p The Midland Journal.RISING SUN, CECIL COUNTY, MD., FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1914. NO. 80.

W TOWN AND COUNTY.Short Paragraphs of Events in the County

During the Past Week.

LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTEDRalph Cummings, of Chester, spent

last week with Jas. M. Tosh and family,near town

Miss Georgianna Sturges, of Washing-ton, is visiting at the home of Dr. G. S.Dare and family. •

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buck and son. andMiss Mary Buck, of Port Deposit, arevisiting Mrs. Annie E. Jenkins andfamily.

Earle Fischer, son of Mr. and Mrs.Woodward Fischer, of Colora, is a mem-ber of a house party being entertained byMr. and Mrs. Joseph Russell, of Coates-ville, Pa.

The engagement Miss Lucy B. Gilles-pie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William F.Gillespie, of this town, and HuddersGreenfield, of Lancaster, has been an-nounced.

David G. McCoy, of Oxford, sonRaymond McCoy, electrician, and Wal-lace Abadie, yeoman, of the U. S. Battle-ship Delawate, were over-Sunday guestsof Mrs. Jennie Whiteford and the MissesMcCoy. The young men, who had beenenjoying a ten days’ furlough, returnedto their ship at Norfolk on Monday.

The members of the newly organizedYoung People’s Branch of the W. C. T.U. held a very pleasant social on NewYear’s night at the home of Miss EllaPogue. A pleasing literary program wasrendered and an enjoyable evening spentby everyone. A number of new nameswere added to the membership roll of thesociety.

Mrs. H. M. Duyckinck entertained aTi umber of ladies very pleasantly at herhome on East Main street Wednesdayafternoon. “500” was the feature, fourtables bieng played. High score honorswere won by Mrs. M. E. Flounders andMrs. J. M. Sterrett, who were awardedfavors. The consolation prize was award-ed Mrs Jennie Whiteford.

The Mission Study Class met onWednesday evening with Miss ElizabethR. Stephens. The chapter on Perils andProblems of Immigration was reviewedby the class, refreshments being servedafterwards and a social period enjoyed.

The class will be entertained on1 Wednesday' evening. January 21, at thehome of Mrs. Eli T. Reynolds.

Edwin H. W. Harlan, son of Judge andMrs. William H. Harlan, of Bel Air, hasbeen reengaged as assistant coach of theUniversity of Pittsburgh foot ball teamfor 1914.

Frederick A. Cooper, of near Delta, hasoffered a reward of SIOO for informationleading to the finding of his brother,Spencer Cooper who disappeared from hishome a few weeks ago.

, Howard W. Kennedy, foreman of the. Bel Air times, who disappeared from his

home, was found Wednesday of last weekin a gas-filled room in New York ,City,and removed to a hospital in a serions

' condition.Apportionments of the public school

tax and the school book fund were an-. nounced by the Comptroller on Friday.

| Cecil county's share of the public schooltax in $5,437.98, and the school bookfund $714.73

* The Whig reports scarlet fever and ton-silitis are bringing suffering to several

1 homes in Elkton and are calling for unus-r ual care on the part of both people and’ health officers lest there be a serious epi-

' demic of same.

Rev. W. Hampt, who several months> ago resigned as rector of St. John’s P. E.

! Church, at Havre de Grace, to become■ rector of a large church in Reading, Pa.,

1 has tendered his resignation there on ac-■ count of ill health.

A. C. Huss, near Conowingo, dined onwatermelon among other good things for

> his Christmas feast. The melon was

■ raised by Mrs. Huss’ mother, Mrs. Mary- Jane Hill, and was in first class order

. when carved December 25.The wind Saturday night played havoc

; with the barn on the Patrick Rooney farm,’ near Andrew’s Bridge. The large double

1 doors were torn off and part of the roofcarried away, exposing the hay and other

r provender to the rain and snow.

• Hopewell Borough had its license re--1 voiced recently by the Chester^County

’ Court. An appeal was taken sk oncefrom the Lower Court and the case will

' go to the Supreme Court. This was the

t method adopted when a similar attempt’ was made to annul the charter fourteenI years ago and as it was successful

it may be agaio.

