Milford chronicle., 1923-08-24
Milton Letter

mODlle TRUCK, driven Dy James PeLJy
= john, on Saturday and painfully in
jured about the head and body. MI
Roach attempted to get in the true
while it was in motion, missed hi
footing and was struck by the over
hanging body and hurled violently t
the ground. The truck was heavil
loaded with peaches and had it passe
over him he would have been instant
ly killed, but he seized the running
board and saved his life. He was drag
ged several yards before the trucl
could be stopped. The accident occur
red in front of his home on Mulberr!
street
Mrs. Mary Green and daughter, o
Philadelphia, Mrs. Margaret Decker
Mrs. Annie Higman and daughter, o.
Staten Island, N. Y, are guests o.
their sister, Mrs. Fred Johnson, OF
North Union street.
The tomato cannery at Harbeson is
experiencing much trouble in secur-
ing laborers to skin tomatoes. They
have work for more than a hundred
men, women and children, but this
year, owing to work being plentiful
in the cities, were able to secure but
thirty laborers. An effort is being
made to secure more from Baltimore
and Philadelphia. This plant began
the packing of tomatoes on Tuesday.
The Draper factory, Milton, began the
packing of tomatoes this week. This
plant has been busy packing lima
beans. The Milton Canning Company
will pack few tomatoes but will
make the packing of lima beans the
principal work, having contracted
with growers for enough beans to
keep them busy until early October
The Milton canneries use only local
help and are experiencing no difficult
ty in securing all they need.
I NAPLES and Virden have put in
to unload coal from cars to
their trucks. It is claimed that the
will unload a car load of coal
in thirty minutes, and load a truck
in three minutes.
Mr.. and MRS. James Mustard and |
children, of Willimantic, Conn, are
he guests of his mother, Mrs. Martha |
Mustard.
Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Crouch and !
daughters have returned to Philadel-
)hia after spending two weeks here
With relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Townsend and
ION have returned from two weeks
yisit with relatives in Virginia. Rev.
Townsend will resume preaching ser
ices at the M. P. Church on Sunday
morning next.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. Carey and
Ir. and Mrs. w. A. Johnson are
pending this week in the Blue Ridge
the guests Of DR.. and Mrs.
;. o. Grouse, formerly of Milton.
The start Of pouring concrete on
he Milton-Harbeson road has been
elayed a week or ten days, because
f the excessive freight rates charged
n road building material from Ellen ]
ale to Milton by the Pennsylvania
.ailroad Company. 1t is reported here l.;
nat the r. L. Bonham Company,
uilders of the road will be compelled
} pay nearly twice as much from Ell
sndale to Milton, seven miles, than
rom the quarries to Ellendale, several {
undred miles. The matter has been {
lken up with the railroad officials
nd it is expected that a satisfactory {
ate will be granted by them. and
-ork on the road begun some time
ext week. The contractors can haul
ne material from Harbeson by truck
luch cheaper than that asked by the
abroad but this will not be so con-
enient nor speedy enough to COM
lete the road before freezing wealth
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stout and n
4 Of ai7ao 4I,NI
with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry t
cAllister.
Captain and Mrs. Andrew Davidson Y
nd children, of Wilmington, are
tests of Mrs. Davidson's mother, Mrs. s
'ilsOn, on Union street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Conwell, of d
spent the weekend with e.
RS. Charlotte Wilson.
Miles Belts, of Greenwood, is the Il
lest Of his granddaughter, Mrs. Lu- O
er Wilson. #
Miss Edith Wilson, of Philadelphia,
the guest of her mother, Mrs. Char il
tie Wilson. A
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. B. Weidemann and ii
lighters, Miss Ann Manship and OF
nos R. Boyce, of Philadelphia, have
en- the guests of friends in Milton. ia
ey are spending their vacation at
k Orchard. fc
John A. Hickman has returned to cI
after spending several Jc
eks here. w
Mrs. Bessie Workman and daugh- wi
), Gladys, and Mr.. and Mrs. Cleve nc
ed, of Philadelphia, are guests of Z
s. Annie Steelman. pi
Iilton A. C. defeated Dagsboro here tn
t Saturday by the score of 9 to 8. So
It's, the star twirler of the high ril
lool team, pitched for the Milton We
IS and, despite poor support in the
ly innings, defeated Birmingham, sti
crack hurler from Lewes. I'D
he grading of the road through
ton will be nearly completed this
*.
Oseph NAPLES is having erected a
eelwright and blacksmith shop on col
Mt street, adjoining the one he now Au
1pies, and will remove thereto as of
4 as completed. William W. David in
is doing the carpenter work. ten
ev. and Mrs. Charles Behringer A
son, Charles, have returned to con
r home in Wenonah, N. J., after ten
lding some time with Milton rela- thr
r. and Mrs. Robert Williams and ami
5hter, of Pittman, N. j., were week Qua
visitors with Mr.. and Mrs. Will Off
H. Mears. a r,
r. and Mrs. William H. Chandler, chu
Of Florida, were guests of his par has
last week. her