Milford chronicle., 1911-11-10
GEORGETOWN.

SaA unle raise the Classical department to II
nc high standing which the engineerir
ION department has attained, Lehigh Unive
MIS- sity Is Offering scholarship of $3.50 f
Ton. one year, to one student from each of III
4 several high schools of this State pr,
and lessor VIM. c. Thayer, a representativ
ted Of ofLehgh, visited the high school her
d. M few days since and authorized Pro-
W. \ Vim 81. H. White, the principal to an
meet nounce that Georgetown had receives
JOun the offer of one of these scholarships
md The requirements of the recipient ar
make that he shall be graduate of the George
fleet town High School and enter the depart
nissiC ment of Arts and Sciences in Lehigh.
be d The Millsboro Dramatic Club will
cunt shortly present Past Redemption. al
lffer Barker's Hall that town.
zpOf Evangelistic meetings commenced al
fen Bethel NJ. +. Church, of Ocean View. on
th. Sunday night.
i'd For the past few davs several aocks Of
lly wild geese have been seen passing over
Ity this town and according to old local wea-
tier ther prognosticators this is sure sign of
oh the approaching cold weather.
t George Moore, cOlored, was arrested
, and arraigned before Justice of the Peace
George e. NJ. Stengle, at Seaford, and
Suf held IN $500 bail on Tuesday in default
slb OF which he was committed to the Sussex
oOl county Jail for the February term of court.
~ charged with the larceny of stop-watch,
~ belonging to Clarence +. Cauk, who is
ch employed on the boat that plys between
pre- Seatord and Sharptown, Md
lOr Adam Weinrich,a local shoemaker cut
ior ms left hand severely with an oyster
II khlfe while opening the bivalves
Pu II Is reported that a brickmakiug es-
eat adjustment will be star ted bv Joseph
e Wilson, near his farm, on the Lewes
road
] A case of diphtheria has developed
adj here, the sufferer being Charles West,
local railroad fireman residing on West
~ Cedar street. The residence has been
- quarantned, and the physicians and
Board of Health are taking every precau-
10 ton to prevent a spread of the disease.
nj Thus tar no other cases have been repor-
ted
i. The work Of dredging at Bethany
~ Beach has been completed and the canal
Id is now open for travel
Ist Icon Wilde Crawford and Miss Flor !
IN euce Y. Blackistou. both ot Wilmington
we're married In tie new Lc,ves NJ. +. {
Church, OF which Mr.. Crawford was the
G designer, by the Rev W K Mowbray,
til Tuesday afternoon, in the presence of a
n arse number of persons There were
- no ushers and attendants other than Mr.
Gilbert $. Jones, Business Manager of
the Evening Journal, Wilmington who is
very close friend of the groom 1t was
the desire Of Mr Crawford TO be- married
II in church which he had designed and
accordingly ;he l.cWes Church the last to
q De completed was chosen, and the Rev.
q Mr.. Muwbray, WHO has been the pastor
during It's construction, WIS the one des-
ignatei bv Mr. Crawford 10 perform the
.ar t.r. q .er % 81 80
q widely known architects in the state,
! while the bride is very prominent in Viii
mingtou society
q William Locates a local horsemau. is
quite III at bis home on Cedar street
4 Suits have been purchased for the Boy
Scouts OF America of this town. and in
short time tramp viii be made headed
by the Commander, Dr. Page z. A.
Cheeser
. The SUSSEX County Levy Court met
here Tuesday pursuant to adjournment
roll call and members all present; the
minutes of previous meeting read and
, approved Mr.. West moved that the
Levy Court appropriate $1,000 for the inn
provemeut OF a certain road in the Sixth
District known as the 40-foot road, tile
persons contiguous thereto to raise like
amount The motion was lost a road
in Northwest Fork Hundred was accepted,
and VIII be worked as other county roads !
The following were allowed rebates on
county taxes for this wear T. NJ Hearu
so.4o; J.. I. Faucet 81 A.; Hudson and
Hudson, $3.50; Hannah Burton. s. OO:
Harry Gilpin, $500 Mary J. Marshall
$500 Joseph II. Parker, Sl410: {. W..
Riggiu, 50 25; Hannah Thompson, s.. qS:
Georgetown Water Company, $50 90:
Lachariah West. $500 Mrs. Flora A.
kreer, - IS; Joseph s. Smith, s. 7O.I
Robert II Boyce, 81 2O Mary Pep
per Sl0.oO, tor 1910. John T. Hudson
was allowed S136.77 as delinquent and
excess taxes for 1911.
a committee consisting of Handy, Fur
man and Kinder, were appointed bv the
president, Harry Reed, TO examine the
accounts Of William w Pepper. collec-
tor OF county taxes for 1910 for the Tenth
district, with a view Of ascertaining the
amount due
Frank Gordy was allowed S335.24 as
delinquent and excess taxes for 1910
ollie r. Griffith, of Blades. was allow
ed s3.92 to reimburse him for witness
order 32O2, which was lost
Mr.. Handy moved that committee of
three be appointed to investigate the
matter as to whether or not the Levy
Court Commissioners can pay freight
bills, and for work pursuant to the
special road law without the signature ofI
the Comptroller, George II. Hall, where
upon the president appointed Furman,
Reed and Handy
Reed. Kinder and James were chosen
q committee to view about three acres of
land belonging to Theodore Handy, son
Of Levy Courtman William Handy, in
l.eaford hundred which is thought to
contain valuable road building material.
The soil is said to be clay and contains
much gravel, and a test piece of road
viii be built from it, and If il proved to