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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01

cTeasing. A firmer tone developed
I in the East after the middle of the
month. also in some mid-western
markets. The lOng-keeping varie-
ties still bring SIS to SIS in New
York and Philadelphia and eastern
jObbing range on the so pound back
is steady at 35c to soc. A firm tone
prevails at New York and Wisconsin
shipping points, especially for the
Danish variety.
Celery markets are about steady,
although demand is moderate and
shipments increasing. Eastern job
bing range on New York celery is
S1.50 to 1925 per 2f3 crate. Lettuce
markets have been uneven, tending
lower for the large proportion which
showed fair to poor market quality,
but firm for the best lots. A few
tops of $3.75 are quoted for western
lettuce but most sales are around
s. in city markets. Eastern lettuce
prices are steady for stock of good
quality.
Carrots follow a steady range
with extremes of 25c to Use a bushel
in eastern markets but most lots of
good market quality bring soc to
75c. Prices of southern string beans
have declined rapidly from the open
ing. Most arrivals are from Mary
land. Virginia, and the CarOlinas,
and largely Of only fair to ordinary
quality. Lima beans from the East
ern Shore section have been selling
around 50 a bushel. Receipts of
q nNsaNs FnNws
Pennsylvania and New Jersey broc-
COLI sells near $1.15 per crate in
city markets.
The hOtb Juse season opens with
cucumbers at $3.50 to 1925 per box
and tomatoes on a basis of about l5c
per pound. Spinach markets show
a downward trend following heavy
receipts from New Jersey. Mary
Land and Virginia. Only the best
lots brought more than soc per bar
rel and some sold as low as Is cents.
Apple Markets Active
Shipments of apples showed con-
siderable increase From the East
and Middle West after the middle
of the month. Much OF the fruit was
going to cold storage but supplies
we're heavy in the large markets and
demand comparatively slow. Gen
eral jObbing range for good fruit
was soc to S1.25. mostly 75c to 81.
Tone was rather firm in producing
sections but standard grades of
Greening. and Stayman
still sold at 75c to soc a bushel in |
the East. Middle West and South. |
and Delicious brought 81 |
Or more in the Shenandoah section. !
British apple markets showed |
some recovery but liberal supplies |
were reported ~ the way. Severe
dropping OF remaining fruit was re-
ported in Virginia and West Vir-
ginia. Pacific Northwest shipping
points showed. little change in price.
At New York auctions Extra Fancy
Rome. Delicious. and Spitzenburg
ranged $1.50 to $3.50.
Peaches are nearly done and quail
ity of remaining stock is poor, SELL
ng mostly at soc to 75c a bushel,
as high as $1.25. East
srn pears have been in rather light
supply and have held fairly steady
or good table fruit which ranges
i1.25 to $1.75 a bushel in eastern
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
$4,000 DELAWARE
FORESTRY PROJECT
WINS APPROVAL

CONTINUED from First Pagel
checks will be issued for the land
which will be turned over to the
State Forestry Commission for ad-
ministratiOn by W. S. Tazer, State
forester, who has aided in the plan.
Delaware has some lands" Mr..
Taber said, (which are chiefly val
liable for forest use. There is no
reason to keep them in farms when
they will not provide the families
operating them with a satisfactory
living.
If 5000 acres of unprOduetive
farms lands in the State are turned
over to the State Forestry Depart
nient, It will be a step toward the
solution of our land-use problem,
first. by eliminating them from COM
petition with better agricultural
lands, and secondly, by offering an
opportunity for the development Of
State forests for demonstration,
timber production and other public
uses"
NJ. NJ. Daugherty, agricultural eco
nOmist, Agricultural Experiment
Station, pointed out that the Della
ware forest land utilization project
conformed to a program suggested
by State agricultural authorities.
Studies of some Of these land use
rloblem areas have been made by
the State Agricultural Experiment
Station" Mr.. Daugherty said, land
as a result Il was concluded that
certain areas not suitable for agri-
culture, would be Of far greater val
ue if returned to forest use.
Delaware contains much excel
lent farm lands. and even the un-
productive lands have some pOten-
tial value. The present land project
is to be welcomed as a demonstra-
tion of how this value may be real
lied by converting the unproductive
farms to a use to which they are
adapted"
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
FELTON,

