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Milford chronicle., 1912-06-21
FARMERS DAY AT DELAWARE
COLLEGE A RECORD BREAKER
Five Thousand People Are Present and Make Inspection Experimental
Farm Luncheon Served For Large Number. Weather Was

and electrical engineers but on these
lines we are in competition with great
institution whose endowment, whose
faculties, and whose laboratory equip
ment make the contest an unequal one.
The University of Pennsylvania, the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
! Cornell, Stevens Institute, the Rens-
selaer POLYTECHNIC, in mechanical, electri-
cal and civil engineering must of necs-
, sity offer better facilities by reason of
their better equipment, and beyond that
almost every institution of the first
class carries with it that Undesirable
sOmething-y can call it atmosphere,
environment, or what nOt-that stands
for a particular field of study. This
environment, this atmosphere in itself
is a wonderful stimulus to the ambitious
student.
To me it seems the people of this state
have a great opportunity of making
Delaware College conspicuous in the
educational world along agricultural
lines. Our state is essentially an agri-
cultural state. We are surrounded by a
great farming community, and we have
already here a most useful department
of this college devoted to the technical
made the nucleus of a much broader in
stitution, reaching out on longer lines.
/ want to see an Institution here that is
not local. l want to see the name of
Delaware College as conspicuous in ag-
riculture as Pennsylvania in medicine, !
Harvard in law, Stevens in mechanical |
Princeton in liberal culture. !
None of these institutions are local in |
character; their offerings are sought |
after by the young men of all states. /
want to see the offerings of Delaware
sought after by the young men of Della
ware, by the young men of New Jersey,
IF Maryland, of Pennsylvania, of Vir-
ginia. This is not an impossible dream.
With laboratories for research work in
agriculture established here, maintained {
and developed with the same spirit that
obtains in Johns Hopkins University in
he field of pure science, you could count
N drawing here the best young intellect
# the country. The value and inspira-
ion of a great teacher in any field of
cience or culture will always bring the
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-21

I gether with proper distribution of its
wealth. This is easy to say, but it is a
| problem that our statesmen must wrestle
with, and, if they cannot grapple with
it successfully, down comes the fabric
of the state.
1t has been to me at times a source
of sorrow to see boys whose natural en-
virOnment is the country follow that city
drift, and then be swallowed up in in
conspicuous mediocrity, when l know
that with proper training the farm Of
fers them rewards far beyond what the
city could ever give.
Every man believes from the bottom
of his heart that his own particular work
contains in it all the miseries, the cares,
and misfortunes of life. The other fell
low is the lucky one, the other vocation
is the happy one. But the miseries of
life are fairly distributed. Our joys and
our sorrows are governed in large part
by our tastes.
You gentlemen know whether the life
you live is worth while. Balance it with
the hardships, the struggles, and the
rewards of the city, and then figure out
whether your boys are to be better off
in the country than in the town; always
this that the more knowl-
edge they possess, if rightly applied,
makes life easier and solves most of
life's problems. 1t is a commonplace to
say: "Much of our trouble, most of
our misfortunes, are attributable to ig-
There seems to be an Overplus in
most professions to-day. Engineers,
civil, mechanical, electrical, are not at
a premium. But trained agriculturists, |
and horticulturists are not |
to be had for the bidding. In horticul- |
.ure particularly, we are largely depen-
lent on men educated in foreign schools. |
IS not this worth while considering by
he farmers of Delaware?- Is not Della
ware College the place to send my boy? |
IAN we not put Delaware College on
uch a plane that it can offer to me what
ny boy needs? That specific knowledge
hat is going to keep him on the farm,
he specific knowledge that will make
lis farm work to be done with more in
will remove from him that
ack of knowledge which creates very
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-21

