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Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
REAL ESTATE SALES.

William G.. Wechtenhiser, agent. E.
A. Strout Farm Agency, FELTON,. Del
aware, has recently sold the following
real estate:
The 3O-acre farm owned by Mr..
and Mrs. Davis and located north
west of Harrington, to Herman Eilers
of Trenton, N. j., for a nominal con-
sideratiOn. Immediate possession.
The 40-acre tract owned by Mrs.
W. j. Satterfield and located at HOus-
ton. Del, to Jacob Montgomery, Of
Scranton, Pa. Mr.. Montgomery took
possession yesterday.
The 25-acre farm owned by Mr..
Tachenell and located southwest OF
Houston, to Jacob Kingma, of New
ark, N. ]. Mr.. Kingma will take po-
session January l, 1913.
William G. Wechtenhiser has taken
over the farm, 81 acres, owned by
Herman Johnson. and located one
mile north Of Harrington, for the in
terest of Noah Collins, Of Bridgeville,
Del, who will take possession jan
uary 1, 1913.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
TO ADJUST DAMAGES
FOR The right Of WAY
Committee Named to Set Price on the
Whitehead Property, Condemned
For the DUPONT Boulevard

In the matter of cOndemning the
right of way for the DUPONT Highway
through the real estate of Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitehead at Lincoln, Delaware,
committee consisting of Charles H.
Sackett, Orin ]. Cook and Phillip
Griffith, all of the First Representa-
tive District of Sussex County, has
been named for the purpose of going
upon the property involved, and affix-
ing a fair amount as the damages
which would follow the taking OF the
right of way across their properties.
These names were selected from a
list of several which Mr.. Whitehead,
through his attorney, Henry Ridgeley,
ESQ. had submitted, and with which
he stated he would be satisfied for
any three in the list to decide as to
the values he should receive for the
land so used for the highway. This
committee will meet in all probability
in a few days, and proceed to dis
charge their duties and make the re-
port. 1t was developed, in this mat
ter, that Mr.. Whitehead was willing,
and preferred. that the committee
should consider the condemnation Of
the right OF way as Of the full two
hundred feet, which is the same
width as the balance OF the highway
from the Maryland line, up to the
Whitehead lands. and also up to the
Kent County line. When this is set
tied. the work Of clearing the right
of way from the end Of the boulevard,
where it now stops near FleatOwn, TO
will be started and finished.
Harry Jester of Glendale and Henry
Cook of Lincoln have the contract to
clear OFF the timber and wood along
the six miles and started their men at
work last Tuesday The grading and
building Of bridges and culverts will
be done this fall and winter, and next |
spring the contractor will build the /
roadbed. The large stumps |
will be either blown out by dynamite
1r pulled by patent stump pullers.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
THESE FISHERMEN HAD LUCK

1t takes the "old boys" to go out
and catch fish. That this is so was
demonstrated last Friday when a par
ty composed Of Thomas c. Reynolds,
vice-president Of the Milford Chron-
icle Publishing Company; Captain
]. NJ. c. Reville. U. S. Navy, retired;
John H. Roach, Collector and Treas
urer Of the Town of Milford; Charles
Higman. and John W. Gray, local re-
preventative of city newspapers, went
to Cedar Beach on a fishing trip. The
men went up Cedar Greek to Blacks
Ditch, where they cast their lines in
to the water, and shortly afterwards
commenced to pull in fine perch. On
one high tide the party caught IS
large white perch and five cells. The
fish were large and weighed from one
to two and one-half pounds each. Mr..
Gray claims that he caught more fish
than any other one man. Mr.. Rey-
nolds expects to spend today pulling
in more perch.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
KENT BOARD CALLS MEN

Kent County Exemption Board has
called the following registrants for
examination on Friday, August 2:
Glass of 1917-William Earl Carter,
Clayton.
Glass of 191S-James Harvey Dob
son, Clayton; Lewis Caine, Harry Ber-
rey, William Thomas Fox, Smyrna;
Ambrose Broadway Killen, FELTON,;
Walter Driggus. Camden; Charles c.
Downham, Wyoming; Charles C. Vo-
shell, Leroy Cain, william Singleton,
Milford; Julius Heilbronner Cooper,
Harrington
The local board has sent notices to
the following Kent county draftees
to appear at Dover on August 5, for
entrainment to Camp Wadsworth,
Spartanburg, South Carolina, to de-
part on the 9:37 a. m. train:
William Henry Swiggett, William
Porter Brown. Smyrna; Clinton Wy
att Gutherie, KentOn; Nelson B.
Faulkner, William Watt, Brady Ma
honey Abbott. Richard ROLAND Hurd,
Robert James Quillen, Raymond The
odOre Berry, Dover; George Edward
Gross, Frederick; Major James Willis,
Jennings Luff Cahall, Harrington.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
STATE ARMORY AT MILFORD
PRESENTS FINE APPEARANCE

