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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-01-20
Newark's Sleighing Carnival

Speedy roadsters were trying their
PAGES on the snow on Main street, New
ark, on Monday. Daniel Thompson's
Della March beat George H. Huber's
Baby Lou in a pacing match, taking two
heats and winning the prize cup. Among
those enjoying the sport we're Manly
Drennen, with Sirock Thomas Harlan,
Alfred Taylor, with Golden Rock Wal
ter Boulden, B. b., Morris Dunbar, Of
Elkton; Louis Seth, of Elk Mills, with
Austen Burns; David Eastburn, Frank
Moody, Frank Goodwin, with Newsboy
DR.. West, William McMullen, Walter
Powell, Oliver Lomax, John Pilling, with
Queenie; James Ewing, the fine double
team of S. J. Wright and many Others
Each afternoon during the week the
sleighing was continued. Lewis Seth's
austen Burns and W. 7. McAllister's
Arbutus Girl showed the steppers the
way on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Grangers Hold Quarterly Meeting

Pomona Grange of Cecil County met
with the Elkton Grange on Thursday of
this week. Quite large number of visi-
tors were on hand from the local oranges
of the county The morning session was
an executive one behind closed doors,
and presided over by Worthy Master
McNamee, of Valley Grange. Luncheon
was served by o. c. Giles, under direc-
tion of Elkton Grange, in the banquet
room of the Gilpin Building. The after
noon session was an open one, at which
interesting addresses were made by
Prof. and Mrs. Patterson, of the Mary
land Agricultural College, and by Prof.
Hayward, of the Delaware Agricultural
College
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DOINGS OF THE Maryland LEGISLATURE

The Maryland Legislature assembled
on Monday night at p m, but remain
ed In session only a few minutes in or
der that the Democratic members might
attend caucus, called for 9 p m, to
decide on the election of the Treasurer
of Maryland. The caucus proved a walk
over for Gen. Murray Vandiver. Oppo-
sition to Mr.. Vandiver's reelection was
led by Blair Lee, who thought it unwise
for the Democracy to handicap their re-
cord before the people by re-electing to
this office q man who was a notorious
violator OF the Corrupt Practices Act,
and who was too much given to lobby
ing" at Annapolis. Mr.. Lee could how
ever, only con. mand six votes against
Mr.. Vandiver, and the latter was en-
dorsed by the caucus by an overwhelm-
ing vote. The next day he was re-elect
cd Treasurer by strict party vote, the
Republicans voting for Mr.. John H. Cum
ningham, late Republican candidate for
State Comptroller.
With Tuesdays session began the rush
of bills introduced by both Houses. The
only ones thus far of any especial inter-
est to this county was a bill introduced
by Senator Beck, repeating the law re-
quiring all dealers in wool and furs in
Cecil and Kent counties to take out
special license for this trading; and
bill introduced in the House taking the
control Of Cecil county roads out Of the
hands of the Road Engineer and placing
them in the control of the County Com
missioners.
On Wednesday President Price, Of the
Senate and Speaker Trippe, of the House
announced the committee assignments
of the two bodies. The Cecil Delegation
is placed as follows:
Senator Crothers-Chairman Commit
tee on Engrossed Bills and member Of
Amendments to the Constitution. Execu-
tive Nominations, Fish an" Judi
cial Proceedings, and / Can
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Trains Collide AT Barksdale

Telephone reports reached Elkton last
Friday night of collision on the B. &
o. R. R., at Barksdale, about o'clock,
during the heavy snow storm. Details
were not obtained until later hour,
when it was stated that an eastbound
passenger train had run by the signals
and crashed into the rear Of an east
bound freight at the station. The ca
boose and three cars loaded with ma
chinery, were telescoped set on fire and
burned. The passengers on the express
were severely shaken up but none of
them nor any of the trainmen were in
jured. The engine of the express was
somewhat damaged Traffic was halted
for several hours till the wrecking crew
from Wilmington had cleared the tracks.
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March Court Jury Panel

