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Milford chronicle., 1908-08-07

DANIEL J. LAYTON, last week
used the columns Of the Sussex
Journal to reply to structures and
accusations made by Robert c.
Houston in his paper of previous
week, and in the course of his ar
ticle which occupied FIVE or more
columns, he has laid bare some
very important facts for the people
to know as to who is responsible
for the present embarrassed condi-
ton of the County Treasury. Mr..
Layton is incissive and caustic in
language, uses names and places to
illustrate his point, and lays bare
the causes for criticism of the Levy
Court. It is plain statement with
out equivocation, and gives an in
sight, which comes too seldom into
the close corporation maintained
by the Court House managers of
politics. If his statements are not
true, then we shall expect to see
each county official step to the
front and brand Daniel J. Layton,
Jr., as a liar. If his statement as
to the position the members of the
Levy Court finds themselves as
financiers is correct, then they are
to be pittied as we'll as censured !;
but even then, the fact is not
changed one iota, viz; that the
people should nominate men for the
Levy Court who are capable busi- |
uess men, whose honesty as we'll as
ability is above reprOach. In the
main, we believe that the Levy |
Court is composed Of men who
want to do what is right, but we
lave had experience with several
levy Courts. Suggestions have
,een made time and again which
would have saved the county
money by putting its printing out
D competitive bidders but for the
.ason that officials owned interests
printing establishment located at
Milford chronicle., 1908-08-07

THE publication Of story tele-
graphed from nearby town that a
race war took place at Rehoboth
last Thursday night, was another of
those wanton lies so eagerly grab
bed for by the city daily papers,
and which they refused to correct
even in justice to the little city by
the sea, or the Organized Militia
Of Delaware. The city daily papers
are surely loosing their weight with
the country readers, who read ex-
aggerated stories telegraphed to the
papers by irresponsible men, and
men generally who make their liv-
ing by exaggeratiOn-or, more
plainly speaking, writing lies. The
average city paper had rather pub
lish a sensational story, or a lie,
than to give the plain facts, and
the people are rapidly learning that
this is a fact. Their country weekly
paper comes near telling the actual
facts as they happen, than any city
paper now published.
Milford chronicle., 1908-08-07

Jesse S. Vane, Fisrt district, Sls6 20
E. E. Vosfel, Second district Sls5 20
Eugene Thomas, Fourth district, S93 ~
Augustus Owens, Fifth district, fl4l.2O
r. J. Sipple, Sixth district, Sl3l-2O
w. A. Wager, Seventh district, Sl5S,2O
James f. Melvin, Eighth district, $l4l.2O
samuel F. Coils OF, Ninth district, sl55. 20
Robert H. Thomas, Tenth district, 1927 20
Reports from the county officers show
ed the following sums turned in: SheI.
ifs office, for July. $6S.l7; recorder q
deeds. S239. % clerk Of the peace, S33. 70,
Milford chronicle., 1908-08-07
ROBERT G. Houston announces

ROBERT G. HoUsToN announces
that he would not accept the nomi-
nation for Attorney General, and
IS in favor of nominating Daniel
Hastings of Wilmington. Mr..
Hastings would make an able sue
cessor to our present Attorney
General, and the party would
strengthen the ticket by placing
his name on it.
Milford chronicle., 1908-08-07

the county seat, this was not done.
This is another specie of favoritism,
or more plainly, graft. Some one
was looking for their own rather
than the county interest. Mr.. Lay
ton has opened a window in the
block house, and when the interior
is opened for thorough inspection,
the public will learn why there IS
a general feeling that there is some
thing radically wrong with the
county affairs OF Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1908-08-07