In remOdeling the State ArmOry at
Milford, after plans drawn by Leon
Wilde Crawford, the architect Of Will
mington, the contractor, Joseph Rod
gers, employed Alfred Smith, OF Fred
erica, and Ezekiel Anderson Of Mil
ford, to do the brick work and the
plastering. The brick work was COM
pleted this week, and as 1t stands.
without the sandstone caps installed
to the battlement effect. it is decided
ly the most handsome front Of any
building in lower Delaware, and the
workmanship is a piece of work Of
which the brickworkers may well be
proud Of. From now on the work on
the Armory will be mostly inside
work, and the contractor hopes to
complete the job before September 1.
The interior OF the front part Of the
building is being remOdeled. The
rooms are laid out differently from
the old plans. On the second floor
three large rooms are provided for,
while the entrance to the balcony Of
the main part of the building is now
in the centre instead of at one end as
formerly The seats in the balcony
will be raised much higher than they
were before the remOdeling cOmmenc-
ed A large storage room is also
provided on the third floor Of the new
section. The entire back end and
sides have been covered with asbestos
shingles. No great changes will be
made to the interior Of the drill room.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
RAIN BREAKS DROUGHT

The first rain Of any considerable
quantity which has fallen in Milford
for more than a month came last
Tuesday The clouds gathered and
after seeming difficult travail. a gem
tie rain began to fall for brief inter
walls. Occasionally the sun shone out
brilliantly. but in the evening the
clouds gathered again, and midst an
almost calm atmosphere the rain
again started to come down. Some
thunder and lightning accompanied
the rain, but in general it was a very
gentle rain storm. The U. S. Gov
ernment Recorder at Milford. Mr..
HOlzmueller, reported a rainfall Of
two inches during the night, and on
Wednesday the rain continued to wet
and refresh the land, which put the
farmers in a very happy frame Of
mind. The rain will do thousands Of
dollars worth of good to the growing
crops, but the early planted fields Of
corn are so far advanced that the rain
can not possibly aid it to more than
an average crop-if that. Tomatoes
will be greatly helped, but unless
scalding suns follow the rain, they
will mature a large crop. Flowing
fallOw ground for wheat starts as
soon as the farmers can get the plOWs
at work. Now is the time for tract
or and a gang of plows to show what
can be done. An entire field can be
turned in two days with one Of these
outfits, and a district can afford to
Join in and get one.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
RESIDENT RETURNS;
FIRST VISIT IN % YEARS

John Johnson left Sussex County
twenty-nine years ago for the north
western part OF Missouri, where he
engaged in farming. and has made a
great success. He formerly lived
near Milford, and during his visit
here this week, he was the guest OF
Mr.. Charles Russell, Of near Green
wood, but made many calls upon
folks in Milford. In a brief visit to
the Chronicle, he expressed surprise
at the great improvements which had
been made in the town since his de-
parture, and especially in the farm
ing districts OF Delaware. Mr.. John
son is a native of Switzerland, and
speaks French, English. Italian and
German. His mother is living in
Switzerland. and after the war ends
it is his intention to visit Europe with
his wife, and Switzerland especially.
He has relinquished active business,
but states that the farmers OF Mis-
souri,, and the entire great western
country, are making money rapidly.
and that their wheat crop this year
is 95 per cent. Of a full yield, while
the corn crop was never more prom
ising.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
STEM WILT CAUSES BIG LOSS
IN SWEET POTATO CROPS

