Milford chronicle., 1920-11-05
LEWES NEWS

make its appearance this season. ant
many farmers who haven't their swee
potatoes out, are getting busy nov
in order to get them cut before tOt
many frosts strike them. The high
est price paid for prime sweet pota
toes in quantities is 35 cents a basket
and the best offer for white potatoes
is so cents a bushel and very few o.
the farmers are willing to sell their:
at that figure, and say they will bury
them and take chance of getting
more for them in the spring
Mrs. Ebe I. Lynch of Wilmington
formerly of this town, is visiting
friends and relatives here for a few
days.
John NJ. Vessels and Edgar W. In
gram made a business trip to VIII
mington during the week.
Clarence Beebe who for several
years has conducted the Ocean House
on Lewes Beach has been quite i'll at
his home for several weeks and is
very slowly improving.
George B. Atkins of Milton is in
stalling three Chloric pipeless heat
ers in the Lewes NJ. L. Church here,
to replace the two hot air heaters
which have given out after ten years
of service.
Irwin B. Steele. keeper of Coast
Guard Station, near Ocean City. Md,
formerly of Rehoboth Beach, was in
town during the week.
Cove r. Morris who has been oc-
cupying the Samuel Lank farm near
COolspring for the past two years,
will dispose of his stock and farming
utensils at public sale on Wednesday,
November 3rd, and will move to New
York State where he has secured a
position. John E. Martin who now
occupies the Walter p. Robinson farm
will succeed Mr.. Norris on the Lank
farm.
Eugen H. Maull who is employed as
manager, of the sand digger of the
Lewes Sand Company, met with a
very painful accident last Monday a
week when he was loading cars with
sand from the digger, when it turned
turtle with him in the machine. Sew
eral of his teeth were knocked out
and he was bruised somewhat. He eX-
poets to return to his work in a few
days.
IdIultlo III AlAAo oEGLAOh etAE Uuog
digging their late potatoes and the
yield is only a very ordinary one Ow-
ing to so much dry weather, which
prevailed during the past two months.
It is understood that buyers are Of
fering only from so to 90 cents a
bushel for white potatoes which is
lower than the price at
this season last year. Some of the
farmers say that they can not come
out on them at that figure because of
the high prices paid for phosphate.
Edgar w. Ingram, general manager
Of the Breakwater Fisheries Company,
made a business trip to Milford dur
ing the week.
Mrs. A. GutuwitZ, Miss Irene Gutu-
witz, Mrs. Harry Lubker and Mrs.
William L. Ennis are enjoying a ten
lays auto trip to Philadelphia.
Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall and Mrs. /
Sallie T. Martin are visiting Mrs
Riley, in EastOn, Md.
While Sterling Jones and William /
Zeal, Jr., were standing along the /
curb in Jones Ford Sedan on Sunday /
evening in front of Mrs. Ella Ross's |
boarding house, an approaching auto .
lriven by man by the name of West /
rom Millsboro, who claimed that he \
vas blinded by an autos light COM
ng toward him, ran directly into
ones car knocking it forty feet and
reaking every glass in the car, and
utting young Teals head with glass
rom the rear window. 1t took four
titches to close the wound. Consid-
rable damage was also done to the
Vest car.
Marshall =. Hazard received a bad
ut on his head few days ago when
e was thrown from wagon in which
e was riding by the overturning of
box.
Miss LeOta Weise of Brooklyn, N.
r, who has been spending several
ays with Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Bert
and has returned to her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Layton of {
lackwater, spent Sunday with lEr.
nd Mrs. Charles H. Howard.
Mrs. William E. Ennis is in Phila-
elphia with her daughter, Mrs. VIII ,
am Walls who has pneumonia. {
Mrs. w. Virden Burton and children
{ Wilmington are with her grand S
lrents here. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w. {
nnis.
William I. Jones of Baltimore, Md, t
spending 4 few days with his par
ITS near town, Mr.. and Mrs. John I. d
)nes.
Captain Harry C. Maull is able to t
: out again after having been laid il
D for several weeks with a badly t
ashed ankle. c
Mrs. w. A. Arthur and children of
azletOn, Pa, are visiting her par t
It's, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Atkins.
Mrs. Z. R. Sipple of Clayton who fl
Is been visiting Mrs. William P. Orr,
=, has returned. b
Coast Guard Electrician Hugh Nc X
srnan has returned after spending
S vacation. with his parents in b.
-ooklyn, N. Y. Z
Mrs. Mollie G. Carey Of Philadelphia
visiting Mrs. IGa ~. Morris Tor Il
nile.
Mrs. Cornelius NJ. Erickson went to is
Va, last week to be W
tn her husband who is superinten-
lg the erection of a large fishing d
mt there. +
Mrs. Eliza A. W. Fisher, aged So
ars, widow of the late James Fish u
died at the home of her son. Prof. pi
w. Fisher. in Brooklyn. N. Y, on Al
ursday, October 28th. The remains
re brought here on Friday evening 10
d funeral services were held at III
hite's Chapel on Sunday morning
interment made in the adjoining nc
netery. The deceased is survived
one daughter, Mrs. Margaret e. "
lite, of Philadelphia, and one son, ne
Of w. w. Fisher.