Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27

any other class of folks. If the
health board of the State and of the
nation are honest they will ferret
out the source of pollution and re-
move it and again allow the tong
ers to return to their business. Is
there darkey in the woodpile?
Will the oysters in the prohibited
rivers be used by Delaware Bay
planters at a lower price than they
could be had before the ban was put
on these rivers?
Harry Edginton, superintendent
of the Lippincott button factory, IS
able to be out again. Mr.. Edg1nton
has been i'll with typhoid mot from
eating oysters) for several weeks,
and his appearance is gratifying TO
his many friends.
The Milton Canning Company and
the Draper Company shipped sever
al carloads of peas and lima beans
from the local station this week.
Joseph Forst has on his farm in
Cave Neck about ten thousand
chicks, many of which are almost
large enough to ship as broilers. Mr..
Forst has removed his business
from Milton to his farm where he
is making a speciality of broilers
for the city markets. He continues
to operate his trucks through the
county buying poultry and eggs and
is also buying at his home. He made
this move that he could devote more
of his time to the raising of broll-
ers.
William Maull, of Mullica Hill, N.
J.. passed through Milton on Mon
day to visit his daughter at Beebe
hospital.
Mrs. Lester Clendaniel, who has
been i'll at her home on Union street
for some time, is improving.
Miss Estella Reed, of Philadelphia,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Delmar Reed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Walls and
daughter, of Broadkill Neck, spent
Sunday with her sister, Mrs. James
Reed, near Milton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Donovan, of
Georgetown, spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Del
mar Reed.
Merritt Hopkins, of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Hop
kins, in Cave. Neck.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Vent and
Mr.. and Mrs. William Richards, of
Milton, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hall Reed, in Cave Neck.
The arrest of Earl Walls and Ivan
Mears, two Milton youths, accused
of the theft of several automobiles
from this town and the robbery Of
many stores in lower Sussex coun-
ty, is a relief to owners of autOmo-
biles in this vicinity. During the
past several months many cars
have been taken from their garages
and returned during the night, but
the last theft, that of a roadster
from John R. Marvel, which was
found near town overturned, led to
the arrest of Mears and Walls, after
a clever bit of work by State De-
tectiVe Otto Donoway, who traced
the thieves through the finding of a
cap in the abandoned machine. A
full story of the robberies will be
found in another part of this issue
of the Chronicle.
IA few of the late potato crop
stored by growers last fall are be-
ing moved at 35 cents a basket. |
Dealers are buying only on orders !
and their orders are small, conse-
quently the stored crop of potatoes |
are moving very slow, and unless
the market is accelerated there will |
be many tubers left in the kilns |
next spring.
~ Charles David Jefferson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Delmar Jefferson, died |
at their home in South Milton, Sun |
day, January 22nd. Funeral services !
were held at his late residence at |
two o'clock Tuesday, with interment |
in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Rev. A. |
w. Green officiating.
M. T. Graves, one of the firm of |
w. E. Graves & Son, made a bust |
ness trip to Baltimore on Tuesday |
of last week, and after talking over
business for 1928, came home very
much encouraged. He expects to
build an addition of forty feet to
the plant, then adding from ten to
twenty machines in the sewing room
using the new addition for the fin
ishing room.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Walls enter
tanned at a goose dinner on Satur-
day. At late hour in the evening
an abundance of ice cream and cake
was served. Among those present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Petty
john and daughter Idella, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Dodd and children, Dor
thy, Delma and Charles, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Wilson, all of Lewes; Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Walls and daughter
Senator and Mrs. Thomas
of Harbeson, Mr.. and Mrs.