Judges Adkins and Hopper last Friday
evening drew the jurors for the March
term of the Circuit Court. The panel is
as follows:
First distrct-Charles Griffith, William
H. Brown, William Fl. Deshane, James
T. Watts, Alexander Wilson and George
w. Peterson.
Second district-William ]. Purner, Sr,
Samuel j. Buckworth, Reuben Lake.
Third district-John E. Alexander, John
F. Lang, d. Warren Wilson, Joseph A.
Deaver, Joseph Clay, Walter w. Wood
all, Herbert Lit "enberg, John A. Nor
gan and w. Arthur Mitchell
Fourth district-James A. Holland,
William p. Kite.
Fifth distr!ct-Thomas B. Stewart, Will
liam j. Arrants, Walter A. Blackwell,
Cecil l.. Armour, Charles d. Racine.
Sixth district-Samuel Gather, Frank
NJ. Rawlings, Maurice C. Reeder, l. Wayne
C~."nolds, Franklin B. Lakeland, ]. Otis
Kennard and William p Scott
Seventh dstrict-James o. Car son,
Millard Abrahams, Amos A. Boyd, Will
liam Atkinson, William H. Beck.
Eighth district-Alpheus C. Huss, Ed
ward E, Dawson, Stephen A. Nickle, Ivan
c. Richards, Albert G. Reynolds.
Ninth district-J. VI. C. Carhart, Chas.
P. Fitzgerald, Clifford Cook R. Harry
Logan, George W. Taylor and Bayard
TouchStone.
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ais Mr.. Warburton-Chairman of Com.
mittee on Currency, and member of Rules,
Judiciary, Ways and Means and Claims.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures of Committee on
Internal Improvements, Corporations,
Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries, Section
"a, Article 3, of the Constitution, blouse
as Grand InquesD and Revaluation and
Assessment, and Chairman of Committee
on Civil Service Reform. Mr.. Smith
Member of Committee on Engrossed Bills
and Resolutions, Public Buildings, Fed
eral Relations, Insolvency and Amend
ments to the Constitution.
A delegation of Cecil countians, head
ed by Delegate William T. Warburton,
called on Governor Godsborough on
wednesday and asked that the State re-
imourse citizens of that county who ad-
vanced money to aid the sufferers by the
Port Deposit food two years ago
At that time the Legislature appro-
priated $2O,OOO or so much thereof as
should be necessary for the purpose.
This money was put in the hands of
special commission, composed of he
Board of Public Works, the chairman Of
the Finance Committee of the Senate and
the Chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee of the House.
This commission gave the Port Deposit
people $4,000 to relieve destitution. Port
Deposit people claimed that the State
should reimburse those who lost their
property in the flood. The Commission
did not interpret the law that way, and
no more than the first $4,000 was paid 1t
is alleged that money was sent to flood
sufferers on the understanding that the
State would repay.
Governor Goldsborough put the ques-
tion up to Attorney General Edgar Allan
Poe. He Is to decide whether the COM
mission Is still in existence. II he de-
cides that 1t is not then a bill will be
introduced to cover the case by making
a new appropriation.
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COURT TAKES
ANOTHER RECESS

