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VOL. 79 NO 11 COMM ENC EMI <: NTS ( he-apeaki Cilj II S. Tuesday i" iiv ill.' commencement exercise- 111' ' Ilf,-:. I iy High School weri held ;it Masonic Hall. I In program wa.- as lollow-: Music ■ ■ M irch Music Selection Invocati n Rev. M I*. Nutt. r Awardin" i 1 crtilicalcs to i lie Sc\ enth 'lcailc. Music Selection Saint ,i' 1 ; I “What a St( granher Slum .1 !-,now" I'M win T S' • 11 . | Music Selection E--ay d Valedictory "The Stran a, our Midst” 1 <:i vi l l I!. McCauley liar)) Soio. A fit! re.-- ...I > r. .John \V. U. Sannvalt Music Selection. I’n -ent.'tion of 1 h’domas. Supt. Hugh W. Caldwell Music Selection Benediction Rev. Kenneth Foreman Music Mar -o The ('las- of r.r_>o Commercial Edwin Thomas St-> ' Kenneth Me Coy. F. Marion Thomo on I Leighton Loraine. Paul Ruley Kir l . Academic Ida Ruth Nutter. David Kittenhouse McCauley (Icoi'o-e Watts .Johnson. oo Cecil County 11. S Wednesday moraimi- at Mechanics' Hall. F,lkton_ the commencement exer cises of the Cecil County llifh School were held, the program living as fol lows : Process ;o:;a 1.... “I lod is Our Reiuge* Invo,a:ion Rev, John McKlmovlt* Music Orchestra Saluttuy and Essay "The Monroe I )octi ine’ ... .1 ihuly - Mae Nickle Music Orchc-ri; Oration “The Conservation of hol es! " .lohn M rcer T'-rrell Mine Orehesic.i Addre- Prof. (I. ,1 Schulz. Maryland Stale College Music .. Orches.ia Presi-ntal on of 1 hnloma . Supt. IHgh W. I aldwe I Music Ordiestra Essay and Valedictory "Folk-Lore of the Nations", ... Mai ear. t ! ylo Walton Music Orchestra Benedict ioi Rev. C T Ahlersno Class roll and essay subjects: Ccoro Reynolds Ash, "History of Elkton": Aalton Anderson Borland, "The 1 1 i-lory "f Ameiican Journa.- i*n"; Plat i' Mari | "1 T, of Anna Howard Shaw"; Martha Roger Hende. o • 11 1 st. if American I.it er,".tun”; .K-s-e Midard If ■ "His torical Points and I.andMarUs of Ceci Conn I '': Rulh i Lawr-mc". "Woman Suffrage”: (Had' , 'L-irgar t Miller. "Prison Reform Movement in C. S."; Gladys Mae Niekle "The M nine Ho. trine": Mary Dnnlcir Purnell. “The Model Town”: Sara Elizabeth Sim moils, “Ameri. am ing the Tmmi grant”; John Merc r T- rr. 11. “The Const atioi Is": Margaret Lyle Walton " * I,ori of the Na lions’; Kllei Ratliff Ward, “Disarm;; n' at of Nations." oc Calvert Agricultural 11 ,S. The commencement exorcises (| f the Calvert Agricultural High School were held Thursdav morning. The program follows: Processional School and Faculty Invocation Rev. William Davies Salutary and Essay "Industrial Re construction” < diaries Everett Mon is Essay "Social Reconstruction*. Eva Rebecca White Address to Graduates, George .1. Schulz, n. V, Man-hind State College Essay and Valedictory “Finaneiai Reconstruction", Mary Emma Edward Awarding of Diplomas and Certifi cate.-. . . .Supt. 11 u• • h W Caldwell Other graduates whose names do not :n ; uir ot the •'logram are Rhoila Gifford Churchman. How..id Franklin Tonehton and Ann: Willudmina Van pelt. North East M S. flu* North I-.a.