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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-13

The Senators of the United States, dealing as
they do with the most earnest convictions OF the
American nation, with the most valuable asset OF
that nation the right to home government without
foreign interference, carry upon their shoulders
heavy load of responsibility and duty
The recent elections in New Jersey and Massa
chu$etts have shown the temper of the people, and
that temper is shown in thousands of protests from
all over the United States.
This newspaper reminds Democratic Senators
and others whose mind is on patronage that three
years is not very long time those years will soon
pass.
Let the Senators think of what will happen
three years from now as they act wisely or fooshly
The success of the Democratic party at the next
election, and more than that, the very life of the
party, is at stake in this decision now in the hands
of the Senate in regard to the free tolls law.
It is true that the Democratic party and all
other political parties that the nation has ever
known are less important than the fundamental
principle involved-the question as to whether or
not this nation has right to attend to it's own af
fairs, to regulate its own waterways, to make laws
based upon the Monroe Doctrine, and, although less
important to give to the people of the United States
a just return for the spending of hundreds of mil
lions of dollars by the people.
Far more important than the State of any
Democratic Senator or Presidential candidate, or
the Democratic party itself is the fundamental
question of North American government by a
North American nation.
But Senators, thinking of patronage and their
own welfare, and bending to the will that dis
tributes patronage, may heed most readily an APP
peal based upon their own and their party in
terests.
We ask them to bear these facts in mind, re
membering that the existence of their party and
their own political life depends upon their decision
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CAN WIN AS
IN MASSACHUSETTS IF IT STANDS FOR
TRUE DEMOCRACY AND is LOYAL TO THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
BUT 1T MUST LOSE WHEN 1T REPU-
DATES THE PARTY PLATFORM AND BE
TRAYS THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE
THE DEMO PARTY NOW HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW WILSON TO De
FEAT OR TO FOLLOW THE PLATFORM TO
VICTORY, AND AFTER THE LESSON OF
THESE ELECTIONS, IF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY is DESTROYED 1T WILL NOT BE
nTCTp DIT unvrT
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-13
FTHE PARTY AND RIGHTS ARE AT STAKE
VII Not Be the Fault Of Woodrow Wilson Alone the Democratic Pay Crushed
Gone After the General Election The Responsibility Will Rest With the Senators
That Aau Prefer Patronage Their DA Their Party and the Public Interest

1t is perfectly plain IN the minds OF every Sen
ator.
No Senator demanded the repeal of that just,
free tolls law until Mr. Wilson heard from his pub
Usher Ambassador Page, that England did not ap-
prove of our course.
Bear in mind that it is not the English Govern
ment that protests. It makes no difference to Eng
land whether or not our coastwise shipping, with
which England does not compete, pays tolls or goes
through free.
The British are pleased of course, to see weak
ness in our administration. They are delighted to
believe that we are relinquishing our Monroe Doc
trine and in the words of Mr.. Wilson's publisher
the Ambassador, that 1--WE would like to enforce the
Monroe Doctrine if nobody objects"
The real opposition to free tolls in England
comes from those anxious to encourage vacillation
in the administration of this country, anxious to
gain foothold, a right to dictate.
Remember that those in England who now de-
mand free tolls have the impertinence to demand
also that the United States should leave that canal
unfortifed.
The opposition to the free tolls, which Mr.. Page
represents, is not that of the British Government
at all, but that of aristocrats with whom he has
dined to whose platitudes he has listened, and who
are large owners of Canadian Pacific Railroad stock
from the Atlantic to the Pacific
The people of this country demand free tolls
and the building up Of their coastwise shipping.
They demand lower freights some real advan
tage for this country for the spending of millions
of dollars on the canal.
THE PEOPLE DEMAND ABOVE ALL
FIRM DECISION AND DETERMINATION BY
THE UNITED STATES TO RULE NOT ONLY
ALONG OUR OWN SHORES AND THE BOUN-
DIARIES OF THE PANAMA CANAL BUT ON
THIS ENTIRE AMERICAN CONTINENT, AND
TO REFUSE ALL DICTATION.
We tell the Senators who have this matter in
their hands that they will either uphold the Mon
roe Doctrine, adhere to the pledges of the Demo
cratic platform, and egisaten accordance with the
will of the people, or legislate to please American
railroads, English holders of Canadian Pacific Rail
road stocks and few American snobs who delight
to honor the King
The Senators will do their duty keep their
pledges and refuse to submit to dictation upon this
canal matter; or they will cut their own Threats
politically and the throat of the Democratic party
and they and their party will deserve that fate if
they betray the people and their own political word
of honor.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-13