The Peoples’ Bank of Oxford openedIts doors to business in that town on

Monday.

J. Frank Peach took charge of theNorth East postoffice on New Year’s day.

Miss Emily Peach is his deputy.

Cowen & Finkelstein bought the stock

of Henry Shapiro, which was sold at

Sheriff’s sale In Elkton for SSOO.During the month of December, 197

marriage license were issued at the officeof the Clerk of the Court, in Elkton.

The Chesapeake and Delaware Canalwill be closed to navigation on January

18 for six weeks for repairs to the locks.

The Directors of the Union Hospital,.Elkton, have elected Frank B. Evans as

a director to succeed the late Col. John(Gilpin.

J. C. Mack, of Philadelphia, has pur-

chased from E. Kirk Brown his 100-acrePfartp, near Elkton, and will use it as a

summer home.

The ladies of the Aid Society realizedover SIOO from the turkey dinnei servedon Saturday last. The net receipts willbe in the neighborhood of $75-

Friends and members of Octoraro M.E. Church will hold an oyster supper at

the home of El wood Brown at Cecil PaperMill on Tuesday eve., January 13U1.

Magistrate L. O. Cameron awarded C.

W. Davis, a First District farmer, $25 and

cost in a suit against Chas. Crawford.Crawford shot and killed two hounds be-

longing to Davis.

Ope night recently some joy-rider stolethe automobile owned by Charles P. Bart-ly from his garage in Norih East, return-ing it after a hard run, in a badly damag-ed condition. No arrests have yet been

made. v

David M. Wise, colored, has been com-mitted to Elkton jail charged with rob-

bing the home of Frank Nickle, at Perry-ville, Thanksgiving night. Wise was

captured while trying to pawn the stolenjewelry.

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William Price, son of Capt. Jas A.Price, of Havre de Grace, employed at

the quarry, of the Keystone Lime andStone Company, at Frenchtown bad hisleg broken between the knee and hip byhaving a heavy log fall upon him.

The strorm on Saturday put an end to

preparations for the ice harvest. Hunter sdam was covered with a beautiful sheet

of smooth, clear ice about 3>£ inches inthickpess, and several parties were pre-parting to cut, but the rain spoiled theircalculations.

Edwin Harvey, of North East" put some

powder in a gum boot to dry it and threwa match into it. Not going off as soon as

he thought it ought, Harvey looked intothe boot. At that instant, the powderexploded, burning him seriously about

, the face and eyes.

Howard Bayne, aged 24 years, whilegunning near Cecilton Tuesday, was

shot in the face and neck by the acciden-tal discharge of his gun, and severely in-jured. The young man was pulling his

gun through a fence by the muzzle whenthe accident occurred.

A pulpit light, of brass, has been placedin Trinity Church Elkton, in memory ofthe late Alfred Wetherill, for about aquarter of a century the honored SeniorWarden of Trinity Parish. The light is

the gift of his nieces, the Misses Marianand Julia Young, of Elkton.

The Penesylvania railroad company has

asked for an extension of time until the13th inst., to reply to the petition of com-plaint filed by residents of this sectionwith the Public Service Commission, de-manding better railroad service over thisend of the Baltimore Central Division.

Capt. Edward Brice, of Betterton, whowas arrested at the instance of the Tay-lor's Island Ducking Club, near Perry-man, for violations of the State and Fed-eral game laws, was fined SIOO. Three

.charges were preferred against him, oneHor killing swan, second for chasing ducksPLtbin one mile of the Western shore with’a motor boat and third for trespassing.

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The weather man has given us a varietythe past week. The cold snap last weekterminated in a driving, wind and rainstorm which continued all day Saturdayand Saturday night.

Sunday night snow fell, the ground be-ing covered Monday morning by about

two inches of wet snow, which the drizzleof tain converted into a heavy blanket of•lush.

DETECTIVES DINE.

Annual Meeting and.! Dinner OfRising Sun Detective Asso-

ciation.The annual meeting and turkey dinner

of Rising Sun Detective Association washeld on Saturday. Despite the stormy

weather there was ajgood turnout.The business meeting of the Associa

tion was held in the public hall. Nolosses by'theft were reported by membersduring the year, and the Association’s

: treasury showed a snug balance of over

S4OO.The election of officers for the ensuing

year resulted in the choice of I. WayneReynolds president, Wm. R. Cameronvice president, Cecil E. Ewing secretary,

Clarence T. Dare assistant secretary. Dr.T. Moore treasurer. Directors—C. R.

