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Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
MILFORD TEAM DISBANDS

The Milford baseball team disband-
ed on Tuesday evening of this week,
after playing one of its best seasons,
and with the prospect of winning
many more games before the season
had closed. Dissatisfaction on the
part of the players was mainly re-
sponsible for the breaking up of the
team. There were players on the
team who were not willing to play
without being paid, and at Tuesday
nights meeting an effort was made to
make arrangements to pay all the
men playing on the team. This effort
was squashed when some of the
players stated that they would ex-
pect money for scheduled game re-
gardless of whether the game was
called off because of stormy weather
or not. This point the fans We're not
willing to cOncede so the team was
disbanded. The trouble apparently
started in the team Immediately pre-
ceeding the afternoon game on the
Fourth with Grace Church. This dis
satisfaction was apparently one of the
contributing reasons for the loss of
the game; for after having outplayed
the Wilmington boys in two games it
was evident that something was
wrong in the afternoon game.
The players at Tuesday nights
meeting were loud in their talk about
the fans not supporting them, etc. We
simply say who were responsible for
fixing the bleachers, the grandstand
and the new addition to the grand
stand? And besides, do they expect
the fans to be the only sports. They
paid their SOC last Monday to see a
game of ball that was a crime to
charge for. If the players themselves
cannot be sports, they can't expect
the fans to be also, and for this rea-
son it is just as well for baseball in
Milford that the team has disbanded.
Unity is strength you know.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
MAYREDUCE GARRISON
OF DELAWARE FORTS
new ORDER CUTTING The U. S. ARMY
STRENGTH FROM 223, 1000 DOWN
TO 100000 MEN.
PLANS ARE NOT YET KNOWN
The FORTS ON The DELAWARE ARE The
MAIN DEFENSE OF WILMINGTON
ANDsPHILADELPHIA.

The plans for reducing the enlisted
strength of the army from 223, 900 to
100000 men, it is expected, will re-
suit in a material reduction of the
garrison at the forts comprising the
coast defenses of the Delaware. which
include Forts du Pont, Delaware Mott
and Salisbury. Colonel J. C. Spur,
commanding officer of the defenses,
would make no statement concerning
the situation, other than that a num-
Der of the men at the forts are expect
ed to file applications for their dis
charge.
AT the present time there are 275
men stationed at Fort du Pont, while
smaller number are located at the
other forts. Asked what would be the
affect on the local forts, Colonel Spur
said he felt that Fort du Pont would
be kept up at any rate, although he
has no official orders concerning this
point.
Pursuant to orders received by Col
oneI Spur Tuesday afternoon, appli-
cations for discharge by the enlisted
men will be acted upon at Fort du
Pont and will not be sent to the corps
headquarters, at Governors Island, n.
Y. This will make the selection of the
enlisted men to be discharged up to
the officers in charge at Fort du Pont,
which is the headquarters of the coast
defenses of the Delaware.
According to unofficial reports in
circulation in army circles, it is pro-
posed to reduce the forces at prac-
tically all of the Coast Artillery posts
in the South, with the exception of a
very few at important points.
The forts on the Delaware are the
main defense of the cities of Whining
ton and Philadelphia and the indus
trial centers on the Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
STATE FIREMEN WILL
HOLD A CONVENTION
The VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIA-
TON WILL HOLD ITS FIRST MEET
ING AT LAUREL JULY 18TH.
CONSIST OF THREE SESSIONS
LARGE STREET PARADE WILL FEATURE
DAYS ACTIVITIES---EVERY COM
PANYaTO BE REPRESENTED.

