The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-07-11

| er, Rev. DR.. John McElmoyle, have
| spent this week camping on the lower
! Chandler farm on Elk river, tenanted
by w. Scott Mckinney. There were
about twenty in the party.
Tomorrow Sunday afternoon at 8
o'clock Rev. j. E. Horner will preach
special sermon at Cayot M. E.
Church, and following the sermon an
Aid Society will be organized, which
all are invited to join. Sunday School
at 2 o'clock Miss Helen S. Davidson,
Superintendent.
At the scholarship examinations
held by County Superintendent Joseph
M. McVey Monday, the only applicant
was Samuel B. Schofeld, of Frederick
town, for the scholarship at Western
Maryland College. Mr. Schofeld stood
the qualification test and was award
, ed the scholarship. There are still
vacancies at the Maryland State Nor
NAL School and one at the st. Mary's
Female Seminary for which there
have been no applicants.
Maryland's wheat crop is estimated
at 100000 bushels this year.
National Lodge, No. 81, l. o. o. F.,
on Friday evening of last week INSTALL
ed the newly elected officers as fol-
lows: Past Grand, L. B. Phillips;
Noble Grand, Joseph M. McVey; Vice
Grand, George Davis; Recording Sec
rotary, P. M. Groves; Right Support
to Noble Grand, c. C. Strickland;
Left Support, Philip OFT; Right Sup
port to Vice Grand, Harry D. Lee;
Left Support, ]. Writ Lynch; Warden,
William Warmkessel; Conductor, Har-
ry A. Wright; Chaplain, R. Day Can't
well; Inside Guardian, Walter Max
well; Outside Guardian, Harry T.
Alexander.
Magistrate j. M. Ash on Tuesday
heard the case of State VS.. Harry L.
Harvey, of North East, charged with
running huckster's wagon without a
license. The evidence showed that
Mr.. Harvey began running his wagon
on June 25, and before doing so call
ed up the Clerks office and inquired
the price of license, mailing his
: check for the amount that same day,
and the license was mailed to him in
the evening, The Magistrate found
him not guilty.
The new Elkton plant of the Prest-
O-Lite Company began operations last
week and the first shipment of the
tanks filled with the gas was made the
, latter part of the week.
The Elkton Armory Commission,
composed of General Macklin, Colonel
Little, Capt. Charles B. Finley, Jr., ex-
Senator Henry NJ. Mccullough and
Reginald Constable, after inspecting
a number of prospective sites for the
new armory, has selected d portion of
the old Cecil county fair grounds, To-
| Gated at the corner of Bow street and
| Railroad avenue. At the recent ses-
sion of the legislature, $4,000 was
! appropriated for the new armory.
Rev. Edwin J. Hopkins, of George
town, Del, has accepted the call to the
passionate of the Presbyterian church
of Havre de Grace. whose pulpit has
! been vacant for the past year, and
will begin his ministry there Sept. l.
! Mr.. Hopkins is native of Brooklyn,
/ n. Y, and has served charges in West
/ Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware.
A carnival will be held at Elk Mills
the evenings of July II and 1S for the
benefit of the M. E. Sunday school.
/ There will be plenty Of things of in
! terest to amuse everyone. A flag drill
by several young ladies, voting con-
{ test for the most popular young lady,
ice cream and cake, home made candy,
ETC., for sale. Music furnished by
I several well known musicians of the
town. Everybody welcome.
Elkton M. E. Church, tomorrow,
, Sunday. Divine Worship, 1890 a. m.
Sermon, "The Way to the Father" At
| 1880 p. M, in the Edison Summer Gar
! den, sermon "Atonement and Peace"
! Sunday school and Fellowship Bible
j class at the close of the morning SER
vice.
William White, of Wilmington, ar
rested Wednesday for illegal freight
train riding on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. has been sentenced to sixty days
in Elkton Jail by Justice Joshua NJ.
| Ash.
The as. O. b." anchored in Perch
Greek Cove, and belonging to Ray
mond OFT, was relieved of its engine,
etc, on Monday night Mr.. OFT will
| give reward for information con-
corning the whereabouts of the engine.
| LOST-Silver handled Umbrella. containing
| initials G. A. S.. on North street, Elkton. Fri
| day morning. Finder please leave at WING
office lljulylt'