Milford chronicle., 1913-04-18
BOWERS

! The Ladies Aid are going to give a
church supper next Saturday evening,
April 18th. Everybody is invited to
attend and help a good cause along and
by the way the ladies' of this town are
noted for their good cooking and genial
hospitality.
Our popular merchant, f. R. Williams,
has started his bakery the past week
and has secured a first class baker who
is an expert on the making of bread,
cakes and pies. The writer can vouch
for them as ne has sampled them all.
Miss Emma Camper, a trained nurse
of Philadelphia, is making an extended
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Davidson.
Mrs. Walter S. Camper and daughter
Pearl took trip to Philadelphia the
past week on the steamer Frederica.
Miss Lizzie H. Cohee, one of our pro
gressive farmers and fancy chicken
breeders, spent the past week in Phila-
delphia looking over the latest spring
and summer styles we presume.
J. Frank Salevan and G. Marshall
Townsend, of Milford, were Sunday Wis
itors of Mr.. and Mrs. W. 5. Davidson.
Miss Reba Lord, of Greenwood, is on
an extended visit to her friend, Miss
Bessie COvington of near TOW n
+. NJ. Donovan, practical farmer of
this community, is some bugs on the re-
pairing of automobiles and is always
ready and willing to lend aid to those
that are in trouble and need the aid of
an expert.
W. e. Salevan of near town, after
consulting several boss carpenters and
draughtsmen concerning the building of
a hay rack, has at last comp eted one
that by correct weight tipped the scales
at twelve hundred pounds. (Some rack
people,.
The farmers in this vicinity have
about all gotten their tomato seed sown, /
and all are ready to plant corn and
would have been done but for the big
rains of last Saturday. l tell you the
agriculturists of this district are a hust- /
ling set of intelligent men and the neigh
boring districts that try to keep pace
with them have to rise very early in the .
morn.
To the land owners along the road .
from Bowers to the Poplars Point, why .
not get together and petition to the .
Levy Court for permanent good road. .
l imagine if not all majority of sign
ers could be had as a majority is suffi-
cient to rule in this case, and remember
life is too short to delay in this case and
the sooner you get the road the longer
you will have the pleasure of enjoying it.
The two farms of John +. Grier, now
deceased, situated on the road leading
from Bowers to Fre1erica and the house
in Frederica where Mrs. j. +. Grier re-
sides, will be exposed to public sale in
front of the hotel in the town of Fred
erica on Saturday, April Goth. at p. m.
E. T. Williams, hustling and ingeni-
Ous farmer near town, is thinking of in
stalling electric lights in his home and
providing gasoline drops to
ten cents per gallon.
James Thompson, one of our expert
fishermen, thinks that the shad are about
lone for this season, but expects to
make quite a good catch of those good
I'D Delaware Bay trout this week.
The weather permitting there will be
A dance at the Hotel johnson Casino
N Saturday evening, April Goth. Every
body invited, and the gentlemen are
lsked to please bring their lady friends.
Rev. w. E. Matthews, our new min
ster who has been stationed on this
harge for the coming year, preached
lis first sermon at Bowers last Sunday
o quite large and interested congre-
,ation. Every one present seemed to
,e very favorably impressed with Bro.
Matthew's and his talk, and we do hope
hat the members and citizens in gen
raj will turn out and by their actions
ct our minister feel that We appreciate
he work, he is doing amongst US and
or our souls salvation. ST. PAUL.