The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-12-30
LOCAL JOTTINGS OF THE WEEK

Inc lOlcneStef company mas us
continued for the winter the sailing of
the steamer Susquehanna on the Port
eposit-Baltimor line.
Raynor Carey, of the Asheville IN.
c. Farm School has been spending
his holidays with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George o. Carey, of North East.
The annual meeting of the Rising
Sun Milk Producers Protective Asso-
citation will be held at Rising Sun at
p, M, today, Saturday.
Mr.. Harold w. Horsey, of Dover,
has been elected captain of the Della
ware College baseball team for the
coming season. Horsey graduated
from Dover High School in 1913, and
was active in high school athletics.
He has played in the left field position
on the Delaware nine for three years.
Horsey has won a prominent place in
college activities. He is at present
editor-in-chief of the Delaware College
Review, the college weekly, and presi-
dent of the newly organized Arts and
Science Club. He is leading member
fthe local chapter of Sigma Nu fra
ternity.
The Baltimore County Racing Asso-
citation rejected the application on
Thursday of the East Baltimore Driv-
ing Association of Baltimore county
for racing days in the spring, at the
new mile track, which the association
proposed to construct at Bengies. The
rejection was based on the ground that
there now is sufficient racing in the
county. Whether an appeal from the
decision of the Commission to the Cir
ault Court for Baltimore county will
be made is not known. No appeal be-
yond the Circuit Court can be taken,
At the annual meeting of the Bri-
tam Detective Association Harry
Fairiamo was elected president: John
j. Schaffer secretary; James Wood
treasurer.
Or. Stanley Steele, formerly of
Chesapeake City and Elkton, is seri-
ously Ill at his home in Wilmington.
Del, with pneumonia.
st. Andrews (Goldsborough Me-
moriaD Church, Andora The Sunday
school Christmas Festival Ito include
singing of Christmas carols) will be
held on Sunday next in connection
with the service at p. m. All are
cordially invited.
With mighty flare that Illuminated
the country for many miles, one of the
mills in plant No. at the Carney's
Point, N. j., works of the dupont
Powder Company was burned Monday
night about 1:30 o'clock. No one was
hurt as none of the workmen was in
or near the building at the time of the
fire. More than five thousand pounds
OF powder were cnosumed, and the
mill was totally destroyed The money
loss will amount to about $4,000 or
$4,000. A number of persons in Elk
ton saw the flash, and many houses vi
brated from the shock.
Watch night services will be held
in Bay View M. P. Church Sunday
evening, December 81, beginning at
$3.50 p. M, and lasting over into 1917
Come, one and all, and watch the new
year in.
The Bay View M. P. Sunday school
gave their annual Christmas entertain
ment and treat on Tuesday evening.
December 26, to large audience. The
little children formed the chief por-
ton of the program, and one and all
went through their parts like little
professionals; then when Santa walk
ed IN, he went to each child present
and shook hands with them, his happy
antics amused everybody present and
they all went home happy that they
had been at Bay Views exercises.
II. M. Whalen, of Tome Institute,
while walking on the icy pavement In
Port Deposit, fell, breaking an arm
between the shoulder and elbow.
Fire Sunday night DESTROYED the
barn on the Sproul farm at Andrews
Bridge, with its valuable contents. IS
cows, 8 horses, many implements and
large quantity of provender. How
the fire started is mystery. The farm
is operated by Benjamin Streigle and
is the place on which Senator William
Sproul of Chester was born. There
was an insurance on the barn and Mr..
Streigle and the owner had insurance
on the contents, both in the Southern
Mutual Insurance Company, but nei-
.her will cover the loss, which will be
fully $4,000.
Alexander Johnson, colored has
been lodged in Jail at GaIera for an
attempt to kill another negro and for
killing horse. Another colored man