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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1912
Page
4
Brief notes from across the county are gathered under this heading. Readers may submit short items on events, meetings, local achievements, clergy notes, school activities, and community notices for inclusion in upcoming editions.
Wheat at 1.61 a bushel and corn 66 cents. Democratic ticket urged. Bank directors meet Monday. Chrysanthemums bloom. Walter J. Kelly advertises valuables. Eggs fetch high prices. Meyer & Thalheimer sell sectional bookcases. Ida J. McInvine to heat home and store. A jet fountain installed at Caroline High. Detectives probe corrupt practices. County teachers meet at Caroline High today. G A McDaniel & Co sinking wells for ice plant at Chinotteague. Albert G. Towers spoke Republican at Westminster. Edenton steamer brings coal from Baltimore. Apple prizes awarded to Marjorie Todd and Wilson Funk. Waterman Ideal Fountain Pens at F J Wright. Kent potato crop huge. potato houses strained. Winter goods advertised at Nichols. Mrs Edith Trice dies near Concord. Holzworth storehouse and dwelling burned. J H Wages ends hotel business. Brick Hotel not yet rented. J Frank Booth to sell livestock and implements. Carroll to resume tax collection Nov 26. Thomas Markland harvests 475 baskets sweet potatoes from one acre. Cooper Wright & Cooper settle fire loss for Mr Mopkins. Denton Hallowe en crowds on Main Street. Tilghman Harvey 342 bushels corn from 14 acres. Steamer Dorchester maiden run on Choptank. Election bribery alleged in Sussex. Democratic rally at Hickman. Litchfield Trio cancels Denton Lyceum show. illness prompts replacement. Harriet Wheeler dies at 11. funeral held. Diphtheria closes schools in local districts. fumigation underway. Dr Downes notes mild cases. special preparations made. Tamad Baviend oat.
A large Democratic gathering in Denton County featured Senator Lee and Congressman Covington addressing a sunlit audience on the public square. Speakers attacked monopolies, tariff protections, and trusts while urging progressive tax reform. Covington’s state tour continued with further speeches and expectations of strong majorities.
A compact note lists town council presidents and their predecessors. It highlights the sequence of leadership, noting key figures and transitions within the local government. The piece emphasizes the continuity of governance and the roles of individuals who shaped council decisions.
Ridgely advances new school and other construction boosting town appearance while tomato growers report about four tons per acre. Baptist services and revival meetings are held. Mrs Dragoo attends statewide convention in Baltimore with over five hundred delegates. Cannery packs about three thousand baskets Tuesday and plans Friday run. locals visit relatives and shop.
The report covers varied local items including Hobbs Morris & Yarvey painters improving a factory smoke stack in Chester. Mrs Garrettson Smith and infant daughter visit from Hillsboro. Undertaker Adams conveyed Richie Evans to Concord cemetery. Piney meetings extended another week. German professor C W Prettyman entertained by J R Chaffinch. Railroad inspector arrival preceded by cleanup. Mrs F L Willey from Seaford visiting relatives. Miss Bertie Smith visiting relatives near Federalsburg. Ladies Aid activities scheduled at Thawhey's parsonage and at Clarence Hunter's. W W Dukes and son Roland from Concord in Baltimore. Miss Bertie Smith visiting Philadelphia. Edgar Willis in Baltimore recently.
Federalsburg residents report a Halloween party at Miss Grace Eskridge's near Galestown hosted by Clinton Poole J O Williams J Hammond and Earle Brown. A H Covey and daughters Evelyn and Roselle plus Mrs Saltie Williams visited Denton. Earle Brown Ormond Neal Gilbert Longacker and Guild Smith spent time with Cambridge friends. Roland T Anderson returning from Des Moines Iowa. E D C Hegemann Laurel spent early week here. Vinton McMahan visited his parents Frank and himself Wednesday. Rev George Williams Laurel visited relatives here. Walter Johnson and family have moved to Philadelphia.
Mr N A Porter of Fidelity Phoenix Insurance Company and Mr Ernest G Cooper of Denton adjusted the recent loss of Mr Howard Hopkins in Burrsville. Miss Eva Thawley has returned home after summer visits in Hadden Heights New Jersey Frederica and Harrington. Many leading citizens attended the Democratic mass meeting in Denton Thursday.
