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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-03-06
VIRGINIA..

There will be a Democrat primary
held in McFadden Hall at Virginia
March IA at O'Clock by order Of
Will Ewing, Committeeman.
w. w. Park has hired Jim Norman
to work for him.
Georgia Smith and brother, Mack,
attended church at Amoret Sunday.
Andrew Simpson sold his corn to
Herman Mayer.
The Endeavor rally at Virginia
Sunday was fairly we'll attended.
Willie Winery of Amoret conduct.
ed the meeting. The program was
interesting. B. B. Hoyt, DR.. Moore
and the Misses Kilsey and Miss
Roe of Amoret were present.
Those who have moved and will
move this week: Paul Englehard,
Roy McCann, Harley Warderman,
Mr.. Cox, Mr.. Barr, Mr.. Craven, Percy
Moss, Roy Jundy.
A Miss Jones of Butler is the guest
of Mrs. Harry French.
Phillip Herman is enjoying his tele-
phone. -
Ross Garon is on the sick list.
Lee Ison reports all quiet in his
locality.
Otto Hedrick is able to be up.
Percy Moss sale was well attended
for rainy day.
Mrs. Charley is still very sick. DR..
Smith Of Amoret and DR.. ley Of But
Ter will hold a consultation today,
Tuesday, to determine if an operation
should be performed.
Lost-A white collie dog; left hall
Of head and ear dark blue and tan
color; right ear dark blue and tan;
right half of face white; dark blue
and tan spot from root Of tail about
half way down tail. A liberalreward
for recovery Of dog or any informa.
ton that will lead to recovery. Phone
through Virginia. ]. H. Park, But.
Ter, Route 5.
Cyrus Nestlerode has moved on
what is known as the John Durs'
farm. YOUNG AARON.
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has been on the "sick list since she
went there.
VIM. Jackson and wife have been
Rich Hill visitors the last two days as
her father has been very ill. "
Well, the roads are very sloppy
but we hope they will soon be in
good shape again.
It freezes and thaws, freezes and
thaws, but old wheat is looking
greener just the same.
Thomas Booth was visiting with
his brothers Sunday.
The Mccoy boys were Rich Hill
visitors last Saturday.
The, Latham boys were hauling
corn from the Chas. Doane place
Monday.
We think Harvey Powell is going
into the chicken business this season.
He has purchased 200 egg incu-
bator.
Ed Cameron and family went to
Rich Hill Monday evening. They re-
cieved telephone message to come
to the bedside of their grandfather,
F. Hancock They say he is very
low.
Mrs. Cora Powell was at Butler
last week having some dental work
done.
Clean up your guns, boys, and get
after the ducks. There are a good
many in the country the last few
days.
Ray Powell was on the sick list a
part of last week.
Mrs. Chas. Doane is down from
Kansas City visiting friends.
PLOW BOY.
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FOSTER.

F. r Swarens shipped hogs to Kan
sas City Thursday.
F. M. Cox, Collie Collier, F. A
Scholler and j. G. Doolittle went It
Butler Thursday.
Amos Lloyd was a passenger tc
Butler Saturday evening.
o. J. Scribner came in on the mot
or Saturday from Kansas City.
Born-March LIST to Mr.. and Mrs.
James Treasure, a boy.
J. NJ. Rowland left Thursday for
Kansas City.
Joe Roberts went to Kansas Thurs.
day.
C. H. Clouse of the country north
west of town was an arrival on the
motor, Saturday evening from Butler.
D. H. Arbogast returned Saturday
from Yates Center, Kansas, where he
had been called to see his sister, Aunt
. Harriet Arbogast who is critically i'll
at that place.
j. L. Bell reports his brother still
very low.
FRED Bell came in Sunday from
Kansas City.
Born--March End to Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Webb, a girl.
John Bailey left Friday over the
Kansas City Southern for Washing
ton, D. C. to attend the Inauguration
of President Wilson. If John does
mot get place in the cabinet he will
be with the multitude of Cookers on. 3"
The Democrats of Walnut town.
ship are hereby notified that their
annual convention will be held at
Foster, Tuesday March IS, 1918.
Please bear this in mind and. not for
get the date, March 18th.
j. F. Cecil, Com.
w. j. Parleir informed us that his
store room in the bank building is
for rent and will be vacated by Clar-
ence Click, dry goods and groceries
in the next thirty days.
Joker Scarnier came in Sunday
from Oklahoma, where he had been
as manager of the J. E. Neukirk
ranch.
Residence Burns
Early Saturday. morning the resi-
dence Of Joe Roberts On 18th street
street. burned, together with ID con-
teuts
PM. l1eCullon, who occupied .
ruoA upGllifs hid = narrow escape
"a 1T Il wardrobe and fbgnfy.
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West Star Items.

