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Milford chronicle., 1915-07-09

This prohibited many who had intended
/ to 90 on excursions from doing so. The
I banks, post Office and many other bust
ness places were closed during the day.
Rev. DR.. c. A. Behringer went to Oak
Orchard on Sunday afternoon to hold a
special service, but the rain prohibited.
Captain George" left with the steamer
Ethel on Monday to bring a cargo of
piping from Philadelphia for the Milton
Water Works.
The NJ. P. Sunday School will run an
excursion from Milton to Rehoboth on
Wednesday, the 18th inst.
Harriet J., wife of James 7. Carey,
died at her home in Cave Neck on Friday
morning of general debility, aged Il
years. The funeral was held on Sunday
afternoon at Beaver Dam NJ. P Church
by the Rev. Frank Holland, and inter
ment made in the adjoining cemetery by
w. T. Atkins, of Lewes.
On Sunday morning about the dawn of
day John Walker motor boat, lying at
or near the dock, was almost consumed
by fire, and James Palmer's boat Elsie
and Samuel Fathian's X-10-U-S were
somewhat damaged. There are several
conflicting reports regarding the origin
VI LAlG LlGg any DlG VI WHICH Is ndIN "
believe. The most plausible one is,
some young men, on a drunk, were steal !
ing gasolene from the boats at the dock |
for their own use; when the accident |
occurred, they went down the river. Any |
one, however, who knows the inhamma-
bic character of gasolene, might doubt |
this story, in the absence of a greater
Mrs a. L. Culver's building on North
Union street has been bought by the NJ.
P. Church trustees for a parsonage.
3 900. is the price.
Alfred w. Simpler died on Monday
evening, near Beaver Dam, of kidney
aged SO years. Funeral ser
ices were held on Thursday afternoon
It Whites Chapel by the Rev. w. D.
Wilson, and burial made in the adjacent
cemetery by S. J. Wilson.
Since several disagreeable nights suf-
cred by the citizens on account of unruly
'eople, Arthur Barnes has been appoint
d special police for Saturday nights.
Ir. Barnes is big enough to be heard
rom. D. A..
Milford chronicle., 1915-07-09


II the near future Delaware will be
one of the greatest producers Of fine
grade apples of all the states of the
United States, and possibly in the world.
There are many large orchards planted,
and while the growers like Soper, Ban
croft and Derby are the pioneers and have
orchard twenty years old yet the modern
orchards which are now coming into
bearing, excel the orchards of the earlier
years, by reason of the varieties which
have been found best suited to the eli
mate of Delaware, will be really the or
chards which will put Delaware on the
mitch of fame as an apple producer. The
annual meeting of the Delaware Apple
Company at the great orchards near
Bridgeville last Thursday, was a demon
stration of the possibilities and the future
greatness of Delaware from apples. We
were impressed with this fact as the or
chards were inspected. The Sunday
Star editorially says of this particular
meeting:
The annual inspection of the big or
chards of the Delaware Apple Company |
at Bridgeville on Thursday served to |
open the ewes of many of the visitors 10
the wonderful possibilities offered for |
scientific horticulture in Delaware. Many
of the members of the party were stock
holders in the apple company and were
acquainted with the great work under
way, but there were others to whom the
great orchard was an educating and slim
ulating spectacle.
The handling of this enterprise on
such large scale should be a convincing
proof that Delaware is especially adapted
for the profitable growth of fruit, par
ticularly of apples. The result of the in
spection will be particularly encouraging
to the farmers on the Peninsula who have
recently engaged in the production of
truit, as well as those who are about to
undertake the planting of fruit trees.
One of the most interesting visitors
was Francis n. Soper of Magnolia. Mr.. q
Soper is the father of apple growing in 1
this State, and is well styled The Apple t
King: {
Mr.. Soper has lost none of his enthu- 1
sasm as an apple grower, but also makes
it clear that he is convinced that Lower 4;
Delaware and the Peninsula are again to /
become leaders in peach growing in this
country. =
Many of the trees planted four years !
ago in the Delaware Apple Company or i
chard are bearing apples already. The
average period required for apple trees d
to mature is seven years. If the trees in
this orchard continue to grow in the next d
three years as they have so far one of the
biggest problems to be solved will be
how to get their enormous yield of fruit il
to market. St
The inspection of the orchards is now "
ar annual affair, and much interest is b
taken in it by some of the most progress a
sive business men in the State, and those Ct
who believe in the big possibilities Of W
Tered fruit growers on the Peninsula. Al
Milford chronicle., 1915-07-09
RAILROAD WINS DAMAGES.

