Milford chronicle., 1923-02-02
MILTON LETTER


ians by the announcement that j.
Harry Lynch, of Milford, had been ap-
pointed carrier for the new rural mail
route to be established on February
1st. Notice of examination for driver
of the route has been posted, to be
held in Lewes on February 10th, and
about fifteen applications for the po-
sition had been filed with the civil
service board, when word was received
by Postmaster J. D. Hopkins, at Mil
ton, to call off the examination. Then
came word that Mr.. Lynch had been
appointed. Mr.. Lynch was legislated
out of his position as driver of Mil
ford route when an automobile route
was established there several years
ago, and the Postofice Department
gave him the Milton job, the first to
be established in this vicinity since
the Encouragement at Milford. The
new route, which covers the country
to the west and south of Milton, will
be put in operation on February 1st.
Enoch Harmon is testing the cred
uality of his friends with a story that
he, with the assistance of a collie dog,
captured thirty-eight opossums on
Friday night near Overlook.
Mr.. and Mrs. Addon Frazier, former
residents of Milton, but for about a
year have resided near Harbeson, have
gone to the Sussex county almshouse.
These old folks are childless and have
become unable to care for themselves
and volunteered to enter the aims
house. The people of Harbeson have
been looking after them and will ar
range that they have separate room
at the institution.
Physicians at the Beebe Hospital,
Lewes, have found that Ira Walls, a
farmer, near Milton, who was taken
suddenly ill on Friday, was suffering
from stone in the kidneys and have
succeeded in removing it without an
operation. If he continues to improve
he is expected to be able to return
home the latter part of this week.
Surveyors are laying out the route
for the proposed concrete road be-
tween Milton and HarbesOn and from
Milton to Ellendale. They were in Mil
ton on Monday and the survey comes
from Mason's Corner to Union to the
end of Milton Lane, right through the
business section of the town. Those
interested in the road passing through
the town are urging Town Council to
ask the present legislature for the
right to bond the town to pay Millions
portion of the cost of the road thru
the town limits.
Mrs. Oscar S. Belts who has been
ill with la grippe, is able to leave her
bed.
Two carloads of piling and mine
props and two carloads of cord wood
were shipped from the brick yard
switch on Saturday.
Another electric motor is being in
stalled in the button factory to op-
crate thirty-fve more cutting ma
chimes to be installed in few days.
George E. Mcgee and John Kelley,
of Wilmington, spent the weekend
with Captain and Mrs. G. E. Mcgee.
Captain Burton Mcgee, of Philadel-
phia, was a recent visitor in Milton.
He came to Milford to see W. G. Alb
bott concerning the building of sew
eral barges for the Megee-Steer Com
pany and came on down to Milton to
visit relatives.
There seems to be some confusion
here concerning a statement in the
Milford Chronicle purporting to be
from Collector of Internal Revenue
John w. Herring, saying that every
body" must make returns to his of1ce
of their income. 1t has always been
understood that if the income of a
married man was less than $4,000 he
need make no report. Will Mr.. Herring
please make this clear? In other words
does everybody" have to make re-
port or only those whose income is
beyond 5000, for a married man, and
$1,000 for a single man?
One of the busiest spots in this
section is at the brick yard switch,
where timber dealers are shipping
several carloads of mine props and
piling every day. A large gang Of men
and teams are employed by the differ
ent dealers cutting, hauling and load
ing the timber.
Nobel Ellingsworth, of Wilmington,
who is spending the winter near
BFidgeville, was a Milton visitor on
Monday.
\ John Mitchell, of Bridgeville, who
purchased the Theo. Mcgee farm north
of Milton, is having the timber cut
from the tract and will set the most
Of the cleared land in peach and ap-
pie trees. Mr.. Mitchell, who is one of
the largest strawberry growers around
Bridgeville, will remove to his new
purchase at the beginning of next
year and engage in the strawberry
business on a large scale.
George Ellingsworth who is en-
ployed in Philadelphia, spent the
weekend with his family here.
Farmers south of Milton are COM
planning that foxes are robbing their
henhouses. The foxes in this section
are of the gray variety and inhabit
the swamps near Robbins, making
foreys into the highland farms catch
ing chickens and ducks and returning
to the syamps before daylight. They
have become so numerous under the
protective laws of the State that they
are fast becoming nuisance. The
scarcity of rabbits in this section is
laid to them, they hunting them like
dogs, killing not only the young rab-
bits in the summer season but chas-
ing down the old ones as well.
Painters are putting the finishing
touches to Bearer Dam M. p. Church,
at Harbeson. This church building has
been under repairs for several weeks,
the old Windows being replaced with
beautiful memorial windows, the IN
terror remodeled and and decorated.
During the work Of repair services
have been held in Harbeson public