Arrangements have been completed
for the First Annual Convention of
the Delaware State Volunteer Fire
mems Association, which will be held
in Laurel next Wednesday, July 18th.
AS this is the initial convention of the
new organization every effort will be
made to make it interesting and to
show to the public that the freight
ing citizens of the State have a keen
interest in those whom they serve.
The convention will consist of three
sessions: morning, afternoon and eve
ming. The business sessions being held
in the forenoon and evening, and in
the evening prizes will be presented
and the firemen and visitors enter
tanned with speeches by prominent
men, among them being Hon. Josiah
Marvel, of Wilmington, and Secretary
of State, Hon. Alden R. Benson, of
Dover. Governor Denney was expected
to be present but unfortunately he will
not be in the State on this date.
The street parade at $3.50 p. m. will
feature the days activities; every
vOlunteer fire company in the State
being represented, besides number
of floats, Boy Scouts and horseback
riders. Several of the companies are
expected to have more than one hun
dred men in line, to compete for the
silver loving cup which Governor
Denney will present to the company
having the greatest number of mem
bers in line. The company winning
this prize will have their name en-
graVed upon it and will be obliged to
win it two years in succession to claim
it permanently.
Cash prizes will be given to the COM /
pany having the greatest number of .
men in line, based on the percentage /
of their membership; the company
making the best appearance; company
coming greatest distance and the COM
pany bringing the best band. A cash
prize will also be given for the best
decorated float in the parade.
The day will be declared a holiday
for the town and the new baseball
park, which is expected to be one of
he finest down the State, will be for
nerly opened. A game of baseball has
Oeen arranged with fast team, and
hose who are interested in the nation
Il game will be given an afternoon of
entertainment. The first game will
start at two-thirty.
Large crowds are expected to attend
is this is one of the greatest events
9Ver staged in the State, and almost
every one is interested in the fire
lighters of their home town and will
accompany them to the convention to
zee them carry off the prizes.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
HEAVY RAIN BREAKS DRY SPELL

Last week was marked by very high
temperature and humidity that made
great discomfort for man or beast,
and up to Tuesday last the condition
had been changed but little. Since
Tuesday the humidity and tempera-
ture fell off and as a result more ma
tural conditions made life worth more.
The hot dry spell of weeks was brok-
en- on Thursday of last week by a
storm which drenched the dry earth
with more than two inches of rain
fall in a little over two hours. There
was some thunder and lightning, but
not of an unusual nature in M ford,
but in the nearby places nfeS were
started by the lightning and stock
killed. On the farm of William Riggs,
two miles east of Milford, four val
liable COWS standing along a wire
fence in a field, were killed when
struck the fence short dis
tance from them. Near Frederica Her
man Vinyard had two grade COWS
killed.
Threshing wheat had only started
in the section about Milford, but the
rain put stop to that kind of work
until Tuesday last.
The rain helped the pastures which
had turned brown and were almost
gone. 1t also started corn fields well
on their way and these now look ex-
tremely well.
The roads were also greatly helped
by the rain solidifying the dust and
making them more smooth to travel
over
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
SEVEN DELAWARE MEN
WILL GO TO PLATTSBURG

Seven young men from Delaware
have been authorized to attend the
Plattsburg Camp, which will be open
for young men of the End Corps Area
on August 7th. These men are a part
of the quota that will be sent from
Delaware and are selected from among
the first applications that were sent
to the Headquarters of the End Corps
Area, at Governors Island, N. Y.
In authorizing the selection of these
men, Major General R. L. Bullard,
commanding the Corps Area, an
nounces that July 18th will be the
dead line" when applications for
this years camp will be>received. He
has directed Major Harvey H. Flet-
cvherS the Recruiting Adjutant, to
place on file all applications received
after that date, and to notify the ap-
pIicants that they will be placed on
preferred list for the camps that
will be held in the End Corps Area
next summer. Of the young men Sc
lected two live in Lewes and the 9th
er five live in Wilmington. The list
of appOintees and their addresses is
as follows:
I16uIy COSSGSuel11 Cct4bD4Cg l. W
Box IA, Lewes.
Napoleon Bonaparte Register, Jr.,
South street, Lewes.
Marvin Lester Ewing, 1904 W. 10th
street, Wilmington.
Joseph Greenbaum, 2001 Boulevard,
Wilmington.
Elwood James Pennetto, GIG w. 9th
street, Wilmington.
John George Roemer, 607 N. Harri-
son street, Wilmington.
James Norris Steele, 1888 w. 7th
street, Wilmington.
Applications are being received in
Major Fletcher's Office at the rate OF
100 a day and are being received at
the Office of the Military Training
Camps Association, 10 w. 44th ST., at
about the same rate. 1 Final selection
for the camp will not be made until
July 18th, when the board Of officers
will go into session and pick the re-
naming candidates.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
COUNTY LEVY COURTS AP-
PROPRIATE MONEY FOR CLUBS

