Milford chronicle., 1927-01-14
Georgetown
Find Safe While Excayating; Hopes
Oh Riches Fade When Opened ana
round to be Filled With Clay

Fin9 Sale While ExcaYating; Hopes
Gl hieheS Fade When Opened ana
fOuhu 10 be Filled With Clay
Hopes of being able to live d re-
urea lie came to a sudden endlils
Ior FRANK Savin and James travis
Oh hehoDoth Beach, and William
! Johnson, South Railroad avenue
thls city, when the three young men,
employed in excavating cellar toI
the new addition to the Hotel Hen
lopen, at Rehoboth Beach, discoyeIeu
nVe Ieet below the surface OF the
Deach a large safe, and upon open
IN git found that it contained
quantity Of soft clay instead OIL "
fortune in gold. The young men
were working in an unconcerIieu
manner when suddenly one Oh tnelll
struck what at frs: was thought TO
be a rock. Knowing that II hau u
be removed, they set to work dis-
ging 1t out when to their surprise
they found that It was saIe'
thoughts of sudden riches Dclhs
thrust upon them Crept through
their minds, and for ii few minutes
they stood in awe, looking ut each
other and wondering just how they
were going to keep the secret. tlnal-
ly, with their curiosity raised TO the
highest point, they agreed to dlVlue
the spoils, which they Thought Woulu
be sufficient enough TO enable inem
to throw down their tools and never
do another days work. The comDl-
nation of the safe was broken, ana
with their hearts proverbially IN
their thrOats they opened the coor
when to their great surprise the!
found it was filled with sOf. clay.
No explanation can be given 1or
the safe being buried along inc
beach, unless during 4 heavy storm
off the Atlantic Coast within The rast
few years it was washed from a snip
and finally brought up on the beach
by the heavy current, and covered
with sand by the tides.
The door evidently had been op-
ened some time in order for It TO
fill up with clay, and, after beng
filled, through some means, was
closed.
So far, no one has claimed the
safe. The young men, after Delng
fooled like they were, are content II
they never see it again.
Second Representative District Has
Large Number of Aged People
The Second Representative Dis
trict of Sussex county, composing
Upper NanticOke and Northwest
Fork Hundreds, and including the
towns of Bridgeville and Greenwood,
is able to hold it's own with some OF
the other sections of lower Della
ware for having aged people. In this
district there are 125 men and WO-
men whose combined ages equal
9O11 years, or an average OF little
more than 72 years each.
In the first election district there
are six who are 20; one, II; three,
IA; four, rs; three, 76; two, n; one'
Is; one, 70; three, 80; one, 81; one
"a. Those who are eighty or more
are: George w. NJ. Macklin, James
w. O'Day, Bridgeville, R. D.; Rachel
A. Passwaters, Greenwood, r. d.,
80; Fred Eckhart, Greenwood, R. D.,
50; Job w. Conaway, Bridgeville, r.
D., "a.
In the second election district,
comprising Bridgeville, there are
ten who have reached 20; four, II;
nine, 72; two, 73; eight, rs; five, IS;
four, n; four, 70; two, 80; two, 81;
two. SO; one, 85; two, SO; one, 80.
In the eighty-year-clasN are i'll
,.aluded the following: Maf u Thom-
as. 75fssT y se=,
Vile, 80; Charles R. Lewis, George
A. Polk, Bridgeville, 50; Harvey I.
Hastings, George w. Washington,
Bridgeville, 80; Samuel G. Belts,
Bridgeville, 85; Ella Jacobs, Samuel
Blocksom, Bridgeville, SO; Samuel
II. Nelson, Bridgeville, SO.
In the Greenwood end of the dis
trict there are ten who have reached
20; six, II; four, 72; five, 70; one'
"a: two, IS; four, rs; five, n; one,
7S: one, so; one, 81; one, "a; one,
So: one, 80, making total of forty
three whose combined ages reach
3191 years. Those who have reached
the four score period of life are:
Thomas E. Sharp, 80; Robert H. Ca
hall. 81: John H. Cornish, "a; Mary
I Jones. SO; Miers B. Belts, so.