Caroline County.

COUNTY SEAT—DENTON.

Origin of Name—After Lady Caroline Calvert, sister of the last
Lord Baltimore.

Date of Formation—1773. Area—320 square miles. Population—
19,216 (1910).

Court Terms—Jury, first Monday in April and October. Non-jury,
second Monday in January and fourth Monday in June.

Orphans' Court Days—Second Tuesday in February, April, June,
August, October and December.

ELECTED OFFICERS.

Name. Office, Term Expires.
Frederick R. Owens............... State's Attorney.............. 1920
Lawrence B. Towers. ............. .Clerk Circuit Court. .......... 1921
Z. Potter Steele................... Register of Wills. ............1919
Robert C. Rice. .................. .Sheriff .................... ..1919
Jos. H. Carroll....................Treasurer . . . . . .............1918
T. Frank Seward.................. Treasurer-Elect ...............1922
J. Spencer Laplan................ County Commissioner ..........1923
William F. Jackson............... County Commissioner..........1919
Willard C. Todd. ........... ...... County Commissioner..........1921
Edward W. Liden. ........... .... Judge Orphans' Court (Chief) . 1919
Leonard F. Covey. ............... .Judge Orphans' Court. ........1919
J. Virgil Moore. ................. Judge Orphans' Court. ........1919
Joseph W. Noble................. Surveyor ....................1920

OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

JUSTICES Or THE PEACE.
(All Terms Expire 1918.)

Name. District. Postoffice.
William L. Cooper............... 1 ...................... Goldsboro
Thomas M. Green................ 2 ..................... Greensboro
William J. Richards. ............. 3 ........................ ,Denton
Jehu T. Blades.. ................. 4 ..................... ..Choptank
D. M. Cheezurn................... 4 ........................ Preston
Robert S. Nichols. ......... .... 5 .................. .Federalsburg
Thos. J. Cox. .................... 5 .................. .Federalsburg
J.E. Hicks................. .... 6 .......................Hillsboro
Henry W. Wilkinson.......... .. 7 ....................... Ridgely
William Penn Willes. ............ 8 ..................... .Bethlehem

NOTARIES PUBLIC.
(All Terms Expire 1918.)

(Women.)

Name. Postoffice.
Miss Elizabeth MacDonald................................... Denton
Miss May E. Murphy. ...................................... .Denton