Milford chronicle., 1931-10-09
HOLLYVILLE

"a oOHeAS
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Stevenson
were weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Sneblenburg, of near
Newark
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Belts, of Mills
boro, were guests of the latters sis
ter, Mrs. Jennie Perry, of this place
on Sunday last
Hester Ann, the 2-year-Old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Benumn,
who has been very sick for the past
two weeks, is very much improved
at this time.
Rev. Joseph Dickerson, pastor of
the ZOar charge, spent Sunday af-
ternOon as guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
David H. Prettyman, of this place.
William d. BintOn and daughter,
Marian, spent the weekend in Phil
adelphia.
Former Indian River Resident
Dies In Philadelphia
Mrs. Bessie Lingo Baylis, wife of
Albert Baylis, former resident of
this district, died in Philadelphia on
Friday last, after a short illness.
Mrs. Baylis was Sc years of age. She
leaves a husband, one son, sister,
and two brothers.
Items From COOlSpring Grange
COolspring Grange held it's regu-
lar meeting on Friday evening last
The main order of business was the
election of delegates to the Sussex
County Pomona to be held at Colum-
bia Grange, October 26th, for the
purpose of electing new officers,
who will serve for the following two
years.
Federal Prohibition Officers
Make Several Arrests
Prohibition officers swept through
this and adjoining districts and
rounded up several who were unfOr-
tunate enough to possess more spir-
ituous liquors than the law says you
should have. 1t seems that the Del
aware laws allow each person one
quart of liquor-the Federal law not
any. The Federal law is supreme
and overrides all others.
BuckWheat And Soy Bean
Threshing Arc In Full Swing
The threshing of soy beans and |
buckwheat started this week in this |
OCCLAOls nC yAClN COlloluCl GU ny |
most of the growers as an average |
one, while there has not been any |
definite price agreed upon by the |
buyers, the general opinion of most |
of them is soy beans will be around |
one dollar per bushel and buckwheat !
soc per bushel. These prices are
far from the usual one, yet is might
be worse.
Courses In Night School
Will Soon Begin
Courses to begin in night school
will start in a few weeks for adult
classes. The courses that have been
given in the past at HollymOunt
school have been well attended and
helpful to the community. Such
courses are available this year as
Music, Art, Handicraft, Poultry, Pub
tic Affairs, Agriculture, Dramatics
md Garment Making-in fact any
course the rural person has any de-
sire for.
The Farmers Surplus Of FOOdStuffs
And the Hungry Millions
IN the Cities -.
We are witnessing today the sad
lest tIdSSuy III ALuSI4Cd H1SJOIyS
when millions of strong, able-bodied
men from one end of this country to
he other are hungry and begging
or the simple chance to work. The
and relief committees
re facing winter of trouble and
nxiety. The farmer faces one of
h biggest harvest of crop that he
as ever known. The farmer has no
onception of the problems in our
arge cities and cannot visualize
uch things as hunger, where bread
mes and soup kitchens are sad
eality. 1t seems that something
lust have gone wrong in our boast
d civilization of the richest country
/ the world for such a condition to
xist. What will the answer be?