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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
National Grange At Wilmington

The Annual Meeting of the National
Grange was opened on Tuesday even
ing with reception to the delegates
in the auditorium of the Hotel dupont.
Governor Miller welcomed the dele
gates on behalf of the State, to which
response was made by Grand Master
Oliver Wilson, of Peoria, Ill. Mayor
Howell extended the city's welcome
and Jusiah Marvel, Esq, former presi-
dent of the Chamber Of Commerce.
welcomed the visitors on behalf of the
business men of the city.
Business sessions, morning and af-
ternoon, occupied each day, with con-
ferring of degrees in the evenings. To-
day, November IA, there will be three
business sessions. Sunday, Noven,-
Der Is, Memorial Services will be held
in the afternoon. On the 10Th, there
will also be three business sessions.
An automobile excursion to all Grang-
ers will be given on the 18th by the
Chamber of Commerce and Delaware
State Grange jointly. The route will
be to Cooch's Bridge and other COM
munities nearby. In the evening there
will be business session. Wednesday,
November 18, there will be two bust
ness sessions, while in the evening the
Priests of Demeter will hold their ex-
ercises.
Thursday morning the entire Con-
vention party will go to Newark by
special train over the Pennsylvania
and will inspect the State Farm, the
Experimental Station, Delaware Col
lege, Delaware College for Women
and other places of interest.
A banquet will be served at the Col
lege. A business session in the Col
lege oratory will follow, and the party
will return by the B. & o. On Friday,
November 20, there will be three bust
ness sessions, the final session of the
Convention being held that night.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
Improvement Association Meets

The regular monthly meeting of the
Elkton improvement Association was
held on Monday evening, Vice-Presi-
dent A. M. Strickland presiding, with
DR.. w. 7. Morrison, Secretary.
Mr. Henry Vinsinger, Chairman of
the Roads Committee, reported that
the Town Council had arranged for a
hearing in the near future before the
State Road Commission, with refer
ence to the building of the State road
through Elkton.
For the Halloween Committee, Dr.
Morrison reported that while the par
ade was success the participation in
it was disappointingly small.
For the Railroad Committee, DR..
John H. lamar reported that the west
end of the south platform at Elkton
station had been widened.
"The high cost of living in Elkton"
was discussed by number of men,
bers, but no action taken.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
$1,000 PAGER Stolen

The pacing mare, Grace Michael,
2.14h, by Dam Michael, and belong
ing to George w. Biles, of Providence,
was stolen from the stables of her
trainer, Herman Tyson, at Newark,
Monday night. The thief evident
ly knew what horse he was after, for
the race mare was selected out of Id
others. She is six years old and is
valued at $4,000.
Several "swipes" sleep in the stable.
They were not aroused by the thief
and knew nothing of the robbery un-
til they awoke. The robber pried
open door at the end of the stables
furthest from where the stablemen
were sleeping. The animal was SEEM
ingly hitched to dog cart stolen from
the stable of Mrs. Martha Wilson
nearby. The vehicle was found broken
down and abandoned. Subsequently
it was learned that buggy had been
stolen from the farm of Samuel Muir
ray. Tuesday the stolen mare was
traced through Elkton to Kent county,
where she was found tied to a fence
near Galena.
Grace Michael was raced by Mr..
Tyson during the last season. She
started eight times and won four
races and finished second in the re-
naming events.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
PATRIOTIC SERVICES
AT fAvRE De GRACE