Well, such beautiful spring weattih-
er as we are having now. And it's
to be hoped that it stays this way for
while. 1t will make us feel like
getting ready for spring work.
Rome and Verne Silvers had the
hay balers at their house baling the
first of the week. Mrs. Newton
Wright cooked for their men. The
boys also killed a hog Tuesday morn
ing.
Mrs. Ethel Rogers has been quite
poorly the past week. DR.. ley was
called and pronounced itnervousness.
She is much better at this writing.
The roads are very muddy every
where now.
The mumps are in the country,
now. A few Of the children around
here have had them but we have
heard Of no serious cases.
Frank Daniels helped Ed Morris
move the last of the week but we
don't know any Of the particulars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Daniels and
daughter Mae and Miss Flossie Med
ley spent pleasant day with Lutte.
Thomas and family.
b e i
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The professor estimated his loss at
about $500.
There was some insurance on the
house, the amount we we were un-
able to learn. D1NAH.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
REAL ESTATE SALES.

The 80 acre farm and home of Henry
Pusey, located at Houston, was sold this
past week through the agency of Charles
NJ. Hammond, to Mr.. Wilson, who bought
it for a home at S3400 Mr.. Pusey mas
not decided where he will locate and
may move to Milford
Several valuable farms in the vicinity
of Milford have changed owners in the
past two weeks, and the buyers have
been mostly home people who are culling
out for investment. Recently Short &
Hall bought two handsomely located
farms from A. W. Powell of the Milford
Trust Company, and last Saturday they
sold both to local owners of land at
fair profit The first farm is known as
the Lewis Farm, - about one mile south
from Frederick and on the road leading
to Milford. and it was bought by Jen-
nings Mills, of near Milford, for $40, 900.
The other farm is what is known as the
Harrington Farm. z" located near Spring
Branch FIVE miles northwest from Mil
ford, which was purchased by practi-
cal farmer, Harry Clendaniel, for $1,000.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
CONDENSED news ITEMS
Paragraphs OF a Local Nature
for Rapid Readers
Big Th0rsday at the shore resorts nov

Big Thursday at the shore resorts now.
Canteloupes are fine favored this sea-
son.
A new bridge is needed at Railroad
Avenue.
The Faithful Circle Of Kings Daugh-
ters viii meet on Wednesday, August
18th. at $50 P. M, with Miss Elizabeth
Collins.
1t now seems certain that the Della
ware Bay viii be the repository or hatch
ing grounds of three carloads of sturgeon
fry purchased by the National Govern
ment from Rumania. Several years ago
fishermen made money in the sturgeon
business along both the Delaware and
Jersey shores of the bay ami river, but
the fish suddenly ran out. " 1t is now
believed the industry will be completely
Sturgeon roe, known as caviare,
is constantly Increasing in price until
the 81 a pound rate is talked Of.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
BASE BALL.

The Milford Lumber Company viii
play Bowers Beach at that resort this
Saturday afternoon.
The Caulk team play Dover at Milford
this Saturday afternoon. An exciting
and interesting game will be the result.
Don t miss it.
The Milford team was to have played
Ridgley on Tuesday but were disap-
pointed through some misunderstanding
of arrangements, consequently there
was no game.
The Caulk Company motored to Fred
erica last Saturday and played some
ball, " shutting Frederick out by a score
of 10 to 0. The sensational features of
the game We're Catcher Davis batting (;
one single, two 2-baggers and a home
run are TO his credit on the score book,
while Chamberlain swat for q three
bagger, scoring two runs. certainly
helped some. Shaw. as usual, made one
Of his sensational catches in right field.
The boys are loud in their praise of the
treatment received at the hands of the
team. and with the fair deal
given by the home umpire. Carlisle Of
Milford umpired bases.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
FINE BASKET OF PEACHES.

The editor of the Chronicle received
a basket Of Ray peaches from J. G.
Harrison & Sons, of Berlin. Md, this
week. which was the finest lot of peaches
seen in Milford so far this season. The
managers of Harrison's Nurseries state
that in point Of sales this peach stands
next to the Elberta with them. They
have 1000 trees of the Ray peach and
all of them are loaded with fine fruit.
The Ray peach ripens between August
10 and 25th. Its ripening period extends
over a period half again as long as most
varieties cover. TIE fruit is white with
a good sized and most attractive red
blush of delicate shade. The flesh is
white, with no stain at the stone; firm
of the most excellent quality, juicy,
delicious, tender and keeps we'll The
Ray is an excellent shipper, of fine APP
pearance, even with much handling.
The trees are except ptionally strong grow
ers. shapely and symmetrical. A regular
bearer of big crops The Ray peach has
been tested in all parts of the country
and has proven satisfactory in all locali-
ties. The Harrison Nurseries have
of these trees in bearing in
states, all of which are DONG
fine.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
BATHERS A NUISANCE.

