Milford chronicle., 1911-05-12
GEORGETOWN.


T. Authorized by the Levy Court to purchase tn
necessary fixtures for his office, UOmptrOlt
E George ID. Hail Of Milford, has thorough
y equipped the grand jury room Of the court
'' house, which is being used as bis office, will
Z; desks etc. His is the finest equipped office Ii
u the court house. and the other officials ar
scrutinizing It with jealous eye. Some 0
them by their talk will shortly ask the Lev!
Court TO Install new furniture IN their offices
Comptroller Hall has already saved th,
county several dollars. although he has been II
his office only few days. In looking over th,
accounts OF the assessors who are allowed
twenty cents per name listed. one man wa
found TO have made a mistake In presenting
the account Of about twenty-five dollars Had
there not been q comptroller In all likelihood
Sussex County would have lost this amount II
was not he intention Of the man presenting
the account 10 cheat the county out OF The
money, but was merely mistake which wal
detected.
According 10 reports il will be necessary for
Comptroller HALL occupy the grand jury room
Tor an indennite period as It is understood here
that the recent act passed by the Legislature
authorizing the Levy Court to borrow money
by bonding was detective, thereby rendering Il
uncOns itutional
Comptroller George h. Hall, OF Mi ford. has
selected Howard J. Cooke. son Of Mr. ana Mrs.
John X. Cooke, the latter passenger agent at
seaiord, as his deputy al a salary OF s60O Mr.
Cooke is al present law student In the suite
OF Offices Of Robert q. Houaon. Esq he is
man OF sterling qualities. has business college
education and is graduate Of the Dickinson
Law school, and We think the comptroller
made a wise selection
The local baseball team went TO Miusboro
last Friday aud defeated a club made ~ OF the
Berlin Md, Dagsboro ana selbyville teams TO
the tune Of to 3. Only seven inning were
played.
ME the game was 10 progress Edward Col 4
hns' a resident OF the town, was hit 10 ihe face .
oy batted ball and q large cash made ia his
lace lt req uired physician 20 dress the wound
Al hrst ll Was thought hisjaw-bOne was broken
but upon examination such was not found to
be the Gaze
Fred KING, son OF fMr.aud Mrs. Peter y King
and Miss Ola Rust, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. g.
Fred Rust, were married by the Rev. James L.
DerTickson AT the Zoar NJ E. Parsonage last
Sunday night
Ibe twenty-fnh wedding anniversary silver
oi Dr. and Mrs Onyer d. Robinson was cele
ofaled last saturday night at their home on
--- -NNa'AAIlA GHh HAnl uAl -ll tate PERSONS
we're IN attendance to this the most elaborate
'oclai affair that has been given here for sew
raj months. The bride and groom Of twenty
I've summers we're the recipients Of many hand
ONE pieces Of silverRare, and Il is said that
Fer one hundred presents we're given, with
more yet TO follow. The Lewes Orchestra fur.
'sned music for the occasion. ID. b. Jones, Of
wilmington, was caterer for the junction.
rns faf hoo.
. > Penniwill, Judge Henry c. Conrad, sup
rlniendent Of the p. b. & ". X. X. John b.
ohns and his assistant, Mr.. Green. OF VII.
iins'on' Major Edward FarrOw and wife, Of Z
soury Park, n. J.. Supervisor Of the Media
a. branch OF the Pennsy Railroad John smith
I'd wife, State Senator william F. BlacKstone
ID Wiie Dr. Joseph b. Waples, sr, Dr. Joseph
Waples Jr., and wife, Rev J. r. Henderson z
ID "iie Rose and Carrie Henderson, Mr.. aud
rs Landreth l.. Layton, and daughter Mar
ret Woodhurn Martin, ESQ, and mother,
arles s. Richards, Esq, DR.. and Mrs. James
Chipman, Misses Lanra and Edith Rich.
as MT ana Mrs. Dalton. OF Asbury Park, n.
Hu"ard ID. Hearne' Esq, and wife Andrew
Lyneh' Esq, ana wife, Albert F. Polk, ESQ, y
~ haWlins' Andrew Marvel Esq and wife
s. Mary Tunnel Cannon, Miss Stella Hudson
- -HND-A7vhi MISS OlNt Marsh. j. II.
enson, Rev. ID. Wilmot Ga,eson Misses
ra and Julia Burton. Miss Lluena Gatesop
Caleb R. Layton and wife. Mrs. Augusta v
.eson, John $. Vaughan, Mrs. Richardson.
Wilmington, Miss Katherine Robinson. Dr.
IN ID. Hammond, Robert g. Houston. ESQ .
Kate Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs. John H. a
ut, and Chauncey Robinson, Of Wycote. Pa
lss Florence Johnson, OF this town, and VIM
sy, OF Milisboro, were married last Sunday
ming at Powellville BY Rev. L. H. Joslin.
'yce Short residing near here. and Miss
lie Mitchell, Of near Lewes were married Al
zoar NJ. Z. Parsonage last Sunday night.
IAN Dennis, an engineer on the ID. NJ &v
:. was sealded about the left arm badly on m
day while working about his engine. Heis
Die 70 work at present.
e lamp Of q brooder at the hennery OF wn.
aughn exploded last Friday night and AZ,
Q the building and caused It's destruction.
hundred and ffty biddies were cremated
orooder and incubator destroyed. The
vii reach about slOO. Owing to the fact
MT. Vaughn lost one OF his arms while feed
thresher year or two ago, no doubt the
'ill be keeniy felt, as he had just started IN y
Ouif business for llvlibood. 0C