THE effort to hush up and cover
up the ugly stories about the dis
reputable happenings at the Sussex
County Almshouse, and thereported
attempt to rob Kent County by the
means Of imprisoning tramps, ETC.,
is Just a little too much to ask of
any self respecting man, be he Re
publican or what not. An effort IS
said to have been made to have the
State chairman take hand TO shield
those implicated, but Mr.. du Pont
is reported as having replied, that
if any man or set of men have dis
eraced their Office by cOnnivance
with others to rob the treasury,
throw the rascal out, and then send
him to Jail, and by so doing gain
for the Republican party the credit
of purging the organization Of dis
honest men and grafters. That IS
exactly our sentiments, and so far
as it is in our power so to do, we
shall leave no stone unturned to
clear the Republican party OF the
odious charges which have been
piled up those who have betrayed
the trust placed in them, no matter
they be leaders in county
affairs, or officials in either county
or State offices. It is time for bet
ter political conditions we have
winked at the short comings until
actual crimes are limited at and
to be hushed up to prevent scandals;
it is time to call a halt. The people
trusted the Republican party to
give them better State and county
government, and we started to
make the reforms, but they have
been halted, and the old rotten road
system, the old rotten tax collect
ing system, the old corrupt system
Of managing the almshouses and
squandering of public money, has
been continued which was heired
from the Democratic party. No
in these lines have been |
made, and it would be no better to
turn the power back to the Demo
Gratis. 1t is up to the Repblicans
to come forward, shoulder the re-
sponsibility and give to the count
les of Delaware true reform. This
can only be accomplished by at
tending the primary elections for
both State and county delegates.
Your delegates are the men who
are responsible for the conditions.
1t is through them the nominations
are made you have no right to con
demn your party ticket when you
have failed to take part in its max
ing. Let every man discharge the
duty he owes to himself. to his State
and to the county in which he re-
sides, by voting at the primary Of
his district. The professional poll
tician will see to it that this hench
men vote, but it is up to you to
take the part every man owes to
honest government and see that
only men who will think for them
selves, and who will not be subserv-
ent to the influences of the district
)oss, are sent to the conventions
t is there that the real work for
ionest nolitics is ACCOMPLISHED.
Milford chronicle., 1908-08-07
NO STRAW WANTED!

We use clean linen cloths in making up cheese therefore the farmer
required bring load of straw mix with the cider 1t
pressing makes much the best
cider therefore, great importance that the work OF pressing be
thoroughly done This best be done the Hydraulic Press manu-
featured Giead Ohio wonderful and almost unlimited
power cordially invited call and examine the Press,
and excellent facilities for making Superior Cider.
Milford chronicle., 1908-08-07
Hickman,
Delaware.
William Brown,

Press located about one mile of Hickman, Deaware)
Having erected Steam Hydraulic Cider Press am prepared do
tom work new character Press model OF mechanical
skill pomace pressed by of Hydaulcsth most power
full lifting pressing agent known mechanics many other com
mendabe features being embodied in this Press
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fercnces are not likely to be Endorsed
on this side of the Atlantic at LEAST.
Maybe the English actor is superior to
mis- Italian colleague in temperament
and dresses his parts better. but mis-
conferes' elocution must be poor indeed
if il is worse ihon that of the average
London comedian.-Ncw York sun.
Jack Abertheney. the rough rider,
can catch a wolf alive by grabbing its
lower jaw with his bare hand. M.
AberthoHny, on his last visit visit 10
Washington, was asked by u reporter
for his opinion on a certain political
question. II can't give you an opinion
on that question" the rough rider 70"
piled, "because it is question / pay
no attention to. l AM Indifferent to it
as indifferent as the backWocdmdn'S
wife. That lady, you know, looked on
while her husband had a fierce hand
to hand tuSsle with bear, and after
ward She said it was the only iight she
ever saw where she didn't care who
Won"
IN the matter Of temperance the
British people are improving The
drunkenness 50 prevalent in the past
is steadily decreasing: nevertheless the
production of whisky and other spirits
shows no falling off and. indeed. is on
the incl ease. Last year the United
Kingdom turned out 50.31190S gallons
of spirit Scotland beat the previous
years record by over 1o.0Gn.t0o gallons.
anu England by over 4,eo0,U-N. tn"
total number of distilleries in the
United Kingdom for the year ended
March Il, 1907, was lS6.
Sir William Hunter says the Dacca
weavers employ no fewer than l26
distinct Implements Some idea OF
the really extraordinary dclicacy and
firencSs Of the fabrics may lie formed
from the descriptions of a few speci-
mems, which are quite authentic. DIR.
Taylor had in his possession = piecs.
spun in 1887. On being very carefully
weighed and measured it was actually
found to be 2oG yards in length and
only five grains in weight. lie also
recorded: 1T is said that in the time
of Jehangir piece of Ab-i-raw muslin
could be manufactured measuring 10
cubits in length by two cubits i'll
breadth ana weighing only five Siccas.
or 900 grains. the price Of which was
Rs 400 Again we find mention OF
three pieces of muslin made 10 be pre-
scented to the prince of Wales (now
King Edward NID, which measured
each 20 yards by one yard and weight
3.5 es."-The Indian World.
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GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

