Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-10-12

town this fall.
Our fire company has been called
out of town to two fires the past
week. On Thursday to Rehoboth, to
the Grier cottage, and Friday to the
Delaware Colony, near Stockley, but
fortunately very little damage was
done.
Seaford High School Football
Team came to Georgetown Friday
afternoon and played the local high
school team. The score was to 6
in favor of Georgetown.
Clerk of the Peace John S. Cooper
has issued a marriage license to
John E. McCray, of Frankfort, and
Alberta F. Williams, of Millville. q
Justice of the Peace William ].
Mustard has also issued a license to
William d. Duffy, of Midway, and
Madge c. POynter, of Rehoboth.
William Vickers has had his resi-
dence on Railroad avenue repaired
and put in first-class shape recently.
Daniel ]. Layton has erected an
addition to his garage on the cor
-ner of Pine and Bedford streets.
Register of Wills G. Vannie Mes
sick has issued the following letters
On the estate of Cornelius B.
Johnson, of Northwest Fork hun
bred, to Romie W. Johnson; on the
estate of Joseph j. Smith, of Nanti-
coke hundred, to John H. Smith; on
the estate of James w. Lowe, of
Broad Creek hundred, to Alton E.
Lowe; on the estate of Elisha G.
no,.,Io11 of DrOa dlriIn hundrad tO
meta w. Campbell; on the estate of
George L. Hardesty, of Seaford hun
bred, to Ernest ]. Hardesty; on the |
estate of Charles H. Houston, of |
Dagsboro hundred, to Harbeson B. |
Hickman and Harry G. Houston.
Court has sent part of Sheriff |
Bryan's prisoners to the work.
house, but he still has about thirty
steady boarders left. He holds the
record for the largest number of
prisoners since the county began
sending them to the work-house.
Lorenzo B. Cannon, former county
assessor, of Seaford, was among
friends here Thursday.
George Shockley, of Rehoboth, was
in town Thursday.
Prof. Ernest ]. Hardesty, of Sea-
ford, was among friends here Fri
day.
Undertaken Medford L. Watson, of
Seaford, was in town Friday.
Mrs. Warren Holson and son have
been spending a few days with her
parents, Rev. and Mrs. John T.
Bailey, of Delmar.
Mr.. and Mrs. George R. Mears
were in Philadelphia recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip R. Layton, of
Bridgeville, have been spending
few days in town.
Mrs. Kendall K. Miller, of Phila-
delphia, is visiting her parents,
Prothonotary and Mrs. A. F. Wilgus.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Messick,
of Trenton, N. j., were recent guests
of the formers sister, Mrs. w. L.
McIlvaine.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson has return
ed from Philadelphia, where she
visited her daughters, Mrs. ]. c.
Egan and Mrs. Howard G. Stewart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryon Pepper and
daughter, Alice, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Townsend attended the
Dahlia Show in Wilmington last
week.
DR.. and Mrs. w. F. Blackstone on
attended at Accomac, Va,
the funeral of the formers cousin,
Blackstone, who was fatally
injured in an automobile accident.
Miss Jane Lynch is visiting rela-
tives in Lexington, N. G.
Mrs. George A. Gray spent last
week with relatives in Marcus
Hook, Pa.
Mrs. Fred Stooms has returned
from a visit to relatives in Will
mingtOn and other places.
Mrs. Frank M. Jones and daugh-
ter, Miss Eunice, have been in Phila-
delphia recently.
Mrs. Ney Carroll, of Havre de
Grace, Md, is visiting her son, V. c.
Carroll and family here.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Macklin, OF
Va, have been guests Of
his aunt, Mrs. James Baxter.
Theodore M. Jarvis, of Harbeson,
was among friends here Friday.
Chestnuts, that some years ago
were plentiful in this section. are
no more, as the blight has killed the
last of the trees.
The rabbit and quail season will
open on November 18th. Sportsmen
report that they will be plentiful this
season.
Maybe the Republicans haven't got
chance to break the Solid South but at
any rate they have got The Democrats
yniner down fhnra to ma iSn snnnches