The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-04-18

| to protect themselves and their child
rem from gross legal injustice. One
by one certain of these demands have
been wrung from unwilling male law
makers, after year, and years of suf-
fering, and the imposition of unjust,
often intolerable burdens. Has it ever
been claimed that any of these laws
readjusting women's relations to her
surroundings was unjust, worked
, harm, or ought not to have been grant
+ ed? do not know of a single law to
improve the condition of women that
has been repealed. The inference is
obvious. The men who resisted these
rights or reluctantly granted them
were indefensibly in the wrong, and
had previously acted through blind
Ichelle, of Elkton, has purchased new l.
Hupmobile runabout. :, &c
A horse belonging to Charles Hall, is
of Calvert, dropped dead one day last if
week, while hitched to wagon. Or
A festival will be held in the public d.
hall, Rising Sun, next Friday and Sat tie
urday evenings, for the benefit of the st
base ball club of that town. Musico-
will be furnished by Rising Sun Band. n
Manly bremen, real estate agent of Or
Elkton this week sold the Jacob Otto
farm of 80 acres, on Elk river, to Vii
Arthur Mitchell. lie
CLAYTON Croft, of Andrews Bridge,
lost four fine heifers last week. Mr.)r
Croft had painted their troughs witha-
white lead, and he believes he replacedlt
the Young stock in the stable beforeo-
the paint was entirely dry, and they've
got enough of the poison in their sys- n
tenn to cause their death. le
Sheriff Morgan of Elkton, was call h
ed to Chesapeake City on Sunday to
take charge of Thomas E. Campbell f
of Amber, Pa, who had been arrested h
on Saturday night after purchasing
Easter eggs, rabbits, etc, for which,.
he declined to make payment. He saysn
he has a wife and three children in 8
Amber. He claimed to be crack
baseball player and that he was bound n
for Philadelphia to play with the Ath-
letics. He is about 33 years of age
and was demented for the time at
least. S
Clarence, the young son Of George
E. Brown of Elkton, while practicing
with an air rifle, one day recently shot.
himself in the hand.
Announcement has been made Of thesl
student orators for Delaware Colleget
commencement in June. Archie H.
Dean will be the orator for the artist
and science department; Charles E.
| Grub for the Civil Engineering andn
Emery w. Loomis for the Mechanical
and Electrical Engineering DEPART
ment. e
The annual meeting of the Cecis
County Medical Society will be held al
Elkton next Thursday ,a
Singerly Fire Company was called
to Paradise Alley last Sunday morn-e
ing and found the dwelling of Clarence
Thompson, colored, better known as
Electric JIM, on fire. The fire vast
between the ceiling of the seconeo
story and the attic, and was soon ex,.
tinguished with slight damage.
The annual election for Vestrymery
of Trinity Parish was held on Monday
of this week. The Board of Vestrye
men remains unchanged, consisting OFT
Messrs. William H. Mackall, George
McQuilkin, George B. Kerfoot, Rickf
etts Nelson, Victor R. Bennett, 0. RI
Chaytor, Henry L. Constable, Fred
erick T. Haines. At a meeting of the.
Vestry, held on the same date, Mrf
William H. Mackall was chosen Seniof
Warden, Ricketts, Nelson, Junior War,
den. Victor R. Bennett Registrar, Will
liam H. Mackall, Treasurer, Henry
Constable Lay Delegate TO Diocesao
Convention, Frederick T. Haines AID
ternate Delegate. A.