Milford chronicle., 1924-10-31
Lewes News

Station, was accidentally ShoL OF
Thursday night of last week wheI
the gun which he was putting OF
fell from the holster and was dis
charged. the bullet entering the lef
leg lust below the knee. He was
taken to the Beebe Hospital where
an X-ray examination located the
bullet. but owing to the splintereC
condition of the bone, was not re-
moved. Captain Massey has been in
command of the coast guard boat
which has been chasing the rum
runners in this district and it was
he who captured the motor boat
about a week ago with six hundred
gallons of alcohol aboard and turn
ed it over to the U. S. Customs Off
GERS here.
William H. Virden celebrated his
SEVENTEEN birthday anniversary last
Saturday evening at his summer
home in Rehoboth Beach; entertain
ing the Board of Directors of the
Sussex Trust Company of Lewes, of
which he has been member since
it's Denomination. After a delightful
dinner, speeches were made by all
the members present. AS a little tok-
en- the members of the board pre-
sented Mr.. Virden with a silver case
for his eye glasses. Among others
present were DR.. William V. Mar
shall and wife of Wilmington and
Mr.. Virdens daughter, Mrs. Lillian
D. V. Smith, of JOhnstown, Pa. Mr..
Virden is one of the Lewes boys who
has achieved great success in the
business world and now stands out
as one of Sussex cOunty's most
wealthiest as well as most proml-
nent men in business circles. He is
the owner of three of the finest
farms in Sussex county, all located
in Lewes and Rehoboth hundred. He
was born and reared near COolspring
in 1854, and in 1885 married Miss
Emma Draper, who at this time joins
him in enjoying the best of health.
Fire, of unknown origin, destroy
ed the ware house of William j.
Warren and Co., Gamers here at
2:30 o'clock Saturday morning, en-
failing a loss of about $4,000; most
of which was covered by insurance.
Nearly all of Mr.. Warren's pack was
in the ware house; fortunately he
had made shipment of several car
loads recently. Aside from the can
ned goods destroyed, Ford truck,
which Mr.. Warren recently purchas-
ed, was also burned. James R. Will
lev who has been employed at the
cannery for some weeks with Mr..
Warren, proved hero when he res
cued the books of the company from
the burning building; the roof OF
which fell in a few seconds after
Mr.. Wiley came out with the books.
He was the only one at the fire who
knew where the books were kept
and had it not been for his quick ac-
ton after the blowing of the ire
whistle, the books would have been
burned. The alarm was turned in by
the engineer at the power house VINO |
saw the blaze of the fire, distance |
of about a half mile, and when the |
iremen arrived on the scene the |
building was a total loss as it was a
fire from end to end. 1t is likely that |
Mr.. Warren will put up another |
in the near future, as ne
is doing much toward helping the
farmers in this section to develop.
For the first time in this section the
farmers grew bunch lima beans for
Mr.. Warren, which met with great
success, and it is expected that next
season many more farmers Will
crow them. He also canned a great
many peas, as we'll as a large pack
Of tomatoes.
Rev. Howard Davis, pastor OF the
Trinity M. E. Church of Wilmington
and former pastor of the Lewes M.
3. Church, was town visitor here
asst week.
DR.. William P. Orr, Jr., and wife
nave returned after an extended trip
20 Detroit.
The body of Mrs. Sallie Nelson,
aged about u years, of Wilmington
was brought here on the noon tram
Monday and interment made in the
.ewes Presbyterian cemetery. She
was the widow of John S. Nelson
md is survived by two daughters
10Th of Wilmington, Miss Name
Nelson and Mrs. w. Eddie Marks.
Fire, of unknown origin, last week
the barn on Arthur II.
smiths farm, near the Rehoboth
lanai and completely destroyed it;
he farm is tenanted by Marcus
Iynch. This is the second barn that {
las been burned on this farm within {
he last few years.
State Banking Commissioner and s
lrs. Harold w. Horsey are recelv-
ng congratulations upon the arriv- t
! of a fine baby boy. Mrs. Horsey Is
t the Beebe Hospital here.
Rev. w. S. Grant, of Church Hill,
ID, formerly pastor of Epworth M. {
J. Church of Rehoboth Beach, will J
pend two weeks in revival services a
t the Groom Memorial NJ. P. Church f
ere, beginning NvOember 9th. b
8. Phillips, son of Captain James
:. Phillips, superintendent OF the {
cast Guard District, had his arm tt
roken in a game Of soccer played 8
scently between the Lewes High "
chool and Harrington High School.
he final score was nothing to moth N
W ,r., c
Frank M. Williams and G. Hilder- d
rand who have been operating the S
zeal gas plant, have resigned and il
arine engineer, William S. Lynch,
as accepted the position. P
Edward w. Van Dyke of Baltimore d.
as a force of men here installing
70 oil burning engines in the pow L
house plant, in lieu of the two G
al burners which have been in op- al
alton for a number of years. This 81
M mean, when completed, a great NJ
wing in fuel as we'll as labor.
Farmers in this section are busy OF