The German Government subsidies 1Cs SHIPS
heavily, and we do not protest or interfere.
The British Government pays heavy subsidy
to it's local mercantile marine, and we do not pro
test or dictate to England what she shall do.
Then, after we have spent hundreds of millions
to build CANAL after we have put American inter
national shipping the only kind that completes
with foreign shipping on an even basis with all
other shipping taxing our own international ship
ping as tax that of England we are told that we
must not be permitted to the canal that we have
built in our own way.
This country has submitted to undlgnlhed,
weak and Anglomaniac treaty makers
We have put our international mercantile ma
rine without any subsidy on the same plane as the
other international shipping which means that we
can not hope to build up that part of our marine.
We humbly ask permission to give free use OF
the canal to our coastwise shipping only
We desire that the inhabitants of the East and
the West, the extreme Northwest and the extreme
Northeast and all the intervening territory, shall
have the benefit of cheap freights and free use of
the canal
We ask permission to use that canal as means
of limiting the extortions of the transcontinental
railroads.
We are told by Great Britain and by some of
our own Senators and by the President Of the
United States that shall not use that canal IN That
way, in spite of the fact that the free tolls law
exists and was passed without any opposition on the
part of foreign countries until Mr. Wilson's pub
Usher was made Ambassador to England in spite of
the fact that the Democratic party and the Demo
cratic platform the whole people of the country and
Mr. Wilson himself Endorsed the free tolls idea be-
fore election
1t is very serious thing for nation like the
United States to display pusillanmity and vacilla
ton in international questions.
Every American, regardless of personal in
terest is Inundated by the attitude of our admins
tration in foreign affairs
We are told that foreign vessel shall not use
our own canal except by paying toll
And few weeks later we are told of treaty
which will give to Central American republic the
right to ship petroleum and coal through the canal
free Of charge.
Does any sane man doubt that the coal and oil
interests are represented in this decision just as the
English arstocrats with their millions in the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad Stocks are represented in the
protest against free use of the canal by American
coastwise shipping?
The matter must be plain in the minds Of all
citizens.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-13

PATRONAGE SEEKING SENATORS WHO RE
FUSE TO HEED THE WARNING OF THE CIT
IZENS, AND PREFER TO SACRIFICE THE
PARTY AND THE COUNTRY TO THEIR
GREED FOR PATRONAGE.
THE MERE ABANDONMENT OF WILSON
AT THE NEXT ELECTION WILL NOT SAVE
THE PARTY, FOR IT WILL NOT BE WILSON
ALONE WHO WILL HAVE BETRAYED HIS
TRUST, BUT THE WHOLE DEMO OR
GANIZATION WHICH HAS BEEN FAITH
LESS. THE OUTRAGED VOTERS OF THIS
COUNTRY WILL DEFEAT, AND NOT ONLY
DEFEAT BUT DESTROY THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY, AND EVERY PATRIOTIC CITIZEN,
NO MATTER WHAT HIS FORMER PARTY AT
FILIATIONS, WILL REJOICE TO SEE so
TRAITOROUS A PARTY FINALLY ELIMI-
MATED FROM THE POLITICS OF THE MA
TON
1t is not necessary to remind the Senators and
the country of the very simple nature of the ques
ton before them
If they abide by the pledge of their party they
will uphold and refuse repeal the free tolls law for
coastwse shipping to which their party platform
pledged them and upon which this Democratic ad-
ministration was elected
If they are faithful to the traditions of the
United States and the Monroe Doctrine they will
not permit selfish foreign interests to dictate to the
people what we shall do with our property and
what we shall do with our own shipping and our
own waterways.
THE PANAMA CANAL is A PART OF THE
COAST LINE OF THE UNITED STATES
We have the same rights in that waterway as
we have in New York Harbor and in the Mississippi
River, or in the Bay of San Francisco.
This country unsefshly has opened great
commercial pathway between the oceans saving
millions annually to foreign commercial fleets and
practically nothing to the United States, which, to
It's disgrace, is without shipping.
We are told that the United States has no right
to subsidize it's own ships through free tolls and
give American ships an advantage
But there is no advantage to American ships,
for no foreign vessel can compete in our coastwise
trade or engage in it.
1t will not cost an English ship any heavier toll
if our coastwise ships go through free.
1t will not cost an English ship any less if our
own ship is taxed.
AS a matter of fact, the treacherous plan to re
peal the free tolls would make the American coast
wise ship practically the only ship using that canal
without a subsidy
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-13

House of the Presidents Panama surrender bill The Pres
ident him to stump the Passaic district Mr. Covngton
said:
eyes on
New Jersey district by
day your break the Democratic
port Of your President all his pOioics~
Representative Glass of Virginia the able author the
House the President currency bill also Mr. Glass
final appeal to voters
s futile appeal if osyrne. The
Wilson will call osyrne's defeat A CONDEMNATION
OF THE ADMINISTRATION"
Democratic Candidate Byne stood frankly for Panama
tolls surrender and the Wilson industrial policies That
his sole issue
Republican Candidate Drukker opposed Panama tolls
render and attacked the Wilson tariff and policies
The policy made chief issue of the Socialist
candidate Demares campaign who outspoken than
the Republican candidate in attacking Mr. Wilson tolls
peal bill.
the Passaic IN J district voted in previous elections
e. nnnrn
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
FREDERICK BOND CASE.

