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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-15
lobe Rose JeWelry Company 1f7 North 18th St. 117 North 18th St.

business or to lateness of the season opening in the north.
 Prices are not refecting any deficiency of the purchasing situation Values are maintained, though for the present there Is no more talk of advancing the quota tions. Buyers report just as much difh- eulty as ever in getting what they want in the yards of thls territory. Mills are pushing forward with their work as busily as ever and are just as stiff as they were q month or two ago in the matter of con sidering offerings for their stocks,
 The past three weeks have not been productive ones for the mills. The weather conditions have not been favor able The rains have flooded n greater part of the timber area, and for many days at Il time it has been impossible to do any work in the wods. The railroads, too, have had their difficulties, and those mills which have been so fortunate as to record good output from the saws have had to contend with slow delivery of cars and tardy handling of their conslgnments. But the weather has now changed for the better. The railroads are getting their affairs strengthened out, the mills are doing their best to make up for lost time, and with q continuance of favorable conditions. the industry will soon be in as good shape as the uncer- tainties of the industry will permit.
 Turpentine Men Get Busy.
 This Is tse season of year when the turpentne manufacturers from the Atlan- tic to the Rio Grande get ready for their busy time. Tn the territory between Hat tiesburg and the gulf the indications are that the output this year will be some what heavier than in the past. New com binations of capital have been formed to work the turpentlne woods. Trees are heinz tanned that lprptpfDTe bdA+p capped the boxes and the business is being systemized in a manner that is ex- pected to bring better results for all par ties concerned The advancing value of timber land, which in a few years has gone from 8 to s25 per acre, the im-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-15
NEW ERA BEGUN IN
 SOUTHERN BOOKS Biography History and Remin-
 iscenCeS Turned Out NOVELS ARE ALSO POPULAR Memoirs of War Time Bellies Figur- ing in the Literary Output of the South-Miss Ellen Glass
 gow's Work.
NOVELS ARE ALSO POPULAR
BY ISAAC F. MARcossoN.

New York, April 13.-(Special. )-Perhaps the most noteworthy fact in the publish ing world is the rapid increase of south ern books-not only books by southern writers, but especially books about southern subjects. New England and her people have been so fully described at every period of their history that almost every square mile of the territory has produced a book. On the contrary, the south has not hitherto produced many books of local history, manners, and rem 1niscences. Much of her general history is yet unwritten. This does not imply any lack of literary interest or material, but the southern people have been more a race of orators and conversationalists than of writers. But the time for vast southern literature has arrived
 In every state in it's broad domain men and women are writing or digging out of a rich and picturesque past the records of proud regime. The Confederacy which gave the south it's most tragic memory, at the same time. enriched it's tradition. People used to express aston ishment when a southern book" came out, but that period has passed. Slowly but surely, the southern states have been added to the statehood of fiction-Virgin- ia, by Ellen Glasgow, Mary Johnston and Thomas Nelson Page; Kentucky, by James Lane .Allen and John Fox, Jr. i; Louisiana. by George W. Cable, and Ten nessee, by Charles Egbert Craddock; and
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position of heavier taxes on fallow timber land, the pressure of the big lumber syn dictates on the turpentine preserves have all combined to make 1t moro necessary for the turpentine operators 10 lake ad- vantage of every tree that they can lay an ax to. New fields are being resorled to and new methods are being applied to produce more profitable results from the industry Even the big lumber syn- dieates find 1t advisable to get a profit from timber holdings that are not imme- diately convenient to the saw mills. and are permitting the tapping of their trees. This Is quite change from the policy of few years ago when IL was believed that the extracting of the turpentine' had a depreeiatlng effect upon the trees for lumber purposes.
 Quality of Wood Restored
 The pressure of competition in the lum- berfbusiness has made 1t necessary for the timberholders to ascertain exactly what is the fact with regard to the effect of boxing the trees upon the lumber quality of the wood fiber and the conclusion has been reached by many of them that while 1t may injure the wood for lumber to saw it immediately after the tree has been sapped of it's turpentine the pass ing of q season or two after the boxes have been removed, allowing the tree to regain its wonted sap. restores the quality of the wood, so that difference cannot be detected by the most acute inspector even if a slight difference might be found bv scientific processes of analy- sls. This being true. the holders of big tracts. such as the Goodyear and New man syndieates, see no special harm in ma king few stray dollars off trees that for years will not be within convenient reach of the sawmill. Competition be- tween the rival naval stores combina- tons s having the effect of holding up and advancing the market and it Is not surprising 10 find the manufacturers ex- ertng every effort to extend their sphere of operations and some extensive turpen- tine leases have been reported from the adjacent counties recently.
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there are many others.

