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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-11-20

thodist Church, the Rev. George P.
Jones. will preach the sermon Let
all come and give thanks.
George Carter, of Chesapeake City,
an employee of the dupont Company
at Carney's Point, had three ribs bro
ken and his right lung punctured last
Saturday when he was run into by a
shifting engine. He was taken to the
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital,
Wilmington. and is now improving.
Delaware College kept up its win
ming streak in football by defeating
Mt. st. Mary's, at Emmittsburg, Md,
on last Saturday, the score being Is
to 6. On Thanksgiving Day Delaware
will try conclusions with the strong
st. Johns College team.
The Ericsson Steamboat Line phil
adelphia to Baltimore) is said to have
leased for ten years the LETTERS wharf
property on the Elk River. just below
the bridge. 1t is supposed the COM
pany contemplates operating line of
steamers between this point and Balti-
more.
Divine Worship, including sermons
by the pastor, at the Elkton Presbv-
terrain Church, next Sunday. at 1920
a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school
and Bible classes at noon. Y. P. S. C.
E. meeting at 6:45. Two weeks of
continuous services will be held pre-
ceding the December Communion.
These services will begin on Monday,
November %. The Rev. DR.. Benham,
of Baltimore. will preach the evenings
of November 30 and December l; Rev.
Dr.Eggert, on December 2 and 3; Rev.
DR.. Rowan. of Newark, Del. on De-
cember and 8, and the Rev. u.
Franklin Smiley, DID,, of the West
Church, Wilmington, on December Q
and 10. The purpose of these meet
ings is to deepen and quicken the
moral and spiritual life and to press
the claims and opportunities of the
GOSPEL, The whole community is very
cordially matted
The ladies of Head of Christiana
Church will hold their annual poultry
supper on Thanksgiving eve. Ice
cream, cake. homemade candy and
fancy articles for sale. Supper 80
cents. AL! cordially invited.
Arthur Christie, colored. of Row
landville, was shot in the shoulder,
while out cunning Wednesday of last
week, when the gun of his comnanion
was accidentally discharged. He was
taken to the University Hospital.
where his arm was annotated, but
died Sunday morning having lost too
much blood before reaching the inst-
tuition.
Conard and Jones. the we'll known
rose growers of West Grove. Pa. have
been awarded the highest honor "Gold
Medal" for their exhibit of flowers
and shrubbery at the Panama Pacific
and California Exposition.
Continued on Fourth page).
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for he is a man of very fine character
What is sought to be shown is the bad
systematic badness of which is not
lessened because good men OCCASION
ally have hand in it.
1t is hardly worth while to continue
specific cases. In nearly all there is
some legal work; nearly all the State
departments have need of a lawyer
from time to time. But it is manifest
ly extravagant and foolish to have
various departments paying awyers
fat salaries for occasional work, when
a properly organized State legal de-
partment could handle it all at less
cost and with greater efficiency. I'm
agine a great corporation permitting
its departments each to employ law
yer at whatever sum it thought fit!
! w O.
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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry M. Mccullough
spent part of this week in Baltimore.
A most enjoyable time was spent or.
Saturday afternoon between 2 and 5,
at birthday party, given by Mrs.
Harry Wright to her little daughter,
Regina. The little guests present
We're the Misses Blanche Ford Helen
Cawley, Mary and Dean Letter, Cath
crime Bunce, Virginia Rudolph, Mary
O'Mally, Margaret Braun. Linda and
Ruth Reynolds and Anna Mahan; Mrs.
Harry Wright, Mrs. Monte Shaffer,
and Mrs. George Shuster entertained
the little ones.
Miss Clara Davis entertained q
number of her friends at her home, on
Bridge street, last Saturday and an
nounced the engagement of Miss Mar
gerry Marshbank. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Harry Marshbank. to Mr..
Ralph Gray Davis, son of Mr., and
Mrs. Alfred Davis.
Miss E. May Bookwalter was the
guest of Miss Lydia Groves. Monday.
Miss Mae Roberts, of Wilmington,
IS the guest of her cousin. Miss Gertie
Barber.
Edgar Plummer, of Wilmington,
was in town Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Trimble spent
Thursday in Wilmington.
Miss Edith Quigg, of Greensboro,
spent part of this week with Miss
Harriet Walmsley.
Mr.. Ralph Clifford and family, Of
Louisville, KY, are visiting his par
ents. DR.. and Mrs. Clifford, at Zion.
Mrs. Margaret Anderson has been
visiting Miss Bertha Beaver, at Blake.
Mr.. R. G. Strickland. of Cochran
vile, Pa, spent Saturday and Sunday
son, near Union.
Mrs. George Bedwell, of Whining
ton, visited her brother, Mrs. Daniel
Simmons, last Sunday.
Mr.. William R. Gilpin, our town
treasurer. observed his eighty-frst
birthday Thursday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Brown and
son, John. spent Saturday and Sunday
with Mr.. Samuel Blanchfield. at Earle
vile.
Mrs. Charles Fronk was the recent
guest of relatives at Bethel.
Miss Florence >Woo!ley visited Mr..
and Mrs. G. S. Woolley in Chesapeake
City, last Sunday.
Mrs. Alonzo w. Davis, of Whining
ton. Messrs. John Kershaw, of Phila-
delphia, and William Steptoe, of Up
land. Pa. We're guests of Mrs. Duella
Davis last week.
DR.. Joseph Huntington and Walter
Lewis. of Philadelphia, spent Sunday
with Elkton friends.
Mrs. Lewis Barber has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Joseph Anderson, in
Wilmington.
Mrs. Manly Drennen is spending
some time at City Point, Va.
Mrs. Joseph H. Perkins entertained
Mrs. R. K. lowering and Miss Sarah
lowering, of Roxborough, Pa, last
week.
Miss Selma f. Perkins was the
guest of her sister. Mrs. David L.
Sloan, of Narberth, Pa. over the week
end.
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WEEKS WEDDINGS
Reaven-PattersOn.

