Denton Ledger Reports Local Court and County Changes
The Local Department Court meets Monday. Valued Jersey cow lost yesterday worth 3100. Conservation Commission moves toward a uniform state game law. Typhoid fever cases rise in Maryland with one in Caroline county. Denton property assessed for commissioners by Dukes and Pasterfield. Mrs J Richard Jarrell of Easton injured. hip fracture treated. Main street improvement work in Denton progresses with paving and concrete surfacing. Kent county officials visit Caroline to adopt its road system. Wim G Wooters buys a small farm in Third district for 2800, sold at public fate. Services at St Pauls Church Hillsboro and evening at Easton. County officials to attend State Tax Commission meeting in Baltimore on July 6. Rev J E Smith sermons tomorrow. Williston topics and Holiness camp meeting planned for late July. Denton Fourth of July events include a morning baseball game and afternoon tri county tournament. Deen to address Knights. Senator Legg to deliver coronation address. brass band music. Miss Hattie Dunham hosts a boating party. attendees listed. Teacher training graduation service at Thawleys Chapel tomorrow afternoon. Maggi S Wilson and Rev Dr Crouse to speak. diplomas conferred. Died: James Polk Hopkins of Greensboro at 68. funeral conducted. survived by widow and two children. extensive family ties noted. Hopkins previously involved in farming, fertilizer manufacture, and local newspapers. moved to Keensboro about 30 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Carter
The
Conservation Commission
Maryland
Caroline County
Messrs
Isaac L. Dukes
W. Carroll Pasterfield
Denton
J. Richard Jarrell
Easton
St. Paul's P. E. Church
Hillsboro
Dr. Sharp
Church Hill
Or. Davies
A. S. Handy
W. F. Jackson
W. C. Todd
W. H. Anderson
J. O. Knotts
Thomas C. Jones
Reliance Charge
M. P. Church
Caroline
United States
Wyatt
M. FE
Epworth League
Helsby
W. Brewster Deen
Knights
Queen Anne's
Talbot
J. H. C. Legg
Centreville
Hattie Dunham
West Denton
Elva Cheezum
Elsie Craft
Elizabeth Cade
Marjorie Todd
Esta Roe
Alice
Florence Seeders
Miriam Todd
Maude Dunham
Lester Kauffman
Verlin Krabill
Thawley’s
Thawley’s Chapel
Maggie S. Wilson
Maryland Sunday School Association
Harry H. Nuttle
Caroline County Sunday School Association
PF. QC
Crouse
A. J. Norman
M. P
Denton and
James Polk Hopkins
Maple Avenue
Greensboro
H. ‘T. Quigg
So N. Pilchard
Cambridge
D. J. Zacharias
C. M. Pippin
Henry Hopkins
Dover
Alfred Hopkins
Brownsville
Riley Melvin
Felton
Eli Cain
Frederica
Hopkins
White's Church
Harrington
Tie
Keensboro
Whawley
Lena Rebecca Garey
Robert J. W. Garey
Vashti Saulsbury Garey
Caleb Winslow
Baltimore
Denton Methodist Episcopal Church
C. T. Wyatt
Gay Street
B. H. Johnson
Lucia
Phil Deen
Boston
Mass
George and
Oliver Winslow
Henrietta
Mary Towers
Nellie Taylor
Gloucester
Natalie Barnes
Bryn Mawr
Louise Garey
Killarney
Enoch Barton Garey
Charleston
S. C
Jay Price
Philadelphia
Garey
Schumann
Mr. Winslow
Randolph Winslow
Haltimore
West Town School
Haverford College
University Club
Archaeological Club of America
Winslow
Mount Royal Terrace
Nathan Winslow
Callander
George
Thomas Garey
Fred Stieff
Maria Haines
Walter S. Lowery
Germantown
Helen Naylor
Helen Hooper
Herbert Dail
Hunter Wilson
Howard Taylor
Riverton
N. J
Dominick
Robert Garey
Jane Donoho
Seaford
Del
Enoch
M. E. Parsonages
Ridgely
S. Vernon Brumbaugh
Engineering Department
Johns Hopkins Univerity
Harry Russell
Henry S. Wells
Henry, Jr
Thomas ©. Crouse
Nataline Ree
Elizabeth
Oakley Redden
Wye Mills
Alfred Howard
Paulsboro
John Stoward
Local notes greet Greensboro residents and visitors
Greensboro residents and guests share health news, travels, and harvest reports. Harry C Blackburn treated for infected hand after pin wound in Wilmington. Day to move to Paulsboro property. Willis and Cahall families visit. Pea harvest praised, wheat opening next week. Several residents attend church events and camp meetings. Multiple trips to Baltimore Philadelphia and Rock Hall noted.
