Milford chronicle., 1912-05-24
SELL HIGH
AT GEORGETOWN
Bring the Highest Prices for Which They
Were Ever Sold at That Place. In
sects Damage Strawberry Plants
Rat Bite Causes Blood Poison.
81 III

Mo fruit IN this SeCClOn OF the county so Tar
-. have not experienced any trouble. From
-, pech what can be learned from the farmers
tn1g around Bridgeville, Laurel and SeafOrd,
so5a aven who have visited the cOunty-seat for
: ao keel the past few days, their patches have
80 80 AT been damaged to the extent of hundreds
80 sredt of dollars by this little insect which is
tgs ng o described by some as being a specie of
al ~, ear: the fly 1t is said that few of the berry
~, 'resi growers, who have suffered losses, are
- y. tlrs able to describe the pest and very few
- !. iianq of them have been seen. One thing is
sI,s Cor noticeable, however, and that is thatmOst
- tn OF the fields visited are the ones located
80 80 his near the woods 1t is believed that the
Iests insect stays in the bushes and wood in
Mss the day time and gets in its deadly work
yS"-lorn at night. Some of the farmers, who
1.,tood have not seen the little enemy at work,
II On and in fact have not discovered them
;s snstol on their berry vines are inclined to
sMem think that it is a little bug or worm
drfxPee which goes down the earth. In some
60 Thi instances the growers have found it
rem necessary to pillow their patches up be-
ITpg,2pe cause the vines are so badly cut. Harry
estSpeo R. Marvel, an experienced farmer re-
-, Mr' siding near Laurel, who formerly lived
a. eslde near this town, says that green berries
-; laint. III his patches have been cut from the
Ls Art vines and that one of his small patches
JsNim was cut so severely that it was rendered
,5;lith, worthless. The insect made its appear
East ance first in the vicinity of Bridgeville
erNllm year or two ago and caused the grow
1eoT tr ers in that section to suffer a severe
MI loss. lQlS year, however, Luey nave
!, .ena gotten in the berry districts around
Lay Laurel and SeafOrd, and while not dam
ie hs aging the fruit as much as around +
,or ny Bridgeville last year, they are causing |
tPper much destruction. 1t is believed if the |
~ 10 insects get spread all over Sussex cOun-
rutou ty that it is only a question of time be- |
"a, fore the berry industry will be doomed |
Alb unless some means is devised for their
taised determination, or a preventative is
inaSir found to keep them from working on
roam the berry patches.
n Sc Deputy Sheriff J. Rowland Buell. spent
,Taers Saturday and Sunday at Dover. Mr..
3, and Mrs. Harry J. Anderson, of Fair
sct;l mount, were guests of her parents, Mr..
siee and Mrs Daniel c. Townsend, in this
- town, Sunday and Monday. Miles FitZ-
6e gerald, of Wilmington spent Sunday at
s1,, the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James John
,,,;,s son, where his wife has been visiting
for several days. Mrs. Fitzgeral is
go sister of Mrs. johnson and was called
ost here because of her being stricken with
IRE appendicitis. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hay
Mrs man, of MillsbOrO, are spending a few
stir days with relatives in this town. M. B.
eek Hickman, of Wilmington, spent Sunday
Mrs with Mr. and Mrs. Richard COnoway. -
the John T. Calhoun and little son Thomas
Mis- are iii at their home on Cedar Street.
been Peter Costello, Philadelphia politician,
Per spent Sunday in town. Mr.. and Mrs.
iasiai Marvel Rogers of Wilmington, are
spending few days with relatives here.
~ For the past few days white potatoes
~ nave DGtu IGtdlllllS III oOtlG VI IAG SLOLGS
here at 25 cents per gallon or at the rate n
= of 50. 90 per bushe which is the highest
price paid for tubers in this section of
8usines the State for years. The high cost is {
> h-;t,innsdus to the failure of the crop in this
IniuSCshty last year.
REPORTS reach here from Seaford that I
Constable William H. Thorne of that
town will be an aspirant for the nOmi-
Pms nation of Levy Court Commissioner from
and that district at the Republican County
band Convention. James P Dukes of Mill
Szs-s vile. Democratic nominee for Sheriff at
are the last election, has announced his can
some didacy for the nomination again
G u Monday morning work was commenced .
sacto, on the placing of the cement pavement
zen and the coping about the Public Square,
md c GeorgetOwn's beauty spot. public
md fountain, it is said, will be donated by
no one of the members of the Georgetown
rS4f New Century Club. to be placed in the
Square.
lie The first cars this season to be placed
~, for the shipment Of Strawberries from
~ Selbyville and Demar, according toJ. B.
III 0twell of this town, representative for
Mira the Swift Company in lower Delaware
,eale were placed Monday morning and from
he pe now on refrigerator carloads are eX-
enid pected to go out from Sussex. Reports
II, 3 os the refrigerator companies last year
~. q show that SelbyVille sent out more
49, M quarts than any point in tha county.
rev. The grocery and dry-goods store of
80 William H. Short of T., on North Bed
ftord street, has been purchased by Fred
West. of Wilmington, who with his wife
Wi move here this week and occupy
HE dwelling recently vacated by George
~ n Bennum, Jr., on East Market street S
.;1fr Mr. West is the son of Zachariah West J.
~, y and wife of this place, and resided here T
,,cs,s slntil a few months ago when he moved S
~ "a wilmington, having accepted po- D
sitiOn as fireman on the railroad For B
he past few weeks he has been inca s
80 Daeitated because of a severe illness, A
- and as a result found it necessary to J.
h relnquish his position. R
W Mrs. Mary Anne White, widow of H
Henry H. White, who died at the home D
Of her son, James White, near Over B
brook Sunday morning with apoplexy, B
was buried Wednesday afternoon at B
Whites Chapel where the funeral ser H
vices will be held. Mrs. White was II
fs about seventy. five years old and was N
the mother of Mrs. Houston, wife of s.
Colonel Robert C. Houston, editor of the P
Sussex Republican, of this town; Mrs. N
Robinson, wife of former Sheriff Al
fred B Robinson, and Prof. Harry H.
q White, of the Georgetown Public Schools,
4n of Georgetown; James White, of
near Overlook, Annie Fisher of near
Wilmington, and Willard White, of
10 Douglas. Wyoming.
IN -Four refrigerator car loads of berries 10
II passed through here this morning off
Tb@ the D. M. & Y. r. R.
~ At $50 O'Clock Monday afternoon, the
- thermometer at the shoe shop of Adam
- Weinrich on West Market street, reg
I fstered 88 degrees in the shade.