Milford chronicle., 1915-02-05
BRIDGEvILLE

| nC AOuIlu conference
Union M. f. Church, at Bridgeville, wa
held on January 22, in the church, witt
DIR, K. K. Stephenson, the District Su
perintendent, presiding. Interesting re
ports of the church were read and Rev
Howard Davis, the pastor, was commen
ded for the excellent progress attained
The members of the congregation dis
played much enthusiasm and extended
unanimous call to the pastor to return
to Bridgeville charge for another year
He was assigned to Bridgeville in March
OF last year, after having conducted sue
cessfully the work of the church at Cape
Charles, Va. He is one of the promis-
ing Young men of the Wilmington NJ. E.
Conference, and has been elected the
president of the Dover district Epworth
League. He has been working earnestly
and is held in high esteem by the people
of the community. He is now planning
a series of revivals to begin on February
| IA, and has secured the Berge Sisters,
to sing during the series. Pastor Davis
is spending several days of this week in
Philadelphia, for the purpose of listening
to the sermons preached by Billy Gun
day.
In few days Oliver A. Newton who is
member of the State Senate, will start
a mammoth incubator at his poultry
plant on his farm near Bridgeville. Ee
has been compelled to turn down num-
Der of large orders for Matching chicks
for customers, because of the many adj
vanced orders booked by the great straw
berry growers of that section. He uses
the Candee incubator almost exclusively
at his plant. The strawberry growers in
some sections around Bridgeville have
suffered from the ravages of the wevil,
which destroys the strawberry plants and
makes failure of field where it finds
lodgment, and this has taught the far
mers to place reliance in the poultry bus
mess as profit earning from their farms,
and the little chicks have come to their
relief, and they are doing wonders.
One farmer and berry grower had two
thousand eggs set in this large machine
last season, and he claims that the little
chicks which resulted, made him over
$500 in that season. He has made
fair test in the past two years by placing
the chicks on certain parts of the berry
fields. Where the chicks were permit
ted to range, he had lots of fine straw
berries, and on the parts where the chicks
did not roam the berries were very few
after the wevil had got in its damaging
work; so the chicks are money makers in
several ways.
Some farmers use hens to brood the |
chicks after they are taken from the ma
crime, but the old hen isn't always ac-
commodating, and often she does not |
get in the broody turn of mind until too |
late in the season. The chicks must be |
early so as to have the size to stand the
weather. To successfully DO this work, |
a number of the people have warmed |
broOders, and unless this is provided, the |
change from a warm temperature to |
chilled air would ruin them. The Can
dee people are putting out a Colony |
Brooder in which from 500 to 700 chicks
are hovered in one brood, and the cost
Of warming is only four cents per day.
After the chicks are taken from the
strawberry fields, they are sent to mar
ket for broilers, and have always brought
good prices. The young chick business
looks like good business proposition, as
it kills two birds with one stone; saves
the strawberry from the wevil and gives
a profit for raising the chickens.
At the regular town election last Mon
lay the voting was spirited, and the fol-
owing officers were elected c. H. Todd,
Alderman; J. w. Dimes, Treasurer c.
z. Lewis, Assessor; A. R. King, Com
missioner for one year; Horace Sudler
md T. c. Curry, Commissioners for two
'ears.
The bake" held for the benefit of the
fire Company, of this town last Friday
md Saturday evenings, was very success
ul. In all total of Sl60 was realized .
rom the affair.
Misses Belva Wheatley and Hattie Can
ion, of near Galestown, Md, were visi-
Ors here this week.
Joseph Willen. of Cambridge, Md, :
) visiting relatives here.
Sol. Kline has returned from a bust
ess trip to New York, Philadelphia and
baltimore.
Elkton G. Adams, of Smyrna, visited
elatives here the first of the week.
Esquire Matthew S. Newton, formerly
fBridgeville, died suddenly at his late
esidence at Blades Sunday evening.
lis manv friends here are sorry to learn
fihis sudden death.
While unloading a carload of gum tim
er at the Layton & Owens Manufactur-
ig Company's Plant, the car was turned
yer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Hubbard are the
roud parents of bouncing baby boy.
lie has already been presented with
air of boxing gloves.
A very interesting lecture was given at
lie schoolhouse last Tuesday evening on
griculture.
A number of young people from Green
ood attended the Minstrel show given
ere last Monday evening.
The Minstrel show, given for the ben s
it of the Eridgevill Cornet Band, was a .
lccess in every respect. The receipts
ON the affair were $1,000. The house
as the largest ever to witness a home
lent play in Bridgeville. =
Deeds, mortgages, bonds, notes double =
single, probate blanks, sale bills and
her legal blanks, can be had at the
rber shop of Luther Calhoun, in
idgeville Mr. Calhoun is the agent in n
idgeville for the Milford Chronicle n
Co. and will receive advertise
ents or orders for Job printing