Havre de Grace will be engaged to-
day Saturday in paying tribute to
the memory of Lieutenant John
o'Neill, patriot and hero, who almost
single-handed, defended the town on
tack may 3, 1918.
On the hills above the town and
overlooking The Upper Chesapeake
rests the remains of the hero of Havre
de Grace, and on Concord Point, near
the old lighthouse and the spot where
he manned the battery and blazed
away at the enemy, will be unveiled
Saturday at p. M, the revolutionary
memorial. An old cannon that figured
in the War of 1812-14 has been pre-
sented the town by the Star-Spangled
Banner Centennial Commission. The
massive granite foundation for the
gun is the gift by subscription of the
hero's descendants and several of the
patriotic citizens of the town.
The gun bears this inscription:
'This cannon of the War of 1912
marks the site of the three-gun bat
terry on Concord Point where John
O'Neill resisted for time, single
handed, the British attack on Havre
de Grace, May 8, 1918, until he was
disabled and made prisoner. He was
taken on board the British frigate
Maidstone, whence he was rescued by
his daughter Matilda, to whom Ad-
miral Cockburn presented his gold
mounted snuff-box in token of her
heroism. In recognition of his brav-
cry the citizens of Philadelphia pre-
sented John O'Neill with handsome
sword, which is now on exhibition
here.
Erected by the citizens of Havre
de Grace in the year of the National
Star-Spangled Banner Centennial,
1914"
The ceremony will be patriotic and
interesting. Gathered about the me-
mortal will be the mayor, leading citi-
zens Of the town and descendants of
the patriot, including j. William
O'Neill and Capt. Henry O'Neill, the
veteran lighthouse keeper, the two
latter being grandsons of Lieut. John
O'Nei!l, and other descendants from
Havre de Grace and Baltimore to the
third and fourth generations. Ad-
dresses will be made, the memorial
will be turned over to the city by DIR.
A. Barnefeld Bibbins, chairman of The
Star-Spangled Banner Commission
and the children fthe high school
will sing ptariotic songs, including the
national anthem. Little descendants
of the hero will unveil the memorial.
There will also be unfurled Old Glory
from flagstaff erected by William
and Henry O'Neill, and as long as
these two popular and patriotic citi-
zens survive they will see that the
''fiag is still there"
Following the ceremony there will
be pilgrimage to the old Pringle
house on the river above the town
where tablet will be unveiled
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION

President Wilson has issued pro =
clamation designating Thursday, No
vember Goth, as Thanksgiving Day.
The Presidents proclamation, which
refers to the fact that the United
States is at peace while the rest of the
world is at war, follows:
at has been the honored custom of
our people to turn in the fruitful aut-
umn of the year in praise and thanks
giving to Almighty God for His many
blessings and mercies to US as a ma
ton. The year that is now drawing
to close since we last observed our
day of national thanksgiving has been,
while year of discipline because of
the mighty forces of war and of
changes which have disturbed the
world, also year of special blessing
for us.
at has been vouchsafed to us to re-
main at peace, with honor, and in
some part to succor the suffering and
supply the needs of those who are in
want. We have been privileged by
degree to steady the counsels and
shape the hopes and purposes of day
of fear and distress. Our people have
looked upon their own life as nation
with deeper comprehension, fuller
realization of their responsibilities as
we'll as of their blessings, and keen
er sense of the moral and practical
significance of what their part among
the nations of the world may come to
be.
"The hurtful eects of foreign war il
their own industrial and commercial
affairs have made them feel the more
fully and see the more clearly their
mutual niterdependence upon one an
other and has stirred them to help
fu! cooperation such as they have
seldom practiced before. They have
been quickened by great moral stim-
ulation. Their earnest pity and dis
interested ysmpathy for those who are
suffering, the eradiness to help and to
think of the needs of others. has re-
vealed them to themselves as we'll as
to the world.
"Our crops will feed all who need
food; the self possession of our people
amidst the most serious anxieties and
difficulties, and the steadiness and re-
sourcefu!neSs of our business men will
serve other nations as we'll as our
own.
"The business of the country has
been supplied with new Instrumental.
ties, and the commerce of the world
with new channels of trade and inter.
course. The Panama canal has been
opened to the commerce of the nations.
The two continents of America have
been bound in closer ties of friend,
ship. New instrumentalities of ac-
quaintance, intercourse and mutual
service. Never before have the people
of the United States been so situated
for their own advantage or equipped
to serve themselves and mankind.
"Now, therefore, l. Woodrow Will
son, President of the United States of
America, do hereby designate Thurs
day, the twenty-sixth day of Novem-
Der next, asa day of thanksgiving and
prayer, and invite the people through
out the land to cease from their wont.
ed occupations and in their several
homes and places of worship render
thanks to Almighty God"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Mr.. Malcolm B. Logan, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Logan, of Leslie. and
Miss Beulah McNey, of Havre de
Grace, were quietly married at the
home of the grocm's parents Thur7-
day evening Of last week, by the Rev
Mr.. Cliff, pastor of Pay View NJ. P.
Church. The young couple have the
very best wishes of their many
friends.
Mrs. Julian P. Hyatt, of Smyrna,
DEL, is spending 4 few days at the
home of her nephew, Mr.. Frank P.
Price
Mrs. Charles E. Verdier, of Nor
folk Va, formerly of Chesapeake
City, announces the wedding of her
daughter, Grace Vivian, to Mr.. Hugh
McClurewitt, on November I, 1914.
Col. Arthur d. Foster, member of
the Baltimore Bar and the son-in-law
of U. S. Senator John Walter Smith,
was a visitor to the Editor of the
WHIG on Tuesday of this week.
The WHIG'S Editor enjoyed a call
this week from former Register of
Wills Brooks, of Carroll county. Mr..
Brooks is well known Republican
leader in his county
Mrs. Emma Campbell has been Wis
iting relatives at Chesapeake City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armstrong Jackson,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Racine and Mr..
Arthur Miller We're Saturday and Sun
day guests Of Mr.. and Ms. Palmer
Strickland, near Cochra' vile, Pa.
Mrs. Millard Jamison was the re.
cent guest of her mother, Mrs. James
Mooney, at Barnsley, Pa.
Mrs. A. J. jones and son, William,
Of Rising Sun, were Sunday guests
Of her son, Mr.. Jouis Jones.
Mr.. Jesse K. Siicer. of Baltimore,
has been visiting relatives and friend;
in Cecil county
Mr.. Charles A. Beddow, of Brook
lyn, N. Y, formerly of Cherry Hill,
and Miss Grace McClurg, of New
Continued on fourth page)
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
FIGHTING FOOT AND
MOUTH DISEASE