A new law was enacted at the last
session of the Delaware Legislature
which authorizes County Levy Courts,
if they see fit, to appropriate any sum
of money, but not to exceed $3,600.OO
per county in any one year, for the
purpose of supporting county extern
sion work in Agriculture and Home
Economics, in cooperation with the
extension service of the University of
Delaware and the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, as authorized in the Fed
eral Smith-LeVer Act.
The Levy Court of Kent County re-
Gently appropriated $1,000 for the pres
ent year under this act, 100000 of
which is for Boys and Girls Club
work. The Levy Court of Sussex ap-
propriated $6OO.OO, 100000 being for
Boys and Girls. Club work. The Levy
Court of New Castle county has the
matter under consideration, but up
to-date has not reported it's decision.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
PAUL SKEWIS AWARDED
THE MILFORD GRANGE PRIZE

Paul Skewis, Of Milford, has been
awarded the $4,000 annual scholar
ship to the University of Delaware,
which was offered by the Milford
Grange to the senior ranking high
est in either the subject of Agriculture
or Home Economics.
Paul has completed a four years
course in vocational agriculture. He
has also been a successful club mem
ber for several years. Last year he
represented the State on corn club
team at the Eastern States Exposition.
He was also on a state dairy judging
team, representing both the vocational
work and the club activities at the
National Dairy Show at Chicago.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
AGED COLORED MAN DEAD

Charles 3. Tilghman, a respected
colored citizen of Milford, died at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Margaret
Cooper, on Thursday, June Both, 1921,
after a lingering illness of several
months due to kidney and heart dis
ease. For the past two years he had
acted as janitor of the colored schools
and assistant janitor at Christ's Epis-
copal Church at which places he will
be missed where he always perform
ed his duties to the best of his abil-
ity. Funeral services were held on
Sunday from st. Paul's Church at 3
p. m. under the direction of the Ma
sonic order. He was faithful mem
ber of Temple Lodge, No. 8, A. F. &
A. NJ. where he had held the Office Of
tyler for twenty years. Interment was
made in Levi cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
TOLD IN A FEW LINES

Late white potatoes are being plant
ed now.
The corn fields of this section now
look fine.
Look out for mosquito crop about
next week.
/ Sweet potato fields are showing up
great since the rain.
Base ball in Milford has lost it's
keen edge for time.
CantelUupe fields in this section
look well and melons will be ripe in
ten days.
Watermelons certainly look well in
the fields since the rain of the past
ten days.
Who wants a bucket of "high-bush"
huckleberries? They will be ripe in a
few days now.
Yes the Fourth over-but "Big
Thursday comes next at the bay
shore beaches.
The concrete road for half-a-mile
on the Frederick Lane is open for use
if you drive careful.
1t is expected that the new tarvia
for travel in few days.
The alternating current has been in
use in Milford for the past week, but
the meters have not all been installed.
Williamsville NJ E. Church Sunday
school at 2:30, followed by preaching
by T.. A. Hall, licentiate of Milford
Baptist Church.
The Faithful Circle of Kings Daugh-
ters will meet at the home of Mrs.
Geo. H. Hall on Wednesday evening,
July 18th, at p. m.
Elder John S. Bowers of Ocean
View will preach at HOuston's M. 2.
Church at Hickory Hill on Sunday,
July 10th at 2:30 o'clock.
The Milford post office will be
ready to receive the next postmaster
after October 18th, when the commits
sion of the present occupant expires.
\ when the tarvia top dressing of the
streets of Milford is completed this
month there will be little dust or
noise in the residential part of the
town.
The colored school building will be
turned over to the Milford Board of
this month by the agents
Of Mr.. du Pont, who gave the building
for the purpose.
Just keep this in mind,
1t is true of the most.
The less a man does
The more he will boast.
Foreign Service.
The Ladies Aid Society of Staytons-
lille will hold festival on the church
avn Wednesday evening, July 18th.
If that night should be stormy the
same will be held Thursday evening.
Everybody come out and help the
cause. There will be plenty of ice +
,ream and cake and other good things. /
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
DELAWARE STATE HIGHWAYS

