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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1901
Page
3
A public business calendar note announces that the Circuit Court will convene, detailing the schedule and public access for hearings and motions on the date in question. The brief item emphasizes official proceedings and transparency in the court’s calendar.
Local department reports grain and grape vine care, pensions for Major Adams and John W Minns, spring millinery openings, and a range of small town developments. Updates include theft of Walter Tolson’s meat, new water-wheel at Zacharias mill, bandstand approval for public square, a St. Valentines week fox hunt, and the Dorchester resident Walter Hardcastle’s death.
The article outlines the 1863 Wilmington Conference with about 40,000 members, 250 ministers, 397 Sunday Schools, 44,545 scholars, 5,881 teachers and officers, 396 churches valued at 1,590,120 and 145 parsonages. It details four districts Wilmington Easton Dover Salisbury with presiding elders and bishops, notes on church mergers, Easton diocese rector changes, Harmony Church reopening, and local church events and speakers across the Eastern Shore including Denton Hillsboro Seaford and Smithson's Chapel.
A party of youths rode the EBaglet to Riverton Tuesday and were hosted in Eldorado by Mr and Mrs Zora Brinsfield. Downing and Covey own Idlewild mills and leased them to Mr Disharoon, starting up Monday. Capt Brown commanded schooner Anna Ellen taking mill goods to Tappahannock. Albert Davis of Wilmington and Grace Lindale of Philadelphia visited town. Rev Lindale resigns and will depart at year’s start. Mrs Levin Williams in hospital for treatment. Canners Convention attended by R W Messenger at Dover last Thursday. Miss Cora Patten visited Mrs Lindale early week. Mrs Charles Farley and daughter Gladys spent Wednesday in Seaford. W A Noble had a faint paralytic shock Sunday.
Carrie Wharton died at 5 15 Sunday morning from pneumonia after a weeks long illness. Funeral services were held at the M E Church South and she was interred in Greensboro cemetery. Mrs W C Wharton remains ill, grippe receding slowly. Local items note new threshing outfit, visitors, church updates and a plan to build a large hotel by Mr Aulay Smith after moving his house. A playful Buffaloes hoax prompts residents to ask Are you a Buffalo.
Two Johns L Edward Boehm visits his brother C L Boehm at the Two Johns residence where Boehm papers rooms and decorates. Capt Griffith has 100 cords of pine sawed for the Baltimore market and plans to sail with it. Carroll anticipates Baltimore spring work and is skilled with machinery. Many fish poles are cut at Two Johns with over 700 on the wharf for boats. James Christopher moved near Federalsburg. Buyers seek 100 bushels shelled corn for cash at Two Johns store.
Recovery of Mrs Garey after dangerous illness is reported along with multiple marriage notices and local social updates. Milestones include Mrs Avnie Garey widow of State Senator Thomas F Garey, weddings of Clayton Roe to Carrie Todd and Sallie G Satterfield to John Wehrle, plus numerous visits and hospitalities across Caroline and nearby counties.
Orphans Court heard the administration accounts of Margaret M. Jones with approval granted. Petition for sale of Charles Hawkins real estate filed by Robert E. Jones through attorney George M. Russum. Appraisers appointed and subpoenas ordered. John W. Clark will admitted to probate. Executives, debts, and administration applications noted for several estates.
State Entomologist H Poo Gouwkl issues a circular guiding growers across the state on San Jose Scale. He plans a local sprayer network funded by Prof Gould with reimbursements to the college treasurer. The recommended plan favors a 20 percent kerosene mix after March 20 and thorough spraying, avoiding blossom periods, with dormant crude petroleum as an alternative and pre-spray pruning to aid coverage.
The will of the late John Wesley Clark was admitted for probate on Tuesday. Executors named are his son Robert S. Clark and son-in-law Mark H. Smith. Beneficiaries include widow Mrs. Clark with stock, cash, and farms in Tuckahoe Neck and nearby properties. other heirs receive farms, cash, and bank stock. Provisions allow executors to sell part of the estate. Some Clark land is described as fertile and valuable.
Fire early Sunday morning engulfed Mr. Hugh Brown's barn and outbuildings in Talbot near Queen Anne Station. One stable with ten horses burned. two oxen lost. two oxen saved. eight animals rescued from another building. Loss about $3,500 with no insurance. Suspected incendiary act by an unspecified enemy. heroic efforts by Brown and a colored man noted.
A Loneman and Martinez letter from New York offers free gallons of L and M paint in exchange for dimensions of houses and coats of paint for spring painting. They urge Denton merchants to show off painted houses to establish an agency, boasting 30 years in business and lower cost than white lead. Also includes Maryland Fish Commission remarks on shad propagation and state efforts to stock rivers with fish.
Early Friday last week a large oyster packinghouse owned by Gen William H Stevens burned down after being discovered by the night bridge tender. The blaze swept the building and its contents, spreading to Stevens packinghouse, while W Donohoe Co and Creenabaum Brothers cannery were saved by bucket brigade. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars, partly insured, with Morse blankets and gear at Two Johns.
In the Choptank near Dover Bridge several men floated seines from a shore shanty. Their corks vanished signaling large fish. they found a gallon jug entangled in the Seine with a live fish inside. After bets, they broke the jug and revealed a full sized catfish shaped like the jug, aided by a vacuum at the bottom.
The last Pennsylvania Railroad season tour goes to Jacksonville with nearly three months in Florida. It departs New York and Philadelphia on March 5, offering excursion tickets that include railway transport, one Pullman berth, and meals. Rates vary by origin, and return travel ends May 31. Tickets and itineraries are available from listed ticket agents across New York, Brooklyn, Newark, Baltimore, Washington, Pittsburg, and Philadelphia locations.
Mr J Frank Ford longtime clerk of the Court of Appeals of Maryland died at 3 PM February 26 in St Marys county at Nun's Oak Leonardtown from complications after a long drive. He was nominated in 1891 and elected for the clerkship, defeated in 1897 by Gen Allan Rutherford, and appointed in 1900 after Rutherford's death to serve until 1901. Necrology notes Purnell Fleetwood of Talbot county died February 7 1901 aged 82, with six daughters and many descendants. He was a Methodist Episcopal Church member.
A Pennsylvania authority says sowing clover seed on snow is premature. The recommended method is to harrow the wheat field with a slanted-tooth harrow several times, then sow clover seed. This uses less seed and improves germination as ground warms. Broadcasting 50 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre before harrowing aids growth. no harm to wheat plants. Wheat responds rapidly to early spring cultivation and fertilizer.
Delaware farmers refuse to deliver produce without cash due on delivery. Isaac Robinson trustees face over 1,300 claims totaling around 8 million dollars, while assets stand at about 3 hundred thousand. Farmers blame a liberal credit line that collapsed, costing many half a million.
A February register lists numerous conveyances in Denton and nearby districts. Names include William H. Deweese assignee to Burton Parker. Charles H. Redden to George Redden. Thomas Day and wife with multiple parcels. Rosa Morris to John Grabill. Delaware Railroad Co. to Federalsburg. and many others with districts, acreages, and prices such as 23 acres 10 perches for 359.18 dollars and 100 acres for 1000 dollars. Also marriage licenses issued to seven couples including Marc Bryant with Bessie Rochester and Harry Sparks with Edith Thawley.
County commissioners on Tuesday received the bond of James A Noble constable for the Fourth district. They rescinded an order denying payment of a $75 attorney fee for Wm H Deweese who aided State's Attorney Towers in prosecuting Abe Hutson. The treasurer was directed to pay the account. Subscribe for the Jorryman.
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