Prospects for the completion of a
25-year-old project to build a canal
between Delaware and Rehoboth bays
by the federal government are now
very good. In United States court
Saturday morning a case of the Unit
ed States VS.. the Delaware Maryland
& Virginia Railroad Company, to Sc
cure right of way for the proposed
canal through a strip of land owned
by the railroad. was heard, and was
settled by the awarding of S69,710 as
damages to the railroad.
The land desired is about three
tenths of an acre, while a bridge
would have to be constructed by the
railroad.
Major E. n. Johnson, of the local
engineers office, was the only witness
in the case and when questioned by
District Attorney John P. Nields. re-
presenting the government. he esti-
mated the cost of building a bridge
over the canal at 500, no. and the jury
gave a verdict in favor of the railroad
for that amount as damages.
John Biggs represented the railroad
Judge Bradford heard the
case.
The bridge plan was made by rail
road official b. B.John, and has been
by army officers 1t is of !
the lift pattern, 300 feet long, and will |
be maintained by the railroad.
Milford chronicle., 1915-07-09
SHERIFF'S SALE!

BY virtue Of writ of Venditioni Ex-
ponas to sell lands to me directed, viii
be exposed to public sale, on
SATURDAY, JULY 18th, 1915,
at o'clock, p. NJ, at the Old Windsor
Hotel in Milford, in Cedar Creek hundred,
Sussex County Delaware, the following
real estate, to wit:
No. l. All that certain lot, piece and
parcel Of land situate, lying and being
IN the town of Lincoln, Cedar Creek
4,niia55' hundred Sussex 5n County, Delaware,
feet on the south of Butler Ave, 100 feet
on the west by lands of VIM. Smith. 300
feet and on the north by Johnson Ave.
1870 feet containing $1,000 50. feet more or
less, being part of the lands conveyed to
the said Charles c. Shew, by c. z. Tat
man.
Lot No. 2. All that certain lot, piece
ana parcel Of land situate, lying and be-
ing IN Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex
County, Delaware, lying on the east of
the public road leading from Lincoln to
Bury brang Branch, adjoining lands Of
by said branch and others containing
Twelve 12) acres, more oc less, being a
part OF the land conveyed to the said
Charles c. Shew, by Robert y. Watson
Lot No. 3. All that certain tract. piece
)r parcel OF land situate, lying and being
N Cedar Creek Humid ed, Sussex County,
Delaware, lying on the public road lead
ng from the State road to Belts Mill
a.
good, C'endaniels Mill Pond, and Others
containing Thirty-five (35) acres more
)r less, being the same lands conveyed
o Charles c. Shew, by George H. Hall.
Lot No. 4. All that certain tract, piece
ind parcel Of land situate, lying and be-
ng in Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex
county,, Delaware, lying on the public
Dad leading from Lincoln to Cedar Neck !
ldjoining lands Of Samuel c. Cubbage
leirs of Thos. Carlisle, heirs of Henry |
tatneld, Chas H. Sackett, Curry A. |
dacklin, Orren G. Fenner, and others |
ontair 'ng, Seventy seven CT7) acres, and |
)ne Hundred and Twenty-three Q23) |
quare pc 'ches, more or less, being the |
anne lands conveyed to the said Charles |
:. Shew and I essie G. Shew from Sher- /
nan Transue, by deed bearing date the /
rd Of March, A. d. 1906.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property Of Charles c. Shew and Bessie
!. Shew, and win be sold by
JACOB WEST, Sheriff.
Sherifl's Office, Georgetown, Del, June
9th, 1915
20 per, cent, OF the purchase money
Pill be demanded on the day of sale.
Jul-3-10-17 1
Milford chronicle., 1915-07-09
LINCOLN CITY.

