The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-10-18
LOCAL JOTTINGS OF THE WEEK

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Halloween celebration. The committee
finds great demand for big celebra-
ton and are planning one. But they
MUST have the funds in hand Cough
Cough and cough UP and cough up
QUICK.
A meeting is scheduled for tonight
Saturday in the Hall at Bay View, at
which MIR. Frank Z. Williams, Republic
can candidate for the State Senate, and
possibly others will discuss our local
AFFAIRS. Everybody is invited to come out
and take part in the iGeet-ng
The ladies of the Episcopal Church at
Chesapeake City will hold bake this
Saturday afternoon at the home OF Miss
Emma Morgan.
The cannery at Elkton closed Tuesday
after a larger pack OF tomatoes than for
several years past, $4,000 cases having
been packed this season. The foreign
help employed at the cannery left We'd
nesday for Baltimore.
Harvest Home and Rally Day services
Will be held at Chesapeake City M. z.
Church, tomorrow Sunday. At 1890 a.
M there Will be preached an illustrated
sermon to the children at 300 p. m. re-
citations and singing by the Sunday
school, ard at 1880 p. m. harvest home
sermon and harvest home services.
A burning roof in Bells Lane, a color
ed section of Elkton, caused fire alarm
Tuesday afternoon. The blaze was ex-
tinguished by few buckets of water.
The Third District Teachers Reading
Circle will meet in the School Commits
sioners' office Tuesday evening, October
Il, at 7.30 o'clock.
Friday and Saturday, October "a and %,
will be observed as donation days at I'm
ion Hospital and contributions of fruit,
vegetables and household supplies of all
kinds are solicited. The members of the
auxiliary committee will be present to
receive the donations.
The U. S. Civil Service Commission
announces an examination at Earlevl =,
on November s, to fill the vacancy OF
fourth class postmaster at that place
application forms and full information
can be obtained from the postmaster at
iEarleyille G'he above announcemei.,
is also duplicated by the commission for
providence. The compensation for the
Earleville Office the past year WIS
Arthur S. Houchin, Jr., member of the
class OF 1913 at Delaware College, has
accepted the position of Secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association at the
Maryland Agricultural College, at College
Park.
Announcement is made of public
meeting in the town hall at Rising Sun
next Tuesday evening at which Fred T.
Haines, Esq, of the Elkton Bar, and
Frank E. Williams, candidate for the
state Senate, will discuss the local is
sues of this campaign.
Divine services will be held in Parish
House, Perryville. Sunday, October 10, at
p. m. Rev. Giles B Cooke will Off .iate
The ladies of the Helping Hand So
ciety of Jones' Chapel, Elk Neck, will
hold box social and festival in John
sons school, near the chapel, next Tues
day evening, October q. If stormy, next
clear evening. All are invited.
Reynolds, the II year old son Of Mrs
George K. Ash, of Elkton, had his knee
painfully injured one day last week, by
the accidental discharge of small rifle
we'll attended shoot was held Tuesday
ON the grounds Of the Rising Sun Gun
Club. The following scores were made
out of possible $50 targets: Worthing-
ton 13S, McHugh 129, Mnnick 1877, Car 12S,
Sloan 1873, Hammond 1874, Joslyn 13l
Smith, Jr, ia, Wood 1873, Lewis 9S, Wells
132, Springer 1l9, Johnson 11S, Triles So
Williams 1873, Rose 80, Riale 115, Ander-
son 12S, Stockton 113.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Bowlsby, of Providence, was buried il
the Presbyterian Cemetery, at Zion, or
Monday.
The William Lair farm of 81 acres near
Zion. has been purchased by Charles E
Johnson, of Calvert, for $4,000.
missionary service will be held at
Jackson Hall tomorrow Sunday evening
led by Mrs. VanOveren. All are cordially
| invited.
Melvin F. Greenfield, of Cecil paper
mill, has purchased the Weidley property
of "A acres near Rising Sun for $3.50.
The fall meeting of the Cecil County
Medical Society was held at Union Hos
pital, Elkton, Thursday. DR.. c. l. Ben
son read a paper on "Dystocia" and DR..
w. 7. Morrison one on "Anaesthetics"
iBlood Pressure" was the subject of the
general discussion.