\ building expert says that 1000 feet
is the limit for the height Of New York
sky-scrapers. Sill that leaves some
room yet.
a Boston man says that no man
who has told a lie should be permitted
to vote. Elections would be dull al
fairs if his idea We're put in force, it
is feared
Ninety mon We're killed in Japanese
coal mire the other day. which shows
that conditions in III" East are some
better tl:an in West Virginia anyway.
There is really not much interest in
whether or not Count Boni viii ever
collect that 20 cents. He long ago
ceased to be Il hero even in the New
port set.
1t is said that the best way to make
yourself 50 to sleep is to relax all the
muscles and then say I'm going to
sleep over and over. It's a harmless
thing to try anyway.
1t is really j pity that the board of
sirnpliiied spoilers doesn't get on to its
job ami tackle the name of the new
Vanderbilt count. That would be OF
some practical value.
\ lecturer at Chicago has gone on
record as saying that Chicago VIII soon
be the industrial center of the world.
Chicago people will always swallow
any OF that sort of stuff.
Now that the fleet has gotten
through MIR Magellen's straits with
out humping any japanese bombs
there must be some NERVOUSNESS in one
of the New York newspaper Offices.
Sheriff Campbell seized a car of quail
being loaded here on the Rock Island
and cortlScated 100 egg cases contain
ing 1900 quail. Eight hours later the
sheriff was notified that Il second at
tempt was being made to load the
same car and "a more cases We're sciz-
ed all filled with birds. There are
more than 1E.00o quail in all.-Eni,l
correspondence Kansas City Star
y new canal to connect the river
Rhonc with the port of Marsciilcs will
pass through q tunnel AZ miles long
The tunnel will be - feet broad ana
t6 feet high. Tho quantity OF material
| TO he removed in constructing this tun-
nnl is double that removed in the con-
| struction of the Simplon The differ
| ence arises from the great width and
| height of the canal tunnel. The time
, required for digging it is seven o,
| eight years. The entire canal will cost
| SIS. 900, 0Go
An interesting product shipped re-
Gently from a well-known New Eng
land plant was a three-ply leather
belt 141 feet long and u inches wide
| In making this belt there WAS usod
| the backbone centers of 2f5 steer hides;
| in other words it required more thar
II car loads of steers, 20 steers to 3
ca!. to furnish enough hides. The
| weight of the belt is 2S27 pounds, anf
it was shipped to a California lumber
company. which will probably have
| the largest belt on the Pacific coast.
| Maris Borsa, the well-known italian
dramatic critic, has been contrasting
the rival merits of English and Italian,
actors, 10 the no small advantage OF
| the former, though some of his in.
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MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The Hearst Party.
tBildeford Journal.)

Mr.. Hearst calls his new party the
National party. but it will probably go
down in the annals of the times rs
"EIearst's party 1t will be rtmem-
bered that about three years ago. Mr.
Hearst proposed t. revolution;Ze ma
tionai politics through the medium of
the Municipal Ownership League.
This organization had 4 brief existence
and was succeeded by the lndepen-
dence LeaG sue. which, after surviving
two campaigns. steps back and gives
place to the National party. And none
of them was genuine unless they had
Hearst's picture blown in the bottle.
The new name has probably been
adoptsd as an eXpedient to induce COM
pliance with the new political pure
food requirement In the last, as in
the other, Hearst is the cook and the
captain bold. and the mate o. the
Nancy brig; a ho'sn tight and mid
shipmite and the crew of the captain 5
gig"
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the files at Augusta. there was not d

