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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1909
Page
7
Wheat and corn prices listed with local bargains at McIlvaine and Sister’s. Several farm yields and livestock notes from Easton to Denton, including tomato baskets, corn, cabbage, and holly wreath contracts. Obituaries for James Porter and John T. Carter noted, along with church reopenings and Brethren church activity in Ridgely, Tuckahoe Neck, and surrounding counties.
Necrological news notes honor Edward Saulsbury a leading county agriculturist who died recently. His funeral at Ridgely featured Rev. F T Benson and Rev. W E Habbert with a Ridgely choir and interment at Denton cemetery. Also noted are the deaths of Mrs Emma Gelletly in Baltimore and Tyson Eaton in West Denton with funeral details, and Saulsbury’s community and church roles.
On Wednesday evening last a quiet birthday party honored Miss Anna Greenlee on her sixteenth birthday. Guests included Octavia Graham Florence Chance Nettie Morgan Nellie Jacobs Mary Breeding Elma Jacobs Ebie Spicher Mary Chance Della Greenlee Hartley Swanger John Greenlee Charlie Butler Roy Chance Edgar Morgan August Kibler John Lister Louis Chance Anthony Parrish Ralph Cannon Denard Long Lars Mitchell Henry Flower George Wooters John Spicher. Refreshments of cream cake and confee followed late.
Easton residents were startled by news from Royal Oak that Miss Clara E. Benson daughter of I I Benson was followed and assaulted by a colored man on Saturday evening. She struggled free and escaped. Officers are seeking the suspect, with a dispatch saying he was later jailed in Easton.
Delaware advertisement extols Oakland Buckwheat flour as the best and wholesome flour. It invites readers to write for prices to 5 and signs C. Dunpaur of Lincoln City, Del, urging voters to support the whole Democratic ticket.
Special dispatch reports Baltimore forecasts overwhelming city support for the amendment. The column notes political appeals to counties to join the city in rescuing the state from perceived negro domination. Obituaries record the death of Jefferson's youngest son at Cambridge Hospital from blood poisoning after an illness and surgery. Funeral held at Mt Pleasant cemetery with Rev. Bounds and Rev. Holt.
Burrsville reports the burial of Mrs. James Cochran relict of the late James Cochran who lived east of town for years. She was brought from Crisfield to be laid to rest in Union Methodist Protestant cemetery. Several local residents and visitors attended church and social events, including Mrs Fred Hopkins and Mrs Coursey Hammond of Frederica visiting Mary E Thawley, and Mrs Carrall and relatives at Barclay. Mrs John Wooters attended a Sunday School convention as a delegate from Wesley M E Church in Dover last week.
Hickman items report Leander Thomas and Henry Noble as delegates to the Great Council of the Red Men in Wilmington. Epworth League meeting at Frank and Mrs Fountain’s home. Farmers threshing buckwheat this week. District Superintendent Morgan to preach on November 7. Wheat, sweet potato work finished. corn husking begins. Mrs Corinne Thomas at Sunday School convention in Dover. A. H. Cahall visiting Philadelphia and Wilmington. Mr and Mrs J W Peters visiting Monumental City. Ida Melaney went to Philadelphia.
Mrs. G. W. Towers has returned home after visiting her daughter in Baltimore. Miss Katie Floyd of Baltimore visits Miss Maude Trice for a time.
A large Democratic mass meeting drew several thousand to Caro line for a county campaign climax. The parade snakes a mile long with brass bands and decorated riders. Governor Crothers spoke on kept promises, state economy, fair nominations, and Maryland reforms. Senator Rayner urged strong turnout for the ticket and amendment, decrying Republican tactics.
The Hillsboro M E Church held its third quarterly conference last Saturday with Rev. R. K. Stephenson presiding. After services members and friends dined at the parsonage hosted by Rev. and Mrs. L. P. Corkran and Miss Odella Smith, who has joined the D A Telephone Co in Wilmington as a stenographer. Many local visits and greetings follow, with pastors and residents traveling between Queen Anne, Delmar, Front Royal and Baltimore.
