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VOL,. XXIX. RISING SUN, CECIL COUNTY. MD., FRIDAY, APRIL -j(>. 1907. NO. :>■
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Short Paragraphs of Events in the County
During the Past Week.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED.
Rain, sleet and snow on Friday.
The martins have again taken up
their residence in town.
Thunder gnst Tuesday evening,
with a rain that was a great help
to young vegetation.
Presiding Elder A. S. Mowbray
occupied the pulpit of the M. E.
church on Sunday morning.
The Joseph J. Alexander prop
erty, of 25i acres, near Red Pump,
has been purchased by John Cam
eron for $425.
The J. Wesley Gifford farm,
near Bay View, has been pur
chased for $3,800 by Samuel
Harris, of Elkton.
Magistrate Gilpin, of Elkton,
has placed George S. Maun, of Elk
Mills, under a peace bond of $l5O,
upon complaint of his wife.
The Collings farm, lying along
the Elk river, in Elk Neck, has
been purchased by Oscar A.
Turner, of Cambridge, for S9OOO.
\V. H. Gracie has sold twenty
acres of his farm near Perry ville to
Pennsylvania parties for $5,500,
who will open a quarry on the
tract.
Harry Price, of Chesapeake City,
has filed a bill for divorce from his
wife Althea Price, on the ground of
abandonment, in the Circuit Court
for Cecil County.
Mrs. Annie Grant, of near town,
has a dominie pullet that is mak
ing a record as a layer. Since com
mencing some weeks ago the pullet
has not failed to lay au egg daily.
Mrs. Ella Boyd of Port Deposit
has presented Tome M. E. Church,
in that town, with a handsome
new Bible, also white satin riobon
markers for both Bible and hymnal.
The Standard Oil Company has
had its big storage tank at Port
Deposit, which was washed a dis
tance of a quarter of a mile or more
by the ice gorge, replaced in its
proper position.
Gov. Warfield has appointed
Thomas Perry and W. T. Lyons, of
Port Deposit, delegates to the con
vention of the League of American
Sportsmen which meets at Norfolk,
Va., on May 6 and 7.
A handsome gold-lined, silver
loving cup will be presented to the
boy winning the greatest number
of points at the annual interscho
lastic track and field meet at Tome
Institute, on May 11.
The young people of Mt. Pleas
ant M. E. church cordially invite
all the friends and members of the
church to a “Book Social” at the
home of Mrs. L. D. Willett, on
Wednesday evening, May 1.
Services at Mt. Pleasant Metho
dist Episcopal Church:—Prayer
meeting, Thursday evening, 7:30;
Sunday school, 9:30; morning ser
vice, Sunday, 10:30; evening ser
vice, 7:30. All are welcome.
The annual entertainment of the
North East High School will be
held Friday and Saturday evenings,
May 3 and 4. The feature of the
program will be a reproduction of
“Ye Deestric Skule of Fifty Years
Ago.”
The prize contest in elocution,
by the students of West Notting
ham Academy, will be held this
evening in the Presbyterian
church. Collins orchestra, of Ox;
ford, will furnish music. Admis
sion 25 and 15 cents.
Patrick Anderson, of Cecilton,
while using a lime sprayer in white
washing a building last week, got
a quantity of lime in both eyes,
his suffering being intense. He
was taken to a Philadelphia hos
* pital for treatment. It is feared
the sight of one eye will be entire
ly destroyed.
Hopewell M. E. Sunday School,
Woodlawn, has elected officers for
the ensuing year, as follows:
Superintendent, C. S. Abrahams;
Assistant, Miss M. O. Jackson;
Secretary, Ralph L. Thompson;
Assistant, Miss Olive Jackson;
Treasurer, Miss Lelia Thompson;
Organist, Miss Helen Jackson;
V Assistant, Miss Lora Thompson.
George S. Fox is on a business
trip to Skohegan, Maine.
Dr. Samuel Moore, of Baltimore,
spent Sunday with his brother, Dr.
T. B. Moore.
Clifford Roberson, of New York,
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. B. R. Roberson on Sunday.
Norman Kirk, of the University
of Maryland, Baltimore, was a vis
itor at his home in town this week.
Mrs. Francis Dickey and daugh
ter, of Port Deposit, spent Satur
day with Mr. and Mrs. Mark E.
Flounders.
The Euchre will be enterthined
on Wednesday evening, May 8, by
Miss Lulu Worthington, at the
homo of Frank R. Cherry, near
Principio.