Because Of alleged on-acounting of
receipts from the sale of certain bonds
of the Frederick Water, Light and Power
Company of Frederick, in which several
Philadelphia parties were interested, ar
gument was to have been heard at Dover
before Chancellor Curtis last Saturday,
but when the parties met and with their
attorneys talked matters over, the case
was not argued, but the Chancellor al
lowed the appointment of a committee
of the bondholders to further investigate
and report back their findings
to him at an early date, when the case
will likely be adjusted The argument
before the chancellor grew out Of eXcep-
tiOns by the bondholders and creditors
to the receiver, A. B. Magee, of Dover,
to certain claims filed against the com
oany, the main one of which was Of
,ertain moneys alleged to have been re- 1
,eived by the president Of the company (
which it was charged had not been turned .
,ver to the treasurer of the company.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
RECEIVE CHICKENS FROM ENGLAND,

II would probably make the average
grower of poultry halt in amazemeRt
T Elen shown through the Haven Lake
Lgg farm at the west side of Milford.
sll slu % De told the cost of forty-five cock
res which have just been received from
ls Ihomas Barren farms at Preston.
i aear London, England. These fortv-five
foeAre,s f. were shipped on September End
run I5Un England to the Haven Lake Egg
lualns' ua' owned by DR.. Walter L. and
marry /. Grier, of Milford, and thew
arrived last Monday, September 18th
f. goa condition. They are of the White
aleghQrn Z breed, and mothers of each of
saa .aSll jlas laid by actual record, over 25O
Ssst5l ~ curing the year previous to their
-lsguihg st.a. or these cockrels. The Barron /
s-l3 suain Of White Leghorns stands at the |
.eil .Sau 10 81 aII' and by importing these cock
~ \. me owners Of the Haven Lake EGG
!, arms q; Whl introduce the very best there
lorTt IA 1ne egg producing line among
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
CONDENSED news ITEMS
paragraphs of a Local Nature
for Rapid Readers

tomorrow is Registration Dav. os,
registered # you want to vote. So
N. B. Downing has the contract e..
the new school building at Greenwood i5i
The Democratic Primary election boll
IN Sussex County last SATURDAY. wv weru r'e.u
warmly contested. '-' ''y were
Go to the Watson Block for vonr l..
cream, pies, cakes and other good tbi,S.s 'Ie
on Saturday afternoon and evening ,''iI,s TE ;
ladies Of Milford Grange viii be i9 ie
-, A benefit will be held at the Palace
Theatre 1 for the New Century CIub or
+ rlday evening, September 25tb r.
peclally good reels will be shown with
particular one for the children. '''' q
The Sunshine Society of our towr
being greatly in need Of another w5eei 5"
chair. has started a fund for the mr.
chase of the same, and will be Glad 70
receive contributions from the bonorar,,
members and friends. These contribn,
ions can be sent to the treasurer Mrs
4. W. Powell or to the president Miss
Anna J.. Ratcliff. - ~ '''
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
PUBLIC--PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS.

Inc property owners along the KINGS
highway, at the western edge of Soufb
Milford, have begged for the GRADING of
That street for two years past. and so
as to get this badly needed work done
before cold weather sets in. DR. FrsnL
L. Grier, William c. Smith and Gaor1a
B. HynsOn with others have ARRANGED -
pay One-half of the cost of gradjn5g tbe 10
sIreet ana putting IN the culvert across
II, IL !or carrying off the storm water.
1hls mas been accepted by the street
cOnmlItee and the survey was made last
week for doing the work. That part of
Milford is developing faster than anv
other part, and the vaiGe of propertv
bullt IN that section is more than double /
OF all other sections of the town pui TO. /
gether yet, when any public improve (
ment IS needed or accomplished in that
part OF Milford, the property holders
nave to pay their taxes Just the same
and IN addition, pay for half the street
work. They had to build the sewers for
that part of Milford entirely even the
part where the sewer crosses public
and for which the Town Conn
ell did finally pay $500 as a part of the
y, 800 expended for sewers and this
was after the State Board of Health had
prohibited the property holders from I
,mptying sewage into the lake. WHY is :
hat part of Milford Disseminated I
.gainst? Why must property owners !
here pay their taxes and at the same n
lme pay for absolute necessities for
ralnage made by order of the Board of 7
lealth Why should this injustice be 4
:
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
PURCHASED fine LAUNCH.