-t High School i-om nieneem. n; was held Thursday even ing. The following is the program, with music he" Ween the ’.arts hy El liott’s i hvhest . I nvocat im Rev D. .1 iiiva n Sain*- and K - iv "An Anureeia tion of Kfig i h Literature in High Schools” Stella Wood ( his,— History Belle Kennedy Class Propi,. .. St. 11a Wood Addres i -v. Hi .iy W. Ewing. of \\ ilmington Essay and Valedictory “A Sten To ward- I lemocr ley". Belle Kennedy Awarding Dip.lum Sin t. Hugh W. Caldwell Benediction , Re\. I). .1. divan Commencement at West Nottingham. The 1 Tilth annual commencement of West Nottingham Academy will he held on Thursday. June 10. and the program is as follows: Music Song hy the School, "Here's to the Flag'” Invocation... Rev. Geo. M. Cummings Washington, 11. < . Introductory Remarks Prof T, H. Grim, Principal Recitation "Going of the White Swan” Edna May Kimble Essay Monroe Fristoe Easav—-“Civilization as Seen hy the 20th Century Student’’ M. Elizabeth Yocifm Recitation—“ Countess of the Tour ment” Mary K. Reynolds r 17 (PH { fta&ll wui/ ■ LiJjvjlL ▼ V X1JH.,.1 | \ ocal Solo I\ a I iiie i I. av "We.-t .\ottin- hum Academy I .ilia Kile ; \I• 1 1-> V, in. I Finni y. D.D . Lincoln ITiivcrsily. Pa. IS i g I School, - .”<>!! Toward the I> S ant Goal” "The New Day..ll. K. Denljnger. D.D. I ■■■ ' dirtion Rev. 1 . II 1 lulfinan oo Western Maryland Commencement. The Golden Commencement of the V. ■ Urn Maryland ( "ii ge will he held si \\ est minster .1 nre it lit. Th" i rst graduating class fifty years ago eoiisisied ol* sev en memhoi s, four voimg m il and three voun"- w*anen. I-Mir of these •aadnates ar s(i|| liv ing and will hi* honnr.d his coin - niei een eat The only ('veil countj '•ra.lua'e this year i- Mary Cordelia iel e s ~(* I ‘oi l I leposil. oo—- ( iimnienct meal at Tome. Coniioencemejft for the Tome School for Buys coni& on June I Ith, 12th ami Blth lliis veai-. star*’ two days later than it did last year. In the past these exerei-cs have not been largely at lended. owing to the fact that many hoy: , who t* ■A- ’ school examtiia i ns, left before the time set for com nieiieemert. This year, however, the examination sehedule has been chang ed so that it (■•ones after commence ment. eons,•firm l ' the whole student hotly will attend the various exer cises. A program of even's follows: Friday. June I I. P_’ M Lust Chapel and Cum l.imde Pint hit ion. 'HI P. M. Cla.-s Day. s :P M t’nnuiiei.cement Dance. Saturday. June 1”, I I A• M. M -ting of the Board of Tl nstees. ;"<• IV M. ('ommeiu ement A d-lri - - hy I h-ai John 11. I .al alie, Johns Hopkins University. I.no P. M. Baseball name, s r'l 1V M Infornial Ihn ee. Sundae, June 1". 11:1)0 .A .M. BioV-* lan lea ie Sermor:, P|", ,1 hn E !ei-i| T ;t!le, 11.1).. of Swarth more. mi Lome School |Vr Cirls I’h Si nil.r Selim.l Pc (iirls of the ■I lei.!. Tome lust i ate will hold its | commencement exei rises the coming ! W'eek with the following [ii’.-.-raiii; I Saturday Jure .T. '• -M. Rccejitii i„ the Alumni 1 :■ t tile Di: el or' I! ddeneo. S'lnday, June il I II A. M. S. i-niiin ie Memorial I i Impel hy Rev, Dr. A B, Mow ■ ray. Washing on, I). C I W* due -day. June !' | _ A. M. I.a -t < Tiapel. I Thu' -day, June in, I IPM I 'ommi ma • Memor I id I hill \ddn- hy Mi-- Floi • | 1 lie- I'., Bamberger, of Johns Hopkins University. P M ■ t a llt v. W ashhigf on Hall I he following are ;he graduates this ( .veal : Lillian Nelson Black. Fritter- i mo; Mildred Mae Browne. Rising ' Sun; Adele Hunt Carson. P*i • TV ; posit; tmiamiirv Gillespie, Port He- I posit; Helen Rebecca Jenkins, Rising ! Sen; Sarah Elizabeth Johnson, North | East; Annie Sntnr Kranss, Port IV \ no-'t: time Murray, I’ort Deposit; , lleh- Gwjnn Rawlings, Rising Smi; Miriam l.ucile Roney North East; I- lorenee Josephine Simmers Port Deposit: Alma Thompson, Street; Mel.die Thompson. Street: Mary Eli x rli Wilson. Rising Sun. LOCAL NBAS ITEMS j ; The s he- of Grouch Chapel will , hold a box social at the chapel on 1 VA i .in- -da;, evening, January