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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07

Mr.. and Mrs. William Rowan, O
Earleville, visited Elkton friends las
Sunday.
Miss Katharine Bunce has returned
| nome after lengthy visit with relatives
at Cockeysville
Mrs. John H, Terrell has been enter
tanning Misses Edith Stiley and Eliza
beth Duncan, of Philadelphia
Misses Frances and Edna Cleaves are
spending sometime at Ocean Grove.
Miss Bessie Witworth is sojourning
at Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank W. Calvert and
daughter Margaret, OF Narberth, Pa.
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
II. Perkins during the week.
Mrs. William Zortman, with her little
daughter Katharine of Pittsburgh, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. H. A Walter,
near Elkton.
Miss Grace Price has returned from a
trip to Texas.
Mrs Margaret Burns, of Medir, Pa,
is wishing her brother. Mr.. T. NJ. TYSON
at North East
Miss Eva Blake, of Providence, is the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. w. X Blake, at
Mechanics Valley.
Mrs. Sarah West and children, West
Philadelphia, are guests of her cousin,
Mrs. Will Rose of Norlh East.
Little Miss Elizabeth Field has been
visiting little Miss Edith Blake at Me-
chanics Valley.
Miss Marguerite Boulden, daughter,
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry K Boulden, of
Elkton, and Mr.. Frank L. Rowland,
near Perryville, were quietly married
Wednesday at the Presbyterian Marse,
by the Rev. John McElmoyle.
Mrs. Thomas Goldy and Mrs. John
Bennett and dIughter of Norristown,
were guests of Misses Mary and Lizzie
Holt last week.
Misses Alice and Lillian Danes, of
Philadelphia, spent part of this week
with Misses Louise and Clara Juergens.
Mrs. Mary Boyd and granddaughter,
Alice johnson, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Johnson at Newark.
Mrs. Howard Johnson and son,
Billy, of Newark, and Mrs. Eva. Yea
mems, of Wilmington, spent part of last
week with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Abram B5yd,
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Young Farmer browns

Howard Nickerson, aged "a years, a
farmer of the First district of Cecil
county, was drowned in Sassafras
river, off Island Wharf, Saturday eve
ming.
Just how the accident occurred no
one knows, as he was alone. After
eating his supper he drove down to
the river to wash his carriage and
some time later his brother-in-law,
George Williams, took a walk down
that way and there found the horse
securely tied under tree, the car
riage standing nearby. nicely washed.
and Nickerson's clothes lying in a
boat tied to the wharf. The supposi
tion is that after washing the carriage
ne went into the river to bathe, and
not being able to swim, got out be-
yond his depth and was drowned. His
body has not yet been found.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07

honored were merely scratched about
the surface. In the last two years
or so the work has been done with
somewhat more vigor.
However, as the Office is now organ
lied and conducted there is, as there
always has been, good deal of poll
tics in (which, of course, initiates
against efficiency. Moreover, money
is spent for overhead charges-such
as rent, travelling expenses, etc.-that
could be saved
The State Authorship should be
abolished and its work placed in the
hands of the Bank Commissioner. In
an article to be printed in a few days,
which will consider the Bank Commits
sioner and the State Insurance Com
missioner, an effort will be made to
show that if the Bank Commissioner
had charge of the State auditing the
overhead costs of the present system
could be saved and probably the salar-
les of al! the present auditing force
except one man.
Means S13,5OO Expense.
The State Auditor is J. Enos Ray, a
lawyer of Prince Georges county. His
salary is 81 500 His first deputy is
William A. Gillespie, Jr., of Balti-
more, certified public accountant and
his second deputy is Thomas j. Muir
ray, a storekeeper in Elkton. Each is
paid $4,000. There are two assist
ants-William B. Weed. Jr.. of Gov
ans. and George H. Dawson, Jr., of
Cambridge. There also is a stenogra-
pher, whose name is not known. The
salaries of the assistants and the sup
ervisors cannot be stated.
Mr.. Ray is given $1,000 to pay these
assistants and the stenographer and to
pay office rent, travelling expenses,
etc. His total allowance, therefore, is
$4,000 for himself and deputies and
$1,000 for other expenses. or $13,50O
in all Probably S11,5O0 of that
could be saved and the work done
more thoroughly if the Bank Commits
sioner had charge.
w q
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07
WEEKS WEDDINGS
Hitchens-Whitehead.

