Newark post., 1912-07-17

hold its annual picnic on July 20
on the lawn Of Jackson Hall,
Cowantown, with a festival IN the
evening.
Report has it that the location
Of the Susquehanna Power Com
pany's big dam near Conowingo
will wipe out that village, as well
as the road bridge over the river
recently purchased by the State
and divert travel to the Elkton-
Perryville road and Havre de
Grace bridge. The State has spent
much money on the Hartford and
Cecil roads leading to Conowingo
which the dam will render useless
as links in the continuous highway
from the District of Columbia to
the Pennsylvania line. " VIII
A vicious bull fatally gored a
mule one night last week in pas
ture field on John M. Tucker s
farm near Elkton.
The expenses of the Cecil
schools for the summer term to-
tailed $17,121.1O. During the term
3,5i7 pupils were enrolled.
A lawn fete for the benefit of
Union Hospital, EllSton, will be
held on Reuben Reynolds lawn
near Rock Church (Fair Hill) on
Friday evening, July 26, with ice
cream. cake. fruit. homemade
candies, orange and lemonade on
sale, and music by the Utopian
Cornet Band. A japanese booth.
fancy table and grab bag will be
among the attractions.
a merry -go-round arrived in
Elkton on Saturday from Oxford
and did rushing business in the
evening with good prospects for
the rest of the week.
Woodlawn camp meeting will
have it's forty-second annual open
ing on August l. closing August
IA. Rev. n. A. H. O'Brien. of
Port Deposit. will be in charge,
and Hall and Mack. the noted
singers, will be in attendance on
several days.
Franklin Earle Anderson. son
Of F. p. Anderson. Of Blake. who
was one of this years graduates
from the Maryland Agricultural
College, died in Sibley Hospital,
Washington, ID. c.. on July 7,
from peritonitis following an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis. He was
tWenty-three years of age and a
young man Of much promise. His
untimely death is deeply regretted
| by all who knew him.
The $1,000 balance of the $40.
600 voted by the Legislature for
the relief Of the sufferers from the
Port Deposit food, in January
1910, has been apportioned by the
State Commission, and claimants
will get about 70 per cent. of the
damages they sustained. The
claims totalled $4,000. About
So. 900 was spent in relieving resi-.
dents who were in more or less
distress incident to the flood.
Company Il, First Regiment NJ
n. g.. left Elllton with about forty
men in line under command OF
Captain Carroll Edgar, on the
6.4o p. m. train south on Sunday
evening enroute, via Baltimore
for Mt. Gretna, Pa, where the
Maryland Guardsmen will joir
with the L. S. regulars in camp
and field work for ten days
Although they left as thunder
storm was breaking, the boys hope
to have better weather during
their stay in camp than the Key
stone commands had to face las
week.
The family and friends of 10
seph Hopkins Of West Elktol
were greatly troubled over hi!
disappearance after returning
from service at the M. E. Churcl
on the night Of July 7. Searcl
was made for him far and near
and the creek was dragged on tn,
theory that he might have beer
drowned. On Saturday a lettc
reached his home. mailed from
Portsmouth, Va, stating that h,
had gone to that town and secured
employment. His brother, som
years ago, in a fit of melancholy
put an end to his life. and it wa
surmised that the missing maj
might have done likewise.
PASTIIRF IANDC NV