best young intelligence to it.
4 The very foundation of our natiOna
life, the whole prosperity Of our country
rests on the intelligent work Of the ag
ricultural classes. The development anC
conservation of our great national re
3 sources is largely the work Of the farmer
and yet when we consider this vast anC
overwhelming work, we do not seem tC
be drawing to it in a large way the best
young intellect of the country. While
/ technical education on agricultural lines
has grown by leaps, to me it does not
seem to keep pace with the necessities
Of the case. We see year by year, our
universities turning out lawyers, doctors,
civil, mechanical ana electrica! engineers
by the score. The field is already SO
occupied in these professions that the
competition is hard and fierce, and the
reward small, except to the very best.
In applied science, the effect of this
is self-evident; the perfection of man.
agement. the high point of efficiency in
our manufacturing Industries, is due in
large part to the great reservoir of tech
nically educated men that these indus
dustries can draw from, reservoir for
their managers, superintendent and
AOA E4AAEAAs j lAE supply - 81 luLEE LldL
very often the positions of minor impOr-
tance, the inconspicuOus foremen, are
found to be college bred men and the
college bred man-if he has common
sense, and there is no reason why he
should not be gifted with that valuable
faculty-wll make the best of fOremen,
because he has the power and the fac
ulty to impart his knowledge to the
grade of worker below him. All the in
dustries in the country are handicapped
in degree by the lack of trained manual
laborers. Our development has been SO
rapid that we have exhausted the supply
of the old efficient hOme-bred labOrer.
On account Of this lack of supply of
well developed help, it is of first impor-
tance in every field of industry that our
superintendent and our foremen should
be bred with the gift of directing, of
their knowledge to their sub
Ordinates to possess the gift of leader
ship and command. l believe the most
serious handicap the farmers of this
county have is the lack of steady sup
ply of intelligent, well-equipped labor.
How to meet this problem is beyond
the scope of such talk as this but it
Is real problem, a serious problem and
one might almost say, vital problem.
I think most of US will agree to this
proposition. This being so, the neces-
sity of well-equipped foremen and as
sistants in farm work is self-evident.
The lower the class of help we are de-
pendent upon, the more necessary the
highest type of foreman-men who can
men who can help the less in
telligent, and men who can rule justly
and with sympathy.
The drift from the farm to the city
has always been since our government |
began. The lure of the city, the great |
rewards, the traditions of the country
boys success in the. larger world, the |
close social contact, have been the fac
sors that turn the boy from the farm.
The problem Of this country to-day is a
proper distribution Of population, to- ]
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the grove at Laws school house. Ice
cream, cake, and all kinds of contec-
tioneries will be for sale. All are cordi-
ally invited
Mrs. Rachael Lank, of Philadelphia,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Noah
Moore this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis spent Saturday
and Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Lizzie
Warren.
Miss Eva Borcus has returned to her
home in Pardise, after spending few
days with her brother, Harry Barcus.
NJ. r. c.
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-21
BABYS HANDS TIED
MOTHER TELLS HOW SAXo SALVE
CONQUERED ECZEMA.