Miss Laura Shank surprised her
parents and friends at Perry ville
last week by eloping with Reuben
Hall, the couple being married in
Philadelphia.
Misses Margaret and Elizabeth
West entertained very delightfully
on Monday evening, at their home
near Sylmar, in honor of\ the birth
day of their father, William G.
West. About sixty guests were
present and euchre and dancing
were enjoyed, excellent music being
furnished by Collins and Massey of
Oxford.
The friends of,’ Miss Julia Bro
kaw, who has been seriously ill
with typhoid fever at her home
near Fair Hill for some weeks past,
will be pleased to learn that she is
much improved. Miss Brokaw has
been principal of Pleasant Meadow
public school, near town, for some
years, and Miss Ida L. Kimble, of
Lombard, has had charge of the
school during the illness of Miss
Brokaw.
H. K. Garvin was tendered a
surprise on Wednesday evening by
, a number of his friends, who ap
peaied unannounced at his home,
in a body to congratulate him on
his birthday anniversary and help
celebrate the occasion in a social
manner. The Rising Sun Cornet
Band, of which Mr. Garvin is a
member, serenaded him and added
their congratulations and good
wishes to those of his other friends
• present, the evening proving one of
i social enjoyment alike to host and
• guests.
William Stewart, Austin Car
• hart, William Murray, Charles
Morris, Alfred Fassitt, Wilmer
Fox and Ross Smith have been re
. elected trustees ot Zion Presby
> terian church.
! The date of obsei vance of Foun
-1 der’s Day at Jacob Tome Institute,
Port Deposit, has been changed by
. the executive committee of Board
• of Trustees fronj October Ist, to the
; first Thursday in May, and will be
so observed this year.
The Ladies Aid Society of Zion
Presbyterian church has elected
> the following officers: President,
> Mrs. Chas. Miller; vice-president,
Mrs. Clayton Carhart; secretary,
> Miss Annie Mearns; treasurer,
f Miss Rachel Rittenhouse.
5 The Ladies Aid Society of Cherry
Hill M. E. church recently held
t a very successful handkerchief
! bazar. Handkerchiefs were re
i ceived from nearly every State
i in the Union, and also from
. Alaska. The gross receipts were
$92, about $75 being netted.
The home building and Loan
, Association, of Perryville, has
. elected the following directors:
t James Gardner, W. H. Cole, Jr.,
, J. W. Alexander, Thomos Kelly,
s N. C. Cameron, C. L. Cole, J. T.
Morhlein, C. C. Caldwell, C. W.
1 Ward, Thomas Kane and J. A.
- Hartenstine,
The executors of Jacob Tome,
, late of Cecil county, were awarded
r a decision by the United States
• Circuit Court for North Carolina,
• ( in their suit against the Board of
■ Commissioners of Hertford county,
; North Carolina, to establish the
. the validity of a lot of bonds held
; by the executors and Issued by the
; county, later repudiated by act of
Legislature.
Suit for Defamation of Character.
Miss Lillian Lease, a saleslady
in the store of Bernsten & Cowan,
at Elkton, has brought suit by
her attorney' William S. Evans,
Esq., against Taylor W. McKeuney,
proprietor of the Howard House
Livery Stables, Elkton, for SSOOO
for alleged defamation of char
acter. Mr. McKeuney has retain
ed Omar D. Crothers, Esq., as his
attorney.
Druggists Organize.
The Cecil County National Asso
ciation of Druggists was organized
at Elkton on Tuesday by National
Organizer J. R. Adams, of Chi
cago, with the following officers and
members: John L. Moore, presi
dent, North East; Robt. B. Frazer,
vice president, Elkton; Daniel Ter
rell, secretary and treasurer, Elk
ton; J. Frank Frazer, Elkton; Wra.
Carson, H. R. Cameron, Port De
posit; Eli T. Reynolds, Rising Sun;
N. C. Cameron, Perryville; A. L.
Lyon, Havre de Grace.
Lineman’s Thrilling Experience.
Rocco Schricher, of Elkton, who
is employed as a lineman in Wil
mington, while making some repair
to wires last week met with a
thrilling experience. He was lying
Hat upon a cross arm of one of the
poles, surrounded by wires when
he lost his balance and grasped
two wires, which proved to be live
electric ones, and burned his hands
to the bone, rendering him uncon
scious. Fellow-linemen succeeded
in bringing him down the pole,
after much difficulty, and he was
sent to the hospital for treatment.
Trainer Attacked By Lioness.