the files at Augusta, there was not q
word about tax relates.
The Kennchec Journal has been looking
into this. 1t states that the original bill
was never distracted from the files. at
has been at the office of the s.scIT tai'y
of State ever since the adjournment Of
Tho editor of the Journal examined it
there Yesterday" The Journal contin-
ues.
that the hill in its original draft con
tai.rd not a word about tax rcDatnS
AS u matter of feet it contained what
the Sentinel is pleased to cali the tax
Relating section in precisely the same
language in which it stood when finally
enacted.
There was 4 public hcarin; on the bill.
and there vas no opposition t" it. The
Journal states that ;he only change made
hv the committee WIS to strike ont a sec
ton authorizing III" construction Of
branch lines, and that thus changed it
WAS reported back marked new draft, and
was enacted without further change.
Tits IS documentary evidence az the
Stron@ts s. Kind. and it seems 10 settle the
matter once for all. II remains to he
seen what subt"rtugc the Sentinel will
next attempt if any. 1t would better
have relied on the plea of ignorance and
inattentioE. bet to charge abstraction Of
the Till and 10 derry the conte nts Of th>
original draft WAS dangerous. The fact
is that those tax rebates went through
with common consent. aud they wnulG
not have been thought of afterwards If
somebody had rot dug them UP. thinking
to make political capital out Of them. If
there was any discredit in them. which
we do not admit. il reflects IHuch on
one party as the other, and as mach on
Mr. ravis as any other individual. Fhe
rh3r9a has had q boomerang effect.
Nevertheless the Sentinel with unblush-
ing efirontery keeps parading the tax re-
bates. along with the fish and game ex
pcnt'iturcG and others rs examples of
Republican extravaganza
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at 100 o'clock p. M.

for the purpose of selecting six cinai-
dates for electors of President anc vice
President to the United States, ana lour
delegates at large and four aiternateS u
attend the National Republican CohTen-
ton to he held in the City of Chicago, ia
the State of Illinois, on Tuesday tho lbtn
day of June, 1905. and the transactins OF
any other business that may properly
come before it.
The basis OF representation will be as
follows: Each city. town ana plantation
will he entitled 10 one delegate, and for
every % votes cast for the kspubic3n
candidate for Governor In 1906 an add
tional delegate and for each fraction OF
40 votes in excess of 70 votes. an addi-
tionaI delegates. Vacancies in the dele
cation of any city, town or plantation
can only be filled by residents of the
County in which the vacancies exist. =.
The State Committee will he In session
in tho anteroom Of the ArrnOiy at 1I.D
o'clock r. M. on the day OF the Conven-
tinn for the purpose of receiving the Gre
dentials of delegates. A delegate In or
der 10 he eligible to participate in the
Convention must be elected sn6sednef.
cannot be elected under this call to the
State Convention to lie hereafter called
for the purpose of nominating candi-
date for Governor.
All electors of Maine. without regard to
past political affiliations, who believe In
the principles OF the Republican party
and endorse its policies. are cordially In
viteJ to unite 'lnder this call in electinS
delegates to this Convention.
Per order, Republican State Committee.
SETH NJ CARTER. Chairman.
BYRON BOYD, Secretary.
Lewiston, Feb. u. 1908. dtf
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honor of denomination and a
reelection. Besides he has some I'M
portant matters to close up"
Now that Sheriff Plaisted, after hav-
ing had two terms as Mayor of Au-
gusta, has accepted third nominal
ton for that office no voice is raised
in his defence The former friends are
silent. Mum is now the word. So far
as we can ascertain the only reason
which can be given for such persis-
tent and unjustifiable pursuit of Sec
ond office is the fact that it carries a
$500 salary, and he would like the
money,
We say these things in no unkindly
spirit 10 the Mayor. but because we
believe that the views we have pre-
scented reflect emphatically the sober
convictions of a very large majority of
the taxpayers of kennebec county.
Friends of Sheriff Plaisted are now
going up and down our streets, assert
ing that we Should elect him to the Of
fee of Mayor of Augusta for Il third
time, because he has devoted practi-
cally all his time" for the past two
years to our municipal affairs. This
we deny. The time in question did not
belong to the sheriff to give. Ii it was
indeed given to our city. it was the
gift of the taxpayers Of Kennebec
county, who paid and paid well for it,
and to whom it properly belonged.
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Had it not been for the money sup
piled to the Simplified Spelling Board
by Andrew Carnegie. the movement
to "simplify" English photography
would have been laughed off the stage
long ago. AS II is. we may expect bull
letins and pamphlets on this subject as
long as the Carnegie financial assist
ance continues. though everybody now
recognizes the utter absurdity OF the
movement and it's complete failure to
attain its ends. y Massachusetts man
proposes to meet Carnegie at his own
game although he is not the possessor
OF o fortune of the Carnegie dimen-
sions. However, he has given Salem a
fund of $1,000 "to inculcate the art OF
real spelling in the minds of prosper
lty." He definitely bars "simplified''
spelling and desires that the old fash
ioned spelling school be revived with
prizes offered to those who win the con-
test If other rich men want to do the
cause % education genuine service
they will do well to follow the example
Of this man in Salem.
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Maine Gossip
How to Cure it.

