Milford chronicle., 1914-09-04
GEORGETOWN.

e Jail at Georgetown. Enos Waters. /
B. mas been signing checks with the nam
n of the business men of Bridgeville at Il
q bottom and for a long time escaped d
I lection but at last he became too fir,
e and open with this business and the il
e evitable happened
r The Board of Education Of the Dag
boro High School has elected +. F. Re,
nolds, principal, o. H. Campbell. vic
q principal, and Misses ROXie Wingate an
Mary Tipped. assistants.
The Georgetown High School and Con
mercial Department opened Septembt
lst, with a large attendance.
The Patriotic Order Sons of Americ
has appointed j. Burton Wagamon O
Georgetown district president of thei
order for a part of Sussex County.
A stable Of trotters and PAGERS ha
been brought to Georgetown and train
ing stable has been opened by E. Z
| Stafford, hOrseman from ChestertoWn
Md.
Reynold Pardee. son Of Rev. Thoma
Pardee, of Georgetown. had his foo
caught between the bumpers of the shift
ing cars last week, while working on th'
Delaware Railroad.
The Delaware Hotel at Rehoboth ha.
been purchased by A. F. Wilgus Z
Georgetown farmer.
Some interesting facts are being tolC
about the splendid organization of the
Germans, by Mrs. Alice Penuel, who,
when the war broke out was in Berlin.
She arrived at home last Monday.
The engagement Of Miss Mrytle Mo-
gan of Chincoteague, Va, to Harold
Purnell, of Georgetown, Del. has been
announced. The marriage is to be sol
mnlzed some time next week.
The deserving pupils Of the George
town High School, are TO receive tickets
to the Chautauqua, from the George
town Century Club.
Clarence Mcgee broke his little finger.
while cranking an automobile at George
town, last week.
Miss Olive Hurely has been entertain
ing her friends Misses Lottie Harthway.
of Franklin City, and Susie Graham,
of Philadelphia. during the past week
The road between Millsboro and Dag
borO Is being covered with clay and
gravel this week. The cost has been
divided between the property owners
and the country.
1t is purposed to use the County Aims
house Farm near Georgetown for an
agricultural demonstration farm.
Falling from a load of hay, James
Wright, of Broad Greek, chairman Of
the Sussex County Republican Commit
tee, broke his arm.
Most Of the corn around this section
was broken down during an electrical
storm which seemed TO center around
Piney Grove, last week.
At a banquet in Georgetown, Satur-
lay night, the Franklin Lodge of Free
dasOns entertained the members from /
Va.
Margaret Steele. the four year old |
laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Steele /
# StOckley died in terrible agony last /
week after taking a number of poisonous /
ills which she thought was candy The |
hid was dead before a physician could .
,e summoned. The mother has been
lex for some time with heart trouble
nd the doctor had left box of pills
which were poison if taken in large
uantities. While the mother was out
Q the yard looking after the chickens
he child climbed up to the table open
lg the pill box proceeded to eat the
Candy. When the mother came i'm the
tile girl was writhing on the floor and
glance showed the distracted woman
hat had happened A hurry telephone
all was sent to Georgetown for a phv-
clan and an attempt made to give an
metic but the action of the drugs were
} rapid that the child was dead in less
ian ten minutes.
Attempting to avoid a speeding auto
iObile at Chapei's Branch. Edwin
hriver, drove a double team and
agon loaded with tomatoes over a
-eep embankment, upsetting the whole
ad two or three times before it reached /
le bottom but not seriously iniuring
ther himself or the horses because Of
le soft structure of the ground at that
)int. Shriver was driving down hill
hen an automobile suddenly speeded
'ound the corner on him, although he !
as heavily loaded the men in the ma j
line made no effort to give him a share i
the road and the startled farmer
rned his team too close to the edge of q
e embankment which runs along the
ad at that point. The wheels of the
agOn slipped and the tomatoes. the
liver and horses all rolled in a tangle
the foot of the embankment into
nall stream. Fortunately the horses
ere well trained and did not tangle n
very much in the harness or 5
lriver would have been kicked to death. b
The Champane Club of Philadelphia. s
Ith about so members and their fami 4
IS, passed through Georgetown for
ehoboth Beach Saturday night for "
n DAYS stay. Nearly the entire male g
pulatiOn of the town was at the station
len the train pulled in sight, as this is a
annual affair at which liquid refresh II
ents are passed around free. Il
The Levy Court met here Tuesday p
d announced that they were ready to 81
We out the job of installing the steel
rnlture and filing cases in the new W
urt House. One man had been here s.
7eral days before and had made out in
estimate and plans, and announced
At If he was given the Job he would
arge nothing for the estimate, but if
he would ask $3.50 for them. Several
Ter bidders arrived at the meeting
/ after consultation announced that al
~ would not bid on plans that the al
It man had laid out The Court fin ia
? agreed that they were all to make
their own plans, as they all agreed af
It it was worth at least 5000 to make co
ms and an estimate. There is now
'ut $1,000 worth of work being done wi
ere if the first bid had been accented te