''Last fall we noticed small rough
and red spots coming on baby's
hands. The skin was very dry and
she kept scratching them until they
would bleed We lost a good deal OF
sleep with her. Finally we took her to
the doctor and he treated her several
weeks, but it kept spreading until we
had to keep her little hands tied and
dress and bandage them several times
a day they were so sore, and we used
everything we could hear of for ecze-
ma. Finally our druggist told us about
Saxo Salves We tried it and one and
half tubes has entirely cured her Her
little hands are smooth and not even
SCARED, and we are so glad to tell
others what SaxO Salve has done for
US. Mrs. M. Stephenson, Lebanon, Ind.
You cannot do better than to try
Saxo Salve for eczema, letter, ring
worm, or any skin affection-we
give back your money if
It does not help you
HW. 0. Moore. Drusvlst. Milford, Gel
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more reason that they should have all
opportunity for access to the sources of
right thinking and all true knowledge.
where there is no vision the people
perish.
City Solicitor Daniel o. Hastings, of
Wilmington, was the second speaker
His address was on Progressive poll
cies applied to the Farmer"
Professor Charles A. McCue. of the
Experiment Station staff, made short
address on the chestnut blight, and S.
H. Derby, prominent granger of Wood
side, spoke on the position that the far
mer should assume.
The last legislature appropriated $40
900 to the farm for Improvements, and
with this money several new buildings
have been erected. Professor Hayward
was pleased with this opportunity to
show what had been done with the
money.
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lars. Farmers Day at the Delaware Col
G5ege Experimental farm, which is now
OF Tone of the main features of commence
cutIment week attracted crowd of visitors
the last Monday estimated at nearly 5000.
the 1t was the largest attendance that has
havever visited the farm on any one day
eausince it was purchased by the state
getseveral years ago.
Visitors started to arrive at the farm
weeas early as 8 o'clock, and from then
meiuntil noon there was continuous row
on Of vehicles and automobiles. There were
Hoiat least 500 teams and more than 100
aroautomobiies on the grounds and every
Strain brought hundreds more from Will
aremingtOn and points from down the state
nlgAs an indication that the Delaware
farmer is progressive and is keeping
oe abreast of the time, nearly one hundred
suIWent to the farm in their own automo-
Fbiles. They came from all parts of the
1rostate and many were accompanied by
oa.their wives and children. There were
a ralsO a large number of visiting grangers
atnlfrom Maryland, Pennsylvania and New
Deyersey.
The fact that the weather was ideal
"ofor such occasion made the day especially
eoienjoyable. Although hot in the sun
lnIthere was a refreshing breeze all day
h0and the women and children spent much
thtOt the day on the spacious lawn under
81 the trees. Professor Harry Hayward
ntdirector of the farm, and his assistants
Behad arranged an interesting program,
eoWhich was carried out without change
W VISITORS MAKE INSPECTION.
N As the visitors arrived they were
gotten into groups and then taken on
w, an inspection tour to the farm by mem
in. bers of the Experiment Station faculty !
sand others connected with the farm. |
Is The agronomy fields, where hundreds of |
Oiexperiments are now in progress, at
W tracted more of the grangers than ever
~ before. The orchards and berry fields
br were also especially attractive. There
are over five hundred varieties of fruit
ts on the State Farm and the day gave the
N fruit growers an excellent opportunity
A to observe the growth and progressive
of the various varieties. Another de-
Apartment that was especially interesting
Z htomany was the thoroughbred livestock.
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There were many features during the
morning TO keep the visitors interested
when not on an inspection tour of the
helds or other departments of the
work. The Delaware College band gave
a concert and there We're also a drill bv
the cadets On the lawn. There was a
dairy COW Judging contest, the prize be-
ing a registered bull calf which was
Won by VIM. Davidson, Of Frederica. A
subsolilng demons trati0n was given by
an official Of he dupont Powder Com
pany.
Shortly after Ii O'Clock Mrs. Anna
Scott, Of Philadelphia, addressed a
gathering Oi /, 600 women from the porch
Of the director residence. Mrs. Scott 5
talk was principally on the high cost of
living. She said the trouble was not
so much the high cost Of living as it is
the high living.
LUNCHEON FOR BIG CROWD.
To give every one luncheon as the
program called for was one of the
greatest problems of the dav. 1t was
accomplished, however, apparently to
the satisfaction Of all and every one
who wanted anything to eat was
patient got it. 1t was announced after
wards that over 5000 persons were
provided with sandwiches, coffee, and
ice cream. The college cadets assisted
materially in carrying out his part of
the program.
The afternoon was devoted largely to
speeches, which were made from the
farm house porch and large majority
of the visitors remained to hear them.
Congressman Head presided and after
a fewremarks cOmplimented the officials
of the farm for good work which they
are doing, introduced Henry B. Thomp-
son, of Wilmington, who is trustee of
Princeton College, as one who had been
a successful business man and was now
becoming successful agricuturist.
Mr.. Thompson made a very interest
lng address during which he made
plea for the brOading out of Delaware
College along agricultural lines. He
said:
Mr.. THOMPSON'S SPEECH.
Gentlemen All incidents of this
day, the building and laboratories
devoted to education for farm purposed
the experimental farm, the very fact
Of this great gathering of the farmers
of Delaware at this time and place, are
sufficient indications of the belief in the
value of and the necessity of technical
education directly applied to farming.
1t would be almost an impertinence
on my part to say anything to you to-
day on the real work of farming. You
All know the old story of the difference. /
But do want to call your attention to
some matters directly connected with
this Institution. We all know its pres
ent value we know the useful training
It IS giving to the men of this state |
We know its past history, the value and
sterling services its alumni are con-
tributing to the daily life of the state. |
But we are running on too narrow lines. |
We are taking care Of the usual voca-
donal courses in a creditable, but not
IN conspicuous way. We are turning
out a useful body Of civil, mechanical,
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often the whole burden of work. Is thi:
not worth while considering by the far
mers of Delaware?
The factors that have come into
country lfe-the rural free delivery.
the telephone. the trolley line, the auto
mobile, farm machinery, all go a long
way to lift burden of drudgery and
monotOny that you older people know.
Balance all this against the struggle,
the congestion, the relentless competi-
ton of the city, when you think Of the
future of your children.
/ have spoken of the problem of the
distribution of population. the distribu-
ton of wealth. l think this Clipping
from an article by the Rev. Samuel
Crothers from d late number of the At
lantic Monthly sums up in a very few
words great question:
The live questions to-day concern
not the material so much as the moral
development of the nation. For it is
seen that the future welfare of the peo-
pie depends on the creation of a finer
type of civic life. Is this still to be a
land of opportunity? Ninety millions of
people are already here. What shall be
done with the next ninety millions? That
wealth is to increase goes without say
ing. But how is it to be distributed?
Are we tending to plutocracy, or can
a real democracy hold its own? Power
full machinery has been invented. How
can this machinery be controlled and
used for truly human ends? We have
learned the economies that result from
Who is to get the benefit
of these economies
l am not going to talk politics. but
the question has its application in the
balancing of rural against urban life.
1t seems to me it is entirely possible to
reconcile progressive policies with con
servatism, and believe the nation must
look to its agricultural classes for this
progressive force
To me the lesson the nation needs to-
day is the value of obedience You far
mers know it. Natures laws compel it. /
When seed-time comes, you must plant: |
when harvest time comes, YOU must
reap; the law is inexorable. Disobedi- /
ence means failure. This knowledge of |
the value of obedience is the very fibre |
Of your life. You know from your dailv |
life the value of exact truth.
Many statesmen salesmen are abroad
in the land They have many bargains
10 offer, remedies for all the ills the
body polite is heir to. Some are better
statesmen than statesmen, and the bar /
gains we can buy can be relegated to .
The garret and the scrap-heap, and the
remedies we administer soon reduce the
patient to a condition of penitent grief.
The farmer has a chance to see men
ess in the mass, to see the value of the
Individual. He must know, if any man
Knows, that the trouble of the BODY
,olitic cannot all be cured by statute.
Wise craftsmanship can help US, but
Individual thrift, sobriety, intelligence.
Industry and belief in the true ideals of
must come before the sta
utes; that wise, sober, deep, saving
hought that will hold the government
teady must in large part come from
hose who live on the soil. So much the
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-21
FELTON,.