A very pretty wedding took place
Wednesday, November II, at 6 o'clock
at Tome Memorial Methodist Episco-
pal Church, when Miss Elsie Anna
Patterson, of Perryville, became the
bride of Mr.. Arthur Beaver, of Port
Deposit. The wedding was solemnized
by the Rev. F. X. Moore, pastor of
Tome Memorial M. E. Church. The
bride was given away by her oldest
brother. Mr.. William Patterson, of
Baltimore. The bride was handsomely
gowned in white tulle. Her veil was
artistically caught with orange bios
SONS. She carried bouquet of lilies
of the valley and brides roses. The
bride was attended by friend, Miss
Bertha Mitchell. of Baltimore.
The bridesmaids, Misses Mildred
Mildred jackson. of Principle; Naomi
Winkler. Alberta Jones ard Alice
Gardner, of Perryville, wore very
pretty dresses of silk wolfe, two were
canary color, carrying large bouquets
Of yellow chrysanthemums. and two
large bouquets of pink chrysanthe-
by his brother, Mr.. Walter Beaver, of
Baltimore. The ushers were brothers
of the bride-Messrs. Norris, Lee, Paul
and Henry Patterson.
The wedding march was played by
Miss Jane |. Creswell. who had the
pleasure of introducing the happy
couple. Miss Creswell wore quite
handsome net dress. Mr.. Alexander
Jackson, of Wilmington, cousin of the
bride. was soloist.
A reception to the relatives and
some of their near friends followed the
ceremony at the home of the brides
parents, near Perryville. Mr.. and
Mrs. Beaver left for a short honey
moon trip South. They will make their
home in Port Deposit.
Clapp-Snyder.
A very beautiful home wedding took
place at the residence of Mrs. j. H.
Snyder in Port Deposit, Thursday
evening, when her daughter, Miss
Florence Josephine Snyder, was mar
ried to Mr.. Frank Wheaton Clapp, son
of Mrs. L. W. Wheaton Clapp, of
"Fairlawn". Port Deposit.
The ceremony was performed under
a bower of smilax and chrysanthe-
NUNS by the Rev. DR.. Joseph Brown
Turner, pastor of the Port Deposit
Presbyterian Church and was witness.
ed only by the immediate families. To
the strains of Lohengrin, as rendered
by lnlas' Orchestra, of Baltimore, the
bride entered upon the arm of her
brother, Mr.. Roy Hammond Snyder,
by whom she was given in marriage.
The groom's best man was his bro.
Their. Mr. Harvey Rowland Clapp. of
Guilford. Baltimore. The only attend
ant of the bride was her small! niece,
Miss Elizabeth Pugh Snyder. who
acted as flower girl, and carried a
basket Of pink chrysanthemums.
After buffet supper Mr.. and Mrs
Clapp left for an extended trip South.
Billmeyer-BoOkwa
Miss E. May Bookwalter, of Harris
burg, Pa. who is well known to resi-
dents of ElktOn and vicinity, as well
as in many other Maryland towns,
having been here several times in the
interest of the Central Entertainment
Bureau of Harrisburg. Pa. success
fully training local talent for plays,
which drew a crowded house each
evening they We're shown. and Mr..
Herman NJ Billmeyer, of Cumber,
land, were married in New York on
Thursday. The bride has our best
wishes for many years Of happy mar
ried life.
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RECENT DEATHS
X. Henry Young.

