The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-03-14
LOCAL JOTTINGS

After thorough investigation DR..
Thomas F. Manns, plant pathologist,
and DR.. j. j. Taubenhaus, assistant, at
Delaware College Experiment Station,
claim that Delaware is losing $4,000
annually from field and storage dis
eases of the sweet potato.
The corner store of the new M. E.
| Church, at Summit Bridge, Del, will
be laid with imposing ceremonies to-
morrow, Sunday. All-day services. DR..
f. L. Hoffecker, District Superintend-
ent, will preach at 1880 a. m. Other
noted workers and singers will be
present all day. Mrs. Mary Ellis,
noted gospel, singer, will be at Bethel,
| 1890 a. m.
| Charles Larzalere, of Elkton, who
was awarded the contract for the
| building to be used as a textile mill,
gave it up, and the Elkton Develop
ment Company has awarded the same
contract to Elmore Deibert. The mill
| is to be concrete freproof building,
| 14l feetX60 feet, two stories high, Ak
| S1l 800.
The 10th session of Wilmington An
| nual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church will open at Berlin,
on April /, and will continue for one
week. The session will he presided
over by Bishop Earl b. Cranston, of
! Washington, d. c. Among many i'm
| portant matters to be considered by
the Conference is the proposition to
unite the Wilmington Conference
with the Philadelphia Conference.
| Charles H. Meredith, OF Chester, Pa.
| has purchased the 53-acre farm of j.
! H. Sheldon, near Elkton, FOR $4,000
! There will be preaching at the Free
| Methodist Church, at Pleasant Hill.
| tomorrow, Sunday, at IL o'clock a. m.
/ and III the evening at 1870 o'clock.
Every body cordially invited to both of
| these services.
| Mrs. Thomas Wilson, Rising Sun.
| met with 4 painful accident Friday of
last week while visiting her daughter
| IN Virginia. she was descending the
stairs, when her foot slipped and she
! fell, disioeating her hip.
Harvey H. Mackey has purchased
the farm of the late Mr.. Warner, near
! Blue Ball, on private terms.
The Fourth Quarterly Conference of
! the Methodist Protestant Church, of
! Cecil Circuit. which convened at Bay
! View Church, last Saturday, elected S.
L. Gray. delegate, and E. K. Davis, al
ternare, to the Maryland Conference
| which conveDes at Milford Del, on
| april /. By q unanimous vote, the
pastor, Rev. c. NJ. Zepp, Was invited to
/ return for another conference year.
The February issue OF the Journal
Of Industrial and Engineering Chemis-
try. published by the American Chemi-
| cal Society, of New York, contains the
El,et ~ &
| research work by Dr.. c. 3. Cochran,
chemist to the Dairy and Food Dept
| of Pennsylvania, and Joseph H. Per
kins, of Elkton.
Rev. William Schouler will hold a
Lenten service and preach in ST. An
drew'S Goldsborough Memorial Church
at Andora,, this Saturday afternoon at
$3.50 O'Clock. All cordially invited.
The Thomas Martin tract of ) acres
in the Ninth district, was sold Tuesday
by J. Will Perkins, ex-sheritf, to How
ard England, for $120. T. M. Groves
was the auctioneer.
The girls of Miss Lydia Groves
Sunday school class will hold bake
in Vinsinger 4 Pippin's store on Main
street, Elktoll, this Saturday after
noon, for missionary purposes.
The Cecil County High School and
Howard street public school in Elk
ton, We're closed part of this week for
fumigation, owing to a new case of
scarlet fever in the town.
The Third District Teachers Read
ing Circle will meet in the School
Commissioners Office Tuesday even
ing, March II, at 1880 o'clock.
The missionary anniversary exer-
cises of the Elkton M. E. Sunday |
school will be held tomorrow, (Sun-
day. evening, at 1880 o'clock. All are
cordially invited "'-
The Rev. Urban E. Sargent, Rector
of Calvary Church, Wilmington, will |
preach at the Tuesday evening Lenten
services in Trinity Church, Elkton.
next week, March II. Additional SER |
vices on Wednesdays and Thursdays |
at 4:15 p. M, and on Friday evenings |
with sermon by the Rector) at 7.3O. |
All cordially invited.
The Savage Club of Cornell Univer-
sity will give concert at the Tome
School, Port Deposit, this Saturday
evening.
The Fourth Quarterly Conference
of Zion Circuit was held Thursday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Martha Williams, we'll
known and respected colored woman.
of Elkton, died Thursday of last week
of pneumonia.
Elkton Grange will meet this Satur-
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. A full
attendance of members is especially
desired.
Tomorrow Sunday is the day de-
signated as Everybody ,go-to- Church
Sunday" at Head of Christiana
Church.
Dexter NJ. Lee has sold his farm.
near Zion. to Harvey H. Mackey, at
private sale.