Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1914-06-26

Rev. Howard Quigg.
Miss Olive Marsh. a teacher in the
Georgetown High School, had a very I'M
pleasant ending to a vacation trip in
Philadelphia when she tripped and fell
on Market Street and sprained her ankle
so badly that she was compelled to re-
turn home. and now is unable to get
around.
When She tripped over a board in her
/ back yard, Mrs. Samuel Wilson fell and
! broke her arm.
| A number of athletics from George
| town are going to RehobOth next Mon
I day to take part in a field meet to be held
1 by Bishop Hiusmau. The Bishop wishes
to make it an annual event and the meet
/ is to be followed 10y a luncheon to be held
on the lawn of his summer home
Franklin Jones. Deputy States Attor-
ney for Sussex County, has promised the
Cool Road Association that he will pro-
secute anyone found 20 be blowing in the
County Roads or in any other way OBJ
structing IT,
With whoopiug cough, measles and
mumps all on duty 80 the same time, the
boys and girls in Georgetown are hardly
enjoying their summer vacations The
three diseases have completely invaded
the town, and .uere IS hardly home
where some one al least is either cough
ing, scratching or swallowing painfully.
Not only axe the young people bothered.
but many of the Old, while in some cases
the epidemic has become so pronounced
as TO be dangerous. One child has all
three, with pneumonia extra, and is in "A
serious condition; while several of the
children are having two of the diseases
at the same time. DR.. Richard Porter is
probably the oldest victim. and goes
'whoopiug around Notwithstanding his
nearly seventy years. Several business
places have been compelled to close while
theis owners got over the measles, while
the principal automobile livery of the
town was shut up for some time while
the proprietor uursei the humps
Whlskey is not going to be shipped into
Georgetown, notwithstanding the decis-
ION OF the Supreme Court mrking such
shipments legal, according to orders
issued to al, express agents in the dry
section of Delaware, this week The in
strucuons were sent to all agents. and
admonished them not to deliver any
liquor at the present time until further
order should be issued concerning the
shipments. Packages of liquor still con
tnue to pile up in the Offices OF every
town, but none Of the rgents have made
deliveries
During the present week the following
letters have been issued on the estates
in the office Of the Recorder of Wills at
Georgetown on the estate of John i |
James, Broad CreeS Hundred, to Noah |
II. James and Horace 3. James. On the
estate of Alberb T. Scotch of Seafofd |
to Virginia d. Scotch. On the estate |
of Samuel Bradley of Little Greek Hun |
dred TO George H. Bradley. On tine |
estate of John l.. Lank late of Missouri /
to William T. Laak.
The following marriage licenses were /
issued by Clerk of Peace Mark /. Davis: /
James II. Spicer and May Daniels of |
Georgetown Hundred
Thomas Downes and Hattie Rogers. Of !
'llsboro
ar B. King and Myrtle A. Petty /
Georgetown.
w. Donowry and Elizabeth |
q. of Mi,lsboro.
en- and Annie NJ. Peruell, |
bikes and Laura b. Carey,
Warren and Eva Anna Doug
epbbiican County Convention of
I'll be reconveued on Tuesday, June
jr the purpose of discussing the new
Ct Primaries Act and toe roles adopt
by the Republican Sussex County
,mmittee.