VOLUME LVI. NO. 29.

A SOLID CONVENTION.

OVER THREE HUNDRED SUBSTAN-TIAL CITIZENS,

Represent the Anti-Race Track Gam-

bling Sentiment at

Elkton.

Three hundred of the representative citi-zens of Cecil county met in mass couveutiouin the Elkton Presbyterian Church on Tues-day and organized to take action towardsecuring such legislation as will prohibit rue**

track gambling in the county.

The convention wits cnaracterized by spiritanl determination, and citizens were present

from each of the nine districts to voice their

condemnation of the race track and itsattendant evils as now carried on at IronHill. Singlorly Barksdale and Elkton at cer-

tain periods. Itwas a meeting for work, andthe discussion of ways and means, whereby toaccomplish such a reform, and which tookshape in the appointment of a commitee of

twelve known jus the commtteeof public safetyto conduct aud manage the anti-race trackgambling campaign. Thocommitte**men who

were vice-presidents of the convention, are:William J. Duhamel, First district.11. H. Brady, Second district.

Dr. John H. Jamar and Henry R. Torbert.Third district.

Rev. J. P. Jones, Fourth district.J. Wesley Falls and Rev. W. H. Wise, Fifth

district.

31. E. Kirk. Sixth district.Wilson Coudon and L. G. White, Seventhdistrict.

Dr. S. T. Roman. Eighth district.A. J. Mearns, Ninth district.The committee will now use every effort to

secure the amendment or repeal of the lawas to prohibit race track gambling under anyform and at all times aud places within thelimits of Cecil county.

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.

The resolutions adopted by the conventionare as follows:

"Whereas, The fair name of our stateand county are dishonored by race track-gam bl lag in its various forms, and

Whereas, Its adherents, driven from otherStates, have in large numbers settled herewith the avowed purpose of fastening on us

this evil, and“Whereas, Its baneful results are seen in

the brutality practiced upon horses, the de-moralization, moral and financial, of men.the corruption of women and girls, the grow-ing familiarity of our youth with open andhidden vice, and the manifest tendency tobargain away respectability and decency formoney: and

**Whereas, These results proceed from thepresence of a law on our statute books soworded as to permit and sanction the saidevil and to allow its expansion to such anextent limited only by its profitableness, and

“Whereas, The said law must be repealedby the same authority from whence it came,

the sovereign people of this State anilWhereas, That opportunity will be pro-

sented at the coming session of the Legisla-ture; therefore, be it

‘•Resolved by this convention, non-parti-san in character, that the said law should berepealed or so amended as to prohibit racetrack gambling under any form within thelimits of Cecil county, and be it also

“Resolved. That the men who shall be nom-inated by the respective parties to representCecil county in the Senate and House ofDelegates, at the session of 1893, should bemen whose character and standing in thecommunity, and whoso opposition to audfreedom from any and all connection withrace track gambling and its attendant inter-ests, shall be so manifest that their electionwill be a sure guarantee of the repeal of thesaid law so far as it permits track gamblingin Cecil county in any form; and be it also

"Resolved, That in addition t<> the nomi-nation of such men thesovoral parties in thesenominating conventions should declare un-equivocally and unmistakably against thepresent law aud instruct their nominees forthe Senate aud House of Delegates to secureIts repeal; aud be it also

“Resolved, That this convention urgesupon all the people of our county who haveregard for its material and moral interest,aud who place its fair name above money, tolabor from this time for the furthering ofthe ends sought by this preamble and reso-lutions by such honorable means as the cir-cumstances may require it, and be it also

“Resolved, That, to put into practical oper-ation the purpose of this convention and se-

cure the aims above described, we committhe management of this anti-race track gam-blingcampaign to a committee of twelve, tobe known as the Committee of Public Safety;said committee to consist of one person fromeach district, except the Third, which shallhave two, together with the secretary andtreasurer, who shall also be from the Thirddistrict, and that this committee shall bonamed by the Executive Committee whichlias called this convention together.

“Resolved That this convention appeal tothe other counties aud the city of Baltimorefor their co-operation in securing the repealof this law and the enacting of such a law nswill prohibit race track gambling incur Stateor at least in Cecil county. And we requestthe various papers of our Htate to give pub-licityto this appeal.’ 1

The resolutions were reported to the con-vention by the Rev. D. E. Shaw, pastor ofthe West Nottingham Presbyterian Church,who was chairman of the committee on reso-lutions, the other members of which were:Robert J. Duhamel, First district; WesleyClayton, Second; It. 0. Thackory. Third; J.T. Dewitt, Fourth; Rev. A. W. Mather, Fifth;Thomas J, Wilson, Sixth; Rev. 11. G. Budd,Seventh; John 31. Rawlings, Eighth; W. L.Mearns, Ninth.

delegates;

Among those either attending or givingtheir endorsement to the convention were:

First district—J. H. R. Price, W. J. Du-ImuiH. W. W. Allen, George Richards, John

j Anderson. John W. Taylor, R. J. Duhamel

j and Rev. R. i. Watkins.