Hobbs News Briefs On Society and Harvest
Miss Elizabeth Billing hosted guests from Burrsville and Harrington to organize local women’s work. Children’s Day at Ames yielded 15 dollars 12 cents. Annie G. Adams of Harrisonburg visiting. Ella Mae Pollard from Ridgely spent weekend with Hobbs family. Interior of Mrs. C E Bright’s house refreshed. Arthur Billing’s Delaware visit noted. Arta Baker visiting Elizabeth Billing. Hobbs gains a tennis court for youth. C C Merriken of Federalsburg visited. H N Warrington at home in Milton. Wheat harvest began Tuesday. Owls organizers arrived Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Billing
Laura Thawley
Lola Fountain
Wesley Thawley
Harlan Blades
Burrsville
Fred Lewis
Arta Baker
Harrington
Kreger
Maryland Children’s Aid Society
Hobbs
M. E. Holbrook
Ames
Annie G. Adams
Harrisonburg
A.d.ranford
Hillsboro
Washington
Ella Mae Pollard
Ridgely
C. E. Bright
Kirby
Milton
Harmony and local visits outline town life
Harmony resident Annie Stack stays with Bethlehem friends while daughter Wlarry Arringdale hosts. Charles Bradley of Preston works on W.EL. Deen packing-house ahead of tomato season. Wisong and Kreger visit for Children's Aid Society. Flora Taylor of Bethlehem visits sister A. B. Todd. Ebner Towers of Sykesville visits father Andrew Towers. Mary Deen returns from Denton visit. Jee Deen returns from Charlotte. Sergeant-Major Wilbert L. Merriken with the First Maryland Regiment at Laurel ready for Mexico trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony
Annie Stack
Wlarry Arringdale
Bethlehem
Charles Bradley
Preston
Ebner ‘Towers
Sykesville
Andrew ‘Towers
Mary Deen
Denton
Jee Deen
Charlotte, Hall
Wilbert L. Merriken
Maryland
Laurel
Mtd
Mexico
Ridgely News Column Reports Berry Season End and Local Happenings
The Ridgely News Column notes the strawberry season near end with Armour & Co stopping at noon Saturday and local workers returning to Baltimore. It cites about a million quarts used, thirty four carloads of finished product, and exchange sales around 325,000 quarts at three cents to ten and a fraction with six average. It lists church events, visits from relatives, marriages, club meetings, and weather-related hail damage near Bridgetown along with ship movements from Ridgely station and local social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour & Co
Baltimore
Ridgely
New York
Downes
Tuckahoe
S. M. Morgan
Wilmington
Morgan
Hillsboro
C. T. Jones
Blaine McIntyre
Ashland
Howard Holsinger
McIntyre
Holsinger
Ohio
Charles Sigler
G. H. Schroeter
Oxford
Katharine Schroeter
Elizabeth
N. J
Iris
Sylvia Smith
Cameron
St. Mary's County
A. M. Rahn
Little Son
Pennsylvania
Preston’s Promising Town in Caroline County
Preston, a town of about three hundred, boasts electric lights, town water, drainage, and good pay, with a low tax rate and small bonded indebtedness due to good government. It sits in a prosperous community where residents surpass those in other districts of Caroline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Caroline
Pauline Cohee Returns Home From Pleasant Visit
Miss Pauline Cohee of Williston has returned home after a pleasant visit with friends in Fedesaleburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Cohee
Williston
Fedesaleburg
Junior Aid social at Miss Flossie Hall’s home
The Junior Aid social gathering at Miss Flossie Hall’s home featured many members listed by name, six new members joining, and games with refreshments. Upcoming meeting planned with Miss Bertie Legates on July 20 at eight o'clock, plus notes on recent travels and visits by members and their relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossie Hall
Isabell Carroll
Bertie Legates
Mary Patchett
Jessie Cohee
Lucy Phelps
Mamie Fredericks
Mary Urodes
Edna Carroll
Elma ‘Fodd
Nettie ‘Tribbett
