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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1911
Page
5
A long compact page notes farm sales auctions and personal property listings across Denton and surrounding towns. It mentions farmers selling 76 acre farm near Ridgely, 164 acres Sanger farm near Anthony’s Mill, and John Rich jailed for local option violation. Also covers excursions to Rehoboth and Atlantic City, camp meetings, church notices, and Republican meeting outcomes with listed delegates and officials.
Jacksonville visitor Mr. Percy F. Wilson notes improved farming across the county since his youth in Tuckahoe Neck. Numerous guests and residents are listed visiting or staying with relatives in Queen Anne's and surrounding areas, including families from Baltimore Philadelphia Wilmington and New York, with trips to Atlantic City and Rehoboth, plus local social arrangements and guests at private homes and hotels.
Political council fires burn as 30 candidates spend days making pleas to voters in Queen Anne's county. The race is described as the warmest and most uncertain in half a century with eight offices to be filled and the governorship nomination drawing intense interest.
The Seaford News reports ominous phrases about Caleb R Layton whetting his knife and Dr Burton turning a grindstone with a suggestion that Governor Pennewill be measured for a steel breastplate. The item conveys tense rhetoric without detailing any actual planned action.
Mr. James H. Roe of Ridgely died last Saturday after ten years in the town and was brought back for burial. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Emanuel Baptist Church officiated by Rev. R. M. Rigdon. Pallbearers named Charles Smith David Foster James Sharp Lynch Jr. and M. A. Dragoo. Interment at Hillsboro cemetery. Survived by two sons and a daughter. The Hoffman Bros peach growers estimate the crop from eight thousand trees at five thousand baskets with finest picking sold at 1.85 per carrier. Alex Marvel, from Oxford, bought two lots on Railroad Avenue and set up a store and dwelling with full groceries stock. Saulsbury Bros. began canning corn and plan to run full time, possibly nights. Miss Lillian Spence returned home from Cen Treville after a visit. Miss Lusie Freeman visited near Matthews. Susie Tarburton visiting parents near Trappe. Mr Joseph Simons and family host visiting friends from Pennsylvania. Dr Waymaker’s two daughters visiting Cordova.
Friends and relatives relate broad movement notices as J J Raughley seeks to relocate to the former M P parsonage by year end. The report lists numerous visitors and guests from Dover Philadelphia Laurel Del and New Jersey, with trips to Camden and Atlantic City noted.
A Greensboro column lists numerous visitors and hosts in the area. Guests include Mrs. Lees of Philadelphia for Phoebe’s fourth birthday, Rev. Ivanhoe Willis at St Pauls M E Church, and Misses Plummer, Jarrell, Dil, and Jackson returning from trips. Local residents such as Rev. Warren Burr, Mr. and Mrs. Carter, and Miss Elizabeth Carter are noted with various visits and gatherings. Roe’s cannery began work on corn this week.
A list of visitors and relatives staying at Bowers Beach for ten days includes Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bennett and family, Mrs Belle Morris, Millard Bartlett, Misses Margaret King of Delathmore, Anna Ayers, Minnie Sylvester, Mollie Smith, with trips by Gilbert Morris and Monroe Saunders to Caroline and Delaware. Wilmington and Philadelphia visitors join local family gatherings amid favorable rain for crops. Additional guests: Misses Gibbons of Haddonfield staying with Frant Slemmoer. Christopher Gottwalls building a dwelling to occupy January 1. Fred Sylvester of Virginia visiting in Goldsboro area. Miss Mary Lutler at Ocean City.
Misses Edna and Ruth Carrow return to Greensboro from their grandparents. Mr. Fred Bennett of Wilmington visits his parents near town. Mr. T. H. Notlingsworth of Denton spends part of the week with his brother. Mr. Willie Goodwin of Ridley Park visits his parents. C. Af Hollingsworth and J. R. Melvin stay a few days at Woodsboro. Clarence Pritchett of Wilmington visits his parents. Miss Helen Jackson of Ridgely visits her aunt. Miss Cleo Imler of Saratoga visits Delia Meredith.
The Wright and Son mills on the Smithville road near Concord were destroyed by fire Monday night. The loss is heavy with the saw mill cider mill blacksmith shop and numerous tools and a buggy burned. The cause is unknown and some suspect incendiary origin.
