Milford chronicle., 1912-08-23
HARRINGTON FARMERS
WILL NEED HELP.
1t Is Possible That italian Labor May
Be Secured To Help Save Corn Crop
CantelouPes Pay Good Money.
Other Items.

A colored woods meeting has been il
: progress just south of Harrington foi
] several days. and it will continue ovei
next Sunday and, incidentally this meet.
ing was the source for many persons tc
gather amusement of various kinds. As
the railroad policeman, Fred Minner,
accompanied by his wife and boy, walked
towards the woods last Sunday after
noon, they took for their route the road
along the railroad track, and when near
their destination he saw a crowd of
negro men engaged in shooting crap"
along the railroad but at one side. He
attempted to creep up onto the gang,
but was discovered Just in time for them
to break in all directions into corn
field, but he did secure one hat, some
money and a few dice; all of which he
is ready to hand to the owners-if they
will only call for their property.
The crop of early canteloupes is about
marketed, and prices have been salts
factory to the growers generally ; while
not high, they have been remunerative.
The watermelon crop is not so large as
usual, if the shipments from Harrington
station are to be the criterion to Judge
by but, as a matter of fact, the most
of the melons are shipped from Fred
erica, where they are hauled by the
growers and shipped upon the steamer
Frederica. Canning tomatoes began
this week, but it is too early to predict
with any certainty just what the crop
will be. The acreage is unusually large,
and some fields look remarkably fine.
while the late set fields are not promis-
ing; yet, a late fall without killing
frost, will cause them to produce well,
so its too early to predict accurately.
The Republican primaries held here
last Saturday has left some bad feeling
behind. 1t seems that the polls were
not kept open until the hour set for
closing, and those who were left threat
ened to carry their protest to the con-
ventiOn on Tuesday.
The new school building is to be com
pleted just as soon as it is possible, so
that it can be used this school year. 1t
is the purpose of the new school officials
in Harrington to equip and finish the
building and make it one of the show
institutions of Delaware, as
it well deserves. Harrington should be
able to gather ull hundred of pupils
from surrounding districts in her high
school department, and as the State
pays twenty cents per day for each pupil
so attending, the interest on the entire
bonded indebtedness could thus be re-
ceived from the State. This will require
some business enterprise on the part of
the Board of Education, and live and
intelligent person to talk the matter up |
to the parents in nearby towns and |
school districts, but it can be done. |
Harrington should follow the example |
Of the Georgetown Public Schools and |
install a commercial course. This has |
been very profitable to the Georgetown |
school treasury, and would be here.
Peaches have been coming in fine |
condition and in larger quantities than |
t was supposed they would during this |
season, and the prices have been very !
pleasing to those who have had them to |
;ell. Elbertas seem to be the greater
lart of the supply.
Farmers are considering the problem
# saving their fodder crop, which will
)e ready to commence about the first of
Labor is high, scarce and
so it is thought that an effort
will be made to have the tomato work
RS who have been brought from the
ity markets to work in the canneries.
ssist in saving the fodder crop. Last
ear some of the Italian labor at Bridge
lille did good work in the fodder fields,
nd even stayed on until corn husking
1as completed.
The roads about Harrington are bet
er than they have been for several sea
ons, and credit goes to David Booth for
his condition of affairs.
BUSINESS MAN.