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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
5
Census figures place Rehoboth near 3000 residents with local notices on taxes and fares. Reports cover a typhoid outbreak, weather snows in Maryland, a Denton mill partnership, rural carriers’ convention, and a grand tourney for charity at Talbot County Fair Grounds.
Mr Ormond W Downe with J Dukes Downes and William H Anderson return after a three week motor journey along the New Jersey coast into New York Connecticut Rhode Island and Massachusetts They praised good weather and roads and noted New England touring parties and Inn stops They observed Maryland lagging in agriculture and compared New Jersey clay and gravel roads favorably and observed long pikes There were many visits to public interests and a view that automobiles are ideal for sightseeing.
Rev J J Bryan and family summoned to Chestertown Md for funeral of Dryan sister who died of typhoid fever. Miss Zilda Ellis Blanche Wheatley and Mr Mrs Stewart of Camden N J guests at G E Benson home. Miss Mildred Bradley returns Cane Charles Va after visit with aunt Mollie Phillips. Gethsemane MM P Sunday School picnic planned near church grove Tuesday afternoon ice cream and cake to be served. Rev and Mrs I J Smith of Christiana returned after two weeks with relatives. Mrs Charles Lawrence of Wilmington visiting aunt Fannie Smith. Frank Handy of Philadelphia visiting parents. Several residents to Washington on excursion. Harry Philips of Port Norfolk Va visiting relatives. Some residents visited Easton Fair Thursday.
Hobbs residents host relatives from Cir cleville and Kent county then host Miss Nichols and daughter Lalu of Denton. G Lacey Stevens leads men repainting Mrs Holbrook's Main street home. Wm Part and Will Maloney of near Williston visit C F Collins. Chalky Kirby returns after 32 years to Oaks. C E Collins sells fine mules to Willis of Tuckahoe Neck. Miss Ahearn of Millington stays with Miss Carolyne Iobbs. Mamie Trice of Philadelphia visits sister Mrs Paisley.
Mrs Ed Hubbard of New York returns home after time with Miss Ollie Elignatt, accompanied by Mrs William Parker. Mollie Savage and children return from weeks with Caroline relatives. Mrs James K Dill visits granddaughter Mrs M Alford near Concord. Lola Alford回来 from Greenwood Harrington Bridgeville. May Slyder and brother from Pennsylvania are guests of Ollie Hignutt. William Parker and Fred Slyder visit Folchester. Lacy Spence of Philadelphia is home for weeks. Minnie Scott of Philadelphia visits her parents. J H Spence in Baltimore Monday.
A lengthy necrology notes the death of William Edward Winfield Liden once a leading salesmen for John L. Everngam, praising his integrity and popularity. Funeral at Methodist Episcopal Church, interment at Cloomery. pallbearers listed. Also reported are deaths of William R. Butler near Denton and Tilghman N. Chance in Talbot, with brief surviving kin and funeral details. James Thomas Webber found dead near Burrsville. coroner cites paralysis from indigestion. services held at Wesley M E Church. Fredhead and Lawless obituaries follow with surviving relatives and funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Cleveland Spence died near Burrsville on a Monday in suspicious circumstances. A coroner's jury found that convulsions were caused by albumen urea after post mortem and testimony of doctors and witnesses. Spence was found guilty of assault and battery and sentenced to two years in the House of Correction.
Notice to the Rural Letter Carriers of Caroline County announces the fifth annual Maryland Rural Letter Carriers' Association convention in Baltimore City on Monday September 7 at 9 a.m. in Room 29 Post Office Building. Delegates are urged to attend, signed J W Priny president of the Carolina Association.
A list of town residents and guests spend Tuesday at Ocean City while a barn and stable on Mr Churchman’s farm, about one mile from town, are destroyed by fire. Mr Churchman injures his face and hands rescuing a horse. Other locals and visitors from Wilmington Chester Chicago Camden NJ and Glassboro are noted visiting or returning home.
The service at Union M P Church includes Sunday School at 9 30 preaching by Rev J W Gibson at 10 50 am and a Christian Endeavor prayer meeting at 8 pm. Visitors and guests from Crisfield Philadelphia Harrington Starrington Denton Sartley Georgetown Baltimore are listed along with several local residents visiting relatives and hosting guests this week.
The piece extols the weekly home paper as a trusted neighbor that binds neighbors and county, preserves local pride, and sustains progressive spirit, offering more enduring value than the daily paper despite the daily’s broader news reach.
Little Rubie Carter aged one year nine months ten days died of convulsions near Denton on Tuesday morning August 18. The community extends heartfelt sympathy to Mr and Mrs Alfred B Carter Jr. Also remembered is Wm Elmer Williamson who died August 19 1908 at age seven, beloved son of W J and Elizabeth Williamson, with a memory of a mother’s darling and family lines about heaven and peace.