P.m n : Wednesday evening. July P. If stormy I next clear evening. Ladies please ; bring boxes. I ceil county has "gone over the top* ' 1 i raising fund ■ for lhe Temple of I Agriculture to he erected in Washing- { to permanent headquarters for | farm organizations throughout the I *oui try. Elwoml Balderson Colvin, is : s' '-ret 1 1 y. who reported a- a meeting ! . ' tile I ceil I-tinners’ (Tub held at the j home of Thomas Miller, that the coun- . try’s ouota had been raised. Chi ferni new ri emit - for the U. S, t j A.i S 'i-viee, from Kent and Queen { A mies counties, were given an air ride from I liesti rtoun (o Aberdeen with Li -ill's .ml Wendell I ’hi! lips Tl" c iu-erl given Saturday night m the High School assembly room. North East, hy the Community Chorus, under the leadership of Mrs. William Rutter, cleared about?" 0, which will he donated to the I'nioii Hospital. Rev. Sidney II Dixon will hold ser vice in Trinity Church, Elkton, ut II a. in., and at St. Mary’s, North East, at 2Pin p. m., on Sunday, June fi. The lot owners of Sharp’s Ceme tery, Incorporated, will hold a meet ing at the honv * Osborne S. Mackie on Saturday o'- 'line 5, for the iiiii''" " electing Directors for the comiii"- year. Leslie Truitt, of Middletown. Del, ha- bought out Theodore Panaretos at the Candy Kitchen on East Main street, Elkton, and has assumed charge. Mr. Truitt is well known in Elkton, being a cousin of Howard S. Vincent. • las- night exercises of the gra hi nting class of the Cecil County High School were held Friday evening tif M-i ha-res' Hall. The exercise , w : o ELKTON. MARYLAND. SATURDAY. JUNE 5, 1920 ■ i \ enjoyable, hut one member ' f tin- .-hiss. George Reynolds Am, v,;.- l-'e,ruled hy a temporary indisposi tion from taking his part. Children's Day was observed Sun day i" oning at the Elkton Presby terian Church, and a large congiega ti"ii enjoyed the exercises. A stable on the farm of Thomas Baber, near Chesapeake ( i,y. c a- ..c --rt'-.W'd hy J*.i Si,lard-.,' afternoon, together with about three lens of hay. The lire j- supposed to have origin ut'-d from a smoldering giinwad. as •Air. Baker had been searing away birds smile time previous. The loss r purtly covered hy insurance. The Junior Mechanics of Childs presented to the Jackson Hall School of which Miss Edith Robinson is prin cipal. an .American Hag on Saturday hist. The Hag was presented hy Mr. Harmon B Hayes and ivn- received for the school hy Mr. Albert D. Mack I'.s 11 . A pleasing pregram was also rendered hy the school children. By the recount in the six lower ■'■'unlie. „f the Eastern Shore. T. Alan Goldshorough gained 12 votes over Itiltoi \\. Robertson, hi- ojiponent, making his majority Kl. The Robert i;"U force- have waived recounts Ken;. < ceil and Queen Amies, which insures Mr. (ioldshorough’s nninina- Jjon as the Democratic candidate for * 'lngres from this district. Dean Firman Thompson, who has been a member of the Delaware Col lege faculty for 12 years, presented his resignation to the Board of Trus tees recently. He ha- accepted a position as chief chemist with a Phila delphia linn at a substantial salary increase over that received at the college. This latte,- fact was. accord ing to his statement, the sole reason for his resignation, which will become ctlective at the close of (he present academic year A moving van from Baltimore in 1 passing ( eeillon. crashed iut • a ma- ' chine driven hy F. A. Price, of Ce dl ton and one driven hy Sanford Roe, | <! Wilmington, badly