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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1915
Page
5
Denton Journal lists diverse items from across the county under one headline. Local notes include brief updates on community events, meetings, and notable happenings in the area during the period covered.
Wheat price trends, church services, and local notices span Caroline and Kent counties. Key items include farm sales near Denton, public appointments by Governor Goldsborough, insurance achievements by George Deakyne, and community plans to hear Billy Sunday in Philadelphia. Also reported are rail and bridge matters, Holiness Church district progress, and the sudden death of Willard Dickinson in Wilmington.
Social notes report multiple weddings recent and upcoming. Highlights include Alice Brewer Ross and Enoch Garey marry at First Presbyterian Church Clarion with Army Navy families present, reception, and trip to Texas City after. Anna Pearl Griffin weds Milton Melvin Stewart in Baltimore. expansive family gatherings mark New Year celebrations, four generation dinner, and engagements including Helen Castle Clark Ramsdell engagement notice.
Mr. Charles Connelly relocates to Dorchester county as a Talbot farmer replaces him. S K Culver moves from H T Roop’s farm to Reliance while Kemp Nichols takes over Roop’s farm. J G Towers breaks all nearby records for young porkers under ten months, two pigs weighing 342 and 336 pounds.
Senators Edward M. Hammond of Howard county and William W. Beck of Kent will appeal to the court to review Attorney-General Poe’s opinion that they are ineligible to hold the position of general counsel to the State Tax Commission.
Federalsburg notes residents shifting properties on Federal Hill with Harvey Brodis and Ernest Sullivan exchanges, Dr. Fred Wright and Grace Vickers energy flowing, and Maitland Turner moving into Wilmer Deen’s vacated residence. A tombstone for late State Senator E E Goslin rises at Mt Pleasant cemetery. his will prompted heirs to seek erecting the monument. Pauline Pratt and Charles Stack wed near town. Henry Wheatley and Viola Polight wed in Seaford. Masonic banquet yields speakers and a Cambridge quartet. Perry Milliken injured as his frightened herd of mules ran away. G Earle Poole return from honeymoon. local visitors and upcoming weddings teased.
Marydel church events feature a large audience at the annual Sunday School treat with a choir solo and a Santa Claus visit. Edith Davis recites well, and Misses Hall Moore host. Revival opens with a crowded church and a sixte en voice choir.
Names of Hickman residents announce a chain of moves. Wooters moves to his son’s home, Fountain and Stevens fill vacated farms, Meluney and Cahall properties shift hands, Roop and Hollis swap locations, and the Nobles reposition within the town.
Norman Harrison opens a general store in the Elliott Building and others relocate shops along Rail Road Avenue and nearby streets. Local students depart for colleges, Misses Saulsbury, Turner, Neff, and Jackson pursue studies. Hilda Dean dies after appendicitis. Community events include Sunday School, New Year social, Camp Fire Girls program, and band activities. Rail line improvements and school enrollments noted amid routine visits and weather jokes.
Revival meetings started Sunday night and are progressing well. Mr Oliver Elliott remains in poor condition this evening. School resumed Monday. Mr Lucas Kelley is listed as sick.
Hobbs community items note marriages of Rev C M Cullum’s couple from Washington and Baltimore, with other visitors and church events. Recounts of Sunday School reorganizations, anniversaries, shop updates, hospital returns, and local visits from Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Delmar. Includes a two year old death and health updates for residents.
In Goldsboro several residents move to newly occupied houses with ownership changes noted. J H Williams moves to a new dwelling, Morton Bennett relocates to Williams's vacated house, and Greenlee, Luther Johnson, and others shift into newly occupied homes. The community pages also record Sunday School gatherings, candy treats, and visits by Mrs. Morris Bartley and guests from Centreville and Ridgely.
