Milford chronicle., 1912-05-31

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The annual convention of the Sussex
County Bible Society met in Wesley NJ. D..
4. Church on Thursday of last week.
George Warren Jones, treasurer, reported
that the expenditures for the year amount
ed to S235.15 and the receipts $1,000
leaving balance in the treasury of SS4 IL.
Rev. o. +. Jones of the Seaford NJ. +.
Church, and George Waples of Milton,
were elected life members of the society.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year President, Robert G.
Houston; secretary, Charles K. Jones;
treasurer, George Warren Jones; deposit
ary, John-C. Abbott, all of Georgetown;
vice-presidents, Broad Creek hundred
H. c. Lewis, Laurel; BroadSiln, Geo. W.
NAPLES, Milton; Baltimore, John G.
Townsend, Jr., Selbyville; Cedar Greek,
Otis Reed, Ellendale; Dagsboro, Charles
X. Davis, Frankford; Georgetown, Robt.
{. White, Georgetown; Gumboro, George
f. Harrison, Gumboro; Indian River,
Frank w. Lawson, Georgetown, r. T.
D.; Lewes and Rehoboth, George p.
Tunnel, Lewes; Little Greek, H. B.
Hitch, Laurel; Nanticoke, Isaac J Nor
gan, Bridgeville; Northwest Fork, Chas
H. McColley, Greenwood; Seaford, L.
Wilbur Hurley, Seaford. The time for
holding the conventions was changed from
May to the second Thursday in Novem-
Der. Selbyville was chosen as the next
meeting place.
Edwin Paynter, son of John H. Payn- |
ter of Wilmington, while playing with |
some friends at the baseball ground last |
Saturday afternoon, prior to a game be-
tween the locals and the Lewes club, fell |
and broke his cOllarbone. The boy did |
not know that a bone had been broken
and did not seek medical attention until
Sunday morning, when he went to Dr.
R. G. Paynter, who found that the col
larbone was fractured. Young Paynter
was on a visit at the home of Mrs. Amy
V. Lynch when the accident happened.
John Sockrider, local carpenter, fell
down a fight of stairs while on a visit to
the home of John Green, near I4ewes, and
broke three ribs. Sockrider had started
down the stairway with his little child in
his arms when one of his feet slipped {
from a step and precipitated him to the
bottom with the child. Fortunately, the
child escaped being hurt in the least.
A mule belonging to James wilkins
was badly stung about the head near the j
residence of H. S. Smith, near the Sus-
sex County Almshouse, last Saturday, j
when part of a swarm of bees pitched on
II. The team was hitched at the time I
Nearly every side-track on this division {
is filled with berry cars ready for distri-
button to the different points along the {
line so that the fruit can be handled. I
Three refrigerator carloads were sent
from this point last Saturday morning, /
which is considered a record broader for
this point this early in the season. Sell v
byville, which is now reputed to be the t
most extensive shipping point in Sussex
County at present, if not in the world is +
expecting to send out fifty cars of maxi i
mum capacity some days this week
There was somewhat of a slump in the a
market Monday morning, both here and
at Selbyville, choice fruit only selling at il
81 per 52-quart crate. There is always
slump in the market day or two before t
Memorial Day, because of the fact that V
if is a holiday and the commission mer-
chants i'll most cases close their places of o
business. 81
~ Soft shell crabs have been selling for
the past week in some of the markets in Il
this county at 80 cents per dozen, n
Mayor Thompson of Lewes is offering
prize of $1,000 to the boy in that town a
writing the best essay on Sidewalk f'
Manners. Few, if any, so far have en- nj
tered into competition for the purse of E
fered.
Becoming frightened on one of the
streets at Frankford a horse being driven ~
by Ebe McCabe, youth, ran away and
threw the boy into telephone pole which ei
resulted in the sustaining of internal in -.
juries. Vi
Unless unfavorable weather cuts the
berry crop short, the juice factories at a.
Frankford and Berlin, Md, are expect I'll
ing to do a big business this season. 81
Lemuel Keen, of Bunting, while using K
a corn planter attempted to pull lever
which broke and precipitated him to the o,
ground with such force that he sustained e.
an injured leg.
] A wharf is being constructed at Beth to
any Beach, one of Sussex County's sum- Sa
ner resorts. A new boardwalk has Just ga
been completed. re
The mule team of Charles Moore, who ha
resides near loves Cross Roads, took
fright while going down Market Street 70
and made wild dash until the store of tn
Frank Sharp was reached when they at We
tempted to 90 between the building and H'
a large tree standing on the corner and pr
were stopped. The runaway fortunately p.
at a time when there were few -
people on the street.
The Commencement exercises of the Al
ocean View High School will be held in de;
he NJ T. Church in that town on Friday
evening, May 31st The baccalaureate
sermon will be preached next Sunday by
Rev H. + Hallam at the Presbyterian
1hurch. The address to the graduates is
expected to be made by DR.. Paul NJ. Pear
ion OF Swarthmore College Prof. e !. T
Iardesty of this town, superintendent of
sussex County schools, is expected to
ak and also Prof George S. Messer-
mith of Lewes. The graduating class s
,onsists of Madge Richards, Maud Hick-
nan, Annie Evans, Elsie Derrickson, -
Villa Daisey, Frank johnson, j. Ray mo
nond Belts, Russell Richards, Charles wo
townsend. Russell Richards will give Is
he class prophecy, Madge Richards the the
address, and Villa Daisey the ma
Grafton. use
Miss Ernestine Vincent, of Snow Hill, r
lister of Miss Leila B. Vincent, of this
own is one of the oraduates of the Snow co