Milford chronicle., 1920-10-08
G t2'WES NEWS

SUSSEX lfuSt Company for the heirs
of James d. Brittingham, deceased.
was purchased by Thomas r. In
gram for $3400 and the so acre tract
of timber land on the same tract was
purchased by Ernest Lynch for $3.50.
Louis A. Richards has purchased
the Cruger cottage on Lewes Beach
from Frederick Willard of Whining
ton and will move his family there
from the Ingram property on Front
street. Mr.. and Mrs. John X. LawtOn
will occupy the Ingram property.
The Lewes Packing Company and A.
F. Anderson local canneries closed
down their plants last week for the
season. The LeWes Packing Com
pany packed about $4,000 cases and
Anderson about 10000 and the bulk
of both packs were purchased at 20
cents a basket.
Charles r. Nelson and family and
Mrs. Ella Pierce and Mrs. Alfred 3.
Nelson spent Saturday last in Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Fields are
on an extended trip to Wilmington,
Philadelphia, Niagara Falls, Pitts
burgh and Chicago.
Fred NJ. Ritter has purchased the
Sc acre farm of Charles Baynum
which is located about two miles and
a half from town on the road lead
ing to Nassau. Mr.. Baynum will
move in town where he has secured .
a position with the Fred l.. Myers
Company.
The Columbia Stock Company has
been exhibiting here at the auditor
ium this week and as usual the at
tendance was good.
George S. Medill State Bank Com
missioner. and assistants, Ira Lewis
and Harold HOrsey, are at the Sussex
Trust Company this week.
Funeral services of Colonel Robert /
Arnell were held in the Presbyterian {
Church here Friday afternoon and in !
terment made in the adjoining ceme- !
terry. Rev. /. Mench Chambers and
Rev. Howard Davis conducted the SER
vices. The funeral was largely at t
tended and a number of out of town S
people were in attendance
This town has been without gas for h
the first three days of this week, caus- e
ing considerable inconvenience to II
housekeepers. many depending solely n
on gas as fuel. The town is supplied h
with gas by the local plant and owing +
to some piece of machinery breaking, Il
the supply was cut off until a new fc
part to replace the broken one could sc
be sent for. de
Farmers in this vicinity were de- bl
lighted with the rainfall which hap 81
pened on Thursday, and now they m
IRE able to plOw for their wheat an
many have been unable to plow row 70
until it rained as the ground was so tin
lard from the hot wheather and tn
Irought 1t is feared by some that tn
he late potato crop has been cut of
hort on account of the lack of rain, m;
While some claim that the best corn do
rop that has been known for years ne
'ill- be harvested this autumn. Pro- TIL
uce dealers are buying Keiffer pears DR.,
nd loading them at Nassau station eel
4 carload lots. Last year the farm un
RS realized as high as S1.25 a bask out
t. This season they are bringing COZ
rom Is to 20 cents basket and inc
lany of the farmers say that before titl
ley will take less than 20 cents they fro
ill let them rot. The crop this cor
ear is unusually large and with such dor
heavy crop all over the country the VIII
emand is not very great. Z
Rev. 1. Mench Chambers and wife has
ave returned after a months vaca- I
on spent win Irlenos ana relallVes be
New Jersey. Rev. chambers resum- pla
I his duties on Sunday at the Pres
-terian Church.
Prof. Arthur Mcbride of Cambridge,
hio, arrived here last week and be-
IN his duties as teacher of French 9
Id English at the high school last tba
ednesday a week. He is graduate eto,
Ohio State University and comes fe,,,
ghly recommended. tbo
These ushers have been appointed nj,
the LeWes NJ e. Church for the =,
onth of OctOber-Morning David
George w. Coverdale -
larles W. Palmer. Martin L. Webb; -
ening: Charles II. Howard, John J. D..
ilson. Napoleon B. Register and Ed dr,. I''r
n c. Lodge. tho
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius c. Marshall nd a,S
no have been on a weeks vacation ,,iae ,ros
the Delaware Water Gap have re- coT1
rned home rive
The Republican women held a ao+t
Getting last week at the home of Mrs. bo'' 5o,'
illiam T. Atkins. Miss Elizabeth and
lzzard acted as chairman. TO =
Miss Annie E. Metcalf returned to is .
r home in Philadelphia after a 4,
EEK S vacation with friends and rel on
ives here. r,,,o
After a spirited contest at the Re ,,r.,I nraI
blican primaries here on Saturday tb,.a
Representative OF lue leutu 1eD- Iorc
sentative District, Samuel c. Pierce nna llol 9
S nominated with a majority of 5S. ole o5 q,
e other candidates were James 7. ~,
nix. former cashier of the Fidelity Mn
ust and Savings Bank, and George o.,
Murray Pierce ran a head of his =
ket at all three voting precincts. Cll,,,
Q nominee for the same office on .te
Democratic ticket is Thomas Vim. - ~
rner of near Lewes. who was the CO..
" man fled for the Office IN,
Be careful. Do not ruin your arti- 1,et
al teeth with any cleanser not fit 80, 80
put into your mouth. Use the only ll. o-i
ginal plate cleanser - Caulk Den ~
e Cream. Cleans. sterilizes, pre- IL, III
its bad breath. and keeps plates t"iu
e new. Sold by all druggists. oS-tf y ,rl NJ
at E
TRINITY last
the
dr. and Airs. Frank Wheatley and eiiIIs III,
spent Sunday at the home of NJ
urice Hunt.
Margaret, the seven year old daugh- ~. ,t4,