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Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
CAMPING At SLAUGHTER BEACH.

Miss Emily Jones, Mrs. Virginia
Townsend, Geo. NJ. Townsend, and
William Pierce, moved into camp at
Slaughter Beach last Sunday morn
ing, after the advance party had, with
wagon, taken the supplies and estab-
lished camp for them the evening be-
fore. 1t was expected that this main
body would be reinforced during the
early part of the week by numerous
recruits-and it was. Miss Della Hall,
Miss Laura Salevan, Mrs. Lena Jones,
and others, bivouaced with them dur
ing the week, while daily communica-
tions were maintained by automobile
whenever Mr.. Pierce could find the
time. The bathing was fine, and the
bathing by moonlight was one of the
pleasures of the trip. For
a real quiet, honey and get rested
trip, try weeks camping at Slaugh-
ter Beach; if you doubt this advice,
ask the lady in charge of the Office in
the Milford Chronicle Office, or Billy
Pierce.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
BROWNS IN EFFORT TO SAVE GIRL

Guy Baker, 20 years old, member
of an excursion party from Gumboro-
Del. was drowned at Ocean City, Md,
last Friday. Baker was a member OF
the Gumboro band and was bathing
with his fellow musicians when he
was attracted by the cries of help Of
Miss Sallie GOnsky, of New York. Al
though unable to swim the young man
went to the girls assistance. He soon
got beyond his depth. Robert Ayres,
of Philadelphia, and HerbeHt Wier, OF
Baltimore, were the first to reach
Miss Gonsky. They gave her life
belt and started for Baker, who was IN
grave danger. Ayres got within sew
eraI feet of him and was about to gran
him when a large breaker separated
them. driving Baker from sight. the
bathers searched in vain for over an
hour for him but his body has not
been recovered. Miss Gonsky, after
attaching the life belt, managed to get
to shore unassisted. The body was
found on Monday and sent to the
home of his parents.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
BEAUTIFUL FRUIT TREES.

Six thousand baskets of ripe peach
es hanging in beautiful coloring and
large clusters is a sight to be seen
this week in the orchard owned by
Ernest Hammond, who is a commits
sion merchant in Philadelphia, but
who operates a fruit farm just east
from Milford, one that is known as
deep Branch" On Monday they
loaded three carloads of peaches
from these trees, and they were of the
Belle of Georgia and Elberta varieties,
two of the best known peaches grown
in this day and time. The orchard
has received every attention that can
be given to peach trees; they have
been sprayed three times this season,
gone over carefully for the bOrer at
the root, trimmed scientifically, culti-
waited until the limbs dropped so low
that horses could not go under them,
and finally the peaches are gathered
and carefully packed into carriers and
then loaded into refrigerator cars and
shipped to Mr.. Hammond at Philadel-
phia. If weather permits he will ship
out ten carloads of peaches from this
one orchard this week. Many have
been drawn from distance to look at
JnlS nduuSOMe sight Ol an OICHdIu
hanging with beautiful fruit, ready
for the consumer, and some of these
came from Philadelphia, 100 miles
distant. A few years ago Mr.. Ham
mond bought this farm at price sup
posed to be large, but he knew what
he was doing, for it is located in the
center of what was once the largest
fruit producing section in upper Sus-
sex County, but the yellOws and scale
had swept the orchards and almost all
other kinds of fruit out of existence, |
and some thought fruit growing had
passed. Mr.. Hammond believed other
wise, and so he caused a peach orch |
ard with other fruits to be planted and |
the orchard now in bearing justifies /
his confidence in intelligent and prac- |
tical cultivation to produce profitable |
crops of peaches in this part of Del |
aware. He was bred. born and raised |
in Delaware, and has faith in his nat
i've soil. knowledge and industry will |
win in Delaware as well as in any |
other state in the union.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
COOL WEATHER FOLLOWS HOT SPELL.

With a temperature ranging be-
tween so and 80 degrees during the
day, and from S5 to 20 at night, and
humidity of dampness in the air al
most it's equivalent in per cent, this
part of Delaware for two weeks had
one of the most unpleasant spells of
the summer so far, but last Tuesday
evening the conditions jumped to the
opposite extreme, and the mercury in
a Sight tumbled about thirty degrees.
Wednesday morning heavy clothing
was comfortable, and a dry wind made
life worth living for everybody. The
fruit responded to- the change in the
atmosphere and it came to market
firm and dry, in a condition that it
could be shipped with assurance that
it would arrive in the city market al
most sound and in shape for eating.
To accommodate the shippers of peach
es especially, the Steamer George F.
Pierce will lay at her wharf III Mil
ford all day on Monday next until
seven o'clock in the evening, and load
peaches for Philadelphia. This will
put them in early market and very
much less freight rate than by the
railroad, and in better condition when
thew get there
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
A VISIT TO SUSSEX ALMSHOUSE.