A letter from Mrs. George W. Jones,
who resides at the Marshall Mills, at
the eastern side Of South Milford, writes
of an annoyance which she and others
have been subjected to for several weeks.
and requests that the Chronicle aid her
in having the trouble removed. The
whole trouble is caused by men and boys,
who without regard for public deeency,
20 to the pond and battle in the nude
state. To add to the annoyance to the
families residing nearby, the bathers
swear and use foul language not tlt for
decent people to hear. Mrs. Jones
complains very justly of this annoyance.
and asks that the ladies be protected
from the boys and badly bred men who
are causing this trouble. There is ample
law to protect these people, and it is up
to them to cause warrants to be issued
for the arrest of the guilty parties. Any
constable has the right to prevent inde-
cent exposure at any place or under any
conditions. The Chronicle will gladly
assist in breaking up the nuisance, but
the the real work is up to the people
themselves. They must secure the names
and the time when these ofenses are
committed, and then act through the
law. All the warnings through the paper
will be unavailing, unless the ones who
are annoyed follow it up with prOsecu-
tions. THEO. TOWNSEND, Editor.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
CANNON NOW
Justice OF The PEACE

Governor Miller on Tuesday last am
nounced from the State House in Dover
the following appointments
James w. Cannon, Justice of the Peace
and Notary Public at Milford. for term
Of four years from August 5th. 1913.
Horace L. Diiworth, Of Montchanin.
member Of the New Castle County School
Commission for a term of two years
Members Of the State Board of Ac-
eountancy, created under Chapter 9S
Vol. 27, Laws of Delaware Peter I.
Wrigat, Wilmington, for a term of three
years from August 5th. 1913 Theodore
Townsend. Milford, for term of two
years from August 9Th, 1913. The third
member of the board viii be appointed
later by the governor,
The people of Milford have long felt
the need Of a Justice Of the Peace for
North Milford most of the legal busi-
ness having been conducted at Hsrring-
ton for several months. Captain Cannon
Is a young man who will fill the office
with credit.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
CHURCH NEWS.

This paper POSITIVELY WILL NOT
receive notices for this column after
Wednesday noon of each week. If you
cannot get them to US before that date,
do not bring or send them later If they
are sent they will be destroyed and not
used. This notice is FINAL, and ap-
plies to everybody.
St. Johns Church Mass. Sermon and
Benediction every Sunday at a m No
evening service during August. All are
welcome. Rev. NJ. J. Dougherty.
Preaching at Central NJ. P. Church on
Sunday at 8 p. m. Mid-week services
at the First NJ. P. Church on Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday evenings at 7.45.
Christ Church-August 10. (12th Sun
day after Trinity.) Sunday School, $50
a. m; Holy Communion, 1870 a. m;
Evensong, 6 p. m. The rector will re-
turn to Milford on Sundays in August
for services as above. All are cordially
invited.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
BUILDING OPERATIONS IN MILFORD.

The large residence of George 3.
Hynson. which is being erected on the
south shore of Silver Lake. in South
Milford, is seventy-fve per cent com
pleted, and the contractor is rushing it
as fast as possible.
Next to this residence is another for
William Smith. who has bound the con-
tractor, William Shockley, to have it
ready for occupancy before Christmas.
The foundations are now completed and
when finished it will be a very ro0my
square residence.
A building permit was given by Town
Council to John Ingram to erect a dwell
ing and other Outbuildings necessary on
a lot at the intersection of Washington
Street and Boundary Line in South Mil
ford. The work is going forward rapidly.
The Watson block of stores is about
80 per cent completed, and they will
make a very striking effect after the
large plate glass windows are set.
The new stores to be built BY Mrs.
Lydia C. Jump on North Walnut Street
will be much larger and more desirable
than they were at first intended to be,
as she has purchased from Dr. Robert
Y. Watson and the Masonic fraternity,
additional ground in the rear and will
therefore extend the structure back
twenty-five or more feet. The theatre
will be very attractive if the drawings
are carried into effect.
Several buildings are undergoing re-
pair and rem0deling.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
FRIDAYS HEAVY RAIN
And ELECTRICAL STORM

