Milford chronicle., 1912-03-22
GEORGETOWN CLOSES
ITS CIDER JOINTS
Nothing Doing In The Drink Line Now.
Town May Be Bonded For Improve
ments. Finds Long Lost Father.

William II Marvel, residing near Omar
was committed to the Sussex county jail
Thursday night of last week in default oi
BAIL charged with threatening to do bodi.
ly hurt to his landlord, Asa Bennett, OF
Omar. The difference between the two
men seems to have been the result of the
selling of some of Marvel's effects by
Bennett, who held an execution against
them. The action on the part of the
landlord incensed Marvel, VIII threaten
ed to hurt Bennett, whereupon the latter
had him arrested and arraigned before
Justice of the Peace Warrington.
William L Parker, of Dagsboro hun
dred has announced himself a candidate
for the nomination of Representative at
the coming county convention.
The cider joints" of the town have
been closed in compliance with the ordi-
nance passed by city council at meeting
held last Monday night week.
Called for the purpose of explaining
the financial conditions of the town to
the residents, an enthusiastic citizens
meeting was held in Odd Fellows Hall
Monday night, in response to the notice
issued by City Council, and the matter
of the outstanding Indebtedness was
thoroughly laid before the taxables so
that some remedial plan might be de-
vised, whereby the debt now hanging
over the town of S2641 .06 could be liqui-
dated. In order for the town to meet
its financial obligations, it was brought
home to the gathering of taXables that
bond issue will have to be made, and at a
subsequent meeting to be held in about 4
weeks, it is believed that steps will be
taken whereby this debt may be eliminated
twenty-five hundred dollars each year is
all that can be raised under the provi-
sions of the city charter, and therefore a
raise in the taxes per capita to make up
the deficit is thing out of the question. |
The treasury at present contains S17.26 |
and there is due tie sum OfS334.45 from !
uncollected taxes. It will therefore be |
seen that something will have to be done |
in order to meet these deplorable condi-
tons. Elected on a progressive plat
form the present City Council is desirous
of bettering the conditions of the town
in every way, but with no funds at hand
and with enough fixed charges, such as
water rent, gas, electric lights officers,
ETC., to take the $500. 00raised annually,
it will be seen that they are handicapped
and will not be able to carry out their
policies.
One of the main questions raised Mon
day night was that of a system of drain
age for the town, and it is the belief of
nine-tenths of the residents that this is
the first thing requisite before any per
manent improvements are made to the
streets. Many seemed to be in favor of
making cement cutters along the side
walks to carry the water to the bitches
at the edge of town and thence to the
Mill-ponds. As Georgetown, especially
the Court House and the Public Squire,
are on a watershed, it is believed the wa
ter can be carried away in this manner.
Should the town decide to install a
sewage system it is contended that the
nearest place to carry the waste would
be Spicer's pond, which is about four
miles from the town. j
City Council, providing the people of
ne town are willing to raise about one
hundred and fifty dollars, will give their
salaries toward the erection of a cement
coping about the Public Square. The
ialaries of the Commissioners will be
ibout 500, and it is figured if the resi- :
tents of the town will donate $4,000
hat the coping can be erected. A COM
Mite consisting of Charles L. Moore,
Or. ]. H. Hammond and w. B. Donovan q
vas selected to solicit i'll order to raise :
he required amount for this improve !
nent.
+. A. Whitelaw, director of the Brook
yn Conservatory of Music, will give a J
oncert here on Tuesday evening. April
tn, y
On Wednesday evening, March 27, .
kew. B. +. Thompson, rector of Christ =,
,hurch, Dover, will preach at Pauls P. =
;. Church.
George w. Bennum. Jr., has purchased .
= = { l.
.ailroad Avenue, and will move there as
Don as Mr.. Wilson moves his family to
'elmar, where he is now employed on W
le railroad. u
Farmers in this section are getting q
ieir lands i'll readiness for the crops. u
Former Clerk of the Peace Jabez T.
7il1ey, of Greenwood, has been spending W
lie week with friends here. D
Mrs. Benjamin Weinstein, of Selbyville, d
visiting her father, Samuel I.itChen- II,
lrg, this week. n
Miss Lydia Houston, of NIillsboro, has 81
zen spending a few days with George
Wn friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Barr Of Whining
n, have been the guests of relatives
ere for the past few days. r
Sylvester Richardson, Of Wilmington,
Ient Sunday with relatives and friends
this town -,
Capt Edward Tracey of Lewes. who II
the last election was defeated for coro- :.
IT, of the Democratic ticket, is said to ~ ~
an aspirant for the nomination ofRep- n
sentative in the General Assembly for Tn
yves and Rehoboth Hundred. Oh
Miss Nell NAPLES, of Milton well known
the residents of this town, has been sit
ected by the Board of Education of the ia
ilton Public Schools teacher to fill ia
e unexpired term of Mrs Elizabeth oF
hnson Lohand, who has rendered her
signation, effective April IS
A petition signed by 1O25 members of
e twenty-six Christian Endeavor Socie-
s of the State, of which the Rev w. on
johnson, formerly of this town, but Oh
W of Groome Memorial NJ. p Church raj
Lewes, is superintendent, has been vii
-warded to Congress, asking that that NJ,
eat law-making body pass a law pro- -u'
biting the shipment of liquors into II me
y" territory. ia
Mrs Annie thoroughbred, a local Br
aee-fua1r or ig1aicfed q 4,a;~f,rI ,,.o,,.,J pre