1. T. Baker and family of Glendale
motored to the Sussex County aims
house near Georgetown last Sunday
afternoon, over the new gravel road
and passed some time there with the
poor inmates, where most of them ap-
peared to be cOntented and awaiting
the last roll call in peace. Many cases
are really pathetic, and would arouse
the sympathy of the most unconcern-
ed. Mr.. Baker states that the trip
was of especial interest to him, and
believes that a visit to the institution
would result in more interest on the
part of the public, and create more
sympathy with the poor generally; it
would be especially beneficial to those
of naughty spirit. One inmate is a
woman who is almost totally blind,
and she stated that the County Farm
had been her only home for nearly
seventy years, being taken there when
she was a small girl. He says if there
be any who would appreciate talking
with one who realizes and trusts in
a bright, home hope" to come, he
would advise them to call and see this
old lady. If there is no crown for
such as she, who is happy and cheer
full under the afflictiOn of blindness,
and with her spirit of gratitude as she
seems to be, l venture to say that
there is none whatever for those who
are well favored by the affairs of this
world. Mr.. Bakers suggestion should
be followed by others; it cheers the
waning days of the inmates, and keeps
alive the sympathetic feeling for the
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
ROUNDING UP The ROUGH NECKS.

The police force of Milford has been
rounding up the men and women who
have been common nuisances in a way
for months past, and the Alderman
has been imposing sitter fines upon
those arrested, which has resulted in
some going to the County Jail under
the new laws enacted by the last leg
islature. Harry Mark was sent up for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct
for failing to pay the fine and costs i'm
posed, which were about S12, and this
will keep him at the county Jail about
forty days, or more. Others got their
friends to get the sums together and
save them from the Jail sentence. Lii
Powell, colored woman, cut a color
ed man with a knife, and she was held
for Jail under a peace bond. The com
mon drunks and disturbers of the
peace have been contributing about
ten dollars each for the public treas
ury for their happiness with whiskey
for a brief hour. This policy will be
good in several ways; it will help the
town treasury; it will deprive the men
of money to be used to debauch them
selves, and make peace and good ord
er thereby.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
WATSON GRAND Chief
OF DELAWARE, B. OF A.

The forty-sixth annual session of
the Grand Circle of Delaware, Broth
erhood of America, was in session in
Milford on Tuesday. The reports of
the officers and committees were read
before a full attendance. The follow
ing officers were nominated and elect
ed at the morning session: Past
Grand Chief Washington, Jacob A.
Burton. of Millsboro; Grand Chief
Washington, Samuel c. Watson, of
Wilmington; Grand Chief Jefferson,
Charles H. Lane. of Harrington;
Grand Chief Franklin, Milton A. Duff
field of Little Greek; Grand Herald,
George H. Murray, of Millville; Grand
Watches, W. B. Galloway, of Blades,
and William P. Graham of Milford;
Grand Trustees, George W. ChristOph
er of Laurel and Frank Flanagan, of
Wilmington; representatives to the
Supreme Circle, John E. Abbott of
Little Greek and Jacob T. Wroten, of
Harrington; Supreme HOnOrs, c. H.
Gordy OF Millsboro.
Dover was selected as the next place
of meeting Degrees were conferred
upon eight candidates who were ad-
mitted to the Grand Circle. The ses-
sion closed after the installation of
the officers by the Supreme Scroll
Keeper H. B. Walter, assisted by Su-
preme Clerk John Ruhl.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
A severe ELECTRIC And
rain STORM AT MILFORD

