The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-11

Inc cunning season opened yestef-
day (Friday).
Big Temperance Rally tomorrow,
Sunday morning, at Blythedale, in the
Household of Faith Church. under the
auspices of the Anti-Saloon League.
J. o. Miller, of Baltimore, will be the
chief speaker There will be other
speakers also. Special music. Silver
offering will be taken for the benefit
Of the Temperance Cause. Everybody
welcome.
The regular meetings of the County
Commissioners. Orphans Court and
School Commissioners will be held at
Elkton next Tuesday.
Crouch Chapel Sunday school near
Elkton will hold Harvest Home SER
vices tomorrow, Sunday evening, at
730. The address will be by Hon. H.
M.McCullough. Everybody invited.
Miss Agnes B. Squier's music class
gave a musicale in Riverside Theatre,
Port Deposit. last evening.
Robert Segars, colored, aged about
20 years, of Philadelphia, was arrest
ed by Bailiff Potts Monday evening
and turned over to Philadelphia de-
tective. The young man, who is a son
ol the late Joe Segars. formerly of
Elkton. had escaped from the insane
ward of Philadelphia Hospital.
All members of the Third District
Calendar Club are urged to make spec
iai personal efforts for the success of
rhe supper and bazaar to be held No
vember %, % and "a in Mechanics
Jiall M,tn,.;t,,
mex of Union Hospital. The object is
a most worthy one and should be lib
orally patronized
The ladies of Summit Bridge M. f.
Church will hold a poultry supper on
Wednesday and Thursday evenings,
November Is and l6, ice cream. cake
and chicken salad will be for sale.
Tickets % cents.
An automobile. the property of R.
P. Mellor, of Winchester, Md, was
burned last Sunday near Cecilton, evil
IDENTIFY caused by the engine back-fr-
ing.
The stone work on the new Calvert
Agricultural High School building has
been completed and brick layers start
ca to work this week.
The Girls Athletic Association of
Calvert Agricultural High School will
hold pie social in Rosebank Hall,
next Thursday evening.
The package containing $1,000 in
currency. which was delivered by
Cashier Robert C. Reeder, of the First
National Bank of North East, to Mr..
Beale, agent for the Adams Express
Company, that town, one day last
week for shipment to Baltimore, and
which mysteriously disappeared be-
fore the arrival of the train upon
which the money was to be placed, has
been found. It's whereabouts was a
mystery for two days. Search high
and low was made for it, and detec-
tlves were sent to the county to aid
the local authorities to unravel the
mystery While they We're trying to
get on to theory, the package was
picked up by Mrs. Beale in the abck
yard of her home. 1t was unbroken
and the theory is that the thief got
frightened after he grabbed the pack
age and threw it away. The home of
Agent Beale is only a short distance
from where the package was stolen.
On November IA a special election
will be held at Havre de Grace to de-
eide whether to close the ends of two
streets to permit the erection of d
100000 hotel on the Susquehanna
river.
The Cleaners of Elkton NJ. E.
Church will hold a "Chocolaterie" in
the room adjoining the store of Chas.
II. LETTERS on Main street, next Tues
day afternoon and evening. November
IA. Hot chocolate, cakes and candies
for sale. For benefit of church i'm
provement fund.
One million eight hundred thousand
new dimes were placed in circulation
Saturday by the Philadelphia Mint.
The coins were issued to banks and
trust companies. simultaneously. an
equal number were sent out from the
mints in other cities. The design is
a new one, much simpler than that of
the old coins.
Christian Endeavor Society of the
Leeds NJ. P. Church held Prohibition
rally last Sunday evening with DR..
Courtland Springer, president of the
{. h. Union of Maryland. as the prin-
cIpal orator.
Colora Branch of the Needle Work
Guild of America will hold its annual
meeting and exhibition of garments at
Colora today, Saturday. Madame
Claire Guedy, Of Lyons, France. will
address the meeting.
Newark Council will increase the
water supply by sinking another ar
tesian we'll and installing an addition
al pumping station.