Newark post., 1912-09-11

/ Chicago Convention, will review
/ the work of the ''Steam Roller
and repel the charge that Taft S
nomination was stolen. Mr.. War
/ burton voted for Taft after Roose-
welt declined to stand for the nom
ination.
The report of retiring County
Superintendent Of Schools, W. ID.
Bratton, recently forwarded to
State Superintendent M. b. Ste
phens, contains some interesting
statistics. Cecil County owns SO
school houses and rents buildings.
Of these sc are frame, IL brick and
4 stone. There were al white
teachers employed during the past
year; II males and 130 females:
and II colored teachers; | male
and 20 females. There were 4,79S
pupils enrolled during the year;
zoos white males, 1868 white fe-
males, 400 colored male and 36S
colored females. the average at
tendance Of white pupils was 2,49S
and Of colored 36S. By grades, on
January l last the pupils were
numbered as follows: First grade.
1,O26; Second, SO; Third, $50;
Fourth, 572; Fifth, 472; Sixth.
1853; Seventh, 244; High School
Grades-Eighth, 1S1; Ninth, SO;
/ Tenth, 60; Eleventh, Sc. The to-
tai receipts for school purposes
from County and State during the
year were SS2, ,665.4S, and the total
expenditures were SS9,S46.67, of
which S67 1852 went for salaries
Of teachers to whom 81 300 was
owed at the close of the School
year, which was paid by drawing
on the amoun tset aside for school
purposes in the tax levy Of 1928.
The Morgan farm Of 125 acres.
located near Richardsmere, in the
Rising Sun section, has been sold
to j. M. Atkinson for $4,000.
John b. Cook, Of Philadelphia,
has purchased the Rose Hill or
| Ward farm, of 400 acres, located
in Sassafras Neck, First District,
from Mrs. Alice Woodall, for
| S16,65O.
Clinton M. Jaquette has sold his
40 acre property, north of Elkton,
to his sister, Emma b. Jacquette,
for $4,000.
Mrs. Sarah E. Rowand Howard,
wife Of H. ID. NJ. Howard, form
er welllknown Elktonian, died at
their home i'll Hampton, Va, on
August 81. interment was made
IN Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Philadel-
phia, last Tuesday. Mrs. Howard
was the widow of Thomas GiIpin,
second son Of the late DR.. John Gil
pin, of Gilpin Manor, near Elkton,
inv,,, y, she resided for number of
"'i''' 'f'. and -hnli L,rs.si Nh Gt:,.
years. A son, G. MOnteIln uilpIn,
a lawyer of New York, and several
daughters by her second husband
survive her.
Mrs. Anna M. Tuft, winow Of
DR.. Reuben II. Tuft of the Fourth
District, is reported critically i'll
at the home Of her daughter, Mrs.
H. f. Kennedy, in Wilmington.
The September term of the Cecil
Circuit Court will open next Mon
day, September 16. Chief Judge
James A. Pearce, Of Chestertown.
who has served since 1897 will pre-
side for the last time and be sue
ceeded in December by States At
torney Albert Constable of Elkton.
the only nominee thus far for the
vacancy on the Bench.
Town Bailiff Potts and the street
force have finished the work on 800
feet of additional sewer ON East
Main street, Elkton, and are now
laying line on South street, from
Main street to the entrance of the
cemetery.
Albert G. johnson, for three
years past book-keeper at the Rad
nor Pulp Mill Elkton, left on We'd
nesday for Kansas City, Missouri
where he will begin the study Of
Osteopathy. Dan. w. Henry takes
his place at the mill
Cecil taxpayers came to the
front during August, prompted by
the discount. County Treasurer
p. M. Groves collected for the
month nearly $4,000.