Mr.. Vim. 7. Calhoon has moved the
butcher shop, recently purchased of Earl
Robinson, from the Dawson land, to his
own land on Johnson Avenue.
On Saturday morning while loading
piling at the depot, Mr.. Charles Wi1ker-
son received a severe cash in the knee,
requiring the assistance of a physician.
Miss Pearl Messick, accompanied bv
Mr.. Adams, of Wilmington, has been Wis
iting her parents.
Lincoln was we'll represented at Slaugh-
ter Beach on Sunday; there being seven
automobile loads, as we'll as several teams
IN evidence.
Mrs. E. G Reed is slowly improving.
Mrs. VIM. Risler is spending some
time with her son, Southland Risler and
family.
Mr.. Hamilton KINNEY and wife, spent
the weekend with her parents, c. G.
Macklin and family.
Mr.. Vim. Derrickson has been the
guest of relatives for several lays.
Miss Mia Cook has been visiting at
Milton
George Walls, of Dover, passed the
Fourth at his home.
Miss Julia Clendaniel spent several
days at Houston, as the guest of Mrs.
Mr. Henry Hatfield, of Camden, N. ].
to Lincoln, where he paesed the !
Fourth
Preaching at Lincoln Sunday morning
at 1890; at Slaughter Neck, 8 p. m;
and at Lincoln. 7.30 p. m, by the pas
or, ]. II. Gardner.
AT this time the people of this vicinity |
ire in the midst of very big blackberry |
of the growers picking all |
lay. On Tuesday seven car loads were
hipped from this station.
Miss Hazel Cross entertained Mr.. Ben
lie Johnson, Miss Lillian P. Deputy and
riend, Mr.. P. P. Haines, Of Whining
on, last Thursday evening.
Mr.. Frank Clendaniel and Miss Avis
Itch were guests at the Hotel Wyatt"
laughter Beach, on Sunday.
Mr.. Burton Hendricks, Mr.. Adams. of
and the Misses Pearl and
lac Messick, motored to Rehoboth on
Ionday.
The Ladies' Aid will meet with Mrs.
lmes Symouds. Saturday evening July
)th.
Milford chronicle., 1915-07-09
CORN TEST At HARRINGTON.

NJ. o. Pence, county agricultural
agent, is working in cooperation with
Supt. w. H. Jump, of the Harrington
Schools, and the school board of that
place, in some experiments which are
being conducted at that place on a
plot of ground adjoining the school
ground. This should be of much in
terest, not only to farmers of this vic
unity, but also to the farmers of the
county, as the soil is very similar to
that which cOmpOses a large area of
this county, and the results should
be valuable to a large number of peo-
pie.
Eight boys of the Harrington High
School have planted one ear to a row
of some corn grown on their own
farms. This will be watched with in
terest, as it is well known that diff
ferent ears of corn vary greatly in
their yielding power, and this differ
ence should be magnifed, since the
ears will come from different native
varieties. Following this test is
variety test of sixteen varieties of
corn, including many of those grown
in the region round about, as well as
a number of standard varieties fur
nished by the Delaware Experiment
some of which came from
the cornbelt states. OF course seed
be saved from this block for
another year because of cross pOllina-
ton, but from this test line can be
obtained on the yielding power of |
some varieties and a basis made for |
selection and improvement of those |
doing best.
One variety is planted in a row
With sOybeans to see if the use of the
,eans will decrease the yield. 1t has
leen claimed by some that the addi-
ional crop of sOybeans will not de-
rease the yield of corn. After gath
ring and weighing the corn from this
lot, and the one adjoining, where
10 beans were planted, it will be easy
o determine.
In addition to the corn, variety tests
ill be conducted with soybeans, cow
eas and tomatoes. There are seven
arieties of sOybeans and five varieties
cowpeas. Four varieties of some
the best tomatoes tested so far at
elaware College are included in the !
Speriment.
Later on in the season if space per- l
its, alfalfa and some clover crops
i'll likely be tested When these are /
ell started and differences become Z
1parent, a field meeting will be ar I
Milford chronicle., 1915-07-09
THE FOURTH AT HARRINGTON.

Inc observance of the Na+iouo,
uay was actually sane and go stoiial non
rlhgton and there was a ia'.e.l oe,Ie IN mar.
people in town during tbe o aftsS se crowd OF
t5n 5lii inseIIerred with the proorsn, tas fos
n,,Ila mi aIoIlrhg' but the horse racine 1 wos IO
5u puneu on IN the afternoon ING an5 VA .ss
ga lame OF pail played, which satisgod @fiu tI tIe
1eopie; Ihere was no serious s'1Iies diet,,sI sIe
aJ anJe oi the public peace from di9,uGO- J,."uLO
r,lu oLly one or two were on ev5 5;S;t;as, o,tas,
wnO were evidently overloaded VIII tioi'lun bnal
vid ~ ~llch there was good ouantitv tT p.ei D.a
'igSu Ti Oy several persons D''i'y pfO'
ne stores of Harrington cornoon,oa
at July lst to close af e 90 0i,,illeIceu o,aIneI
eacn Monday, Wednesday and T'2Sa TIisOll Oh
unIil Sept. 18th. This will "G o,i,ia ilGsy 1sy
clerKs chance to get the fresh bsi,e 81. ..Js tls
The said iloeerty from their daily tasks
s,,oan ne SAFE OF the Short land was I19fI, not
f;ro ;1eSs, e.. as only three parcels of the en-.
. Ilre htty,four lots were sold u IL iie wa, Ta,
PVSSSPoneu until the fall season
r,,,ah lhpplng early apples is bringing in
FL IT, money to those who have tbem
q = ii9 I'D price mas ranged from 90 CENTS to
PI' ~ per hamper this week TboT nTHOo rarSi ~
ge nand..plcked and not bruised ~ bring ,i-Iv,
me farmers are reportino tbot tba
mnsaI s,lS yield is falling below exnectation.
anu Inat the grain is NOT as welI N, tlyo5
y they supposed it wonld he TSs
,Ioor1 "a Iains wnlle the wheat was in
'roTin 'roI injured the fertilization so sey.
Business Man.
Milford chronicle., 1915-07-09