Mr. C. C. Ryan and a friend from Lindenburg, Pa., spent the late portion of the week with and Mrs. John Janson. Mr. John Janson is now in Lindenburg, Pa., where he is engaged in some mechanical work.
A letter from H. B. Missengr r of Goldsboro questions Governor Goldsborough's October statement on the State Roads Commission. It argues the Denton Caroline route is underrepresented and warns the public about distortions favoring other routes, urging fair funding and project balance for the Eastern Shore. The note contends Caroline’s interests were neglected after Shoemaker fund allocations and calls for clarity from official sources.
A table counts Caroline county registration names and shows a net gain of 69 since last year with 16 white and 53 colored voters added.
A local note reports Mr L M Jones bringing a sweet potato six inches around and twenty inches long. It lists visits by Miss Isabel Carrow of Greensboro with her parents and other locals hosting friends from Philadelphia Ridley Park Bethlehem Pa Hartly Middletown and Wilmington with brief weekday and weekend stops among relatives and neighbors.
In Centreville a few days ago Congressman Clayton of Alabama praised J Harry Covington as a young man of honesty, capability, industry and courage. He noted Covington’s strong esteem in the House and his potential, while remarking that Covington faces an opponent named Mr. Grier whom Clayton believes is not serious about the race.
Trinity Church has shut its doors for painting while services proceed at the nearby Epworth League last Sunday led by Miss Lessie Davis on temperance. Next Sunday evening services move to 7 pm through winter with Harry Wagner to read The Blind Beggar. Can facility reports note the canning-house ending a strong run with an estimated 200000 cans of tomatoes and about 100000 cans of sweet potatoes. Trinity visitors Mr L Short and Mr and Mrs D I Melson from Bridgeville attended last Sunday. Ilmer Summers is improving rapidly.
The B C A railway area now receives Baltimore morning papers via Annapolis and the Eastern Shore Development Steamship Company's Claiborne service. Newspapers reach Easton by 8 30 p m, two and a half hours earlier than before, and railroad travelers between Easton and Salisbury gain about five hours earlier arrivals. Subscribe for the JOURNAL and get all the county news.
Robert J. Grier and William M. Day led a Bull Moose rally in front of the Brick Hotel Denton. They attacked Jackson and Goldsborough while denouncing old parties and urging support for Roosevelt as the nation’s political future.
Maryland voters head toward likely Democratic delegation as Covington in the First district wins by a large margin against Grier on the Progressive ticket. Talbott in the Second district, Konig in the Third, Linthicum in the Fourth, Lewis in the Sixth all seek comfortable re elections amid cross ticket support and Republican rivals. Democratic hope rests on capturing Republican and Progressive votes to seal multiple incumbencies.
Rev F T Johnson a colored preacher and three Denton women were nearly drowned when a flooded branch stream swept their carriage. The horses swam, the vehicle wrecked, but rescuers including Edgar Hurlock saved them on the bridge. Occupants suffered only a thorough ducking. The article ends with a quip about D D and M D.
Maryland political leaders voiced strong backing for Governor Wilson, predicting a large Democratic majority over Taft and Roosevelt. Senator John Walter Smith and others argued the party is unified, the tariff issue favors Wilson, and Baltimore city shows rising Democratic support with independents leaning to Wilson.
Mr and Mrs Elben and Mrs Beauchamp and Mrs Fleming with son took a flying trip to Denton and Greensboro last Wednesday in Mr Elbens car. Oyster suppers at Thawleys Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings were very successful, yielding $30.25 for the ladies.
Mr. J. Frank Ledman attended the recent convention of the New Church. Buston Proctor was in Maine this.
Mrs. P. J. McShane invites for the marriage of daughter Nellie May Valliant to Eugene Fisher in Indianapolis with a Sarasota home after February. Wedding anniversaries mark twelve years for D. W. Davis couple near Andersontown. Elsie Lee Roe wins candy from Martha Washington Company for an ode poem. Travelling and visiting residents include Emory Turpin, Joseph Steele, Roxie Kennedy, Jarrett M. Morgan, Hazel Tiffling, and Chas. H. Willis.
Revival services at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Denton draw large crowds as Berge sisters aid the pastor for another week with love feasts and singing evangelists. Bishop Monaghan preached at St Elizabeth's, nine confirmands, and Dr. Godby spoke at Mission Church. Protracted Brethren services closed after a successful run led by Elder Miller.
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