Emmamaline Bradley
Messrs
Virgil Hall
Joe Pritchett
Clinton Carroll
Gilbert Gibson
Gilbert Lane
Hayward Legates
Ralph Blades
Basil Taylor
Patcheut
Harvey Harding
Ocean City
Alva Blades
George Harrington
Roland Carroll
Wilmington
Hillsboro News Notes and Visiting Friends
Dr. H Clarence Duffey of Washington and his sons Hugh and Dephrew arrived Saturday and left Sunday to spend summer with their aunt Mrs Chas Jarrell. Rev S M Morgan from Wilmington preached and stayed with Mr and Mrs H M Thompson. Mrs da Carrow of Wyoming visited the Thompsons and the Reeses. Miss Cora Allen from New York City visits her sister Mrs P E Beaumont. Miss Virginia Mays and Miss Margaretta Reese are guests of Miss Helen Mason. Mrs Harry Fleming returns from Western Maryland trip. Miss Sarah Stelle of Cordova visited Miss Carrie Holt. Rev C C Jones and family spend week in Baltimore. Miss Gladys M Gale was Easton visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Elliott
Hlartly
Norman Elliott
Mary Daly
Ladies’ Community Club
T. W. Jones
Henry Wilkinson
Philadelphia
Bertha Jackon
Ridgely
Greensboro
Fairlee Hlabbart
Athaiitic
Saulsbury Bros
J. M. Swing
Rebecca
Harry Foster
Marcus Hook
Bertha Shull
Stella Matthews
Herr
Claysburg
Sallie Clark
Wyoming
Del
Willard Jones
Laird
C. L. Herzog
Atlantic City
H. Clarence Duffey
Washington
Hugh
Dephew
Duffey
Chas, Jarrell
S. M. Morgan
Wilmington
M. FE
Morgan
H. M. Thompson
da Carrow
HH. M. Thompson
Chas. Rees
Clayton
W. OP. Fleming
Cora Allen
New York City
Pel Beaumont
Virginia Mays
Margaretta Reese
Helen Mason
Harry Fleming
Maryland
Sarah Stelle
Cordova
Carrie Holt
Rev
C. C. Jones
Baltimore
Gladys M. Gale
Easton
Diphtheria Claims Nine Year Old in Templeville
Templeville mourns M Viola Biddle nine daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Biddle who died of diphtheria Thursday morning. Interment followed in Templeville cemetery as five family cases remain. Community sympathy extends to the bereaved and affected household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Viola
Frank Biddle
Templeville
Mr. Biddle
Ethel Sparks
Philadelphia
Win
Sparks
Kk. Oo
Knotts
J.T. Knotts
Sadlersville
Mary Cahall
Kenneth Biddle
Austin Greer
Lizzie Perkins
D. T. Rickards
Henry Steele
Marydel
Emma Sparks
Huck Hill Falls
Emma MecKnett
Annie Everett
Centreville
Charles Maske
Local Social News From Greensboro and Nearby
Misses Ethel Ross Elva Griffith and Mr Wilmer Collins from this place spent Sunday with Greensboro friends. Mr Oscar Alford of Smithville visited. Miss Mary Everngain Anna Ross Frank Adams and Horace Robinson stayed with Miss Evelyn Ritter. Hazel Towers Ruth Ross visited relatives. Anna Ross heads to Ocean City for summer school to begin teaching in fall. Mr and Mrs W M Love and daughter Evelyn visited Grove relatives. Children’s Day service set for tomorrow evening at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Ross
Elva Griffith
Wilmer Collins
Oscar Alford
Smithville
Greensboro
Mary Everngain
Anna Ross
Frank Adams
Horace Robinson
Evelyn Ritter
Hazel Towers
Ruth Ross
R. Towers
Ocean City
W. MM. Love
Evelyn
Grove Relatives
Peninsula Berry Crop Sets New Rail Shipment Record
The Delaware division of the Pennsylvania Railroad reports a record strawberry season with about 10,800,000 quarts shipped from towns including Selbyville Franklin Millsboro Georgetown Greenwood Seaford Bridgeville Ridgely Greensboro and more. Some 1,500 cars carried the berries averaging 22 crates each and extra trains were run to handle the surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Selbyville
Frankford
Millsboro
Georgetown
Greenwood
Seaford
Bridgeville
Ridgely
Greensboro
Pederalshing
Goldsboro
Local visitors share hospitality at D Heck home