ranged and the experiments explain.
ed. Another field meeting will be beld
at harvest, when the final results will
be obtained. This is only small IN
start, started late in the season nndor
many handicaps, but the results will
be valuable and the basis for some 40
thing more beneficial and eytensivo
another year. This work reaoot.
great credit on the activity and IN
terest of Harrington's superintendant
and school board, who certainly ars
IN sympathy with the interests of tbe
community round about. D'
Milford chronicle., 1915-07-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Gebhard and friends Of
Milford took dinner at the hotel here
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Hudson, Of
Milford, were Sunday visitors here.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Lewis, Miss Cecl
Decline and Albert Hanly, of PhiladeF
phia, spent the weekend at this place
They report a fine time.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-05
ENGLAND IS Stirred over
Threat OF THE GERMANS TO
bottle UP BRITISH Isles

London, Feb. 5, 12.45 P. M.-Al-
though referring sarcastically to Ger
many's threat to bottle up the British
Isles by means of submarines as a
"paper blockade" England is stirred
to-day by this latest development in the
marine situation as she seldom has been
since the outbreak of hostilities.
The press unanimously subordinates
all other war news, not excepting the
Turkish halt at~the Suez canal, to give
prominence to the dispatches from Be-
lin, while the foreign office statement
following quickly the publication of the
German threat as one requiring
prompt counter, stroke. AS the state
ment says, the. e.'authorities are consider
ing "more stringent measures against
German trade" The ministers are
treating the subject as of particular
urgency and full official statement as
to the situation of Great Britain will
be published.
Some English newspapers declare to-
day that the German announcement
will benefit England in that it right
fully entities the British government to
declare contraband all foodstuifs destin-
ed for Germany.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-05
LYNCH TELLS OF LAND DEAL
Says City Had Another Site in Mind
When He Purchased Uptown Plot

Highway Commissioner Lynch smiled
tigs morning when a newspaper story
was read to him, the purport of which
was that he had been one of the pur-
chasers of a plot of land which the
new spaper suggested the city desired
as site for the proposed municipal
asphalt plant.
The land in question is plot on the
south side of Maclay street between
the canal and the Pennsylvania Rail
road, and Lynch declared that it was
not offered as a site for the asphalt
plant, and that in its present shape 1t
is not fit for that purpose. He described
il as fsink hole - Lynch added that
the deal for the ground,-a six-acre
tract which, he said has an assessed val
uation of $11 1,000,-was closed by
CITY Engineer NJ. B. COwden when 1t
was offered for $4,000.
81 took half of it at Mr.. Cowden s
request, - said the Commissioner "That
was before the city decided not to take
the $4,000 plot at Cameron and Kit
tatinny streets as the site for the as
phalt plant. -
The plan to buy the Cameron street
plot was abandoned because merchants
in that locality objected to putting the
asphalt repair plant there. 1t is likely
that the asphalt plant will be built on
Shaonis street, on piece of ground
that can be bought for $500, Lynch
said. Lynch added that the uptown
plot was bought as speculative invest
ment. I'll.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-05
1O5,O00 GERMANS and 100
Batteries OF ARTILLERY,
move AGAINST RUSSIANS

Petrograd, Feb. 5, via London,
1925 P. M.-Not since the battles
around Lodz, in Russian Poland, in the
early part of December, have the Ger
mans delivered such vicious attacks as
those of yesterday when they attempted
to break through the Russian line near
Borjimow.. Probably never before in
the eastern arena of the war have they
concentrated such force upon single
point.
In distance of six miles, between
Humin and Borjimow, the Germans
threw 10000 infantrymen, together
with heavy forces of cavalry, the whole
supported by 100 batteries of artillery,
comprising in all no less than 600 guns.
1t is estimated that in this 81 ,rt line
there were nearly 10000 mon 10 the
mile, coming ON in ten or tw:ive lines
like the waves of the sea.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-05
Late WAR news summary
Continued From First Page.