Biles, Wm. M. Pogue, M. L. Thompson,H. C. Cummings, Dr. G S. Dare, W. T.Fryer, W. L. Ryan, Perry Gibson, H. L.Woodrow.

A splendid turkey dinner was served at12 o’clock by the ladies of the Aid Society,

, in the lecture room of the M. E. church,and that this feature of the annual gather-ing was a popular one was testified to bythe smile of contentment that o'erspreadthe face of every detective who partook ofthe repast.

Over one hundred persons enjoyed thegood things prepared by the ladies to ap-

pease hunger.

Boy Killed By Playmate.George Short, 15 years old, shot and

killed his playmate, Paul McCall, a lad of9 years, shortly after 12 o’clock Tuesdayafternoon at Elkton.

The boys are in the primary depart-ment of the Cecil County High Schooland during the noon recess went to a fieldin the rear of the school building with a32-calibre revolver which Short hadbrought from home. They Ishot at atarget until their ammunition got low andShort ordered McCall to go after more

. cartridges. McCall refused and Short issaid to have ordered him .10 leave andfired at him, the bullet struck McCallover the heart.

When Short 'fired he was but a fewpaces from McCall. Short threw awaythe revolver and went to his home

Two other boys who witnessed theshooting notified Officer George Potts, andShort was arrested. Coroner William P.

D. Dean summoned a jury of inquest.Short denied to State’s Attorney Con-stable and Officer Potts that he did theshooting. He is a son of Zebulon Short.McCall is a son of Mrs. Fannie McCall.

Dwelling Destroyed By Fire.The frame dwelling of Miss Pathenia

Coulson, about one and a-half milesnortheast of town, was totally destroyedby fire about midnight Thursday nightlast, together with most of the contents.

The fire originated from a defective flueand spread with such rapidity that it wasimpossible to save much of the furnitureor other household effects. The dwellingwas occupied by Miss Coulson and thefamily of Edward Parson

Some of the household goods of MissCoulson were carried out but the Parsonfamily lost most of their clothing as wellas their furniture and a sum of money.

Theie was a partial insurance of SBOOon the property, in the Chester CountyMutual Company.

String Of Speedy Horses.Thirteen horses with speedy records are

being wintered at the Tyson training. stables, near Newark, Del.

Mr. Tyson's stable made an excellentshowing during the season of 1913.

. Horses were started in 65 races, and wonmoney in 63 of them—32 first and 31 sec-ond, as well as winning enviable records.The season closed with Harry J. S., thechapion half mile track trotting stallion of1913; with Sadie Penn holding the Vir-

! ginia and Sonth Carolina state records forthree, year olds, and also the 1913 recordfor greatest number of races won by a

, three year old. The filly won ten firstsout of 14 starts, her nearest competitor

• having seven firsts.

Tome School Opening Postponed.The opening of the middle school and

[ the girl senior school of the Tome Insti-. tute is postponed until January 12, and. the jnniour school until January 19, ow-

ing to the recurring casgs of scarlet fever. among the pupils.

There has been no epidemic in theschool, and the delay in the opening is to

: allow for a more thoiough fumigation.Officers from the State Board of Health

; used the sptaying process recently, but itwas not satisfactory to the school authori-ties.

Visitors to the Whealton wild fowl farm,. on Cbincoteague, are shown by the owner,

, wild geese which be bought when a boy—-: sixty-five years ago, and which are still

, raising flocks of young ones ever year.£

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Beware of the ice, do not slip, go toBnffington’s and purchase a pair of Anti-slip Rubber Heels.

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WEDDINGS.McKinney—Mearns.

Miss Iva C. Mearns and Frank McKin-ney, both of Calvert, were m.irried Dec.

1 24. in Philadelphia.

Nesbitt—Pierce.Miss Mary F. Pierce, of Liberty Grove,

and Amos Nesbitt were jnarried Decem-ber 24 at Hopewell M. E. Parsonage, byRev. C. N. Jones.