Sunday afternoon a severe electric
storm, accompanied by a heavy down.
fall of rain, struck Milford about 5
o'clock, and caused considerable dam
age to the streets by washing deep
gullies across many of the gravel road
ways, as well as damage to property
generally. The electric part of the
storm was most terrifying, and bolts
struck in four places, the most serious
damage being done to the Episcopal
Church at the corner of Third and
Church streets, North Milford. The
slate on the tower was almost all torn
OFF by the electric currant, which
seems to have struck the apex and
then ran down all sides of the tower
roof and the tower to the main roof
of the church, where it threw off
slate in a spot ten feet square, shat
tered the roof timbers and covered
the church floor with broken plaster.
One square distant a large tree at
the side of the residence of Lewis H.
Ross was shattered, and on West
street near the home of ex-Represen-
tative Perry P. Richards antoher tree
was struck. Mrs. Harry Ennis who
resides near that point, wa sstunned
and for a time was almost Historically
affected, but became quiet after an
hour.
In South Milford the lightning
struck in the rear of a small house
on Franklin Avenue, and passing
through a wire clothes line on which
some clothing had been hung before
the storm came up, it burned the most
of them.
The storm at Slaughter Beach
where large party of ladies' from
Philadelphia are camping in a cottage
and where the Office force of the Mil
ford Chronicle also have camp in the
old hotel at that shore, caused some
excitement, as the wind blew hard
for a few minutes and the lightning
made an awe-inspiring display which
frightened some of the women; but
no other damage was DONE
The storm was remarkably severe,
and unexpected, from the fact that
the cloud in which it developed ap-
peared to be only small affair, and
not accompanied by any warning 9TH
er than the very oppressive humidity
and temperature of about Sc degrees.
This section had had but one day in
the month of August without a rain
fall up to the present, and the most
Of them come either at night or late
in the afternoon; this last one was
followed by a remarkably beautiful
rainbow, which remained in the heaV-
ems for half an hour.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
MANY MOTOR BOATERS FINED.

Oak Orchard, Suddenly swOop-
ing down on motor boat owners Of
Indian River and Bay, the first of the
week, the Federal authorities collect
ed nearly $1,000 in penalties, having
found hardly a boat in operation fitted
up according to government regula-
tions Many of the boats were carry
ing passengers back and forth between
Sandy Landing and Oak Orchard, or
running parties from Millsboro and
Oak Orchard to the fishing grounds.
None were equipped with more than
half a dozen life preservers, some Of
them having none at all while in many
cases the men operating the boats
were not even licensed engineers.
Because of laxity for the past two
or three years and the fact that Gov
ernment inspectors hardly ever ap-
pear, the boatmen on the river were
running things about as they pleased
and taking no safety measures at all.
One prominent boat owner was fined
$500 for the lack of outfit on his boat
All of those caught paid in from S25
to $50. A number of the boats caught
wind of the raid and slipped into
creeks and small harbors, and thus
escaped.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
DROWNING ACCIDENT IN
The MISPILLION RIVER

Edward Stankey, aged 10 years,
whose home was formerly in Phila-
delphia, was drowned in the Mispil-
lion river just before noon on Sunday,
at Gravelly Landing, where he and a
party of five other young men were
bathing. Only two of the six could
swim, and they were Cradick Rhoads,
son of DR.. J. N. Rhoads, of 1885 South
Broad Street, Philadelphia, and Henry
L. Austin, son of x-Representative
Lavinus Austin. The others, Reuben
Bannister and two sons of Isaac Jest
er, were older and larger, but could
not swim, and they were bathing in
the shallow water while the two swim
mers were diving from a board into
the channel. Without warning young
Stankey ran to the diving board and
went over into the deep water, and on
coming to the surface he became pan
ic-stricken and struggled while calling
for help. The swimmers went to him
but the drowning boy got strangle
hold upon them and almost dragged
them down to death with him. The
body was carried down the river with
the tide, but it was recovered on Mon
day morning not far from where the
accident happened. The boy was
brought to Milford several years ago
and placed in the family of Harvey
Clifton, where he lived until recently.
Since then he has resided with James
Evans in Milford Neck.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
CHURCH NEWS.

M. P. Church-The Rev. A. w. Mat
ter, of Seaford, will preach in this
church in Milford next Sunday MORN
ing and evening.
Christ Church-During August Lay
service at 1O:45 a. m. No other SER
vices. The rector is at Rehoboth
Beach in charge of services at All
Saints Chapel.
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Owing to the absence of the pastor
there will be no preaching in this
church on August % and 20. On these
two Sundays the Sunday School will
meet in the morning at 9:45. Song
services will be held from seven to
eight o'clock on Sunday evening, in
charge of the president OF the Ep-
worth League, William Viereck. Class
meeting on Monday at 1880 P. NJ.
First Baptist Sunday, $3.50
a. m; divine worship, 10:45 a. m, A
sermon on Woman's Suffrage, sub
1ect, "The New Woman" 1880 p. M,
Christian Endeavor, led by Harry
Moore, followed by Bible drill by the
pastor. Thursday night. prayer and
praise service. Pastor Davis will be
home the remainder Of August, during
the absence of the other clergymen,
and will gladly respond to any calls,
occasioned by sickness or death.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
AUTOMOBILE DISPLACE
HORSES ON MAIL ROUTES