The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Harris, cOlored, of near town, was
in danger for a while on Wednesday
when they had a bad chimney fire.
But with good fighting it was soon
brought under control and no dam
age done. Mrs. Harris has been in
poor health for some time but is
slowly improving.
Mrs. William Lane, Sr.. is on the
sick list
Mr.. and Mrs. William Barcus and
Mrs. Clarence Raughley were the
guests of Mrs. Sadie Barcus at Mil
ton on Sunday.
The Senior Glass of the FELTON,
High School will hold a turky sup
per in the school building on Fri
day evening, November lst.
Mrs. Edna Kelly is in the Emerg-
ency Hospital. at Milford, for treat
ment. Her friends hope she will
soon be much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton CleaVes and
children have returned to COlling-
dale. Pa, after spending a wek with
Mrs. Elizabeth Bringhurst.
Misses Martha FarrOW who under
went an operation for appendicitis
last week at the Milford. Emergency
Hospital. is getting along as well
as can be expected at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carson are en-
joying strawberries from their patch
most every day and are selling quite
a few quarts. They are fair in size
and fine in flavor.
Farmers around here are about
through dinning their sweet pota-
tatoes, with a fair crop. and are now
busy taking out their white pota-
toes with only a small crop.
Rev. Benjamin Warren OF Reho-
both was dinner gust OF Miss Annie
Luff and her sister, Mrs. John Her
ing, Sunday. In the evening he
preached a very interesting sermon
in the M. E. Church.
Mrs. Raymond Alexander and
daughter Of Milford, were the guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Carson on
Sunday.
Quite a number OF people are
planning for a good time Thursday
evening, Halloween.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01

We we're not very busy today al
the library, and the children who
came in set me to thinking. won
dered If their mothers had ever
thought about the sort of memories
their children would carry out OF
these days OF financial stringency.
Would they look back upon discOur-
agement and despair. or would they
recall the quiet, contented home that
is every child's right?
Marilyn COTliss came rushing in'
brown cuIls flying, her raineoat
dragging over one arm.
please help me find an exciting
book, Miss Mallory" she pleaded.
Mother says we cant have any
money to go to the movies, and we'll
have to get our thrills at the library.
Isn't it awful to be poor? My fathers
salary's been cut twice in the last
six mOnths!"
Its nice that your father has
job. Marilyn." ! wanted to say some
thing to quiet the restlessness in the
big brown eyes that looked up from
her elfin face.
II think so. too" the child agreed.
But Mother says we might just as
well be on the county. Why, we used
to have money enough to drive any
where we wanted to, and now there's
hardly enough to run the car around
town."
It's nice to remember that there
are many things to make US happy
that cost no money. Marilyn. Just
look at all these shelves of books
that you may choose front"
AS Marilyn went off happy with
the story of a brave little Dutch girl,
| wondered if her mother knew how
deeply the child was impressed by
her constant talk of hard times. !
longed to tell her to speak of pleas
anter things.
Hello, Aunt Luciai"
A soft greeting interrupted my
gloomy thoughts. and l looked up to
see Helen Barron. the daughter Of
my old school friend. who is as dear
to me as If I really were the aunt
that she claims me to be.
Mother wants you to come over
to dinner this evening"" she told me.
We're going to have baked beans
and brown bread!"
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
THE TRAVEL BUREAU

By Charles GrenVlIle Wilson
We sell you here a passport to the
lands Of high romance,
To a castle in the Spanish March,
a tall chateau in France,
To the olive covered mountains. to
the SOuthland's soft allure,
MimOsas and narcissus on the Ian
guOrOus Cote D'AZuT.
Take here your flying carpet for the
spires of Cairo Town,
Where the nimble desert dancers
whirl ON jeweled fet and brown,
Where in the Egyptian starlight, be-
side an antique fan,
The date and palm trees mumur
their silken soft refrain.
We sell you here exotic sights. ex-
otic tastes and smells,
A ricksha on the Shanghai Bund
and tinkling camel bells,
And castanets in old Seville, fiirta-
tions fan and shawl.
A gondOla in moonlight upon the
Grand Canal.
Cakes for two at Rumpelmayer's, or
Marseilles' bOuillebaisse,
The scent of Scottish heather, the
perfume fields of Grasse,
SandalwOOd and jasmine, rose gar
dens in Kashmir,
And cherry blooms in Nippon. all
these We sell you here.
Here is the salt and rolling sea, the
spindrift's singing whips,
The Indian Oceans peacock blue,
the wizardy of ships,
The screaming, Veering ivory gulls.
the hurtling albatross.
The glowing phOsphOrescent wake,
the blazing Southern Cross.
Take here your flying carpet 20 the
lands Of high romance,
And sail with Drake the Spanish
Main, or ride with the Maid of
France,
For sea and land are calling, so with
the break of day
Unroll the magic fabric and fly far,
far awayi
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
MANY SUSSEX FARMERS
SIGN WHEAT CONTRACTS
[Continned from ~ Pagel