Mr.. Walter Kitchens, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Kitchens, of near
Barksdale, and Miss Gertrude White
head. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Whitehead, of Wilmington, were
married Wednesday afternoon at the
home of the brides parents, by the
Rev. James w. Easley, pastor of Nc
Cabe NJ. f. Church. The bride was
given in marriage by her father and
the wedding march was played by
Herbert Kitchens, of Newark, a bro
ther Of the groom. After the cere-
mony reception was given the young
couple. They will reside at Barksdale.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK BRIEFLY TOLD

Bacon Hill Sunday school will hold
an orchard fete in Grosh's orchard, on
Tuesday evening. August 10. Come
ard have good time.
LOST--A large maltese cat on
Water street. Reward if returned to
Mrs Weaver, Water ST., Elkton. adv
Captain J. R. Malone opened up his
22d annual trapshooting tournament
at Betterton, Monday afternoon with
large number of shooters taking
part in the different events.
At the fortieth annual meeting of
the Farmers and Mechanics Mutual
ire Insurance Association of Cecil
county, held at Zion, last Saturday,
the following directors were elected:
Charles Benjamin, John Patten, Ed
ward Crothers, Thomas Miller, C. Ross
Biles and Ribert Cameron. E. D. Car
hart was reelected secretary ard
treasurer for the ensuing year.
251 marriage licenses were issued
at the Clerks office in Elkton, during
the month of July.
the seventh annual Holiness Camp
meeting will be held at Copson Park,
Leslie, from August IA to 20.
The Ushers' Union of Zion NJ. E.
Church has been spending severa!
Gays camping at Req Point on North
East river.
Hagerty, Sr. .,& Son, Port Deposit, are
headquarters for Automobiles and
Carriage Painting and Decorating .adtf
The body of William H. Kraft, aged
90 years, a merchant of Havre de
Grace, was found Monday morning,
floating near the COLCHESTER Steam
boat Lompany's wharf at Havre de
Grace. he CorOner'S jury decided
that the drowning was accidental, as
it is thought the unfortunate man was
walking along the banks of the river
when he fell in and was drowned.
Go to Hagerty, Sr., and Sons up-to-
Port Deposit, Md, for Oxy-Acetylene
date Automobile Supply House, in
welding. advt-tf
Mrs. j. Calvin Watson. of Calvert,
sustained fractured ankle in a re-
cent fall.
j. Wilson Squier, Esq, has filed
bill in Cecil County court asking that
a receiver be appointed for the Wood
lawn Campmeeting Association.
While driving cattle from pasture
one evening last week, the 10 year old
son of Martin Harsh of New Rridoe
,,,a, a+taai.ed -, H. LII ~ ~ III &C.
iured, being foInd uncons @ scions | wben m
a search was made fo,. him "''N''
Hagar+v Sr e Son pn,+ nono.;4 ou.
headquarters for Automobiles and
Carriage Painting and DECORATING adtf
Charles Ferguson. of Cecilton, and
Miss Nina Wilson of Townsend Del
were recentlv injured when tbrowr
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07
A Card OF Thanks

We extend our sincere thanks to ell
those who worked so heroically in re-
covering the body of our dear son and
brother, Howard r Nickerson, who
was drowned in the Sassa'ras river, off
knights Island, last Saturday after
noon, July 3lst.
His Parents, Brothers and Sisters.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07
Search Proves Unsuccessful

A crowd of men searched the woods
near Fair Hill and dragged Big Elk
creek last Sunday in search of the
body of Algernon Quein, 35 year old
farmer of that section, who disappear
ed from his home or Thursday, July
Y, but no trace OF the body was
found. 1t is thought that the mans
mind became unbalanced by the heat
which caused him either to wander
away from home or commit suicide.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07
BASEBALL
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Elkton, 2; New Castle, 9.

Elkton kept up its losing streak by
dropping another gar 10 New Cas-
tie on the latter's grounds last Satur-
day. Elkton's error column looks like
the boys We're "up in the air.. In fact
New Castle only earned one out of
their nine rims; the rest We're pre-
sented to them by Elkton's loose play
ing
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07
Or. S. T. Roman