there are many others.
 But the development of a well-rounded southern literature does not consist only in creating fiction, but also in producing history, biography. and memoirs. In this large work lies the complete filling out of the normal picture of our national history. For in this literature there Is no section. There was no happier illus tration of this than the fact that the "Recolleetions and Letters of General Robert E. Lee was one of the best sell ing books in Boston. The mention of this book emphasizes the fact that it's publish CTS, Doubleday, Page & Co.,, of New York have been more prominently identified with the publication of southern books than any other house. They have done this for two reasons first because of the richness of the field, and second because two of its members, MT Walter II, Page editor of the Worlds Work, and MT. Henry w Lanier, are southern men. They believe that every southern state has it's unwritten books that the time is ripe for their preparation, and they welcome the activity that will enrich and adorn American literature
 Southern History in Memoirs.
 No greater service. perhaps, has been rendered southern history than the pup 1ication within the past few years or lile ,,7emoirs of a few southern women' who have told the story of stirring days m 3te succession of dramatic incidents, height ended always by the charm and interest of brilliant personalities. The most nota- ble example is Mrs. Clay's Belle or the Fifties." From the seclusion Of an oio- time home in Alabama there came these memoirs out of a rich and fragrant past inc record of a remarkable belleship, the story of life that was in itself part or the social history of the south' Mrs. Claws book has had a wide ana cordlai reception. and has gone through nuher ous editions, both in this country ana abroad. It was the first of an interest ing trilogy of southern memoirs which, when completed, will span the whole ms tory of the war from the trying ante bellum days when Mrs. Clay reigned su- preme at Washington, to reconstrueuoh' when a people struggled to rise rom the ashes of war. The second book book m the group was Mrs. D. Giraud Wrights "A Southern Girl in '6i," in which the daughter of Senator Wigfall of Texas fol- lowed the fortunes of theS Confederaey In camp and field. The third and conclud- ing volume will be Mrs. Myrta Lockett Avary's Dixie After the War which will be brought out in the autumn. Tms book is an adequate panorama Of the Reconstruction. told in intimate glimpses Into the homes and hearts of the south- ern people, and with a sane and temperate treatment of the race problem. No book
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Wedding Gifts

WIHE SELECTION of suitable and pleasing token to offer
 the happy couple is pepexng task at it's bes-one is
 always fearful lest the offering should be duplicated or
 that elseS gift might be pretier Then too, most people like to keep within certain price limit
 We have built up very extensive business along the line of suitable presents and exercise the particular in making suggestions toshoppers.
 Here you find Wedding Gifts that have air of dandness and elegance about temha look well on the wedding day that add beauty and charm the home the young people budingand good dividends in usefulness for years to comegfts that reflect credit upon the person giving them the bride and groom remember you with aeconate regard as long they live great gathering of such gifts here for discriminating people.
 Exclusive designs and creations in Cut Glass in sets and single pecesSver in every design from the smallest inkets to the chests. Fine French handpanted China We ask you to cal-thats all.
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nations ranging in the neighborhood of $15 and $20 per acre for virgin timber lands will be accepted as proper with out over lands and stump property valued in proportion.
 Trend Is Not Upward.
 For the first time in many months the faithful chronicler Of current conditions in the lumber manufacturing center of Mississippi is called upon to report that the trend of prices is not upward. This is not to be mistaken for an intimation that there is any downward movement of values noticeable. IL only means that for the time there Is n disposition to rest on quotations as they are now fixed
 The cause of this somewhat sudden change from the market condition of a month ago, when the talk was all of an immediate advance and when the price list committee of the South Mississippi association was all but called together Is to be found in the fact that the whole salers and other purchasers on the in- terior market have not been coming for ward with their orders with such rush as was expected following the opening of the spring trade. There is no decline of business. The mills are still busy. In fact if not a single new order were to come in for the next month or two the mills would be kept busy filling old contracts There are plenty of orders coming in even yet, but the spring rush Is not up to the flood tide that was anticipated in view of the rush during the winter
 Speak With Lowered Voice.
 This disappointment is viewed different ly by different interests. The buyers speak of 1t with lowered voice, as though to say that while they hate to believe 1t, 1t looks to them as though the bottom had dropped out of the good times for the lumber trade. The manufacturers. on the other hand. laugh at the idea. They declare that the shortage of orders as compared with what was expected is due to over confidence, to advance orders which have discounted the current spring
Milford chronicle., 1906-10-05
Real Estate Sales.

