Milford chronicle., 1912-03-22

y NDuluB lGIul VI superior court. IN ATe0-
, eral Sessions Court there is a large num-
Der of cases docketed for trial, the most
important of which will be that of George
I Barber, Jr., of Blades, charged with an
alleged felonious assault on ix-vear-old
! Julia Z. Lankford. daughter of Washing
] ton Lankford. The usual large number
of whisky cases from Seaford will be
heard at this term.
J The Georgetown Fire Department re-
allied about $50 from the benefit perform
ance given by the management of the
local moving picture theatre last Thurs
day night. The proceeds will be applied
to the purchase of Paraphernalia.
Residents of Georgetown are highly
pleased by the return of Revs. James w
! Colona, L. B. Morgan and James L. Der
/ rick son to their respective charges
William H. Stevens, editor of the Sea-
] ford News and a member of the we'll
known oyster packing firm of William II
Stevens & Co., of Seaford, is out for the
nomination of delegate to the Democratic
National Convention which meets in Bal
/ timore on June 25.
The Republican County Committee met
here Tuesday and made arrangements for
the holding of the primaries on April 10.
A resolution was offered by a Roosevelt
supporter that the voters be given the
privilege to name on their tickets who
they wanted the delegates voted for to
support in the National Conyention. W.
L. Todd, of Greenwood, was selected rs
committeeman for the third election dis
trict of the Second Representative Dist.
Fred.W. Morris, residing near Seaford,
was lodged in the Sussex county Jail i'll
default of $500 bail last Sunday by Con-
stable Steen, of Seasord, charged with
threatening to kill his wife.
The remains of Annie Pepper, nee Miss
Annie Windsor, daughter of Charles H.
Windsor, of this town. who died at Hope
Farm, were brought here last Saturday
night and funeral services conducted at
St. Pauls P. f. Church on Sunday after |
noon, by Rev. d. w. Gateson, and inter |
ment was made in Union Cemetery.
James johnson, an employe of the
car shops, celebrated his |
at his home Tuesday night.
The Sussex county Levy Courtroom
has been thoroughly renovated this week
Capitalists of Dagsboro are subscribing
for stock for the erection of a bank near
the depot in that town. Several hundred
lollars have already been subscribed.
Through a letter recently published in
he city papers, Frank W. Johnson, who
vas taken from the Southern Home for
Destitute Children, Philadelphia, by David
3. Johnson, of this town, when he was
lbout four years old, has been able to find
lis father for whom he has been looking
or about fifteen years. Recently John
'on, upon writing to Anna B. Senderling,
)ne of the officials of the institution, re-
,eived the following letter, which made
IS appearance in the Wilmington and
papers: I'VE have no record
If your mother S name. Your father was
William Johnson, and when you were
AIKEN by the Society for the Prevention {
If Cruelty to Children, he lived at 1916 1
Ogden Street. That was March d. 1892
-FOUR mother had died, l think, in Feb l
uary. I think you had a grandmother
t S45 Dubree Street, but do not know :
Ter name" Seeing this letter in the !
'apers and thinking it might be his long n
ost son, last Saturday the following let
er was received in reply from a man '
Thom johnson supposed to be his father:
My Dear Son: I saw in a paper where Y
Oh we're living. / have heen 7,ang 70 !,
ocate you ever since you were taken from
ne. My dear boy, when your mother
led it broke me all up and / went on a
pree, and they took you from me. My Il
ear boy, long to see you, as I have no
ne in this world but YOU and your sister, Il
nd she is always talking about you; and Il
9th she and want to see you before we
lie. My son, If you want to see me be 81
)re die you had better call soon, as I
III getting along in years. ! am u wears
Id. l would come to see you but I can
OF afford it, as all l have to live on is
lie pension l get from the government,
nd the few dollars l can make at odd T
lbs. I will now close hoping to see YOU
cry soon, as I am longing for the time
hen / can see you, I remain your low ,
g father, William Rogers, 1417 Ridge q
venue, Phila., Pa" Accompanied by G.
ssistant Supervisor W. B. Donovan, of O.
lis town, Johnson went to Philadelphia c
] Tuesday and upon investigation Mr.. Ia
odovan found the man whohad written =
e letter to be Johnson's father.
The next meeting of the Levy Court y
III be held on Tuesday, April End, the -
,xt day after the convening of the April u
rm of Superior Court and Court of m
eneral Sessions. II
The old Transportation Pier at Lewes W
is sold at public auction last Saturday
Constable Purnel B. Norman, to satisfy th
claim of Clarence Beebe for repair S n,
lde to it. It was purchased by James f,l
Lank, cashier of the Lewes National 80
nix, for about eight dollars. o