Federalsburg residents host guests from Philadelphia Baltimore and beyond during a busy weekend. Attendees include officials from the State Roads Commission and former Senator John Hubner, along with relatives visiting from Glyndon Eas ton Salisbury Union Bridge and Rehoboth. Local trips and excursions to Atlantic Ocean City are noted, as are illnesses and travel updates among townspeople.
In Bridgetown the local farmers were seen plowing at the Saulsbury farm with 46 males and 16 men. Thompson Gibson, Eddie and Howard Thomas visited friends in Wilmington and Philadelphia. A bush meeting at Place's woods was led by Rev. Mr. Henry from Alexandria, Virginia. Fox hunters have been active chasing Reynard day and night.
Hickman and Clinton Breeding of Philadelphia visit the Breeding home. Charles Nichols and Miss Inona Nichols of Chester stay with the Nichols family. John Melvin of Wilmington spends the weekend with relatives. Eliza Melvin of Tiffkahoe visits sister Mrs. Will Lankford. W R B Peters of Dover makes a business call.
Miss Eva Roach of Philadelphia visits her cousin Miss Nettie Sullivan. Mr B F Edgell sprained his ankle in a recent accident. Calvary M P Church will miss preaching until August 27. Miss Jennie Trice is able to go out again. Mrs Samuel Williams is recovering from a severe illness.
In Orphans Court Judges Clark Liden and Fleetwood approved the administrator's account of sales for Martin V. Meather. Guardian Ollie F. Wilkins presented a new bond for Lillian Wilkins, approved. Also filed was the trustee's account audit and dividend for the sale of John Mines real estate.
Judge John J. White of Atlantic City, elevated by Governor Woodrow Wilson, joins New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals. The Atlantic City Review lauds his legal mind, integrity, and public spirit while local memories trace his youth near Caroline and career from Swarthmore to the University of Pennsylvania.
Reports from the Eastern Shore of Maryland praise fertile counties with bountiful crops and rising fortunes. Visitors enjoy farm fresh foods and seaside abundance as summer life unfolds, while political harvests loom with hopeful candidates.
The Farmers and Merchants Telephone Company plans a two story building on the lot owned by the company. The structure will be 39 feet 7 inches by 100 feet with a large basement housing a barber shop. Upstairs will hold the company offices and the telephone exchange with multiple offices along a rear hallway. The firm aims for an attractive design given the site.
Mr William H Beauchamp a prominent Eighth district resident died suddenly at home on Thursday morning from an apparent brain attack. He was seventy one, survived by a widow Belle Sullivane and children India Williamson Fred J Beauchamp J Ben Welch Vertie Hardesty and Clarence E Beauchamp. He served on the Board of Election Supervisors and was active in Republican circles. Funeral held yesterday at home Rev G S Thomas officiating with interment at Concord cemetery.
In Baltimore at the Hotel Rennett State Senators Arthur Gorman Jr and Blair Lee, rivals for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, exchanged cordial words and smiles. They greeted each other warmly, with mutual compliments and assurances of support if one wins the nomination, then parted.
The Baltimore Sun notes rapid growth in Caroline County driven by agriculture. Once backward and unprofitable farming now thrives as crops suited to the soil rise in demand. Denton remains a small county seat with slower value increases than farm lands.
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A Sunday School convention at the Church of the Brethren opens this evening at 7 30 with devotional exercises. Speakers include Salomon Longnecker Anna Hutchinson William Sanger and W J Keller on Sunday School work Eastern Shore Washington DC 1916 and the Greatest Sunday School topics. Tomorrow morning 9 30 sessions cover modern methods teacher qualities and class organization with multiple speakers and a round table on improving Sunday School.
Governor Crothers touted Maryland road work funding from bonds and taxes with no increase in property assessments. He cited five million dollars in bonds and tax increments from inheritance and liquor licenses, totaling nearly one million dollars annually to cover interest and sinking funds for the road program.
The Census Bureau bulletin from Washington reports that Delaware’s population in 1910 was 202,?22, an increase of 17,587 persons or 9.5 percent from the 1900 figure of 84,735. The national rise was 21 percent. Delaware’s decade gain mirrors the 1890s but is lower than other periods since 1840.
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