Milford chronicle., 1915-09-10
GREENWOOD.

The shooting and death of Young
AlDert Frys at the home of his father.
Ernest Frys, last Wednesday. was
one OF the accidents which cast es-
peclally sadness over a community
lids boys had been shooting with q
small rifle, which they supposad to
nave enptied Of all its bullets. when
AlDert, the youngest. started TO the
mouse 10 get more cartridges. and af-
ter getting away q short distance ne
called back to the Others. "ler If
come. The older boy. thinking the
fiue unioaded, aimed az the otlcr and
pulled the trigger. when to his sor-
row am explosion followed. ana bull
let landed in Albert's hip, Just graz
ing the hip bone, and then entered in
70 the stomach. Albert lived until
thursday morning, but nothing could
save him. His funeral was held i'm
the Al. b. Church ON Sunday morning.
ana lnlerment was made at St. Johns
town cemetery. There are nine other
children OF the same family. Ii is
another case where a rifle supposed to
be unloaded proved more deadly than
loaded gun, for in the latter case.
the boy would not have pointed it or
pulled the trigger when it was pointed
at another person.
The Frank A. Robbins Circus will
be in Greenwood on Tuesday. Sent
list and the tents will be pitched
close to the NJ. ID. q v. railroad sta
uon. on lands of VIM Hollis. This is
the largest show that ever stopped at
Greenwood and indicates that the
town is growing i'm Importance.
sadie Smith. aged 6 years. who re-
sides near Greenwood. is very i'll. On
Easter last she was at Laurel taking
examinations when the big snow
came and there she caught cold. and
has not been well since.
Frank c. Richards who recently
came here and opened a barber shop.
has moved TO the new rooms in the
brick block built by f. W. Parker on
the west side of the railroad. where
he has fitted up one of the up-to-date
shops usually found in the cities: it
has electric machinery for massage
work and all the latest accessories.
Two of our competent young wo-
men, Misses LYDIA Lynch and Rhoda |
Wiley, have gone to Laurel. where /
they are part OF the corps OF teachers |
in the public schools of that town.
1t cannot be denied that base ball |
will draw crowds of people in this |
part of Delaware, and last Saturday |
they came from far and near to see |
the game played on the Greenwood |
grounds The streets and alleys were |
lined with teams and automobiles |
On the west side of the railroad there
were 80 teams and seven automobiles
while on the east side there were SO
carriages and two automobiles. and
several teams and autos were at the
ball grounds
Francis Donovan is seriously i'll at
he home of her parents. Her trOu-
Die seems to be tuberculosis Of the
)One, so the physicians state.
Charles Prettyman is recovering
rom a recent illness.
Virginia Lyons and Olive Wiley
lave returned from their visit to the
River friends in Vir-
,inia.
Floyd Morgan of Denton is passing
few days with his cousins here,
'harles and Carlton Morgan.
Miss Bessie Reynolds has been en-
visitors this week.
The public schools of Greenwood
re starting the work Of the school |
ear in pleasing shape, and it is eX-
ected that the number of outside
upils will be increased as the work ,,
f the school gains reputation for its ,
Ugh grade work. All children com ,,
lg from the rural districts to the in
or town schools, must
ow pass an examination before they
an attend at the expense Of the state !
/ these schools, and as the country 4
,hools have been generally maintain
4 at very ordinary standard, the
iildren are not prepared in country
ehools to enter the next high grade =
the town schools.
1t is safe to 'prOgnosticate that "
lere will be a big crowd at the cir T.
rs. and the short crops will not +
lake any difference to the people
no cry "hard times when they are "
sked to settle an old account for the "
ecessities of life.