The Cecil Whig., 1912-10-19

M. Hall, Cecilton, October 20, be-
ginning at 80. -Four plays will
be presented, Out of Town" The
Convalescence of Robbie" "Cou-
Sin Frank" " "A Lion Among Lad
les Admission, IS, IS, IS cents.
Proceeds for commencement ex-
penses. Reserved scat tickets on
sale at Alderson's store.
Rising Sun seems about to real
'ze its desire for town water and
fight. The commissioners OF the
town have decided to borrow $1,000
on a bonded indebtedness, the
bonds to be issued in denomina-
tions OF $500 and SIoo, bearing in
terest at o per cent.
A verdict of $4,000 has been rem
dered in the Superior Court of Del
aware against the Baltimore and
Philadelphia Steamboat Co., for
causing the death o; George A.
Bowen. Mr.. Bowen was the gate
keeper at the Delaware City canal
locks and was there injured by the
Lord Baltimore on December 23,
1910, from which injury he died in
July last.
The official board of Centreville
NJ. Z. Church have sent an invita-
ton to Wilmington M. Z. Confer
enoe to hold their next session at
Centreville.
Mrs. Mary E. Deputy, widow Of
the late Samuel Deputy, of New
ark, Del, died at the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. Lewis Cam, in that
town, on October IL, aged "A
years. Her funeral was held on
Monday afternoon with interment
in Head OF Christiana cemetery.
A White Clay Greek Hundred
Republican marching club was or
ganized at Newark on Wednesday
night OF last week.
The first matinee for several
years ait Huber's Driving Park, at
: Newark, Del, last Saturday after
noon, was so successful and at
tractcd such a large crowd that it
was announced another matinee
will be given there on October 20.
There were four events last Satur-
day afternoon and two OF them
were split heat races. The winners
o. each event were awarded prizes.
AT the rext one there will also l.
a motor cycle race and about six
classes Of the best horses in this
section.
The ladies o. the Presbyterian
Church, at Middletown, Del, clear
ed SIS from a recent bake and
rummage sale.
The Chester-Bethel Church, il'
Brandywinc hundred, Del, observ,
ed its one hundred and thirty-siXth
anniversary, last Sunday, with all
day services.
MIR. William II. Hoover, OF near
Elkton, has left iat the "Whig" Of
flee an exceptionally handsome
strawberry pant, with fine ripe Der
ries thereon. Mr.. Hoover says
he has quite good crop of these
berries as the result of careful cul-
tivation and experimentation.
Thrown from a freight car re-
Gently, at Port Deposit, William
Woodrow, a freight brakeman on
the CGlumbit and Port Deposit
railroad, is suffering with a broken
hip at his home near Liberty
Grove.
The October meeting ,oi the
Cecil Farmers Club was held at
the homie OF ]. T. Groves near
Calvert, on Wednesday.
Tie committee having in charge
t.le Christmas sale mentioned last
week, request that persons desir-
irg to enter articles forward their
names at once, so that complete
hist may be made. The entrance
fee is twenty-five cents, and if this
is not sufficient to meet expenses,
the necessary balance will be Sc
cured by a percentage charged on
the sales made.
! A COW belonging to Samuel
kennard, of Colora, recently de-
voured linen duster, a lap spread,
two horse blankets and portion
OF a buggy top.
In game featured principally
by the large amount o: slugging
by both teams, Delaware College
f~2tball team held the Lebanon
Valley team to standstill at New
ark, last Saturday afternoon, and
the game ended in a tie, neither
team being able to score.
Mrs. Samuel I. Brickley, of Ris-
ing Sun, sustained probably fatal
| injuries. when struck by a delivery