I Second district I. G. Griffith,Wesley Clay-ton, John Davidson, J. J. Williams, HarryBouchelle, George Kibler. Rev. H. A. G.Westerlleld, Amos Biggs, Win. Price, CharlesEllison, Rev. (’. S. Davidson, Bennett Steele,H. H. Brady, Rev. S. M. Perry, Isaac Purriu.Win. I). Bradford, James A. Boulden, J. SHopper, Rev. S. Townsend, Win. D. Coleman,George Shrader, Rev. Wm. H. Benford, W.I). Crawford, W. C. Lake, Joseph H. Brooks,Wm. Price, Jr., A. E. Davidson, Dr. Jos. V.Wallace, Thomas A. Price, Thomas A. Rees.Jos. 11. Steele, 1. H. Knorr.

Third district—Dr. R. C. Mackall, 11. R.Torbert. J. J. McCauley, James A. Deaver,Parker L. George, John Frazer, Harry M.Davis, J. Will Perkins. Evans Taylor, GeorgeRicketts, W.*H. Mackall, H. Vinsiuger, F. P.Price, C. M. Childs A. M. Strickland, LewisT. P. Ward, Covington Wood, J. E. Alex-ander, Clinton J. White, W. J Smith, JohnPartridge, Dr. Howard Bratton, Dr. John 11.Jamar, Joshua M. Ash, 11. M. McCullough,W. W Willin, W. S. Evans, Rev. John 31c-Elraoyle, John W. Anthony, Geo. A Blake.George Riddle, William T. Baldwin, P. H.Cleaver. Joseph Clay. Levi O. Cameron. A L.Crothers, Col. I. D. Davis, Wm. Dean, W. 11.Eder, James F. Evans, C. B. Finley, R. R.Frazer, Charles Freyer, P. M. Groves. WarrenR. Grosh, S. R. Grant. Jos. HinchlilTe, L. M.Haines, (diaries Heatzig. W. R. Holt, DanielHarvey, Jr., R. E. Jamar, S J. Keys, Geo. R.Kerfoot, R. (’. Levis, D. L. McCorkindale, WA. Mitchell, Wm. G. Merry. Wm. T. Miller.Rev. A. S. Mowbray, John T. Moore, JohnMeredith, J. M. Post, Rev. R. F. Price Dr. S.C. Sykes, Wm. R. Smith, R. W. Scarborough,S. K. Simpers, John S. Settle. Rev. WilliamSchouler, R. C. Thackory, Wm. T Warburton,Alfred Wetherill, D. C. Work.

Fourth district—Alfred McVey, Jas. A.Mackie, Albanus Saxton, Samuel Gatcliel,

Elmer Janney, E. H. Gallagher, John T. De-Witt, 11. R. McVey, Rev. V. P. Nortbrup, C.L. Janney, M. 'I 1. Bryce, lb*v. G. P. Jones, S.G. Bye, Jos. S. Scarborough, Jos. K. Levis,Geo, S. Brown, Frank Gallagher, I> T. Ar-huckle, Howard Scott, D. A. Mackie, John E,

Eguor, D. H. Mackie, W, I). Bye, W, (’. Hen-derson, J. >l. Casbo, Arthur A. Mackie, Geo.H. Steele. Thomas Reynolds, W. H (‘annan.

H. R. Strahorn. Isaac Yocum, C. R. Biles, G.W* Biles, W. T. Armstrong. R. 11. Mackie. J.R. Ewing.

Fifth district— C. T. F. Mearns, S. J. Reeder,William J. Clark. J. W. Arrison, John W.Simpers, Andrew Anderson, 11. C. Wildsmitb,Frank A. Thompson, Samuel Scotten, J. T.McCauley, Rev, W. A. Wise, Wm. Scotten,

James Armour, J. Wesley Falls, John L.Moore. C. E. Realty. Isaiah Biddle, RichardScotten. Geo. T. Murray. Wm. T. Harjimond.

Rev. W. A. Mather. Geo. (). Garey, Jacob W.