DR.. S. 7, Roman, a well-known ply
sic'an Of this county, died at his home.
near Conowingo, on Wednesday, from
heart trouble, aged IS years. The de
ceased was a son Of Absalon and Eliza
Haires Roman. He attended West
Nottingham Academy, later entered
Princeton University and after gradual
ing from that Institution graduated in
medicine at the University of Pennsvl-
van'a Dr.. Romans wife who was
formerly Miss Harriet Wood. died about
five years ago The deceased is sur
v:ved by one brother Joseph A Roman
of Oregon City, Oregon, and one sister
Mrs Elizabeth Maxwell. of Phladel-
phia
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07

berg caught for Parkside and put up
a good game. Jones worked well, es-
pecially in the pinches. Hogan pitch
ed a good game. but Newark did not
hit heavy enough in back of him.
Score:
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07
Parkside. 2; Newark, l

Parkside, without the service of
their star, Austin, defeated Newark
in fast game, score 2 to 1. Getzen-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07
Elk Mills, A; Traction Co., %

Elk Mills proved the surprise of the
weekly games of the Del-Mar League
Saturday afternoon, by shutting out
the Traction Company team on the
grounds at Front and Union streets,
4 to 0. With one big inning, the sixth.
the Maryland boys succeeded in piling
up their quartet of tallies, while the
Live Wires We're unable to solve Will
sons delivery. Grants stickwork was
also feature in the game. Score.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07
Granville Morrison

Mr.. Granville Morrison, a highly es-
teemed resident of Colora, died sudden
ly Thu rsday of last week of paralysis,
aged II wears The deceased is surviv-
ed by three daughters and three sons.
The fuaeral was held Saturday after
noon with services in West Nottingham
Chapel and interment in the adjoining
cemetery.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07

Score by innings:
Elkton .......O 0 0 l 0 %
New Castle. @ l 2 0 0 3 0 x-9
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07
Mrs. William c. Moore

Mrs. Mary N Moore, wife of William
{. Moore, and daughter Of Eli and
Catherine Underwood of the Colora
section, died one day last week at Penn
Laird, Va, of pulmonary tuberculosis,
aged 81 years
The body was brought to Cecil coun-
ty Monday afternoon and inferred at
West Nottingham Presbyterian ceme-
terv
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D. kennard Owens

Mr.. ID. kennard Owens died at his
home near Principle Furnace, July "a,
aged "a years. lnterment was made at
Principle Cemetery
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-08-07
Mrs. Henry Price

Mrs. Laura Price, wife of Henry
Price, died Thursday morning of last
week, at her home at Principle, after a
long illness from cancer, aged IS years.
The deceased is survived by her hus-
band, one daughter end one sou. The
funeral was held Saturday, wit inter
ment at Rosebank Cemetery, Calvert
The Adair County news., 1915-06-16
a Medicine Chest for Csc.

In this chest you have an excellent
remedy for Toothache, Bruises,
Sprains, Stiff Neck, Backache, Neu-
ralgia, Rheumatism and for most
emery encies. One 25c. bottle OF
Sloan's Liniment does it all-this be-
cause these ailments are symptoms,
not diseases, and are caused by con-
gestion and inflammation. II you
doubt. ask those who use Sloan's Lin
iment, or better still, buy 25c bottle
and prove it. Sold by PAUL Drug Co.
AID
The Adair County news., 1915-06-16
The Presidents Mail.

Unlike most business men, the
President cannot possibly read
all his letters as part of the morn.
ing's routine. By a carefully
developed system, however, the
contents of the White House
mail are in substance laid before
him each day.
The work of doing this falls upon
a corps of confidential clerks,
who open the letters and give
them a first reading. Then they
are carefully sorted. Many of
them, of course, need not go to
the President at all, since they
are simply recommendations for
Office. These, after courteous
acknowledgment, are referred to
the proper departments and
placed on file until they may be
taken up for consideration.
Many of the Presidents letters
are purely formal, or contain re-
quests for something which can
not be granted. These the
clerks answer and the Pres
ident's secretary signs. The re-
quests for charity are so many
that a special form" has been
drawn up for answering them.
Such communications as the
President ought to see are care
fully briefed-that is, a slip is
The Adair County news., 1915-06-16

pinned at the top of each letter.
and on this is a typewriter syn
opsis of its contents, telling who
the writer is and what he has to
present. Frequently the Pres
ident is sufficiently interested by
the brief to cause him to read
the whole letter. Sometimes the
communication is referred to q
cabinet officer, in which case the
slip is retained at the White
House and filed.
When a large number Of per-
sons write OIL the same subject
the letters are punched and the
brief at the top gives the names
of those who present one argu-
ment and in another list the per.
sons who offer a different view.
The Adair County news., 1915-06-16
How to be Certain of
Curing ConsH patton