During the past week Dr.. Manns
of the Delaware Agricultural College
and DR.. Lauritzen of the Department
of Agriculture, specialist in plant dis
ases. made a survey of diseases pre-
valent in sweet potato fields in Sus-
sex County. Practically all fields ex-
amined in the central and entire west
ern section of the County show
heavy loss due to stem wilt. The loss
now shown due to missing hills, var
les from ten to fifty per cent IN the
fields.
The following are a few names that
this disease is known by in the diner
ent localities: Vine Wilt, HelloWs'
Stem Rot, Split Root, Blue stem,
cholera, etc. In badly infested SOIL
it may be difficult to get a stand as
the plants may die a week OF two att
er being put out, while others may
continue to die throughout the grow
ing season. They first lose their
green color, turn pale, and when tney
are pulled out the shanks have dead
white color. In dry, hot weather
thew either wither and die or remain
yellow for a long time and the shanks
swell. After such a shank is pulled
out it will be found to be cracked
length-wise, because Of the swelling
and which is the reason for calling
it split root.
The presence Of stem wilt may be
detected by breaking away the bark
of the stem which will show black
ening or browning Of the interior tis-
sues. from which the name OF blue
stem is derived.
Yellowing Of the affected stems and
vine is not always pronounced, SO
that plants which are diseased may
not be easily detected. The disease
is spread from year to year through
the use of infected seed. The most
important measure for controlling cI
stem rot is the selection of seed po-
tatoe sat harvest time from hills
which show no signs Of the disease.
This NAV be done by following the
turning out plOw and examining the
hills inst as they are lifted from the
soil, which should be done before tne
first frost makes its appearance slnce
frost may also cause a 0lackenlhs Oh
the stem. -,
Drs. Manns and Lauritzen Will put
on a campaign for selecting peter
seed and free from disease in the
fields at harvest time. This cam
paign will be carried out under the
direction of the Sussex County Farm
Bureau shortly before the harvest.
Blight is making its appearance on
the tomato crops in Sussex County.
Now is the time to do effective spray
ing in controlling this disease before !
II becomes fairly established in the
fields. Spraying for blight is mat
ter Of prevention rather than a cure.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
NEWS OF MR.. T. A. RUDDELL

A lady from New York, who was
visiting the different hospitals in
France, ran across Mr.. T. A. Rud-
dell, Of this town, who has been in
France doing Y. NJ. c. A. work. Mr.
Ruddell had been in the hospital for
FIVE weeks, suffering from a wound
in the leg, but at that time was ex-
pecting to return to the front upon
receiving notice. The lady, upon her
arrival in New York, called upon the
aunt Of Mr.. Ruddell, who immediate
ly notified Mrs. Ruddell Of her hus-
bands recovery.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
PRIZES OFFERED BY The
STATE FAIR ASSOCIATION
To All Boys and Girls in Delaware
Between the Ages of Twelve
and TWeRty-One Years

Thirty prizes will be offered to all
the boys and girls in Delaware be-
tween the ages of u and q years.
The Delaware State Fair AssOcia-
ton has offered $50 in prizes to the
best judges of dairy cattle at the
State Fair in Wilmington during the
week Of September 2-6.
Membership-All boys and girls OF
Delaware between the ages of II and
2t years who have not attended agri-
cultural college are eligible to enter
the Judging contest and compete as
individuals for the following prizes,
offered by the State Fair Association
in cooperation with the County Farm
Bureaus:
Prizes-First prize, $500; second
prize, $500; third prize, $500; fourth
prize, $500; fifth prize, $4.00.
Glasses OF Dairy Cattle to be Judg-
ed-Each contestant shall judge a
class Of dairy bulls; a class Of dairy
COWS, and a class o. dairy heiffers.
Basis for Making Awards-Placing
of animals in each class, so per cent;
Reasons for placing, so per cent.
The awards shall be made upon the
total averages Of the three classes.
Free tickets to the State Fair, valid
for the day of the judging contest,
will be given in advance to all boys
and girls who enter the judging con-
test.
No entry fee will be charged for the
Judging contest. All entries for the
Judging contest must be in the hands
of the State Club Leader on or be-
fore August II. The postcard Which
has been mailed to prospective appli-
cants should be used in making en-
tries.
The premiums offered on the judg-
ing contest are liberal and can only
be secured by boys and girls VINO
have had no college training.
The Delaware State Fair Associa-
ton and the County Farm Bureaus
are offering this educational appor-
tunity to all the boys and girls OF
Delaware free of charge.
Fill out the card sent to you and
mail it to Theo. F. Martin, Newark
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
TOLD IN A FEW Lines

