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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1902
Page
3
Saturday morning May 3 1902 notes public business calendar items including County Court June 23 Orphans Court April 29 Levy Court April 29 London Board May 12 and similar meetings solicited from all parts of the county.
The column lists new havens of commerce and goods at Everngam's, a pension for Wheatley, and cypress shingles sold by Denton Bridge. It reports numerous local marriages, social visits, property improvements, court terms, and arrivals at the Brick Hotel, with notices of excursions, farming activity, and public works projects in Denton and surrounding towns.
Federalsburg gains a broader charter allowing expansion to 700 acres and removal of manufacturing exemptions. Voters must perform one day of street labor annually or provide a substitute, pay a dollar, or face jail. Epworth League hosted a social at Mrs. Dr. R. K. Jefferson’s home with music, recitations, games, and refreshments. Odd Fellows attended Sunday service at Methodist Protestant Church led by Rev. H. B. Wright. Notables include H E Kinder leaving for Carnegie Steel in Pittsburgh, Presiding Elder Baker’s quarterly conference, and upcoming new railroad station hints.
The Rev Wm H Reed of the M E Church South appoints a committee to discuss remodeling. They meet and decide to enlarge the church. The piece notes local sentiment for growth and mentions hopes for a railroad line to benefit farmers and merchants. Also reports on Hickiwan Baseball Club formation with officers and roster. Real estate transfers for April listed with numerous Denton area properties and buyers.
The holiness meetings near this place raised sufficient money to pay all church indebtedness. Mrs. Frank Willis and Mrs. John E. Hubbard of Easton visited Preston on Monday. Rev J E Smith preached at New Jerusalem Church Sunday. Fletcher Sisk returned from Charleston and Washington on Saturday night. Rev C S Baker preached in the M B E Church Sunday evening. Miss Mary Noble visits Baltimore friends this week.
Miss E Erlien England assistant at Choptank school for two years accepts post as teacher at Sunny Hill school near Glyndon Baltimore county. She will begin May 5. Miss Susie Sisk of Preston will substitute for England for the rest of the school year.
Concord residents undertake remodeling and improvements with William R. Fountain Lee Hignatt and Martha Everngain building dwellings on farms near Concord for tenant Harry Lane. Farmers plant corn as others visit Choptank village to salt fish.
From the Centreville Observer and Easton Ledger opinions favor building a modern road along the Eastern Shore from south to north with all counties included. Caroline supports Zedger’s suggestions and a Caroline favorite son winning, a first in seventy five years. Denton lists sixty five building lots for sale through L B Towers.
Town council awarded the Denton water bonds to Robert Taylor & Co. of Baltimore over Baker Watts Scott Townsend J M Holmes W J Hayes. Ten bonds of 1000 dollars each due in 30 years with optional payment after 10 years bear 4.5 percent interest, dated May 1. The clerk ordered sidewalk paving on east side of Third Street and Main Street scraping to fill low spots. Electric light proposal from Sweeten and Purvis Electric Light Power Co of Midd leford Del seeks to wire the town and install lighting. a representative will meet at the next meeting.
On Tuesday in Orphans Court Mrs Minnie B McCarter was named guardian to her children. Several administrators and executors presented and passed first and final accounts and related deeds. Guardians Enoch George and Francis Todd reported multiple accounts as pass. Final receipts and releases were issued for several guardianships.
Last Tuesday the County Commissioners approved the bond of Gus tav C. Rieck as Fourth district constable. Dr. Enoch George and Mr. Jarrell take leadership as health officer and secretary with a salary of $150 annually. They conferred with A. N. Johnson of the Geological Survey on road quality and repair methods and planned a central highway review. H. H. Deen was authorized to build a Seventh district road from Mill Stone Corner to the lands of Deen Hackett and Seward at $160. A delegation from the Eighth district seeks opening of John Horsey’s new road. decision pending.
In Chapel district Talbot county no liquor sales since last Thursday as licenses expired. Clerk, advised by the state's attorney, refused renewal though the grand jury at the November term recommended the applicants as fit to handle liquor traffic. Mandamus petitions are discussed to compel issuance. Liquor interests with Baltimore wholesalers reportedly plan to seek an injunction in Centreville Circuit Court on Monday to stay enforcement while appealing to the Court of Appeals on constitutionality.
A noted suggestion describes building a roofed piazza corner with a box seat sixteen inches high by twenty inches wide and as long as space allows. It should store rugs cushions and a lock secured, with roll up curtains in cotton duck or bamboo for wind protection. Garey & Co.
Obituary items record the death of Mrs Louisa Lucas wife of William D Lucas Ridgely Hotel proprietor from heart disease aged about 66. Also noted are suicides and deaths of Eunice J Smith Edith Williams Agnes Leonard Miss Agnes Leonard John Deakyne and others with burial details and church services.
