will
make a contract with Hugh A.
Dowing, of Wyoming, Del, repre-
senting the projectors OF the
plants, to whom the franchises de-
sired will be granted. Work will
be started when the necessary
preliminaries are completed and
the plants will likely be in service
by next spring.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Miss Margaret Draper is spend
ing a week with Miss Beulah
Smith, in Havre de Grace.
Miss Ada Logan, of Richmond,
Va, is visiting Elkton friends.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Vinsinger
are spending some time at Ocean
Grove, N. J.
Miss Bessie L. Manly visited
Baltimore relatives on Sunday.
Mrs. Emma Morris has returned
to her home in Gardenville, Pa.
alter pleasant visit with Mrs. w.
A. George, in Elk Neck.
Mr.. Bernard Ferry, of Philadel-
phia, spent Sunday with his par
ents here.
Mrs. Jacob A. Halden, of Trai-
ner, Pa, is visiting her brother,
Mr.. J. Polk Racine.
Miss Mary lamar is visiting her
brother, Mr.. ]. H. R. lamar, at
Evanston, Ill.
Miss Margaret Bell, Of Balti-
more, is visiting Miss Katharine
Bratton.
Miss Lille Alexander has been
spending some time at Niagara
Falls.
Mr.. Samuel Keys is entertain
ing his daughter, Mrs. John
Hinckley, of Philadelphia.
Miss Roberta Tull is spending
some time with friends at Milton,
Penna.
Mrs. Alfred Taylor has been
visiting Miss Lucy Reed, in Ches-
apeake City.
Rev. George E. Sterling, of
Plttsville, and Miss Carrie c. Ben
dler,. popular school teacher of
Delaware City, formerly of Port
Penn, were married recently in
New York City.
MIR. Manuel L. Buckworth and
Miss Ethel Sartain, both of the
Summit Bridge section, were
married in Chesapeake City Mon
day, by Rev. Edwin Gardner.
MIR. Frank Mcknight has been
entertaining his son, DR.. Vernon
H. Mcknight, of Sykesville, Md.
Mrs. Thomas Hague, of Will
mlngton, is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. John F. Porter and child
rem, of Wilmington, were the re-
cent guests OF Mrs. V. NJ. McCaue.
Miss Frances Schouler is spend
ing some time with friends in Ap-
pleton, Wisconsin.
Miss Mollie Ash has been visit
ing friends in Passaic, N. ].
Miss Margaret Gilpin is enter
tanning Miss Elizabeth Nolan. of
Baltimore.
Miss Elva Stackhouse, of Phila-
delphia, is the guest O: Miss Mar
guerite Boulder.
Mrs. J. w. Anthonr is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. H. NJ. Davis,
at Ridley Park, Pa.
Miss Sarah Kemether and
number of her friends spent Thurs
day at Clay's Shore, near town.
After lunch, fishing, grabbing and
games were enjoyed, also a nice
trip down the river in Mr.. Joseph
Clay's launch.
Palmer Harris, of Wilmington,
is spending some time with Mrs.
J. F. Sparklin.
Mrs. William R. Witworth and
daughter, Miss Esther, are So
journing at Atlantic City.
Misses Margaret and Mary
Strickland are sojourning at
Ocean Grove.
Clarence Z. Denny, who has
been spending the month of July
with his father, returned to Gary,
Ind, today.
Mrs. E. L. Wallace and child
ren returned to her home at Seat
tie, Wash, today, after several
weeks visit to her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Johnson, in Elkton.
Miss Dolly Cook and Mr..
Frank Short, Jr., of Chester, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. John Conaway.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
Death OF Comptroller Claggett

Hon. William B. Claggett, oi
Prince Georges county, who was
appointed to succeed Comptroller
Joshua Herring in June, 1910, when
the latter became a member of the
State Public Service Commission,
died OF Bright's disease, at Buffalo
Lithia Springs, Va, on Tuesday
aged So years. His second wife,
who was Miss Estella Noble
keilholtz, Of this county, survives
as also five children by his first
wife.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29

