Newark post., 1912-09-04
Cecil County Letter

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near his home. at Elk Mills, one
day last week and seriously in
jured.
The rail, reed bird and squirrel
shooting season opened in Cecil on
Monday. There is an abundant
crop Of wild oats on the marshes
and with favorable tides gunners
expect good sport.
In IA collision one day last week
between a runaway team owned
by Ernest Biles of Providence. and
a buggy in which Mrs. George
Weaver and children were riding
near Leslie. the latter were thrown
out and one Of the children was in
jured severely.
Jesse Wooleyhan Of the Earle
vile section one day last week
shot bald eagle measuring seven
feet from tip to tip Of wings, that
had been preying upon his chick
ems.
Captain Carroll Edgar and Cor
poral Leroy Sykes of Company Z
of Elkton, First Regiment. NJ. n.
g.. secured places on the State
rife team which will compete in
the coming interstate tournament
at Sea Girt. \. j.
\ wharf is in course Of erection
at Chesapeake Haven, the pro-
posed new resort at Grove Point.
Elk river.
Cecil schools reopened on Mon
day after the summer vacation,
which began on June |.
Hog cholera is prevalent in the
Fifth district and a number of
cases have proved fatal.
Evans Dunbar and wife. form
erly Miss Dorothy Garrett of
Childs, are occupying their newly
completed residence on upper
North street, Elkton.
Prof. Carroll Edgar, for several
years past instructor in manual
training in the Elkton High
School, who recently resigned. has
accepted like position in Balti-
more at an increased salary.
The State Road Commission has
grouped the Maryland counties
into divisions for the better super
vision Of work. Cecil, Kent and
Queen Anne's form one of the
Eastern Shore divisions, with En-
gineer Edwin Friese of Queen
Anne's in charge.
Charles +. Larzalere, a well
known bricklayer of Elkton, has
rented the FELTON, Hotel, near the
railroad station, and will shortly
open it to patrons. The hotel is
quite roomy brick structure
built in 1862. The late O. P. Clem-
son was one of it's most successful
managers in the old "license'
times.
Robert Donnelly has finished re-
painting the Gilpin building at
North and High streets, Elkton,
which contains the postoffice, Will
sons barber shop, Giles banquet
hall and the rooms Of Union
Lodge, A. +. and A. M.
The late Jacob S. Snyder of
Kembleville left his $4,000 estate
to his widow for life, and after her
death it will pass to his sister.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ogden, Of Philadel-
phia.
Miss May Terhune left her home
in North East early last week for
Seattle, Washington, where she
will be met by her future husband,
Mr. Colman Day, formerly Of
North East, who is now engaged in
the lumber business in Prescott,
Oregon, where their marriage is
set for September IA.
Chester w. News of News
Bros, the well known threshing
machine operators of the Glasgow
section. and two women friends
had a close call one night last
week when his automobile was
struck and demolished by an east
bound express at the Fourteenth
street crossing of the b. & 0. R. r.
in Chester, Pa. The occupants of
the car managed to leap from it
III time to escape injury.
Two Italians were lodged in
Elkton jail on Thursday by Sher-
iff Perkins, charged with drawing
pistols on colored hands employed
with them on road work in prog
ress near the town. The negroes