Proposals received for ten new stations this season with a new building at Chestertown and all stations on the Delaware Bay branch. Double tracks extend between Townsend and Clayton Felton and Viola and Laurel to Delmar, nearly doubling the division. Rumors of increased service on the New York Philadelphia and Norfolk line and possible rerouting of Chesapeake and Ohio freight trains via the N Y P N and Delaware lines. Running them over the Peninsula route could save hours and add at least ten refrigerator and fast freight trains daily.
The St. John's parish vestry and officers were elected April 19 with H. E. Price John H. Holt Dr W H F Miller W H Thawley H T Morgan G L Jump George H Treaven and B C Barton named as vestrymen Wardens Thomas Blackburn and Dr W F H Miller Registrar and Treasurer B C Barton Delegate George H Reaven alternate H E Price Rev Louis S Bauman of Philadelphia preaches in Ridgely Brethren Church morning 10 30 evening 8 subject The Secret of a Happy Life and Gods Blockade of the Road to Hell Bible reading at 8 o'clock tonight topic The Twentieth Century in Prophecy Bishop and Mrs Alpheus W Wilson receive a large three story house in Baltimore worth about 20000 from ex-Governor E E Jackson and wife.
The American Packing Association, capital stock 5 million dollars, chartered in Delaware, organized in Wilmington at the Clayton House. Officers elected include President W P Hutson and Vice President W L Stevens, with directors Bilderback Day Wallace Cannon. The group has taken over about 130 fruit and vegetable packing plants in Delaware Maryland and New Jersey valued at 500 thousand dollars and plans to expand capital to five million. It will initially manufacture and sell fruits and vegetables but charter allows meats and poultry and potential further expansion.
The Talbot County Anti Saloon League forms to abolish saloons and enforce liquor laws. Walter H. Thompson is president and Rev. John R. Fizer secretary. Vice presidents include John H. Holt William H. Myers Jr Leonard Swartz Col J C Mullikin John S Hambleton William E Shannahan John Mason Alfred Moon Zeb Stafford and other citizens. A key resolution pledges influence against candidates favorable to liquor interests regardless of party.
The following marriage licenses were issued in April: Charles A Pepper and Mary G Smith. Henry Burdette Messenger and Nora May Stowell. Ernest G Greenlee and Laura May Gottwalls. J Frederick Bowdle and Sune G Gooden. Charles C Stevens and Leonora Layton. Charles R Rich and Annie E Gibson. John Watson Booker and Sallie K Deen. Benjamin F Howard and Sophie Eastwood. James M Neighbors and Delilah May Melvin. Ira F Willoughby and Zora Collison. William K Jones and Euphamia B Andrews. Malachi Wheeler and Elmer Dugan. George W Chester and Augusta Ralay. Chas B Bailey and Mary L Wayman. Edwin Swiggett and Irene Berry. Herman Minus and Lida Baynard.
Householders are urged to buy coal at rock bottom prices before a monthly 0.10 per ton hike begins. May prices sit 25 cents higher than a year ago, a rise tied to wholesale costs, not retailer profits. Mineowners bear responsibility for the increase, while retailers see no extra gain.
On May 1, 1902, regular Summer excursion tickets via all rail routes to all principal Summer resorts east of Pittsburg and Buffalo were placed on sale at Pennsylvania Railroad ticket offices. Tickets bear the usual Summer excursion limit of October 31,1902. The Summer Excursion Route Book for 1902 will be issued on June 1.
Denton braces for a busy building season as banks plan enlargements and numerous residences rise. The Denton National Bank considers expanding its banking house while a new 60 by 120 foot Law Building is planned on the Chop Tank Hotel site. Several residences on Main Street, Fourth Street, and East Denton lots move forward with builders like Redden, Nichols, Fisher, and Crouse. pumping station construction by Insley & Redden and the Flint & Walling water tower project add town improvements. The Holiness Association Church in East Denton will start, and many carpenters anticipate full employment through the season.
The Reading Company completed a yearlong effort to link its ocean front trolley with the Cape May station on Washington and Ocean streets. Italian laborers, under Garrett and McCausland, worked two days to finish the roadbed and poles, enabling the electric line from Ocean Street to Queen Anne's pier at Broadway. The new link connects Camden to Cape May Point and extends the New York to Baltimore route via the Central and New Jersey, plus the Reading ferriage across Delaware Bay.
Farmers and buyers are urged to consider King’s lime and Newport fertilizers for the season with prices and terms through J. H. Barrow in Preston Md. The Kent grand jury awards Alpine hats to bailiff W K Atky for faithful service. Garey & Co advertise Sane The Bradley No 1 Check Row Corn Planters. H Wilson dentist of Easton to visit Ridgely on May 5. Everngam's sells pants in stock.
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