Madame Lascelles, an animal
trainer with Al. F. Wheeler’s show,
was attacked Saturday evening, at
a performance iu a side show at
Oxlord, by “Spitfire,” the lioness
which has a reputation of having
killed two keepers and injured sev
eral others. The opening exhibi
tions of the season were given by
the show at Oxford on Saturday,
during which Madame Lascelles
had entered the cage of the beast
several times. The lioness was
restless and excited and on the oc
casion of the last entrance of the
cage by the woman the beast
sprang upon her, biting and claw
ing her on the shoulder, breast and
side. Attendants with iron prods
succeeded in beating the lioness off
and the woman made her escape
from the cage. Her injuries are
severe but not fatal.
Ground Deeded North East Al. E.
Church.
The trustees of the North East
. M. E. Church were this week the
recipients, for the use of the
congregation, of a welcome gift, in
the vacant lot adjoining the rear
of the church property and front
ing on Church street. Mrs. John
Dunlap, the owner, held the lot
at a valuation of $l5O, but offered
it to the trustees for SIOO, con
tributing SSO of its value, as a
memorial to her husband, the late
John Dunlap, for many years an
official of the church. Mr. I. H.
Ford, of Washington, who has
made a record as a philanthropist
in public matters pertaining to
this his native town, promptly
came lorward with the remainder
of the purchase price—$100, plus
$5 for the cost of the deed, which
L. Marshall Haines, Esq , declined
to accept for his services, tendering
the same without charge. Squire
Biddle also declined to make charge
for taking the acknowledgment of
Mrs. Dunlap’s signature to the
deed. —Cecil Star.
Alahoney—Miller.
i Miss Sarah W. G. Miller, daugh
i ter of Judge Thomas Miller, of
■ the Orphans’ Court, and Mr.
Joseph Mahoney, both from near
, Leeds, were married on Wednes
, day evening, April 17 at the Zioa
, parsonage, by the Rev. J. H.
Mitchell.
, Baker—Reynolds.
A pretty home wedding took
place at the home of Robert Reyn
olds in North East, Tuesday, when
his daughter, Miss Margaret Reyn
, olds, was married to John Baker, of
1 Chester, Pa. The ceremony was
i witnessed by the relatives and a!
, few dose friends of the contracting j
f parties. They will reside in
, Chester.
,
; | Bargain in Moquet Rugs at Buf
i fiugton’s, $1.89 each, regular goods
f are worth 2.25; —twelve handsome
j designs.
New Castle Presbytery Refuses To
Adopt Prohibition Measure.
The Presbytery of New Castle in
session at Poeomoke City on Friday
firmly refused to enforce upon the
members of the churches within its
control a mandate which would de
mand of them unqualified support
of the Prohibition party on all
questions relating to local option.
The discussion took place after
the presentation of the report of
the temperance conference by the
chairman, Rev. Dr. T. Chalmers
Potter, which was the special order
of the day. It related especially to
the temperance situation in Dela
ware, and the unsuccessful attempts
of the supporters of local option to
do anything with the Delaware
Legislature. After the report a
resolution was offered by Rev.
Francis H. Moore to enforce a pro
hibition mandate upon the pastors
of the presbytery and the members
thereof.
The acting moderator, Rev. J. R.
Henderson, of Georgetown, D >l.,
declared the resolution- unconstitu
tional, whereupon an appeal was
taken from the decision of the
Chair. A warm discussion fol
lowed, but, owing to the strong sen
timent of many of the presbyters
against interference with the polit
ical affiliations of their constituency,
the appeal was finally withdrawn
and a substitute resolution was
offered, which merely advised that
the local-option question be seri
ously considered by ministers,
elders and members. This reso
lution was carried.
The statistical reports by the
stated clerk, Rev. J. R. Milligan,
showed that there were in the
presbytery 56 churches, 190 elders,
24 deacons, 6,964 Sunday school
scholars and 7,060 communicant
members.
The Presbytery adjourned on
Sunday evening, to meet at West
Nottingham Presbyterian church
next fall.
Fell From Porch.
Mark Biddison, little son of
Landlord Biddison of the Oxford
Hotel, on Sunday afternoon fell
from the second floor of the porch
of the hotel to the stone pavement,
a height of about twenty feet, and
while receiving several lacerations
of the face and being badly shock
ed, miraculously escaped death.
The porch railing had been re
moved several days previous to the ,
accident to permit the placing of a
piano in an upper room of the .
house, and had been insecurely
fastened in its place. The little ,
fellow happened to be leaning
against this section when it gave
way, throwing him to the pave
ment below.
