The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-04-11
LOCAL JOTTINGS

A portrait of former Chief Judge
James Alfred Pearce will be hung in
the Easton Courtroom with the por-
traits of several other judges.
Harry L. Arthur, of Aberdeen, who
has been operating a tomato cannery
at Elkton for fifteen years, will not
operate the same this season. The
output of this cannery has been about
10000 cases of tomatoes season. Mr..
Arthur is now on a business trip to
California.
Elkton Grange will meet this (Sat-
urday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
The Elkton Improvement Associa-
tion will meet next Monday evening
at o'clock in Council Hall on North
street.
The Head of Christiana Sunday
School was reorganized Sunday, Apr.
5, with the following officers: Rev. Ad-
rian Van Overen, Superintendent;
Miss Mary Hinchman, Assistant Sup
erintendent; Mrs. Cecil Creswell, Sec
retary; Mrs. Arthur Scott, Treasurer;
Mrs. Samuel Murray, Organist; Mrs.
Clarence Crossan, Assistant Organist.
The Sunday school will be held before
each service promptly at 9:45 in the
morning and LAS in the afternoon.
Everybody welcome.
Miss Fannie Carhart, of Zion, is
confined to her bed with paralysis of
the spine.
The ladies of the Missionary So
ciety of Zion PRESBYTERIAN Church re-
allied over $50 from their recent sup
per.
Colora Council, No. Ga, Jr o. U, A.
NJ, gave a set-out last Saturday night
in honor of the anniversary of the
order.
Old st. Mary's Church, North East,
Rector, Rev. Charles A. Eaton. Eas-
ter Day. 1890 a. m., service-Holy
Communion; subject of sermon.-
"Shall We be Changed After eDath ?"
2:30 p. M, Sunday school. 1880 p. m.,
"The Other Tarried." Special music
at both services.
Clifford G. Armour, Of Markham,
Pa, son of Cecil Armour, of Green
hurst, was successfully operated on
for appendicitis at the German Hos
pital, Philadelphia, Wednesday.
Fire destroyed the ice house and
chicken house on the farm of William
Warrington, at Eder Station, on the
B. & o. R r.. last Sunday morning. 1t
is thought the fire was caused by the
explosion of lamp in an incubator.
About $50 young chickens were burn
ed. With great difficulty the fire was
kept from the house by the members
of the family and neighbors who help
ed fight the flames with buckets of
water.
The Elkton Opera House is being re-
painted by William Mercy.
West Amwell Sunday school reopen
ed for the season Sunday afternoon,
with a full attendance The address
was made by Hon. William T. War
burton, and the following officers were
reelected Superintendent, p. NJ
Groves; assistant superintendent, John
Frazer; secretary and treasurer, Geo.
w. Ward; librarian, Leonard Brown;
organist, Mrs. Charles M. Kitchens;
assistant, Miss Mabelle Short.
William Walters, of near Elkton,
recently lost valuable horse from
lockjaw, the result of being. kicked by
another horse.
The Educational Rally for Cecil
county will be held on Wednesday,
May Is. Governor Goldsborough is
expected to be one of the speakers.
A shadow Social will be held at
Hart's School, Elk Neck, or Thursday
evening, April l6. If stormy. the next
fair evening, Everybody invited.
The regular meetings of the County
Commissioners, Orphans Court and
School Commissioners will be held at
Elkton next Tuesday.
AT the annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Delaware College Re-
view last week new board of editors
was elected for the year 1914-15. The
new board will take charge of the May
issue. Upon the completion of the
present volume of the paper, the
board will change the publication from
a monthly to a weekly paper.
William P. Swisher, of Providence,
has bought out the store OF j. E. Cor
don, of Daleville, Pa, and has started
up business there.
Paul f. Rossell, civil engineer of
Wilmington, and a nephew of Mrs.
Samuel H. King, of Elkton, left last
Sunday for China, where he will be
engineer with a contracting company
which is building a railroad.
Edward Lewis, of Elkton, had his
toes badly hurt one day recently when
his horse backed the cart over his foot,
breaking bone in his toes. He is now
able to walk around the house with the
aid of crutches.
Jacob Monah, employed by John
| krumrine, at his saw mill near North
East, was seriously injured one day
last week, when struck by falling
| tree.
Under the auspices of the Woman's
Club, of Elkton, Miss Marion Wilson
will appear at Mechanics Hall next
Tuesday evening, April Ia, in charac-
! ter studies in costume. Miss Wilson is
one of the most clever entertainers of
the day, and her impersonations win
high praise. Miss Marion Campbell,
of Wilmington, and Mr.. Charles Blake
will sing. Reserved seats, 35 cents.
On Thursday evening, April 2, at
o'clock, at their residence near Zion,
Mr.. Clarence Turner, of Calvert, and
Miss Lucy Pogue, of Zion, were united
in matrimony by the Rev. A. D. Ham
mond, of Zion.
The Carpenter Construction Co., of
Washington, began work Wednesday
on the new macadam road between