1 Campbell, Jas. N, Cameron. Prof. Ed. Lynch,Goo. Hodge, hr. T. A. Worrali, E. .1. Warner,John W. McCullough.

Sixth district—Lloyd Raiderson, W. W.Moore. Elliot Brown. Harvey Davis. W. T.Fryer, Geo. E. Hopkins, <). Nesbitt, J. 11.Maxwell, R. L. Christie. Wayne Reynolds.

R. F. Rowland, Wm. Cameron, Arthur Brydc,George S. Dare, C. C, Caldwell, Prof. J. G.Connor. A. J. Micbiner, 0. S. Abrahams, W.M. Maxwell, R. K. Rawlings, John Craig, H.IT. Haines, E. A. Clendenin, (’has. W. Wilson.Frank Way, Lloyd Raiderson, Jos. R. Fryer,11. H. Kirk, W. W. Nicbol, W. T. Weldon.Slater Tosh, Mount E. Kirk. R. R. Crothers, A.L. Duyekinck, Jonathan Reynolds. JosephContes, E. E. Ewing, Arthur Tosh. MorrisC. Reeder. H. T. Brown. Wm, Gifford, J. P.Brown, E. R. Buffington, C. Kimble, W. R.Roberson, Rev. I). E. Shaw. John A. Nesbitt,Rev, J. D. Kemp, L. 0. Tosh, Rev. W. G.Koons, Elam Krauss, Rev. Jas. Malloy, Clms.J. Davis, Rev. E. H. Greenfield, Geo. Raider-son, O. D. Nesbitt, I). Frank Clendenin, J. If.Woodrow. Thomas J. Wilson. S. T. Wiley, R.R. Marshall, Win. Pogue, A. H. Tyson, F. P.Corey.

Seventh district—Rev. W. W. Shaw, Wm. K.Reckefus, Rev. 11. G. Rudd, Wilson L CoudonJos. Coudon, Henry c. Nesbitt, Jacob Tome,L. G. White, Geo. K. M. Steugle, FrankJones, Geo. W. Sutton, Levi E. Patterson, Jas.N. McCullough, Wm. Steele, s. A. Vaunort.Robert Craig, Edwin Boynton, Dr. R. E.Bromwell, T. C. Bond, Dr. S. (1. Fisher,Samuel Fisher, Stephen Woodrow, R. E.McClenahau, John McClenahau. Wm. H.Cole, Jr., M. D. Craig, Rev. J. E. Maloy, 11.S. Coudon. Dr. A.C. Crothers, Jos. C Nuuduin,E. K. Taylor. George W. Jackson, Willis R.Gorrell, Thco. W. Currier, Prof. C. C. Raid er-ston, Jos. Patterson, Dr. R. E Rromwcll.Joseph P. Wright. Rev. R. H. Hoover. Rev.H. W. Ewing, J. J. Buck.

Eighth district Dr. S. T. Roman TheodoreEwing, M. B. Lee, W. R. Giffln. HowardPearce, A. 31. Rawlings, Philip R. West, SilasJ. Lowe, Chas. Grubb. Jacob Kirk. L. T.Logan, W. J. White, T. 11. Moore,

Ninth district W. S. Mearns, S. G. Eng-

land. H. M. Warner, Samuel J. Mearns, a. J.Mearns, H. M. Cameron, Rev. A. P. Pretty-man. Samuel Gifford. John A. Fox. G. W.Gifford, R. R. Smith, Webster Rrowu, A.Martindale, 1. H. England, E. L. Duyekinck,C. M. Ridgley, Rev. W. J. Fitz-Slrnon, JohnP. Wilson, G. W. Gifford J. W. Hamblcton,Daniel Krauss, Goo. W. Taylor, H. T Pvle,Ross Martindale, John. S. Crothers, Curtis C.Cameron, Wm. Stewart. John C. Stewart, J.31. C. Carhart, A. C. Carhart, Edwin Carhart,L. B. Carhart, H. B. Cameron. A. Rrown. E.W. Gifford, H. C. 3lackey.

The following delegates represented CecilGrange, No .*l, of Risingsun, at the conven-tion: E. E. Ewing, Elam K. Krauss, Jona-than Reynolds.

(ION VENTION PHO( ’KEDIN(H.

The convention was called to order ateleven o’clock by Rev. John McElmoyle, ofElkton, Chairman of the Executive Com-mittee. States Attorney William S. Evanswas made the presiding officer, J. 31. C.Carhart. of Zion and Samuel G. Bye. of FairHill, were selected secretaries In taking thechair 31r. Evans made a few pertinentremarks as to the purpose of the conventionand the need of just such a reform as themovement was intended to accomplish. Hesaid that race track gambling was an enemyto public prosperity, the home, and the

Confhint'd nn 5.

ELKTON, MD„ SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1897.

