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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1938
Page
4
A lesson on honesty from Exodus and Luke stresses property rights and restitution. It contrasts Zacchaeus’s fourfold restitution with temple corruption, urging churches to act upright and avoid compromising worship for money or worldly aims.
In a heated Gaithersburg confrontation, Commissioner Plummer and Lawson King fight over school bus revenue shifts, escalating from heated words to a bare-knuckle exchange. The clash underscores local fracture as national figures loom and political graft rumors swirl.
The piece chronicles Tydings for President efforts flopping in Montgomery and Prince Georges counties, a sparse meeting in Bladensburg, and shifts in housing authority plans. It notes Frederick and Gaithersburg clashes, party power struggles, Nice’s bid to reform the party, and 1940 GOP hopes with Ambrose Kennedy and Walter Johnson.
A public sale begins at 10 o'clock at the John Horsey farm on Stone Road from Denton Bridge to New Bridge. The listed items include 1,100 lb 13 year old pair of mules with Joan and bay mares, a 16 month mule colt, 6 milk cows aged 6 to 20 with freshening window January to February, 3 heifers two years old and three one year olds, a brood sow with seven pigs, a 10-20 McCormick Deering tractor and numerous farming implements and wagons. The seller notes all goods are as described and invites buyers to inspect beforehand. Sale proceeds rain or shine.
In Denton Maryland on December 13 1938 between 2 and 4 pm will sell three parcels of Lots 6 and 7 Towers and Redden Land Nos 35 36 37 28 and 65 66 67 and properties described by Maple Sunnyside and Denton Will roads tied to Carrie Deen Elbert Deen and William H Deen in Caroline County with improvements including a large dwelling garage and barn.
Discontinuing farming, sale at the Clinton Williamson Farm two miles north of Concord on 1938 at 1 pm. Personal property includes hens, turkeys, furniture, kitchenware, tools, farm equipment, lime, seeds, and livestock items. Farm sale also includes 82 acres with 26 cultivated, 6 woodland, 6 room house, barn, outbuildings, and a possible mortgage retention. Half interest in 12 acres of rye to be included.
Order nisi grants sale of property described in these proceedings as reported by the officer in charge on the 27th day of October 1938, directing execution of the sale under judicial supervision and applicable statutory provisions.
Notice that the subscriber in Caroline County has obtained letters of administration from The Orphans' Court for Caroline County Maryland for the personal estate.
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