Charles M. Hammond, real estate
broker, has sold the acre fruit, truck
and poultry farm Of John Kern located
near Milford, to John Whyte. CORsid-
Grafton s11OO. Mr.. Whyte will take
possession January 1st. 1907.
Charles M. Hammond, real estate
broker, sold last week a house and lot
on Jefferson avenue, South Milford,
owned by Mrs. Mary E. Nutter, to Ed
ward R. Meredith, of Milford Neck,
for $3.50 cash. The dwelling is in good
condition and bargain. Mr.. Meredith
will take possession January 1st, 1907.
w. N. Hires, real estate broker, sold
this week for Hall q Short to w. H.
Brown, Of West Virginia, the 22I acre
farm with the original set Of buildings
located on the Townsend track u miles
east of Milford. This lie well located
and Mr.. Brown made no mis-
take in making this selection for
home. Considerations not given.
Milford chronicle., 1906-10-05
SCHOOL REFORM FOR
OUR COUNTRY CHILDREN.

The State Board Of Education. at a
session held last week in Dover with
Governor Lea presiding, took advanced
steps toward improving the opportu-
mites OF the country school children.
Itwas decided that the list Of iistric,s 8
as now assigned to graded schools be
discontinued and the children be al
lowed to attend any one Of the graded
schools now established by the State
Board of Education in the county in
which such child resides.
The board further took action to the
effect that children from Sussex county
as well as Kent should be allowed to
attend the Milford High School, and
children from New Castle county, as
well as Kent shoHld attend Smyrna
High School, without additional cost
to parents.
Heretofore the State board had given
county superintendents the authority
to admit such pupils at their discretion,
but now all such red tape is done away
with.
Milford chronicle., 1906-10-05
New century Club.

The meeting Of the New Century
Club was held on Monday, October lst,
in the club rooms, Mrs. Frank Rick
ards presiding. Although the day was
stormy, the attendance was very large.
The meeting was called to order at $50
O'Clock, when the minutes Of the last
meeting, held in May, were read by
the secretary, Miss Mary E. Holland.
The names Of two new members were
then proposed-Mrs. J. Wilbur Ham,
mOnd and Mrs. G. w. Kespert They
were unanimously elected. The next
on the program was the address by the
president, Mrs Frank Richards, who
told in a most interesting manner of
the work the club has accomplished,
and what it hopes to do in the future,
After the singing of the club song by
the members, came the piano solo by
Miss Hettie Latchum. The president
OF the board Of directors, Mrs. J. Lynn |
Pratt, gave an account of the improve
meuts made to the club building dur
ing the summer months. The names
Of the chairmen were then read by the
and in response to their
names, each chairman gave an outline
Of the work for her committee. Re-
consisting Of ice cream,
cake and coffee were served by the
members Of the executive committee,
and meeting adjourned. Next week
will be History Day, ia charge OF the
chairman on history Mrs. George w.
Marshall. The subject this year is
Delaware"
Milford chronicle., 1906-10-05
Settled All His Duplicate for 1906.

FOrsiX years in succession D. Frank
Marvel, the collector of taxes from Mil.
ford district in Kent county, has made
settlement with the Levy Court Of all
the taxes placed in his hands for col.
lection for the current year, at the Oc-
tOber session of the court, and he has
this particular honor all to himself, as
not another collector has been able to
do this in either Kent or Sussex cour.
ties. Last Tuesday he met the court at
Dover and paid over the last money due
the county from his duplicate which
amounted to $500, and received his
bond and discharge from all liability.
The people of the Tenth Representative
district are no more prosperous than
others in the county, but Mr.. Marvel
believes in attending to the business Of
the taxes when the people
have ready money, and this accounts
or his success.
Milford chronicle., 1906-10-05
Fight Against Liquor In Milford.

