Milford chronicle., 1920-02-06
LEWES

most profitable crops that can be
grown in lower Delaware is borne out
BY the results obtained from a patch
consisting of about four acres grown
By George N. Howard on the farm OF
the late George W. Shockley, near
Midway. Mr.. Howard reports that last
season he grew 1713 baskets which
netted him $1407.04, all of which were
sold through the Farmers Produce
Association at Nassau. He gives as
his seeret of his success the setting
Of good plants and application of plant
food. The land was well prepared and
nine tons of manure and 400 pounds Of
fish scrap per acre were used. The
tomato season in lower Delaware last
season was almost total failure with
most people, in several cases not even
ten baskets to the acre were gathered.
Mr.. HoWard's results are considered
remarkable, if the yield had been nor
NAL and the price remained as high
he would have probably had net
profit of 100000.
Owing to the heavy ice which has
been inside the Delaware Breakwater
for the past four days the pilot boat
Philadelphia has been unable to get
in for the local pilots thereby causing
the pilots which were aboard to serve
another turn as it was impossible to
land them, the weather has been
somewhat warmer here today and it
is hoped that within a few days if
the weather still continues warm that
the ice will disappear.
Roy Evans, of Philadelphia former
ly of this place. was in town during
the week
Rowland b. Ingram, of Wilmington,
was in town during the week.
Arthur W. Maull, who has been con-
fined TO his home for several days is .
able to be out again.
Caleb S. Layton, of Wilmington, has
been i'll here since the funeral of Mrs.
Martha A Mustard, confined at the
lMustard's home
! Lewes is again without a hotel .
which makes it very inconvenient for
travelling men having to eat at one
place and sleep at another. The Hotel
Rodney has been closed for about four
months.
Roy d. Simpler who has been spend
ing a few days with his brother, Lin
wood Simpler in Wilmington, has re-
turned
Mrs. Rowland b. Ingram, of Will
mingtOn, is spending a few days with
her parents here, Mr.. and Mrs. P. A.
Lank.
Captain Harry F. Virden. Jr.. of
Philadelphia, was in town during the
week.
The pilot boat, Philadelphia, for the !
last two days has been able to get to ;
the Coast Fish Oil & Fertilizer Com
pany pier to land pilots and take off
pilots, the breakwater has been lit !
orally filled with ice for the past week
but with the assistance of the ice
boat from Philadelphia boats have
been able to get in as far as the coast
dock, some say that if the wind con- :
tinues to the southwest for another
day or two that all the ice will be out
of the harbOr.
John p Palmer, who has confined
70 his bed, is able to be out again
A. L. Amundsen is spending a few :
days in Philadelphia with his sister /
Mrs. Fred Burton left Saturday al +
ternoon for Wilmington where she =
will spend a few weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. Irving Walls
DR.. Charles II. Keene, executive sec =
retary of the Delaware State Tubercu-
losis Commission. spoke here at the
Grange meeting this week in the aud q
itorium on Tuberculosis in Della
ware"
Owing to the heavy ice many of the
lighthouse keepers and assistants :,
have been ashore for several weeks. II
Charles E. Wells. keeper Of one of
the bay lighthouses, has resigned L
Thomas p. Scott who has been con- n
fined to his home for some months is
able to be at the express Office a part n
of the time. II a
The harbor is still filled with huge
blocks of ice, the northeast wind +,
which blew hard all day Saturday n
brought considerable more in, the ice
boat from Philadelphia is still here h
and keeps the channel open from the /.
point of the eapes to the iron pier n
These ushers have been appointed Il
at the Lewes Methodist Episcopal
Church for the month of February,
morning, Frederick b. Stevenson.
Samuel A. West, Harry NJ Maull, Mil
ton Graves; evening, Irving Palmer,
James B. Wiley, Joseph CULLEN and b.
Harold Creadick. In
Earl Schmierer of Rehoboth Beach
who Is in the Coast Guard Service at il
the Rehoboth Coast Guard Station and b
who has been in the Marine Hospital
in Baltimore for several weeks has re- N
turned to his home. o
The Ladies Aid Society of the "
Lewes M. Z. Church met on Monday
evening at the home of Mrs. Ruth 81
S,
Louis Graves who has been spend N
ing few days in Philadelphia has re-
turned. Ii
c. NJ. Erickson, a representative Of
Hayes and Anderton of New York, a.
came here last week and will look af- nj
ter their interests in the local fishing
plants, the Breakwater Fisheries Co Il
and the Coast Fish Oil and Fertilizer G
Company.
Fresh fish has almost become to be P
a thing Of the past in the local market el
as everything has been shut in for
several weeks the fishermen have had M
little opportunity to make any catches. W
ordinarily winter founders and black ds
are almost always in the market here fr
being caught locally, even the oyster
men are unable to get down the creek w
70 the oystering grounds, few musk
rats are found in the market occas- M
0nally, but owing to the heavy freezes
very little of them are being caught. IL
heir pelts are being bought up by al
ocal buyers at from $500 to $400
'ach. SD