Milford chronicle., 1927-09-30
Milton Letter

car. NelJleT MI. heeu OI HIS DlOlh-
er, John Reed, were injured beyond
a few slight scratches from the
tangle of briars into which the car
fell AS Mr.. Reed approached the
mill-dam from the south he saw a
car coming from the north crossing
the dam. He, knowing the dam was
too narrow to pass on drew his car
to the side of the road not knowing
he had entered upon the dam and
the car was turned on its side amid
the bushes that lines the roadside.
Had it not been for large maple
tree catching the front of the car
the machine would have rolled down
the steep embankment to the swamp
below and the men would doubtless
, have been seriously if not fatally
injured. This bit of public road Is
extremely dangerous because OF It's
narrow width and several macnllles
have been capsized from the IOau
during the past two years Inc
residents of that section want Ihe
county officials to widen the dam
and place posts and cable along lts
sides to prevent accidents.
Two cars driven by J. &. Palmer
and Arley Thomas collided at the
intersection of Front, Federal and
Union Streets early Saturday morn
ing. No one was injured but the
Thomas car was considerably dam
aged. A truck that was parked at
the turn of the road Obscured the
view and each driver failed to see
Ithe other until their cars crashed.
fvap af Milton
ming Company plant on Friday
Robert Wiley, Jr, fell from box
upon which he was standing and
received severe internal injuries.
His condition this morning is but
little improved.
Asher Coffin, clerk in James
Masons meat market, was taken
suddenly i'll on Friday evening and
is confined to his home.
H E. Conwell is having his resi-
dence on Union Street repainted.
William G. White are the contract
Ors.
The new building for the First
Congregational Church has been
rooted and the laying of the corner
stone will take place on Sunday,
October End, at 800 o'clock p. m.
Senator J. c. Palmer, of Milton, and
J. c. Moulton, of Havre deGrace, Md.
will make addresses, as will also
Rev. Harold M. Kingsley, director
of Negro Congregational Churches
east of the Mississippi. Most Wor-
. shipful Grand Master, DR.. c. Banton
and others of Wilmington will be
present and take part in the service
of the day.
Mrs. Mary Morris is spending a
few days in Hurlock, Md, as the
guests of relatives and friends.
The oyster longing season opens
in the Broadkill river on October Is.
The last session of the legislature
changed the opening date from Oc-
tOber 1st, to the 18th, upon recon-
mendation of local oystermen be-
cause last year the tongers from
other rivers came here and tonged
oysters for two weeks before the
season opened in their rivers, thus
taking many bushels of oysters
from the Broadkill river that would
have been caught by Broadkill tong
ers.
William r. Chandler has gone to
Scranton, Pa, with a gang of men
to harvest the crop of fall apples
from his orchard near that place.
br. Joseph Conwell, of Vineland,
N. j., was a Milton visitor last week.
The Milton Canning Company
have begun the shipping of new
pack lima beans. The packing sea-
son is drawing to a close, ten more
days will see its finish. The yield
has been fair and the quality above
the usual.
Town officials should prohibit |
the parking of cars on Front Street |
from the home of C. A. Conner to |
The Johnson Pharmacy. The sharp |
bend in the roadway at this point |
should not be Obsecured by parked |
cars Several accidents have oc-
cured at this point and unless some |
restriction is placed on parking |
here, more serious consequences
will result. Parking should also be
prohibited on the opposite side of
the street from the ConnOr building
to the corner of Federal Street.
These are acute curves and traffic
should be protected at these dan
.gerous points.
The biggest improvement in the
business center of Milton is that
done by Joseph H. Walls, who is
erecting a handsome business block
on Union Street. Mr.. Walls took
an unsightly bog lying between his
property and the river, erected a
reinforced concrete wharf and fill
ed in the enclosure with clean earth
Upon this site he is, completing a
business block, to contain three
large stores and an office. These
stores and office will be for rent by
the first of the coming year. One
of the store rooms will be occupied
by Mr.. Walls as meat and prOvis-
ion market. The second story of
this building contains one large
room, suitable for a lodge room or
can be made into splendid apart
-ments. There is no doubt but that
the store rooms will be rented be-
fore completed as they are in the
center of the business section and
are the only business places to rent.
On Sunday evening, during a
bTawl near the colored camp ground
Charles Robinson, of Ellendale, was
Stabbed with large pocket knife
by Louis Mosley, of Milton, The in
jured man, bleeding profusely from
the wound, was taken to the office
of DR.. Robert B. Hopkins, where
several stitches were required to
close the wound. The cash was be-
tween the shoulders and but for the
knife striking the backbone square
Ill 1n1
escaped capture despite the
offoY.fc Of Offioar MOOra Whn was |