The Circuit Court on Saturday took a
subject to recall on next Monday week,
January 29, when State VS.. Clara M.
Gaunt, charged with bigamy, may be put
on trial, If Frank Clifford, her first hus-
band, of Camden, N. j., appears as q
States witness. State VS.. John Harris.
of the Rock Springs section, charged with
assault and carrying a deadly weapon,
may also be tried.
State VS.. Samuel Ellis, charged with
stealing corn from he Clayton farm in
the Second district, was continued till
the March term, owing to the illness of
a witness.
The jury in the case of State VS.. Cam
lilo di Francesca, an Italian, tried last
Friday for felonious assault upon Rosa
Smeiss, an Austrian woman, who had
just come to this country, on the Perry
ville-Aikep road on October 10 last, rem
iered a verdict Of guilty. He was given
a sentence Of ten years in the peniten-
tiary. His counsel, Omar d. Crothers,
Esq, entered a motion for a new trial.
State vs.. Frank Foraker, of Elkton,
charged with criminal relations with his
II year old daughter, on whose sworn
statement the case was founded, was
put on trial on Friday afternoon. On
the stand the girl denied all that she had
charged in the statement. The case was
given to the jury on Saturday morning,
and in the afternoon they rendered
verdict of not guilty 1t is understood
that on the first ballot they stood seven
for acquittal and five for conviction. Two
jurors held out for conviction, but fin
ally yielded Omar b. Crothers, Esq,
was counsel for the accused.
State VS.. Martha B. Goff, charged with
assault upon Rebecca Downham, both of
the Singerly section, was tried before a
jury on Saturday morning. Mrs. Down
ham swore that Mrs. Goff had attacked
her nj her own yard, telling her that
she had come to give her good beating,
which she did, knocking her down, chok-
ing her and beating her head against the
ground. She showed her bruises at the
hearing before Justice Gilpn last Sep
tembef. Mrs. Golf swore that Mrs. Down
ham had charged her with poisoning the
1atters dog, and raising her arm, ap-
peared to be about TO strike her. Mrs.
SQr then slapped her in the face, She
lehid they talked for twenty minutes af-
terwards and made up the quarrel.
Thomas Woodrow, Mrs. Downhams ne
phew, testified that Mrs. Ccff had told
him she had knocked hi out of "Old
Beck and would give her more The
jur yfound Mrs. Goff guilty, and she was
fined 81 and costs, but .he costs were
later waived. H. A. Warburton, Esq,
was her counsel. Court then took a re-
cess until January 20.
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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity of Del
aware College gave dance in the Opera
House last Friday night which, despite
the cold weather, was well attended by
couples from several towns in Delaware
and Maryland, including number OF
E.!E oHians.
Mr.. Charles r. Nesbitt, of Port De-
posit, and Miss Mary E. Slicer, OF Col
ora, were married on January II, at West
Nottingham Manse, by Rev. Samuel Polk.
Mr.. George G. Bitner, of Port Deposie,
and NJ IS Georgia NJ. Liston were married
at the brides home in Philadelphia on
January 10.
Lieutenant John Rodgers, U. S. NJ, of
Havre de Grace, and Miss Ethel Greiner,
Of Annapolis, were married on Saturday
at St. Anne's rectory in the latter city.
W. Pierce Biggs, of Middletown, was
reported critically i'll at his home on
Cass street in that town, last week.
Delaware College students and younger
social sets in Delaware and Maryland
towns are looking forward with keen in
telest to the Junior Promenade set for
II iday, February 8, in the gymnasium
a. Newark.
Mr.. j. Newell Abrahams, formerly of
Port Deposit, now of Topeka, Kansas,
and Miss Wilnetta Thayer, of Montclair,
n. j., formerly of Tome Institute faculty,
were married at the brides home on
Wednesday. They will reside in Topeka.
The marriage is announced of Mr..
William Krauss and Miss Ida Sprout of
Conowingo.
Mr.. Grover Rice, of Conowngo, and
Miss Frances Harvey were married in
Lancaster, Pa, last week and were SER
enaded on their return home on Satur-
day night
Mr.. John Krastel, or Baltimore, was a
recent visitor of his parents here.
Mrs. Alexander Evans entertained a
number of her friends at cards and
luncheon last Saturday afternoon.
Miss Lucy Reed of Chesapeake City,
has been visiting Elk.on friends.
Mrs. Charles B. Finley has been visit
ing relatives in Bridgcton, N. ].
Mrs. C. NJ. Boulden is entertaining her
cousin, Miss Alicia Thomas, of Philadel-
phia.
Mr.. William J. Davis, of the Keys &
Miller Lumber Company, is i'll with ty-
phoid fever.
Little Miss Hetty Pratt is quite i'll
with typhoid pneumonia. Her many
friends wish for her speedy recovery.
Helen, the young daughter of DR.. W.
D. Cawley, is i'll with typhoid fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Armour. of
Greenhurst, spent Sunday with Elkton
riends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ulary, of Elk
Neck, spent Wednesday with Mr.. ard
Mrs. John Worth of near Zion.
The wedding of Mr.. Julius Simmer and
Miss Anna Margaret Yoekel, of Balti-
more, will take place this Saturday af-
ternoon, at p. m, at the brides home
in that city. They will reside in Perry
Vile in the house vacated by Mr.. Charles
Fadeley and will be at home on Monday
next, January 22.
Mr.. William u Whitman of Little
Britain, and Miss Iidie j. Mecaslin, OF
New Bridge, were married in Lancaster
by Rev. c. E. Hanpt, on January IL.
They will reside near Cecil Paper Mill.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS OF THE WEEK