Information issued by the State
Highway Department up to June 80.
The concrete pavement between Ty-
bouts Corner and Hare's Corner has
been finished and was opened for
traffic July 2.
WilmingtOn-O -OdeSSa-The State road
is closed from the Causeway to Farm
hurst and from State Road station to
Tybout's Corner. Motorists are ad-
vised to leave Wilmington via Mar
ket street bridge, following the troll
ley line to and through New Castle to
Rogers Corner, thence by the River
road to St. Georges and Odessa.
The River Road for about three
miles south of New Castle is some
what rough, but passable regardless
of the weather.
OdesSa-DOver - Avoid contractors
track south of Odessa. Work in prog
ress at several points between Hart's
garage and Smyrna. Drive carefully.
Mt. Pleasant-BOyd's COrner-New
concrete road. No detours.
Dover to Milford, Georgetown, Re-
hObOth, and other points in SOutheas-
tern DelaWare-Take new concrete
road one mile south of Dover, follow
to Frederica. No detours. Work in
progress at Causeway north of Fred
erica, avoid construction materials
and contractors tracks. Use new con-
crete on Frederick lane-7a mile. Then
earth road Frederick to Tub Mill, five
miles. Take concrete road at Tub
Mill, follow q mile, turning to left
into Milford. Keep straight through
across bridge and follow
guide sign to right to du Pont Boule-
ward; Milford to Georgetown and Sell
byville: concrete boulevard; no de-
tours.
RehObOth and LeWes-New concrete
road open for traffic, Georgetown to
Harbeson.
GeOrgetOWn-Laure rel New concrete
road open for traffic five miles west
Of Georgetown.
GeOrgetOWn-BridgeVille - New con-
crete road open for traffic five miles
west of Georgetown.
Dover to FELTON,, Harrington, Farm
ingtOn, Greenwood, BridgeVille and
SeafOrd-Dirt road Camden to Farm
ngton. Pennington to Greenwood,
new concrete road open to traffic.
Follow local detour sign near Green
wood. Pennington to BridgeVille, new
concrete road open to traffic four
niles. Detour to east one mile to
New concrete road
to Seaford.
SeafOrd to Laurel to Delmar-New
concrete road. No detours.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
DELAWARE MAN GETS End PRIZE

Recently the War Department set
aside $4,000, to be offered as prizes
for an essay contest among the en-
listed men of the End Corps Area. The
subject of the contest to be 1.-THE Ben
fits to be Derived From One Months
Training at Citizen Military Train
ing Camp"
Approximately $50 essays were sub
mitted by enlisted men at the various
posts, camps, forts and stations
throughout New York, New Jersey and
Delaware. A Board of officers, which
was appointed at the Headquarters,
End Corps Area, on Governors Island,
to determine the winners, had consid-
cradle difficulty in arriving at unan-
i1pous decision on the essays submit
ted.
First Sergeant Allen G. Spitz, End
Co. c. A. c., Fort du Pont, Delaware,
was awarded second prize Of $25.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
MILFORD HOSPITAL NOW OPEN

