Milford chronicle., 1922-11-03

A postal inspector was here o.
Wednesday going over the proposes
Hew rural mail route, taking in tina
section of country west and south 0
Milton. If the new route is accepted
will mean the re-arranging of rout
No. 1, the new route taking care o
some of the old route served, allow
ing the old route to give service to
portion of the country not now served
It is hoped that the new route will ge
started before the new year.
Marshall Wilson has moved int
the property he purchased Of Captain
Alfred Lekites. Ira Hastings has NOV
ed into the house vacated by Mr.. Viii
son.
Miss Susie Carey and nephew, JOS
eph Carey, of Philadelphia, are Milton
visitors.
A new roof is being put on the prop
erty of Oscar S. Belts on North Union
street.
The dead" dirt on Broad street has
been hauled away this week, much
improving this thorOughfare. In wei
weather this street has been mass ol
mud and when dry was almost nun
deep in sand.
The Fithian stores have been paint
ed this week and presents an improV-
ed appearance.
Duck hunters report that wild ducks
are very scarce on Prime Hook and
Broadkiln marshes. These marshes IN
former years have provided rare
shooting but not so this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Minos Wilson and fam
lily, of Redden, were guests of Capt.
and Mrs. David DuttOn on Sunday.
I. c. King received a carload OF Ford
touring cars and sedans on Thursday.
Mrs. Linden POstles, Mrs. Lora
Scott, Mrs. Eliza Dutton and Miss
Helen Howard were Georgetown Vls-
itors on Saturday.
Louis Lane has opened a garage in
the Robinson building on Front street.
Thomas Brittingham who has been
employed in Wilmington for some
time, sold his household goods on
Saturday and will make his future
home in Wilmington.
Captain John Fisher, of Philadel-
phia, was a recent visitor to Milton
his old home town.
Mrs. Mary Maull and daughter, En-
lily, accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. William
Wyatt, of Georgetown, to Wilmington
on Thursday, where they spent few
days.
Tindle & Wilson are busy cutting
and shipping mine props and piling.
They have during the past week ship
ped six carloads.
VF'red Reed is shipping sweet pota-
toes from the local station. The price
of sweets is so low that only those
growers who have no place to store
them for higher prices, are selling.
Fifteen cents a basket for yellow and
ten for white sweets is all that is be-
ing offered in Milton.
Local hog growers are much dis
turbed by the report that cholera or
some other disease is laying low pork
ers in Kent county. No disease is re-
ported among the hogs in Broadkiln
hundred, yet the recent spell of cold
weather has caused many growers to
kill, fearing that the disease may get
down this way.
Wheat is showing through the
ground and the stand looks remark
ably good The testing of seed by the
agricultural class of Milton High
School, as to termination, seems to
have had its effect on the stand. Far
mers are coming to learn that it is
not only a waste of time but of money
to SOW seed of low termination test
and are insisting that the seed be of
proven test. The teaching of agricul-
ture in Milton schools is having its
effects not only on the scholars but on
the farmers who take advantage of
the opportunities offered by class tests
and observations.
Miss Susie Carey and nephew, JOS
eph Carely, have returned to Phila-
delphia. !