BRAKEMAN KILLED.

1 Knocked From a Freight Car and Killedat the Elkton Station.

A sad and fatal accident occurred at theElkton freight station on Thursday afternoonat three o’clock, a freight hrakoman beingrun over and killed.

Extra southbound freight. No. 107, hadbeen ordered to stop at Elkiou, to couple on

a car of horses which were to be shippedsouth. The car stood on the freight sta-tion siding in front of the warehouse. Theengine had run in and having coupled to-gether all the oars in order to draw out on

the main track the car loaded with horses—-was pullingout. The victim of the accident,David 11. Clark, of Philadelphia, the middlebrakemau. was running over the cars whenhe was struck by the roof of the warehouseowned by the railroad company and occupiedby C. It. Ford, grain dealer. The roof extendsabout two and a half feet over the cars on

the siding, at a heighth of four feet abovethem. Chirk was struck on the back and as

it happened, being very close to the end of theoar. was knocked down between the cars. Hofell under the wheels and the trucks of thetwo last cars of the shifting train passed overhim. The wheels crushed his stomach. Afellow brakenmn, P. L. Workman saw Clarkfall, and signalled the engineer to stop, hop-ing that (’lark had caught himself. Bui theworst had happened. Workman quickly ranto the side of the wounded man and tenderlylifted up his head. Life was fast ebbing awayand after opening his eyes and making a

slight movement the poor fellow passed awayin workman’s arms. The engineer, and con-ductor, Patrick Keenan, and the others ofthe crew gathered around, and the strongmen cried, so much were they affected by thedeath of their companion who had been en-gaged in railroading with them for the pastlive years.

The ilead man was twenty-eight years ofage, and unmarried. Coroner Dean wasnotified. The remains were taken to theundertaking establishment of Henry Viu-singer. on Main street, where an inquest wasconducted.

Coroner W. P. Dean had evidence taken inthe ease before Magistrate droves. The re-

mains wore shipped to Clayton, Delaware,on Friday morning.

FARMER SUICIDES.I

James L. Steele, of Providence, HangsHimself to a Tree.

Becoming despondent owing to impairedj health, James L. Steele, a wHI-knuwn farmer.

I of near Providence, sought relief in death, onj Saturday morning his lifeless body being

; found hanging from a tree in a grove on tin-farm of Waller Armstrong. whi**b adjoins bisproperty. The body was suspended by a

plow line. Although for some time past hehad appeared depressed in spirits, uosuch an

outcome was contemplated, it being thoughtby bis family that ho would soon brightenup. Ho was in comfortable financial circum-stances and could have no uneasiness on thataccount. Being missed from Ids homo onFriday, a search was begun for him inthe early evening, the body being discoveredSaturday morning. On Friday afternoon In*

! was known to have bought a quantity oflaudanum and it is supposed that h<* drank a

quantity of the drug before ending his life.He was sixty-three years of ago and leaves

two children, Al Steele and Mrs. ZelmaHaggerty, of Landenburg, Pa. Ho was amember of Rock Presbyterian Church andwas universally respected as a kind neigh-bor and exemplary citizen. The funeral tookplace on Wednesday afternoon, the inter"incut being in Sharp’s cemetery’.

COURT NEXT WEEK.The Jurors Who Will Serve—A Murder

Case on the Docket.The March term of tho Circuit Court for

Cecil county will convene on Monday next.March is.

The jury list is as follows:

Dist. Diet.Thos.C.Crookshauk.l Isaac Strahorn 4(Ino. N. (rill 1 George W. Biles... .4

! William J Manlove.l Samuel A. Senttun. .4Thomas P. Dorsey. .1 Howard Scott 4James Johns 1 George W. Ewing... 4George It. Bowen. .1 William 11. Creswoll.4Joseph SehndTer 2 William J. Wilson.. .5Alfred T. Lum .2 Henry C. McDowell.sWin. A. Hazel 2 Arthur Logan 5Frank B. Howard.. .2 Wayne Reynolds 0George N. Bennett .2 Franklin M. Jenkins.oIrwin G. Grfllth, Sr. 2 Andrew T. Wiley.. .6John S. Hague 2 A. L. Duyckinck. .. .6Harry Howard 2 William M. Pogue.. 0Robert Budulph 3 Carlton Kimble (5

1 John M. Terrell 3 Win. B. Konnard. .(I

| Benoni Harris 3 John E. Coulson... .7James T. Sterling. .3 Thomas H. Smith.. .7George T. King 3 Reuben H, Smith...7Grayson L. Bennett. 3 W. 11. (’arson 7William Bonham... .3 HenryM.Patterson .7

