Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
GEORGETOWN.

The Chautauqua closed Monday pigbt
after a concert by the Victor Band an.
a lecture by Mrs Maud Ballington Bootbe
on prison reform. L. Layton Of the firm
Of Layton & Layton, wholesale dealer.
! of Georgetown, Del, has begun a move.
ment to have the Chautauqua here again
next year. OF the fifty guarantors re-
! quired, fourty-three have already sipped
Two big races were held at the Georpe-
town Driving Park during the home-com-
ing days last week. On Friday and sat
urday there were parades Of decorated
automobiles and floats.
One of the stalks of corn in twenty
acre field grown by James J. O'Connor
OF Georgetown, when measured was
eleven feet and two inches tall None
OF the stalks are less than ten feet tall
Last week sheriff J P. Dukes sold the
real estate of Granville r. Bacon NJ
Little Greek Hundred. The sales were
as follows: 2 story dwelling and lot in
Laurel, to G. T Purnell for s925.
story dwelling in Laurel, to D. FooLs
TOR sZ25. story dwelling to d. I
tooks for $3.50. One-third interest IN
a lo5 acre farm near St. George to Mrs
Lucky Bacon for S1175. 40 acre farm at
81. George to Joseph L. Cahall for $3.50 /
~ acre farm at Rossaketum TO George
Cooper for s205O. This sale was one of T.
-he most important real estate sales Of
his year.
The prices of tomatoes have iumn4d mn
and some Of the factories are bavi,,g
twenty-five cents a basket. because IF
sudden scarcity of the tomatoes
The first direct primaries to be held il,
sussex county proved satisfactory sat
lrday and met with almost universal
The result was quickly noticed
'y the voters on Saturday that the ticket
o be voted on in November was NOT one
made out by bosses.
FRANK Joseph, a GEORGETOWN merchant
ad quart basket of Strawberries ON /
Nhi5ition IN the window of his store ON .
tuesday,. Many truckers are reportinor +.
second crop OF strawberries and rasp. =
erries. :
A large corps of committees are in
large Of the Sussex County SUNDAY
chool Convention which is 10 be held
Milton October 18th, to 18th.
MISS FANNIE Warrington, of George y
wn, has been elected PRINCIPAL Of he
erlin, New Jersey, schools. G
tred. Johnson, of Georgetown has A
ia his dry goods store to l. II. Downes
Philadelphia u
A white potato was dug from the field h,
MAJOR W. Hudson, that weighed two
unds and five ounces. "
ne oihcials have been so far been kent
upletely out of the secret BY the gang n,
thieves who are systematically stealing
IS and chickens from farmers in fhie al
,uon. The thieves, who seem to he
'dern IN their ideas go to the place
iere the theft is to take place in a love
lck touring car without lights and
lning along roads not usually tsler
automobilists. re-
IN Thursday, circus day, an unknown
gro entered the home of Viola Ioeart, Ff
near Georgetown and after tating bv
1ous articles of clothing and other We
ngs went across the field and entered j
home of Samuel Tyndall. Here also
TOOK articles Of clothing and Din w
ich belonged to Mr.. Tvndalps vife Me
trace has been found of the thief Ell
ne letters of administration issred
ing the past week are as follows
the estate of Laura M. WRIGHT ~
ford Hundred to Woodburn Martin Z
the estate OF Margaret A. Lawrence Cb,
eaford Hundred to George w. Milli- rho
and John B. Hurley. arr5 ,-U
MY one marriage license was granted vSit
week Edward P. Stubbs, Whiteford Hi,
> and Florence NJ. Taylor, Street M,
For