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The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-02

way get in is to
take lessons from
the choirmaster-
pri v a t e lessons.
Then Mr.. Weston
will put you in
the choir to jolly
you along, wheth-
er you can sing
or not. You're
new to New York.
and you wouldn't
b e lieve th Q
graft
The clang Of
the dinner bell
drowned the lat
ter part OF the
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-02

oit. II DtCh
born in her. she thought, but there
had been work to do so heavy that
her hands had grown too rough and
stiff to play the old-fashioned organ.
There were two invalids to nurse
when the village choir would have
been glad of her services. And SO
she counted her love as dead and
buried until the inheritance had come,
and then
We'll" she said. with whimsical
smile. II thought I'd come TO New
York and hear the best music while
the money lasted / would have a
taste of real life-what ! have heard
people call the joy OF living"
Weston smiled to himself. She
called this seeing lifel And indeed
these days she was quite in tiutter of
excitement all the time. Weston had
tickets he could not use for this con-
cert and that. Matinees came just
when he had pupils, and it was a
shame to waste the tickets. He was
tremendously diverted by this delicate,
f1owerlike woman. who felt that she
was indulging in a mad orgy of music.
He learned to look forward with keen
interest to her comments on the con-
certs she attended. Self played so
small part in her enjoyment. 1t was
always not how she felt, but how the
music affected the audience. And grad
ually he discovered that she had de-
cided gift OF criticism. which was de-
veloping under the course of reading
he prescribed for-her.
Something he knew. too. that his
pupil of thirty-one had not discovered.
Under the magic of indulging the one
great longing of her lifetime she was
cheating old Father Time, turning
pages back and not forward. The
faint color was always in her cheeks
these days, and the voice, rising in her
birdlike throat, was fresh as girls,
lifting like lark's in flowered mead
ows.
And watching her development, the
tired man began to wonder what had
come over him. He saw his work in
new light. The weight of drudgery
slipped from his shoulders. The sense
of wasted effort yielded to the infec-
tious happiness of his buoyant pupil.
And so dawned Easter morning over
st. Augustin's. Outside the doors the
mob of sightseers swayed while the
regular parishioners claimed first
right to pews. Then came the thrush
OF strangers, the organist took his
place. Mr.. Weston raised his hand and
the band of white-robed men and
women filed into the choir loft Out
to the waiting multitude rolled the
waves of perfectly balanced harmo-
nies. A hundred voices, admirably Sc
lected, thought the congregation, and
yet to the man who had trained them
there came but single voice. Her
face was uplifted, her eyes dewy and
tender. as with fiutelike clearness the
wonderful words reached him above
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-02
MRS. Williams
LONG SICKNESS
Yields To Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Elkhart, Ind. 81 suffered for four
teen years from organic Inflammation,

f m ale weakness,
pain and irreguiari-
ties. The rains In
my sides were in
creased by walking
or standing on my
feet and / had such
awful bearing down
feelings, W as de-
pressed in spirits
and became thin and
pale with dull, heavy
ewes I had six doc
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-02
His Tour.

THAT man never seems to stay
long at any one place. What is he do
ing, anyway
"He is helping to take a census of
the BIRDS
"oh. that accounts for his being con
stantly on the wing"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-02

inheritance which
had come to her
suddenly after a
life OF narrow
drudgery and un-
relieved sacrifice.
At first her les
sons opened and
closed with al
most monosylla-
bic conversation,
but in time the
musician delved
beneath the heart
which for years
h a d a IN o S t
starved for mu-
sic. 1t had been
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-02
Old Beliefs of Easter.

The stories of the Easter hare,
which children believe, is an old tale,
doubtless originating in Germany. In
certain sections OF France children
are taught to believe that the cathe-
dral bells lay the Easter eggs. That
belief has been transplanted to some
of the old French settlements of
America
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-02

tell her now-this minutel The
service stretched ahead of him in
terminably.
"Alleluia. Alleluia."
His glance caught and held hers. A
startled expression flashed over her
face. He was answered.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-02


iour-part sacred song.
Wasn't 1t shivery and grand where
the bass took up the tuner"
The girls hands came down on the
keys with crash. She had not
dreamed that Miss Amy had come into
the room. Most of the boarders did
not come down stairs until the tea
bell had rung. Miss Amy was almost
as startled as the girl. She had been
in the house five weeks and never ex-
changed word with anyone save the
landlady.
Were you at st. Augustin's this
afternoon?" inquired the girl, swinging
around on the piano stool.
"Oh, yes" replied Miss Amy, simply,
I've been there every Sunday since /
heard you sang there in the choir"
I'm sure II is awfully kind of you
to say so. don't do much, you know,
Just one of the chorus, but it's s1.50
per, and you meet real nice people,
too. I'd have Joined the Musical
league, too. only you've got TO report
for every rehearsal or lose your tick
cts for the last concert"
Miss Amy sat like one entranced.
Here was girl who did not simply
buy admission tickets and listen to
others. She was in it all. in the world
of music, from which Miss Amy had
always been excluded by the iron key,
marked DUTY"
"How-how do you manage to get
into choir-or league or anything
of that sort?"
The girl felt flattered as she looked
into Miss Amy's kindling face.
''Oh. they're always looking for good
sight readers with fresh. clear voices
in the big choirs. Sometimes you get
paid. sometimes you don't. l didn't
get anything last year. But the easiest
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-02

Don't be misled Ask for Red Cross
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
At all good grocers. Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-02
The Mans View.

