Milford chronicle., 1912-10-04
GEORGETOWN HAS
JAIL DELIVERY.
Frank Paisley of Milford One of the
Men Who Escaped. Man Has $500
Returned Which Has Been Stolen
From Him. Telephone Line Com
pleted Other Items.

Returned Which Has Been StoIei
From Him. Telephone Line Com
pleted. Other Items.
A sweet potato storage house. with
capacity of 20. 600 baskets. is being bull
near MillsbOro by Henry L. Barker.
A cement pavement is being placed il
front of the Delaware House. Railroa,
Avenue, from Market Street to the de
pot, is now paved.
! The tomato packing season at tn,
1 Calhoun-JOnes Co cannery closed Mon
day.
Miss Hannah Green, daughter of Juiu.
/ Green, has been taken to the Methodist
Hospital. Philadelphia, for treatment
Miss Jessie Wiley, of Greenwood, has
! accepted a position as saleslady in the
store of Lowe & Son.
/ The State Christian Endeavor Society.
/ to be held in Laurel Nov. rs, is expect
| ed to be one of the most interesting con-
ventiOns ever held in the history of the
Society.
Brown and gold have been selected as
the school colors by Laural High School
graduates. A literary Society has been
organized.
Curwin W. Henry. Of near Laurel.
recently underwent a successful opera
tion for appendicitis.
Recorder of Deeds Harvey F. Wolfe
is preparing to build a residence in Laurel
to take the place of the one recently de-
stroyed by fire.
Recovering the 500 stolen from his
premises a few weeks ago. John Ward.
of near Laurel, has become converted to
the banking system and declares never
again will he keep his money about the
house. 1t is said that the stolen money
was returned to him by "A neighb0r who
said that it was handed over by Young
woman who formerly boarded with him.
The thief became alarmed when officers
went into the locality. and left for parts
unknown.
A horse driven by Harvey Wells. Of
Indian River hundred, dropped dead be-
cause of heart failure.
Miss Harriet Brown and Nelson Ruark
of Pittsville, were married last Thurs
day night.
Miss Mayme GravenOr and Arthur
WOotten, of Pittsville, were married by
Rev. Collins, at Parsonsburg. Md
For some time rumOrs have been afiOat
that former Attorney General Robt. C. |
White. Of this town. had his eve fixed
on the United States Senatorship. Tol
clear up the matter your correspondent |
called at his Office last Friday morning,
when the following statement was given
out in reply to the inquiry whether he |
was a candidate ''Yes. in the event 1
that the next Legislature is Democratic. |
| shall be candidate. 1t has been 40
years since Sussex county has had a
Senator. and / think it is now her turn.
The other two counties have had not
only the two Senators all these years,
but the Representative in the Lower
House most of the time, and as a result
Sussex county has suffered very much
from the lack of attention to her inter
ests. OF all the counties of this State,
Sussex county is the most susceptible
10 Development within her waterways
and by means of drainage and at very
small cost; but because of her lack of
in Congress she has re-
,eived but scant consideration. The
natter is up to Sussex county to say
whether she desires this representation
n Congress; and if she does not, it will
,e no serious disappointment to me per-
Onally. ! am anxious to see our county
developed as ! know she can be made to
10, if the people will only take the proper
teps to accomplish it. 1t is believed
hat he will have the solid Sussex county
delegation with him, providing a major I
BY of it is Democratic, as well as those I
f New Castle and Kent counties.
Funeral services of George Howard
ones, near town, were held on Sunday !
fternoon. He was about q years old, {
nd has been sick for about a year with
complication of diseases which caused
is death in the Methodist Hospital on !
thursday. Helis survived by a wife and {
Uo little children. i
Shipments of cultivated chestnuts are /
eing made to the cities from some of a
ne Sussex towns. The crop is large. c
Lacey L. Hardesty has announced his t
lndidacy for the Office of Representa-
We in General Assembly on the Pro- Q
ressive Republican ticket from SeafOrd i
lndred c
Revival services are in progress at p
rinity NJ. P. Church, near Laurel.
A heating plant has been placed in s.
hrist NJ P. Church, Laurel o
The burial of John Prendeville, of s.
ethel, who died Thursday last at the a
re of "a years, from cancer of the Q
omach, took place Sunday afternoon v
Concord M. E. Church. ei
Horse racing will be held at Millsboro al
Thursday afternoon, October 10th. 5
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