he unusually hot weather which pre-
vailed during the last week ofJuly. was
broken last Friday night by a severe
ram and electrical storm, which caused
much anxiety while it lasted about two
hours. The clouds hung black and angry
looking across the northern heavens FOR
an hour before the rain came, and the
surprising part was the absence of any
nigh winds accompanying the rain but
the electrlal display was terrifying to
many people. Crash after crash of
thunder followed the binding flashes of
lightning. while the whole atmosphere
seemed to be ablaze with electricity. In
the two hours nearly two and a half
inches of water fen, and so steadily that
the culverts and sewers We're taxed be-
yond their capacity to take it away. On
W alnut Street, in Milford, the business
part of the town was under several
inches of water, which soon drained
away after the down-pour stopped. Dur
ing the storm several places were struck
by lightning, and damage was sustained
in more or less considerable amounts.
The home of Captain James W. Cannon,
on Pear Street, had every window pane
shattered on its front side and the roof
AlAAiAeAENA 4 AAE nN4A 1Al AAh a luA NE "a &C
in front of the home, and when the glass
shattered, it fell upon his children sleep
ing in the second story, but they were
not seriously injured. Some glass was
broken in the home of Ralph Prettyman,
adjoining to Captain Cannon. A barn
owned by Everett Reese. on his home
farm, just beyond Marvel's Cross Roads,
on the road to Harrington, was struck
and entirely consumed with its contents. |
The freight depot at Robbins Station
was struck and destroyed with consid-
cradle freight which had arrived during
the day. On the Ben Burton farm near /
trederica the stables were struck and
burned but the stock was saved. The
house on the home farm Of Levy Court f.
man George H. Reed was struck, but
the fire was extinguished without much
damage being done.
The roads were badly washed in many
places, and the streets of Milford had
to be gone over by the highway en- ]
ployees to remove limbs of trees and [
clear out the sewer inlets. 1t was nee T.
essary to turn the water on the paved .
streets and wash into the sewers the ac- /
of sand and litter which I
choked out many inlets.
Farmers commenced to plow their .
fields which are to be sown to wheat in .
October, and it is safe to say that much
Of this kind Of work will be accomplished
before the tomato season opens
In isolated spots the wind seemed to
nave considerable force, and fields of
corn were blown fiat to the ground, but
that is no real injury to that crop. The /
tomatoes were in splendid shape to .
stand the storm and it was a fine thing
ior that crop.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
OUR CIRCULATION EACH WEEK.

We have taken the following figures
from the record kept each week by the
pressman who runs off the edition of the
Milford Chronicle, and which agrees
with the record of newspaper stock used
as kept by the office, and they will be
of interest to those who use the columns
of the Chronicle for advertising purposes,
and at the same time show to the public
why the advertisers in the Chronicle
persist in using it to get results for their
time and money expended in the pre-
paration of the advertising each week,
and for the space used. The number of
papers printed each week since the first
of January, 1913, is as follows:
January 3rd, 429l 10th, 4379; 18th,
4l92; oath, 423l 3lst, 4240; total for
January of q, 323 copies.
February 7th, 4207; l4th, 1921 2lst,
1926 25th, APIS; total of Is, 978.
March 7th, 428l 14th, 4237 2lst.
4241 28th, 4273; a total of 1922.
April 4th, 1880 llth, 1920 18th, 4205
25th, 4290: total of II, l55.
May End, 4285 9th, 1920 18th, 1890
23rd, 4295; Both, 1920 a total of p, 450.
June 6th, 4285; 18th, 1920 Goth, 1926
27th, 4300; a total of II, l55.
July 4th, 1925; 1lth, 4300 18th, 4330
25th, 4340 total of II, 295.
Which makes a grand total printed
for the thirty weeks in 1913, l2S, 3SS
copies of the Chronicle.
Our books and records are open for
for any or all persons inter
ested in these figures, and the list is
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
SCHOONER SUNK BY LOCOMOTIVE.