Donley—Duke.Albert Donley, of Woodmont, Pa., and

Miss Annie Duke of Port Deposit, weremarried by Father McManus Tuesdayafternoon, December 30.

Newton—Taylor.Miss Emily Taylor, of Earleville, and

Mr. Christopher Newton, of near Cecilton,were married Dec. 29, at the M. E. par-sonage in Cecilton, by the Rev. G. L.Hagdesty.

Paxson—Hayes.

Hiram Pannock Paxson of Philadel-phia and Viola E. Hayes wete married inElkton. Md , December 24, 1913. Thebride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Townsend Hayes, East Nottingham.

Brlckley—Weln.Lawson Brickley, of Rising Sun, and

Miss Emma I. Wein, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. J. Michael Wein, of Columbia,Pa., were married Friday evening in theFirst English Lutheran Church, ofColumbia, by Rev. E. G. Miller, D. D.

Durborow—Churchman.Announcement has been made of the

marriage of Miss Helen C. Churchman,of Calvert, and Chester G. Durborow, ofOxford. The marriage license was issuedin Towson, Md., on Dec. 27. MissChurchman had held a position with E.R. Buffington & Sons, in this town untilChristmas.

England—Smith.On Wednesday, Dec. 31, Miss Emma

Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Win-field Smith, of Sylmar, and Ross Eng-land, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy England,of Zion, were united in marriage. Theceremony was performed at the home ofthe bride, by Rev. W. H. Briggs, of ZionM. E. church.

Riley—Herr. *

At the home of Mr. and Mrs. AldusHerr, in Little Britain, New Year’s Day,their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Herr,became the bride of Howard Riley, ofChester, son of Mr. and Mrs. DavidRiley, Hopewell The ceremony wasperformed at twelve o'clock by Rev. E.R. Clemens, pastor of the Oxford Bap-tist Church.

Powers—Ward-James F. Powers, founder of the Pow-

ers Foundry Company, of Elkton, wasjmarried Saturday to Miss Elizabeth Ward, jsuperintendent.of the Union Hospital, inthe Elkton Catholic Church, by Rev. P.P. Arnd. Mr. and Mrs. Powers willspend the winter in Philadelphia. Mrs.L. H. Blandin, of Savannah, Ga., suc-ceeds Miss Ward as superintendent atthe hospital.

Strickland—6eorge.Mr. Stewart C. Strickland, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Fred E. Strickland, of Provi-dence, and Miss Ethel Lavinia George,daughter of Mrs. Sarah H. Potts, of Elk-ton, were married Dec. 27 at Zion by Rev.B. J. Brinkema, pastor of Rock aud ZionPresbyterian Churches.

Mr. and Mrs. Strickland will reside inWilmington, where the groom is connect-ed with the Evening Journal.

Legislative Caucus.Democrats and Republican caucused

Tuesday night for officers of the GeneralAssembly of Maryland, which met inbiennial session at noon Wednesday.

Senator Jesse D. Price, of Wicomico,was chosen as the Democratic candidatefor President of the Senate and JamesMcC. Tripp, was unanimously nominatedfor Speaker in the House.

The Republican floor leaders will beFrederick N. Ziehltnan, of Allegany, finthe Senate and F. Stone Posey, of Charlescounty, in the House. Among the minorofficials selected was Thomas J. Murry,of Elkton, for Journal Clerk.

Young Horse Thieves Landed In( Jail.

William Lewis, aged 16 years, andDavid Primrose aged 17, both negroes,have been landed in Elkton jail chargedwith stealing the horse and buggy ownedby John Grionage, of near Glasgow, Del.,while it was bitched along the street inthat town. The team was located in Wil-mington, where it had been sold to asaloon keeper.

W. Finney Fanna, of Bel Air, has beenappointed a special inspector in the En-gineering department of the Public Ser-vice Commission of Maryland and willenter upon his new duties January rst.

The annual clearing sale at Buffing-ton’s will be the town’s excitement for ashort time. Go at once.

CECIL PAPER MILLS SOLD.