Federal and State authorities are
taking hold of the outbreak of the
Foot and Mouth disease with a vigor
and thoroughness which shows their
appreciation of the grave danger
which confronts the country from the
outbreak of this dread epidemic.
Fourteen States are now under
Federal quarantine because of the dis
ease. Kentucky was added to the list
yesterday, reports of infection in that
State coming with news of further
spread of the epidemic in Indiana,
Ohio and Michigan, according to a
dispatch from Washington.
Extension of the infected districts in
the Middle West surprised and some
whta discouraged officials of the De-
partmert of Agriculture, who had ex-
pressed the belief that the epidemic
had been brought under control in that
section. Nevertheless, the hope was
confidently reiterated yesterday that
there would be little more spreading.
The only State under suspicion now Is
Mississippi, where strange malady
in herd of cattle at Como is being
investigated.
Federal quarantine orders barring
shipments of cattle from Canada to
the United States and adding Della
ware, New Jersey and Rhode Island
to the list of States where foot-and-
mouth disease exists were signed by
Secretary Houston of the Department
of Agriculture. The quarantine against
Canadian shipments is not because of
the disease in the Dominion, but to
prevent the return of infected cattle
cars to the United States.
The quarantining of Delaware by
the Federal authorities on account of
an outbreak in New Castle county,
which adjoins Kent county, Md, was
another thing that gave the Maryland
authorities great deal of concern. 1t
had been hoped TO keep the diseas
out of the Eastern Shore and efforts
will be made to establish patrol
along the State line between Maryland
ana Delaware TO prevent any stock
being driven across the line and also
to prevent the coming into Maryland
territory of any person who may have
been IN the neighborhood Of the in
tected herds.
instructions also were received from
the Federal authorities to trace and
inspect every shipment of cattle that
had been made to Maryland from Chi
cago since October l. This is a big
JOB, but the Maryland authorities have
tackled it and are not busy looking I'D
the imported cattle. All the cattle
dealers IN the State have been asked
to send in a list of the cattle they have
received from Chicago since the be-
ginning of October, and the names Of
those to whom the cattle have been
sold. AS soon as the list is received
the purchasers will be looked I'D and
the cattle inspected
Wherever the disease is found no
chances are taken and all cattle, hogs
and sheep on the farms are ordered
killed, no matter whether they show
signs of the disease or not. 1t is as
sumed that if the cattle and other
cloven-footed stock have been in con-
tact with diseased animals they have
the disease in some form, although it
may not have made it's appearance
The disease is said to be more virulent
even than smallpox ami spreads as
rapidly. The germ of the disease. like
CONTINUED on eighth page)
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14