CONTINUED from First PGgel
The 1868 wheat adjustment pro-
gram is a continuation OF the 1888
1885 program. The fundamental
frame work and general objective
remain the same. Two years of ex-
perience under the 1933-35 plan EN-
phasized the need of some mOdifica-
tions for the purpose of improving
the plan The changes which have
been made do not affect the general
policy, but perfect the method of
operating under it.
County Agricultural Agent C. R.
Snyder states that many Sussex
county wheat farmers are signing
this new contract. In 1888, when the
first contract was offered them, very
few took advantage of the offer but
since the 19S6-l939 contract has
been in existence there has been a
tremendous increase in the number
of wheat signers. The farmers of the
county still have a chance to have
this contract explained.
November Is has been set as the
date when all applications for the
1868 wheat adjustment contract
must be in the office Of the County
Allotment Committee. This office is
in the County Agricultural Agents
Office at Georgetown. No applica-
tions will be accepted after the above
date. If any farmer is interested in
the program, see either Daniel Cal
loway, Bridgeville, or your county
agricultural agent at Georgetown be-
fore November Is.
Mr.. Galloway will be at the First
National Bank, Milton. on November
5, from 10 a. m. to p. m. for the
purpose of assisting any applicants
who wish to sign a wheat contract.
He will also he at his home near At
lanta on the evenings Of November
6, z and to help in filling applica-
tiOns.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
INDIAN VILLAGE
REMAINS DUG UP
TConiinned from First PageI

TCOnfinMed from First Pagel
mia. spent last Saturday and Sunday
digging in old refuse pits on the
village site.
Archibald CTozier, president OF
the society, said that examination
of the articles found in the pit in
dictate that It was dug by the Nam
ticokes more than 800 years ago. AS
a rule, MFR. CrOzier said, beads or
other evidence OF trading with the
white man are found in such pits,
but in this case no such articles
were found, giving strength to the
belief the village was used before
any Europeans came TO this eOun-
try.
Pottery is Well Preserved
Among other things, Mr.. Crozier
said the party found many frag-
ments Of well preserved. decorated
Indian pottery. largely cooking
utensils, q number Of home avis.
many antlers and bones Of deer as
we'll as several jaw bones Of smaller
animals. Several fine specimens Of
Indian arr0wheads were also uncOv-
cred, Mr.. Crozier said. Thousands Of
oyster, clam and coach shells were
also found, he said.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
PRODUCE MARKET NOTES


The produce market appeared Il
be moving into somewhat steadiel
conditions after the upward trenC
earlier in the month. Many of the
recent price gains were on eastern
potatoes and onions. These were
holding the advances only fairly well
during the last full week Of October
Most other lines OF produce were
steady or showing slight price de-
clines. City markets were unsettled
by the heavy receipts resulting from
the most active shipping movement
OF the season and were weakened
by heavy arrivals of frost-demand
vegetables. especially potatoes. De-
mand for most lines OF produce was
moderate in the East and slow in
the Middle West.
In general the eastern markets
showed stronger action than those
farther west. Shipments seem TO
have passed their height and are de-
creasing rather sharply for grapes,
pears. cabbage. onions and sweet pO-
tatOes. Movement continued active
for grapes, citrus fruits and eastern
apples.
Potato Market Unsettled
Unsettled and uneven conditions
prevail in the potato market. Prices
have been weak and unsettled in the
Middle West because of uncertainty
regarding the extent of damage from
recent freezes in the northern part
of the Belt and the hesitation re-
sulting from arrival OF damaged
stock. In the leading carlOt ship
ping sections. growers were being
paid for bulk stock near 81 per bar
rel in Maine. 40c a bushel in west
ern New York, 40c TO soc per 100
pounds in Wisconsin. Most of the
crop has been dug. Shipments and
production are lighter than last sea-
son and market conditions might be
expected to improve as soon as the
frozen stock is out Of the way.
Maine Green Mountains sell from
$l.10 to $1.35 per 100 pounds in east
ern jObbing markets and New York
and Pennsylvania stock soc to $1.25.
Chicago market is unsettled by
heavy receipts. including much dam
aged stock and has shown no def
mite trend lately.
Sweet potatoes have been selling
a little lower the past two weeks,
the barrel pack ruling 81 or a little
less at Virginia and Maryland ship
ping points and. the basket pack
selling at soc to Use in eastern mar
kets, although tops above 81 are
quoted for best stock of the Jersey
type. The crop is moderately larger
this year and the October jObbing
price has been zoe TO soc lower COM
pared with last season.
Onion Supplies Liberal
Recent price gains are holding
fairly well in the onion market but
supplies are liberal enough to
check further advances. JObbing
range for eastern yellow stock con-
.inues at soc to $1.2O per so pounds
On good stock, some poorer lots SELL
Ing lower. Eastern markets are
little stronger and somewhat higher
.han those OF the Middle West where
he jobbing range of good yellow
)niOns is zoe to soc There were
3Ome declines of sc to 10e in Michi-
gan producing sections.
Cabbage markets continue slow
Tut shipments are moderate and de-
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01