Letters recently received from NJ. E.
Myers, Morrison, Tenn, and Ada Ham
mersmith, 11S w. Chestnut St., Louisville,
KY, are but a few Of thousands
showing the esteem in which DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin is held. 1t is mild.
gentle, non-griping-not violent. like
salts or cathartics. 1t cures gradually
and pleasantly so that in time nature
again does it's own work without out
side aid Constipated people owe it to
themselves to use this grand bowel
specific.
Anyone wishing to make trial of this
remedy before buying it in the regular
way of druggist at fifty cents or one
dollar a large bottle Family Size) can
have a sample bottle sent to the home
free of charge by simply addressing Dr..
w. 2. CALDWELL 405 Washington ST..
Monticello, Ill Your name and address
on a pos TAI card will do.
The Adair County news., 1915-06-16

put where health is at stake and the
opinion of thousands Of reliable people
lifrers from yours, prejudice then be-
.ay it aside. This is said in the inter-
est of people suffering from chronic
constipation, and it is worthy of their
attention.
American people the most stubborn
constipation imaginable can be cured
by brief use of DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup
Pepsin. You may not have heard of it
before, but do not doubt it's merits on
that account, or because it has not been
olatantly advertised. 1t has sold very
successfully on word of mouth recon-
their children today who were given it
by their parents, and it has been truth
fully said that more druggists use it
personally in their families than any
other laxative.
The Adair County news., 1915-06-16

offered has been an example to
the rest of US; you have earned
our affectionate admiration and
friendship. Even now we are
not separated in the object we
seek but only in the method by
which we seek it.
1T is for these reasons my
feeling about your retirement
from the Secretaryship of State
goes so much deeper than regret.
l sincerely deplore it. Our OBJ.
iects are the same and we ought
to pursue them together. l yield
to your desire only because
must and wish to bid you God
speed in the parting. We shall
continue to work for the same
causes even when we do moi
work in the same way.
with affectionate regard, sin
cerely yours,
Woodrow Wilson,"
The Adair County news., 1915-06-16
Kentucky Fair Dates.

The following are the dates fixed
'or holding the Kentucky Fairs for
1915, as far as reported. Officers of
fairs are requested to report to US any
omissions or corrections of dates:
Danville, July 21-3 days.
Mt. Sterling, July 2l-4 days.
Harrodsburg, July 27-4 days
Winchester, July 2S-4 days
Blue Grass Fair, Lexington, Aug.
2-6 days
Taylorsville, Aug. ga days.
Burkesville, Aug. 1O-4 days.
Vanceburg, Aug. ia days.
Broadhead, Aug. 11-3 days
Perryville, Aug. 11-3 days
Fern Greek, Aug. Ill days
Sanders, Tri.County Fair, Aug. IL
days
Shepherdsyille, Aug. IA days
Lawrenceburg, Aug. ia days
Columbia, Aug. ia days
Stanford, Aug. 1873 days
Eminence, Aug. I9-3 days
Ewing, Aug. 1913 days
London, Aug. 24-4 days
Nicholasville, Aug. 2i-3 days
Elizabethtown, Aug. 24-3 days
Shelbyville, Aug. GA days
Germantown, Aug. 25-4 days
Florence, Aug. 26-3 days
Alexandria, Aug. 31-5 days
Somerset, Aug. 31--4 days
Grayson, Sept. IA days
Barbourville, Sept. Is days
Hodgenville, Sept. 7-3 days
Henderson, Sept IS days
Kentucky State Fair, Louisville,
Sept. 13-6 days
Greensboro, Sept. 2l-5 days
Horse Cave, Sept. 22-4 days
Pennyroyal-Hopkinsville, Sept. 81
days.
Glasgow, Sept. 29-4 days
Adairville, Sept. 30-3 days
Cave City, Oct. A. 6 days
Murray, Oct. Ga days
The Adair County news., 1915-06-16
Paper Lifeboats.