I Jesse K. Simpers.... 3 Joseph E. Burkins. H

I James A. Simpers. .3 Abel J. Mearns 9

J Abner W. Gathers ..4 Reuben J. England. 9

McClenahan—Everist.Mr. William McClenahan and Miss Mary

Rawlings Everist, daughter of tho late Fran-cis S. Everist, two prominent young societypeople of Port Deposit, were quietly marriedon Thursday afternoon at two forty-fiveo’clock at the residence of the bride’s mother,

near Port Deposit. Owing to tho recent deathof tin-bride’s father, the ceremony was at-tended by only the immediate relatives of thecontracting parlies. The Rev. L. E. Barrett,

; of Wilmington, officiated, assisted by thej Rev. H. W. Ewing, pastor of Tome Memoriai M. E. Church, of Port Deposit.

Mr. and Mrs. McClenahan are spendingI their honeymoon South.

Lenten Services.Luuten services to which the people of Elk-

ton are cordially inviteil are held dally iuTrinity rhumb, Elkton -on Mondays at 8.80 I

1 p. in., Tuesdays and Fridays at 8 p. m., and 'Wedii‘*sda>H, Thursdays and Saturdays at

4.80 p. m. A word of Christian counsel andinstruction in connection with each service. ,

The Right Rev. Dr. Lmghton Coleman, Bishopof Delaware, will preach at the Tuesdayevening service next week. I

GUNNING ACCIDENT. '

Robert Hastings Seriously Wounded hythe Accidental Discharge of a Gun.

Robert Uaatiups. ot near Town Point, now |lies In a critical condition, hovering betweenlife and death, having been wounded by theaccidental discharge of a gun on Thursdayevening of last week.

Accompanied hy Irvin Clayton ho had beengunning for muskrats on tho banks of thoBohemia river and was returning home.The boat had just reached tho shore a shortdistance from Town Point, when Claytonjumped out and was iu tho act of pulling thoboat in with the anchor rope, having theloaded gun across his shoulder. The ropebroke throwing Clayton to tho ground, whilethe gun struck the boat and was discharged.The heavy load struck Hastings in the rightleg, tearing tho flesh from the bone and in-flicting such a serious wound that amputa-tatiou was necessary.

Dr. W. C. Karsnor, of Chesapeake City, andDr. John H. Jamar performed tho operationon Friday. The injured man is about thirtyyears of age.

His case is critical and its outcome cannotbe told, his condition being moat serious, llbeing feared that blood poisoning will set in*

HELD IN SUSPENSE.

Oscar Slack, of North East, Fears ThatHis Sisters Were Murdered in Atlanta.

Mrs. Oscar Slack, of North East, has re-ceived a letter from her sister in McKeesport.Pa., in which the fear is expressod that thevictims of a double murder recently com-mitted in Atlanta, Georgia, are Miss RuthSlack and Mrs. Allen, sisters of Mr. Slack, ofNorth East.

The letter tells of a double murder whichoccurred in Atlanta, in which Mrs. Allen andMiss Ruth Slack, were murdered by a mannamed Edward Flauulgan.

The murder happened a month or so agobut this was the first information Mr. andMrs. Slack had.

The letter expresses fear that the murderedw*mn are the sisters of Mr.Slack. The Mrs.Allen, one of the murdered women, if it is as-opposed, was the wife of S. M. Allen, for anumber of years a resident of North East,

and who was proprietor of a jewelry estab-lishment iu that town, and Miss Ruth Slackwas the sister of Mrs. Allen, with whom shealways resided. .More than six years agoAllen failed, and with Ids family removed toPennsylvania, where until two years theylived, but from that time to this Mr. Slackhas been in the dark as to their residence.

Allen was from tie* south and it is possiblethat he with his family, returned to his na-

tive home after leaving Pennsylvania.'Mr. Slack is getting old, and being a sold-

ier of the late war was uufortuuato enough tohave bis leg shot off. and he is iu no positionto visit Atlanta and investigate the matter,but Dr Housekeeper bus taken the matter inband and communicated with tbo police ofthat city. Mr. Slack, and also the residents,believe that the murdered women are the•nine as resided in North Ea**t only a littleover six years ago.

MONEY FOR MISSIONS.

Annual Anniversary of the Elkton M. E.Sunday School.

The Elkton M.K, Sunday School pleasantlyentertained n large audience on Sunday even-ing the occasion being the annual celebrationof Missionary Sunday, when a program-musical and literary—was rendered. Thefeature of the evening was the collection forthe year for missions the amount devoted tothat cause being $200.00.

