Milford chronicle., 1913-02-28
DRUNKS DISTURB
QUIET GREENWOOD
No Arrests Made Even Though the Men
Were Drunk Two Days. Big Surprise
Party. Greenwood Gun Club Gets a
Trouncing. Other Items.

After having enjoyed two months of
peace with no brawls caused by the
liquor drinking element, Greenwood was
again annoyed last Saturday evening"
Last week some of our young men load
ed up with booze, started to fight, with
the result that some of them were bad
! ly cut and bruised. On Sunday these
men were still drunk, but the author
tiles took no action in the matter. The
attention of the officers is called to these
| offienses against the better element of
| the citizens of Greenwood. If the men
who have the power will act and give
each offender his just dues this nuisance
will be broken up, just as it has in Mil
ford since the installation of Alderman
Latchum in Office.
LeOla Ratledge was taken to the
Methodist Hospital last Friday by her
uncle, j. 7. Wiley. At this time she
is no better.
James Long and wife, of Delmar, Wis
tied at the home of his mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Long, last Sunday.
Mr.. Poole who has been in the cloth |
ing business here for two years past, |
will return to fredericksburg this week. |
A shooting match, in which the Nanti- !
coke Gun Club and the Greenwood Gun |
Club were the contestants, was held /
at the Shaw and Healy farm recently.
Greenwood made very poor showing
and was defeated by her opponents.
The public school of Greenwood had
a box social last Saturday night, at
which about S25 was cleared
Olive Wiley has been spending a week
with the Misses Hayes.
Ia IIarvog hoe -av.AaI L., ,
from Abe Ricards and is storing his
therein.
Elsie Barwick, one of the telephone
operators at Bridgeville, visited her /
parents here last week.
Mrs. Coda Owens, widow of Harry :
Owens, of Milton, is here visiting her !
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob I
owens.
Sallie Webb and friend visited at the .
lome of her grandmother last Sunday. {
The opening of st. Johnstown Church c
will be held on Sunday, next, Rev. Sum +
ield, of Wilmington, will be in charge. G
The Rev. Sunfield, of Wilmington, L
will preach in the M. E. Church next q
sunday evening. Come and hear him
i'm he is an eloquent speaker. +,
While driving his team of horses y
through the streets of Greenwood, E
lenry DonovOn had a very narrow es- =
ape when the animals ran away. Tbe1 i
orses ran into a tree in w. A. Lonp's =
ard and broke loose from t3e' wagon. "
fortunately, however, Mr.. Donovan =
,as not thrown1C1t. 1t is more than =
kelly that ne Would have been seriously Il
lJured had1he been thrown out. Il
ape 6ickards is quite i'll at this writ r.
g. y y
Oscar Spence visited his home last A
eek. 4
Florence Bradley, of Federasbury, u, "
sited at the home of Thomas Bradley h,
st Sunday. h,
Albert Salisbury has returned home m
gain after ten days visit with friends -,
Wilmington, Philadelphia and New OF
ork. 4
Mrs. Daisy Cox is not much improved
this writing.
The P. B. & w. R. R. has commenced
ork on the double track at Smullers
rossing in sight of Greenwood.
A surprise party was given in honor
Walter Belts and his cousin, Walter H
arey, at the home of Edward Belts on p
onday evening. Those present were M
1na Porter, Lille Short, Leona John
ma Hollis, Ruth Adams, Mildred te
lort, Ralph Hollis, VIM. Houseman, tn
ayes, Clinton Bennett, Earl Poole, nc
d Charles Prettyman. At late hour m
were invited to the dining room tn
lere refreshments were served. All
joyed themselves. da