dama.e-ing both 1 mi's. In the mix-up the driver of the 1 van had a : -g broken and was reinov- j ed to a Baltimore hospthil The Third Di-tricl Women's Auxi liary Gommittey of Union llosnit.il I d';siri sto expre ptihliely (he than: of th" Commitiee> in the Patriotic Lit erary i uij of Elkton (Mrs Ta ’ lay . Pn -idem i foi the e on 1 enn * Jj •' Iding of the Mat • ■ • j Ihe I ommittee also aekiaiwledg' s ! contril ation of Ui the gcii"ra| f o ,| ■ ' ■ ■ W ■' I-:- d Si • lie Ci ch* Bj I Elizabeth B. Thaeki-ry, 5... ■ - , ' I ary. ' The I fiend-- f < ild I irav a r | have made arrangements for their an ■ anal servin', which will he held on Sunday. June (!, at the old chunr, •: > ; , . . ii 1 I 1 " line:, pastor of Hanover Preshy ter i lan Ghio h. Wilmington. \v II pn aeTi ! (hi- sermon in the morning, and J. I-, | MeMas'er. of Jer v i ily. N. J.. will make an address in he afternoon. The Children’s service will he held j at Rig Elk Chapel Sunday evening, at s o'clock, to which the public is given | a cordial invitation. The first quar I terly conference of the liarg - will he j held at Cherry Hill Jure S. at HI a. ra. On June 11 and 12 Mr. Balia d ■ Landscape Gardner, will he in iV i I county for active service. He will j meet with committees from Ca'vert | and Dome the Jaekon Hall school !m- I provement Association to ad 1 i.-“ an 1 draw up plans for improving these i-- poi : . a-hi ; Mr. Bali nd - services are free. Should any indi.i : i mil or organizations i„ the county etc- i sir" iii- services, kindly notify Mh- Esther T. Wot ring. Home I lemon ‘ra tion Agent, before those dales. I The Women’s Club of Appleton m ‘ j at I la- home ■ f Mrs. William Modes- . I key, Wednesday i ■\enitig. May 2li. with about 27 members present. Mr. - . | Robinson and Miss Evelyn Kimble I gave very interesting talks on labor i saying devices in the kitchen, Mrs | -Milhurn used the canning of corn, peas and beans as her subject an I : why she found the cold pack the l, ■ method for running. Mi.- W'.c mg I ' gave a talk al-o, after the soe.al hoii; i j the eluh closed to navi at the home i I | Mrs. I larv ey F. Let on W ediii -I i ■ evening, June 2'!. I I.ceds AL I’. Sunday m iiool will 1m ! ; their Children’s Day services on the I evening of June I". ; Ihe ladies of the Zion M. 1-i. Church I will hold a festival on the church lawn U I dill slay m iiing, .l ine 1(1 K\i ry j hodv invited lo come, Mrs. Peter Tome, mother of Peter I'i T"ine. Baltimore, celebrated her 1 ninetieth birthday .Monday at the' home of John 11. Kimble, treasurer "I Tome Institute, during the day. M; -. Tome received the good wishes of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She enjoyed with Hu nt her generations a long automobile ride an dexpressed herself as feeling line. The budget of the board of educa tion for Cecil county to he presented to the county commissioners will he sAll, ooo in addition to the sum an miiillv provided forthe schools. This additional amount is the result of a hill passed at the legislature for in creased salaries of the teachers for Hie county. The Conservation Commission of Maryland is on the lookout fm viola tors of the fishing laws on the Gnn nowder and Susquehanna rivers. Congress having failed to appro priate funds to carry on the work at the Aberdeen Proving Ground arrang ments are being made to reduce the working force to 400 workmen, thus throwing out of employment by July 1 about 1400 employes. The directers of Chesapeake City 1 National Bank have appointed Jesse L ire. and, of Galena, to he cashier dining the ilhies- of Richard S, Wal lis, who underwent a serious opera tion Saturday In a Baltimore hospital. A new marriage law of Maryland went into effort June 1, when the age "f a f> mah without tlu cons, : ; of her parent was raised from !