Children's Day services were observed
in the Presbyterian Church Sunday after
noon, June 10Th. The program was very
fine.
Miss Elsie Sharp has returned to her
home at Canterbury, after spending few
days with her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Ellingsworth.
The Ladies Aid of Laws NJ. Z. Church
will hold festival on Friday and Sat
urday evenings, June 2lst and I'D. in
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-24
SENATOR AT 50
MAY Be DOCTOR
"Uncle Ike" Stephenson Says
He's Great ON Pill and
Snuff Prescriptions.

WASHINGTON, July 24.-"Unclt
Ike" Stephenson, the oldest of sena-
tors, and who carries his SO years
without a cane and boasts of his abil-
ity to eat three square meals a day,
said at the White House today he was
thinking of giving up his toga and
becoming a physician.
, whats good for a horse is good for
a man. said the senator to a group
which gathered to hear his homely
logic. when a horse is sick a veter-
marian gives him a pill with aloes IN
it and he soon gets well. For thirty
nine years | have been taking d pill
with aloes in it once a day, and |
have never suffered from Indigestion.
THE other day l told T. w. Bra
hany, President Taft's new assistant
secretary, about the pills and how
snuff was good for deafness. He
wrote it up for a newspaper and since
then | have been getting more than
twenty letters a day asking for ad-
vice in cases of deafness and indis es-
ton. | think Ill have to become a
doctor"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-24
SNODGRASS
ENGAGED TO TWO?
Police Believe Missing Girl May
Have Sailed with
Inferno.

