Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-16

INTERESTING EXPERIMENT MADE
BY FARMER COOPER, NEAR FELL
TON.

INTERESTING EXPERIMENT MADE
BY FARMER COOPER. NEAR FELL
TON.
FELTON,, Del, Jan. 15.-John Cooper,
tenant on what Is known as the Daniel
Harrington farm. now owned by n. ?.
Luff, near the old Morris Mill site, ex-
perimented last year with phosphate
alone and with phosphate and manure
in growing sweet potatoes. Where he
used phosphate alone he grew as many
potatoes as where he used both manure
and phosphate, and the potatoes were
better in the rows where he only used
phosphate than where he used both.
Mr.. Fletcher and John w. Killen
were at Salisbury attending a meeting
Of the Peninsula Horticultural Society.
Mrs. p. X. Meredith was the guest Of
her daughter Mrs. John W. Killen, on
Wednesday and Thursday.
Miss Name Reynolds and Miss Lizzie
Draper, of Milford. were guests of Mr.
and Mrs Nehemiah Cain this week.
Isaac Goodwin, of Petersburg who
was visiting his sister, Mrs John w
Lynch, has returned home.
John B. Reed, of St. Jones, has been
the guest Of his mother, Mrs Charles
r. Layton.
Mrs. Eva Ward, Of Chester, is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. John c. Jones.
Miss Florence Dill entertained sew
eral friends at her home on Saturday
evening. Games were played and at a
late hour the guests were Invited to
partake of refreshments. Among those
present were: Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood
Dill, of Columbus, Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs
Cooper Orwell, Misses Fora Dill, Mary
Warren, Lizzie Jump, Alice Gruwell,
Clara Dill, Louise Brown, Evelyn Dill,
Messrs. Elmer Dill and Charles Dill,
of Ohio; Will Hughes. Walter Jester,
Wallace Clark, Howard Gruwell, A. c..
Dill and Walter Dill.
Mrs. Alice Edmunds and Mrs. Cora
Webb, from Tuckerton, N. j., are Wis
iting Mrs. Edmunds' brother and Mrs.
Webb's father, Wilbur Needles.
George Waldman has bought from
Mrs. Charles Lister, of Philadelphia,
and Caleb J. Smithers, of Frederick.
400 pine piling. He has them hauled
to FELTON,. IL gives to the farmers and
teamsters here considerable work.
There are no less than fifteen to twenty
teams engaged In hauling them.
A fire broke out about $50 o'clock on
Thursday evening at Berrytown, one
mile west from FELTON,. 1t was the
property where the late David Needles
died several years since. The property
was owned at the time OF the fire by
George Waldman, but was unoccupied
II originated in the dwelling in the
second story. The buildings were
burned to the ground. The loss IS COW
cred by some insurance.
F. A. Hubbard was the guest of Rev
Richard Downes, at Mount JOY, Pa
last week
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Carsons
who were visiting friends in Whining
ton, have returned home.
Mrs. James +. Cubbage was the guest
OF friends at Woodside, on Friday
Miss Cora Holden is visiting relatives
in Wilmington and Philadelphia.
Mrs. Maggie Jakes Redmile, of VIII.
mington, was the guest of Mrs. e. L
Hardesty, on Monday
Miss Mary Warren was the guest Of
Miss Florence Dill on Saturday an.
Sunday.
Robert w. Hargadine, who was IL
Glasgow, Montana, since June s, 1898
is at home with his mother, Mrs. NJ Z
Hargadine He is very enthusiastic
over the western country
Secretary of State James II. Hughe,
has bought what IS known as the Johi
ID. Anderson farm, near the Bonvil
Mill. He purchased it from William
G. Anderson.