>'. to IS year* and license fee i- increascil from r! to S 2. Mr and M rs. C. K. Lilly, of Perry- | vide announce thi coming marriage I of their'daughter. Guide 8., to \ ..r- U"U L. Dull’, of llavre de Grace. ’ Mr.-. Virginia Hearn, agi-i -l died at her home in Cambridge. Deceased leures a daughter, Mrs, L. B Phillips "I I*.!kimi, and Rev. Samuel Hearn, of (’harlottesi die, \'a. ( barged with picking the pockets "I R. * .Reeder, ea-hier ot' liie Nortii Ei National Rank. A Lr a 11 : in in Baltimore, a man ."rim ■ Phdadilphia uas arresud in tli. ; .- hy Iwu detectives. Ihe < - . Army Ri A - anieii by the hoys wl - I in the Wot Id War. olisen ed M , ini Day at Cherry Hill, where many people gathered The Elia c; Band fund In-d the music and th -.tor of the da’ m - Wdiiam T. War. -rli ... of the i c- intv far. A urogram had I arranged hy worie> of the "urious rharehes. Slai Attorney Harr'sut W. \ ■ rs. of Kent county, has I ecn apuoint ci iiy G.o-ernor Ritchie to - ... h- i>man "I the Co; rvation C.immission of Maryland. I he annual reunion of Hie Alumni Assoriatiot; ~f Hie Cecil County High •School wa- In !<i In the Elkton Arm ory Saturday night A A’ictor Davis, "i Fflkton. was re-elected uresident ■ii’D Miss Etta If ulden, i f Elkton. sec retary and treasurer. The tssoeia j 'ton ur-seeted i., J. Mer ■ Terrell, a I memhec of this vear’s .-i-aduiiting | .'hiss of he Ce i! Cn.irtv HhH’ S-h- o' . gold Ini '■ - around • nf)f) DEATHS OFTHKWKKK R ). Widiam J Ri wan. The fuller... of Re .Wi 1 an. J. J;.,. wan, minister of tlu Newark Pie-' v- * tcriai' I ,’hut -h, who di d suddenly i riday evei .nr. took plaee Tuesday fti not at 2 o'cl n;k Servi . w err lu 'd in the church and in;ermenj n.-'e ■ in the anal, i \ of tin- pr sovti ; ' l.'irch . ■ th • Head . ■' i hr!-' an . After eating h.s supper- on Friday I right hv went into hi- garde l ; to ,i . I' "HU 1 \\i Mul was taken anil • i'. a ■ fvjit; .’■. the >. - :1 1 of 1 eerehral lu-niorrhag.. . He had been in good health. Mr. Rowan - ( . .■ . Lalayetti i .*ilege, at:■ r which he iva "■radnati I ft m Prineetot. Theological Seminary it: :irs charge was the Broadway P: e.-oytenar. Chaivii. Bal timore, from wh mce he came to New ark in Septend-et. l>4ih. ar.d an,.- mil istor of the ch trch tliei ■ . I- ■ ■ R'o4 to ll'Hi he v.-.s an assistant • Lessor ia Delaware College, teaching sociology and rhetoric A: one time he reed as a commissioner from the Presbytery ;o the Genet ti A-semCy all dhad 1 eel chairman of th.- commit tee on examinations for a long time; "as interested in civic affairs: grand chaplain of th< Grand la Ige of M r -ms of Delaware: a studort f birds and their habits. He I- ■ irvived hy his wif ■ an : three I children. A! i-s Jrsimia Marshull Miss Joanna Marshall, daughtei f I the late Thomas and Sarah M •<’leave Marshall, died Monday at the home of iln r cousi i, Mis. Martha Sa mdei | Liberty (it ve, it her n i ety-eig ' year. AH-- Marshall was an authoress i some note She resided in Baltimore ui ti It he last two years, when she .mi" to Liberty Grove. She was re inavka-.ie for her kindne-s ar.d ht-r iiiifailiug courtesy to al! with when: | -lie can in contact. Hei f literal was hel 1 Werim ... I afternoon from the reside!.. ,• rit-’i in phew. Th.onia- B. Marshall) ii Bit I 'more, villi i i.t i. ~! r D p <metery. Miss Margaret K. Strickland. Miss Margaret E. Strickland died early Monday morning at her home mi East Main street. Elkton. aftei in illness of several w ek. .;' heart ti oidde. Miss Strickland was a daugh’er > f , tli" kite Price Su-ickiand. of Elkton, I and was about sixty-four years of age. lor many years she was an e cu nt as.