she had always been told there was
nothing too good for an Otis, so she
went ahead on that basis and got
into a kind of scrape.
Well, what ! was coming to Is
this: that In spite of the fact that
! still go to the best places, those
old cOpy-bOOk maxlms ride me a
bit at times. When you've had
thrift dlnned into you from early
childhood it's hard to throw It of
completely no matter how much you
read the Washington dispatches.
That's why I'm not telegraphIng
you. A stamp costs only three
cents and the right sort Of telegram
would cost at least fifty. have
enough Of father In me to realize
that the dlfferenlial is fOrty-seven
cents. Not much money. you will
say. and in a sense you are right.
Yet even under present conditions.
fOrty-seven cents is worth about
thirty cents. and thirty cents will
take care Of the hat-chPck girl In
one of the best places with a nickel
to spare.
can remember just when ]
first thought Of practlclng little
economies like this. Last year. after
father left town. decided to have
his mattress made over. and what
do yOu think | found. Mrs. Pla.
mOndin? Money. quite a bit Of
money. 1t was the money that made
the mattress So hard.
decided to invest 1t. and 50
went down town and called on one
Of fathers old banking friends. who
Is still banking. though scared to
death. and asked him about invest
ments.
At first he wouldn't tell me any
thing. He kept trying to change
the subject, wanting to play tick
tack-tOe and show me card tricks.
When I Kept asking him abont in
yestments he said bankers weren't
allowed to give advice about such
matters. Bishops. hartenders. mn
sicians and masseurs can give all
the Investment advice they want to.
but my understanding is that bank
ers can be put In jail doing such a
thing. / told him ! had come to
him not as a banker but as a
friend, so at last he sent his sec
retary out Of the office. locked the
door. pulled down the shades and
a tip.
And what do you suppose he told
me to buy. Mrs. PlamOndin? He said
to buy Chateau I.atOur 1920, o.
CllquOt 1923. ! am passing the tip
on to you. dear lady. because It
comes from one Of the most con-
and able bankers In the
and It may repay you for
any slight inconvenience caused by
his tardy reply to your Invitation.
Now. as to the invitation. I am
lwfully sorry to say ! shall not
De coming to you for the weekend.
Why don't l want to come? Be
,ause OF the way I'm made. Be
,ause your household Is so well or
Tered. Because you like to have
planned and running on
and / don't.
So there you are. dear Mrs.
'lamOndIn; and so ring me up some
lay when you're In tOwn-not too
arly, mlnd-and invite me to lunch.
It Is odd. now that l have made
his simple statement Of the case.
o reflect on how I dreaded TO do
1t really wasn't so difficult. after
u. An. how often life Is like
hat. How often we dread some
hing we must do. only to find. when
re do It. that It isn't really SO
ad. For two weeks your letter has
cen kicking around my desk. un.
among the bills. also un-
Now. thank heaven. can tear it
pi
Always sincerely yours.
r. FOTHERINGAY OTIS.
D Jrlian strsst.-WNU Service
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01

markets. Kieffers Of valuable quail
ity sell from 75c to S5c a bushel.
Eastern fresh prunes bring 75c to
S5c per u bushel.
Eastern table grapes continue to
move slowly despite the lighter Of
ferings since the freeze injury in
New York and Michigan producing
sections. Concords sold. mostly at
Csc to 35c per l2-quart basket.
Warm weather after the middle Of
the month retarded the movement
Of juice grapes from Hudson River
sections but supplies increased
from western New York and from
Pennsylvania. Cape Cod cranber-
ries are meeting fair demand at
steady prices, ranging mostly $2.75
to So per 4 barrel for best lots. The
y barrel box which is becoming
more popular ranged near $3.50 and
some lots Of the large late varieties
brought S1.75 in New York.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01