Louder n. Hearn returned Monday
morning with his new gasoline cruiser
which he purchased from parties at
RyertOn, New Jersey. The boat is one
Of the most completely arranged of anv
ever seen in Milford, every convenience
for those on board being provided. She
has two engines of fourteen horse power
each, and has a gasoline capacity of 500
gallons, withfour emergency tanks which
will hold about 120 gallons. The boat
draws about three and a half feet of
water when light, and is built for deem
sea going. Mr.. Hearn has owned a gas
olne launch for the past three seasons.
ald his numerous friends have greatly
enjoyed his hospitality. The new boat
s registered at nine tons capacity. |
Louder Is lover of deep sea hook and /
lne fishing, and his friends are antici-
llatng many pleasant trips with him to
ne hshlng banks in the bay next sum
ler Edgar Harrington, Harry Pierce
ID Captain Hastings made the trip
one with him last Monday. They re-
ofted heavy sea, but stated that the
Dat acted fine the entire trip.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
A MUSICAL TREAT.

A recital viii be given in the New
Century Club on Tuesday evening
October 9th. under the auspices of the
Faithful Circle of Kings Daughters
The program will consistof Mrs. Marian
Sheppard Davidson. soprano. Nelson
Chestnut. tenor, Miss Weisel Austin.
reader. Miss Causey, pianist followers
Of good mnsic this program will speak
for itself, for with the talent of Marian
Sheppard Davidson all Delawareans are
familiar. Also it is hoped that this
worthy cause will make a strong appeal.
for winter is nearing, when the Faith
ful Circle Of Kings Daughters is con-
stantly called into service. and this ser
vice cannot be given without the neces-
sary funds.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
OPENING OF EOHEN'S COLLEGE.


oraIel aas y omen's College of Delaware
N 5I-Sa Tg,lL under most auspicious conditions
II St-,t.is1ay' September 18th. Up un-
bsS jepIeinber ..'i. 18th, fourty-four students
a,o s-I applied for admission, besides sew
eoa.l s'1, Students who wished to takespecial
g,is o51ssss' S In addition to these. about ten
At st'is is.l. nave written for information, and
e5,oli q, ,5ISI some of them will most likely
i gsr;- as students. Glasses were or
5eg,a 5aglaeo On Thursday and regular work
sTSe.. S-ll. ne faculty, Dean Robinson
picb9 pi,jb9ullces' Is now complete. Miss Mary
u ~, ~. 1,.P.5 P.55oiI,essor of education. Miss MYRTLE
M S9,IqeIl, NJ! professor of home economics. /
iirsotMals a Mss Alfredo Mosscrop. physical |
ra5;o. .Gi,of; arrived last Thursday and i'm /
trgctosy t-I,4lsiy assumed their duties as in
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
MARRIED.
BusH -CoNWAY.

The wedding of Miss Marion Conway.
only daughter of Thomas Conway OF
Philadelphia and Lansdowne. Pa, and
John Haskin Bush, a son Of the late
John S. Bush of New York City. took
place on Wednesday, September 10th,
1914, in the Chapel of st. Bartholomew s
Church. 44th and Madison Avenue, New
York City. Rev Sydney N. Usher
performed the ceremony. Only the nee
essary witnesses were present. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bush will spend the fall months at
Heathcote Inn, Scarsdale, N. Y, after
their return to New York in October.
Miss Conway a few years ago was
teacher in the Milford High School and
has a number of friends in Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
WHITE TOMATOES SOMETHING new.

1t is strange to think of a tomato as
of any color but red or green, but
specimens Of a new variety Of this vege-
table were left at this office this week
by Caleb Eyers, which are white. The
flesh is unusually firm, and the flavor
excellent. Mr.. Eyers has present.
ed specimens of tne white tomatoes
grown by him to prominent people of
Milford, and states that he secured the
seed from which the plants were grown
from a friend in New Jersey. They
are prolific bearers and the tomatoes
are of medium size.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
DEMOCRATS NOMINATE
THEIR sussex TICKET