Mr and Mrs Joseph Gesell and daughter Miss Margaret Mr and Mrs Cliffmd Ayrons and nephew of Wilmington Mr William Robinson and Mr and Mrs W J Parker of Goldsboro were entertained at the home of Mr and Mrs D Heck recently Miss Ola Faulkner returns to Black Falls after spending vacation with friends and relatives here Miss Faulkner employed there We regret to say Mr Daniel Heck is very ill The best cash prices are paid for eggs and poultry by S F Jopp Denton Md
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M. E. Church
Mesdames
EF. H. Sapp
RK. H. Stafford
Louie Fountain
Pearl Satterfield
David Ellwanger
Clarence C. Voss
Bowers Beach
Herman Wright
Philadelphia
P. W. Wright
John [. Stevens
Harrington
C. N. Fountain
Albert Sapp
Nora
EL H. Sapp
Pearl Masten
Mastens
Amos F. Layton
Stanley Brown
Paasington
Chester Haker
Arta Baker
Hlatrington
Satterfield
Joseph Gesell
Margaret
Cliffmd Ayrons
Wilmington
William Robinson
W. J. Parker
Goldsboro
Mire
D. Heck
Ola Faulkner
Bock Fhm Falls
Destructive Hail Wrecks Caroline County Crops
A destructive hail storm swept across Caroline county on a Wednesday afternoon, damaging two mile swaths from the Chesapeake side to Goldsboro. Crops suffered heavily especially in the First district near Goldsboro with wheat cut, tomatoes reset, and thousands of young poultry killed. Seven inch hail depth reported on one farm near Goldsboro. Mr. Robert Jarrell Sr. faced losses estimated at 14,000 to 15,000 dollars. Hidden damage included broken windows, wrecked outbuildings, and lightning fires. Several local residents named as heavy losers with widespread crop harm across Southern Caroline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Chesapeake
Nea Goldsboro
Goldsboro
Robert Jarrell
J. A. Jackson
Halcomb
Jackson
Peace Meeting at the Lyric with War Secretary Baker
The Mary and Branch of the League to Enforce Peace will hold its initial meeting at the Lyric next Tuesday night June 27. Secretary of War Newton D Baker is the principal speaker with expected attendance by President Wilson and several Congressmen. The event features Governor Harrington Mayor Preston and lawyer Thomas Raeburn White among many prominent backers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Lyric
Newton D. Baker
League
Lyric
Wilson
Baker
Harrington
Preston
Thomas Raeburn White
White
Philadelphia
National League To Enforce
Taft
Edwin Warfield
Maryland
Henry W. Williams
Warfield
Joseph R. Walker
Theodore Marburg
Cardinal Gibbons
John Gardner Murray
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
J. Alfred Pearce
Farewell to a Dear Husband James Hl Obituary
In sad remembrance of my husband James Hl who died June 11 1916 age 59 years 8 months 13 days. Farewell dear husband a sad farewell. There are many who bear the father’s home but few who fill the place. We miss your loving face and rest for now thy work is o'er. By his wife and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hl
Earth
Father
Orphans Court Proceedings Open Meeting Action
Judges Liden Moore and Covey presided Tuesday as guardians and administrators submitted accounts and inventories. The court admitted the will of Isaac Pool to probate and directed notice to kin for Mary Stewart’s probate. an order required delinquent guardianship or administration accounts to appear and justify extensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liden, Moore and
Covey
Thomas J.todd
Eva M. Wright
Harry P. Flaharty
Daniel R. Flaharty
George T. Russell
Charles W. Swanger
Catharine Singer
YW. Earle Smith
Nince G. Stevens
T. Clayton Harsey
Sallie
Alexander Mecknatt
Isaac Pool
Mary Stewart
William A. Stewart
Sunday Baseball Debate Sparks Sabbath Question
A Baltimore Sun reader, Tilghman Harvey, argues against Sunday ball games by invoking the Ten Commandments. He cites Exodus on manna and the Sabbath to insist that no unnecessary work or games should occur on Sunday, urging readers to avoid idols and keep the day holy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Tilghman Harvey