Peaches and cants:oupes are plen-
tiful now.
Fishing in the Delaware bay has
been fine the past week.
Lima beans are more plentiful than
ever in the history % Milford.
Plow fallow fields NOW for wheat to
be sown at last Of September.
The Gamers will start to can sweet
corn this coming week. in Milford.
The Great Council Of Red Men will
meet in Milford October oath and
25th.
Early plowed land brings the best
and surest crops in this part Of Del
aware.
Tomatoes are ripening, but Gamer
les will not start for several weeks
in this section. to pack tomatoes.
The rain came a little too late to
help early planted corn, but it was
a welcome relief from a months
drOuth.
St Johns Church, Sunday, August
4, Mass at and 10. 80 a. m; even
ing devotions at 7.3O. All are cor
daily invited.
Tomorrow, Saturday, august Sd. Is
Registration Day for voters who want
to vote at the primaries Of any Of the
political parties.
The new front to the State Armory
in Milford is the handsomest piece Of
brick architecture in this town. It
is a credit to the builder.
Lima beans dried for winter use
are fine; they bring IS cents per
quart for seed purposes, so it pays
to grow them for that purpose.
Henry Harrington has rented the
manse property from the Episcopal
Church, on West Front street, North
Milford, and moved into it last Sat
urday.
The local W. C. T. U. meets with
Mrs r. X. Stephenson at the NJ. E.
next Tuesday evening at
1880; text word Faith" A full at
tendance is requested.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bunstein are at
Ocean Grove, N. j., for the summer.
There will be no preaching in the
Presbyterian Church until further
notice Sunday School at 10 a. m;
nid-week service Thursday at pm.
Society OF Christian EndeavOr Sunday
evening at 1890
Day shows at the moving picture
heatre in Milford are now held, as
we'll as the evening shows. Mr.. War
zen has installed an engine and dy-
lamo which supplies light and en-
lbles him to start the pictures earlier
n the evenings, as well as give shows
Turing the afternoons.
At the Baptist Church Sunday at
10. As a. m, Pastor Davis will speak
IN the topic, THE Bread that Never
crew Stale" Communion service
will follow the service. Bible School
It $50 a. m. At p. m, the En-
ieavor Society will meet with the M.
?. Society. Pastor Davis will preach
n the NJ. P. Church at 7.30 p. m.
He has planned to spend August in
Milford and will be glad to respond
% any calls in the absence Of any Of
he pastors.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
PERSONAL MENTIONS

Alvin Stats, OF Camp Dix, visited
Milford friends the first Of the week.
James H. Salevan is home visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank
Salevan.
Mrs. F. J. Deputy and daughter,
Lillian. spent the week end with rel
atives at Milton.
Miss Mamie Morris spent the week
end with her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
S. G. Morris near Bowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. d. Grier, OF Sal
isbury, Nd, spent Sunday with his
sister, Mrs. William E. Deputy.
Miss Gertrude Stille has returned
home after spending a few weeks in
Philadelphia with Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Simpson Stille.
Major and Mrs. Lank, Archie Lank
and Miss Haney, Of Philadelphia.
spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. W. G.. Sammons.
Mr.. and Mrs. zed Farens and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. Hubbard Argo
and family spent the week end with
relatives in Middletown.
Robert P. Davis and family have
taken a cottage at RehobOth for the
month Of August. Mr.. Davis will be
in Milford every Saturday.
Miss Hettie P Shockley and Gus
tavus Kern. of Milford. and Miss Mar
garet E. Wilson. Of Greenwood, en-
tered Boyd Business College this
week
On Sunday last Mr.. and Mrs. T.
Mrs. H. Baird and Mr..
Lee made a trip to Camp Dix with
Mr.. Roy Truitt, to call on Mrs.
husband, who is located there.
Miss Jeanette Maloney, of Maple
avenue, who has besn taking a trip
through the mountains Of Pennsyl-
vania, is spending some time with her
uncle. Wilmer Knox, in Woodbury.,
n. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Roberts. accom-
panied by Miss Bertha Roberts and
Joseph Watson, OF Milford, and Mr..
and Mrs. George Dougherty Of Ches-
ter, Pa, motored to Middletown and
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
and family.
W. Vaules Grier, who has been at
tending a military training school
near washington, D. c., has been
sent to Fort Leavenw0rth, Kansas, to
complete his course. Mr.. Grier spent
q few hours with his parents before
leaving for the West.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
1st Rep. Dist, Sussex Co.
RECOMMENDED FOR Y. M. c. A.

The local recruiting service for
Wilmington and the State Of Della
ware has recommended a number Of
Delawareans for active Y. NJ. c. A.
service overseas. Those from Kent
and Sussex counties are:
From Dover-C. W. Schantz. Prin-
cipal Of Dover Schools; Rev. A. Vic
tor Lightbourne, pastor Of the Peoples
Church, and Charles W. Lloyd.
From Camden-Rsv ]. Thomas
Price, pastor of the Methodist Epis-
cOpal Church.
From Milford-Harry J. Pierce,
Wallace j. Handy and Daniel Ander-
son.
From Laurel-W. T. Bennett,
All the nominees. except Mr.. And
erson, will go to France early in the
fall. Mr. Anderson will go abroad
after performing temporary work in
home camps. Other nominations Of
Delawareans will be sent to the War
Work Council in a few days.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
SUBSOIING WITH DYNAMITE
IN THE VICINITY OF MILFORD