Mr.. R. Henry Young, superinten
dent of the mechanical department of
the Every Evening Printing Company
of Wilmington, Del, died very sud
denly at his home in that city, Mon
day evening. from heart failure, aged
SO years. Early in life Mr.. Young
learned the printing business and had
been connected with the Every Even
ing for about AZ years. The deceased
is survived by widow, who was for
merly Miss Husbands, and one son,
Henry Seeds Young, of Elkton.
The funeral was held Thursday
afternoon with services at his late
home at 2:30 o'clock and interment at
Riverview Cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Ann Wright.
Mrs. Mary Ann Wright, widow of
the late Jordan Wright. died Wednes-
day at her late home near Fair Hill,
after lengthy illness. aged 78 years.
The deceased is survived by one son,
Thomas A. Wright, and one daughter,
Mrs. John Tweed, of Cowentown.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
Sunday from her late home, with
services at st. Johns NJ. E. Church.
ana lntefment IN ADJOINING cemetery.
Mrs. Joseph Corridor.
Mrs. Mary Ann Corriden, wife of
Joseph Corriden, died Thursday morn
ing of last week at 1880 o'clock, at the
home of her son-in-law. Samuel Ham
mond. at Elk Mills, where she was
visiting, aged Y years. Mrs. Corri-
den. before marriage, was Miss Pugh
of Dover. Del. She and her husband
had of recent years made their home
with their son. Frank Corriden, near
Iron Hill They We're the parents of
eleven children. of whom four survive
Harry B., of Elkton; Frank, Of Iron
Hill; George. of Laplume, Pa, and
Susan, wife of Samuel Hammond of
Elk Mills.
The funeral was held Sunday af.
ternoon from the home of her son,
Frank Corriden. at Iron Hill, with
interment at the Elkton Cemetery.
James Earl Jack.
James Earl, infant son of Mrs. Jane
NJ. and the late Harvey Jack, died At
the home Of his mother, near Colora,
on November TO- The remains were
inferred at Hopewell Cemetery.
Benjamin F. Cutlery.
Mr.. Benjamin F. Cutlery died Mon
day at his home at Rising Sun. aged
ga years. Mr.. Cutlery was blind and
was a former resident of the Elkton
section having been employed at West
amwell Iron Mills when it was in
operation. A widow survives.
His funeral was held Wednesday,
with interment at Bay View Cemetery.
Mr.. Haines Jackson.
Mr.. Haines Jackson died November
6, after over a years illness. He was
the son of Josephine jackson and the
late William J. Jackson. He was in
his 44th year of his age.
Funeral was held the following
Tuesday from the home of his mother,
interment at Asbury NJ. f. cemetery.
two sisters and two brothers.
Mrs. G. Elmer Walls.
Mrs. Anna d. Walls. wife of G.. Ell
mer Walls, died Wednesday at her
late home in Wilmington. The de-
ceased was before her marriage, Miss
Anna d. Ainscow, a sister of Mrs.
Cadmus Price, of Elkton.
The funeral will be held this (Sat-
urdav morning. Services and inter
ment private.
James T. Neasey.
Mr.. James T. Veasey died in Will
mington last Saturday. aged ~ years.
The funeral was held Monday after
noon with services at Bethel Church,
this county, at o'clock. Interment
was made in the adjoining cemetery.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-11-12
Al h. Wilson November %.

q In these days Of sensational plays
and questionable performances it is
a satisfaction to note the appearance
of AL. II. Wilson the golden voiced
singer and his company announced at
the opera house Tuesday, November
%, in new production of a periodic
comedy son-play entitled Gas Years
Roll On".a Wilson entertainment
combines so many clean pleasing ele-
ments that one is positive of enjoy
ing themselves from the very variety
of good things displayed. AS star
this talented comedian has delighted
thousands by his spontaneous humor
and his glorious singing voice and his
ability to still please and hold the adj
miration Of his auditors apparently
is greater than ever. This season the
play is new and of different char
acter than his former offerings, each
act of which, there are three cover
ing a period Of ten years thus af-
fording the opportunity for Mr.. Will
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prominently in most any show. w. H
Mcneil, of Mariana, exhibited two
pullets and cockerel of Silver Cam
pines and as they are comparatively
new variety, especially in this sec
ton, they attracted a great deal Of
attention and admiration and from
the many comments on them by the
visitors / believe they will become
very popular in this locality in the
near future.
"R. B. Saunders, of Pensacola
showed a full string of Notified An
conas, which attracted a great deal
of attention and were much admired
by the visitors at the poultry build.
ing.
There were a great many birds
from Dothan and the exhibitors came
along with them and they seemed tx
be real live lot of fanciers, showing
the greatest interest in the show.
"The Mariana show this year was
great improvement over that Of 9
year ago both in quality and quantity
and L. Wiselogel, the superintendent
deserves a great deal of credit fol
his untiring efforts to make it the at
traction which it proved to be-"
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STRONG DISCOURSE
ON POPULAR TOPIC
chow ONE MAY KNOW HE is IN
THE RIGHT CHURCH, WAS
ABLY DISCUSSED BY REV. r. E.
WRIGHT, OF JACKSONVILLE.

