The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-03-01

. uoiJ S@ at S.oU y. by luelT LedcQeT,
Miss Sarah r. Miller. 1t was held in
Hickory Grove schoolhouse, near Col
ora. Mrs Sophie Nesbitt and Mrs Mary
Brown assisted Miss Miller in serving
7 ice cream and cake to the boys All
present had royal good time.
The Farmers Institutes for this county
began Wednesday afternoon at Elkton,
and continued Friday and Saturday (to-
day. at Rising Sun. The speakers at the
Institutes this year have been practical
and successful farmers and have give.
their audiences the benefit of their ex-
perience In their special lines of work.
| The attendance at the Elkton sessions
was very small, owing, perhaps, to the
inclement weather.
| Hon. Isaac Lobe Strauss who Is can
vassing for votes against Senator John
Walter Smith, in the Democratic Sena-
torial fight, W a visitor at the Croth-
ers Office in Elkton on Wednesday. The
announcement of William l.. Marbury
Esq, that he will contest for the seat
of Senator Smith, is causing lot of
speculation as to what effect that an
nouncemeM will have on the Strauss
candidacy.
Subject to a mortgage of $150,0OO, the
property and franchises of the Susque-
hanna Power Company were sold Mon
| day Of this week at Belair to Frank N
| Hoen, of Baltimore. The sale was pro-
tested by H. Clay Whiteford E. M. AL
len and the heirs of Ann Archer. The
purchase price was 100000. Mr.. Hoen
represented the first bondhoders.
Farmers have demanded that the Col
| 10 An,x
| for tomatoes
James NJ. E. Church, Rising Sun, has
been repainted and repapered
| The Rising Sun Gun Club held a shoot
| last Saturday afternoon, on its home
| grounds.
| The Baraca Glass of Mt Pleasant
Church. Colora, is preparing to give an
| eEterta .nment.
Master John Jenness, of West Not
t!ngham, very pleasantly entertained a
number of his friends last Saturday af-
| ternoon, in honor of his ninth birthday
anniversary.
| Robert c. Thackery, Esq, Attorney,
sold the Elliott place of 80 acres in the
Seventh district, on Tuesday, to Eden S.
| Creswell, for $40
James F. Evans, Esq, Trustee, sold the
Matthew Wier property, near West Not
tingham on Tuesday, to Clerk Of the
Court, Cecil Kirk, for $500.
The sale of the Falls rear estate took
place in Port Deposit on Saturday after
noon last; the farm was bought by Mr..
George Tyson for $425O; the sale of the
Hotel property was postponed until
| some time in March.
The 1913 catalogue of j. Bolgiano &
| Son, of Baltimore, is on our table, and
persons desiring to deal with reliable
and Song-es tablished house would do
we'll to write them for their catalogue.
We have found dealing with Bolgiano
Son most satisfactory in every way.
Rev. and Mrs. William Briggs, OF Zion
entertained the Ushers Union Thursday
evening of last week, at the parsonage.
Miss Frances Rittenhouse, of near
Zion, was recently painfully injured as
the result of fall from a wagon.
The Gourth quarterly conference of
Zion Circuit, was held in Zion NJ.
Church last evening.
The final payment of stock in the Elk
ton Banking and Trust Company was
made last Saturday The building will
be open for business at an early date.
The second degree was conferred upon
new members Friday evening of last
week, by the degree staff of National
Lodge, No. 81, |. o. o. F., of Elkton.
A meeting was held at the home of
Mrs. R. B. Frazer, on Monday evening
and an organization effected for the
purpose of providing a charity fund
from which help can be extended to
needy cases as they are presented and
| passed upon. Mrs. Frazer was made
president; Miss Ida Davis. vice -presi-
dent; Mrs Frank r. Scott, treasurer;
Mrs. James F. Evans, secretary. Those
desiring to join lin this movement may
give their names to any OF the officers.
The Elkton Gun Club held it's monthly
shoot on Saturday last There were few
taking part, owing to the unfavorable
| weather conditions. Roy Sykes won
first prize, Sam King being second, in
handicap. Sykes and King tied for high
gun, with S5 out of 100.
| Ira Cameron, of North East, son of
| Milenter Cameron, has rented the black
| smith shop at Calvert, which j. Willett
| Ewing has occupied the past nine years
and will take charge about March l. Mr.
Ewing will engage in the hardware busi-
ness at Coatesvlle, Pa.
| At the Port Deposit town election on
Monday, the following Commissioners
were elected-Dr. G. Hampton Rich
ards, J. T. c. Hopkins, r. l.. Stebbing,
e. Ward Brown, William knight, David
r Armstrong and John p. Kelly. Mr..
Armstrong has announced that he can
not serve. He has served as town com
missioner for many years.
| Cecil Williams, a colored man near
Middletown, Del, on Monday fell into
| drunken stupor. His wife thought he
was dead and sent for an undertaken.
| He also thought the negro dead and pre-
pared to embalm the body, but at the
| first stab of an instrument the supposed
corpse let out yell, jumped through
window and never stopped running for
two miles.
Owing to the demand for houses in
Newark, T. B. and Cecil Ferguson, con-
| tractors, are rushing the construction
| of a row of eight frame dwelling houses
on their lot, on Academy street, near
| Delaware avenue.
**No trouble to give Conkey's Roup
Remedy. Jsut a pinch in drinking water.