Milford chronicle., 1912-11-22

Passage of New Game Law. Man
Has Tame Weasel Many Persons
Seek Political Offices. Gum Timber
Is Very Scarce.
Sheriff elect James p Dukes, of Mill
Vile, has appointed his son. Sylvester
Dukes, who is said to be a graduate of
school in PENNSYLVANIA, as his deputy.
r. 7. Hart and George r. Mears,
both OF this town, are seeking the ap-
pointment to the postmastership which
becomes vacant this December two years
hence. The present postmaster. W. S.
Walls, is a Republican. and his term
does not expire until two years hence
Mr.. Hart is managing editor of the
Sussex Journal while Mr. 9Iears is a
widely-knOwn shoemaker
The young people of AIillsboro, will
give play entitled, The Village School
Ma am for the benefit of the Millsboro
p. +. Church, i'll Barkers Hall on No
vember 22nd and 23rd
Some of the young men of Lewes who
last Christmas presented a minstrel in
/ that town, and which was received with
! favorable comment have decided this
| year to present another sometime during
the holidays.
y
/ iewelryman, is successful in an under
taking he has just started, Georg etown
should expect a repetition of the Pied
/ Piper act of mythology and the town to
| be eXterminated of rats within a short
| time. Mr.. Bennums idea is to tame a
weasel which he has Gagged in his store
and is now "fooling with and trying to
get it used to him and use it Just the
same as he would ferret thereby driv-
ing the rats ont of town or kill them.
But he is not figuring on ridding the
whole town of these pests at once, and
it will not be until he is successful in
obtaining three more weasels which it is
understood he is seeking that he will
figure on such big undertaking to any
great extent. Mr. Bennum is having
remarkable success with his little wild
creature so far, it is said, but some of
his friends believe that by the time he
gets it thor oughly tamedNalOng with the
three more which he is seeking that the
town would be over-run with rodents if
they had to depend on their extermina-
ton by means of the Mr. Bennum $
tanned weasels However, it is his purpose
to domestcate the on lie now has and /
try to get three more, and use them to I
catch rats.
Roller mills in the county are busily ,
engaged at this time grinding buckwheat .
into flour for the famous Sussex griddle .
cakes this winter Most of the seasons
crop of grain has been purchased by the
mills of the county, or has been shipped
away.
Colonel John G. Townsend, of Selby-
vile, it IS said, will soon commsnce the
erection of a large canning factory near
the canal at Rehoboth Beach TO be ready
for operation next season. It is his in
tent to can corn, tomatoes peas, peaches
sweet-potatoes and pumpkins, providing
the crops Of the last three will warrant
running the factory.
Invitations have been issued by Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph A Johnson, residing
near Ellendale, to the marriage of their
daughter, Louz4na, to Frank Nibert, the
ceremony to be performed at their home
on Thursday afternoon, November 18th.
Owing to the fact that there is scar
city of gum timber in this county, be-
cause of the heavy shipments that have
been made from this county within the
past few years. mill owners through
Sussex are hardly able to get enough of
the timber to make baskets and boxes to 4
supply their orders and unless owners
Of tracts refrain from sending it out of
the county, it will only be a question of
time before there will have to be inpor
-ations. As a matter of fact, gum has
been brought into this county from some
Of the southern states during the rush in
the spring and summer. 4
Another telephone line is to be in
stalled between Laurel and Bethel within
he next few week. Samuel J. Furniss
residing at Bethel, has been selected as
lgent.
There seems to be a scarcity of butter
Il this section. and many of the local
merchants are not able to supply the
customers.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made by the
High School football eleven to play at
-aurel on Thanksgiving Day.
VIII Smith, alias, Gold Tooth, " col
,red, was brought to the Sussex county
all Monday by County Constable Burton
5teen, of Laurel, charged with selling
quart of whiskey to Josiah E. ellis.
Ie was committed in default of bail for
he February term of court.
Sportsmen in this section of the county,
Who, before the passage of the law re-
tricting them to killing of only twelve
uail each day, went out almost daily
nd bagged enough to net them more
han two dollars for their DAVIS hunt,
re not cunning nearly as much this
eason as they have in former years. :,
heretofore it has been customary for Il
ONE of them as soon as the law was off d
D make a business of hunting, and p
early every day they would bag from b
en- to twenty quail for which they re- >,
eived thirty cents per pair. But now i
nat the law restricts them to killing u
velve thev are not so fond of hunting. h
1t is reported here that Protonotary- E
Iect William H. Welch, of Milton, will r
elect his brother, Columbus We1ch, for =
lerly of Milton, but now employed by "
le Harrison Nurseries, at Berlin, Md,
5 his deputy. Harry NJ. Vickers and
II. Sammon, it is said, are both work "a
g for deputy Prothonotary. From =,
hat can be learned it is not likely that
lie Levy Court will allow the newly CT
ected County Comptroller Peter S. th
hockey, of Millsboro, deputy. Mr. o.