Pack the victim up in ice,
Steam him in n NapOr bath,
Let him wander in the snow
Barefoot on the garden path,
Give him uuinne twice a day
Mixed with whiSkey two years old:
Have him say some mystic words
That's the way to cure d cold
Let him exercise his faith:
That is certain to succeed.
There are twenty patent dopcs
That are also guaranteed
Eeros that by an ancient dame
In Il copper pot are breWed.
Ii that doesn't drive it hence
HI. might try some breakfast food
Fasting is a splendid thing
When the throat and lungs are sore;
Keep it up for thirty days
If You do not die before.
Treat il to the open air.
SLEEP with all yoLr windows wide,
With your arms and legs exposed,
Though it's ten below outside.
What's the use to lave cold?
Why continue with a cough
When there are on every hand
Remedies to throw it off
Remedies that never fail,
Though the starry heavens should fall
That your dearest friends have used?
Quit your Job and try them all.
Nashville American.
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Guatemala has a virrIent attack of
the picture postal card fever lust at
present, and the little Central Ameri-
can republic is being flooded with il
Illustrations showing the line Of the new
inter-ocean railway. On these cards
is an extract taken from an address
by President Estrada Cabrera on wo-
mans education. The English transla-
ton reads: 1.-THE education and the in
struction of women, form the basis up
on which rests the true future happi-
ness of humanity.
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The action Of Secretary Cortelyou in
calling for s35.oO0,OOO of government
In financial circles as the official re-
cognition Of the passing Of the financial
crisis. The government has been slow
and cautious in calling back the funds
entrusted to the banks during the pan
ic days of last fall The sum of So
100000 WAS called for in January and
this vas responded to 50 easily that
the February call will make no distub-
ance.
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who in the Massachusetts, Democracy
and SO issues call Tor the friends of
Bryan in that state to meet in Boston
Eext Saturday to repair the somewhat
damaged fences of the Nebraskan cam
didate. 1t is announced that E. ]. Sui
livan of Bangor will be the speaker FOR
Maine which may be taken as indicat-
ing something of a new deal in the
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A Dodeing Demagogue Cornered.
uortland Press


Cyrus W. Davis's newspaper organ
dearly loves 4 scrap. it would rather
fgh: than eat, it is agile and wary, but
i; seeI's 10 have got into corner at
last. The point was on the passage of
the Somerset railroad extension uilI with
the tax rebate clause in 1901. when MIR.
Davis was a member of the Legislature
Mr.. Davis has acknowledged that he IA
vored and supported the extension Of the
road and assisted AIR. Haines in secur-
ing, a charter, but he averred that he
knew nothing OF the tax-rebaffng sec
ton -nrtil long after. And the Journal
knows said the Sentinel, that in the
original draft of that bill. which. for OBJ
vious reasons, has been distracted from