A paper lifeboat that can be
packed away in a space of about
one cubic foot, but which when
inflated, is sea worthy and dura-
BILE, is the invention of a retired
admiral of the Japanese navy.
The boat is constructed from the
the japanese paper called 'hash-
ikirazu." which is treated chem
ically to make it waterproof.
The paper comes from the null
berry tree. 1t is unusually dura-
BILE and possesses great strength
when the stresses are in the d.
rection of the fiber.
A thin sheet of paper that is
strong when stressed in any d.
rection is made by FASTING to-
gether two sheets with the fibers
crossing at right angles. This is
the way in which the paper
boats are constructed. The first
boat manufactured by the admi-
raj consisted merely of a large
pillow with a depression in the
center. the whole being inflated
with air. Because of the ease
with which paper can be pune
tured, it was necessary to change
the mothod of construction, so
several pipe-like bags were made
and placed side by side in the
form of a raft, which finally was
modified to the form of a boat.
The result is a life-saving craft
practically immune to wreck, for
even if one or two of the pipes
are punctured or broken, the
boat still has sufficient buoyancy
to be seaworthy.
Owing to its strength and
lightness, and it's waterproof and
fireproof qualities, this paper is
The Adair County news., 1915-06-16
THE ADAIRYCOUNTY NEWS

evidently adapted to a wide
range of uses, among which are
the making of coverings for
aeropIane wings and for dirigi-
BILE balloons.
The Adair County news., 1915-06-16
Constipation Causes Most Ills.

Accumulated waste in your thirty
feet of bowels causes absorption Of
poisons, thens to produce fevers, up
sets digestion. You belch gas, feel
stuffy, irritable, almost cranky. 1t
isn't you--it's your condition. ELM
mate this poisonous waste by taking
one or two DR.. Kings New Life Pills
tonight. Enjoy a full, free bowel
movement in the morning feel so
grateful. Get an original bottle con
tanning SO pills, from PAUL Drug Co,
to-day for Csc. AID
The Adair County news., 1915-06-16
Choking Him Off.

A man stood in the doorway
of a beer palace the other day,
when a stranger stopped and
wiped his perspiring forehead
with his elbow, and observed
that it was hot. and added:
Suppose that man should
come into your place on a day
like this and"
"Whatsort of mani" inter-
rupted the other.
"Why, an honest, respectable
man about 4Oyears old, who"
with money in his pocket?"
Suppose, sir, that an honest
respectable man. about 40 years
old, should come into your"
"Say, old man," interrupted
the other with much spirit,
don't you try it on me! I'm the
bouncer for the place, and I'd
have to use you awful rough"
The honest respectable man
looked the bouncer over, wiped
his forehead with his elbow, and
said as he started off:
Mighty funny that a man
can't begin to talk in this town
without some one choking him
off and calling him q blk. {"
The Adair County news., 1915-06-16
The Two Letters.

suS WV 9Ss'$sSs
Mr.. Bryan's letter of resigna-
ton and President Wilson's re-
Spouse follow:
"Obedient to your sense of du-
ty and actuated by the highest
natives, you have prepared for
transmission to the German Gov
eminent a note in which I cannot
join without violating what l
deem to be an obligation to my
country, and the issue involved
is of such moment that to re-
main a member of the Cabinet
would be as unfair to you as it
would be to the cause which is
nearest my heart, namely, the
prevention of war.
"I, therefore, respectfully
tender my resignation, to take
eff Yet when the note is sent, un-
less you prefer an earlier hour.
alike DESTROYS of reaching a
peaceful solution of the prob.
lens arising out of the use of SUBJ
marines against merchantmen,
we find ourselves differing irrec-
oncilably as to the metsods which
should be employed.
ut falls to your lot to speak
officially for the nation; l consid.
er it to be none the less my duty
to endeavor as a private citizen
to promote the end which you
have in view by means which
you do not feel at liberty to use.
In severing the intimate and
pleasant relations which have
existed between US during the
past two years, permit me to &C.
knowledge the profound salts
faction which it has given me to
be associated with you in the
important work which has come
before the State Department,
and to thank you for the courte.
sizes extended. With the hearth
est good wishes for your person
al welfare and for the success of
your administration, l am, my
dear Mr.. President,
Every truly yours,
Nv. ]. Bryan.
Washington, June 8, 1916"
PRESIDENTS REPLY.
The Presidents letter to Mr..
Bryan was as follows:
my Dear Mr.. Bryan;
81 accept your resignation on
iy because you insist upon it's &C.
ceptance and / accept it with
much more than deep regret,
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The Presidents letter to Mr..
Bryan was as follows:
my Dear Mr.. Bryan;
81 accept your resignation on
iy because you insist upon it's &C.
ceptance and / accept it with
much more than deep regret,
with a feeling of personal sor.
row. Our two years of close as
ISOLATION have been very delight
full to me. Our judgments have
accorded in practically every
matter of official duty and of
public policy until now; your sup
port of the work and purposes of
the administration has been gen.
erous and loyal beyond praise;
your devotion to the duties of
your great Office and your eager
ness to take advantage of every
great opportunity for service it