| ~
Saturdays games Of the Tri-
County Leagues schedule made
difference in the standing Of the
teams. Elkton and Rising Sun are
now tied for second place with Elk
Mills leading by small margin
and Aberdeen in third place.
Elkton defeated North East
here on Saturday by heavy stick
work in the second inning, when
flve runs were scored which with
one in the first and one in the
third inning gave a total of y.
North East scored three runs in
the third and one in the eighth in
ning. Score by innings:
Elkton ....I $40 o o O O x-7
North East Q 0 8 Q 0 0 OF o.
Elk Mills met Perryville on the
latter's grounds and was beaten by
the score 0. 8 to S. Perryville
scored one run in the second and
seven in the fourth inning, while
ELK Mills scored two in the first,
two in the second, and one in the
third, with blanks in the remain-
ing innigs. Score by innings:
Perryville @ OF o oo ks
ELK Mills 2 o o 90 o-s
Aberdeen and Rising Sun met
on the formers grounds, and in an
interesting game Aberdeen won
by a score OF S to 3. The winners
scored one run in the second, one
in the fourth, two in the fifth and
one in the sixth inning, while the
losers scored one in the first, one
in the sixth and one in the
seventh. Score by innings:
Aberdeen % OIL, x-5
Rising Sun 1000 oIIo o.
Havre de Grace and Oxford met
on the latter's grounds on Satur-
day. Oxford scored four runs iii
the first inning and got lead
which it increased by one in the
second and another in the eighth.
Havre de Grace scored two in the
third, one in the sixth and two in
the ninth. Score by innings:
oxford IA I o O o o x-6
II. de Go o 2 ooIo 2-s
Strickersville and Iron Hill met
on the latter's grounds on Satur-
day and played a good game till
the seventh inning when Strick-
ersville took exception to a rul-
ing of the umpire and quit when
the score stood 8 to 7, in the visi-
tors favor.
The Cherry Hill base ball team
went to Bay View last Saturday
and beat the Bay View team by the
score OF S to 3. Bay View plays
at Cherry Hill this Saturday al
ternoon.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
Marriage Licenses

Maurice L. Buckworth, of Sum
NIT Bridge, Del, and Ethel May
Sartin, OF McDonough, Del.
COLORED.
Lewis Lones and Hattie Smith,
both of Elkton.
Charles H. Brown and Mrs. Liz
zie Perkins, both Of Chesapeake
City.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
MRS. JOHN JOHNSTON.

Mrs. Elizabeth c. Johnston,
widow of John Johnston, died at
her home at Sassafras, on Satur-
day, aged "a years. Three sons
and five daughters, one OF whom,
Mrs. Martha Biggs, resides near
Chesapeake City, survive her. Her
funeral was held on Tuesday, with
interment in Rehoboth cemetery,
Sassafras.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
ANDREW WEAVER.

Andrew Weaver, a we'll known
resident of the Liberty Grove sec
ton, died at his home there on
Monday, of apoplexy, aged 7e
years. His wife, four sons
Thomas, of Oakwood, William, OF
Perryville, John, of McCall's
Ferry, and Frank, and two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Perry Gray, of Liberty
Grove, and Miss Florence Wea-
yer of Philadelphia, survive him.
His funeral was held on Wednes-
day, with interment in Harmony
cemetery.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
JOHN FOSTER.

John Foster, one of the oldest
residents of Chesapeake City,
died at his home there on Satur-
day, aged 50 years. His wife and
several children survive him.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
RECENT DEATHS
MRS. MARY MANLOVE.

Mrs. Mary Manlove, widow OF
John G. Manlove, died on Satur-
day of paralysis, with which she
was stricken, while visiting Miss
Henrietta Price, near Ceci1ton, on
the previous Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Manlove, who was 68 years
old, is survived by four daughters,
Mrs. John Price, of Cecilton,
with whom she resided, MS.
Glenn Pennington and Miss Nan
Manlove, of Philadelphia, and
Mrs. John Denny, who lives in
Texas. Her funeral was held on
Monday, with services conduct
ed by Rev. Father Daley, and
intermente in St. Francis Xavier S
cemetery, near Warwick.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
MRS. SUSAN DRAPER.

Mrs. Suson Draper died on Sat-
urday at the home O: her nephew,
James Hemphill, on East Main
street, aged IS years. Her fun
eral was held on Tuesday, with in
terment in Elkton cemetery.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29
JONATHAN McCARDFLL.

