Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21

4, Some months ago he moved to thi
- section and located on a small farF
! near here and became engaged In tn
" poultry business.
y On Saturday rowing dogs, said d
, have been two police and one shep
: herd, visited the farm of Miles I
q Mills, near Milford, and killed tw,
: yearhngs and injured seven COWS
3 Mr.. Mills has placed claim for dam
: ages with the State Game Commits
: sion in accordance with a statute
which provides that such losses shall
!, be paid for when sustained either
by licensed or stray dogs.
: Turkey growers throughout this
, , section, hearing of the losses that
have been sustained within the past
three days, are taking every precau-
tiOn to guard their flOcks and are
seeing to it that they are housed each
night.
Three police or shepherd dogs
running wild in a flock OF four or
five hundred turkeys at this season
of the year. could cause grower a
loss of many hundreds of dollars.
-Four Charges OF Larceny
With the arrest of James Strong.
of Clypso, N. c.. employed in the
berry fields, near DagsbOro, Highway
Officers Clarence Lynch and Harry
Pusey cleared up four robberies
which took place in that section on
Tuesday night. With very little 10
work on, the officers traced StrOng's
movements, placed him under arrest
and obtained a confession from him
that he committed the robberies.
The first charge was for stealing five
chickens from flock of $500 at the
farm of Thomas Daisey, near Days
bOro.
Strong also entered the meathouse
of Charles r. Dorman, in that sec |
tion, and stole a ham.
From an automobile owned by |
Rowland Timmons. he stole a quilt
valued at $500. jumper, and some
fishing tackle.
Visiting the home of James Simp-
Ter, near Dsgsboro, he stole two
jumpers valued at Sl.0O each. one
pair of overalls worth $1.25. one
sweat shirt wihth $1.OO. one sheen
skin lined coat costing $500, one pair
Of plyers, can of paint, and a screw
driver.
All of the goods except the chick
ems and the screw driver, were re-
Strong took the officers to
The places where he had hidden
hem.
lie was brought TO Georgetown be-
.ore Magistrate W. Frank Sharp and
entered a plea Of guilty. and was
committed to the county jail in de-
ault of $1,000 bail, for the June {
erm of Court of General Sessions.
which will convene a week from next
'lOnday.
Strong told the officers that he
lad come north to obtain work in +
he berry fields. and that he had
ever before been in trouble, except !
ne time he had been detained in :,
Dckup in Washington, D. c., for an >
lvestigation. o
III ). NilkeTSOn Dead
Funeral services for Eli S. Wilker- i,
on, aged Il. who died at his home ii
ear Shortley, six miles from here. y
a Thursday of last week, were held ~
unday afternoon at 3 o'clock. in bC
arey's NJ. f. Church. in Gumboro
istrict. Interment was made in the e e
lJOining cemetery. Besides his n,
ife. he is survived by the following Of
lildren: Claude Wilkerson. of
ristol, Pa. Reuben and Harold ~ -,
ilkerson. of Milton, this county: Id
isses Elva. Elizabeth and Gather sci
G and Harley WilkersOn, living at ye
'me up W
:. J. X. Frame Has Birthday tic
DR.. Joseph KolIock Frame, one of or!
wer Delaware's most widely known iou
observed his nth birth els
in quiet manner at his home SUI
MillsbOrO. Born i'm Sussex Coun- va
near Millsb0ro. on June 14th. M, MI
d, son Of the late Henry c. and che
ME CkOllOckl Frame he received Of
early education in the schools "a. ~
this section For three wears he T
s a teacher in the rural schools resC
this county. He attended the 7
iversity of Delaware, and later sns sno
circulated in the University of titI,
lnsylvania in 1855, graduating rect
ee years later with the degree Of y
tor OF medicine. He Immediate Gou
returned TO MillsbOro and began app
cticing' and since that time has 1885
n active. He has served as a
m0er OF the MillsborO Board Of
lcation. a member of the Pension ISA
.rd OF Examining Surgeons of the Al
lie. and as surgeon for the Penn
ania Railroad Company from 1892 ~ ~11
1902 ''' -''- ct
'hile attending the University of
aware, he received the prize for -
highest standing in the organic ----
nistry course, and later was -
led a demonstration in the chemi- W. aS
laboratory Of the University of 20 -e-
nsylvania. Fo
e has held the position as a \. +
lber of the Millsboro Board of F0
lth. being one of the first mem Hem
when it was formed. =
November 9th, 1918. he was E,dst
lied as member of the Volun- -
Medical Service Corps. which Fo
authorized by the Council of 'ohn
onal Defense, and approved by 70
ident Wilson. pigs.
1924. he took a postgraduate =
sc at the Polytechnic Hospital in ~ n n
idelphis. studying operative -
cry. chest diseases. diseases of Fol
eye. nose, throat and ear He 1000;
'e Of the largest land owners in g-e yl--z.
r Delaware. has several hank FOL
ections. and is regarded as one Banln
lie weaithiest men in SUSSEX DeI.
ty. ECOI