Milford chronicle., 1915-01-22
GEORGETOWN.

The Georgetown New Century CluD
will hear Mrs Rosa, of Milford, speak
on Prison Reform Work this month.
A special jury has been drawn to try
Elsie Hill, who is charged with the
murder of an infant and whose case viii
be heard in Georgetown, in February.
The Georgetown New Century Club
entertained Mrs. Samuel j. Reynolds,
of Smyrna, President of the State Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs, and the Ex-
ecutive Board of the State, at lunch
con, Thursday.
Harry Short, twelve year old boy OF
Georgetown, won third prize at the State
Corn Show at Wilmington.
A fourteen year old boy, George Fow-
Ter, alias Quiggley, was brought to the
iaii at Georgetown, Saturday, charged
with stealing a horse and carriage, which
Franklin Achey had hitched on one OF
the main streets in Seaford. The boy
was captured near Galestown.
State Chairman of music OF the Fed
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs in Delaware,
Mrs. Edna G. Robinson, was the guest
of the New Century Club in Georgetown,
Thursday, and had charge OF the recital
A prominent merchant of Georgetown,
Charles Haloway, died very suddenly
last week, after a short illness OF pneu-
monia. -,
When he fell on broken bottle, Viii
liam, the little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Ward, of Lawsonia, was cut so badly
about the eyes, that it is feared he VIII
lose his sight.
AS a result of the last election, the
new officers sworn in at the Court House
at Georgetown are now half Democratic
and half Republican, a condition that
has not existed for nearly twenty years,
when the Republicans took control.
The frequent rains have caught the
dilatory farmers in Sussex County who
have left their corn out and as result,
the fodder is ruined, and the corn in very
bad condition.
On Sunday night, the stores of G.;
Bennum, a jeweler of Georgetown, and
several other stores in the main business
section of Georgetown, were broken
open and many articles of value taken.
From the window of Bennum's store,
several watches, pins and other valuable
ieWelry was taken. From one of the
other stores, cigars and cigaretts. Mon
day charged with the burglaries, John ).
Littleton and Benjamin Morris, were
both arrested and held under $l0O bail,
for court.
The Glee Club, of Dickinson College,
will sing in Georgetown for the benefit
of the fishers Union of Wesley Metho-
dist Church.
Postmaster George Mears, of George
town. has been sworn in and will take
his new office the first of next month:
The w. C. T. u. members are solicit
ing signatures to a petition addressed to
the Legislature and asking for State
wide prohibition through Sussex County.
]. Rowland Buell., has sold his inter-
est in his business at Georgetown, to
Sylvester Dukes and will remove to
Greenwood.
The ladies of the New Century Club,
at Georgetown, entertained the pupils
of the Senior Glass of the High School,
last week at a musical.
H. S. Givens, who lives near George
town, has a young pig which has i've
perfectly formed feet. Hundreds have
gone to the Givens farm to see the freak.
Warnings have been sent out by the
State Agricultural College, to Sussex
County orchardists to spray their trees
this month for the tent caterpillar,
masked tussock and bag worm egg
masses on apple trees.
Edward Conoway, prominent farmer
and business man of Georgetown, died
Saturday, after stroke of paralysis.
Out less than an hour, the jury to try
John Harmon, for the murder of Alfred
Ricketts,, at the court house in George
town, brought in a verdict of not guilty
late Wednesday evening. Harmon
claimed self defence and witnesses
proved that Ricketts, had drawn knife
after a crap game, and had cut Harmon
in two places, when Harmon drew his
small pocket knife and proceeded to
slash Ricketts, so badly that he died in
a day or two from the cutting. The
affray took place at Rehoboth Beach last
Fourth of July.
The heaviest storm that Georgetown
has seen for a long time took place Tues
day night. The smoke stack on the
electric light plant in town was blown
over, telephone poles were blown down
and several large trees were blown over
across the streets. In the country all
kinds of damage was done to standing
fodder and on the farm of Mori Rogers
a stable was blown off its foundation and
moved several feet while big telephone
poles and trees were stretched across
the road.
John C. Hudson, an aged man was
badly injured Saturday when he was at
tackled by a COW. Hudson was carrying
an armfull of fodder through the barn
yard, when the COW jumped against him,
throwing him on the ground and paved
him with her front feet, while she tried
to gore him. He managed to call aid in
time to have the COW beaten off before
he was killed. When he was carried to
his home, it was found that the ligaments
of his shoulder had been torn loose, it is
feared he has been injured internally.
The following marriage licenses have
been issued this week Albert Stewart,
Bridgeville. Del; and Emma Henry,
Bridgeville, Del; Norman E. Calhoun,
Dagsboro, Del; and Sallie L. West,
Ocean View, Del; William L. Hudson,
Millsboro, Del; and Lillian M. Smith,
Millsboro, Del; Harvey Belts, Stockley,
Del; and Garry L. Wilkins, Millsboro,
Del.