Milford chronicle., 1914-10-23
GEORGETOWN.

The Senate has Just confirmed the
nomination of Samuel r. Wilson as a
Justice of the peace for Georgetown
which was made by Governor e. W.
Miller. several months ago.
Miss lydia Houston, daughterof Henry
Houston, a prominent Milisboro busl-
ness man. was married to Stephen Toad
vine of Salisbury, Md. last week at the
home of the bride, in Milsboro.
Several mischievous boys stuffed some
clothing with straw and laid it IN the
road near Middleford. E. Y. Perkins,
running a New Jersey automobile,
thought it was the body of man and
stoned his car so suddenly that he was
plunged through the wind shield and his
face and head was badly cur.
The main road between Seaford and
GEORGETOWN is now out of commission;
because the county bridge at Seatord
has been torn up and new one IS beng
laid.
While Charles Jester was experiment
ing with gunpowder at the Georgetown
High School, last week, the powder eX-
ploded, burning his face and hair, and so
seriously injuring one eye that 1t Is
feared he will lose his sight. Ihe boys
have been prohibited by Prof. Andrus
from bringing cap pistols to school, as
they were the start of the trouble:
The citizens of Blades have asked Dep.
utv State Attorney, Frank NJ. Jones OF
Georgetown to assist them IN stopping
reckless automobilists who run through
the town at high rate of speed. Inc
town is not Incorporated.
DR.. r. G. Paynter of Gerorgetown mas
been elected vice president Of the state
Medical Society.
George T. Calhoun was badly scalded
about the left arm and side when the
cylinder head of an engine blew out at
Georgetown Saturday. j..
A Lyceum Course for the benefit OF
the School Library has been arranged by
the Georgetown High School teachers.
Announcement has been made by Cap
tain and Mrs. Theodore Burton of Mills
boro of the marriage of their daughter.
Leila Parker Burton, to Albert Charles
Hartneck at San Francisco, CAL, Sep
tember 2Sth.
Miss Margaret S. Davis of Selbyville
and Isaac j. Reed of Ocean View were
married at Selbyville, Sunday.
The construction of a parsonage Tor
the DagsbOro Methodist Protestant
Church has been started in the lower
part of the town.
Miss Edith Pettyjohn of Georgetown
has been elected a delegate from the
q. Georgetown Protestant Church to the
1 Christian EndeavOr Convention.
Corbert Steen, public school teacher
/ of MillsborO has been elected Superln-
/ tendent of Sunday School Teacher Train
ing for Sussex County.
/ James Wilgus was driven into by an
unknown man, while driving to his nome
/ at Redden. Saturday night. Mr. Wilgus
was thrown from his carriage, bruised
and the carriage completely wrecked.
Last Tuesday was the biggest day
| business in the history of the George
town post office when 10000 two cent
stamps were sold, in addition to the re-
pular business. The sale was made for
I The sending out Of sample ballots tc
voters under the new election law.
Large focks of turkeys are plentiful
in the country;big prices are already be-
ing offered by spectators.
A bake was held Saturday Afternoon
by the ladies of the Presbyterian Church
at Georgetown and about thirty dollars
was cleared.
The Union Lodge at Georgetown was
Joined by Odd Fellows from many sec
tons of the State in a rally and banqCeU
The largest apple picked in Delaware
has been raised on the Rueben Shor
4 farm near Stockley. 1t is of the FOL
lowater variety and weighs Z = pounds
State Master OF Odd Fellows, William
T. Hobbs of Georgetown, with his ue
cree staff from the same town, gave
public installment of the officers o
the Odd Fellows lodge at Dover. lnurs
day evening.
Columbus Rogers, a farmer nea
+, Georgetown has succeeded IN raisin|
: quite a few seedless apples this year
Rogers has been experimenting with Tn
F seedless variety for several years ant
: the first year he has been successful.
Injured more than thirty years ag
William Barr. a prominent farmer nea
, GEORGETOWN, has had his foot amputat
ed after having suffered all these year
F and undergoing numerous operations
While cutting wheat about thirty year
: ago. the heel of his leftfoot was caugh
/ In the moving machine, and was Gu
. and crushed The wound healed an
nothing more was thought Of it for sew
eral wears. when it broke out again
. Since then he has undergone severa
operations and had portions Of the dea
bone removed, until last week he wen
I to the city and had the limb remove
near the knee.
r The letters of administration that nav
been granted this week are as follows