uoW hiuus now very klutl
lVl of you to ask me to your
place In the country for
the coming week-endl
Your Invitation reached me a lit
tie more than two weeks ago. and
] suppose I ought to have answered
sooner. In fact, know l ought to
have. But for reasons which shall
explain ] have kept putting it off.
Having failed TO answer prompt
ly. I suppose ought now to tele-
graph, In fact know / ought to.
A Telegram might ease matters quite
a bit. I could say I had just got
back from Europe and found your
letter. But there's the rubl Ny
dear old father. Fabian r. Otis,
was always the soul Of honor 10
spite Os that trouble about his bank,
and he taught me from infancy
never to lie If there was a chance
of my being found out. If wired
that ! had been In Europe you might
meet somebody who had seen me In
the past fortnight. or you might
hive been In town yourself and
caught. sight of ME s0mewhere-fOr
though ] am harder up than I ever
thought member of the Otis fam
lily could he. have devised some
little economies which enable ME
TO get about as much as ever, and
still go TO the best places. Fa-
ther. know. would wish Il so. for
though he believed in thrift, he al
ways said there was nothing too
good for an Otis.
You will probably remember that
just after the bank trouble, when
father was being prosecuted, the
papeTs used to say there was moth
ing too had for an Otis, but that
was mere hysterla. and the whole
thing Is mostly forgotten already.
Moreover want to say that IN spite
Of fathers Jail sentence It wasn't
his fault about the bank. People
came in and drew out money against
fathers advice, and after a while
the money was gone, so what could
father do but shut the doors?
However, hadn't meant to go
into these matters. I was coming |
TO the reason why hadn't tele- |
graphed. That has something to do |
with father, too. | wish you could
know him, but of course he isn't get
ting around these days. He was
such a fine man., Mrs. PlamOndln.
He did everything for his family.
even when he had to borrow money
from his bank to do It. That's
one Of the things they blamed him
for. Imaginel And yet at the same
time, by a kind Of paradox in his
nature. father always tried to teach
US children thrift. / still have the
copy books he gave me when | was
learning to write. They are full
Of quaint old maxims Of the pre-
Brain Trust era which I had to
copy in a careful spencerlan hand J
things like. "FrOm saving comes
having" and ECONOMY is the par
ent Of integrity. Of liberty and Of
ease"
OF course we now realize that
he people who wrote such Inaxlms
ildn't know what they were talk
ng about. Benjamin Franklin and
Aesop are merely funny. and ] was
much interested to hear, the other
lay, that there's going to be a new
Brain Trust cOpy-bOOk with maxlms
the best modern thought
m economics. and that to symbOl
re the spirit OF the age the writ
ng will be baekhand.
My sister is grown up now and Of
curse she doesn't wear plgtails. ]
.on't think you've met her. and
here's no chance Of your meeting
Ter for at least another year. even
I she gets the full deduction for
.OOd behavior. In her case Il was
Iot the bank. Her trouble was that
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
QUEEN ANNE'S LACE
By Minerva Hunter

By Minerva Hunter
How dainty, how fragile is Queen
Anne's lace
AS It stands by the roadside there
Some fairies wOVe it of moOnbeam
thread
And fashioned each part with care.
The gay elderberry which grew so
high
Is a little like Queen Anne's lace,
But the brownies who copied it lost
the design
As the pattern they tried to trace.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01

KEGS had only seen
the light a heap
sooner. the cobb
ia mtly wOuld've
been saved a lot Of
bother. in 1881 and
wouldn't have gone
busted in 1865.
/ told them there
had been no mo-
ticeable chan g e
since '65-the Cobb
family was still
busted. So they
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
PAGE NINE
what (kb
-IWVT thinks
81 about:
Gray Ghosts.

CANTA BARBARA, CALF.
- Wearing uniforms of
weathered gray, the shades of
several ancestors came TO me as
slept and wanted to know if
it was true that practically all
the old-line Republicans in New
England were ready to spring arms
against the New Dealers in defense
of the sacred doctrine Of states
rights.
l said such was indeed the case.
and they said If those d-n Yam
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
SELECTIONS FOR OCTOBER

Now like Aladdin of the days of old.
October robes the weeds in purple
gowns.
He sprinkles all the sterile fields
with gold
And all the rustic trees wear royal
crowns. Walter Malone.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01

Be thankful to the fields
Though Summers sweets lie dead.
1t was their fleece that clothed you,
Their green blades brought you
bread. Stanton.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01

faded away.
thought It might have been a
dream, but when l woke up there
still fingered the faint ghostly arO-
mas OF bourbon tOddies and fried
ham.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
Home Education
''The ChIIds First School Is the Family -FrOebeI

Kindergarten Association Street.
New York City articles appearing weekly columns
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01

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Inc.-WNu seryica
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
Mr.. OTIS REGRETS
By JULIAN STREET

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