-istdiii at the Elkton p..~r office. She is -arvi'.ad hy two -i-tei- Miss.-s Sadie R. a' d Mary S. S-ii.-P- | land, of Elkton. The funeral was held Wedt e-! ~ afti moon, with interment at the Kli;- ton Presbyterian Cemetery Hilton T. \ andegrift. Hilton T., the five year old >i of Mr and Mrs. Richard Vandegrift, for merly of Elkton, I>nt tv>w of Wilming ton was struck and killed hy an auto mobile in that city Wednesday of last week. The remains were brought to Elk ton Saturday for interment at Elkton C emetery In August. P.HS, while the family lived in Elkton, Mr, and Mrs. A’ande grift lost a little daughter, Gladys R.. five years of age, hy being run over by an automobile on West Main street. J Swann Everisf. j J Swann Evcrist, a native of Part !>■ i■ ■ s;t. (bed Saturday in Philadc? 1 phia. of pneumonia. ji-odu ”>2 year? l . Mr. Kverist for a number of yearn 1 was a prominent business man of Havre d i,rare. At the be—innint; of 1 " r he i ve up business and had j '■■ in war work since. At the time i "f hi.- death he was the storekeeper ' at the ! 1 ■■ Island shipyard M. survived bv his wife and three KfhterS; Mrs. I tenry Rut I 'dee, iif j I l ' it;- iiie; Miss Hilda K\erist, and a | tajt diiuphtei ; also by a brother and | '■ s l<■ I . .Mrs i , 11. Roy ■. and Mt'=- M art ha Kverist Baltimore. Ihe lunera 1 was held Monday, with intei: ei t a! Wes t Nottinirham’Conn tery. Mrs. (leoryt* Maitnw. Mrs Dora Matr-.w wife ' (lenrirn ■lProvidence, died Wednes 'lav 11 1 last week at I'nion Hospital. rP-lkton, after a iomr illness of a com plication of diseases. Before mar ’ ace <he was Miss Myers, of near ( 'a!vert. She was thirty-eiuhl years of aire. and i' survived by her husband' aiM seven children. Mrs. Isaac Rogers. Mr-. Martha Jane Rogers, wife of fs.iar Rouevs, died Friday of last Week at their home at Bay View, from | apo'dev", a-o,| sixt v-ei-ht years. " The i u rent I w - as held Monday, with ires at It.av \ iew M, P i'hureh r' r* interment in the adjoining ceme terv, David Pant illeone. I 'a’ id Pantilleono. a native of Daly, dad Monday morning at his home reai Bou den’s Chapel, aired eighty tou? years. Several ehihlren survive him. r a erai "vice w;e held Thursday n’o' idnir a nine oVloek, at the Klkton ' athnlic Church. William Rink. ’a Rir.k. son 1 f Haivey and | •Via Pink, died of pi . aim alia. Thin i day. Miy .a! his '-acne in Klrama. 1 ii- a: Pittsburgh. lb- wa - m his :!:!•) ! I year an 1 had he , ■r, jneahd for I j'• ar- The funeral ser\ ie,. was held { ' ndin fternom rhi home of Mrs. 1 •Da n T.\ 'or. Risi. - Sin . Kdwin K. 1 l; A. ■ I! I re. ,( ■ Meet he.,, i ' tin hi n Frit ids bn-ving -rmn d. SUM.. “COHN .M ICK" ‘'Ml >!\\ IN IMI Shi ’tVS Jh i de: ;Ce- ca Iv this j e • the ’.idnous sor- Sn teh • a and upon ’ "it ; t tor ■ ■' J hn K . sell, of North i ’>'• Hall and removed lit to I 1 where ■I- : i "i". •>' ih many itrnaa-s "Me. have removed n recent : n Vinri it. ('• Ml eoumv. Amo ■■ his ht i n gs is alleged, i he brought ■ well-eouitmcd stj|i and a s;,leialid te dmi.me ;: the distillat on : proeess. Fas’, e’ enin'r Russ. '1 a, rding to la- -ana went to 11 A plaee. no m nanied hv Andrew Jones, and pur chased a -allot! of “moonshine.’’ So d< tsini w ■ Rtis ; that he decided j t-> tak.- te' gallon . \ price of s ISa w:- urreed upot i the liquor- , 1 r-atsht "hi it is al’etred. Russell | iher detdare.l that the - en trillions win ! j not tin to the standard of the sample. I am! demurred Thereupon Hall pro 1 da ed a pistol, it is alleired. and drove i las e: *ll er f away, lienee the call to the -heriff. Hall’s place is remote front ■ivilization Sheriff Seth describes it >s an idea] “i o man’s land " It i' said that the odor of whiskey in the tnnkmg was notieeahle i.efore tin* Hii - sighted Th. tasters pro ",'ii'.cc. ihe r whisl,.'v solendid Spec poll fi o.iidt dispa* h te Baltimore (ion WEDDINGS MaeDoiiouv.h —l.ei.b. M . I MaeDoiaamh. of Tided.-, j f/1 no Miss At "i Mary Leah. ■ ■ of Mr. i i Mrs. Faiward t '.. an, r.i 1 ilpiti M r:- 1". we:e i|liietly | \ji a ed \\ dn ho .May i *Mtt Rev. . 1 . J( in MeKlmoyle. : The yolliv couple w.c •• lender- 1 a serei adi ft sda e\a We t \ mwell Sunday 'dn d. They' left on I Tl'-.'.-ii f .■ Iheii future home in Till-: “CKCII, (til MV I U Mill It I The i ship “Cecil County' was Moinehed (a; Saturday last at the Hal t.aiore Diy I locks and Ship Building Company. Mrs, .1 T. C. Hopkins, ol | Port Deposit, wa ssponsor at the a"i chiny. The ship’.- dimensions are as follows; I..mirth. 11l feet; beam, a feet; depth, feet inches; ton J mure. 10.n.00. She i- e'luipped with three Scotch nl hurnir.tr boilers and (Jeneral Klec ! I-'., -eared tarldnes, developing 2‘>oo shaft horsepower, speed ten knots. Time required to build and launch six months with two months additional for completion. Cost about S2,bOU,- oi M i Thus,, present at the launehinir were Mr. William B. Davis, Miss Davis, Mr. and Mrs Thomas B. Miller, Mr. and Mrs I T. Kepler. Miss Price, Mr. K. Herder. Mr. Charles S Pyle, Mr. Evans K. Ewing. Mr. Cecil Ewintr. Mr. and Mrs Howard 1! I.otran, Mr. and Ml -. F. W ' Japp. Mi-- Clapp, Mr. J. T C. Hopkins. Jr.. Mrs. i.. G. White, Miss Roberta White Mr. and Mrs. H. 1!. Clapp and Mr. a; : Mr.-. W. Popper Consta 1 le, WHOLE NO. -4.046 PURELY PERSONAL • aids have I iff n issued Tor the mar riage *•! Mi.-;- Thelma Berger, daugh ter of Mr. ami Mr-. Lea Daniel Ber "i f ‘1 I 'll ihulei ph ia, to Thoma.- F Aer/.a, of ( alifornia The eeremony "ill lake plan in Protestant Kpiseo pal ( Tuiteh, i >■ ,-apeake <'ity. June 0. Mi. ami Mis. !• led Strickland, of Providence, entertained a nnmher of Iriends at their home on Saturday evening. Mav Ut, in honor of the ■"ivei sary of their daugh- Jei I’.•arl. wlios.. .■• * ,- agemepi to Harry II ( leaves, of Kiklon, was announced. Mi.-s Klizaheth Cook, a graduate of 1 0-0 <das- of the Fmereetiey Hospital. \\ a 'hit'"'i on It, ('. i- spending a few 'lay- with her parents. Quite a number of Joeal people are n Montelair, \e\v Jersev. for me "eek e d attending the wedding of Captain Walhtce William-, -on of Mr. and Mi Frank F. Williams, to Ml-- Klr/aLeth Bulkley Smith, of Mont ‘‘lair, whieh takes fdaee on Saturday evening - . Jll.le ... in the Fir.-t Cottgrc aal ion*. ( hureh. Phe wedding will • ve-v simple one. Mis Mary Otis T-rrell, of Wa.-h --i,;f!on. spent several days witn Mi ami Mrs Daniel S, Terrell this v.etk. Mi Charles Uhike, of Detroit, has heen vi Ring relatives in Klkton Mr and Mis. William Sterling Fv.nts pent th. week-end a. Atla -:tc City. - Ida Cameron, .f I!a'timo,-. spem the week end with the Misses lir.