The following appeard in the Phia-
delphia Record asst Monday and may be
of interest tn some of our readers
PrObaly in no place except Camden could
q collision between a locomotive and a
schooner occur. Navigation on Cooper s
Creek has been paralyzed nearly a week,
however, by just such an accident. 1t
was only yesterday that the vessel, the
Alexis, from Milford, Delaware, was
raised from the bottom of the stream by
the Craemer Wrecking Company, after
she had lain>in mid d-channel for several
days, causing great inconvenience and
considerable loss to Philadelphia tug and
barge owners as well as to the various
manufacturing plants that use the creek
as thOrOughfare Of commerce.
The Alexis came up the Delaware
River a week ago carrying a cargo of
salt hay. She anchored in the stream
to await a discharging berth and finally
was ordered to COoper's Creek. Her
deck load was staked up so high that the
hay obscured the vision of the man at
the wheel, ana it was necessary to have
lookout on duty forward while navi-
eating the tortuous creek.
1t is thought that the fact that the
cargo interfered with the helmsman's s
vision was the reason that, when the
schooner finally was made fast to
wharf, her boysprit was inadvertently
permitted to stick out over a bridge
that carries the railroard tracks along
the bank of the creek. Hardly had the
work of discharging the cargo begun
when those on board were startled by
a loud crash accompanied by a severe
jarring of the vessel. Before the ma
ture of the accident could be learned the
craft began to fill rapidly and the crew
had barely time to scramble ashore when
she sank.
Then an investigation was made and
it was discovered that a passing loco
motive had carried away both bowsprit
and jibbOom. This caused the seams of /
the schooner to open and the water rush |
ed in so quickly that she sank in a few
The engineer of the lOcomo- /
tive apparently did not notice that a
collision had occurred for he did not halt /
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
TAPPING SLWERS.

Permits have been given by the Street
Committee of Town Council in Milford
for connections to be made with the
sewers for the following properties dur
ing the past week Mrs. Cora Hurlock,
two properties on Causey Avenue; Jacob
Allen, residence on Causey Avenue /;
estate of Mrs. Ruth T. Carlisle, three
properties on West Front Street, North
Milford Mrs. Comfort Pierce property
corner Front and Montgomery Streets,
South Milford j. Wesley Bennett prop
erty on Lake View Avenue, Miss Mary
c. Kinder, Albert E. Archer, James P.
Pierce, Robert H. Pierce, G.. Layton
Grier, G. Marshall Townsend, Robert P.
Davis, Esq, Frank L, Grier and the
Caulk Laboratory.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
PRESERVING SEASON NOW ON.

The stock of canned peaches or pre-
served fruit for the coming winter sea
son will have to be taken care IF now or
it will be too late. The Elberta peach
is now in market, and another week
will see it passed. There are few varie-
ties of white fruit of any kind to ripen
now. Plums are very scarce and are
not to be had, while the huckleberry is
an entire failure. Only one fruit which
is used in preserving exclusively is prom
ising of a full crop in this section and
that is the ounce. 1t has more fruit on
the trees this season than we ever saw
before in Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
FOUR PEACH CROPS IN SUCCESSION.

On the farm of Medford Jones, who
resides at the eastern bOundaryof South
Milford, is q small peach orchard which
has now its fourth consecutive crop Of
fruit almost ready for picking. The
orchard now consists of about two hun
dred trees, and they are bent to the
ground with their load of peaches, mostly
Of the Belle of Georgia and Elbsrta va
rieties. He will have 1000 baskets or
more of these, and from prices which
have been realized for peaches up 10
date. it is a fair estimate that $1,000 will
reward Mr.. Jones for his care of the
orchard and proper handling of the crop
now almost in the marketable stage.
Last year these trees paid him over
1920. and the average for the four years
has been over $1,000. He has q hand
some poultry and small fruit farm con
nected with these.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
The BOY SCOUTS TRIP.

Troop No. l of Milford Boy Scouts
have returned home after spending ten
days at Slaughter Beach. The boys all
enjoyed themselves immensely and spent
most of their time swimming and fish
ing. The regular routine set down for
the Scouts was carried out to the letter
and much credit should be given Watson
Pierce, the Assistant Scout Master, who
had charge of the boys while at the
beach. On Friday night heavy rain
storm struck the tents in which the boys
were staying, several of them being
blown down. but no further damage was
reported. The Scouts are now eontem-
plating a trip to Rehoboth the latter
part of this month.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
OBITUARY.
BALsLEY.

Charles c. Balsley, aged n years, died
at his home at Shawnee on Friday night
August 1st. 1913. He was born in Pitts
burgh, Pa, April l1th, 1896, and re-
sided there until thirteen years ago,
when he came to Delaware to live. He
purchased farm at Shawnee. and made
that his home. He is survived by wife
and two sons. His remains were laid
at rest in Odd Fellows Cemetery on
Monday afternoon, with the Masonic
rites by members of Temple Lodge No.
9, Of Milford. after funeral services at
the home by Rev. L. A. Bennett had
been 0Inpietsd.
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-08
ENJOY CAMP MEETINGS.

In all parts of the Delaware and Mary
land peninsula the colored folks are hold
inc either camp or woods meetings and
each Sunday especially do they gather
in great numbers to attend the services
and the social greetings OF each other
One meeting in Slaughter Neck last
Sunday drew fully one thousand colored
people and scores of white people to-
gether. At Greenwood another large
gathering at the camp meeting was held
at which many Milford colored people
were in attendance.