The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-10-05

AHe home ManulaclurIng Llgnt and
Power Company of Elkton, has complet-
ed the erection OF poles between Elkton
and Chesapeake City
| In order to cut out the dangerous
crossing between New valley and Row
landville, the Pennsylvania railroad is
strengthening it's tracks and ocns tructing
| new public road
Layton Boulden, Of Elkton, a memler
OF the class of 1912, of the Cecil County
High School, has entered Beacom's Bust
ness College, Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Mahoney celebrated
| their golden wedding anniversary at
their home near fleasant Hiil on Sep
tember 25 About sixty people were
present at the anniversary.
Norris Irwin, of Lombard, figured In an
expensive accident at Oxford Wednesday
forenoon of last week. With three head
he had started for home with a load of
-four lime. AS he drove upon the rail-
road crossing at A. H. O'Danieps, a
treight train backed down and struck his
team. The lead horse escaped, one OF
the tongue horses was killed outright,
and the other injured so badly 1t will
de. Mr.. Irwin was not hurt. His wagon
was broken to pieces and the lime scat
tered around. A tire from one of the
wheels was fastened so firmly in the
wheels of car that the car had to be
s.detracked and later lacked I'D to get
the tire away.
The Ushers Union of Zion and Calvert
met at Zion NJ. E. parsonage Thursday
evening.
Clerk of the Court Cecil Kirk has pur-
chased house and lot from Miss Caroline
Wier, near West Nottingham, at pri-
vate sale.
William j. Pierce, of the Co.ora Sec
ton lost one of his horses.
Sunday evening closed a successful
series OF revival services at Pleasant
Hill. The services were conducted by
Miss Mary Fleming and Mrs Bessie
Hackney, both of Yardville, n. j., and
resulted in twenty conversions.
The pupils of Pleasant Meadow public
school, near Rising Sun, netted $40 from
their recent festival
The Fay View Social Club met at the
home of Miss Lille Gamble, Friday
evening of last week and will hold its
next meeting with Miss Beu.ah Worth
Temperance Day viii be observed i'm
all the churches of the State, November
10, with services appropriate for the day
Maryland Week will be held in Balti-
more this year from November 1928.
The Barksdale- -Elkton road and the
I.sa6- leading to the Delaware, line are
nearing completion.
A series of weekly dances will be neld
in the Town Hall at Rising Sun during
the fall and winter seasons.
Fox jackson, of the Akin section, has
recovered his team stolen from his barn
recently. The horse was found by Mr..
Cheadle, of Theodore and the vehicle
and harness We're later discovered in
wood.
Elmer Brown, of New Valley, recently
had two toes painfully mashed by get
ting run over by lumber wagon.
Miss Lucy Brickley, OF Calvert, was
| recently operated on for appendicitis at
the German Hospital Philadelphia
West nottingham Academy rootball
team will play oxford High School at
| Oxford, this Saturday afternoon.
The fair and festival held at Lewis
willie, last week for the benefit of the
iEii luHu llSIteU SZuU.
Harold Wilson, of Middletown, Del.
has accepted a position in Walden Uni
versity at Nashville. Tenn, and has gone
to take charge of his duties
J. Christie Crothers, of Colora, has
passed the examinations and entered
Johns Hopkins University.
dance will be held at Elk Mills in
Carriers Hall on Friday evening of next
week.
County Road Engineer, Joseph T. Rich
ards, Jr., has been appointed by Governor
| Goldsoorough delegate to represent the
State OF Maryland at the annual conven-
ton of THE American Road Builders AS
soc.ation, which meets in Cincinnati, o.,
December 3.
George W. Biles, of Fair Hill, and Clar-
ence P. Landroth, of Philadelphia, have
purchased the Spring Lawn paper mill
| property in Elk township for s241O.
Samuel NJ ponneil, of Newark, has
sold the 100 acre farm on the Cherry Hill
| road belonging to Miss Ella F. Cranston
TO Charles a. Bryson, of Elkton.
Lewis Peterson, of Elkton, won the
| rifle offered at the Montana Shooting
| Gallery, which was located ON the lot OPP
posite o. C. Giles store, North street,
f kton, this week.
Noble Ricketts,, a student of the Cecil
| County High School, was oper Nted on for
appendicitis at Union Hospital, Thurs
| day.
A Bruce Cameron, Joseph 7. Kenny, j.
| NJ. Clayton and George A. NJ, Johnson
have been appointed comndttee to di-
| rect the Progressive party campaign in
Cecil county.
J. 4. Johnson of North East. who has
been engaged in building concrete bridges
in Caroline county, has been offered a
position in the Government service, to
do hydraulic work on the Panama Canal,
which he has under consideration.
Sunday afternoon while Omar d. Gro
Ohers, Esq, accompanied by his sons and
Mr. and Mrs. William Brown and daugh-
ters, of Chesapeake City, was driving
| ais auto in the vicinity of Mt. Pleasant
| Del, the wheels sank in the soft earth
| at the side of an embankment and caused
| the car to turn turtle. The occupants
were thrown into a side ditch but were
| only Slightly injured.