The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-01-31
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ceny. Inc lads were walking to Phil
adelphia when picked up by Mr.. Rey
nolds.
Ernest Kirk, of Pennington, has
purchased the Cooney restaurant and
dwelling in Rising Sun.
Mr.. Joseph Grove, of near Zion, en-
tertained number of his friends in
honor of his birthday last Monday.
The teacher and pupils of Monroe
school, near Coiora, will hold a bake
in the school building, Saturday after
noon, February IA.
Miss Lucy Carhart, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Clayton Carhart, of Zion, a
student nurse at the Presbyterian
Hospital, Philadelphia, is ill with
scarlet fever.
A Boy Scouts League was organ
lied at West Nottingham on Tuesday
evening.
A small child of Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam Woodrow, of Perryville, died one
night last week after a brief illness of
scarlet fever.
George j. Fowler, aged 18 years,
who recently stole horse and buggy
selling the latter in Rising Sun for 81
and the horse in Havre de Grace for
like sum, gave himself up to the po-
lice authorities of Baltimore last week.
In addition to the theft of the horse,
he claimed that he robbed house in
Philadelphia and had forged several
checks. w. B. Cooney of Rising Sun,
who bought the buggy, turned it over
to the owner and a detective who
came on the trail of it short time
after Fowler had been through the
village.
Invitations have been issued to the
annual Junior Promenade, at Della
ware College, to be held Friday even
ing, February 6.
A defective drain caused bad wash
on the lkton-Chesapeake City road
at Meyers hill last Saturday night.
Company E Minstrels will appear
at the Jr. o. U. A. M. Hall, Elkton, on
Friday and Saturday evenings, Febru-
airy 13 and IA.
Mrs. Rebecca Noakes, wife of Bed
ford Noakes, a well known colored
man, of Elkton, died Saturday morn
ing after long illness, and was bur-
led Tuesday afternoon.
The Ladies' Aid Leeds M. P. Church
will meet at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. S. Garrett, Friday evening, Febru-
airy 6. All are welcome.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Eben-
ezer Church will hold an oyster sup
per at Benjamin Reeds, Greenhurst,
Friday evening February 6. If stormy
next evening. Ice cream and cake
for sale. Supper 25c. Proceeds for
benefit of church.
Elkton NJ. Z. Church, tomorrow
Sunday. Divine service at 1870 a.
m. and 7.30 p. m. Preaching by the
Pastor, singing by the Berge Sisters,
famous singing evangelists.
Ash Wednesday, the first day of
Lent, is Feb 25 this year, and Easter.
April u, nineteen days later than last
year.
Messrs. Kirk and McVey, Rising
Sun, lost a valuable horse one day last
week from an unknown disease.
Rev. n. {. Jones, pastor of Hope
well M. E. Church, has been invited to
return for another year.
Rev. Luther E. Poole, pastor of
Newark M. L. Church, and a former
pastor of Elkton NJ. E. Church, is
holding a successful revival at New
ark, between fifty and sixty people
having professed conversion, and the
meetinge still in session.
The Thomas Kirk property in Rising
Sun, was sold by f. Kirk Brown
trustee, to Clifford England, of near
Calvert, at the Court House door in
Elkton, on Thursday, for $4,000. JOS
eph F. Holt was the auctioneer.
The committee of arrangements of
the Woman's Club of Elkton, met on
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Charles
B. Finley, Sr., and outlined plans for
the entertainment of the Woman's
Club of Newark, next week.