The Milford Emergency Hospitals
doors were opened Saturday, July 2,
for the reception of patients. Three
patients have already been admitted
and two more are expected within a
day or so. In short time this insti-
tuition will be about the busiest place
within the limits of our town. Miss
Battles has completed her staff of as
sistants and it is our opinion that the
people of Kent and Sussex counties
will have great cause to rejoice as
time passes that we have such a
splendid institution to take care of
our sick and injured.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
MILFORD GRANGE PICNIC
HELD AT WILDWOOD GROVE

About 400 people gathered at Mill
wood last Monday for one of the lar
.ygest and most enjoyable picnics ever
held by the Grange. The feature of
the morning was the baseball game,
of which five innings were played. The
score then stood 6 to in favor of the
boys over thirty. A bountiful dinner
was served at noon and at 2 o'clock
Rev. Dryden gave an excellent ad-
dress in his usual forceful manner.
Contests with winners and prizes
were as follows: Potato race, Polly
Prim Apron, given by Mrs. Reynolds,
won by Marion Skewis; boys 50-yard
dash, baak, given by Pettyjohn's, won
by Alfred Swain; girls 50-yard dash,
silk hose, given by Thos. Davis, won
by May McColley; rainy day contest,
jar of candy, given by Mr.. Salmons,
won by Mrs. ColleIs team; 50-yard
dash for boys under IL, bass bait, Civ
en- by Pierce Hardware, won by VIM.
Fisher; 50-yard dash for girls, box of
powder, given by Mr.. Bratten, won by
Louise Davis; 50-yard dash for girls
over 16, talcum powder, won by Elean-
or Butler; 50-yard dash for small
girls, wash rag and soap doll, won by
Frances Butler. Women's race, bottle
toilet water, given by Mr.. Bratten,
won by Mrs. Maui Abbott. Three leg
ged race for men, hose supporters and
given by Mr.. Stevens, won
by Hummel and Ciel. Same for boys,
tie and shirt, given by M. L. Davis and
Arthur Derrickson, won by Floyd
Short and Eldred Isenberry. Hundred
yard dash for men, tie, given by c. D.
Abbott, won by W. H. Riggs. Race for
small boys, knife, given by Hume's
won by Hyman Rosa.
July field meeting will be held at
he home of Mrs. M. E. Titus on July
18th. Further notice next week.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
BISHOP BERRY URGES
CHURCHES TO ADVERTISE

"The daily and weekly newspapers
furnish the best mediums for general
publicity" Bishop Joseph F. Berry,
Philadelphia, says in the Christian
Advocate. Bishop Berry is chairman
of the executive committee on con-
servation and advance of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. He said:
1.-The daily and weekly papers fur
nish the best medium for church pub
licity. And do not see why the
church should expect to get it's ad-
vertising free. It includes in it's bud
get various items of expense, such as
the ministers salary, the janitor, light,
heat, insurance, repairs and often the
salary of the organist and some spec
ial singers. Why should not advertis-
ing be properly added to it's list?
"The world, the flesh and the devil
do a lot of advertising in these days.
It seems to pay the iniquitous combi-
nation pretty well. Should the church
be less anxious to speak strongly and
to the community"
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
STATE JUDGES ASSIGNED
JUDGE HARRINGTON, new MEMBER,
SITTING AT DOVER THIS WEEK.

