Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-08-28
COUPLE Welded SIX
DAYS AFTER Meeting
Brief Courtship of Robert
Hobbs, Milford, and Mss
Franklin, Millsboro
LIFE NEARLY CRUSHED
OUT BY HEAVY WAGON

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
GEORGETOWN. Del, Aug. U.s.
Little did Miss Georgia Franklin, Of
Millsboro, think that within six days
after she met Robert Hobbs, of Mil
ford, she would be called Mrs. Hobbs.
but such is the case and the an
nouncement Of the wedding last Sum
day came as a surprise.
Hobbs and Miss Franklin met each
other on Monday. August 16. and the
wedding took place on Sunday. It
seemed to be a case Of love within a
few minutes on the part of both, and
during the brief courtship the two
are said to have become almost in
separable.
While Elkton, the Getna Green of
Maryland holds the record as the
marrying mill, the residents of Mills
boro believe that they are in posi-
ton to lay claim to being the town of
courtships.
While walking about in the tool
/ shop of her husband, Mrs. James A.
Carey, wife of a Georgetown con-
tractor stepped upon a protruding
nail in board and sustained a severe
injury 10 her right foot
Some Of the farmers in this section
are enjoying second crop of straw
berries for which they are able to
find a ready sale in the local market
at fifteen cents the box.
John Steel, employed by Veasey
Brothers, of Harbeson, was injured as
the result of tripping and being knocked
under the wheels Of large gravel
wagon yesterday, just as he had quit
work and had started TO put up the
team for the night The wagon was
stopped just in time for the wheel to
| be directly on the body. He was found
in that position with his life almost
crushed out.
As the result Of fall on the slippery
floor at the Harbeson canning factory
Edward Moore Is suffering with broken
arm.
The Rev. J. W. Phillips. pastor of
Beaver Dam Church purchased a touring
car in order TO make his pastoral visits.
The canneries of II. /. Barker & Co.
and Theodore Burton z Son, at Mills.
boro, are employing more than POO per.
sons at the present time.
The bridge spanning the Indian
river near Prettyman and Godfrey's
roller mills. at Millsboro, is being
torn out and replaced with concrete.
improvements have been made to
the Millsboro Hotel and the town is
now supporting a jitney.
Millsboro has one of the swiftest
baseball teams composed of home
players to be found in the county,
and already two games have been
arranged for Labor Day. They arc
DESTROYS to meet tho strong Lewes
club before the season closes.
AT a meeting of the Board Of Edu-
cation, of DagsbOrO, with members of
the State and County Commission on
Tuesday, relative 10 the congested
condition OF the lower grades in that
school. It was decided that steps
should at once be taken to remedy
the condition by the employment of
an additional teacher which will be
done.
w. A. Hudson, who has been chosen
lVice-principal of the Millsboro school,
finding it impossible to attend to his
duties as a member of the Dagsboro
Board Of Education. in which town
he resides. has rendered his resigna-
ton.
Failing down a stairway at her
home at Ocean View. Mrs. Eta Evans
broke an arm.
While camping with the Ocean
View Boy Scouts. Lee Townsend and
Amos +. McCabe rescued three
, drowning women near Bethany
Beach.
Harry Wilson. colored, who a few
months ago, was paroled TO the late
A. b. Robinson, of this town. having en-
tered a plea of guilty TO the sale OF
J. liquor at Seaford, was turned over Ia
Sheriff Jacob West yesterday as the
. result OF breaking the parole.
Mrs Trusten Polk Conway stepped
. upon a needle yesterday while walk
ing about the room at her home or
= KINNEY street and the needle pene-
trated the foot and was broken off, II
required the services OF a physician
n to eXtricate II.