The remains of Jonathan Nc
Cardell, a former well-known cabi-
net maker Of Oxford, were inter
red in Rosebank cemetery, Cal
vert, on Monday after funeral SER
vices held in James M. E. Church,
Rising Sun. Mr.. McCardell died
on the previous Thursday at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Will
liam Keilholtz, in Philadelphia,
aged 81 years. Two other daugh-
ters, Mrs. Sarah Chester and Mrs.
Jennie Coulter, also of Philadel-
phia, survive him.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-29

s;hedule for today, July 20.
Elkton at Havre de Grace.
Aberdeen at Elk Mills.
Perryyille at Rising Sun.
Oxford at North East.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-09

sessed with great ability, although
so unpretentious with it that he
never parades his ability to excite
envy or to render uncomfortable
his less fortunate brothers. To
him the future IS ever hopeful no
matter how dark, and the past al
WAYS studded with delightful oasis
no matter how much it resembles
a boundless, limitless desert Of in
Justice and oppression. Less than
a quarter of a century ago a place
on the judicial bench was consider
ed as improbable for a Negro as is
Grecian mythology, and yet he won
the prize, and not only did he win
it. but he has won enconiums for
himself and his race because of his
excellent and eminently fair deciS-
ions: and he has earned the plau-
dts of white litigants and attor-
news as well. And yet his begin
ming was as humble, his environ
ments as devoid of innervation,
and his opportunities as restricted
as those of any man whose life
began in a sea of trouble and
whose course lay through a barren
field of fallow hopes. In such a
man there is a wealth of inspiration
for our younger men, and in such a
man, blessed with kindness and
fairness for foes and loyalty for
friends there is overly much to
emulate. ANY man who is a
Brother Sympathy to the man
down and Brother Equal to the
man up even in an age in which
hypocrisy veneers the lives of many
who shout Il alone am clean" is
man whose life is full of inspira-
ton.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-09
THE HARLAN MEMORIAL
At the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church
Dec. II, 1911.

The committee of one hundred cit
izens, with Prof. John w Cromwell
chairman, and Shelby J. Davidson,
Esq, secretary, in charge of the me-
mortal in honor of the late Justice
John Marshall Harlan, December II,
1911, at the Metropolitan A NJ. E.
Church, announces the completion of
the program for the evening consist
ing of the principal address by w.
Justin Carter, Esq, of the Harris
burg, Pa, bar. the presentation of the
resolutions by Judge Robert H. Ter
rell, OF the Municipal Court, of the
District of Columbia, the seconding
of the resolutions by Hon. Harry S.
Cummings, Esq, of the Aldermanic
Board, of Baltimore, Md, with ap-
propria.e musical selections.
The date of the exercises are also
commemorative of the thirty-fourth
anniversary of the appointment of the
late justice TO the Supreme Court of
the United States, and much inter
est has been manifested by citizens
in all walks of life to make this an
appropriate and fitting testimonial to
this champion of human liberty, JUS
tice and equal and exact application
of the law to all men regardless OF
race or condition.
Among those who have been in
vited to be present are the President
of the United States, the Judges of
the Supreme Court. Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt, Hon. Joseph B. Foraker,
Hon William L. Chandler, Hon. Viii
liam O. Bradley, DR. Booker T. Wash
ington, Prof. w. +. B. Dubois, Rev
Wallace Radcliff. Dr. Wilbur p. Thir-
kield, Hon. James B. Harlan, and the
members of the family OF the late
justice
The program will commence
promptly at s o'clock, all seats are
free, and the public will be welcome,
Mr. Archibald H. Grimke, OF Boston,
Mass, will preside
The Washington bee., 1911-12-09
MR.. BRUCE'S STARTLING
STATEMENT.

Assistant Superintendent Roscoe
{. Bruce makes a most startling
statement to the supervising princi-
pals, which should interest every
colored parent in the city, Have
our people lost interest in our
schools and their children? The
great trouble is that the colored
schools are in need of more truant
officers. We have but one and the
work for him is too much. There
should be at least four additional
truant officers connected with the
colored schools. The Bee sees
daily hundreds of small colored
children playing in the public
streets and alleys. who should be in
school. Our truant officer cannot
get around to every section of the
city.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-09
TAFT'S HONESTY.

The article, recently appearing in
The Outlook, from the pen of
Francis E. Leupp, which was really
President Taft's personal state
ment, was typical of the man, typ
ical of his honesty. No man who
thought to play politics would have
fathered such an interview, but
only a straightforward, honest
man who strives to serve his coun-
try, and all its peoples in a man
ner to bring to it and them peace,
harmony and prosperity would
father such an interview. And
after all, is it not good politics to
be fair and honest, open and above
board with those whom you are
serving, and those whose conf
dence was repoSed in you? A man
as open, as honest, and as fair as
President Taft must necessarily, in
spite of all selfish opposition, bring
to himself the support of the peo-
pie.