Milford chronicle., 1912-08-09

this town, local preacher, who TO
r several days past has been dangerousl,
D III, is somewhat improved and hopes arr
being entertained for his recovery.
Work on the cement pavement arOunC
the Moore Block, will be completed thii
week.
Peaches at the local station this weeA
have been selling for 25 cents a basket.
Republican leaders and workers from
all parts of the county assembled here
/ Tuesday afternoon at the meeting OF
the County Committee in the club room
and rousing meeting was held. Gov.
Pennewill and Ruby Vail were the two
principal speakers. 1t is estimated that
the crowd numbered two hundred, and
politicians in all walks of life were there.
The purpose of the meeting was to form
ulate plans for the coming campaign.
A luncheon was served in the club room,
at which all present partoOk. Some of
the leaders Of the Progressive party in
4 this State were scored during the ad-
dress of Ruby Vail, who created such an
impression on the assemblage that local
politicians are contemplating having him
stump the county this campaign.
For being disOrderly on the excursion
train coming from Ocean City on last
Thursday afternoon, Harry and Irving
/ Kitchens. Of Dagsboro, and Linden Lay
ton, of FrankfOrd, were arrested by
I Railroad Detectives Minner and Arm
strong and Friday afternoon arraigned
| before Justice of the Peace Warrington,
of this town, and fined S.. 46, upon the
payment Of which they were released.
/ John H. Day, OF near Hebron, is an
/ aspirant for the nomination of coroner
/ d., A.a1r,A - al,
! great sufferer with rheumatism and for
/ some time has been unable to work, and
] his friends think he should receive some
thing at the hands of his party this time.
Mrs. Emma Jones. wife of Dr. VIM.
B. Jones, of Millsboro, died at her home
on Friday following an operation.
The Sunday School of the Coolspring
Presbyterian Church will hold the
annual picnic in the grove adjoining the
church Saturday afternoon.
Stricken with heart trouble, Wednes-
day, at the Marine Hospital, near Lewes
Thomas Martin of Philadelphia, a men,
Der of the schooner F. j. Hallett, died
very suddenly, aged about so years.
His body was taken to Lewes and pre-
pared for shipment to Philadelphia.
Former Constable Charles T. Jester,
of this town, is suffering with a badly
sprained hand, which occurred while
loading fruit at the station upon a car.
Building a fire in the furnace of one
of the dupont steam rollers which were
used in the construction of the strip of
the Boulevard, near this town, and go
ing home to his lunch, little thinking
that anyone would tamper with the
machine, William Rogers, the fireman,
was surprised when he returned to find
that someone. presumed to be a small
boy, had gotten the machine and opened
the throttle with the result that the
machine could not be stopped by him,
and had run across the side track at
the basket and crate factory of 7. J.
Wagmon into pig pen belonging to c.
C. CalhoOn, which was torn down, and
from there upon a heap of scrap iron
which stopped it from going further.
AS the result of eating lima beans !
hulls, two pigs belonging to Daniel T. |
Kitchens, of near this town, died this |
week.
State Senator William F. Blackstone
has on exhibition at his drugstore in |
this town several ears of corn, grown |
by H. 0. Bennuem of near Harbeson, |
that meausre twelve and fourteen inches
in length. Mr. Bennuem is said to have
several baskets just as long and has
an order for shipment to the
west.
Many of the residents of the town
who have pet cats fear they will get
the disease that is resulting in the
death of SO many feliness at this time.
Within the past few days they have
been dying by the wholesale, and unless
is done there will be but few
eft in town.
The roof of Wesley NJ. E. Church has
been painted this week.
A tennis court is being laid out in the
ear of Wesly NJ. +. Church and with
n a short time tournaments will be
leld with different towns in the county.
At the regular monthly meeting of
he Sussex County Levy Court Tuesday
resolution was adopted granting the
light to the Williamsville Telephone to
tring wires on and along the county
Dad leading from Selbyville to Williams
lille. the poles to be placed at the ex-
RENE edge of the road and the erection
hereof to be under the supervision of /
4evy Courtman for the Seventh Dis
rict. Collector Elton r. Wood of this
istrict was allowed S275.09 and excess
nd SOS. 25 as delinquent taxes for last
ear. The Court made an order that +
William J. Spicer of this !
istrict construct bridge out of the
pecial road fund. across the Savannah '
bitch a short distance from this town. r
little was done other than allowing
everal bills. Il
Farmers in this section of the county .
tho where hopeful that they would
ealize fair prices for what few peaches r
nat withstood the severe winter weather e
ave had their hopes blasted, for choice =
-uit has been selling at the local station \
lis week as low as forty cents a q
asket. and local brokers were not (
nXious for them even at that price. ri
mall fruit has been selling as low as =
cents a basket The reason "
ven for such low prices is that the II
ew York market is pretty well stocked c.
ith southern fruit and that the com
iss merchants in that city are hardly .,
Die to get rid of them as fast as they
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