-ittoii. Mi- - Kiizaheth \ Brown and Mary Cantwell have hee n spending several da\ - in Ww York City. I’rin, ipal K. I! Foekler, of the Cecil t minty Jligh Sehool. etitertiiined the I'adna'ing class and faculty tit his i' North Ka Wt dnesd'ay even ing of last week Mo. Frederiek llohhein. of Chew * j'ase, and Mrs. Mabel F. Kills, of W.-.-hii-arton were truests this week at Ihe hon of their brother. Dr. W < awley Mr. i eorw Reynolds Ash entertain eh his fellow members of the gradu *ll . ■ Lis- and the family ..f the * 1 * in i' I lit-h Selionl Mondav • v < nit e m Loin.- a- llolU- Hall. L • tiny ly ■• O -is m - d for the ! e•T Mi Ma da en S. hillit g. - ■' K ■ on. to I arl i*. Nurnherg, , - M !m i ii - tin 1 ''eir.-h of Im’ma ea ' e C neetd ion. KL ,•: lane to. ci.osim: exercises mu schools 1 hi-11; j ext i, i -e- for Ihe pupils of ' ' ■ ftl i hi, Klk --| l f- an.i U est Amwe ■s* h were held at he Klkton High School on Mot tiny. May ;|. at - ' ** Ml Ft ed I 1 W is - , a inemher of the Sehool Hoard. I" '■ el' i I wont;. •-••'. eii pupils ~ ee i-- i • eit - ate f ■ La\ 11:• • ■•■•.a pleted th- work of the elementary sehool. The program was as follows. Addles.-. Snpt. IF . h W. Caldwell; address of welcome, M;-s Hilda Sing- MIUM: Ihe Hoy- \\ eieome, William 1 errell; Fehoe. of Sprint* - , by class; duel. Lli/ahelh I. Scott and Franklin M. t ullough; declamation, Clarence Kirk: meeting - of •• he Sunshine Club” "y fit' - class; recitation. Lincoln’- Ad ■h -- at (iettyslmrtr, Hilda Sintrman; t-rriny ccri it’icatcs of promotion, Mr K. !!. foikler. Principal; presen tation of Medai. I-red Lewis; closing address, Kli/.aheth I. Scott. Music was furnished by tile Cecil County High School Orchestra. I h*‘ medal for highest proficiency in the Seventh grade work was award ed to Miss Klizaheth Lee Seott O(01 VIA COMMISSIONERS The County t ommissioners met on I tie-day to hear delegations. Messrs. Irvin D i iiillith. Reuben Reynolds and W . R Cameron present. A delegation fr 0 mth,• Fifth dis- Iriet. with 11. M. McCullough, i'.’si [~ as -poke-man. asked improvement of the new Klk Neck road. ’Phe Commiss ioner- promised to inspect the road. \ delegation from the Ninth district asked the gia ~ ing ot the road from 1 ah ert to I arminglon, nhout ■' mites. M . John While -aid he would gravel I i miles, from Calvert to covered bridge. fo r POO. NO action was i aken Snpt. ( aldwoil and others asked that an addition he made to the eol ■i -d school in Klkton. N,, action was I alien. Mr -I. R. 11. ; r.ee asked that a ridge he Ini ji I o\ r Sandy Branch, Lit" een !■ ir-t :d Second district . No action taken ooo HU. I li;i 1) , VES I RAPS Phi fty tiapshooter- participated in a shoot at Port Deposit on Monday. The Decoration Day event of the Port Depo.-it linn (Tub was a preliminary ■ession to the registered shoot on July ID. when more than lilt) sportsmen have promised to compete at the traps. Phe scores () f Monday's shoot at ■‘•li targets were: Fall, 4d; Love, II; Shade, 41; lluhhy, !■'!; Barr, 111; Pauling, 111; .). Abrahams, 41; Bas silt. Ill; 1.. A Abrahams, dll; Wright, ill); K Baker, .'lit; J. Baker. .‘4B; Brown. •’IT; Dr. Benson, •'!(!; Campbell ill; IHilTy, ill. ooo TRAININC SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT The annual commencement exer cises of the Cnion Hospital Training School for Nurses will he held on Thursday, June 10. at 10,JO a. m., tit Mechanics' Hall. Klkton. The graduates wil] he Misses Atla S. Knight, Helen W Stewart and Cenevieve K. McDaniel, The public is cordially invited.