Milford chronicle., 1935-06-28
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The annual picnic OF the Sussex
County Home Demonstration Clubs
was held on the Marvel farm, on
the road leading to Knowles Cross
Roads, four miles from here, on We'd
nesday, Of this slweek. The club mem
beTs throughout the county will as
semble at 10 a. m. Games will be
played until noon and early In the
afternoon. The Marvel farm Is the
homestead Of the late Josiah Marvel
and the boyhOOd place of the late
Judge David T. and Josiah Marvel,
OF Wilmington. 9a
Daughter Of Ex-Sherill Carey Dies
Gladys, eight-year-old daughter OF
former Sheriff and Mrs Martin o.
Carey, East Chestnut Street, died
early Sunday afternoon after an M
ness OF more than two weeks oftin-
fammatory rheumatism which pro-
dHced an affection OF the heart.
Funeral services were held at the
Carey home on Wednesday afternoon
at 2 O'Clock, in charge Of the Rev.
Omar E. Jones. pastor Of Wesley. NJ.
E. Church. Interment was made In !
Union Cemetery, on South Race
street.
Convicted Of Larceny
Charles Al Andrews of BridgeVille, |
charged with stealing tools worth |
$500 from Fred r. Richards on April
5th, pleaded guilty, and was senten-
ced TO serve six months IN the coun- |
ty Jail and pay the cost of prose- /
cution. Andrews at the April term
OF Court of General Sessions, in 1892,
was convicted of larceny and served
four months In prison.
Given Six Months For Robbery .e.,,s.
Louis Cannon, of SeafOFd, was SEN
fenced to serve six months in the
county Jail on a charge of breaking
and entering the pumping station in
that town. He gained entrance by
means of q window and ransacked
the building. Cannon claimed that
he was drunk at the time and did
not know what he had done until
the morning of June 18th when he
we aroused from sleep and placed
under arrest. Nothing was missing
from the plant. In 1882, Cannon was
sentenced to serve one year in prison
for breaking an entering a building.
Drunkenness No Excuse For Crime
Charged with breaking and enter
FFankfOFd, on the night Of May 7th,
James John Short, cOlOred, was sem
tended TO serve three months in Jail :
Short claimed he was drunk when
he climbed up porch post, got on :
the roof, and was peering through a
window, when seen by Mr.. Gum, I
watching his daughter count some
money belonging to a sOciety!A
Stole 10 Chickens; Gets 6 Months
David SmallwOOd, charged with
stealing ten chickens from Carmel
S. Steele, in Baltimore District, on
March 18th, was on Saturday SEN u !.
fenced to serve six months in the =
county jail and pay SIS as restitution =
money His daughter, Mrs. Carey. q,
of WILMINGTON, made plea to let .
her take her father back home with
her, She said his trouble was drink, z
and that he was a good man until he
started hitting the bottle. Judge y
Richards commended her for the in :, -
terest she had taken in her father, = =
but told her that he believed that it " "
would be better for him to serve =,
short prison sentence which prob a
ably would cause him to break away -
from drink ,H NJ NJ
Had Bootleg LiquOF; 30 Days In Jail ~ ~
Its dangerous these days, under =
the Delaware liquor laws, to have n
"bOOtleg" liquor in ones possession, -
as no doubt Ernest Holden of Laurel =. =.
has learned, If he did not already ~ y.
know Il. On Saturday he was fined ~ ~
500 and costs for having eight pints ~
upon which no license had been paid.
In default of payment OF the fine, =.
he will spend the next 80 days In the ~ ~
county iail. Holden was arrested on M "
April 24th, and because of the time De
he has spent in Jail, his sentence was ~ ~
not so OeheaVy. -
Alleged Peacemaker Gets Prison cll 9l
Sentence ma
Claiming that he was acting the ),
part of a peacemaker when Paul W W
Davis, of Cedar Greek District, was ~
an aged man at his home ~
IN April 9th, ElwOOd Davis was SEN -
eneed to serve one year in prison, is lie
" Judge Richards, on Saturday, on =, Iit
charge of assault and battery. The =. -
Davis boys claim they are not rela- ~. ~
ives The prisoner said he struck nc
'aul on the head with a stick when
PAUL started toward him with an axe IT.' ne'
ecause he had warned him to stop nIi
licking on the aged man. Paurs Oh
kull was fractured. NE
VA Get Ten Lashes Tomorrow Ins
Wiley L. Roach. 23 years old, of M .te
little Greek District, charged with is. ma
Obbing the filling station Of Am MI
rose Abrams on May 5th and steal % me
lg cigarettes and a suede jacket. brs
as sentenced to serve two years in u
le Sussex County Jail, and on Sat Oal
rday. June 29th. between the hours irol
!, 10 in the morning and o'clock luri
the afternoon be whipped with ing
lashes in the jailyard here. Roach 6et
the June term of Court Of General y
sssions, in 1880, was convicted Of ND.
ealing and was parOled for one nee
ar. At the October term Of court, OF
the same year, he was convicted Lit
false pretenses and imprisoned car
r six months, while at the Febru- viii
p term in 1882. he was convicted ton
breaking and entering, and was neal
lpFisoned for one year. Sha
lFOIed For One Year coul
Nelson Drain, cOlored, of Nassau, n
arged with assault and battery on ehaI
illIam Miller on April 7th, was on yioli
turday parOled. by Judge Richards VEN
r one year to Leslie T. Knapp Of driV
A. section the
ned For Carrying Pistol mot
Solomon Palmer. cOlOred, aged %, MAR