Tho postmaster at Milford has re-
.oived notice from the U. S. Postal
1onartment in Wash, d. c., that on
Soatamber 1st two of the rural de-
livery mail routes going out from Mil
tord will be consolidated into one
md that the people on the new route
will be served by automobile delivery
oocb dav.; the mail leaving at 1880
q m. and the machine covering fifty
niles by the time it arrives back at
tbe Milford postoffice, The new
driver will receive a salary of s1,S00
uor year. which will effect saving
~ six hundred dollars each year by
tba consolidation of the two routes,
oacb of which now receive 81 200 per
vosr The routes consolidated are
Nos and 8, now in charge of ]. j.
TouIk and George Manlove, and will
no known as Route A from Milford
George Manlove has been transfer
rod TO the route formerly driven by
tbe late Robert Wynkoop, and which
has been temporarily in charge of
charles White, who with Mr.. Foulk,
lose their jobs. Route No. 1, driven
bv Harry Lynch, is not affected by the
present order.
The Postmaster, Mr.. Robinson, will
have the appointing of the temporary
driver of the newly made auto route
from Milford, who will serve until
civil service examination can be held
for the permanent appointee. The
government requires the man appoint
ed to the position to furnish and main
tain the automobile to be used in the
daily delivery, and to supply any sub
stitute that may be necessary to effect
tbe daily delivery of the mails, as the
result of bad weather, bad roads, or
for any other reason.
In all parts of the United States the
experiment of the consolidation of
rural delivery routes is going on, and
If is believed that the amount saved,
six hundred dollars on each consoli-
dation of two routes, will enable the
United States postal department to in
crease the rural delivery of mail with
out any increase in cost. There will
be more consultations in the near
future, and many mail route carriers
are not so confident of their jobs as
they were only a few weeks ago.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
PRODUCE SHIPMENTS.

According to the report given out
by Supervising Agent William T.
Carter, of the Delaware division OF
the Pennsylvania railroad, the follow
ing fruit and produce shipments were
made over that division on Tuesday:
Berries, quarts, daily total, 2,45S;
total to date, 2O,S37 ,522; same period
last year, 13, ,164,952.
Apples, baskets, daily total, 1855;
total to date, 2S2,977; same period
last year, 525, 191.
Peaches, baskets, daily total, IA
S64; total to date, 262,396; same per-
iOd last year, 1877 ,S06.
Pears, baskets, daily total, 1,514;
total to date, 1856; same period last
year, 1896.
Tomatoes, baskets, daily total, l.;
total to date, 5,OS6; same period last
year, 1857.
Pounds of grapes, daily total, 9S,-
7O3; total to date, 131,090; same per-
iOd last year, 689, ,642.
Sweet potatoes, barrels, daily total,
20; total to date, S14; same period last
season, 3,519.
White potatoes, barrels, daily total,
7O9; total to date, 1881; same per
iod last season, 1856, ,463.
Cantaloupes, carriers, daily total,
S1,77O; total to date, 2S9,154; same
period last season, 516,211.
WatermelOns, carloads, daily total,
AZ; total to date, 244; same period
last season, 291.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
CANDIDATE FOR STATE SENATOR

The primary elections are distant
about one year, but even now the peo-
pie are casting about and looking for
men for the proper positions to be fill
ed at the election in the fall of 1916.
Nicholas Ridgley Johnson, Of Farming
ton, has announced himself as a can
didate on the Democratic ticket, for
the position of Senator from the
Fourth Senatorial District of Kent
County, to succeed Edward B. Carter
This is the shoe string district, and
a nomination is about equal to an
election there. Mr.. Johnson is one
of the old time Democrats, and is well
known to the people generally, and
has been allied with that part of his
party which has stood for good roads,
good schools, and improvements. His
one physical failing is blindness, but
that will not prevent him making a
rafting canvass for the nomination.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
CHRONICLE CARD BASKET
Personal and Social Functions
During the Week

