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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1893
Page
3
Registration begins September 18 as the Delaware State Fair looms and county fairs resume. Elkton hosts a local fair while Easton welcomes visitors. New business openings appear in Greensborough and Salisbury area. School openings announced with extensive staff assignments for Caroline County including Marydel Henderson and Denton.
The Caroline Steen County Association holds its annual Sunday School convention in Ridgely from September 15 to 17. Delegates from county schools will attend. pastors and superintendents participate by office. The program covers devotions, addresses by notable leaders, committee reports, and multiple themes on youth, church obligation, teaching essentials, home cooperation, and religious training, with services and mass meetings scheduled each day.
Republicans held county district conventions on Saturday to name representatives to the State convention meeting in Baltimore. Wm H Cashe chaired the gathering at the courthouse with H W Allen as secretary. George M Russum B Gootee Stevens and Dr William T Kelley were chosen as delegates. two colored delegates attended, a departure from prior pro notes.
Justice John T Temple presided over a fox hound dispute between Benjamin Starkey and Nathaniel Bowen. Bowen, owner of a valuable hound, sued for damages after Starkey shot the dog. Bowen’s counsel, John Wesley Temple, argued the case, but the verdict awarded $5 to Bowen, highlighting the perils and costs of killing dogs in the county.
J M Beaven of Hillsboro Maryland advertises a full mill operation fitted for running orders. He offers flooring siding ceiling shingles and all building materials at very low prices. The note emphasizes readiness to supply lumber and planing work locally.
The Oxford chapter of the Epworth League celebrated its fourth anniversary at the Methodist Episcopal Church last Sunday. Morning sermon by Rev Alderson on the Motto and Badge of the League. Evening services led by president W A Mowbray with remarks by Rev Joseph Kenney. Sallie Mowbray read a history essay. Creed recited and readings. Music complemented the program. Fragments note travel for four youths to the World’s Fair. Local death: Ralph Logan, youngest son of Herbert and Jennis. Visitors: Forsythe of Philadelphia to William Caulk. Mrs Wood of Long Island to sister Mrs Remson.
The dedication of the new Methodist Protestant Church at American Corner is set for the 24th with services at 10:30 am 2:30 pm and 8 pm Rev J S Bowers of Baltimore will preach the morning sermon and other eminent clergymen will assist Protracted evening services will continue through the week Ladies of the St Pauls Guild Hillsboro will serve a supper on rectory grounds Friday and Saturday evenings the 15th and 16th including oysters salads and desserts Ice cream and cake will be sold At Easton a Sam Jones committee meeting expressed thanks for Greensborough Cornet Band music and rail and press courtesies Rev A A Curtis bishop of Wilmington visited Denton held confirmation at St Elizabeths Catholic Church Rev Curtis lectured on Mortal Sin at St Stephens East New Market St Stephens nearing completion Rev Frederick Way seeks to pay for and consecrate the building Rev W W Sharp to hold communion at Hillsboro tomorrow and speak on Bible causes at Ridgely in the afternoon Rev Geo F Hopkins to preach at Hurlock tomorrow.
Prices of peaches climbed across markets this week with New York fruit at about 75 cents a basket, higher in places and lower in others. Baltimore market revived by good fruit at 50 cents a basket, up from 15 a week earlier, as red peaches sell briskly and Caroline county still holds many peaches unpicked. Overall fruit season less profitable than hoped but still brought thousands of dollars to the county.
A Denton hardware store showcases cider mills, feed cutters, and land rollers as essential farm equipment. The listing promotes durable machinery for harvest, livestock feed, and land preparation, emphasizing practical utility for rural operations.
Mr. W. E. Bullock formerly of Smithville has accepted the manager position at Sladek & Spear's New Metropolitan Establishment located at the corner of Chestnut and Eighth streets in Philadelphia. A verse of social notes follows with local visitors and World’s Fair attendance.
Advertisement notices from Gus Wooters and Beachamp announce stock on sale including powder shot and ammunition at low prices while James H. Smith in Ridgely expects a salt carload at $1.25 per sack. Beauchamp trades groceries and spices. Police Court reports: Carroll Griffith jailed for option law violation at Little Wesley Grove. Harry Grimage fined one dollar plus costs and four months at House of Correction. I M Beaver offers South Bend Plows at reduced prices.
The Indies of the Williston Methodist Episcopal Church announce a grand musical and literary entertainment on Wednesday evening the 13th. Proceeds fund a new church organ. Notable guests include an Indian family with Rev and Mrs Hopkins, performing in native costume. Admission 25 cents, children 15 cents. Other notes mention peach shipments, fodder saving, crop damage from wind storms, fishing for white perch and rock, visitors Emma Wilson and Georgia Stevens, Mary Kent visiting Caroline friends, George W. Cohee moving to Johnson property, and the loss of a valuable horse owned by William F. Lidon last Tuesday night.
Mrs. Morgan wife of Rev 5 visits Hillsborough in town and vicinity. Mr. Morgan made a flying visit last week and returned to his charge. Miss Mary Holt leaves for California, much regretted. Rev Mr Lambert will preach missions at the Southern Methodist Church tomorrow morning. Miss Maggie Williams returns to Baltimore. Mr William Smith and wife of Dunkirk Md guest of Mrs Thompson this week.
Miss Sophia Caulkins of Susquehanna Pa has returned home after visiting Misses Mary and Olive Horsey. Todd's cannery at Susquehanna is in full operation packing about three thousand cans daily. Labor is scarce with farmers unable to find help for fodder, some earning $1.25 per day. Annie Beachamp and Biss Mamie Todd spent last Wednesday at Ocean City. A large crowd attended Rev Hopkins on Sunday. Crabbing parties are common, with many going to Choptank.
Orphans' Court ordered the will of W R Smoot recorded. Rev Truston R Smoot granted letters of administration on the estate of T Pliny. Fisher received letters on the Maryland estate of Thomas T Tasker Sr, late of Philadelphia. A copy of the will was filed and examined by the register.
A prohibition speaker at a county camp meeting sparked unrest by claiming no one can be a Christian without voting the prohibition ticket, killing the lively gathering. Patrons sang loudly the next day, forcing him to stop. editors call the act discourteous medicine for obstructing religious meetings.
Ocean City Missouri September reports a political deadlock at the First Judicial Circuit convention. Delegations from Worcester Wicomico Somerset and Dorchester press for Holland and Purnell while Dorchester and Somerset back Page and Lloyd. Over sixteen hundred ballots drawn, with no nomination likely before adjournment.
New York correspondent recalls a Baltimore American tale where a market box of peaches contains a handwritten note from a Ridgely Maryland resident seeking a correspondence with the buyer. The man, impressed by the note, writes back and seeks more on Ridgely as a place to visit.
The Cambridge Chronicle prints a tribute noting the mortality and vanity of earthly pursuits as it remembers Mrs Emily L Goslin late of Federalsburg a native of Taylors Island and related to Captain John Travers and Captain G M Travers. Also noted are obituaries of West Dover hundred elder William Jones 86 a Democrat from Templeville and death notices for Frederick Norris son of Samuel Norris near Denton age 26 and Mrs Mary Sue Nichols wife of J E Nichols Denton Bridge.
Sheriff Stevens received a letter from an Austin lawyer asking about the family of John H. Phillips who left Maryland circa 1837 and joined the Texans in their struggle for independence. The attorney claims to have valuable information for Phillips relatives.
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