The York Card and Paper Co. has purchased the two paper mills and all otheiproperty belonging to the Cecil Papei

' Company. One of the mills is locatedabout four miles northwest of town, andthe other at Eden, Lancaster county.The mills have lately been manufacturing

. wall paper stock, turning out about 5.000

. tons per year. Their entire output wasused by the York Card and Paper Co.

The York Card and Paper Company,by this deal, secures the source of itssupply of raw stock to the extent of about

* one-half of its consumption. It usese betweetrio.ooo and 11,006 tons of wall1 paper per year and turns out about 30,-

000,000 rolls of paper annually. Its pro-duct is distributed all over the United

1 States and Canada and it employs from, 350 to 400 people.

As a result of this combination, D. F.Lafean and H. H. Weber of York, and P.T. Watt and James Shand, Lancaster,who were interested in the Cecil PaperCompany, have become directors in theYork Card and Paper Company.

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DEATHS. •

Mrs. Mary Irwin.Mrs. Mary Irwin died Christmas uight

1 at her home near Theodore, after alingering illness Several grown child-ren survive. Interment was made at Bay

: Vie* cemetery.

Leßoy B. Krauss.Leßoy B. Krauss died at the home of

his father, Emory B. Krauss near BigElk Chapel, Dec. 30. The funeral washeld Sunday. Interment in West Not-tingham Cemetery.

Mrs. Martha J. Burnlte.Mrs. Martha J. Burnite, widow of the

late William F. Burnite, died Dec. 30, ofpneumonia, following an attack of grip atthe home of her son-in-law, Samuel T.Simpers, at North East, aged 77 years.She is survived by one daugher, Mrs.Simpers, and two sons, Adolph and JamesK. Burnite, both of Philadelphia. Thefuneral was held on Friday, with inter-ment at Cherry Hill M. E. cemetery.

John T. Campbell.John T. Campbell, a former resident of

this county, but for a number of yearspast located in Washington, D. C., diedat the home of his sisters, the MissesCampbell, near Iron Hill on) Dec. 25,after a brief illness of pneumonia. Thedeceased was 71 years of age, and Js sur-vived by his wife and three sons and onedaughter—Frank, Charles and JackCampbell of Washington, and Mrs.Nellie Campbell Slater, of Indianapolis.Interment was made at Welsh Tract

jCemetery.

Found Dead In The Woods.The body of William E. Holland, a

Cecil county farmer, aged 54, was foundFriday morning, in Carter’s woods, byJames Williams. The previous SundayMr. Holland had left his home to attendchurch services and failing to return hisfamily had been making a search of theentire countryside. An inquest was heldby Coroner Dean and a verdict of deathfrom,heart failure was rendered.

Officers Of Agricultural Associa-tion-

The recent sale of the grounds of Ox-ford Agricultural Association resulted ina charge of management at the annualmeeting on Saturday last, when the fol-lowing officers were elected: President,Al. F. Wheeler; vice-president, T. E.Gillingham; second vice-pesident and cor-responding secretary, R. L. Patterson;treasurer. F. G. Andrews; secretary, T.F. Grier.

Hereafter the Association will rent thegrounds from the owner, Al. F. Wheeler,for S2OO the year.

First Lieutenant Eugene V. Armstrongof the Thirteenth U. S. Cavalry died atEl Paso, Texas, of a factured skull, sus-tained in a polo game. His parents liveat Cooch’s Bridge, Delaware. He was agraduate of Delaware College, Newark,Delaware..

Walter R. Robinson, a plumber of Ne-wark, Del., while operating a gasolineengine and putnp on December 97 at thedisposal plant, one-half mile from thetown, had the index finger on his righthand cut off. Dr. Steele sewed the fingerback on and hopes to save it.

It is said that every day on an averageten persons disappear in New York City—-ten person with homes and relatives orfriends who take the story of their dis-appearance to the police. There are otherdisappearances that the police and publicknow nothing about. Two out of the tenwho thus disappear daily are never heardfrom again.

