The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-20
LOCAL JOTTINCS


The Third District Teachers Reading
Circle will meet Tuesday, April 20, at
1870 p. M. in the School Commissioners
Office.
Woodlawn Camp Meeting for 1912 will
commence August l and close august IA.
Hon. Austin L. Crothers was out again
on Wednesday, after several days indis-
position at his nephew's home, on East
Main street.
festival for its benefit will be held In
Big Elk school next Thursday evening,
April 25.
Miss ELLEN 'BarroIl's residence on
East Main street has been repainted.
A hearing was set by the State Public
Service Commission for yesterday on the
application Of the Home Light and
Power Company, of EIkton, for permis-
sion to Issue new stock and bonds, to
procure funds for enlarging its plant and
erecting poles and wires for furnishing
light to Elkton and Chesapeake City. A
large lighter loaded with bricks, to be
used In building new power house for
the company was unloading here this
week.
The State Public Service Commission
has passed an order permitting the
Maryland Wafer Company to issue bonds
to provide, funds for acquiring the Head
of Elk Mills property, install filter sys-
TEN and provide working capital for flu
ture improvements.
Edward w. Taylor, OF Elkton, while at
one of the Philadelphia bazars on Mon
day. was kicked severely on the knee by
one OF the horses as he passed its stall
and was compelled to use cane to get
about.
Service will be held in St. Marks
Chapel. near Perryville, at p. M, to-
morrow
c. S. Boulder and j. T. Cameron, Road
supervisors for the Third and Ninth dis
trict. respectively, have resigned. Their
successors have not yet been appointed.
r. X. Vanneman, of Havre de Grace,
was elected President, and Clarence L.
Cole Superintendent of the Perryville
Water Company at the stockholders
meeting, held last week.
The Bell Telephone Company will ex-
tend its line from North East to Car
penter's Point
dletown, has sold the II acre farm at
Cash Corner, near Cecilton, recently pur-
chased by Mrs. Ella G. Burton, of Della
ware, to James w. Devine. for $1,000.
Arbor Day has been set for next Fri.
day, April &C. Teachers will observe the
-rlay with exercises outlined in the Year
Book.
Jack Bladen, colored, of the Conowingo
section, said to be one of a gang of
chicken thieves, working for some time
past in upper Cecil, was lodged in Elk
ton Jail, by Deputy Sheriff Miller, en-
Tuesday, charged with raiding the prem
!ses of Benjamin Brown
Lloyd R. Bragdon, OF Middletown, is in
the employ of the American Fruit Co.,
at Bocas del Toro, Honduras, port that
it is feared may have been buried under
lava during the recently reported erup
ton of Mount Chiriqu, nearby vol
cano, long hitherto extinct.
Upper Cecil residents interested in the
care of the Porter's Grove Burial Ground
have had meeting house or chapel
erected there.
William C. Keegan. son of Michael
Keegan, of Odessa, formerly of Elkton,
has secured through Senator III. A. du-
Pont, an appointment on the Capital
police force. at Washington. d. C,
Otis Chapel Sunday School near town,
organi ed thirty one years ago. by George
A. Blake, Esq, was reopened on Sunday
with So scholars on the roll. William b.
Walton of Iron Hill, is acting as Sup
erintendent in the absence of Mr. Blake,
who it is stated, until his recent illness
had never missed a single Sundays at
tendance since the school was opened.
The four acre property, including a
five room brick dwelling, stable, ETC., of
the late Lille J. Griest, located near
Rising Sun, was bought at executors
sale last week, by j. A. Hartenstine, of
Principle Furnace, for $1190. w. o..
Fowler will occupy the premises.
The suit of George S. Mattingly, of
Wilmington, formerly or Charlestown,
against the p, B. & W. R. r., for dam
ages for a broken hip sustained while
alighting from train at Lincoln City,
the Superior Court at Georgetown, for
Tuesday, was settled for an amount which
It was agreed not to make publi,, but 1t
is said to be the largest ever awarded
or recovered in a similar action in the
State.
Rev. J. F. Kingsley, of Philadelphia,
has been selected as manager of Leslie
Camp meeting this year. He served
very acceptably two years ago.
Ladies of Level cleared $4025 from
their recent entertainment which is to
be repeated, by special request of many
Who attended the first performance.
Thomas E. Phillips, or Kemblesville,
died last Friday at jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, of stomach consumption,
aged SO years.
EllSton and North East High School
cams lined up on the diamond last Fri
day, the former winning by score of II
to .. For the winners Peterson scored a
home run, Creswel made a three and
Heath a two base hit.
Voters whose names are not already