| A rare sight in ElKton on Thursday
steers, carrying advertisements OF
| "steero" or bouillon cubes made and sold
by the American Kitchen Products Com
pany of New York.
A birthday social was held yesterday
evening by the Pastors Aid Society of
E!kton Presbyterian Church in the
Chapel.
well attended meeting OF local fisher
men was held in Elkton on Saturday.
The sense of the gathering was that the
fishing laws for home waters should not
be changed.
Lambert w. Davis, OF Cecilton, fell on
the ice at the gate of his home one day
last week. He arose and walked to the
house and on arriving there found that
his left arm was broken at the elbow.
DR.. e. N. Crawford was called and gave
him needed treatment.
A fine black driving mare owned by
Samuel Hushabeck, Of Summit Bridge,
while running about his barnyard on
Sunday, fell, and one of her legs was
broken.
A horse owned by Charles Dixon, of thp
Earleville section was fatally injured
while leaping over a gate one day last
week.
One of the horses of Joseph Woolyhan,
Of the Earleville neighborhood, fell oc
ice on Monday. Its head struck an iron
implement and 1t died in few minutes
Mrs. C. NJ. McFarlane, widow of Rev.
w. r. McFarlane, of Wilmington M. E.
=
daughter, Mrs Ray Gibbons, near Prin-
cess Anne, Nd, on January 10, aged So
years. A son and six daughters survive
her. Interment was made at Smyrna
Del
The stockholders Of the National Bank
of North East, at their annual meeting
held on Jlnuary g. chose the following
directors for the coming year:-Charles
A. BENJAMIN, Andrew Anderson, DR.. r.
G. Underwood William A. Cameron, P.
B. Housekeeper, E. T. B. Day, Ross R.
Smith and S. ]. Mearns. The officers
were to be elected on Tuesday. The bank
had the most prosperous year in it's
history, the deposits increasing $685. 900.
Baiiff Potts on Sunday night arrested
Reese Clark, holored, of Providence,
Cecil Brown and Lewis Brown, also col
ored charged with reckless driving on
the streets of Elkton. Clark forfeited
81. 80 and the Browns who had been warn
ed several times by the Bailiff $6.1S each,
after hearing on Monday.
The Anti-Saloon Leagues Statewide
Local Option Pill, which will be offered
N the Legislature during its present ses-
sion, will be discussed from many pull
pits next Sunday January 2S. Leaflets
treating on the subject will be supplied
free in churches, to inform voters who
may wish to urge members of the Gen
eral Assembly to favor the bills pass
age, of which the League claims to have
ample assurance
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will Ask For Road

Citi- ems in the vicinity of Elk Mills
will petition the County Commissioners
10 improve with gravel, or other mater
ial, what is known as the Feeder Road,
traversing Big Elk Creek and crossing 1t
at 'Baldwin's Mills. thence over b. & O.
R. R. to end Of what is known as Brick
Row, at Elk Mills. This road, which is
used daily by hundreds of residents Of
Elk Mills, is said to be in deplorable
condition. The material for improving
the road will be hauled gratis by the
people to be benefited.
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Elkton Improvement Association

The Elkton Improvement Association
held its postponed January meeting on
Tuesday night The Committee on Pub
lie Wagon Yard was directed TO take up
the matter of having the Hurn lot light
ed preferably with tungs.en globe and
refA;tor with Town Council. w. H.
Mackall reported that Senator Smith
had expressed his readiness to further
the matter of the survey of the Little
Elk Creek at the Landing, and the
Committee was instructed to request
him and Congressman Covington to urge
it's inclusion in this years River and
Harbor Bill. Needed legislation for the
town was next considered, and it was
urged that the first essential was the
repeal of the town election law of 1910
with the exception of the registration
feature. 1t was suggested that the Cor
rupt Practices Act should be made to ap-
ply to the town elections. Joshua Clay
ton, Esq, said the Act applied to all
elections. Frank r. Scott said money
had figured in most recent town cleo
tions and its use should be stopped. At
ter further discussion, on motion OF Mr..
Clayton, the Legislative Committee was
instructed to prepare the draft of a bill
repeating the Act of 1910, and providing
for the election of President and two
Commissioners to serve for one year,
and two Commss ssioners for two years,
with registration and the application of
the Corrupt Practices Act included in
it's provisions, to be reported at a called
meeting of the Association. Frank r.
kjcott stated that the Committee on
Water Supply had nothing further to re-
port as yet. DR.. II. A, Mitchell said he
understood that the Maryland Water
Company purposed installing it's filter
system by May /. NJ. f. Magraw report
ed that the Committee on Garbage Re-
moval was awaiting cooperation on the
part of Town Council. II. w. Pippin
Std 1t struck him that very little in the
way Of town improvement could be eff
fected with 30 cents tax rate. Frank
r. Scott said that, if garbage removal
vas deemed essential by the towns resi-
dents cents increase in the tax rate
would cover its cost. Herman Jeffers
and DR.. Mitchell held that the regular
cleaning Of exposed water closets was
more essential than garbage removal,
and should be enforced upon property
owners. Dr.. Mitchell reported upon the
matter Of improving roads within the
towns limits that the Bureau of Roads
at Washington would send an expert on
upon application by Town Council, en-
dorsed by the State Road Commission
Adjourned.
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Barn Burned In Snow Storm

