Milford chronicle., 1931-04-17
HOLLYVILLE

Miss Frances Joseph spent part of
last week with her sister, Mrs. Ha-
eel Altemus of Wilmington.
Carter Markham, of Washington,
D. c., was a weekend visitor at this
place.
The ladies of Coplspring commun-
ity gave a supper on Tuesday eve
ming at the Community Hall.
The play sentitleds Two Days 10
Marry" wills6e given on Thursday
evening, April 16 by the members of
the Hollymount P. T. A.
Mr.. and Mrs. William f. Wilson
and family of near Georgetown were
guests of the latter's sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Otis Joseph.
The prospects for 4 fine crop such
as peaches, apples and plums looks
very favorable at present. Usually
about this time in April fruit trees
are white with blossoms. 1t is the
custom of the tomato growers to
SOW their tomato seed when apple
trees are in full bloom, that is us
ually around the fifteenth of April,
but the cold and wet weather has
retarded the buds this season.
1t is reported that the Sussex
County Levy Court will make scme
changes in their system of road re-
pair; abandoning the two small road
scrapers used in each Representa-
tive District and use only one of the
heavier types and also a reduction
in the wages of 20 per cent. This
means the man that does the work
with the shovel and hoe, not the
county engineer. If we have been
informed correctly he is to get
substantial increase in salary This
does not need any comment, it is the
old, old story and has been going on
for ages. He that has little shall be
taken away and added" etc.
Herring are being caught in large
quantities in the Indian River and
creeks of this district and the price :
has dropped to one dollar per hun
dred. The reason why they are more |
plentiful than usual, is the fact that |
the Indian River Inlet is open at the |
present time.
The strong northeast storms Of
the past few weeks have blown part
of the large sand bar away from
the entrance. The herring is a mi
gratory fish. They have been known
to come into the inlet when the wa
ter was only a few inches deep so
that they were forced to swim In on
their sides. The instinct of the her
ring to get back to their natural
spawning waters Is one of the Won
ders of nature.
The April term of court is in pro-
gress the present week and also the
past. One of the jurors was very
much impressed with the proceed
ings and said that some of 1t would
be amusing if it were not yelled with
the tragic end; for instance a col
Ored man was before the court
with a misdemeanor and
without counsel TO represent him
When asked by the Court if he had
ever been convicted in any court
before, replied mo Sir" Upon being
questioned if he was sure of that
fact, replied, "Yes. Sir, allus pleads
guilty"
The next meeting of Coolspring
will be on the evening of April II,
Friday.
The program for fhe literary hour
as announced by the lecturer, Mrs.
Otis Joseph, will be given by the
school children OF the grange. Pa
Ders on various subjects will be pre-
cared by the following: First aid to
injured, Ruth Vaughn; safety first
and last, William Hopkins; recent
helpful invention, Everett Hopkins;
what crops to raise, how and when
o sell, Junior Phillips; ways to pre-
rent accidents; Frances Joseph;
low the chain stores affect our com