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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1920
Page
5
The column lists grain prices and sales offers from L. B. Towers & Bro, local car and shingle ads, and notices from Sheriff Dulin about dog licenses. It covers town events including baseball scores, a Nineteenth Century Red Men banquet, road sign proposals, a stabbing near Jopp, a fishing hawk eel fight, and the twenty second annual Denton encampment with financial tallies and planned improvements.
Denton social page lists visitors from Chester town and Easton, engagements and weddings planned for autumn, and numerous relatives and friends visiting or touring nearby towns. Notes mention Miss Hooper of Easton, Dr Cobb, families from Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Indiana, plus local residents returning from travels and events. Maryland Queen flour promotion ends with subscription prompt.
Hobbs area social notes list Mrs. W T Thawley hosting Ladies Aid with readings by Mrs F Paisley and Miss Annie Tarr. Betts family visits noted along with Rev A W Betts preaching in Greensboro. Elizabeth Merriken of Wilmington visits parents. Weekend guests include Mr and Mrs James Wheatley of Dover and Mr Fred Paisley with Mr Frank Davis of Baltimore. Sunday School to be held tomorrow at church and Esther Willey hosts an 8 pm dinner. Railroad station gains paint. excursionists visit Ocean City.
Messrs J E Walls L M Jones J R Jones J D Long and Milton Dill took a fishing trip to Bowers Beach on Wednesday. Wil mington residents Wm Hutson and his wife spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Wim Goodwin. Ernest Cohee and wife, of Wil mington, visited Willard Cohee and family near town. Howard Clark and son of Wil mington visited his brother W F Clark brother-in-law Mrs Howard Bar wick in Sadlersville. Roscoe Taylor and children from Philadelphia visit her mother Mrs Flor Sweeney. Mrs Preston Harris of Wil mington visits her parents Mr and Mrs C H Clough. Erba and son of Philadelphia visit sister Mrs Kate Downes. WT George of Richardson Park stays a few days with L M Jones. Catherine Melvin returns from six weeks at College Park. S C Johnson relatives in Barclay and Wilming ton. Mrs John D Long visits relatives in Marcus Hook.
Templeville and surrounding area residents share visits and travel updates. Adolph Hantwerker and family return to Wilmington after visiting. Ed Tarring and wife vacationing with Bowen family in Templeville. R E Lane returns from Goldsboro visit. Sarah Lewis returns to Wilmington after visiting William Lowman. John Davis and son Cooper visited near Salisbury. ill child of Cahall family improving. Knotts couple from Sudlersville visited. many locals attend Sudlersville carnival. Austin Greer of Philadelphia called on friends. many locals visit Ocean City. Olivia Knotts visiting Wilmington.
Smithson and the Rohes along with Alton Harding hosted guests in Wilmington while Mrs Nolan Todd and daughter returned to Philadelphia after visiting O D Todd. Selia Willoughby and Naomi Coleman visited C F Collins's home on Tuesday. A Sunday storm damaged the canning factory and sheds of H L Parrott. Mrs A Marine and sons from Newark are visiting local friends. Alton Harding visited Leroy Willoughby on Sunday. Harvey Patrick is listed as sick.
Harmony residents note returns from University of Maryland summer school as Mildred Collins and Elma Todd rejoin local ties. W. R. Thomas hosts dinner for Rev J. L. Nichols and Pearl Collins of Wilmington visits grandparents S. H. Collins. Hastings of Salisbury visits daughter Mrs. Herman Bailey while Hattie McConnell visits relatives in New York.
Miss Mary Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs James D Wilson died at their Ridgely home on Saturday afternoon July 31 funeral held Tuesday Rev Frank White preached Let not your hearts be troubled Burial was in Denton Cemetery Pall bearers included Harry Swann Mont Wiley Frank Flounders Thomas Temple Isaac Mason and Somers Blake She was forty nine years old and had recent residence in Philadelphia where she worked in the Home for Incurables and later as assistant matron of the Presbyterian Orphanage She survived by her parents three brothers Norman Harry and James and two sisters Bessie and Sadie plus several relatives from Maryland Delaware and Denton The community mourned Prof C J Opperman longtime Ridgely resident died in Washington from typhoid fever He was known for work with Farmers Institutes and poultry writing The Methodist Sunday School held an excursion to Talchester with many local drivers aiding the trip Various residents visited friends and family across nearby towns and states
Mrs Ray Turner and daughter Margaret of Baltimore visit sister Mrs Gilbert Swann. Mrs Davis of Wilmington and Mrs Taylor of Hartley visited brother Mr Charles Starkey. Mr John Hunter of Chester Pa stayed with parents the past week. Excursion to Ocean City joined by several. Various residents travel to Rehoboth Concord Blue Ridge Summit Pen Mar. Union and family visits noted. Baptists plan Sunday School in Greensboro next Sunday. Mr Leonand Dean buys a sedan.
Forty members of the E. S. Adkins & Co Service Club of Salisbury attended a Preston Saturday night gathering hosted by the S. E. Douglas Company. The topic was how the ladies of the organization may increase their efficiency. Mr. and Mrs. Madison Charles and Miss Eta Whiteley attended the funeral of Miss Mamie Wilson at Ridgely last Tuesday. Miss Nes Noble has returned from a visit to her sister Mrs. Ruth Dowding in Liverpool England.
