The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-10-14
LOCAL JOTTINGS OF THE WEEK

and sustained a fractured arm.
The piece of pike from Calvert to
the Mason and Dixon line below
Chrome, on the Oxford road, is COM
pleted, with the exception Of finishing
up in places, which will soon be done
by w. d. Ewing, who had the work
in charge.
Miss Tsai. a Chinese girl, is now
member of the Freshman class of the
Women's College. Newark. Del. The
new student arrived on Monday and
was given welcome by the other
students. She came from Fort Wayne,
Indiana, where she had been attending
9 preparatory school. Miss Tsai was
assigned to this college by T. S. Wong,
director of the Chinese Educational
Mission, Washington, D. C. Governor
Charles R. Miller and Senators du
Pont and Salisbury were interested
III securing the new student.
Elkton Gun Clubs registered shoot
next Tuesday, October IT, commenc-
ing at 10 o'clock. Eight events at 20
targets.
Delaware College opened the foot
ball season last Saturday by defeating
the Pennsylvania Military College at
Chester va score of 21 to 0.
The monthly social of Cayot's M. E.
Church will be held on Thursday eve
ming, October 10. at the home of Mr..
Harry Davidson. Everybody invited.
The Wilmington District Epworth
League. in annual session in the New
Port Methodist Church Thursday and
Friday of last week. elected these of
hrprc. ,,rn.,I,.4 H., Dzl
ert Watt; president, T. r. Ely; first
vice president. Rev. l.. McDougle; sec
ond vice president, Miss f. B. John
son; third vice president, Rev. V. P.
Northrup; fourth vice president, Miss
Lena Lyman; Junior League superin-
tendent. Mrs. S. NJ Keen; secretary,
Mrs. c. NJ. Bicking. and treasurer. Ed
win L. Haines.
The State Council of the Daughters
of Liberty will meet at Havre de
Grace Thursday and Friday of next
week.
The recent carnival held at Bav
View by the Bay View M. P. Church
netted the sum of $291.6O.
Rally Day and Harvest Home will
be held at Cayot's NJ f. Church to-
morrow, Sunday, afternoon, service
beginning at 2:30 and preaching by
Rev. NJ. d. Nutter, of Chesapeake
City. Evening service at 1870. Speak
ing and singing will be the services
for the day. Everybody invited to
come and spend a pleasant day at
Cayot's.
Members of West Amwell Sunday
school will celebrate their annual
Harvest Home this Sunday after
noon and evening, at 2:30 and 7:30.
The afternoon service will be ad-
dressed by w. J. Rowan, of Newark,
Del. and DR.. George P. Jones. of Elk
ton. In the evening short song SER
vice to be followed by an address by
Hon. H. M. Mccullough. All friends
of the school are very cordially in
vited to be present at both services.
Rev +. H. Huffman. of West Not
tingham Presbyterian Church, con-
Quoted services in Elkton Presbyter-
ian Church last Sunday evening.
The October meeting of the Cen
tury Club was held at the home of
Miss Sarah Kite. Providence, thirty
four in attendance. A very pleasing
program was rendered. The next
meeting will be held on November 3
at the home of Miss Lucy Grant. En-
tertainment committee for next meet
ing, Misses Pearl Strickland and
Catherine Harvey and Mr.. Paul Ar
buckle.
B. H. Kilmon, of Wilmington, has
been appointed special officer at the
Elkton passenger station and entered
upon his duties on Wednesday.
Jacob Reynolds. of Elkton. for the
last year a special officer on the P, B.
& W. Railroad. has resigned and will
engage in business in Elkton.
Florence and Emily Blake. small
daug ghters of County Commissioner ].
Frank Blake, of Childs. and Mitchell
vandegrift, young son of Benjamin
Nandegrift, were driving down the
road at Childs, Friday of last week,
when the girth broke. the shafts flew
up and allowed the carriage to run
up on the horse, frightening the ami
NAL and causing it to run. The only
thing that saved the children was the
cool way in which little Miss Florence
held on to the reins. guiding the horse
down the road and finally succeeding
in stopping it at the Seminary farm
with no one hurt.
Town Council of Elkton will endea-
vor to have the State Roads Commits
sion improve the sections of State
road through Elkton. which was prom
ised several years ago. To show the
amount of travel on Elkton streets by
tourists a tab has been kept on the
travel for several days, including
Sunday, when 1850 cars passed the
corner of Main and Bridge streets. the
intersection of the State roads. of
which nearly 80 per cent We're foreign
cars.
Miss Josephine Stearns, of Warwick
is a patient at Hahneman Hospital,
Philadelphia, undergoing treatment
for appendicitis.
Ernest Wood of Elk Neck. is con-
fined at Union Hospital. Elkton. suf-
fering with typhoid fever.
Little Elk Tribe, l. o. r. NJ. No. 80,
Of Cherry Hill, requests all members
to be present next meeting night, Oc-
toher ~. Important business to be
transacted.
Carrolrs Laundry. of Havre de
Grace, calls for laundry on Mondays
and delivers on FridaVS Family ua aSh