The friends Of tenn mperance are max
ing a vigorous fight and an intelligent
campaign against the renewal of the
licenses of the hotels in Milford, and
they have made out strong cases against
all Of them. For three months past
they have had detectives working on
the case, and have evidence to produce
to the court which will be hard to man.
age by the liquor people. Against the
Windsor Hotel they have five specific
cases Of selling liquor on Sunday, run
ming back to the Fourth of July and
occurring Hp to September 2Srd, and
the same cases against the Central Hotel
and the National Hotel, and in addi-
tion gambling is alleged in these cases.
Petitions are in circulation in the dis.
tricts against renewal Of these licenses,
and the temperance folks are working
under legal advice to accomplish their
purpose. The application fjr the Wind
scr Hotel will come before the court
next week at Georgetown, and the
others will come up at the term in Kent
C u lty which begins October 22nd.
Milford chronicle., 1906-10-05
Kenney Loses Control.

0The fortunes of war as demonstrated
in politics have turned diametrically
against former Senator Richard r.
Kenney. Though fortnight ago in
absolute con troll of the Democrats and
at least Of Kent county, it is now esti.
mated that he has not more than one
positive and certain friend on the Kent
county legislative ticket-Candid4 ate
Joseph T, Hoffecker, of Dover. Mr..
Kenney, himself has admitted his loss
of control to a number Of friends in
Dover, but says: "OfcOurse 1 shall fall
in behind and work as hard as 1 can. u
General Kenney's assistance at the polls
is invaluable to the Democrats, and the
other side is ROw fearful lest it shall
diminish. He is probably the strongest
poll worker in Delaware, except, possi-
bly,, Caleb R. Layton Ofthe Republican
forces.
Milford chronicle., 1906-10-05
SHORT LOCAL BREYlTIES.
Items Of Interest in Paragraphs About
Milford and Vicinity.

The Chapel sidewalk should be paved
at once.
Three cOlOred people were baptised
in Silver Lake Sunday afternoon.
The Grand Master of Delaware 1. O.
o. F., win enstall the officers Of Crystal
FOunt Lodge, No 10, Monday evening,
October Sth.
Robert G. Houston, Of Georgetown,
has been appointed Special Deputy
Attorney General to investigsts alleged
violations Of the election laws in Sussex
county.
A government inspector has been
stationed at Wilmington ard all beef
killed in that city for or,. consump-
tion after October ighst bear the
federal stamp. il
The ' alAt Jtb%dd Fellows Gene.
terry should beodilt before the winter
II is too bad to have to wade through
mud to the leading cemetery Of the
town Of Milford
The fifteenth annual convention Of
the Sussex County Sunday School AS.
sOcistiOn will be held in the NJ. E.
Church at Delmar on Monday and
Tuesday, October Goth and 3Oth.
The one hundred and first annual
Of the Grand Lodge,
Free and Accepted MasOns Of
Delaware, was held in the Masonic
Hall in Wilmington on Wednesday
md Thursday.
Good tidings have at last reached the
Delaware farmer, who suffered many
wrongs at the hands Of the weather
nan this year. Delaware farms are
ccording to United States statistics,
lst issued, worth far more than when
ast estimated upon. The average in
reased in value, per acre, is from S32. %
} $37 As. This applies even to the an.
hrax districts.
Milford chronicle., 1906-10-05
TWO MINISTERS HURT
IN RUNAWAY ACCIDENT

While Presiding Elder Stephen M.
Morgan and Rev. B. F. Jester were re.
turning to Dover last Saturday evening
from Little Greek, where the elder had
held quarterly conference, the horse
became frightened at some boys. parad.
iDg the streets OF Dover, beating q, m.
,Oals. The horse plunged forward, dI~g
ging Mr. Jester over the dashboard and
throwing Dr. Morgan violently to the
ground. Mr.. Jester was dragged some
distance Both ministers were rendered
unconscious and when picked up were
bleeding freely from the head and face.
Mr. Morgan was badly shaken up
and bruised about the head. Mr. Jester
was scared on both sides of his head
and his eyes were badly bruised and
swollen, while blood flowed freely from
his month. ears and nose. His condi.
tiOn has been serious since the accident.
The physicians believe the horse kicked
him, causing a rupture of blood vessels.
Milford chronicle., 1906-10-05
James Il. Bell Dea d.