The evening’s program was as follows:Singing, “Tellthe Whole Wide World.” school.Prayer, John W. Anthony. Singing, “Gath-ering tile Sheaves,*’ school. Scripture recita-tion. Psalm 1, class. Song, class from InfantSchool. Recitation, “What a Tract Did.”Marian Moisei. Trio and chorus, “BuildingDay by Day,” class. Recitation, “Little Of-ferings,** Karl Crawford. Song. “All Overthe World,” school. Banner exercise, ‘‘TheWorld for Christ,” class. Recitation, “Pen-nies,” Alfred B. Lori. Singing, Infant School.An cxerise, “Missionary Band,” class. Col-lection. Solo, Mrs. Eva Harvey. Singing.“Where His Voice is Guiding,” school. Ben-ediction.

The collection for the year from the classeswas us follows:

Teachers. Homo, Mis. Total.Miss Maggie Strickland....s 4 72 $ 540 sll 12Miss Annie Pierson 5 12 5115 ll(TMiss Annie L. Bills STH Hsl 14 26(’. E. Alexander 2 65 2 is 5 13Flunk P. Price, 11 35 712 18 47John A . Anthony 1265 14 35 27 00Rev. B. K. Price (Bible class) 543 077 15 20Miss Carrie Ricketts 535 MOS 14 (MiMiss Mary TerrelV 210 352 601Ms.*. Cordelia Vlnslnger— 550 72H 127 sMiss Mamie Brown 245 365 610Mrs. Mowbrav 435 706 1135Miss Hattie Terrell 306 604 1000Miss Mol lie McCoy 354 805 1150Miss.Sadic Strickland 2 00 3 12 5 12Henry Vinslnger 047 17 80 27 27Howard Ash 402 610 1102Mrs. Virginia Perkins 437 370 807Miss Jane Torbert 343 IK 00 21 4S•Missdraec Wells 101 S 3 IK4Miss Lillian Alexander 353 740 11 62Miss Jennie Healey 307 510 016Mrs. M. A, T. Lllis 2HO 13 86 16 66J Miss Lizzie Walmsley so 00 issInfant Class 745 14 50 22 04West End (.'lmpel 657 657Basket collection 075 975

Total sllß 03 §206 06 $324 00'Class consolidated with other classes after

end of second quarter. : New class.

Elkton Town Council.The Board of Town Commissioners was iu

regular session on Thursday evening.

Present Messrs. Kerfoot, King. Jeffers andMackali. Treasurer King and Bailiff Biddle,

The minutes the last meeting were read andapproved.

The Treasurer reported receipt*. $6422.97;disbursements. $5953.30; balance on hand.$469.67.

The following bills were passed and ordered |to be. paid: Electric Light Co., to date. $123; iJohn F. Chick. 40 et-; Geo. (’. Bid He. salary ¦j for February, $41.66.

The President and Secretary reported thatthey had renewed the u<vommodation note

1 of the Water Co., for SBSO. Tho Water Com-pany having paid $25 on it. On motion theaction of the President and Secretary was 1

• approved. Adjourned.

WHOLE NO. 2,919

the matter over from time to time, and haveconcluded there is no other way out of thodifficulty than hy conforming ourselves to thocircumstances governing us. I have hoardmembers of the club say that farmers workedhard and deserved the best that is going-granted, if they can honestly obtain it. butnot otherwise. Tho advance in living, withmany farmers has been in advance of whatthe conditions of the farm justified, henceour trouble and cause of complaint today.Our whole life does not consist in eating andenjoying unduly the pleasures of the world.You can well understand how we may nottake in all that is suggested for our enter-tainment—there is hardly a week there is notsome one or more entertainments solicitingour patronage, and this to apply to the wholefamily. Besides, we must have line furniture,bric-a-brac, pianos, organs, carriages, etc.Is it any wonder, therefore, tho farm is notadequate for all this? Truly, friends, reformshould commence with ourselves, then wowill be better able and can more logicallybring about the condition of affairs we lungfor.

•‘I am no pessimist nor do Ihopelessly viewour present state, I am only contending fora just equipoise of matters, a conformity t itho condition in which wo find ourselves, andoven then, by comparison, we will find ourblessings manifold greater than those a largoportion of the world enjoy.

“When I started this paper I thought Iwould consider the best way to destroynoxious weeds but I seem to have forgottenthat part—however, tho remedy for our illsand tho weeds Is to grub them up.’’

Comment on the essay being In order, Mr.Diiyckinck said he could not criticise thepaper, as it struck the keynote of the farmere’ eouditlou. While the farmer must haveamusement, he must perforce curtail hisamusements to meet the reduction of hisincome.

