The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-08-16
Full moon today Saturday,

| newspaper OIHceS are OILeH loi
somebody ese's mistakes lies in the fact
that the package of CECIL WHIGS sent
from this Office on July 26th, plainly ad-
dressed to Andora, Md. was sent by the
postal clerks to Chicago, ILL.,, and return
ed to us on August 10. Our subscribers
at Andora are doubtless wondering why
their WHIGS of July 26th did not reach
them. THIS is WHY.
Elkton Methodist Episcopal Church,
| Elkton-Divine worship at 10,30 a. m. with
preaching by Rev. S. VI. Perry; meeting
in the evening at 7.3O o'clock in the Edi-
son Summer Garden, preaching by Rev ].
c. Mccoy, pastor of Marshallton Church.
The Circuit Court for this county has
decided the case Of the Rumsey Electrical
| Mfg. Co. VS.. Clarence L. Cole ct al. The
Rumsey Co. sought to have deed of Mr.
Cole to his wife in 1908 conveying certain
| Perryville property, set aside as fraudu
| lent to his creditors. The Courts opin-
'on holds that there is no evidence to
| show that Mr. Cole had not sold the said
| property to his wife in 1905 for a suffi-
| cient consideration and that the deed was
| given in performance of said contract.
| The deed is, therefore, held valid and the
bill of complaint is dismissed.
In Sunday afternoons storm lightning
struck the home of William Coulter at
Liberty Grove and the building was part
| ly destroyed befor1 neighbors could sub
due the flames. During the same storm
| lightning struck the barn on the form of
Col Theodore Armstrong, in the Fourth
district, tenanted by Mr.. Lewis and it was
burned with its entire contents.
| The bungalow of Street Brown IN
lora, was burned Monday evening, togeth-
| er with its contents, causing a loss or
| about $500. The fire is supposed to have
| originated from an overheated stove.
| With view to making it more conven-
lent for passengers to redeem unused
abroad tickets, the Pennsylvania railroad
has established a rule which provides
that, if ticket wholly unused is present.
ed by the original purchaser at the tick
ct office at which it was sold 1t may be
| redeemed for the faIe at which Il was
sold. Heretofore to redee mtickets il has
been necessary to forward them to the
| Office of the General Passenger Ascent at
| Philadelphia, with the attendant ls,ay.
! work was begun last Saturday on New
ark $ $oooOO sewer system, whicn is to lie
| completed before Christmas
By rail falling on his too, Cecil
| Brown. an employe on the rain Dad s,e-
[ tion, at Colora, recently scs.a .,l
| crushed toes
Dr. James \. Peoples, a physician of
Lancaster county, Pa, and Mrs Peoples
| mad just left the shelter of silo upon
the William H. Nesbitt farm, near Rising
sun, Sunday evening during the storm.
When 1t was demolished and the adjoin-
ing barn was struck by lightning.
| Il. Kirk Brown, as agent for the own
ers, last week sold 90 acres of the Thos.
Il. Davis farm, in Elk Neck, to C. r. Shift
let OF Camden, n. j., on private terms.
Inc Literary Society of Flint Hill NJ L.
Church will hold lawn fete at che home
! VI ROBERT Tweed, LewlsylIie, neat ILes-
DAY evening. Ii stormy, next evening
Nlnety-two tickets were sold at Elkton
on "Wednesday morning for the las, rail
road excursion of the season to Tol;hes-
ter Beach.
The annual picnic OF Cherry Hill NJ E.
Sunday School will be held in McFadden's
grove next Thursday.
Forrest Richardson has opened a bar
her shop in the MAJ. land Hotel parlor at
Rising sun.
William Mckelvey, of Rising Sun, who
recently became demented due to heat
prostration, while at his labor as watch
man at the depot crossing is rapidly i'm
proving
| The second and last railroad excursion
OF the season will be run to Atlantic City
next Wednesday. The train will leave
Elkton at 652 a. m and the round trip
fare is $2OO.
The date of the Odd Fellows reunion
at Betterton has been changed from Fri
day, August %, to Thursday, August 81
An excursion from Elkton to Betrerton
viii be run by the Odd Fellows that day
| The newly elected vestry of Susque-
hanna Parish met at the Parish House
at Perryville Saturday evening, all of the
members being present as follows Wal
ter II. Gracie, Robert A. Kirk, Wilson L.
| Coudon, Samuel Akin, j. Ford Shippers,
wilson c. NJ. Whitelock, Henry II. Pounds
and Edward Kessel, and organized by
electing Robert A. Kirk, treasurer; Will
son l.. Coudon, registrar, and Wilson L.
| Coudon, Jr, and Ormond R. Burroughs
wardens. Committees were appointed to
look the field over for financial contribu
tions to the support of the parish and
also to confer in relation to the matter
of procuring the seryices of a rector.
| John B Fassitt, of the Sixth district,
has announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for the House OF
| Delegates.
Trinity Sunday School picnic will be
| held at Otis shore on Tuesday of next
week. Meet at the Parish House at 900
a IN.
| Trinity Church, Elkton-yServices dur
ing August at II a, NJ. and 645 p. m.
Holy Communion tomorrow Sunday.
Service on Friday evening at Gas.
| The fourth annual Harvest Home of Lit
tie Elk Tribe No. 80, Imp. O. R. NJ, will
be held in McFadden's grove near Singer
ly, on Wednesday, August 81. Music,
speaking and baseball. Go and have a
good day in the woods with the Indians.
Big Elk SUNDAY School will hold its
annual picnic in Elmer f Janney's grove
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