Milford chronicle., 1921-09-02
MILTON LETTER

0CAJclllll r. W ais dSGu OU years
died at his home on Chestnut street
South Milton, on Monday morning, o.
cancer of the face and neck. He leaves
a widow and three children, MillarC
Walls, of Ellendale, James Walls Of
Laurel and Mrs. Frank Reynolds oi
near Milton. Funeral services were
! held on Wednesday afternoon at the
NJ. P. Church by the Rev. It. C. Grouse
and interment made in Odd Fellows
cemetery by S. J. Wilson & Son. Mr.
| Walls was a blacksmith and con-
Quoted that business here until a
few years ago when ill health COM
PEELED him to retire.
iss Mary Hildebrand of Philadel-
phia and Miss Margaret Warren of
Camden are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas H. Douglas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Fisher of West
vile, N. j., have been the guests of
his brother, Chas. d. Fisher and wife.
Presiding Elder Mowbray will
preach at Milton NJ. E. Church next
Sunday morning, followed by quar-
terly conference.
In cutting into stove wood the large
willow tree that was uproOted by the
recent storm, William Johnson found
that in the very heart of the tree a
large dOgwood fence post was imbed-
ded.
A party of ten men from Delmar
and nine from Milton went on a fish
ing trip to the Breakwater on Tues
day in the yacht X-1O-U-S. Though
the sea was rough they caught so
trout and 165 sea crocker. One of the
Delmar men became so sea sick that
he vOmited his false teeth overheard
and sold his fishing outfit, for which
he paid twenty dollars, to one of the
Milton bunch for three dollars. He
sure was disgusted. Those from Mil
ton were H. D. Bennett, Clinton Lof-
land, Edgar Welch, Alfred Belts,
Thomas Johnson, Clifford Johnson,
Mark Watson, Franklin NAPLES and
H. E. COnwell.
Mrs. Edgar Marvel of this town was
taken to the Lewes Hospital on Mon
day of last week and operated on for
appendicitis by Drs. Beebe and Hop
kins. She is improving and her COM
plete recovery is expected.
Rev. and Mrs. G. ]. Hooker and
children, who have been the guests of
Mrs. Mary Maull for the past few
days have returned to their home at
Pittsville, Md. Rev. Hooker was pas
tor of Milton NJ. E. Church about fif-
teen years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mustard and
children, of Willimantic, Conn.,, are
the guests of his mother, Mrs. Mar
tina Mustard, who is ill.
Early sweet potatoes are in market /
and selling at rs cents per half peck /
The contractors are erecting a
fence around the new cOlored school
house at the east edge of Milton, !
which concludes their work here. The /
date for the dedication of the school .
has not been determined.
Last Sunday was big Day" at Mil
on cOlored campmeeting and over
1900 paid admission. The camp contin-
les over next Sunday.
The corn crop in Broadkiln hun
ired, from present indication, will be
he largest for years. The corn is of
height and the ears are large
md filling out nicely. 1t is estimated
hat the yield here will be above fif-
y bushels to the acre on an average.
round forty bushels. Sweet potatoes
re another crop that promises we'll
lere. The vines are rank and well
et with potatoes of unusual size and
These are about the on
Y crops that even approach normal.
iarly vegetables, including white pO-
atOes, were almost a failure and the
ate potato crop will be below normal,
ecause of the failure of the seed to
prout during the dry weather at the
me of planting, some fields were
lowed up and sown to buckwheat
nd clover.
Mrs. Ada Guse and son, Conrad, of !
are guests of Milton and
ehObOth relatives.
Benjamin Carpenter has bought of {
apt. Chas. F. Lacey the old office
1ilding of the Milton Fertilizer Com :
any and moved it to a lot at the =
'Ot of Federal street and will make
into dwelling for himself.
Charles Reynolds is erecting a
rye barn and hay NOW on his farm
ear NAPLES Mill
One of the best fields of corn in this
'ction is on the farm of Charles Die
ersOn, in Broadkiln Neck. The corn
from eight to ten feet high and the
-rs are of unusual length.
By an act of the recent legislature
e hunting season for squirrels op-
Is on September 1st instead of Sep
mber 18th, and continues until Oc-
ber 18th.
John Carpenter has sold his farm in
I'VE Neck to his son, Elemuel.
Thomas Moore is improving his res
ence on his farm near town by
ingling the side walls.
Walter Jefferson has sold the ten
It house on his fathers farm, near
wn, to William Vent, who will re-
I'VE it to tract of land near George
wn.
B. B. Johnson has sold his resi-
nee on Mulberry street, North Mil
4, to George A. Lippincott. Mr..
hnson, who has been in poor health
several years, will make his home
tn his son, Fred E. Johnson, near
Vn.
Miss Ethel Conwell entertained a
mber of her friends with a yacht
inch party down the Broadkiln riv-
to the jetty last week. Those in the
rty were: William Hearn, Philadel-
ia; Paul Townsend, Selbyville;
nry Mervell, Dale Short, Harold
tfield, Eunice Jones, Virginia Chip
n, Katherine Davis, Alice Lynch
l Sarah Hatfield, Georgetown; The1-
Davis, Lewes; Hilda Burton, Mills
%; Carlton Draper, James King,
n Wagamon, Elsie King, Ethel Con-
Il, Milton, and Edgar Welch, Bos-
, Mass. They made the trip on the
.ht X-1n-II-S and had 2 Vnrv en-