Col. Noyes thought*the most serious injuryto the farmer, compelling him to economize,was largely due to tho contraction of thacurrency of the country.

Mr, Kirk thought possibly there might besome indirect good to the farmer in beingcompelled to economize, otherwise theextravagant tendencies of the times mightlead him further astray.

Mr. Clifford thought the essay iu the rightline, that noxious weeds had to be rootedout.

Mr. Mitehiuer thought the former highpriees received for farm products, had giventho farmers tho means for extravagant expen-diture, lit- thought depression in priees wasa blessing iu disguise, ns calculated to put astop to improvident expenditures by farmersgenerally. There was a demand now forfarms, if there was nothing in farming, whythis demand V Evidences were all around uswhere by thrift and industry, money was nowbeing made out of the soil, and he instancedsales of farm stock recently hold in Cecilcounty, where line stock amounting to thou-sands of dollars in value, has beou recentlymade by diligent farmers, in the face of thapresent outcry against tho present unprollt-abieness of farming,

lir. Bromwoll said tho essay was like othershe had heard iu this club, an excellent ex-pression of good old common sense.

liev. W. W. Shaw said that within tho lastgeneration there had been a marked revolu-tion in tho condition of things as far as thefarmer is concerned. The farmer of to-daymust conform to the new conditions. Thagreat West had developed these new condi-tions iu grain production, and tho sensiblefarmer of the East must adjust himself tothem.

Mr. Coudon could not see how tho farmersof Maryland could conform to tho existingconditions referred to by Mr. Shaw.

Mr. Shaw thought that farmers did notproperly consider tho rosoures of their farms,and his family too often did not limit them-selves to those resources.

Rev. 1). E. Shaw recited his experience ofa tour in Ireland, and jocularly suggested

that the one meat a day, and plenty of pota-

toes and milk system of that country, as a

convenient form of retrenchment for Mary-land farmers.

Mr. Wilson said that the trouble of adjust-

ment to existing conditions lay in the habitsand ideas of living of the farmers of the pre-sent generation. Wages have not diminishediu proportion to the prices of tho farmers

products.Col. Noyes thought farmers were uot willing

to come down to the maimer of living com-mon before the war. If the farmer had tocome down to a plainer style of living, hewanted professional and all other classes toretrench with him.

At this point, dinner being announced, thechairman designated Messrs. Gifford, Max-well and Kirk as tho committee to examineMr. Bond’s premises and stock.

Upon re-assembling after dinner, Mr. Gif-ford reported the llret thing that claimedtho attention of the committee was a number

of line cows, and also a number of line swine.Mr. Kirk commended Mr. Bond’s vegetablegarden which he worked with a horse. All

1 the committee commended the excellent con-I ditiou of Mr. Bond’s premises and stock.

It being the llret meeting iu the year, whenthe annual election of officers takes place.Mr. A. J. Miohiner, the Treasurer of theClub made his report showing a balanceS'ao.Hff in his hands. The report was onmotion accepted. Mr. Henry S. Coudonmoved that the Secretary of the club east thevote of the club for Mr. John P. Wilson, nsPresident of the club. Motion carried andvote was so cast. Mr. Alfred Kirk was elected

Vice-President of the club. Mr. George W.Gilford was elected Corresponding Secretary,H. U. Torhert, Recording Secretary, and E.L. Duycbluck, Treasurer.

Tim election of new members, and the reinstatemeut of old members were on motionpostponed until tho next meeting.

Questions being in order, Mr. Thomas 0.Bond, asked tho best commercial fertilizerfor corn V The opinion of the club was Giatline bone was the best commercial fertilizer,Iwru yard manure being more profitablyreserved for tho following wheat crop, as the

j benefit to the grass was more lasting by tillsJ method.

At four o’clock the club adjourned to meetI at Mr. James H. Maxwell’s, nn Wednesday,I April 14th.

! CECIL FARMERS’ CLUB.Regular Monthly Meeting at Mr. Thos.

C. Bond’s Near Port Deposit.

I Tin* regular meeting of the Cecil Farmers’Club was held on Wednesday the 10th lust,at the ‘ Maples*’ farm, the homestead of Mr.Thomas (’. Bond near Port Deposit. At 10.30a. m. the President of the Club, Mr. John W.Wilson directed the call of the roll of mem-bers, when the following responded to theirnames. Henry S. Condon, A. J. Micbiner,Col. Enoch Noyes, John P. Wilson, ThomasC. Bond, E. L. Duyckinck, Rev. D. E. Shaw,

George W. Gifford, Alfred Kirk, Dr. It. E.Bromwell and H. R. Torbert. The visitorspresent by invitation were Rev. H. W. Ewing,Rev. W. W. Shaw and Mr. Frederick VanDorn, of Now Jersey.

