The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-07-05
LOCAL JOTTINGS OF THE WEEK

his baking machinery to oxford. Pa.
parties.
EIkton postofice was made second
class office on Tuesday and the employees
Of the Office have been placed on an
hour day.
The Flower farm. containing 1855 acres.
in the Second district. has been bought
by Francis $ Brown, of Philadelphia, for
$4,000
A feldspaS quarry has been opened ~
Rock Springs, by William Weaver, Of
lakewood, in the interest of Wilmington
capitalists
Seventeen members of the Y NJ G. A.
OF Wilmington, went into camp on Elk
river near Town Point on Tuesday, and
will be in camp about ten days.
Governor Phillips Lee Goldsborougn
has accepted an invitation to deliver an
address at Woodlawn Camp Meeting.
District superintendent E. l. Hoffeck-
er has announced that the Rev Howard
7. Ennis, OF Dover, has been appointed
pastor of Eastlake NJ. E. Church, VIII
mington. to succeed the Rev. J. R. Bick-
Ing, who was transferred to Centreville
Rev |. G. Fosnocht, Of Millington, a
former pastor Of Chesapeake City NJ e.
Church. is critically i'll. having been
stricken with paralysis few days ago
Robert Montgomery. a player on the
Newark Tri-County League team saved
small boy and girl fro mdrowning last
Saturday The two children had gotten
into deep water in White Clay creek,
near Curtis G. Bro. paper mill, and Mr.
Montgomery seeing their peril rescued
them.
The trustees of Newark Academy have
refused to give ground to Co. E, on
which to erect an armory. They feel
that in doing SO they would deprive the
students of necessary play grounds.
Benefits Market House, EIkton. has
been freshened by a new coat of paint.
A grand carnival will be held at Farm
ington July r. Ice cream, cake, pies,
amusements and music. All are invited.
If stormy, Monday evening For benefit
of Woodlawn Camp.
branch of the Just Government Lea
que of Maryland has been organized at
Rising Sun.
The directors of the National Bank Of
Chesapeake City have declared semi
annual dividend of 1-2 per cent. on the
capital stock payable in July, also car
ried $4,000 to the surplus fund.- increas-
ing that fund from $1,000 to s12,5O0
which is so per cent of the capital
The trustees of Woodlawn Camp are
considering a proposition to illuminate
the grounds with electricity
During the recent storm lightning
flashed from the spigots of sink In the
James Tosh residence, near Rising Sun,
bl.stering an arm of Melvin Tosh, who
was sitting nearby.
The annual meeting of stockholders of
the Elkton and Middletown Railroad, a
branch OF the Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington Railroad, was held in
Elkton Tuesday morning and the follow
Ing directors were elected for the en-
suing year: Samuel Rea S. C. Long, H.
w. Tatnall and George " Massey, of
Philadelphia; Samuel C. Rowland, Bal
timore; Murray Vandiver, Havre de
Grace; George 5 Woolley, Chesapeake
City; Fred T. Haines, Charles B. Fin
ley and William H. Mackall, of Elkton
The Mite Society of Wesley Chapel,
Elk Neck, will meet at Mrs. |. L. Holt's
Friday evening, July IL. All are well
come.
With blood ooz!ng from an ugly scalp
wound, an unknown white man apparent
ly about 80 years of age, was found ly-
ing unconscious between the tracks Of
the Pennsylvania railroad at Bark Mill,
pumping station, near Newark, about 8 80
O'Clock Tuesday night. Shortly after
ward he regained consciousness for a few
minutes during which time he pleaded
with a watchman emp.oyed there to
shoot him and put him out of his agony.
He said he had fallen from train No. 65.
The injured mans speech failed before
he could tell where he lived Word OF
the accident was sent to the railroad Of
ficials. Train No. 2S was stopped and
the injured man was placed aboard to
be sent to a hospital
Donald McCay, of Toughkenamon, Pa,
brother of William McCay, of Colora,
was killed early last Sunday morning by
train at Toughkenamon. The body
was found about 500 yards from the rail-
road station, with the head severed from
the body. He was about 43 years OF age
and unmarried.
Crosby's merry -go-round, OF Oxford,
Md, arrived in Elkton Monday and has
been put up on the Gilpin lot, East High
street.
Elkton merchants will close their
stores at 6 o'clock p. m. during July and
August, except Saturdays.
Inc Junior CHRISTIAN Endeavor OF Elk
ton Presbyterian Church held a picnic
Friday of last week in Bratton's meadow
The Elkton Gun Club will hold a shoot
the afternoon of July (Friday) opening
at 1.3O o'clock All who are fond Of
sport are invited.
Rev. Cyrus P Keen, of Salisbury, will
occupy the pulpit at West Nottingham
Presbyterian Church tomorrow (Sun-
day. morning
The annual excursions will run to Toll
chester this year on July 16, 80, and
August 13; the excursions to Atlantic
City, July 80
The Cecilton branch of the Elktou
Banking and Trust Company was open
ed at Cecilton on Saturday, with Enoch
S. Short as Treasurer.
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