the Sun
Children’s Aid Society address energizes Goldsboro crowd
Dr T C Wyatt of Denton urged support for neglected Caroline county children at M FE Church South Goldsboro. Other speakers included Miss Kruger Henry R Lewis Rev Dr T O Crouse Dr M Bates Stephens and Fred R Owens. Campaigns planned across Hobbs Arts Choptank Ridgely with local clubs and women’s groups organizing memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Wyatt
Denton
M. FE. Church South
Goldsboro
Caroline County
Wyatt
Miss Kruger
Henry R. Lewis
T. O. Crouse
M. Bates Stephens
Fred R. Owens
Hobbs Arts
Holbrook
Choptank
Heulah Hawes
Chaptank
Harry Nuttle
Andersontown
Kruger
Wisonp
American Corner
Fred Beauchamp
Miss Wising
Ridgely
Ladies’ Community Club
In Memoriam for a Beloved Husband and Father
In loving remembrance of Thomas Cheetum who died June 25 last year. Thou art gone but not forgotten. By Lovina, his wife, and Devoted Children. Missouri report notes orchard spraying yielded $1,800 profit, tripling earnings compared with unsprayed yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cheetum
Lovina
Drainage Proposition Aims to Transform Caroline Farms
The county weighs a major drainage plan to remove water from 75 000 acres via the Long Marsh ditch. A drainage district may be formed by majority landowner petition, with costs apportioned by benefit. Fred F. Shafer, a government engineer, oversees field work and urges farmer cooperation. A county fair is postponed to next year to allow a full growing season and adequate labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Maryland
Fred F. Shafer
Department of Agriculture
Long Marsh
Shafer
Caroline County
A. J. Norman
The Fourth at Easton celebration in Talbot county
Talbot county plans a large Fourth of July celebration with a parade of boats cars and horsemen followed by a 500-voice choir and two bands. Nationally known speakers will give addresses, an afternoon athletic meet will occur, and the evening features fireworks and open air dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Talbot County
Federalsburg High School Commencement Held Last Week
Commencement exercises at Federalsburg High School were held Thursday night. Addresses were given by Prof A C Brower E E Nutile president of the board of education and Prof H H Murphy of the State Normal. Graduates listed include Mae Lewis Mildred Davis Olivia White Edna Lyden Louise Stevens Anna Ross Ruth Brown Gladys Fisher Helen Nichols and George Horn. Wheat price noted as 1 03 corn 82.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federalsburg
Federalsburg High School
A. C. Brower
E. E. Nutile
Board of Education
H. H. Murphy
The
State Normal
Mae Lewis
Mildred Davis
Olivia White
Edna Lyden
Louise Stevens
Anna Ross
Ruth Brown
Gladys Fisher
Helen Nichols
George Horn
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Winslow-Garey
F. A. Redden
Fifth Avenue
John Hitch
Roland Reed
Henry Hollingsworth
Washington College
Alexander Hardcastle, Jr
John FE. Wilson
Helen
Lavinia Crouse
Edward F. Anderson
J. R. Rochester
A. J. Russell
Gladys Evans
Eva DeFord
Cummes School
Ocean Caty
Harry C. Blackburn
Richard Blackburn
New Jersey
George Betson
Marella Springs
T. Edwin Willis
J. E. Willis
Albert Cahall
Mesdames Troth Kemp
David Kirby
Malone
W. P. Manlove
John Sharpe Dickinson
Mary Lobstein
James Bustin
Cedar Grove
Harry Bustin
A. A. Christian
Temple Smith
River Deen
Addie D. Morgan
Queen Anne
H. Jarrell
Levin W. Taylor
G. Earl Nichols
W. W. Goldsborough
E. C. Orrell
Blanche Richards
Ridgely News
Jumptown
Miss Maude Harding
Edinburgh
S, F
Jopp
Denton, Md
Mr. Harvey
the Children’s Aid Society
Missouri
Fehr PS
Lye Wspa
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