Holidays over, but the groceries of allkinds, 4>nfectonary , fruits, &c., &c., keepon thjnove at Buffington’s,

PRIZE CORN.r-* Lancaster County Boys Win Prizesd At Pennsylvania Corn Show.d’• Girl Of II Years Wins Special Prize.® Four boys from Lancaster county up--0 held their section's reputation for banners productiveness by taking first, second,

third and fourth prizes in the corngrow-* ing contest conducted for the year 19135 by the authorities of Pennsylvania State1 College, and brought it to a close with5 the announcement of awards to Paul B.* Florey, of Pequea Creek; Noah Hershey,

of Leaman Place; C. C. Brlnton, ofChristiana, and A. C. Buckhart, of Lititz.

* Florey took second prize in the contest1 two years ago, and was given a free trip

to Farmers’ Week exercises in 1912. His' capture of first prize comes as a gratifying' result to the men who are aiming at in-' creased yields for Pennsylvania soils.

To 11-years-old Miss Aleen Fell, of' Transfer, Mercer couuty, a relative of

Supreme Chief Justice D. Newlin Fell, ,

and the youngest participant In the con-test, a special award of second prize forthe second best 10 ears of corn producedanywhere in the State, was made. The

' little girl was the most honored guest at

State College during the week, havingbeen crowned “Queen of PennsylvaniaCorn Growers’’ is the result of defeating80 boys in her home county of Mercer inthe sweepstakes’ corn-growing contestconducted by Fafm Heraccomplishment of almost 98 bushels ofshelled corn from a single acre, during aseason of dry weather and early frost, isconsidered most noteworthy, comparedwith better yields by the Lancaster countyboys, who have as an asst* the richestfarming soil of all counties'in the UnitedStates.

Florey’s new prize will be 12 weeks’ in-struction and board at State College;Hershey will be sent to the next Farmers’Week exercises, and Brinton has alreadybeen awarded three prize books on agri-cultural subjects. Besides these aodMiss Fell, honorable mention for corn-growing has been given to RandolphKahler, of Hughesville; Edgar M. Wil-kinson, of Erie; Miss Martha Twining, ofGettysburg; Ralph Hughes, of James; E.B Reichard, of Transfer; A. H. Kech, ofHickock Club; John Brown, of Butlercounty; G. G. McDowell, of Iron City,and B. W. C. Dickinson, of Hickory. Asthe result of the excellence of Lancastercounty soil it is likely that the State willbe districted for future contests, allowinghandicaps to such young growers as MissFell, who was forced to use poorer ground.The average yield per acre of corn inPennsylvania is 33 bushels.

Peninsula Horticulture Society.The annual meeting of the Peninsula

Horticultural Society will be held in MusicHall, Easton, Md., January 13-15.

The fruit and vegetable exhibit promisesto equal that held in Wilmington last year.$13,000 in cash prizes will be awarded.Exhibtors are requested to notify the *"

Secretary at Dover, or M. B. Nichols,Easton, Maryland, giving a list of thefruits and vegetables they will enter andthe competition. It is not too late tomake entries, as the books will be keptopen until the day before the meeting.

Card orders for reduced railroad ratescan be obtained of the Secretary, WesleyWebb, Dover, Delaware.

For hotel and board accommodations,address Miss Mary Jenkins, Easton,Maryland, Chairman of the local commit-tee on homes.

Full and free discussion will followevery subject discussed, and members areinvited to bring written questions, andalso to ask questions on any subject relat-ing to horticulture.

Property Transfers.E. Kirk Brown and wife to J. 0.

Mack, of Philadelphia, 17 acreproperty in Third district, $lO andother considerations.

Walter Campbell and wife toCassius C. Difienderfer, 8 acre pro-perty, $5 and other considerations.

Henry C. Cummings and Fran-cina M. Kirk to The Commission-ers of Rising Sun, right to erectBtandpipe, SIOO.

Frank Corriden and wife toDavid Boulden, 42 acre property,SIOO and other considerations.

J. A. Roney and wife to RebeccaJ. Lowe, 3 lots of land at NorthEast,slo and other considerations.

Alexander C. H. Broughton, ofWest Virginia, to Emma Arm-strong, of Washington, 200 acres inSeventh district, $1 and other con-siderations.

Marriage License.Stewart Cooper Strickland, of

Wilmington, and Ethel LaviniaGeorge, ofElk ton.

Christopher Baily Newton, ofCeoilton, and Emily K. Taylor, ofEarleviUe.