Greensboro ball players defeated Hur fork players at the latter place Saturday, the score being 1100. The Chetertown Club came here Tuesday and won, the visitors scoring 2, the local menor. On Wednesday the local team was ato East New Market, mistaking g runs while the East New Market boys made nothing. The Greensboro boys will play Denton.
In a Monday crossroad collision near Wye Mills Mrs. William B. Spiva 55 of Princess Anne died instantly while her husband cashier William B. Spiva of Princess Anne was badly hurt. The couple traveling to Atlantic City collided with Ernest Kemp’s car. both vehicles overturned. Spiva’s condition fluctuated as doctors operated at Johns Hopkins and Easton Hospital, with reports of a fighting chance for recovery four days after the crash.
A. L. Sullivan announces strict enforcement of Maryland’s tomato canning law prohibiting water or other liquids from being added to canned tomatoes. Most packers comply, aided by voluntary inspections, but illicit additions persist. Sullivan urges full cooperation to improve quality, reduce federal conflicts, and protect state packs representing over 16 percent of US production.
The Cambridge News reports five million dollars in cash across ten Dorchester banks, praising the Eastern Shore county as the best place to live. The piece extols Dorchester as hospitable, cheerful, and blessed with sunshine and wholesome living on the peninsula.
Census bulletin shows Caroline 18652 down from 19216, Dorchester 27895 down from 28669, Queen Anne’s 16500 down from 16839, with declines 2.9 2.7 and 5 percent. Urban migration to Wilmington Philadelphia and Baltimore cited as main cause. Experts discuss temporary wage-driven drift and the need to keep farming attractive to youth.
In Orphans Court on Tuesday Judges West Harper and Shawn presided. Letters of administration on Bascom Flamer’s estate were granted to Paul Hol singer with bond filed. Appraisers named as R. E. Fountain and B. F. Rickards. Various filings include releases by Charles H. Kinder and guardianship actions for minors. Additional estates involve William T. Andrew and Charles S. Bradley with bonds approved and notices to creditors ordered. Guardian W Brewster Deen authorized to use ward funds for sanatorium expenses.
Attorney General Armstrong says only one appropriation in Caroline County will go to voters at the coming election. Chapter 320 proposes a $60 000 bond for a Denton public school building. Chapter 375 plans a $360 000 bond for a Greensboro school building, with 218 petition signers, below the required constitutional total. Chapter 269 directs a $4 000 road repair levy from Preston to Chop Tank, with 347 petition signers, one short of the constitutional threshold. Governor statewide vote count in Caroline was 3 483.
Our daily view shows moving automobiles of varying sizes and colors along highways and macadam roads. Some vehicles slow, others fast, with women at the wheel and even disabled cars towed to garages. The scene is real and ordinary, not a dream or screen, yet remarkable in its ubiquity.
The USDA uses price in bushels of corn to track hog values. Two pounds of live hogs should equal about 13 bushels of corn, with ratio variation by region. Currently the ratio is unusually narrow, suggesting hog prices may rise while corn falls or stays steady over the next year.
Dr Beniah L Lewis a Harrington physician and longtime Caroline county figure died Friday aged 72 Funeral was held Monday with Rev J T Richardson and Rev Dr T E Terry officiating Interment at Dover Episcopal cemetery Survived by widow Mrs Anne Penne Lewis a brother Henry R Lewis of Denton and sister Harriet Pleasanton of Philadelphia He taught school early and studied at the University of Pennsylvania He practiced in Burrsville before moving to Harrington A Democrat active in politics he served in the House in 1883 the Senate from 1889 as Speaker and later state auditor The Wilmington Every Evening paid tribute noting his wide respect and many friends
Hillsboro and surrounding community hosts and visitors are listed as Rev F C MacSorley and family in Wilmington. Mrs Ward and Louise from Crisfield return from visits with Rev W H Revelle. Anna Jump and Margaret Jarrell visit Elizabeth Wheeler near Bel Air. Other guests include Cavalier family from Baltimore visiting H D Knotts. Ed Tarring and children with G B Stewart. Marie Black and Helen Rea from Lancaster visit H S Fisher. Chas Bryan family and Mary Gardiner visit Richard Beaven. Gladys Gale Elsie Hicks visit Helen Morris in Queenstown. Harris Legg from Stevensville spends week with sister Florence Beaven. Minnie Savage Nettie Lee visit Florence Beaven. Margaret Hammer visits Philadelphia. Etla Pennington from Washington visits her parents. Belle Connolly from Easton visits relatives. Mrs Norris of Baltimore visits Mrs Richard Evans.
Elizabeth Liddie Hardesty of Burraville died after a lingering illness at age 69. She was a devout Methodist Christian, sister to Rev. George L. Hardesty of Seaford and William H. Hardesty near Burraville, and home with brother William. Funeral conducted by Rev. G. W. Williams at the M E Church with past pastors Rev. Mr. Fogle and Rev. Mr. Taylor assisting. burial in church cemetery. Guests included Mollie Fisher and two sons from Marcus Hook and James Towers of Trappe. Thelma Collison visiting grandparents Chas Murphy and wife Denton. Leonard Voss recovering from injuries from a fall from a load of unthreshed wheat. Margaret E. Stafford hosts grandson William Sparks of Wilmington.
The 26th Century Community Club met at Mrs B Wash Wright’s home on Wednesday afternoon July 28 with twelve members and two visitors present. Miss Erna Griffith gave a recitation and refreshments were served. A picnic was planned for Wright’s Wharf on Wednesday afternoon August 11, inviting all members and friends.
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