Milford chronicle., 1918-08-30
MILTON NEWS.


that may be offered. Tomatoes have tn
right of way at the present time. Their
are several buyers. Each Of the Miltoi
canneries is represented, and there ar
buyers for other firms in other localities
Prices fuxnate, but have really neve
been less than four times their real valu,
as an article of food of nutritive value
It is interesting to watch these buyer.
when the tomatoes are coming in how
how they hurry and scurry like hawk.
after their prey. We do not wish nor
intend any invidious comparison, for as
we have intimated above the seller gets
more than the real worth of his produce,
and yet net as much as he wants. But
these buyers generally know their bust
ness, and those who do not are learning
and they have the buying arranged so
that each gets his share, and all are sat
isfed except the seller. We have said
tomatoes are bringing more than their
real worth. And so they are; but we
don't know that the seller is getting any
more than a just ratio for his produce
when compared to the excessive prices
of labor and other articles. At present
everything is inflated, and the motto is,
with those who have to sell, where there
is no established price, get all can :"
and with those who have to buy, "buy
as cheap as l can" We are now living
in a time that seems unfavorable to life,
liberty. or the pursuit of happiness, but
there are those of us living today who
have seen Just such times before.
The foreign help for Winters & Pro-
phet's cannery arrived last Wednesday |
and there are many pretty Italian girls |
amongst them.
o. J. Hedlicka and family of New York |
are the guests of J. F Yukl and family. |
Mrs. Harvey Campbell of Salisbury, |
Md, has been the guest of her mother
and brother.
Aaron Hankin, late of the firm of Han
kin Bros, who removed himself to Viii
mington the first of the present month,
removed his family to the same city on
Saturday.
J. B. Briscoll and son, of Johnstowu,
Pa, have been guests of Franklin Lank
and family.
W. W. Conwell, of New York, has
been a Milton visitor.
Reuben Pennewill, of Chester, Pa. /.
has been visiting Milton, the home Of
his birth and boyhood.
Fish and other usefnl things are now {
being peddled around in automobiles.
Many persons are getting their start in /
lie by using this modern mode of travel
We have been trying to get Sam Smith, ]
he newspaper carrier, to get an automo- I
bile and hire a chaffeur to drive him \
.round. He would then have nothing to
10 but sit back and throw his papers to
lis subscribers. Sam is thinking the
natter over, but we are inclined to think
lie will stick to the old fashioned wav.
t is hard to get out of the old ruts. r
Aaron Hankin sold his trumpery and
ther undesirable household goods at v
lublic auction on Saturday. \
The porch in front of the Atkins o
torehouse, corner of Chestnut and
dill Streets, has been somewhat re.
aired. b
, Leroy Lynch shipped another carload
+ peaches from the Chandler farm on Y
aturday. EN. Esf@5s - - 2 d
7. w. Cutler, working at Hog Island
S rigger, was home on Sunday.
Mrs. Susie B. Davidson and Mrs Ma k
lie Conner after spending two weeks
18th Milton friends, returned to Phila- Il
elphia on Sunday
James Martin, watchman at the Har- a
IN Works, Wilmington, was home with a
is family on Sunday. ,
The Second Quarterly Conference of IL
lis Conference year, will be held at the u
P. Church on Friday evening, Sept "
9Th. "
Mrs. Benjamin Burton of Frederica "
as been a Milton visitor of late. u
John Robinson, engaged at Whining p
IN, came home Saturday, to make an
her bank deposit. r
Fred Welch of Philadelphia is the u
uest of his sister, Mrs William Waga- y
on, on Chestnut Street.
Charles w. Cook aud family. who have III
cen entertained by J. B. Wel,h and q,
mily, returned to Wilmington on Mon N
,y.9t4-
Mrs. Edith Wilson OF Philadelphia is Ia
sitting her mother. grandmother and I.
her friends. D. 81
Rev. d. J. Givan was taken quite i'll
! Saturday evening, the result it is u
ought, of eating ice cream. He is now "
ell and able to be enjoying his vaca- b.
on, with Mrs. Givan, at Rehoboth. On
count OF the sickness of Mr.. Givan, az
i'd, also, his vacation, there was no g
-eaching service at the NJ. L. Church W
Sunday.R Ek Il
Capt James Scull has been made dav a
at the Dodson Cannery, and
Isan Frazer, night watchman. Jo
AS far as we have been able to find out OF
ere were but three persons eligible to nc
gistration in this locality on last Sat
day. OF
This week F. W. Pepper is putting Fl
wn concrete walks for William II. M
agamon and Miss Clara Vaughan on ou
lestnut Street, and Jsmes Foster on We
lantic Street. ne
About the first of September George VIC
lrshall will open in one of the stores ne
the Palmer Block ladies and gen
men S furnishing store.
Having obtained permission from the
oper authorities, the Rev. Robert ...
right, pastor of the A. NJ. E. Church, oC ~
ar Milton, will hold a camp meeting AIT
two weeks, at Lavinia Woods, be- Au
ming on next Sunday, the 31st.
rhe Misses Nellie and Sallie Boyce Of
lmington, and the Misses Lula and I
ola Davidson of Slaughter Beach,
mt the weekend with their cousins
ssie and Jernice Johnson on Atlantic J
enue.
iiss Mary Smith is the guest of Miss - :
ldred Jefferson on Atlantic Avenue. oS
~o,,.a4oac have baar ca11snu tha r,,et VI