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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1914
Page
5
Denton area notices list grain prices with wheat at 1.13 dollars and corn 77 cents, plus advertising for Whitman’s candies and Whitman’s Fine Chocolates at Denton Drug Co. A calendar of church services, fairs, oyster suppers, and upcoming elections fills community notices, including Rev. J. E. Smith at the Church of the New Jerusalem and Rev. William H. Vickers assisting in Wesley M E Church.
Saturday October 17 ceremony at Ridgely M. E. Church united Miss Ella Seward and Mr William Lloyd Carlile. The event featured Mendelssohn music, autumn decor, four ushers, and vows by Rev W W E Habbart. Afterward the couple departed for Atlantic City en route to West Grove Pa. They will reside there after spring and begin housekeeping. Local guests included Mrs Sharpless and Miss Ruth Carlile. Visitors from Denton and Greensboro attended.
Bank Commissioner J Dukes Downes released the third annual Maryland State banks and trust companies honor roll listing institutions with surplus and undivided profits exceeding capital as of Sept 12. Eastern Shore entries include Suthersville Bank Caroline County Bank Kent County Savings Bank Bank of Somerset Chestertown Bank of Maryland Bank of Crisfield Talbot Bank Church Hill Bank of Maryland Eastern Shores Trust Co Bank of Delmar Farmer's Bank of Somerset Hillsboro Queen Anne Bank and others across 46 of 120 state banks and trusts.
Queen Anne residents report visits from New York and Greensboro. Mr and Mrs John Morgan of Newark New Jersey and Mrs H F Jarrell of Greensboro spent the week with J E Morgan. Howard Flowers hosted the Social Club Friday night. A M Altwater of Baltimore spent the weekend with Hiram Short. R H Hicks family and M E Barton drove to St Michaels Sunday. Laura Wooters visits relatives near Baltimore.
Mr. Asbury Seward moved to Judge Maloy’s home with the judge and sister going South. Elerbert Pinder occupies Seward’s vacated house. George Nichols will renadel Pinder’s vacated property soon. Typhoid patients improving though Mr. Pinder remains in critical state. Ladies’ Aid M E Church set bazar for November 19 20 and 21 and will serve election dinner at Pritchett’s Hall. Various visits and weekly farm and school events noted among Greensboro residents including distant visitors from Philadelphia Wilmington Frackville Henderson and Baltimore.
A near miss occurred when C D Collison was thrown before a freight car at Hobbs last Saturday, saved by the emergency brake. Sun day visitors W H Lord and wife met Mrs Hullock’s brother Phil Dill and wife from Columbus Ohio. Burt Smith bought a house on Second Street and will move early next year. Ernest Whitman of Bellville Pa returned home after a visit with Mrs S Smith. Mrs Charles Howard Sr died at Laurel Grove aged 74. Emma Worth visited with Mr and Mrs R Hi Love. Wheat seeding delayed due to drought. Cathel Ward excels in teaching at Liden’s school. Cannery closed last Friday with small packing. Raymond I Burges of Baltimore visited Hobbs last week. Mrs J R Ricards visited Baltimore recently.
The Ladies Aid Society of Preston hosts a Hallowe en social at the town hall on Saturday evening the 31st. Refreshments served free. Everyone invited. Admission two cents.
Seventh District notes report W C T U changes, fountain fund plans, and trash basket drive. Auto scare injures Carroll Meredith while Willard Wrighten escapes with minor injuries after bicycle collision. Dr Watt preaches at M I Church. tile truck ditched near Chicken Bridge. Wilmington Philadelphia trip recalls. Miss Irene New reports Band of Mercy fund status and future prospects.
Rev A M Rahn lists morning sermon The Kingdom of Hope and evening sermon The Evidence of Christianity for next Sunday. Other notes include a Sunday School rally, sewing circle meeting, chickpox cases, a seven week old ill infant, diphtheria reported outside Ridgely, tomato season end, anti vaccination sentiment, and local garden blooms and frosts hints.
Mr. Alex Booth, hurt by a grind stone on his farm near Choptank, has returned home from Easton for treatment. Miss Andasia Reynolds hosted Miss Mary Wright of Choptank and Miss Viola Corkran and brother Wilbur of Preston at supper Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Saulsbury of Denton and Mr. Frank Booth of Washington visited the Booths. William Perry and friend John Stewart of Baltimore were guests at C. V. Perry's home recently.
Mrs Henry Wilkinson has recovered and is out again. Baptists form Sunday School at Jumptown with fifty members. Ridgely Primary School first grade has sixty three pupils with Miss Wilsie Smith aided by Miss Iris Smith. Wheeler Bros. Shows featured animals but rain reduced attendance. Several residents visit Wilmington Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and Accomac. Revival meetings to begin in November at the Baptist Church. Many visits and social events including Epworth League attendees and a Heptasoph banquet are noted along with various travels and visits among residents.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Bethlehem M. I. Church will hold an oyster supper Saturday evening October 24 in the George Hartington house opposite A. J. Messick's. Proceeds go to the church. Revival meetings begin tomorrow evening.
Captain Charles W. Wright discusses Melvin’s Warehouse as Caroline county Maryland’s first seat of justice and a key shipping hub. The article recounts Cedar Point, The Stakes, and the village’s role as military headquarters and court site from 1774 to 1776, including notable meetings, resolutions, and figures like Thomas Johnson and Captain Fontleroy.
NECROLOGICAL notes recount deaths of Jerome A. Davis of Federalsburg and Jonathan C. Harrington of Greensboro, with details on lifetimes, marriages, families, and funeral arrangements. Other notices include the death of Methodist minister Edwin Coffin MacNichol in Philadelphia, Mrs. Sallie Wooters of Hickman, and Miss Hester A. Russell of Chestertown, plus Leon Price returned from the Philippines after serving as a music teacher.
St Pauls Church Hillsboro invites the public to its parish day on October 28 marking the first observance since the death of the longtime rector. Rev Walter B Stehl will preach the sermon and Rev W Y Beaven will celebrate Holy Communion. Contributions fund an altar memorial for the late Beaven. a parish dinner follows at Mr H Lay Beaven's home.
Census bulletin reports on Caroline County housing data. It lists 4243 total homes with 2087 farm homes and 2156 urban homes. Of farm homes 761 are owner occupied free of mortgage, 542 mortgaged, 782 farm homes rented. Urban owners total 816 with 229 mortgaged and 654 free of encumbrance, while 1216 urban homes are rented. Some ownership data could not be obtained.
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