The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-04-24

stormy, next evening. Ladies please
bring boxes. Ice cream for sale.
Miss Sarah L. Patrick of Teachers
College, Columbia University, will lee
ture at Washington Hall. the Jacob
Tome Institute, on Saturday, April "a.
Her subject will be Industrial Arts
and their adaptation to grade work,
especially for rural teachers. Teach
ers of the county are cordially invited
to attend.
The Apostolic Rite of Confirmation
will be administered to large class
in st. Marks Church, near Akin, on
Sunday evening, April 25, at 1880, by
Bishop William Forbes Adams, of
Easton, who will also preach. The
Rector of Susquehanna Parish, the
Rev. Clarence w. Conant, M. D., will
present the candidates to the Bishop
for confirmation. The public is hear
tily welcome.
There will be preaching at Jones'
Chapel tomorrow Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock.
George Benson (Dem.), of Earle
vile, and William T. Chidester Dem
have announced their candidates. for
nomination for sheriff, subject to the
coming primary.
The annual meeting of the Cecil
County Medical Society was held at
Elkton Thursday. DR.. w. d. Caw-
ley, of Elkton, was elected president.
The Ladies' Aid of Leeds M. P.
Church will meet at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. C. S. Garrett, Friday even
ing, April 80. All are invited.
Bernard Victoria, employed at the
standard Stnnn nm Ha,,
dc Grace, was crushed last Saturday
morning by falling rocks and died
while being taken to Baltimore Hos
pital.
rhe repeal of the Full Crew law,
asked by the railroad, passed the PEN
nsyivania House of Representatives
Monday night, by a vote of 125 ayes
and So nays.
After four straight victories, the
Tome School baseball team lost its
first game of the season, last Satur-
day, when it met defeat at the hands
of the University of Pennsylvania
freshmen by the score Of 11-4.
Tome School baseball team will
play the Baltimore Polytechnic Insti-
tute team this Saturday. Delaware
College team defeated the B. P. |.
team last Saturday by the score of
9-3.
The ladies of the choir of the Elk
ton M. E. Church will hold a bake at
Ninsinger & Pippin's store on Main
street, next Saturday afternoon, May
l, beginning at o'clock Members
of the church are asked to contribute.
The baseball schedule for the new
Maryland-Delaware League calls for
the opening games one week from to-
day. May 1st. There is talk of an ex-
hibition game in Elkton today (Sat-
urday) preparatory to the opening of
the season.
The attention of county high schools
is called to an article in another COL
umn of this weeks WHIG, concerning
the big athletic "meet" to be held at
the Tome School in May.
Our neighboring town of Newark is
announcing with pride that it is near
ing the million dollar mark for it's
assessment basis. Its assessment on
real estate is 871.775; other assess
ment bring it grand total up to S924,-
075.
George Lewis Phillips, of Greenville.
Texas, has been elected captain of the
1915 football team at Tome School.
Calvert Sunday school was reor-
ganized last Sunday for the coming
conference year, with the following
officers: Superintendent, Oliver w.
Conner; asst. supt., John Churchman;
secretary, Martha A. Walls; treasurer,
Mrs. j. L. Reisler; librarian, John f.
Reisler; organist. Miss Edna E. Reis-
Ter; asst. organist, Miss Helen Ram
sey; supt. of the Home Department,
Mrs. Webster Brown; supt. of Cradle
Roll. Mrs. o. w. Conner.
Calvert H. S. baseball team defeat
ed the Nottingham High School team
at Nottingham last Saturday, by
score of 20-2.
The biggest trust on earth is the
country newspaper. 1t trusts every
body, gets cussed for trusting, mis-
treated for trusting, and if it busts
Tor trusting, gets cussed for busting.
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