Livestock Perishes In Flames.
A destructive fire on Sunday
night broke out on the Houston
Farm, near Mt. Pleasant, Del., i
tenanted by Henry D. Roberts, and i
soon reduced a large barn, wagon <
shed and two other nearby build- i
ings to ashes. Eighteen cows, three <
calves and one horse perished in
the flames. A large amount ol <
hay, grain, &c., and nearly all the
farming implements were destroyed. <
The fire which was of unknown l
origin, started in the hj.y loft. The
loss is fully $5,000. f '<
■./ -
William Welsh.
William Welsfy, of Baltimore, j
died at the residence of Joseph S. '
Pogue, in this early Satur
day morning, 20th inst., of con
sumption, ageq 36 years. The
deceased waf a nephew of Mrs.
Pogue, and had been visiting in
Rising Suq for some time. He
had long bqen in precarious health.
A widow survives. The body was
taken to Baltimore for interment.
j
Edwin S. Gilmour.
The <J<iath of Edwin S. Gilmour
occurred April 17 at his home in
Ewing; Nebraska. The deceased
was a son of William and Mary
Gilmour and was born at Cherry
Hill, April 14, 1850. He learned
harness-making in Elkton and
staked in business at Newark.
In 1888 he moved to Ewing, Holt
county, Nebraska, where he became
prominent in public affairs, being
j elected county treasurer in 1902,
j and reelected iu 1904. His widow
i and five sons survive.
Fresh, fine Groceries is one of
the leading features of business at
: Buffington’s.
The Maryland Democratic Edi
tors will take their week’s outing i
this year in June, viewing James
j town Exitosition and surroundings.
SCHOOL COAIAIISSIONERS.
Quarterly Accounts Examined—
Schools To Close Alay 31.
The school Commissionais were
in session on Saturday, in Elkton.
Sundry bills aggregating $740.33
were examined and ordered to be
paid.
The quarterly accounts were
examined and passes as follows :
Dist. Pupils. Amount.
1 492 11.278.12
2 360* 1,23493
3 834 3,0187°
4 456* 1,162.18
5 574 2,140.46
6 494 1,411-27
7 428* 1,125.20
8 22...., 681.87
9 281 1,144,11
Total 4191 $13,196.84
*One School out.
It was ordered that our schools
shall close Friday evening, May
31, 1907, and that the High School
Commencements shall be as follows:
Calvert Agricultural, Wednes
day, May 29. North East, Thurs
day evening, May 30. Chesapeake
City, Friday evening, May 31.
Elkton, Saturday morning, June 1.
Cecilton, Monday evening, June 3.
Whereas certain persons have
been guilty ol malicious mischief
by injuring and destroying school
property, especially at Perryville,
this Board will pay a reward of
$25 for such information as will
lead to the arrest and conviction
of said parties.
The following schools having
raised ten or more dollars for
libraries, the treasurer was directed
to add $lO in each case: Georgia
Gifford, school No. 1, district 7.
Ethel C. Graves, school No. 8,
district 2. R. R. Rittenhouse.
school, No. 3, district 6.
Mr. Biddle made a report as to
his visits since the last meeting of
the Board and various repairs
recommended by him were referred
to the respective Commsssioners,
with authority to have said repairs
made.
Miss Elva R. Lynch resigned as
teacher of school No. 8, district 6,
to take efiect May 31.
The Heath Readers were listed.
An agreement was made with
McConnell School Supply Co. for
maps of Maryland.
Cecil Connty Aledical Society.
The annual meeting of the Cecil
County Medical Society was held
in Elkton on Thursday of last week.
The subject for discussion was
“Diphtheria.” The retiring pres
ident, Dr. S. G. Fisher, of Port
Deposit, delivered the annual pres
idential address.
An invitation was accepted to
hold a joint meeting with the Har
ford County Medical Society at
Havre de Grace, some time in May
—the date to be selected later.
A resolution was adopted re
questing all doctors in Cecil county
to refuse to make examinations for
old line life insurance companies at
the reduced rate adopted by the
companies.
The following officers were elect
ed by the society for the ensuing
year: President, Dr. R. M. Black,
of Cecilton; Vice President, Dr. G.
S. Dare, of Rising Sun; Censor,
Dr. T. A. Worrall, of North East;
Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. How
ard Bratton, of Elkton.
Dr. Bratton was elected the dele
gate to represent the Cecil County
Society in the meetings of the
House of Delegates of the Medical
and Chirurgical Faculty of Mary
land.
Orphans’ Court.