Fire of unknown origin destroyed the
large stone barn and wagon shed of John
w. Taylor, on the old Ewing homestead
near Porter's Bridge, during the snow
storm last Friday night. Some of the
stock was saved with great difficulty, as
the flames made quick headway, but two
horses, two bulls, two heifers and thirty
sheep perished. The crops in the barn,
machinery and implements were destroy
ed. The corncrb and contents were
saved. The loss is put at $4,000 with
Partial insurance in the Farmers e Me-
chanics Company. The flames were
plainly seen at Oxford and other dis
tant points.
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Cverco ne by heart failure, William
Keen, weil-to-do farmer of Aldino
near Havre de Grace, died in his barn
last Friday night.
Miss Katharine Greenway, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilton Greenway formerly
Of "Hokeland", near Havre de Grace, IL
critically i'll at her home in Towson,
following a fall from her horse on New
Years Day.
A nine year old boy who stole $5 bill
from Rev. A. E. Clay, rector of Old
Swede's Church, Wilmington, formerly
of Middletown, one day last week while
visiting the rectory, was hailed to the
Juvenile Court last Wednesday and re-
'eased on probation.
Mr.. j. Bibb Mills, a representative OF
the Anti-Saloon League of Maryland,
will speak at Leeds NJ P. Church to-
morrow Sunday at 1890 a. m and at
Moore's Chapel at 2.3O p. m.
The Court of Appeals has reversed the
judgment of the Queen Anne's Circuit
Court for 100000 damages, awarded to
William H. Wilson, of Havre de Grace,
in his suit against the B. & o. R. R., and
granted a new trial OF the case. Wilson
was badly crippled by the collapse Of
spans of the new B. & o. r. r. bridge at
Havre de Grace in the fall of 1908. The
company's liability appears to be con-
ceded and it is likely that plaintiff will
yet recover adequate damages for his
injuries. Albert Constable, ESQ, o. Elk
ton, is counsel for the plaintiff
At the annual meeting of the stock.
holders of the National Bank of Rising
Sun, the same directors were elected for
1912 as follows:-Joel j. Carter, A. l..
Duyckinck, S. G. England, H. H. Haines,
Jesse Wood, s. T. Wiley Charles s.
Pyle.
Mrs. Mary Yerkes Blackburn, wife of
John Blackburn, who was a sister Of
Mrs. Robert Maekey, of the Blake Sec
tion, died recently in Oklahoma, aged 70
years.
Kicked by a mule in it's stable, a horse
owned by Cecil Shelter, of the Colora
section, was found with its leg broken
and was killed.s
The dwelling of Edward Cammomile
colored, in Hamtown (Middletown) was
burned on Monday night, the inmates
making marrow escapes. His sons pay
for work, $55, was lost in the blaze.
Delaware College and Harvard Univer-
sity teams in the inter-co collegiate rifle
shoot on Saturday scored 727 and S26
points respectively.
Prof Thomas F. Mann, of Wooster, O.
Station will succeed Prof NJ T. Cook as
plant pattplogist at Delaware College
Stn mil ~
Elmira. N. Y, the new veterinarian, will
assume his duties next month
grand ball with music by Overlys
Orchestra, will be given in Oakwood Hall
on Thursday, January 25. Granville
Overly, Edgar Brown and George Watson
are the managers.
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Elkton Built Barges Lost

The British steamer Clivemore last
week, rescued off the North Carolina
coast. the crew of the barge Pocomoke,
of S27 tons burden, built by E. Deibert
& Sons, of Elkton, in 1907, which with
the barge Alabama, of SS1 tons register,
built by the same firm in 1911, went
adrift while in tow of the tug Margaret,
off Cape Fear in storm early last week.
The barges were of the schooner type,
well supplied with sails but could make
no headway in the fierce gale that was
blowing, and both We're lost. The crew
of the Alabama were drowned. Neither
barge was insured as they had hitherto
escaped accidents. They were owned by
the P. Dougherty Company, of Baltimore.
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Bucket Brigade Saves Church

Harry White, sexton or Head of Chris
tiana Presbyterian Church, went to look
after the furnace on Saturday night, and
was startled at finding the floor burn
ing. He gave the alarm, and bucket
brigade was formed which, as pumps
were fro en- drew upon a convenient
spring, and soon controlled the blaze. A
hole was burned in the floor, several
pews were scorched and the carpet was
more or less singed. The damage is
put at about $3.50. Services were sus-
pended on Sunday.
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Cost Of December Term OF Court

The total cost of the December term
of the Circuit Court up to January 10
was $1515S9, Jurors pay, $1O97.50; Wit
nesses', $21739; Bailiffs' (three) $15O.5O.
Clerks, Criers' and Janitor's pay and
fuel are not included in the total. To
the total will be added the expenses for
the days the Court may sit after recon-
vening on January 29. A large portion
of the total was due to the trial of the
Richards case removed from and charge
able to Hartford county.