ssHow One May Know He Is In the
Right Church." was the subject of a
very able discussion by Rev. R. E.
Wright last night at Alcanez Street
Church of Christ, and which was
heard by large congregation and
closely followed.
Rev. Mr.. Wright is from Jackson
vile and this week is conducting a
series of meetings at the Alcaniz
street church, at the corner of Jack
son street. Thus far the congrega-
tions have been large and attentive,
and are growing in numbers, while
the interest in the strong discourses
is spreading.
The services will be continued each
night this week and may continue
through next, although that had not
beer determined last night.
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a M u SEE NE II NJ is

part of December, but in order to
fill an engagement in San Francisco,
the date was transferred.
"Twin Beds" a distinct departure
in farces, is as clean as rollicking
north wind. There is nothing in line
or situation which can possibly Of
fend-it is, in brief, a valuable lesson
in the exhilaration of clean laughter
and wholesome fun. It's lines sparkle
with rapier-like wit and surprising
slang, and the rich humor Of the sit
uations is permitted to develop itself
naturally, without forcing.
The story of "Twin Beds" deals
with the felicities and infelicities of
three married couples-to say moth
ing of a maid who is paragon in
twenty ways-in their futile effort
to rid themselves of an uncomfort-
able and trouble-brewing proximity
in fashionable apartment house.
Harry Hawkins is a young business
man who married for home"-in
addition to being distractedly in love
with his charming young wife-and
who resents in no mistakable man
ner, the fondness Of this little wife
for striking up acquaintance, and
giving parties for them. In particu-
lar, he objects to fat Italian tenor
and his Amazon of a wife who have
the apartment above them, whose
tenth wedding anniversary the
Hawkinses are celebrating at the
opening Of the play, to the acute dis.
gust Of Harry. This disgust inspires
him with the clever idea of moving
to another part of town. Unhappily
he follows his inspiration to the dot
and embroils himself in troubles SC
thick and fast-coming that he only
barely escapes them in time for the
final curtain. Tickets ready Wednes.
| day, November 18th.
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WRECKED EMDEN
IS HEARD FROM
GERMAN CRUISER ON BEACH
SEEMS TO BE SERIOUS BONE
OF CONTENTION AMONG THE
WRECKERS.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.


Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 1.-THE
salving of the wreck of the German
cruiser Emden which was beached
upon Keeling island of the Cocos
group in the Indian Ocean after de-
feat by the Australian cruiser Sgd
ney last November is again in ques-
ton. The minister for the navy has
given the Sydney firm, which some
months ago, made the lowest bid for
the removal of the hulk, until October
9th in which to decide whether it will
accept the governments conditions.
The firm offered $4,000 for the
right to take possession of what re
p1ains of the Emden and bring it to
Australia. 1t also wanted permission
to retain the vessel for Is months
in order that she might be placed on
exhibition throughout the world.
Thoe navy department would not
agree to this proposal. fearing COM
plications, but if the firm were sue
cessful in bringing the vessel to Aus
tralia the federal government would
pay the wreckers fair amount for
their work and if they were dissatis-
fed with the amount offered the mat
ter would be settled by arbitration.
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Probe Death of
an, Official Who
Died Suddenly

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 1.-The
body of Knox Booth, former United
States revenue collector, who died
suddenly last month in Memphis was
disinterred today at Prattville. Fed
eral investigators superintendent the
operation. After removing part of
the stomach, the body was reinterred.
Mrs. Booth, widow of the dead man,
was present. The organs removed
from the body will be examined by
the Alabama state chemist at Au-
burn.
The action was taken for the pur-
pose of investigating the theory that
Knox Booth was poisoned.
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"a Fool There Was

