Milford chronicle., 1915-10-01
GREENWOOD.

Next Sunday will be known as RAJ
II ly Day" in the M. E. Church and Sun
= day School at Greenwood, and it is
II aimed to have every member of the
church and school present The pro
: gram arranged is especially interest
5 ing. Stirring addresses will be made
T and good singing is assured. The pro-
gram begins promptly at $3.50 a. m,
and the public is especially invited to
be present.
> Roland Wiley and wife, who now
reside near Bridgeville, but formerly
resided here, are the happy parents
of their first born; it's a son.
Those who have tomatoes are get
ting big prices for them, and this will
continue until killing frost puts an
end to the vines.
The Snyder Preserving Company is
operating day and night shifts on
tomatoes which are shipped to them
over the railroads. The company state
that there was a misunderstanding
about the crop of tomatoes in Della
ware which caused them not to open
the plant earlier in the season.
Tomatoes sold for more than one
cent each at Greenwood this week. (
and William Hollis was the lucky man
! to have them. He sold tomatoes from .
late set plants on good ground at the
public market this week for A cents
per basket, and the number of toma-
toes in the basket numbered only 3S.
Mr.. Hollis has realized good money
on his tomatOe crop this season.
The milliners of Greenwood have
certainly displayed an attractive line !
for the women to choose from.
A rabid dog at Scotts store caused
some excitement this week. Mrs. :
LOfand and her children only escap- '
ed its attack by hurriedly closing the
kichen door as the dog sprang against :
it, Their shepherd dog was bitten. :
and it is now guarded. Mrs. Norman 7
Scott and child saw their dog fight +
ing with the rabid animal, but il had !
passed on to several other fans be- 9
fore it was finally shot =
The Silver Packing Company has
completed its operations on tomatoes, y
and will can sweet potatoes next, and fl
finish the season on them. !,
The people certainly need not hun a
ger for fresh meats in and about this y
town. for we have three regular deal y,
ers on beef, pork and other dressed =,
meats, while another dealer supplies
he fish and oysters demanded; all we 10
need is plenty of money to secure all
hat the markets afford for the com 4,
'ort of mankind, and Greenwood is "
about as well off as most towns on NJ
his peninsula in that line
The shirt factory here is operating III
N full time and employs all the peo- r,
lie it can secure.
The extra services at st. Johnstown hi
hurch have attracted only moderate or
ttendance; the people are too much NJ
ngaged to get out evenings. or
Light frost has visited this section, co
ut the killing frosts will soon blast 81
he beautiful flowers and our fine fall 6e
egetables. 81,
BY running a rusty nail through fo
is foot w. B. Fowler has been Grip a,-
led this week ~.
Mrs. H. B. Harney and children IN,
ave returned to Queenstown. ~
James Reynolds has returned from
elton.
Mrs. Kate Cox is visiting in Smyrna.
Mrs. John Nlarris of Greenwood is
eriously i'll with a tumor in the -,
Omach, and she will have it remov- -O'
as soon as she is able to stand the
DeratiOn.
Mrs. NJ. f. Wiley, from Woodbury. de;
j., is visiting her sisters here. ed
The infant child of Mrs. Emma Rick hul
'ds is very ILL., it is nine months old Cd
Id weighs but five pounds. 95o
Mrs. R. E. Wiley has returned to ,,,;t
II home after a stay of several -
onths with her parents at Farming ues
II. Her health has been poor for
long time bun
The infant son of f. c. Jones is tina
ny i'll. tim
Walter Donovan and wife have gone A
their home at Centerville, Md. tbe
Horace Reynolds, who works at
ldystone has been visiting at home -
is week ven
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