rbs Democratic Party held its primary
s.tion in Sussex County last Satur-
~ and the contest was bitterly fought
x: x! most Of the County Offices, while
,5s effort for nomination for Senators
'ri REPRESENTATIVES brought out large
The result as assertained by the can
gsss of the vote at Georgetown was as
State Senator'S First district Harry
~ Cannon, Bridgeville ; Third, Charles
Z Mitchell. Dagsboro hundred Fifth,
EsrIand NJ. Joseph of near Rehoboth.
Pepresentatiyes-Fi First districts-Dar-
yin s. Collins, Milford ; Second Beniah
r Collision of Greenwood Third Frank
Alien. Seaf0rd Fifth, Samuel L. Ken
new Laurel Sixth, William Clarence
Tritt. loves Cross Roads Seventh,
George Richards, Baltimore hundred |
Firbth. William P. Smith, Indian River |
hundred Ninth, Walter Roach, George |
town Tenth, Frank M. Salisbury of
LeWes.
Clerk of the Peace Edmund Kitchens.
Broad Greek hundred.
Register Of Wills-Dr. Oliver D. Rob
nson, Georgetown.
Recorder of Deeds-John Thomas Cal
ioun, Georgetown.
County Treasurer-Edgar L. Kinder,
3idgeville.
Sheriff Charles T. Isaacs, George
own, RID
Levy Court Commissioner Second
district William B. Conoway, Bridge t
lie. R. D. a
Fourth District-Victor A. Moore,
ladies'
Sixth District-William H. Truitt, F
il.sbOro. D
Eighth District-James H. Phillips, s.
ilIsboro. R. D. il
Tenth District-Willard S. Filings T
nth, Milton. cC
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
RAILING TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.

The levycourtman of the first district
of Sussex County. has had heavy railing
placed at each side Of the Dyke, at the
eastern side of Milford, which will pro-
tect the public from accident This
should be done at the Marshall Mill pond,
and at the other ponds all over the state
where public roads pass over them, for
of the travelling public.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
ANOTHER MILFORD GIRL MAKES GOOD.

Fifteen vacancies occurred in the
Philadelphia Libraries and on Septem
Der 9th, seventy-seven College and High
School graduates completed in an ex-
an nation for these position. Miss
Bertha L. Welcome was selected by the
judges one of the fifteen, owing to the
high standard of her examination.
This speaks well for the Milford High
School that one Of its graduates out of
50 large a number should receive this
lOnor, and the class of 1911 of which
she was member, feel very proud
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
CALL FOR CONVENTION.

has sis iss.,r Progressive Party of Delaware
io seI issued a call for a State Convention
1919 Helu a o on tuesday, September 22nd,
nominsItt It DoYer, for the purpose of
bsva. rle Iilg a full State ticket. They
ls5 dsi"s.lUe ii'ale the usual apportionment Of
ofseien.s=ateS5, and have left the manner
wbicb lung them to the various districts:
e.ectioriu e.tii, iuay select a caucus, or primary
tor1orr,a',.o. oH saturday, September 18th.
G. H,1o%. Ho1-t. The call is signed by Robert
'oh and j. Hall Anderson as
man and secretary respectivelv.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
NEGRO SHOWS IN Milford.

Fred C. Windsor's Negro Shows will
be in Milford at the Armory Hall to
morrow evening and Monday night.
These shows have been drawing good
crowds throughout the Peninsula towns
where they have been shown, and Mr..
Windsor expects large crowd at the
performances in his home town.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
IN THE INTEREST OF HARMONY.

Believing after due consideration,
that it be for the best interest of the
Republican Party Of the First Represen-
tative District Of Sussex County, that
l withdraw my name as a candidate for
in said district, | hereby
do so and request my friends that they
support the candidates from the First
District of the First Representative
District for representative.
Respectfully,
JOHN PRETTYMAN, Glendale, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
THE GROVE MEETING.

Plans for this unique meeting of the
churches of Milford and vicinity are pro-
crossing nicely. The general committee
promises to present a series of meetings
of an inspiring character in the Millwood
Grove from September 29th to October
Srd, inclusive. Keep the dates in mind
and plan to attend.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
BUCKEHEAT LOOKS GOOD.

The buckwheat fields in lower Della
ware are a beautiful sight at the present
white bloom, and the growers state that
the prospects for a good crop are excel
lent. In Kent County the acreage in
buckwheat is very small, but in Sussex
County large acreages are planted each
year. Judging from all appearances,
the prospects for 'buckwheat cakes ard
sausage" are excellent for this winter.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
RUMMAGE SALE.

tury " cI,idle ladies' Of the Milford New Cen
one of f'Jo ~ VIII hold Rummage Sale in
Ratsor' ''ie new stores of DR.. Robert Y.
giDnino on North Walnut Street, be-
18th asS saturday afternoon, September
days aug aug may be continued for several