, One Of the oldest citizens Of Milford
passed to his long rest last Monday
morning, October 1st, after a short i'll.
ness from pneumonia, and the people of
this community paid their last tribute
Of respect to James H. Bell on We'd
; nesday, when his funeral was held from
his late home on Washington street,
from whence the remains were taken
to the family burial grounds on the
"Red House" farm in Milford Neck.
Mr. Bell was so years, 10 months and
20 days old at the time Of his death,
and for several years had kept the books
in the wholesale grocery of Joseph E.
Holland of Milford in fact he was so
employed up to week before his death.
James H Bell was we'll liked gener-
ally and had been before the public for
long time. During the War of the
Rebellion re was employed at Wash
ingtOn in one Of the departments, and |
was al sys an ardent adherent to the
Republican party. His vigorous views
during the early days Of the war hav,
ing brought personal abuse from those
who had been his earliest friends.
After the close of the Rebellion he
started lumber yard at the east end
of North Front street, in Milford, but
sold that out and purchased the farm
where the two farms now owned by
Frank Salevan and William Hutten-
lock are located. Farming was not his
forte and he sold them and went back
70 Washington in the departments.
After a short time he quit there and
was appointed keeper Of the Mispillion
Light House on the Delaware Bay,
where he remained until his wife died
there twenty eight years ago. He never
reconcile TO the place after that
and resigned. Since then he had been
keeping books for our business people.
He was married to Lizzie POstles.
9ut no children survive them.
Mr.. Bell was Of a kindly disposition,
/ close reader and good thinker on all !
public matters. He leaves a brother.
Aaron w. Bell, as the only near rela. y
i've apprOximsting hiz age. !
The writer will always have pleasant
ecOllectiOn of James H. Bell, for his =
many kind acts in our early bOyhood. = =
Rest in peace; your work was well done. :
Milford chronicle., 1906-10-05
Father and Daughter Killed in Runaway

DR.. William I. Skinner. Of Glasgow
one Of the best known and most p1omi-
nent physicians in New Castle county.
and his daughter, Miss Rhea Skinner,
aged about % years, were both killed
in a runaway accident near Porter's
Station, late last Saturday afternoon.
DIR. Skinner died within an hour after
the accident, and his daughter died at
the Delaware Hospital in Wilmington
about o'clock that night. 1t was
thought at first that Miss Skinner was
not seriously injured, but later it was
learned that she had fractured skull
and she was then taken to the hospital,
but only lived about an hour after az
riving there. She had a broken arm
and sprained back in addition to the
skull. Exactly how the acci-
dent happened no one seems to know,
except that the horse ran away.
Milford chronicle., 1906-10-05
Hotel Changes in Milford.

Z Frank H. Kramlich will retire from
the management OF the Central Hotel
in Milford at the end Of this year, and
his successor is not positively known.
For nineteen years Mr. Kramlich has
been popular caterer to the travelling
public, and has maintained a large and
handsome hotel, which has done much
to raise the standard Of all Delaware
hotels, and which has been a credit to
the town of Milford. We believe that
there is genuine regret with the greater
portion Of the citizens Of Milford that
Mr.. Kramlich quits the leading hotel
Of Southern Delaware. He has not
decided as to where he will make his
IutuIe residence.
Milford chronicle., 1906-10-05
How to Care for Buckwheat.

There is a very large acreage of buck
wheat grown in Delaware this year,
and many acres have been gro wn by
farmers who have never handled the
crop before, and for their benefit we
would say, let your buckwheat have
at least ten days or two weeks drying
weather in the field, after it is cut and
before thrashing. After making over
one hundred thousand bushels Of buck
wheat into -four, we know from expert.
ence, that If the grain is thrashed be.
fore the moisture all leaves the straw,
the grain will never be perfectly dry,
which is very necessary to obtain the
highest market price.