Milford chronicle., 1914-12-04
GEORGETOWN.

! freight train at Georgetown, and had tc
be rushed to a Wilmington hospital.
Mrs. Julia A. Short, of Georgetown,
left last week for Spokane, Washington,
where she will spend the winter with
her son, the Rev. Francis Burgette
Short.
Charles Jester, of Georgetown, the
County Game Warden. is directing a
force of men in the sowing of wild rice
in the marches to provide feed for water
fowl
The old town clock which stood for
over a hundred years on top on the old
courthouse at Georgetown. has been
rejuvinated and put back on the new
building.
Thomas Gordy, of Seaford, was re-
leased when his wife appeared before
the court and made the unusual annOuce-
ment that despite the fact that her
husband has been arrested for no sup
port, she had not ordered the arrest and
that he had been supporting her for
some time. While he was in Jail. GOrdy's
friends came to his rescure and he was
brought before Judge Conrad Gordy
returned to his home with his wife and
child
When Raymond Cranfeld and Graham |
/ Short, the ten year old son of county |
Constable, Hiram Short, of Georgetown. |
went on their first cunning trip last
week Crantield put a load of shot into I
Graham S foot The two had been teas
ing their parents for some time to be
allowed to go cunning, and they con-
sented to a short trip. When rabbit
jumped out near where the Short boy
was standing, Cranfield blaze away. and
shot the other boys foot. Crantield
carried the little fellow to a farmhouse,
on his back and the boy was brought in
town in a carriage. The shoe was shot
in pieces and the foot is shot so badly
that it is feared amputation will be nee
essary. ,
Search is being made at the courthouse
at Georgetown, of the records of the !
Peary family in Delaware i
An amateur play will be given at !
Millsboro, Saturday night to raise funds 2
to purchased instruments for the Mills r
boro band h
Prof. j. H. Wiley who was principal Il
Of the Laurel High School for several h
y years has been elected principal of the
DagsbOro schools. !,
Mrs. H. d. Evans, of Millville, fell +
and broke her ankle.
The Rev. S. W. Colona has accepted n
he invitation to begin his fifth year as
pastor of the Wesley Methodist Church Al
n Georgetown. ?,
Edward Rogers was shot in the face
~ a cOmpaion, lOliyer Kitchens. while h,
running for quail near Georgetown,
saturday. His condition is not serious. ~
Miss Mary Ellen Kathryn Williams,
daughter Of the Rev. w. S. H. Will sc
ANS, formerly OF Georgetown, was s,
,If -. n
rige, of Richmond, Va. Miss Williams hC
'as graduate Of the Georgetown High nj
chOol and a former teacher in the same mr.
Wilbur F. Tunnel, Cashier of the IL,
armer's Bank at Georgetown, although W
over three score and ten, oh
united all day Monday with his party, 90
agged % rabbits and 8 squirrels. t6
John G. Townsend, the owner of the ~
aiming factory which is being erected 10
Georgetown, has announced that in ri,
le future he will pack pumpkins, sweet
JtatOes and other vegetables, for which n
le markets have not been good before. CI
thursday morning Union Thanksgiving On
rvIces were held in the Wesley M. E.
lurch in Georgetown. The sermon
as preached by Rev. H. l.. Schlincke
the First Protestant Church.
The girl students of the Georgetown
Ugh School have organized a basket in
ii team and will play other High rel
hools in the county.
The interior work on the new Court Jei
luse Is being completed and the new the
ilding will be ready for use in Decem- Wi
The contract has been given to inq
company for installing
atlHg plantin the rectOry of st. Paul's hel
liscOpal parish at Georgetown. Ri,
Miss Mary Johnson, OF Georgetown, 4
d Lacy Derrickson, son Of the Rev. bol
mes l.. DerricksOn, of POc0mOke City. lag
l., were married last week in George {
yn, by Rev. Thomas Pardee. sor
Announcement has been made of The
gagement OF Miss Jennie L. Samuels h
near Georgetown to Robert J. Allen, the
Seaford. Sen
'ederal agricultural agent, W. C. I
ItUn, OF Georgetown, has announced bee
It he will begin forming agricultural I
bs for both boys and girls IN Sussex rec
unity and inaugurate crop growing bor
test for next year. Mr.. PeltOn has A
eady visited many of the surrounding the
ntry schools. I
he letters af administration granted the
S week as follows On the estate of the
omon Neil, Broad Greek Hun, red to puU
tor A. Moore on the estate OF Mary ms
Warrington. Nanticuke hundred to lars
IN W. Warrington on the estate OF A
nry Clay Jones, Cedar Greek Hun. Hol
d TO George w. Jones on the estate hell
Levi Moseley, Broadkiin Hundred to was
eph NJ. Lank ; on the estate OF bro
Jrge Ker, North West Fork Hundred Hos
John W. Gibson on the estate OF
n l.. Lesles. Seaford Hundred to
liam S. Burton on the estate of
zen I. McCabe, Baltimore Hundred .
Ohm B. McCabe. y
he following marriage licenses have talk
n issued this week to: Orion Cleve- at l
! Givens, OF SeafOrd, Del, and Nellie OF
chens. Laurel. Del, Thomas N. Stay HoT
Pennington, Del, and Lulu May NOV
)uty, Lincoln, Del, Chester Buelh, STUD
ad Creek and Elyvn Cannon. Bridge paicc
e, Del, Herman King, Sc afford, viii
D., and Sarah Pritt, Edwin s. Valiant, as a
rel, Del, and Nellie Scott, Seaford, and
d, Winfield Waller. Laurel, Del, and II b
'iah Masters, Laurel, Del. to