Milford chronicle., 1914-10-30
GEORGETOWN.

The Republican nominee for cOngres
Thomas W. Miller. who is now Secretar.
of State, will make his first campaign
IN Sussex County, this week speaking
at Dagsboro, Lewes, Harbeson, Bridge
vile and Milford
With game plentiful throughout Sus
sex County, there will be but little
cunning as most of the farmers have
posted their lands with notices to keeT
off. They are protesting in this way
against the existing game laws.
With sos voters registered, George
town has the largest number qualified
20 vote in an off year, for a long time.
The post Office at Georgetown was
taxed to its fullest capacity when over
q 900 sample ballots were mailed there
70 be sent to each voter in the county.
The Sussex County Republican Com
mittee met in Georgetown. Tuesday.
A night school for cOlored men and
women who cannot read or write has
been started in Georgetown under the
direction of Stanford Davis
Because of inability to secure a post
master, the post Office at Oak Orchard
has been discontinued by the Govern
ment
The Georgetown and Lewes High
School foot ball team played George
town this week.
While playing foot ball at Georgetown
Friday afternoon Walter Howard of
Lewes had his collar bone broken.
1t will require lS2, 600 ballots for the
election in Sussex County and Milford
Chronicle plant has been busy turning
them out and delivering them TO the
Clerk of the Peace at Georgetown.
Eleven girls were employed in folding
and mailing the 1900 sample ballots
from Georgetown.
W c. Peton, who has been appointed |
Agricultural Agent for Sussex County /
under the Federal Act. has opened head |
quarters at Georgetown and will have /
an Office in the Court House.
Postmasters in lower Delaware have /
been advised by POstoiiice Inspector ID. |
X. Plummer that three of the best 4
known yeggmen in the country are at /
present staying at Pittsville but have
also been seen at Delmar and at Green
wood. The gang is being watched, but
pOstnastei are al the same time warned
TO look out for them.
Ruby r. Vale, of Milford, Thomas
K. Miller the candidate for Congress,
and ID. j. Layton, Jr. of Georgetown.
addressed nearly thousand people at
Republican Rally at Dagsboro Saturday
night.
The Progressives, with Dr. c. r. Lay
ton. Col k. c.. Houston, j. Hall Ander
son and others, held meetings at Bridge
vile. Seaford and Delmar Saturday af-
ternuon. winding up with a meeting at
Laurel in the evening. The various
members of he party We're conveyed to
B.
TIE w. G. T. IT, have announced that
they will have sandwiches and coffee on
,ne grounds election dav.
a rummage sale has been started bv
the ladies' OF ST. Pau's Sunday School
for benefit Of the school.
II has been decided by the vestry of
ST. Paul $ Episcopal Church at George ]
town to install heating plant in the !
-ectory. {
4he new officers of Ocean Wave Lodge .
IF Odd Fellows at Rehuboth Beach were {
installed last week by the State officers. &
he exercises wa followed by banquet .
The Rev Ernest Hallman, a former Z
Presbyterian clergyman at Frankford {
las entered into evangelistic work i'm
indiana. T.
A number of old and quaint pieces of g
urHiture brought high prices at a sale u
+ the effects of the late Miss Emma q
harris at Georgetown. One old fashion
our post bedstead bringing over sixty o
ollars q
A shower of rotten eggs greeted the q
andidates on the Progressive ticket a
night when they appeared at o
mass meeting at Redden, and the Il
rowd so heckled the speakers that the Il
Meeting finally had TO be adjourned and Il
he speakers take refuge inside a store al
way from the mob outside. The trouble
larted when the candidate for the Leg "
stature, William j. Penuel, announced C
nat he was in favor of State wide pro C,
ibition. The crowd, many of whom b.
I'D been drinking hard cider. at once al
)ok offence at this declaration and a u
lower of eggs were thrown. The at
ick was entirely unexpected by even
le audience, but as soon as the eggs
ere thrown the rest of the crowd be-
anne disOrderly and so frequent were 4,
le interruptions and the questions asked es
lat the party had to go inside of the tl
llage store for protection. m
Endorsing most of the principles of pi
le Progressive Party as pertaining par ne
cularly to Sussex County. and especi- co
ly the ideas of good roads. drainage. 70
lual taxation system, revised system oy
collecting the taxes and other modern il
'inciples. the Republican County Com
ittee Of Sussex County put itself on
cord last week for the best of the ~
oppressive measures by endorsing a ol
.tform with which the most progress 70
e Republican could find no fault le m
Many GALLONS of cider is the result Of ~
very large, apple crop in this county ss
S fall. ~ ~
.etters of administration granted this m lei
elk are as follows On the estate of "
w. Burrows, Broadkiln Hundred, to ~
aries w. Burrowsr on estate of John a.,
Metcalf, Lewes an 4 Rehoboth Hun ~, du
d, to Annie B. Metcalf on estate Of tss,,
lie f. Humphreys. Cedar Creek Hun ~, ~,
d, to Thomas Humphreys on estate %, ,,s,
Edwin Wiley, SeafOrd Hundred, to
ME G. Wiley.
he following marriage licenses have an'
n issued this week To Carl Neal lea
er and Ethel NJ White, Georgetown thi
mas r. Spencer and Lulu Mary Nc Of
ster. Milton AsherT Evans, Frank GRO
3, and Addie Hudson, Selbyville. acc