The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-10-03
LOCAL JOTTINGS

Remember that Tuesday and We'd
nesday next will be your last
chance to ge your name on the Regis
tration books and unless your name
does get on you cannot vote this year.
Mr.. John G. Constable has leased
the vacant lot on North street, Elkton,
beween Taylor's Livery Office and the
Howard House and will erect thereon
Garage.
Delaware College football team
played Lafayette on the latter's grid
iron at Easton, Pa, last Saturday and
lost by score of Al to 0.
Miss Madeline Davis, of Dover,
gave pleasing recital In connection
with the moving pictures at Elkton
Opera House, Tuesday evening. Miss
Davis rendered number of vocal Sc
lections in costume. Mrs. Bessie
Scott Evans was the pianist.
Rev. Dr. George T. Reed, pastor of
Grace NJ. E. Church, Wilmington, was
recently nominated for Congress by
the Progressive party of Delaware.
DR.. Reed has declined to accept on the
ground that it would interfere with his
services to his church.
Fire on the farm of Jacob B. Cazier,
at Mt. Pleasant, Del, miles east Of
Elkton, and tenanted by Samuel Aus
tin, last week caused loss of S6500.
The fire burned all the outbuildings,
and two draught horses, two mules,
each worth $3.50, 1900 bushels of
wheat, 100 tons of hay and 40 tons of
straw were destroyed. The fire ori-
ginated in the barn. Sixteen horses
and mules and II cows were rescued.
The Delaware Legislature met IN
special session on Tuesday of this
| week.
A report from the Delaware College
| Laboratory states that the dog, which
bit William Stubbs, near Chesapeake
| City, last week, was suffering from
rabies. The dog bit several other dogs
in the Pivot Bridge neighborhood be-
fore it was killed by James Watson.
The bitten dogs should be carefully
secured or killed.
Charles K. Lynch, former County
Treasurer for Cecil county, and until
recently a prominent Farmer of the
Fair Hill section, has gone on a trip
to Tampa, Florida, where he will
probably locate.
The S9th stated meeing of the Pres
bytery of New Castle will be held It
Lower Brandywine Church, next Mon
day and Tuesday.
The Radner Relief Association is
invited to attend services at Elkton NJ
E. Church tomorrow Sunday even
| ing. Members please meet at lodge
room at 6.45 o'clock.
Bishop Adams will visit Trinity
| Church for confirmation on the morn
ing of Sunday, October IL. The Bis
hop vii visit st. Andrews Church, An
dora, on Saturday, October 10. Ser
vice at p. m.
Special service as recommended by
the President of the United States, in
view of the war now raging in Europe,
will be held in Trinity Church tomor-
row, Sunday. at II a. m Sermon by
Rector appropriate to the occasion.
Evening service at 1880.
Rally Day exercises viii be held in
the Rock Presbyterian Church tomor-
row, Sunday, afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,
A special program has been arranged
and the public is invited to attend
these exercises.
A festival and bake will be held IN
the hall at Cherry Hill this Saturday
evening. Proceeds for benefit of Lad
les Aid Society Of Cherry Hill M. +.
Church.
The 14th annual tournament of the
Rising Sun Gun Club will be held at
Rising Sun on Monday, October y. H.
L. Worthington is manager and Chas.
Shields secretary. Eleven events are
on the card. The prizes include gold
watch and three gold watch fobs, the
latter donated by the Interstate Asso-
citation.
The third annual registered tourna-
ment of the Elkton Gun Club will be
held Thursday of next week, October
8. There will be ten events at Is tar
gets and a so target race for the
Championship of Cecil county. Shoob
ing will commence at 10 o'clock
George Vandegrift, of near Elkton,
has been recently granted a divorce
from his wife. Katherine Vandegrift,
by New York Cour..
The Harvest Moon will be full to-
morrow, Sunday.
The members of Company E, Elk
ton, will resume their regular Monday
evening drills on October 5.
The time for receiving bids for Elk
ton Armory has been extended from
September % to October 5, at II m.
The steamer "Kitty Knight" from
Baltimore, brought large crowd to
Bohemia Manor last Sunday on their
annual trip to the tomb of Augustine
Herman, near Bohemia Bridge.
Bud Fisher, New York cartoonist,
was recently fined $3.50 by Collector
Stone at Baltimore. for operating his
yacht, "Adelaide," in the vicinity of
Chesapeake City without having bell
of sufficient size and failing to have a
copy of the pilot rules aboard. He
was fined 500 for the bell violation
and $3.50 on the other charge.
The charge of manslaughter against
Patrolman Willard S. Sharpless, of
Wilmington, for the shooting and kill
ing of George Hunter Jr.. a negro,
which precipitated the race riots in
that city on the night of August Is,
was ignored by the grand jury of New
Castle county on Friday of last week.
Harvest Home services will be held
in Flint Hill church tomorrow, Sunday.
Rally Day will be observed by the
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