Milford chronicle., 1933-03-31
Legislature


The people of the State and espt
cially those who reside in SUISSE
county are wondering when Tn
solOns assembled at Dover will d
anythlng to better the condition q
the farmers Of the State.
There are several bills, If chactc
would go far i'm reducing tae eX
penses of the farmers.
The bill to enable the State High
way Department to take charge o
all the public roads Of the State
would if passed, save at FEAST O?C
third of the taNes on real estate.
The Governor was in favor Of ;
bin of this kind and we hope he hu'
not changed his mind.
Improved Road
The improved rJad ROW buildin,
from Lincoln to Wdplcs MIL is Civ
ing employment ~ many of The
working class. Some of the people
residing here, both white and color
ed, are finding wO:I for t:.rec day
in the week on this road; but We
understand at the raC9 they Are
building il, it will not take Ions IL
complete the contract.
How would it 10 fOr the Highway
Department to havs surveyed az
Cnce the road from Ellendale to
where it joins tile road from Lin
coin to NAPLES Mill. This road is
badly needed and would open up Il
stretch of country as fine as there
is in Sussex county, and would be
the means of keeping the laboring
classes at work when the road from
Lincoln to NAPLES Mill is finished.
Let the people living along the
proposed route get busy ami send
delegations to Dover to wait on the
State Highway Commission.
It is an old saying IF at first YOU
don't succeed. try, try again" Vic
tory will come your way after a
while.
Farmers Are Busy
As we pass through the county we
notice that up to date farmers are
quite busy at this time.
They are clearing UP land. spread
ing manure and some are plowing
for peas.
There are many things which
farmer can do at the present time,
such as making their watermelon
and cantaloupc patches (this should
have been done in the falD, plant
their early potatoes, If not done;
settle their lima bean poles, and a
hundred other things could be done
so as when the time of planting
corn and other crops the above
mentioned crops will be out of the
way
Gardening
Our people have planted part of
their gardens, potatoes. onions and
peas have been planted for some |
weeks, but the severe weather pre-
vailing seems to be against the seed |
terminating and some will have TO
be planted over again.
II is no use to try to raise any |
kind of vegetables until the season
is warm enough to aid the seed |
when they come up to continue
growing until they reach maturity. |
Vegetables grown in this quick way
are much better. being more tender
than when the growth is lengthcn
out by .he cool weather.
Shipping Sweet Potatoes
!. Il. Melvin of FELTON, loaded and |
shipped a car of sweet potatoes. |
Their destination was Boston, Mass |
This is the first car vi sweet pOta-
toes shipped from this point for d i
long time.
Several years or so ago the sweet |
potato crop was considered money !
crop, but of late they have |
not been worth but little above the
cost of growing.
Fruit
Fruit growers are worried for fear I
the warm spells being had and fol-
lowed by extreme cold weather (fOr
the time of the year, may impair
the fruit. Peach buds are in u posi-
tiOn to be easily killed. Peaches
have not been paying crop for the
last few years; the cost of spraying
and cultivating seems to have alb
sorbed more than they sell for, leav-
ing the growers often to bear q loss.
Personal
Mr.. and Mrs George Fisher and
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Talley of
Chester. Pa. were entertained at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Webster War
rem on Friday of last week.
Miss Alma McNett of Wilmington
spent the week as the guest of her
sister and brother-in-law. Mr.. and
Mrs. c. A. TimmOns.
James McNett of Philadelphia who
has been spending some months
here with his daughter and sOn-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Timmons,
left Sunday for his home i'm the City
lf BrOtherly Love.
Mrs. Richard johnson of Lincoln
was the guest of her mother. Mrs.
Jennie Adkins on Wednesday.