The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-03-21
children, Is cents. Come and help us.

SlSCeu OI QldlOSueS, TeClIdIiolS, Tceu-
ing, quartette and instrumental solos.
Inc ten-Mar Base Ball League has
reorganlZed Tor 1914, with Iron Hill,
Appleton, providence and Newark,
Dei., IncIudeQ In the circuit. The fol-
loving omcers were elected: Z. A.
snort, tresluent; william T.. hayes,
Vlce-rresluent; j. II. blackson, Sec
rotary anu treasurer.
The Elkton Gun Club will hold a
poultry snooU this SATURDAY afternoon,
beginning at 1861 O'CLOCK, the Lewis
CLASS system to apply, giving the mex
perIenceu shooter ali equal cnance. ii.
l.. W orrnlngton, William stephens and
samuel hlIg compose The committee
In charge. Everybody invited.
The nrst Elk river herring of the
season were caught last wednesday
by the kaclne boys.
rhe Pennsylvania Railroad last year
paIu out 9o,I4o.4U on account OF accl-
uents TO passengers mo trlpped over
ouner passengers gripS placed IN the
alsles on passenger IIalns. That is
| one of the reasons why the Company
lnStructS Its tralnmen not to permit
luggage to remain IN the aIsles OIL pas
senger coaches.
PRESIDENT Wilson has nominated
Harry 4. Lawder as postmaster at
havre ue GRACE to succeed Harry A.
Carroll.
Kew. j. Gibson CAN'T, of Denton, for
merry OF North East, Will be the
speaker at the Cecil County High
school on Maryland Day, March 20.
Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend the exercises.
Testimony was taken this week be-
fore Court Examiner Henry M. Nc
Cullough, at the law oInceS OF Omar
u. CrolnerS, on the claim u Amos h.
Moore against the estate OF the late
Mrs. Mary Z. Mullen, OF the Eighth
district. Many witnesses from mat
secUlon of the county were examined.
Wllllam 5. Evans and omar u. Gro
Tiers, ESqS., represented MI. Moore,
and Willlam L. and Henry A. Warbur-
ton, Esqs., the otner heirs.
The Kew. Peregrine Wroth, Rector
of the Church OF the Messiah, baltl-
more, VIII preach at the tuesday even
ing Lenten SCI wee III Trinity church,
next week. MI. Wroth is no stranger
IN Elhton, anu will be specially re-
membereu in connection with the
Mems Sunday afternoon services OF d
few years since. The Lenten order
continues with services on Tuesday
and friday evenings at 7.30, the Rec
tor preaching at the Friday evening
service. A word of Christian counsel
in connection with the afternoon SER
vices held on Wednesdays and Thurs
days at Ais p. m. All are cordially
invited.
Examinations were held at the Elk
ton High School Saturday as result
of which appointments will be made to
a number of minor postmasterships in
Cecil county Sixteen applicants took
ed under Civil Service rules by the
local secretary, Samuel Trimble.
The Grand Jury of New Castle
county, Del, has indicted Mrs. Bessie
Mckinney for manslaughter in killing
Delaware Reed at Glasgow a few
weeks ago. The evidence before the
jury was that she acted in self defense
hence the ignoring of murder charge.
The Calvert Agricultural High
School Athletic Association will hold
a festival and box social in the High
School building next Friday evening.
| March p. Ladies please bring boxes.
If stormy, the following evening.
The spring recess at Tome School
| began on Wednesday and will continue
until the evening of March 26. The
term examinations were held last Fri
day, Saturday, Monday, and the boys
who passed all their tests We're allow
ed to leave the school Immediately af-
ter Chapel Tuesday morning. a num-
| Der of boys and masters who live at a
| distance will spend the holidays at the
| school.
Spring began officially this (Satm-
day. morning at sos O'Clock, when the
sun entered Aries.
| A meeting of the managers of the
| Tri-County Baseball League will be
held at Newark this Saturday after
noon, March p, at 3 O'Clock, to COM
plete plans for the coming season.
Stanley Smith, of Pleasant Hill, has
| purchased the Stanley Bowlsby farm,
near Zion, and will move on it next
week.
Bradford Williams, of West Not
tingham will farm Mrs. Hopkins Eng
lands farm. near Zion, this season.
Elwood Balderston, of Colora, had
a valuable horse to drop dead while
hitched to a post one day last week.
High prices ruled at J. M. Holden's
cash sale on Monday, the 10Th, Farm
horses brought $204.5O and $207 a
head; pair of young mules $36s; II
head of dairy cows only 2 of them
fresh, and 3 of them only gcve milk
out of 3 quarters averaged $57.25, SELL
ing from $40 to 500. Four heifers,
about months old, averaged $23.5O a
head; 3 small calves brought $1725 a
head; - sheep sold for $S05 head !;
manure spreader, $50, mower, $50;
binder, $50, spring tooth harrow,
$14,5O; horse rake, $13,75, gasoline
engine, $75; thresherS Al; old wag-
ons, $24 to $3.50; harness Boldly
Port, $11.50 set; brides. $3.50 "a
piece, collars So a piece, 3 pair of
check lines sold for So, $2.75 and 1925
a pair, Housings So apiece. This was
the best sale l.iade in Cecil county
this season and amounted to nearly
$4,000, with one horse offered bid to
S140, with straw, hay ana corn over
| To- h.