maryland Week" is the designa-
ton given the week of November 16-
p, 1914, when the Maryland State
Horticultural Society. Maryland Crop
Improvement Association, Maryland
State Dairymen's Association, and the
Maryland Beekeepers' Association will
hold their annual exhibition in the
Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore.
The annual meetings of the asso-
Citations will be held at the same time
and place.
Maryland Week has become fea-
ture in the State which is looked for
ward to by both city and country peo-
pie alike. 1t affords an opportunity
for the display of the States agricul-
tural resources and a meeting place
for our city and rural people.
The exhibit, attendance and general
interest manifested last season by the
citizens of the State far exceeded any
previous year. The officers of the
associations have solicited the COOP
GRAFTON of the business interests of the
city, and it is believed that the exhibi-
ton will this year far excel any one
that has been held heretofore.
Prominent speakers and specialists
III edSil me VI AGRICULTURAL ueNelOp-
ment will address the annual meetings
of the affiliated associations.
Special demonstrations in up-to-
date methods of agricultural practice
will be conducted in the exhibition hall
at stated times each day during the
week.
The exhibits in each department of
the show will be larger and better this
year.
The club exhibits will be especially
attractive this year. Rules and regu-
lations regarding these exhibits have
been revised and the prizes increased.
The floral exhibit will be especially
attractive. nj fact prizes in every de
partment have been increased and the
show will be more interesting, educa-
tional and attractive than ever be
fore.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

The School Commissioners met in
regular session on Tuesday. Present
Messrs. Falls, Harvey and Jenness.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved, and sundry
claims were examined, approved and
ordered to be paid.
The Board accepted the remodelled
building at Perryvil!e.
1t was decided that the Friday fol-
lowing Thanksgiving should be a
school holiday.
1t was decided to excuse all high
school teachers who attend the meet
ing at Baltimore on November 2O-2l.
The Board adjourned to meet on
December to examine the teachers
quarterly reports.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
WEEKS WEDDINGS
BOitOn-Fillingame.

Miss Mary A. Fiilingame, youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Fill
iingame, of Chesapeake City, and Mr..
John Bolton were married at the home
Of the brides parents, on Wednesday
evening, Nov. II. The Rev. NJ. D..
Nutter 1ficiated.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
Card OF Thanks

Sincere thanks are hereby publicly
extended to all who in any way assist
de in making a success of "The House
That Jack Built, either by their par
ticipation, their patronage, or their
cooperation in other ways.
THE LADIES' AUXILIARY
of Union Hospital.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14

A large seven passenger Stevens
Duryea auto turned turtle at Frog
town crossing, one mile north of Mid
dletown, last Saturday night. The car
belonged in Wilmington, and was re-
turning from Dover with several ath-
letes, who had gone there to play ba5-
ketball with the company G team. The
auto skidded, when attempting to pass
a team, while going at high rate of
speed. Not any of the occupants of
the car We're badly injured.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
ANNUAL REPORT ON
CECIL SCHOOLS

The report of Superintendent Jos.
M. McVey, on the public schools Of
this county for the year ending July
81, 1914, has been forwarded to State
Superintendent NJ. Bates Stephens.
The people of the county will be inter-
ested in perusing some of the items
contained in that report, which is in
part as follows.
Schoolhouses owned 50; rented :;
total, 1902 OF these 81 are of frame,
II brick and stone
The total number of teachers was
100 as follows:-whte, male princi-
pals, 6; male assistants, 4; female
principals, 78; female assistants, 54;
total 139. Colored female principals,
IS; female assistants, 5. Total, 2l.
The total different pupils for the
year numbered 1926, as follows: =
White males, 1862; white females,
1868; colored males, 30S; colored fe-
males, 1893.
The pupils in average attendance
were 2495 white and AIT colored; total
2942.
pupi!s in the different grades on
January l:-First grade, 1,027, second
592, third 571, fourth, 500, fifth 475,
sixth 342, seventh 285, eighth 135,
ninth 70, tenth, 80, eleventh SO.
During the year the addition to the
Chesapeake City building was COM
pleted, and new building at Rising
Sun, an addition at Perryville, and a
new colored schoolhouse at Mt. Zoar,
in the Eighth district, were contracted
for.
The total receipts for the year were
as follows:
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
COUNTY BOARD
ORPHANS COURT.