Smithville item notes multiple farm moves among residents. Harrison Trice shifts to Jim Williamson’s Chestnut Grove area, Williamson heads to Federalsburg, Walter Lyden occupies Trice’s farm, Gardner Williams moves to E. E. Nuttle farm near Federalsburg, J. H. Spence relocates to Williams’ vacated farm, Chester Scott moves near Smithville, Ed Favinger to R. J. S. Bullock farm, Norman Scott takes Charlie Scott’s Delaware property and continues Scott Store business. J. B. Scott & Son open a store in the old building. A dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hubbard’s home includes Mary Ledenham, Maude Blades, Bessie Fountain, Altha Adams, Grace Hubbard, Wilbert Merriken, Elmer Williams, Herman Bowden, Frank Doerr, and Walton Owens. Addie Williams visited Pearl Meredith. L. N. Alford family visited in Denton.
Dr. Howard A. Kelly and Rev. Dr. W. W. Davis toured Denton Greensboro Hillsboro Concord Federalsburg Preston and Hurlock urging Christians to active civic duty. They condemned Sabbath breaking, pressed law enforcement, and called for closing Sunday open drug stores while praising church outreach and moral reform.
W. T. Case sold a 76 acre farm in Kent County Delaware for 3300. The property includes valuable orchards. A bicycle belonging to Carl Fleetwood was stolen Saturday night.
Mr and Mrs George R Percy were summoned to Cambridge by the death of Ex County Commissioner M T R Fooks whose funeral occurred in Vienna on Monday. Local residents note several visitors and travel plans including Balti more and Washington engagements and community church work updates.
The Woman's Club presented The Great Catastrophe a spicy comedy at Town Hall last Thursday to raise funds for a new high school. Clara Wright Ruth Douglas Ralph Ledman Jerome Cox Phil Wright Miriam Dennis and Mrs J A Cox led a lively cast with stage director credit to Mrs Cox and musical input from Corbitt and Ledman. The audience enjoyed the youthful talent and the lighthearted satire amid praise for the performers and their fundraiser efforts.
The Almanac outlines laws of contracts and limitations, weather forecasts, farm tables, and household tips, plus a county officers list. It praises Caroline county’s two-decade growth in agriculture, fruit production, dairying, poultry, and the canning industry, aided by a packing business and road improvements and mirrored by bank deposits.
Hillsboro announces the marriage of Miss Bertha, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Evans, to Mr. M. J. Peacock of Rhodesdale, set for Saturday January 2. Local updates note visitors, revival services starting January 16 at the M E Church, and various residents traveling or visiting contacts in Cordova Greensboro Baltimore Easton Choptank and nearby communities.
Mr and Mrs Harry B Wright celebrate the birth of a fine baby boy born Sunday evening January 3 Ensign J K Blades U S N visits with his parents J T Blades Masters Lloyd and Clark Dillon spend holidays with relatives in Easton Queen Anne Beulah Haws in Philadelphia and Houston Del Mildred Booth with Baltimore relatives Anna Wright in Baltimore A E Cooper of Denton visits Dover area during holidays
At the chancery term opening Monday January 18, Theophilus W. Porter seeks to set aside a Burrsville area farm deed on alleged mental incapacity with T Alan Goldsborough for Porter and Fred R. Owens Henry R. Lewis for Nichols. Also Everngam admin vs William Everngam seeks estate money and property relief with Goldsborough for plaintiff Lewis for defendant. In Baltimore US District Court demurrer to declaration and exceptions in Fisher trustee Union Supply Co. v Cheezum. Goldsborough for plaintiff and Baldwin Sappington for defendants. Trial of discharge exceptions for Charles E Carroll from creditors held with Garey for plaintiff and Richards Goldsborough for Carroll.
The Orphans Court met Tuesday with Judges Clark Rawlings and Stevens. Letters of administration for William F. Kinder were granted to Lucinda A. Bailey of Sussex County Delaware. Appraisers Edward E. Nuttle and Bayard Nichols appointed. Inventory and accounts filed for Hettie Robinson and Roxana C. Plummer estates. Final inventories approved and to be recorded. Attorneys filed answer for Bertha Elfen Faulkner regarding the Faulkner will petitions. William A. Dillon’s will submitted for probate.
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