Evening journal., 1914-08-10
OPPOSES Statue TO
BARBARA FRITCHIE
Colora Clergyman Says She
Didn't Wave the Flag
in the COS

ELKTON, Nd, Aug. 1G.-The Roger
Witworth Hardware Company has
elected H. Frank Witworth president
to succeed his father. deceased.
The Rev. ]. Earle Maloy retired
Methodist Protestant minister of
Colora, deprecates the proposed plan
of a monument to the mythical Bar
bara Fritchie" of Frederick. Mary
land. Mr.. Maloy was stationed at
Frederick at the time the incident
was said to have taken place, and
declares it. never happened.
Acting as her own chauffeur, Mrs.
Omar D. Crothers has taken her
family on an automobile trip to AS
bury Park N. ].
The marriage of Miss Jennie Slack.
of Iron Hill, and Dr. ]. Earle Gill
fllan, of Newark. will be solemnized
al the home of the bride on wednes-
day evening. August p.
A divorce has been granted George
H. Dick from his wife Bertha NJ
Dick, Of Wilmington. Judge Albert
Constable signed the decree.
Personal.--Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
G Strickland left on Saturday for a
stay at Atlantic City. n. J.--Mr. and
Mrs. George Juergens are entertain
ing Mrs. Jefferson Shaw. and Miss
Ethel Shaw, of Bala, Pa.-James
Denny, Of Collingswood N. j.. has
been spending two weeks in Elkton.-
Mrs. William Watson. of Philadel-
phia. has returned home after a visit
TO Elkton relatives Nc
Cullough Walmsley is at the Virginia
Hot Springs, for his health.-Miss
Elizabeth Scott, accompanied by Miss
Elizabeth Hekler, spent several days
this week in Philadelphia. Pa.-Mr.
and Mrs. c. K. McNalley. Of German
town, Pa, have been the guest of
Mrs. Richard Whiteoak. of Town
Point-Miss Sue Cox, of Montclair,
n. J., is visiting friends in Chesa-
peake City.-Mr and Mrs Edward
Carhart. Of Zion, spent Saturday in
Ferryvillo.-Miss Esther Terrell is
the guest of her brother. William
McCauley Terrell. of Kensington, Nd.
Judge Victor B. Woolley. of Will
mington, lately appointed United
States Circuit Judge. is a nephew of
Mrs. Emma Campbell and Miss Flor
ence E. Woolley, of Elkton; George
Sydney Woolley. of Chesapeake City,
is his uncle.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. R. lamar and
family, of Chicago, are visiting Mr.
Jamar's father, Doctor John Henry
Jamar.-Albert Nelson, of Bayville.
Long Island, n. Y, made a business
trip to Elkton, on Tuesday.-Mrs.
George Eber Brown has returned
from a visit to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. S. Bye, of BALTIMORE. Polk
| Steele, of Chesapeake City, has been
entertaining his neice, Mrs. Walter
Morgan, of Wilmington Mrs. Eloise
W. Ash and George Reynolds Ash, are
registered at the Hotel Strand, At
lantic City, n. J.--Miss Clara Denny
is the guest Of relatives in Dover
Miss Lille d. Bennett has as her
guests. the Misses Mabel and Eliza
beth Marrett, of Philadelphia.-Wil-
liam James Corrie. is at Atlantic
City.-Richard Reese, Of Baltimore,
spent Sunday with Elkton relatives
Mrs. Frederick H. LETTER is entertain
! ing her mother, Mrs. John B. Dean.
of Wilmington.-George N. Bennett
and Harry H. Howard, of Chesapeake
City, were recent Wilmington visitors.
Miss Jennie Realey is visiting rela-
tives in Virginia.-Miss Mazda Grace
Campbell, superintendent of Union
Hospital will spend her vacation with
her family, in Montreal, Canada.-Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Haddock, of viii
mington, have been the guests of
! friends in Zion.