Chestnut Grove notes Miss Myr tle Kempe is home following a serious appendectomy and blood poisoning treatment at Cambridge Hospital. A sequence of social visits includes J R Lewis, Howard Todd, Walter Wright with C E Lewis. Bloomery M E Church revival meetings continue with notable success. Mite Society met with Mrs M L Sullivan. Mr C Walker returns from Philadelphia. Henry Beachamp is quite ill at home.
After four weeks with typhoid fever in the German Hospital Philadelphia Mr. EE Smith returned to his mother last Friday. The C. E. service was led by Mr. J A Bell on Sunday evening with the topic Why some men and women do not succeed in life. The Ladies Aid of Ames enjoyed a pleasant evening at Mr. J E Towers home. An oyster supper Friday and Saturday evenings surpassed all financial expectations. Canned goods are being shipped in varied quantities daily from this point.
Mrs Martha Comegys widow of Colonel William Comegys dies in Philadelphia aged 68. Her remains returned to Greensboro for burial last Tuesday with services led by Rev Smith and Rev Otis. She leaves six children including Mrs John Rich and Mrs Warren Vansant. Also noted are social visits, property moves, a mule case, church events, weddings, and local visits throughout Greensboro and nearby areas including Philadelphia and Maryland.
Mrs. R H Dill was carried to a Baltimore hospital on Friday last. Reports say she is slightly improving. Miss Miriam Gooden of Dover visited her parents over Sunday. Isabelle Carrow spent the weekend with her parents. James Williams of Philadelphia was a Sunday guest of W M Price. Mrs. Alise Johns returned from a visit with Church Hill relatives. R H Dill and son Milton are spending a few days in Baltimore. Mrs J T Rickards spent Friday in Baltimore.
Construction is under way at the residence of Mr. William Willoughby near his store. Painter C. E. Beachamp is beautifying the home of Mr. W. C. Todd.
A fragment notes a fruit and truck farm near Denton with contact J. W. Kerr at Eastern Shore Nurseries. It also mentions an aviation prospect about carrying passengers, claiming airship lines may begin service next month from Paris to a distant city, though details are unclear.
A political plea urges voters to back the slate headed by Hering Goslin Carter Williamson Stevens Steele Carroll Chaffinch Garey Bullock and the Amendment in unified support. The item promotes a single-ticket choice across multiple candidates and a constitutional measure.
Mr Robi Jarrell Sr completes a concrete walk in front of his home and adjoining dwelling, while Mr and Mrs Wm Grimm of Cuba visit. The P O S of A festival, typhoid cases reported, and residents traveling to Wilmington Philadelphia and Baltimore are noted. Prof Elmer Hoch and Robert Jarrell Jr own motorcycles.
A leading taxpayer urges voting for the amendment first and then the Democratic ticket. Republicans in the state acknowledge support for the amendment as a means to purify the electorate. Mr. Ogden notes most young men join the Democrats at adulthood, while he cautions about illiterate black voters. Farmers report a bountiful sweet potato crop and growing storage capacity, including Col. Sisk’s large Preston potato-house receiving many yields.
About 350 attended a Hickman mass meeting Friday with Harry Noble presiding and the Hickman band playing. Speakers included Col J E R Wood and Hon E L Goslin. Similar rallies drew hundreds at American Corner with Ogden and Goslin, at Choptank with Ogden Lewis and Goslin, and at Greensboro with Legg Rayner and Goslin. Democrats foresee a large county vote and big majorities in the Second. Mass meetings continued in Smithson and Preston tonight.
Denton High School defeated Smyrna High 21 to 6 at Smyrna with Wilson delivering powerful line plunges and Aly Tu and Smith breaking long runs. Scoring came from Wilson three touchdowns, plus Smith and Brinton, with Green and Deakyne adding the extra points. Referee Smith, umpire Bell, time keepers Dukes and Harris, and 15 minute halves.
William J. Ogden argues against negro suffrage, claiming the black race shows incapacity for self government and votes as a bloc. He cites historical voting patterns in Maryland, laments racial unity among whites, and asserts a grandfather clause preserves white political influence.
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