Milford chronicle., 1923-03-02

"A FhlIauelpnla daily, in reporting
the destruction by fire of the Miltol
! garment factory said that the loss WA
100000. Steve Sockum say "what doe
a man worth 100000 want with a sbir
factory in Milton?"
The following candidates have filet
their names with the Clerk of Tow1
Council, to be voted for at the ANNA
town election on Saturday of thi.
week: For Mayor, John B. Mustard
and William H. Welch; for council.
men, William H. Workman, George B
Atkins, Samuel Fithian and DR.. John
C. Wiltbank. There are to be elected
two councilmen from the four candi-
dates.
Announcement is made of the mar
riage at Elkton, Nd, of Miss Anna
Spuga, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George R. Spuga, OF Shenandoah, Pa,
and James A. King, of Newark, N. j.,
formerly of Milton, on Saturday, Feb
ruary II, 1923. After a short wedding
trip to Washington and a few of the
southern States, the bride and groom
will make their home in PHILADELPHIA.
Harry T. Williams, near town, is
loading for William H. Chandler a
carload of sweet potatoes to be ship
ped to Scranton, Pa, at 55c per ham,
per, f. o. b. Milton. Last year Mr.. Will
liams, who is large grower of sweets
sold his crop last February for S1.47
per hamper.
There is a disease resembling dis
temper that is affecting the dogs in
and around Milton. Several animals
have died with the disease, among
them valuable rabbit and fox hounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hamblen, of
Georgetown, and Mr.. and Mrs. William
of Dover, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Walter E. Jefferson
near town.
George B. Atkins has removed his
front porch to the north side of his
residence and is building a larger one |
to the front.
Miss Clara T. Fowler and Joseph c. |
Dalton, of Chester, Pa, spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. William H. |
Mears.
Mrs. Edward Veasey, of Harbeson,
who was recently operated on at the
3eebe Hospital, Lewes, is convalesc-
ng.
Milton High School basket ball
cams, both boys and girls, won inter
.sting games last week from teams
rom MillsborO. The boys team de-
Gated the visitors by the score of %
o Is, while the Milton girls won from
he Millsboro girls, 36 to 6.
The funeral of James Jackson who
led at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
larry Smith, on Tuesday of last week
ras held on Thursday afternoon and
lterment made in Reynolds cemetery,
ear town.
The Joseph Campbell Canning Com
any of Camden, N. j., have agreed to
perate a steamboat out of the Broad :
i'll River, this and other seasons pro-
ding that enough growers will agree
grow and sell tomatoes at market :
rices. An agent of the company, R.
arlington, of Milton, is visiting the
rowers around town and endeavor- .
g to get them to grow for this COM -
my. The Campbell Company is one y
the largest canning concerns in the .
nited States and can handle three or 7
ur hundred baskets of tomatoes
ON this district. Local canneries for ?,
veral years past have not done much =
the tomato canning business, pay ~
g more attention to peas and beans,
erefore there has not been a very
9 market here for tomatoes, and
rmers have missed this paying crop.
is thought that local growers will
glad to grow for the Campbell Co.,
king the market price each day for ,
cir tomatoes. p'
Mrs. Maggie Polite died at Darby, a.
., Monday, February 26th, age 81 Sc
ars. Her remains were brought to II
ssau on the noon train Thursday. al
neral at Ebenezeer M. E. Church, th
ives and Rehoboth hundred, at 12 al
lock. Interment in the cemetery ad- w
ming the church by the side of her ue
st husband, James r. Carpenter. OF
muel J. Wilson and Son had charge at
the funeral. u
adge Margaretta Jones, daughter of MI
. and Mrs. Sewell Jones, died at an
ir home, near Milton, Friday, Feb HI
Try %, age months and days. Flu
al at residence at o'clock Sunday no
ernoon. Interment in Odd Fellows ov
netery. Rev. Larimore officiating. at
nUel J. Wilson and Son had charge no
The funeral. u.
ne
let our prices on Buckeye Incuba-
S and brooders before you pur- en-
.se. Chas. W. Fisher G Sons, Mil
, Del. j19-3t WI