war Office to-day says that along a
section of the front about six miles
long the Germans brought up no less
than $4,000 men, supported by 100
batteries of artillery. In compact
masses these troops were hurled against
the Russian positions. The Petrograd
statement asserts that these attacks
were broken up and that the Russians
assuming the offensive in turn, cap
tured German trenches and occupied
two villages.
In the Carpathians the fighting is
hardly less severe. The Petrograd war
Office admits that the Russians retreat
ed in one section of this front. after
lighting ten successive engagements
with bayonets. Elsewhere Russian sue
cesses are claimed.
The action of the German admiralty
in declaring within the war zone the
waters surrounding England, Scotland
and Ireland, is supported enthusias-
tically by the German press.
The German Official announcement of
to-day does not support the claim of
the Russians of successes on the War
saw front, stating that their attacks
were repulsed.
There were no engagements of i'm
portance along the western front yester-
day.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-05
May DON MANS CLOTHES
Needy Woman Talks of Trying That
Plan to Obtain "Fair Wage"
For Her Work

How a widowed mother was con-
verted to Woman Suffrage principles
and feels that she has no alternative
but to don mans clothes in order to
get fair wage for her work, was
brought to light through complaint
lodged by her to-day with the Dauphin
County Commissioners, which is in eff
feet that the Directors of the Poor
have refused her requests for aid.
The woman sent several letters to
the county authorities, the Directors of
the Poor this morning said, and they
were the basis of an inquiry conducted
by the Poor Directors and their social
worker, as a result of which, it is held
that Blair county is liable for the sup
port of the mother and her three chill
dren. Arrangements now are being
made for having the quartet sent to AL
toona.
In the most recent letter received
from the woman, whose name the coun-
ty authorities do not divulge, the moth
er swears allegiance to Mrs. Pankhurst,
the militant suffragette leader of Lon
don, and tells pitiful story, saying
that she now is i'll and that her children
are without shoes to wear to school.
When the County Commissioners refer
red the woman IS complaint to the Poor
Board, the latter gave out this state
ment:
"This woman Is a resident OF Al
toona, Blair county, and is not legally
entitled to aid from this county. She
has been in-this county since June 80
and negotiations now are under way TO
have her removed to her home town
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-05
Submarine Mines

Wet gdncotton in submarine mines is
Of course, very potent explosive, but
in many respects it is quite outclassed
by the compound used in German
mines and known as trinitrotoluene,
but abbreviated. to "T. N. T. i" in Great
Britain and to "tretyl" in Germany,
A shell, torpedo or mine loaded with
cot. N T. (" (Which requires to be deto.
mated by means of mercury fulminate)
bursts with great violence into large
fragments, whereas if loaded with pic.
ric acid the splinters are very small
and cannot therefore do as much dam.
age. Although wet gincotton is more
powerful if exploded in close proxim
ity to the target, the effect of "T. N
To- is much greater when the e.1plo
sion takes place SOME distance away
London Telegraph.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-05
TRADE EXCURSION PLANNED
Local Business Men Will Go on Trip
to Other Cities of State

A rousing meeting to plan ways and
means of conducting the largest and
best trade excursion ever sent out in
Pennsylvania was held at the Harris
burg Chamber of Commerce last even
ing by its trade excursion committee
and subcommittee of same.
Chairman G. w. BURNETT and Presi-
dent Henderson Gilbert jointly presided
and those present, who packed the large
assembly room, spent two hours in a
careful and painstaking discussion of
the detailed plans for the excursion.
The excursion will take place on Feb
ruary II and IS, Wednesday and
Thursday The following towns will be
visited: Herndon, Milersburg, Wilkes
Barre, Sunbury, Danville, Catawissa,
Bloomsburg, Berwick, Hazle'ton, Potts
ville, Auburn, Harrisburg and Reading.
For the one hundred of the biggest
business men of the capital city to leave
that city during an important session
of the Legislature to extend their trade
relations with other sections of Penn
sylvania and to study with profit what
those cities have done in the way of
commercial and industrial advancement
will be convincing demonstration to
bhe State that Harrisburg people are es-
senti9lly business men and manufac-
turers.
In Wilkes-Barre and Reading the
Hotels Sterling and Berkshire will be
inspected by the trade excursionists
thus giving them demonstration that
Pennsylvania cities of medium size need
and can support high cass hotels.