Judge W. Watson Harrington, one
of the new judges, started his official
work as a member of the bench last
Tuesday when he was one of the three
judges to sit at the opening of the
July term of the Kent county courts.
The first court work of Judge Chas.
Sudler Richards, of Georgetown, an
other of the new judges, will be at
the September term in Wilmington.
The judicial assignments for 1921
1922 have been made as follows:
July term, Kent county-Chief JUS
tice Pennewill, Rice and Harrington.
September term, New Castle county
-Pennewill, Heisel, Richards.
October term, Sussex county, Octo-
Der 3, 1921-Pennewill, Heisel, Har-
rington.
October term, Kent county, October
17-Pennewill, Heisel, Richards.
November term, New Castle county,
November 7-Pennewill, Rice, Har-
ringtOn.
Janury term, New Castle county,
January 2, 1922-Pennewill, Heisel,
Richards.
February term, Sussex county, Feb
ruary 6-Penewill, Harrington, Rich
ards.
February term, Kent county, Febru-
ary 2O-Pennewil, Rice, Heisel
March term, New Castel county,
March g. -Pennewill, Harrington Rich
ards.
April term, Sussex county, April s.
Pennewill, Rice, Heisel.
April term, Kent county, April IL
Pennewil, Harrington, Richards.
May term, New Castle county, May
1-Pennewill, Rice, Heisel.
June term, Sussex county, June 26
-Pennewill, Harrington, Richards.
July term, Kent county, July g
L922-Pennewil, Rice, Heisel.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
MILFORD WON TWO OF THREE
GAMES PLAYED WITH GRACI

The Milford baseball team won the
Saturday afternoon game from Grace
Church of Wilmington by the score
of z to in one of the loosest played
games of the season. On Monday
they played two more games. with
the same team, both of which were
poorly played. The morning game
they won 13. to 8, and the afternoon
game was lost to 8. After the sample
of baseball that the Milford fans have
been witnessing during the present
season, the three last games were
very tame.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
WILMINGTON TO HOLD
PENINSULA SALES WEEK

The Mercantile Section of the Cham
Der of Commerce of Wilmington has
arranged for special shopping
event to be held on July II, 12 and
13, for the benefit of customers
throughout the Peninsula. Every store
in the business section of the city will
have on sale wide range of timely
goods, so priced that they will be
particularly attractive to buyers ev-
erywhere.
The experience Of shoppers at the
Dollar Day sales conducted by the
members Of the Mercantile Section is
the strongest possible guarantee that
buyers will receive real, economical
bargain at this sale.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
BLACKBERRIES NEARLY GONE

The crop of blackberries this sea-
son has been very short because of
the dry weather, but the prices were
higher than ever known since this
fruit has been grown in Delaware.
From twenty to thirty-two cents per
quart have been paid for blackberries
at the railroad stations. 1t is prob
able that many growers will enlarge
their acreage for anothe. season in
this fruit
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
LARGE ENROLMENT
AT SUMMER SCHOOL

With a much larger enrolment
than ever before, strong faculty and
an excellent spirit among the stu
dents the University of Delaware Sum-
mer School, which is now well organ
lied for the six weeks session, prom
ises to result in great good for the
teachers of the State.
The total enrolment has reached
29O, all but 81 being from Delaware.
Sussex county leads the counties
with total enrolment of 122; Kent
county, &c; rural New Castle, 40, and
Wilmington II. Maryland has sent 20;
Pennsylvania 2, and six are unclassed
as to residence.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

The engagement of Miss Dorothy
Kemp Warren to W. Taylor Barnett
was announced at luncheon given
Saturday, June 25, by Mrs. V. D. New
hall of New York. The marriage will
take place in October. Miss Warren
is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. B.
c. Warren Of New York City. Mr.. Bar
nett is the son of Mrs. M. c. Barnett.
of Belhaven Hotel, Rehoboth Beach.
Milford chronicle., 1921-07-08
FERRETS GUST RATS

: The combined ferret and dog team
of Sereck Shallcross of Odessa, Del,
recently made killing of $50 rats in
two days, on a large poultry farm
near Trenton, N. J. There are A.
900 chickens on the fran and the
loss caused by the rodents, who were
trying to make a rat farm out of it,
had become serious, when the "fer-
ret man" was called in.