Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1913-03-07
GEORGETOWN

= ! and Mr. John T. Calhoun alternate tc
I attend the session of the Maryland An
nual Conference, which is to meet al
: Lyuchburg, Va, on April. An unaui-
y nous invitation was extended to the
: pastor. the Rev. J. McLain Brown, to
J return for the second conference year.
A dancing class has been started here
by Miss Lord, of Dover.
Miss Delema Stooms, daughter of Fred
, erick Stooms, of this town, and Percy
, Hughes. blacksmith of Cambridge, Md
and son of Thomas Hughes, of the latter
place. were married at the NJ Circuit
Parsonage by the Rev. L. B. Morgan in
; this town last SATURDAY. night. They will
make their future residence at Cambride.
Many persons from this town attended
the funeral of William A. Gum, at Frank
ford Sunday afternoon. Mr. Gum was
widely known throughout Sussex county,
and his death at the Capitol Hotel in
Dover last Thursday night caused quite
a surprise to his large circle of friends
A special train was run for the officials
of the Railloa Company, with which he
was connected in the legal department
Benton B. Gordy, whose handsome
country residence was destroyed BY FIRE
at Sharp's Hill few days ago, has pur-
chased the farm of Reuben J. Savage
! near town, and has moved thereto. Mr..
/ Savage has gone to Bridgeville. where
/ he is engaged in the lumber business.
The FOok's Mills which have been
rented by George Moore, of Philadelphia,
and James Johnson, local merchant,
will start operations this week. Henry
Swiggett of Harrington, formerly a mil
Ter in the roller mills of H S. Macklin,
until their destruction By FIRE a few
months ago has been engaged to run it, |
At the municipal election held here
Saturday the old board was reelected !
without opposition. The personnel of /
the officers for the town follows: Mayor, /
Chas. l.. Moore, Esq; Councilmen, d. /
u. Layton, Jr., Esq. Andrew Marvel, |
Esq, DR.. John H. Hammond, Wilbur f |
Tunnel. and Walter Roach: treasurer,
George r. Messick; collector, Joseph G. /
Green; assessor, William 7. Hobbs; aud
itOrs, George II Short and Minos o.
Short. The improved conditions which
Georg etown has undergone within the
past year has been due to the efforts of
this council. They have been instru-
mental in placing the town on a good
running basis, and have to their credit
tile refunding of their salaries as council
men to the town for improvements. This
is the first council that has~ever given
their salaries over to the town for the
of conditions
Historic Zoar Church, miles from this {
town, and under the pastorate of Rev. ].
l. DerricksOn, Is experiencing one of the
greatest revivals for several years. Many
accessious have been made to the church :
and the church is filed every night. Z
An inspection of his gasoline Yacht
with a match about the tank came very
near resulting in serious injury 70 A. r. s
Dadd, OF Millsboro, when the Top Of the ]
tank was blown off S
Next SATURDAY night bundle social"
wIll be held at Cokesbury for the benefit
Of Tie school r
The commission Of Justice-of-the Peace
SEQ. Z. N Stengle. of Seaford. has ex- I
pred. Il IS understood he seeks reap q
ooiutment. EXConstable William II. | 4
rhorue Is also after the Office.
James Simpler, who for the past three
u four Years mas been acting as page for :
he Sussex courts. has accepted position
20 the department store of Marshall &
Chapman.
Business men are DESTROYS for the gov
srument to have the train from Lewes.
ir.iving here shortly after Z o'clock each
afternoon, 10 carry mail This would
yive them an opportunity to answer com
uuuiCatIons from the Franklin CITY
ranch which they might receive on the
IS train in regards TO business with
and Philadelphia parties for
persons on the lower road Especially
you'd this be a great convenience to the
awyers Of the town
As the result OF having a tooth extrac-
Ell TUESDAY afternoon, of last week
Hiss Margaret Lynch, a stenographer in
he office of lawyer Andrew J. Lynch. OF
his town, Is confined to her home, not
'nly suffering from tile extraction but a
oss Of blood Miss Lynch. it is claimed
of having tooth-ache Tues
lay afternoon, and going to one of the
ocal dentists had the incissor removed.
'ut as soon as II was drawn there was a
Onstaut stream Of blood to issue which
ontinued all of the afternoon and night
p 10 yesterday afternoon when a phv-
iciau finally had to be summoned and
I'VE treatment. From the time the tooth
vas extracted until the physician was
in getting the flow checked II
5 said that she lost about a gallon of
lood. She Is now confined to her home
II South Race street, suffering from a
oss of blood as well as pains from the
Xtracton Miss Lynch has a large cir
-e of friends in Wilmington where she
as many relatives and in which city she
TENDED a business college for several
lonths.
A dwelling in the suburban section of
georgetown known as "Cameltown. "
Eued by the widow of Peter Donoho
nd tenanted BY August Erickson, a
wede, who recently moved here to car
Z on farming for lawyer Charles W.
ullen, caught fire just a short time be-
IRE L O'Clock last Wednesday night.
I'd before a sufficient number of persons
'uld arrive to battle the blaze it was
The building was located in 4
] out-of-the-way part of the town and
as not easy of access by the fire depart
eut, who, when the alarms were SCUM
81, responded and fastened to the
enc. facing a terrific rain storm which
as raging al the time. When they ar
we'd at the scene they found that the
Hiding was nearly burned to the ground
I'd that il was not accessible of the one
e plug which is located Just short
stance from the town limits and sew
al hundreds of feet from the burning
hiding. The origin of the fire is a :
ystery and by many it is believed to
I've been of incendiary origin as it star (
4 IN an outbuilding where there has
.en no FIRE this winter. The occupants s
rely escaped with their lives, as one {
lie Of the building was complete mass
flames before they discovered it. They i :