Milford chronicle., 1923-11-09
Milton Letter

building lots. IneSe buildings were
once attached to the Ponder Hotel
that was destroyed by fire several
years ago. On the site of the hotel
have been erected a modern store
building and the Delaware Trust Com
pany's banking building, and the re-
moval of the old frame structures will
enhance the appearance Of the more
modern buildings. On Chestnut street
the small frame houses have been
sold by Mr.. Palmer and will be re-
moved to Mrs. V. T. Atkins wharf
property and used as dwellings. On
this site Mr.. Palmer will erect a mod
ern two-story dwelling for himself.
Golden Rule Lodge, No. II, I. o. o.
F., will be represented at the annual
communication of Delaware Odd Fell
lows, which meets in Wilmington on
Wednesday, November 21st, by J. B.
Gray and William M. Crouch. 1t is eX-
pected that a number of Milton Odd
Fellows will also attend the affair
There has been so much wet wealth
er that the threshing of COW peas and
soy beans las been stopped. 1t is fear
ed that COW peas especially will be
damaged considerable if the vines do
not soon dry so that they may be
threshed. So soft are the peas that
they can be mashed between the fing-
ers easily. Local growers have learned
that COW peas will easily rot if thresh-
ed while wet and they are waiting for
drier weather.
The pouring of concrete on the Mil
ton-Harbeson road has been complet-.
ed except for short distance, from
the Dutton branch to the farm of Geo.
W. Simpler. This will be completed
this week, weather permitting. That
portion of the road from Milton to the
farm of B. Frank Walls, has been OPP
ened to traffic by the contractors, but
those who use it( do so at their own
risk.
State Highway police were in Milton
on Saturday evening looking after vio-
lators of the automobile laws, espec-
tally those carrying insufficient lights.
Twelve QUITO drivers were arrested and
fined by che mayor, a nominal sum,
and warned that the next offense
would be more severe.
Mrs. Frances Wilson, widow of the
late Peter Wilson, died on Thursday,
November LIST, at the home of her son,
Marshall, on Chestnut street, age q
years. Funeral services were held at
her late home on Sunday afternoon by
Rev. ]. w. Townsend, and interment
made in Odd Fellows cemetery by S.
J. Wilson and Son.
The Zion Y. P. B. will meet at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Lank
on Tuesday evening, November 18th.
Everybody welcome.
State Highway Policeman Fithian
came near having a serious injury on
Sunday night, near Lewes, when car
he was passing swerved to the left
side of the road, striking his motor
cycle, and knocking him several feet.
The motorcycle was wrecked but Mr..
Fithian escaped without injury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dice Fowler and
daughter, of Chester, spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
Mears.
Mr. and Mrs. Linford Wiley, of Will
mington, spent the weekend with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Wiley,
near town.
Miss Arzie Carpenter, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Carpenter, near |
town, and Layton Wiley, Of Milton,
were married in Elkton, Nd, on We'd
nesday, October 81. They will reside |
here, where Mr.. Wiley is employed in |
the button factory.
George EllingsYorth has gone to |
Philadelphia where he will remain all
winter.
Metzner Brothers will sell their
farming implements and stock at pub
lie sale on Wednesday, November IA,
at their home on the road from
whites Chapel to Overlook.
While helping to move a house at
the corner of Front and Chestnut |
streets recently, George e. Watson
was struck on the head by falling
brick and rendered unconscious. He
received a severe laceration of the
scalp.
Sheridan Warrington, of Harbeson,
was struck by an automobile in front
of his garage on Thursday and was so
severely injured that his death is ex-
pected at the Beebe Hospital, Lewes.
Mr.. Warrington was working on a
truck, standing just at the edge of the
concrete road and stepped from the
truck directly in front Of sedan
driven by Mrs. Frances Derrickson, of
Ocean View, and was knocked down
and dragged thirty feet before the
driver of the sedan could stop the
car. Mr.. Warrington was picked up
and rushed to the Lewes hospital
where an examination showed that his
skull was fractured and he had also
sustained internal injuries.
Town Council will sell at public
sale the two story house and lot on
the new stone road, just south Of the
town limits, in front of the mayors ,
office on Saturday, November 10th, at
2 p. m.
Mrs. Charlotte Johnson and son, w.
A. johnson, spent Sunday with The -,
odore johnson, another son.
Mrs. Charles A. Virden is quite i'll
at her home on Federal street.
Charles Barwick, 10 years of age,
had his right forearm severely injur- !
ed on Thursday when a gun he was !
removing from a wagon at his home,
near Glendale, went off while he was
taking it from the wagon. DR.. Hopkins I
rendered medical assistance and it is
expected that the arm will be saved. :,
Barwick, who went into the woods af-
ter load of stove wood and carried
his gun along, laying it in the body Of u
The wagon loaded. When ne pulled the
gun toward him, the hammer struck y
4 projection in the body Of the wag-
IN, exploding it. His life was saved by
he fact that he did not stand direct .
" in front of the muzzle of the gun. T.
John R. Marvel, of Milton, attend