The Orphans’ Court of Cecil
County was in special session at
Elkton on Thursday of last week.
The first and final account of
George M. Christie, executor of
Robert Ferguson, deceased, was
examined and passed, and the said
executor was directed to notify by
advertisement, the parties claim
ing under the will that distribu
tion of the estate will be made on
the 21st day of May next. The
bond of John W. Davis, Sr., and
Win. B. Davis, administrators of
Mary E. Davis, was approved and
several other orders passed ap
pertaining to estates in course of
settlement.
Two cases of small pox have
developed in the town of Newark,
Del., the victims beiDg two girls
employed iu a paper mill, the sup
position being that they become
infected by the handling of rags.
Go to Buffington’s and see the
new line of Pictures just put on
sample.
OLEOMARGARINE
B Plant Raided In Philadelphia-Ille
gal Manufacture and Sale.
!
5 CECIL COUNTIANS IMPLICATED.
! For the past few months rumors
have been current that certain cit
‘ izens of the Fifth and Ninth Dis
| tricts of this county were connect
-3 ed with the manufacture and sale
5 of oleomargarine in the nearby
r cities and other local points, the
’ stuff being sold as real butter, and
large profits realized.
After an investigation which
( lasted for a month and in the
course of which it was found that
i Philadelphia was literally flooded
, with oleomargarine, Internal Rev-
I enue agents on Tuesday night
made a raid upon a dingy looking
stable shed, near Sixteenth and
Passyunk avenue, and uncovered
, 1200 pounds of health-destroying
bogus butter. Paraphernalia for
making thousands of ponnds was
also uncovered. Tubs of coloring
' matter, gas stoves for mixing the
r stuff and also ingredients for
i a perfect imitation of butter were
found.
? Four men were found in posses
sion of the shed, Hugh I. Armour,
| Chas. H. and Chester M. Church
man and Morton R. Craven, who
. were interviewed by the officers
and it was anticipated that these
parties and others would be ar
rested yesterday.
A similar raid was made last
week at Atlantic City in which it
is said these same parties were
implicated and a close watch has
been kept on their actions.
1 At the present price of butter
in the cities, it is stated that a
profit of twenty cents per pound is
realized on the bogus article.
Farewell to the Broom.
“The problems of the house
keeper are receiving from the
architects of houses something of
attention they have long claimed
in vain,” writes John L. Anderson
in the May Woman’s Home Com
panion. “The solution of the
sweeping problem is a case in point.
In one of the newest apartment
houses there is not a broom to be
found from cellar to garret, or
lather from the third subcellar to
the air cleaning chamber on the
roof. Every suite throughout the
building is equipped with a
vacuum cleaning apparatus. There
is a pipe connected with the vacuum
chamber in the basement in every
suite, while a flexible hose long
enough to reach to the futherest
corner of every room is supplied,
which may be readily attached to
a nozzle in this piping just as you
would connect a garden hose. The
vacuum is controlled by a spiggot.
It is only necessary to pass the
nozzle of this vacuum hose over
the carpet, rug or drapery, and
every particle of dust is in&tantly
drawn up into the hose. The
dirt collected in this way passes
quickly through the hose into the
pipe, and thence, perhaps a matter
of a dozen stories, to a chamber in
the subcellar, where an attendant
shovels it up and carries it away.
“The nozzle which picks up this
dust allows no particle to escape,
so that in all this sweeping there
is literally no dust. Incidentally
it removes more dust than the
most persistent and vigorous
broom. The entire operation of
sweeping might be carried on with
thei sweeper in evening dress, so
far, at least, as cleanliness is con
cerned. The work of hours is re
duced to minutes.”
Property Transfers.
Thomas Worrilow and wife to
Walter E. Pryor, 20 1-2 acre prop
erty in Third district, on old Elk
Neck road, SSOO.
Thomas O. Riley and wife to
William H. Riley, half interest in
property in Sixth district.
S. Paul Sims and wife, of Penn
sylvania, to Sparvetta Mining
Company, 23 acre property in
Sixth district, S9OO.
Austin L. Crothers, Assignee, to
Andrew Charles, of Pennsylvania,
property in Cecil County, $1,300.
(Deed made in 1894.)
Mary McCauley and Jethro Mc-
Cauley, her* husband, of Delaware,
to Mary E. Blake, 2 properties at
Cherry Hill, SI,OOO.
Henry M. McCullough and W.
Arthur Mitchell, Executors, to Os
borne R. Chaytor, property on
i Delaware avenue, Elkton, $1,400.