NEW YORK, July 24.-The one
clue that the police had in the case
of Miss Dorcas 1. Snodgrass, the
young woman who has peer missing
from her home at 140 Wallace ave-
nue.. Mount Vernon. since last
Wednesday, failed yesterday, and now
the mystery of her disappearance is
deerer than ever.
Police Hear of Other Engagemep.
When it was found that Miss Snod-
grass was engaged to F. Edgar
Schmidt. an electrical contractor of
Mount Vernon. the police said that
they had understood from the begin
ming that she was to marry DIR. Nor
man Smith, who until recently was
inferno in the Mount Vernon Hospi-
tai; where she was a nurse.
It was learned yesterday hat DR..
Smith haG sailed away some time
last week, but where he had gone
was not known.
Inferno Sailed for Finland.
Lieutenant Si.verstein, who has
been in charge of the search for the
nurse, learned that DR.. Smith had
sailed on a Hamburg-A eriean Line
boat. and with hat information he
went to the company's piers at Ho-
hoken yesterday afternoon. He be-
lieyed that Miss Snodgrass might
have gone with the doctor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-24
ORGANISE
PLAYS IN Church
Organ PeaIs Forth Weird Sym
phonies Without Any Wis.,
bile Performer.

PHILADELPHIA. July 24-The
Holland Memorial Presbyterian
Church. the most beautiful ediice Of
South Phil ldelphia, was guilty of not
only disturbing the peace of mind of
the people of the neighborhood about
the church, but also the rest of a
score of policemen who were detailed
to find out whether there was such
a. thing as a haunted organ or
whether some designing individual
had crept into the house of worship
and rendered some of the weirdest
music ever heard. s,
A squad of police, under Sergeant
Ryan, entered the church, but the
music stopped, They found nothing.
and as they locked the doors the
music started again. Aother search
brought no results.
The makers of the church organ
were summoned, and they said that
the electric motor by which it is run
must have been affected by the re-
cent electrical storms. q
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-24
TRUSTEES ARE NAMED
FOR SCHEUER BUSINESS
Jacob Roth, John C. Eisele and
B. katz the Men.

Announcement vas made To-Day by
David Scheuer. of the firm of Scheur
& Bro, Orange, that the business of
his firm and that of 5. Schausr &.
Sons. of this city, viii he taken eyer
by three trustees.
An agreement has been made that
all the realty and other investments
outside of the business assets OF the
partners in these two firms win be
transferred to the estate OF SIMON
Scheuer.
The estate, in which the r5rtners
have an interest. will advance money
to liquidate all the outstanding r.otes
of the two firms. These notes are for
the most part held by banks and
amount To about $500, 600.
The trustees will be Jacob Roth.
treasurer of Roth G. Co, butchers,
nd an executor of the estate of ST.
mon Scheuer; John c. Eisele. of Eisele
& King, broker, and p. Katz, the
Paterson brewer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-24
HOLD GUARDSMAN
FOR ABDUCTION
Charged That Married Man
EIoped with Girl of
Sixteen.

HOBOKEN, July 24-Ernest Paul
Leon, 5D1 Jackson street. was held by
Recorder McGovern yesterday on a
charge of %abducting Margaret Meas
ure, the s16-year-old daughter of
John Measure. of Walling avenue.
Belmar.
The girl says she did not know
Leon, already Lad a wife from whom
he is separated. Leon met Margaret
three weeks ago. when. as a member
of the Fourth regiment, he went to
Sea Girt for rifle practise. They met
frequently during the week Leon was
in camp. and the girl says he has
visited her at her home since.
When he eft Belmar, ON Saturday,
the girl accompanied him. They
came to Hoboken. When the girl did
not return home on Saturday night
her father began to search for her.
Leon said he intended to marry her
just as 500 as he obtained a divorce
from his wife. He was held in 81, 600
bail. :