The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-07-20


Elk Neck, was struck by lightning and
slightly damaged.
An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. John
Fitzpatrick, of near Zion, was brought
to Elkton for interment at Elkton Ceme-
trey on Wednesday.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry H. Plummer died last Saturday at
their home at Newark station OF cholera
infantum. Interment was made Monday
at the Elkton Cemetery.
The Elk Neck farmers are making ar
rangements to hold their fourth annual
all-day basket picnic, at Thompson s
Grove, on Elk River, on Friday, Au-
gust Q.
The members of Summit Bridge Sunday
school will go to Port Penn, Del, ON
their picnic next Thursday.
Hugh Brown, of Kinks Mills, is con-
fined to his home with a badly scalded
foot.
Miss Mary Steele, OF Kinks Mills, was
given surprise party on Friday evening
of last week in honor of her eighteenth
birthday
During the electrical storm last Sum
day, the residence of Miss Cornelia Nc
Nance, OF the Rising Sun section, was
struck by lightning and damaged.
The Whitaker residence at Blythedale,
is being greatly enlarged and improved
by contractor Patterson.
The annual picnic of the Loyal Tenn
perance Legion and Junior Epworth
League, of Rising Sun, was held at
Hunters dam on Wednesday OF last
week.
Mrs. Samuel Hambleton, wife of Rrs-
ing Suns postmaster, is suffering with
rheumatism Of the eyes, which is feared
will result in total blindness.
A young daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Eu-
gene Long, of Middletown, met with a
painful accident last Tuesday, by falling
from a PUN tree and breaking two bones
in her right wrist and receiving other
cuts and bruises on her body. She suf-
fered greatly and was unconscious for
about three hours.
Between five hundred and a thousand
Poles, Of Philadelphia, will come to Elk
ton, tomorrow, and take part in the
opening OF colony near Chesapeake
City. The North East Band has been
engaged to enliven the days celebration.
The visitors will be brought to Elkton
over the Pennsylvania railroad by spec
ial train.
Attention is called to the big mid-sum-
mer clearance sale of Henry Shapiro, as
advertised in the WHIfi supplement, tnis
week. This sale opens today Saturday
and wifi continue until goods are dis
posed of. Mr. Shapiro guarantees this
to be straight cleaning-up sale and in
vtes your inspection of his goods.
Rev. Hamilton B. Phelps will hold SER
vice in st. Andrews (Goldsborough Me-
moriaD Church, Andora, tomorrow (Sun-
day. at p. m, Sunday school regularly
at 23O. All cordially invited.
Sir Thomas Lipton the noted trotter,
sold last winter by Herman R. Tyson,
the Newark, Del, trainer and driver,
to Cincinnati syndicate, Tor $1,000, will
be campaigned by Mr.. Tyson again this
season. He has been shipped by the new
owners and has arrived at Mr.. Tyson's
stables The trotter has already been
entered in stake races aggregating $780,
900. Mr.. Tyson raced him for two sea-
sons with much success Upton has a
record of 215 IA, but was timed sep
arately at the Allentown half-mile track
in 10 IA Last season Mr. Tyson
started him in six races, winning two,
finishing second in two, and third in two.
The Chatterbox Club OF Cecriron, in.
stead of camping this YEAR took a trim
along the Susouehanna river last week.
Port Deposit. McCalrs Ferry. Peauea and
Betterton were visited and the girls re-
port a fine time. Those who took the
trip are Misses Frances and Miriam
Griffith. Emma and Blanche Brown. Lii
lie Short, Mary Blackway, Elma Taylor
Georgia Walmsley and Regina Price.
By recent act of the .boarn or trustees
of the Tome School for Bows i've scholar
ships. omen to the sons of college pro-
fessors have been created These scho-
larships are worth 5000 each TINS re-
ducing a bows annual expense to s4OO a
wear. The appointments are made for
one year. but boys who make creditable
records NAV he reannointed
Rev n r Phelps of Newark Del
will hold communion services in ST An
drow's Enisconal Church Andora +omor-
rov, fSundav) at an m
The Elkton pen-Mor League base bali
team will take an excursion to Better
ton next Tuesday on Ono IL 75 cents
round trim