Milford chronicle., 1921-07-01
MILTON LETTER

st At meeting of Milton Town Coun
Gil on Thursday night of last week
II number of business men met Will
Council and asked that the button fac
d tory be exempted from taxation fot
I. ten years. After discussing the mat
ter Council granted the request. The
r action by the business men was TAX.
= en- when it became known that sever
al towns on the peninsula were Of
terinS Mr.. LippincOtt, the owner of
the button plant, inducements to re-
move the plant from Milton to some
other town. Mr.. LippincOtt started a
cutting plant here but finished the
buttons in his Philadelphia factory
His plan is to move the finishing ma
chinery to Milton, thus giving en-
plOyment to hundred or more men
and women, and paying for this la
Dor weekly more than thousand dol
lars. AT the same time Council ex-
empted the garment factory of Graves
d Son from taxation for the same
length of time. This plant EMPLOYEES a
score or more of women and girls.
Captain and Mrs. James c. ConweII
and daughter, Ethel, spent the week.
end with relatives at Westover, Md.
this week.
A boat from Jersey is here buving
vegetables, chickens, eggs and other |
farm produce for the Wildwood mar /
kets This boat will make weekly
trips and means another outlet for the |
products of Broadkiln farms.s This
boat was on this route last summer
and was very successful.
The cottages at Broadkiln Beach
fi1linor nm
camden folks. The hook and line fish
ink OF this resort is good and many
large catches of trout and sea crocus
are reported
Blrdsong Bros. are shipping one and
Two carloads of peas a day from their
factory. They put up about 10000
cases of peas this season. :
The cord wood market is dead and :
every railroad switch in this section 6
ot Sussex county is piled high with ,
WOOD ready for shipment just as soon il
as the market warrants. Thousands of n
cords were cut last winter and spring z
IND this is yet in the woods awaiting j,
ne settlement of the strike that has
leu up the ships of the country; the Il
wood being used as dunnage for the N
securing of barrels and other mack /,
ges in the ships hold. g.
Mrs. John A. Lindsay is visiting her ~
'arents in Garfield, N. J. n n
On next Sunday evening Rev. Fl r ~
-eed will begin series of illustrat- a
d sermons in the NJ. E. Church. The w
ubJect next Sunday evening will he
america in Song and Story:" INV on
], Pilgrims Progress" july II NJ
Inc Life of David" July "a, "The to
lie OF Christi" July 81, "The PbiIi- 10
pine Islands," August z, "The Pas en-
on Play" '''' T1I 15l
amos A. Burrous, of Milton, had his cd
)rd touring car stolen from in front ba
the Methodist Hospital Philadel- we
Ia, on Saturday while he was visit do
g that institution. The car has not Uo, ~o
en- recovered. -'' IGS 10
carpenters are erecting booths on obi
ont street for the Fourth of .TuIv Iir
ieDratlon to be held here on Mon mo
y scores OF athletes have entered an
the various events in the after Tef
Oh ana game of base ball will he d1.o
'yeu. Inc parade in the morning will am
Cne largest and best ever held W.,
re. Ihere will be decorated auto- A.,
'DlIes, local and visiting firemen. hos
III Chelr apparatus, patriotic orders. bI,
by the Milton band. In the even 80 ~
Inere WIFI be a street carnival. b.
rks. - III : Met
'arly potatoes are being harvested ',oaI roall
the output is away below normal. --o,,-
ng to the drought that has prevail to tei ,
IN this section for several weeks. 80 ~ q
'uC the time the tubers shouId 80
e been setting with potatoes the ~ At ~
weather set in and the POTATOES W.. W. D.
not only few in the hills but of ~ l9t
IL size. In some fields a BLIGHT to IIoC
the vines, killing MANY nlants peeu
n difficulty is being experienced I!sn
citing sweet potatoes to live after uIhg
ing. becanse of ~ J'.IS ~ I've @IIeT her
SIMS TTn1ess ,.o;,, NlousnC anu all v
days this cron will viii he lilies - IN d pero
le second crop of alfalfa is he -
harvested and despite the drv
her is heavy one. Crimson Glow.
also being cut but is away below
nal. The late frosts after fbe cIo.
mad begun to grow and were ten-
Il hlIIed OH about half of the plants
the drought kept the clover short.
s.. Edith Dole of Philadelphia is
ng her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wright.
aries Shockley, of Slaughter
was committed to the county
u Georgetown on Thursday NOR IN
OF last week for examination as OU
sanity. The young man threat
to kill his father, Nemiah Shock
WIN gun. Constable Jester, of T.,
5etoWn, brought the demented AN
to Milton where Squire Lank
an examination, committed him.
young man has acted SUSPECT
for some time but was consider
Irmless until a few days ago I
ne seemed to take aversion to IN
ther and threatened his life with III
eph Carey, of Philadelphia. is
ing the week in Milton. III
" apples are being shipped from IN
handler orchards. Only a few w,
IS are being shipped daily when VA
Dad would be shipped ordinar- iN
)m this orchard, but the LATE III
OF the spring killed ninety per hi
# the buds. I'LL
bank building at Millsboro, be- #l
ected by William H. Workman. IssI
town, for the Millsboro Trust Nsl
ny, is nearing completion. ss
st weeks Ellendale letter Paul Ws
kes the Milton firemen to task NJ
attending the carnival given Nv
EIlendale fremen. Does Paul A.
oW that Milton was represent M
ne carnival? Does he know that nv