The Orphans Court of Cecil county
met in regular session on Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week. Present:
Hon. Richard B. Merritt, Chief Judge;
Hon. M. S. Sentman and Hon. Thomas
S. Miller Associate Judges.
Sundry claims against estates of de-
ceased persons were examined and
passed
Accounts Passed.
First and final account of Esther
Moore, executrix of Hannah E. Sent
man, and distribution struck on same
first and final account of George A.
Hunter, administrator of John T. Bur-
kins, and distribution struck on same
first and final account of Zachary T.
Stephenson, executor of Mary A. Rice,
and distribution struck on same; first
account of Cheyney V. Housekeeper,
administrator of Philip B. Housekeep-
er, and distribution struck on same;
first and final account of James F.
Powers, administrator of Thomas V.
Powers.
Court adjourned to meet in regula r
session December 8, next.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
Automobile Accidents

An Oakland car, driven by William
Johns. of Warwick, turned turtle when
rounding curve near Ginn's Cross
ing, Midd.etown, last Sunday after
noon, and pinned Johns beneath the
steering wheel Nathaniel Guessford,
who had recently purchased the car
from Mr.. Johns, was also in the car,
but was thrown clear of the machine
and escaped unhurt. Mr.. Johns was
not seriously injured, but was severely
bruised.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The County Commissioners met in
regular session on Tuesday. Present
j. Frank Blake, President; James T.
Watts and E. w. jackson.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved, sundry
claims against the county were exam
ined, passed and ordered to be paid.
Mrs. Ash appeared before the Board
asking that the trees on the road by
her farm, Holly Hall, be trimmed, as
the limbs extending over the road
made traffic dangerous. 1t was order
ed that the trees be trimmed.
The case of Dunbar VS.. County Com
missioners was compromised.
W. T. Warburton and Arthur d.
Foster, Esqs., appeared before the
Board asking that the tugs of the
Southern Transportation Company be
exempted from taxation, as the tugs
are not in this county permanently. 1t
was decided to get Court ruling in
the matter by an amicable suit.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
Mrs. William I. Starr.

Mrs. Sallie Hunt Starr, wife of Will
liam I. Starr, of Baltimore, died on
Wednesday Of last week from paraly-
sis. She was daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshall Hunt, of near Rising
Sun. She is survived by husband
and two sisters.
The funeral was held Friday of last
week with interment at the Friends
Burying Ground, Baltimore.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14

Mr.. James Nathan Gearhart, of
near Colora, died last Sunday after
noon from paralysis, with which he
was stricken week previous, aged 81
years. He is survived by his wife, one
son, Arthur, at home, and one daugh-
ter, Mrs. John T. McKeiver, of Ches-
ter. The funeral was held on Wednes-
day, with interment at West Noting
ham cemetery.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-11-14
Theodore Angle.

Mr.. Theodore Angle, of North East,
died Sunday at Union Hospital, after
severe illness, aged AZ years. The
deceased is survived by a widow and
five small children, also by his aged
parents, who resided with him.
The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon, and interment was made at
Bay View Cemetery.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-07-02
suits through the courts. With their
slow and restricted procedure.

suits through the courts. with their
slow and restricted procedure.
Sixth, we must encourage honest
business and allow that business con
%centration which will give the. power
necessary to serve US. This policy
OF tho encouragement Of decent busi-
ness is as important to the welfare
of people. las Is our other policy Of
effective warfare against corrupt and
unfair business,
Seventh, there must he Fco-0pera-
ton among business men, among
wage workers, and among farmers.
I'VE have had now tw%enty-four
years experience with trying to reg
ulate business by destruction" the
Colonel concluded. "'The result has
been nearly flat failure. The admin
istration proposes q policy Of further
destruction, even more unintelligent
in conception and certain to he more
futile In performance. than the exist
ing policy which 1t amends.
The only alternative Is the Pro,
gressive plan. $3.50 From all of
this 1t follows that we have a right to
ask good citizens to Join against the
present administration. The policies
of the administration should be re.
buked by the people and senators and
congressman returned to. Washington
who will strive to nd these policies"