Mrs. Lydia c. Jump has been in
Philadelphia this week.
Captain Charles Watson of Phila-
delphia, is visiting friends in Milford.
Frank Dickerson, of Philadelphia,
has been visiting Milford friends this
week.
c. I. Donovan, of Easton, Pa, spent
the week end with his cousin, Edward
Atkins.
DR.. James Hallett of Wilmington, is
visiting his parents Mr.. and Mrs. John
W. Hallett.
Mrs. Stuart Walton of Philadelphia,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Smith left last Tues
day for a two weeks sojourn at
Ocean Grove, N. J.
David Roach and wife, of Philadel-
phia, are visiting his brother, John
H. Roach, and sisters.
Mrs. Mary Windsor, of Windsor Ho-
tel, Milford, leaves tomorrow fol
weeks vacation at Atlantic City.
Rev. and Mrs. William R. Mowbray
left on Wednesday morning for a two
weeks stay at Ocean Grove, N. J.
Mrs. Ernest Johnson and daughter,
Doris, of Philadelphia, are visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. May
hew.
S. ]. Mears and VIM. H. Mears, of
Philadelphia, are paying a visit to
their brother and sister, Miss Mary
Mears and c. W. Mears.
Mrs. Mary E. Deputy of Oakley, and
the Misses Theresa and Edith Frazier
of Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs. Chas.
NutteT, of North Front Street, Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hurley and
son, Mills, have returned home, after
spending their vacation at New York,
City, Philadelphia and Will
mington.
Miss Cora NJ. Trice returned to her
home in Merchantville, N. j., on Sun
day, accompanied by her brother, Ar
lington, who has been spending
week at the Windsor Hotel, Rehoboth,
DEL
John T. Hall has moved from Phil
adelphia to the old Hall homestead
in Milford Neck, where he will make
his home for self and family. He was
born on the farm on which he now re-
sides.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
SCHOOL TAX REBATE.

The people of the town of Milford
and those who pay taxes to the public
schools of Milford took advantage Of
the eight per cent given off for pay
ment of the taxes for 1856, on or
before August 9Th past. The collector,
Andrew J. Ross, of North Milford, re-
ceived $5,063.SS on which the dis
count was taken. There remains for
him to collect the sum of S3,940.7S,
which he proposes to get before the
end of the work season Of 1915, and
establish a record for collecting the
school taxes within the first six
months in which the taxes are laid.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
CONDENSED news items
Paragraphs of a Local Nature
for Rapid Readers

Water melons are plenty and cheap.
Vacation will soon end, then get
busy.
School will start for the children in
two weeks.
New sweet potatoes are fine quail
ity this season
Cantaloupes are IN the heighth of
the season now.
Saving fodder will start in the next
ten days in lower Delaware.
I. D. Short has bought a new auto
mobile, a Cole seven-passenger.
Do the canning and preserving now
while the best fruit is available.
The local W. C. T. U. meets with
Mrs. c. NJ. Hammond next Tuesday
evening at 1880. Textword, Faith
full"
Tomatoes, as a crop, now look very
bad for the farmer. The vines are
blighted and no young tomatoes have
set on the vines since, the heavy rains
commenced to fall.
Only $500 passengers were hauled
to and from Rehoboth on July 4th of
this year, against 5000 on July 4th,
1914. A large part of this can be at
tributed to automobile travel.
The streets of Milford have been
badly damaged by the heavy storms
washing them. Several places will
require much material as well as la
Dor to put them in good condition
again.
One hundred and thirty-four tickets
for Atlantic City were sold at the Mil
ford station on Tuesday last for the
excursion to that place. Last year
1853 tickets were sold to the same
place for this excursion.
Last Sunday morning, at the First
Baptist Church, Miss Anna Stokes !
read a very full and interesting re-
port of the Sunday School Convention
held at the Laws NJ E. Church. Miss
Stokes has been elected secretary of
the hundred organization.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
ROAD WORKING

The supervisors of roads in both
Kent and Sussex Counties are taking
advantage of the rain storms to split
log drag most of the roads they have
graded and graveled. This work has
been helpful and will be of great ben
eft to the roads which have been so
treated after the weather drys off, by
leaving the roads smooth to ride over.
The Glendale Swamp road which had
just been built before the wet wealth
er set in, has been quite cut up, but
this week the supervisor has dragged
it again, and it is now getting fine
This will be the main route to and
from Rehoboth when the supervisor,
Cove T. Lynch, gets the south end
completed. 1t is straighter and grav-
eled nearly the entire distance.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-20
Low PRICE OF PEACHES.

The price for peaches has been so
10 that in many orchards where ten
ants are in possession, the fruit is
p nitted to rot on the trees. The
terants claim that at 80 cents per
ba Iet-the price they get-that after
paving the landlord half and paying
for the baskets and covers, they have
less than ten cents for their services,
an that it pays them better to let the
fruit rot, and devote their time and
to other crops. On the j..
Gray Davis farm in Prime Hook,Neck
there are many baskets of fine fruit
left to the mercies of the elements,
which would be a blessing to many
people in the cities could they be de-
livered to them at a price which would
pay for even the handling for the