Milford chronicle., 1914-11-20
LINCOLN CITY.

k usual duties, he was found dead at hi
At home in Slaughter Neck. Mr.. Jone
spent many OF his early years teaching
d school. and to the last was an arden
IT supporter of education. His later year
It were spent in farming, and the SAM
qualities that dominated in the schOo
o room were to be seen in the latter vo
h cation. Mr.. Jones was one of the mos
prosperous farmers of his section. an(
II his live personality and genial influence
4 will be sadly missed.
4 Mrs. R. H. Derrickson and Mrs. MauC
DerrlcksOn have been spending the weeA
e in Philadelphia.
Frank Warren has improved his prop
erty by painting his house and laying
concrete walks
5 A masquerade surprise party was ten
dered Mr.. and Mrs. William DOnohue
on Monday evening. About thirty per
. sons were masked. and we will leave
captain to tell his friends who was there.
, Taking advantage of the fine weather
{ many of the farmers of this section have
this week finished storing their white
and sweet potatoes and are now work
ing full force on their corn and fodder.
The Ladies Aid Society will meet at
the parsonage Friday evening, Novem-
Der 9th. A full attendance is desired,
as the new officers for the coming year
will be installed.
Mrs L. A. Gates. of Morris, n Y,
is spending some time with her son, E.
B. Gates.
/ Miss Nellie johnson and Miss Laura
CalhoOn, who are teaching at Lewes and
Stanton. spent the week end at their
respe tive homes here.
William K. Brown. road supervisor,
has about completed his work on the
road leading from Cedar Creek to
Slaughter Beach. 1t would have been
hard to find a more miserable stretch of
road probably in the county. Since it
has been worked, under the supervision
of Mr.. Brown. 1t is certainly fine. He
surely deserves much credit for the
same. II certainly is much appreciated
by r. d. carrier.
Robert Thomas has had very sick
horse, but at present is much improved
William T. Calhoon suffered quite an
attack Of indigestion on Monday.
Miss Bernice Atkins and A. W. Small
are improving their properties by paint
ing.
The Lincoln Post Office has been
changed sevt raj weeks from its former
location to newly erected concrete
building opposite the depot on the ground
formerly occupied by the burned shirt
factory. George B. Clendaniels store
also occupies part of the same building.
This structure is quite an improvement
to the town.
Our school is again in session after
having been closed for a week. 1ne
teachers were attending the State In
stitute at Dover They report this as
having been the most profitable insti-
tute ever held.
H. E. Clendaniel's fine concrete house
is nearing completion and will soon be
ready for occupancy. :
Mrs. William Burris, who has been ,,
sick for several weeks with an sbscess,
Is but slightly improved at this writing /
William T. Calhoon has this week fin
ished his making of sorghum for this
season. During the last few years this
has become quite an industry, as many
loads of cane are hauled each season to
his place to be converted into sorghum. a
On Monday. November l6th 1914. the
stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs
y eANh " AAAlo anu BAEaEuAGu AllELAl Win d II
fine bouncing boy. Mother and son are
doing fine.
Miss Mae Messick is spending the
week with her sister in Wilmington. o
w. Dallas Kibler has purchased sew
eral acres of land of Clement Masten /,
and is erecting thereon concrete build \
ngs preparatory for extensive chicken !,
'alsing.
Andrew Bellies has this week finished Il
painting Frank Warren's house and will "
low begin painting the residence of j.
[. Reed at Milford. a
Miss Mia Cook spent several days in II
Milton last week as the guest of Miss
elsie Palmer who accompanied her home. j.
William H. Wilson'S mother is quite
] at this writing. e
Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. LecOmpt are Wis
ting in Philadelpl ia and Camden. III
Ernest Dickerson gave a party last X
evening in honor of his cousins, bl
iisses Mildred and Linda jefferson, of az
iilton. n
Miss Alva Wilson and Miss Mamie ca
arey. of Georgetown, were the guests -
{ Miss Josephine Millman on Wednes
ay and Thursday.
Onis Carpenter and Mckinley Jones.
ccompanied by their friends, motored
} Georgetown on Sunday.
Mrs Charles Wilson has been enter
inning her sister from Dover.
Mrs Willard H. Clendaniel is suffer
g from an attack of rheumatism.
There will be a Harvest Home service .
Slaughter Neck Church on Sunday !
orning next. The church will be deco s
tied with products of the season. Rev.
. L. Hardesty of the Wilmington Con-
,rence will be the preacher for the oc-
lsion. Rev Hardesty will preach at :,
edar Neck at 3. 80 p. m. and at Lincoln
ity at T. 80 the same day. 7
The w. c. 7. u. meets at the parson- c
e on Friday evening of this week. S
Revival meeting is now in progress at +
adar Neck Church and will continue -
next week.
The third quarterly meeting on Lin Il
In circuit will be held at Lincoln e
nurch on December 5th, at ten a. m. !.
r. R. X. Stephenson will preach at q
ncoln on the evening of the 9th of n
ecember. The public is invited to all Il
ese services, a