A highclass production of Robert
Hillard's great and fascinating sue
cess, "a Fool There Was" will be
presented at the opera house on We'd
nesday, November Gath.
Insidiously fascinating and drag
cling the Husband" to sink in the
fearful depths is the vampire" in
"a Fool There Was" a play in three
acts and six scenes by Porter Emer-
son Browne, a suggestion of Kiplin's
worldwide poem "The Vampire"
A picture of every day life told in
every day language, with every day
people portrayed, no wild flights into
the melodramatic, no over stretched
characters, yet its intensity and grip
ping vividness makes one gasp for
breath at the awful truths which are
shown outstanding, stark and bare
as in the poem itself.
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sEsmeralda"
ssEmerslda," by Francis Hodgson
Burnctt, author Of the "Pretty Sister
Of Jose" and "The Dawn of To-mor-
row, what names to conjure with
And added to these great names OF
suceessful plays and gifted author,
the unparalleled name of Mary Pick
ford as further and complete guar
anty Of the unsurpassable beauty and
appeal Of the photo-production of this
famous dramatic success, produced
by the Famous Players Film Co., on
the Paramount program at the Isis
today.
And as II these sterling names were
not sufficient to suggest the impor-
tance Of this feature attraction, such
f&vorites as Ida Waterson, Fuller Mel
lish, who distinguished himself as the
pope IN the Famous Players great
photo spectacle, "The Eternal City,
and Charles Waldron, the lead of the
recent dramatic triumph, Daddy Long
Legs" who made his screen debut in
. recent Famous Players Feature,
sWhen We We're Twenty One" from
the conspicuous members of the sup
porting company that, together with
the transcendant art Of Mary Pick
ford, make "Esmeralda" one of the
notable feature productions of the
year.
"Esmeralda," with its appeal to the
finer senses, its depletion of the sweet
comforts Of farm-life and its exposi.
ton Of the danger and shams of the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-11-12
POULTRY SHOW At
MARIANNE GOOD ONE
w. L. WITCH, WHO JUDGED
THE SHOW, SAYS THE QUAIL
ITY WAS FAR ABOVE THE
AVERAGE.

W. L. Witch, who judged the
poultry at the West Florida Fair,
when asked regarding the exhibit
said: 'sThe poultry exhibit as a whole
was one of the best that could be
imagined, not so much in quantity
but all varieties shown were of excel
lent quality, many of the Individual
birds being just as good as one could
expect to see in any of the larger
shows.
'Most notable among these were
the White Orpingtons, White Plym-
outh Rocks and White Leghorns. Mrs.
Joe Hall, of Dothan, Ala, showed a
trio in the White Orpington class that
believe would get in the ribbons at
most any Southern show, while M. A.
Ellison, of Dothan, had an excellen,
display of White Orpington cockerels
and pullets. Especially were the pull
lets good, and it was quite a study
to pick the winners. ]. E. Leggett, OF
Dothan seemed to be the largest ex.
hibitor, showing Rose Comb White
Leghorns and Rose Comb White Mi.
norcas and White Orpingtons and
had an excellent display. The ribbons
on White Plymouth Rocks went to O
M. Stanley, of DeFuniak Springs, and
they were right up to top quality and
shown in the pink of condition. The
White Leghorn males were exception.
ally good, among them being Sin.
gle Comb cock and cockerel exhibited
by Mr.. Stanley which would stand out
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son to display his versatility in por-
traying man at various ages in life.
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broidery nicely. Embroidery on or,
CANDY should be neatly but not fussilyi
done. 1t should have the careless,
quickly made appearance of some of
the most extensively simple frocks.
Labcred work on organdy destroys ali
CT the charm of spontaneous freshness
one has right to expect in this mate
rial
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~s~.s~ N .suAy ua6Ss serving tray
cloths, napkins, etc.
In the realm of wearing apparel the
border comes in splcndidly to finish the
bottom of babies dresses or petticoats,
while It looks equally well on older
children's frocks. Women who like
The me French lingerie whose only
decoration Is = clcverly worked border
tor the neck finish win also see the
adsptability of this design.
a gift that works up quickly with
the sc1lloped edge Is the principal bit
Of decoration Is case for napkins. A
model worthy of description is made
of FINE white linen, embroidered in
white, although the decorations and
furnishings of the dining room may
furnish the color scheme, If preferred.
Two strips are crossed, having square
Of cardboard inserted at the base to
make Il firm. The eject is that of a
neat linen box when It is full of nap
kins. An initial can be worked on
the overlapping edge, while the border
4 ct buttonholed scallops. A button
holed loop is made at the point of the
overlapping top and fastcns ever .
small white linen button.
The embroidery pattern illustrated
and described herein, together with
90 Others covering all possible uses,
are included IN the Innovation EN-
hroideFy Pattern Outfit" now being
preeented BY this newspaper, as ex-
planned elsewhere in these columns.
The popular organdy neckwear is
never pretSier than when set off with
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