Milford chronicle., 1915-06-11

graduating class at her home last Frtda,
evening.
Mrs. J. E. Walls, who recently had
variety store on Market Street has ons,,e'
a store upon smaller scale at her hon,
on the corner of Railroad Avenue anC
Pine Street, Georgetown.
Moses Lockwood, an old and respected
cUlored man, died at his home at George.
town, Monday night of last week. Moses
was slave before the war. between the
North and South.
K. D. Lingo, Sr., recently sold the
Isaac Conway farm in Nanticoke Hun.
dred to Squire John R. Steele of George.
town. This farm is tract of three hun.
dred and eighty-three acres.
The Benevolent Society held its repu-
lar monthly meeting at the home of Mrs.
Cyrus Hatfield on Monday of this week.
George E. King, son of John King of
near Georgetown, and Miss Ida Davis
daughter of Levin Davis of Millsboro
were married at the Zoar parsonage bv
the Rev. Thomas Pardee on Wednesday
evening, June End. The newlyweds will
reside on farm near Georgetown.
Miss Alberta Pyle is visiting Miss Mar
garet Gilliland, teacher of languages
at the Georgetown High School during
the past term, at her home at Gettys-
burg, Pa.
Harold Wolfe of Laurel, son of former
Recorder of Deeds Harvey F. Wolfe, has
been visiting friends here.
Cullen George, of Wilmington, spent
few days with his mother at her home
at Georgetown the first of this week.
L.
as stenographer with Wilmington firm,
was home for three days last week.
Although the continued rains have pre-
vented the farmers from getting such
yield as usual from their strawberries,
yet many crates are brought into George
town every morning The factory can
not keep the farmers supplied with crates
and cups. Several individuals have sent
to Selbyville for carloads of crates but
cannot supply one half of the farmers.
One man who should have gotten off
sixty crates on Monday only had thirty
five because of the lack of crates to put
the berries in for shipment. The Juice
factory supplies the ones who sell their
berries there with crates but has had to
send for several carloads from Selbyville.
Ernest Wyatt, of Edgemoor, spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Wyatt, of near Georgetown.
On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Erickson
sold her goods at an auction sale. Mr..
Erickson died quite recently of pneu-
monia. They occupied the tenant house
belonging to the du Pont House at George
town and were caretakers of that property.
Rev. w. P. Taylor and family motored
to Chesapeake City the first of last week.
Mrs Sallie Talent left Thursday for a
stay at her cottage on the Indian
River. She has as her guests her brother
n-law, D. T. McCabe and wife of Pitts
burg, Pa. and Miss Mary White of George
own.
Misses Lima and Anna Pusey, formerly
If Georgetown, are spending two weeks
With friends and relatives here
Harold Green, a prisonerin the county |
all at Georgetown, charged with burglary, !
frank cup of disinfectant that was used !
o keep away bed bugs and nearly died |
,efore DR.. John Hammond arrived upon |
he scene with a stomach pump. After |
Thinking a cup of the disinfectant he
lropped the cup and awoke his cell mate. |
1he agonized cries of the prisoner brought
he sheriff, and it was only after hard |
work. that the man S life was finally saved.
The Court of Chancery and the Orphan S |
,ourt opened at Georgetown last Monday |
morning.