In Mr Pratt Taylors woods near Gancy s wharf the tent meeting has been a decided success with twenty persons professing salvation. The meeting will continue as interest demands. A five year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Wm Lord of Grove, died Monday night of typhoid pneumonia.
L B Towers will pay the highest cash price for wheat delivered at Denton Bridge, inviting local farmers to bring their produce to the railhead and collect prompt payment.
Daniel Banks, hydraulic engineer, argues irrigation is practical and profitable for Maryland's Eastern Shore. He cites drought losses in strawberries and vegetables, notes flat topography with existing dams, and outlines affordable methods using lifting, pipes, and raised storage. Farmers are urged to adopt once proven by neighbors.
Organizer Dawson explains the Grange as a farmers organization uniting men and women from age fourteen, promoting home improvement and agricultural interests. Meetings include debates and readings, with aims of harmony, brotherhood, and opposition to prejudice. Women join equally. planned chapters in Goldsboro Greensboro Ridgely and Denton.
The Plains tournament scheduled for last Wednesday was postponed due to bad weather and will be held next Monday at 7 o clock. Rev. Win Temple, a known local figure, will deliver the charge to the knights while Hon. J Harry Covington, Democratic nominee for Congress, will give the coronation address. A visit to The Plains next Monday is urged for all.
A Maryland health bulletin notes typhoid fever rising sharply in July with 120 percent more deaths and 215 cases, linked to prolonged drought and high temps. It urges reporting polluted wells or springs, sanitary surveys, and water testing. boiling or filtration can render suspect water safe. Dr. Stone warns droughts raise gastro enteritis in bottle fed infants and suggests condensed milk as safer during droughts.
The School Commissioners awarded a Charlotte Hall Academy scholarship to James A. H. Garey of Denton and a Maryland Agricultural College scholarship to Maynard Ledman of Preston. Teachers' appointments confirmed for Harmony Harmony Wheatley, Liden Sarah M. Anderson, Lowe Luh Clark Hynson Eva T. Garey, Nabb Myrtle G. West, Burrsville Salome Garey, Nichols Nellie J. Slocum, Marydel Mary Gray, Southville Elizabeth Lawless, Laurel Grove Louise Higgins, Baltimore Corner Wilsie M. Smith, Hubbard M. Ethel Cade, Saulsbury Elizabeth S. Dukes. The Caroline and Talbot Teachers' Institute convenes at Easton near Monday, session two weeks. Instructors listed with subjects: Amanda D. Saulsbury Ridgely Primary Methods, Hannah Hf. Coale Baltimore Intermediate Methods, Sallie M. Perry Easton Construction Work, S. S. Mandy Easton English, I. A. Johnson Denton Drawing, Kk. C. Atticks Baltimore Penmanship, Dr. C. H. Albert Bloomsbury Pedagogy Geography, Dr. G. W. Ward Baltimore History Civics, Dr F E. D. Murdaugh Frostbury School Management, I. Grant Gosie Salisbury Mathematics, Dr. W. H. Wilcox Baltimore Literature Composition, Supt. W. P. Beckwith Cambridge, Dr. S. Simpson Westminster, Supt. EL 1. Wood Rockville.
In Orphans Court on Tuesday Judges Clark Liden and Fleetwood granted letters of administration for the estate of A Pierce Redhead to Edward E Goslin with renunciation, bond, and appraisers Edward E Nuttle and T Sewell Noble. Similar actions for Edward Wagner estate with appraisers Edward E Nuttle and Bayard Nichols and notice to creditors. Robert P Taylor presented inventory for Elizabeth A Taylor estate and sale order. Julia J Wright will admitted to probate with Samuel G Nuttle executor and appraisers Edward E Nuttle and William A Mowbray. Bond and creditors notice ordered.
County Commissioners extended the deadline for filing objections to the ratification of the Miles' Branch and Griffith's Branch ditch report. The move affects citizens and property owners seeking challenge or input on the drainage project and its proposed plans.
James W. Pinder, a farmer of Redden farm in Tuckahoe Neck, was arrested on a charge of mistreating his twelve year old niece Blanche Ivens. The niece testified at a magistrate’s hearing with doctors noting her condition. The case, argued by State's Attorney Deen and defense counsel Albert Towers, left questions of guilt. Bail of 1000 was set. he remained jailed after failing to post security.
A typhoid fever outbreak covers the Peninsula and Western Shore with about fifty cases in Seaford Delaware. Impure water foul outhouses decaying matter and weeds spread the disease. Clean up and use lime now per doctors advice. Separately volunteers completed a channel opening Indian River to the Atlantic enabling schooners to carry freight to the sea.
A quotation from Thomas A Edison urges young workers to focus on quality over hours. Do not be a time-server, he says, since dedication beyond the required work leads to eventual reward and pay.
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