The minutes of the two last meetings hav-ing been approved, a quorum not havingbeen present at the last meeting, and reportsof experiments being in order, .Mr. Kirk saidhe had been trimming during tho winter anold apple orchard. The trees were very thickand lie had been told that the trimming of anold apple tree was almost sure to kill it.

Mr. M'chiuer said he had trimmed appletrees when tho sap was flowing and hadgiven himself the additional trouble of trim-ming them over again, as the growth of suc-cors had been increased, and he would notagain trim them when the sap was flowing.

He thought trimming should be done alwayswheu the sap was down. As to grapes, look-ing to a crop of fruit, he was uot in favor ofexcessive pruning.

Col. Noyes said he had an expensive exper-ience in trimming old apples trees. A tenanton his farm in 1865, had cut off the large andheavy limits of about 300 apple trees. Hesecured a crop that year, but the following

year general decay began, and in four or fiveyears the orchard was dead except a fewyounger trees. The orchard was probablythirty-five years old. He thought the heavytrimming of au old orchard would certainlykill it.

Mr. Bond said that lie had trimmed the oldwood from old apple trees, and had lostthem.

Mr. Duyckinck said, that the generality offarmers allowed too many main limbs onyoung trees. That a proper number, two or

three, main limbs being left on a young tree,there would bo no necessity for much trim-ming, as there would not be a superabund-ance of sprouts to require trimming. Hewas not an advocate of excessive pruning.

Mr. Gifford said his experience showed,

that the cutting of main limbs of fruit treeswas detrimental to them. He had pruned

successfully young tre.es when iu bloom, butaimed always to leave the main limbs intact.As to grapes he thought with Mr. Micbiner,that excessive pruning lessened the quantityof fruit, and was therefore detrimental to thevine.

Mr. Kirk thought the essential conditionfor successful prape growing was moisture,which was necessary for the root growth oftho vine. Mr. Mitehiner said animal matterpromoted the growth of grapes, and worth-less curs eould be well utilized by plantingfor grape growing.

Mr. Duyckinck instanced the experience ofa lady who cut her grape vines back to twofruit buds, and always produced tho finestfruit in large quantities.

Col. Noyes asked why it was that the wildgrapes ceased bearing fruit. The wild vinesthat once bore fruit iu abundance, now bearno fruit. The question was not satisfactorilyanswered.

The regular essay being iu order Mr. Bondsubmitted the following [taper:

“In casting around for a subject fora paperto offer the club, I find that everything per-taining to the welfare of the farmer or theInterest of the farm is well nigh exhausted,and anything Imight say has been said be-fore, Farming with us has, in a great meas-ure, ceased to be experimental, forwo have foryears tried all new methods and followed allreasonable suggestions, that our farms mightprove more productive and the difficultiesthat environ us solved. But seemingly weare as far from a solution by these methodsas wheu we commenced. The truth is, farm-ing these times in the Atlantic States iucereals, has ceased to be profitable, for thereason that large tracts of land throughouttho West and Northwest under the combinat-ive system has superseded the primitive

methods of small farms as with us and wenow no longer can compete in tho world’smarkets against the larger producers.

“Our position as farmers may be likenedto the position of the small trades people andthe wage earners as opposed to the largocombinations and trusts, where thousandsused to find employment and reward for theirtoil, they are now supplanted by the largeaggregation of means and improved machin-ery, consequently there is not that diversifiedway and means of securing the results forwhich we all strive. This condition ofaffairsIlook upon as a sequence to the Increase inthe wealth of tho country, the perfection ofmachinery and the aggregation of capital. Ido not think it is politic to complain, or wiseto oppose, fur in the nature of things the worldmust progress till fruition arrives. The ques-tion then is, how best to adapt ourselves to

this condition of affairs.

‘Some contend that there is a remedy, andblindly insist that a preventive in the formof legislation will correct the matter Whilstit is true there are unlawful combinationsand unjust means used to defraud the peopleof their inherent rights, yet to object to allimprovements devised for mans benefit, is togo back in the scale of human progress andadvancement. Comparing civilized withseml-civilized countries of the world, we cansee wherein we are more largely benefited bythe advance of science In the art of produc-ing and living. Tho picture Asiatic countriespresent from time to time of their starving

| millions by reason of their opposition to thej introduction of more improved methods

i looking to the bettering of their condition, Isan object lesson that should make us grateful

for and contented with our surroundings. ;“Iam aware such logic does not help the

I pocket nor does it solve our present troubles. .j What then, you ask, will? I have thought |