A demonstration on subsOiling with
dynamite was given on the farm Of
Mrs. John W. Short last Friday by
Frederick Ransom Of the DUPONT
Powder Company. and County Agent
Zimmerly, which proved of very great
interest to a large number of farmers
who had gathered there. Mr.. Ran
som also gave instructions on ditch
ing with dynamite. 1t will be i'm
possible to tell Immediately the value
of this work. but in the future if any
benefits are derived it will be mani
fest by the growing crops next year.
If these low pockets can be drained
this practice would bring hundreds
of acres of unprOductive land up to
a high state of fertility.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
Community SINGING

Milford's second Community Sing
which had been planned for last
Tuesday evening. had to be postpon-
ed. The rain came hard just as the
musicians were about to begin. No
body wants the rain to stop just yet,
but the enthusiasm at the first Sing
week ago shows that Milford is
ready for Community Singing and
wants train or shine. Everybody
is invited to come to the Plaza Square,
next Tuesday evening at 1880. If the
weather is fine we will have some
rousing chOruses of the songs our
fighters are singing: Keep the Home
Fires Burning" Pack All Your
Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and
Smile. Smile. Smile" "Over There"
and other popular songs, as well as
the National Anthem and the fine old
patriotic songs everybody knows. II
it rains. permission has been given to
hold the meeting in the Lecture Room
in the Presbyterian Church.
There will be a rehearsal in the
Lecture Room on Friday evening,
August End, at 1880. Everybody is
invited to attend and learn the songs.
1t does not make any difference what
your voice is like. Even If you can
not sing any better than a bull-frog
you are wanted just the same.
The Milford Community Sings" are
not to be concerts. The people Of
Milford are going to show that they,
like the citizens Of other towns and
cities all over America. not only as
individuals but as a community. are
deeply and earnestly united in support
of the men who are fighting the
worlds great battle for democracy.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
orrlmop UOT Cnnr M cDrIH
YIN = AVae UVnDv A ~ ~ -.

At the Grange Field Meeting to be
held at Millwood on Saturday, Aug
ust 3rd, at p. M, Senator Wolcott
will be the guest Of the Grange. He
will give a talk on some OF the great
questions now occupying the country,
from the viewpoint Of one who is on
the inside. Those who heard him
speak at the Armory some time ago,
will be very glad to have another op-
portunity to hear him. The meeting
is public and every one is welcome.
Senator Wolcott is recognized as one
of Delsware's great men. and should
be given a fine reception by the people
of this vicinity.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
THEATRE NOW HAS DAY POWER

Because It was impossible to get
electric current in Milford, the pro-
prietor of the Palace Theatre has
bought and established an electric
lighting plant for his theatre, which
Is now in operation, and which en-
ables him to hold at least on more
show during the evening, as he starts
an hour before the town current is on.
In addition to this he will show pict-
ures on Saturday afternoons, which
will be an accommodation to many
folks from the country, and especially
their children. The plant he has in
stalled has ample power to supply
the outside illumination, as we'll as
the light for the picture machine.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
NEGRO DRAFTEEs LEAVE STATE

Six hundred and ninety-eight negro
draftees left the State Of Delaware
yesterday for Camp Upton, New York.
The men were taken from every local
board in the state. Sussex county
furnished more men than either rural
New Castle or Kent counties The
boys from Milford who left with the
Kent county contingent left here on
Wednesday afternoon. They were
given a rousing reception on Tuesday
night by the colored citizens Of the
town. A number of the colored cit
izens had solicited funds to divide
among the boys, and this was given
to them at the meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
PLOW LAND FOR WHEAT NOW

Every farmer knows that early
plowed sod land sown to wheat either
the last week in September or the
first week in October, gives the larg-
est yield Of wheat as a rule in this
part Of Delaware. Every farmer
start the plows turning the fallow
fields, and have them in shape for
seeding seven weeks from now with
wheat. Labor is none too plentiful
at the best, and a days piOwing will
be far more profitable than days
idling at the bayshore, or visiting.
There will be ample time for pleasure
after the work is completed, and to
do this in time, all the people must
work, and use common sense in get
ting the work done.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
@BILLr WEBB SOME GARDNER

Bill" Webb, popular garage man,
automobile dealer and lime salesman,
in Milford, who also owns and oper-
ates a brick-yard for good measure,
is an adept in growing tomatoes Of
the garden variety. Bill" has a small
tomato patch in his garden, and the
vines are full to Overflowing with fine
large tomats. On Monday he made
picking and some Of the tomatoes
were indeed mammoth. One was
measured and the tape showed total
of fourteen inches around. The vine
from which this tomato was picked
had thirty-eight fine tomatoes on 1t.