Penelope-My book of dancing rules
says, Don't hold the lady too close
Percival-Impossibl
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-02

Pity is akin to love, but girl is new
er willing to accept it as substitute.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-04-02
H[R[AS[[R
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HfsfHtyoYeE t

| S s A MY CARTE e r
leaned back in the dull
shadows Of the board
ing-house parlor and
watched the girl at the
piano.
The girl had a true
but quite unframed
voice. and she sang in
commonplace, soulless
fashion the air of a
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
CONDENSED news items
Paragraphs of a Local Nature
for Rapid Readers

The teachers examinations for Kent
County are being held today at Dover.
A very attractive motor boat owned
by Captain 3. V. Hendrickson. South
Milford, will be sold for half of its
original cost. See the advertisement
in this paper.
John D. Brooks, formerly Superin-
tendent of Sussex County Public
Schools in Delaware, has been elected
superintendent of the Gloucester.
Mass, schols at salary of $4,000 per
year.
The 46th annual session Of the
Grand Circle of Delaware, Brother
hood of America, will convene in Mil
ford, Tuesday, August 18th. The
Grand Circle officers and delegates
number about rs persons and the ses-
sion generally lasts two days.
Mrs. Remsen C. Barnard of Camden.
Del, has during the past week i'm
proved her lot in the Odd Fellows
Cemetery near that town, with beau
tiful and massive monument of the
spire design, corner posts, entrance
step and marker, all Of the best light
Barre granite, fine hammered and
with all inscription detail in the round
raised lettering. The work was con-
tracted for and erected by VIM. V.
Sipple & Son, of Milford Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
AWARDING CONTRACTS
FOR The DU PONT ROAD

Ernest Palmer, contractor, of Wal
lingford, Pa, who has the contract
for constructing four miles of the du
Pont boulevard between Millsboro and
Frankford, has started grading in ear
nest.
A large truck passed through Mil
ford on Monday, on which were forty
men bound for the work at Millsboro.
Bids were opened last Saturday for
another fOur-mile stretch of reinforc-
ed concrete roadway fourteen feet
wide and six inches deep, between
Stockley and Georgetown. The Util-
ity Construction Company of New
Brunswick, N. j., was the lowest bid
der.
The bidders and their estimates
were as follows:
Juniata Construction Company, Phil
adelphia, Pa, $3S,297.96; Utility Con-
struction Co., New Brunswick, N. j.,
S35,543.S7; Atlantic Bitulithic Co., of
Richmond, Va, $35,9O29O; Pugh and
Hubbard, Phila., s37,32O.33; W. c. Ev-
ans, Phila., S29,371.95; Sutton & Cor
son, Ocean City, N. j., S37,216.17.
Further steps in the construction of
the boulevard we're taken in the open
ing of bids on Wednesday for a four
mile stretch to begin at Stockley and
continue south. Next Saturday at 1
o'clock bids will also be opened for a
four-mile stretch starting at Selby-
vile and running south.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
Benefit FOR SOLDIERS
WIDOW A fine SUCCESS

The benefit given in Armory Hall
by the members of Company B, of the
First Regiment of Infantry for the
widow of Louis F. Wagner, who was
killed by lightning during the storm
at the State Range, netted the sum of
$lOO.2O. ArmOry Hall had an audi
ence of 79O people, who by their pres
ence manifested sympathy for the wild
ow and the orphan children and in a
practical way aided in supplying
their future needs. In addition the dis
play of pictures shown on the screen
was a pleasure to those who were
present. A. check was sent the ad-
jutant general to be delivered to the
Committee having the Relief Fund in
charge, by Captain Cannon. Several
individuals sold fifty tickets, and Cap
tain Cannon personally sold over 100.
Several members of the L. d. Caulk
Club sold from thirty to forty tickets
each, and thereby helped to swell the
attendance. Several bought tickets
to the amount of fifty cents and one
dollar each, and distributed them to
persons unable to aid from their own
slender purse, thus doing a double act
Of kindness, one for the widow and
furnishing pleasure for the less needy.
The people of Milford and vicinity
who helped this charity have proven
that generous impulses predominate
in citizens of this vicinity. The mem
beTs of the militia acknowledge this
action by the puplic with thanks.
The members of Company B hereby
thank the Nutter Bros. for the free
use Of their picture machine, and Miss
Mayhem for her Services at the piano,
the Milford Chronicle for its free ad-
and circulars in publicity
for this benefit, and the public gener-
ally for its patronage.
CAPT. JAMES CANNON.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
KENT WHITE RIBBONERS
HAD INTERESTING DAY

White Ribboners of Kent County
had the pleasure of a greeting from
their new president, Mrs. Ella d. Cor
drey, of Pennington, at their annual
summer meeting at Camden camp
meeting on Thursday of last week,
and also were favored by the presence
of their president OF last year, Mrs.
Lucretia Mott Dame, whose home is
now in Brooklyn, N. Y.
The meeting opened with a prayer
and praise service, conducted by Mrs
NJ. E. Curtis of Harrington. Responses
to the roll call by the county secre-
tary, Mrs. Nj. Evelyn Killen, we're CIV
en- in temperance quotations by re-
preventative Of each union.
Miss Lillian Cade of Milton, presi-
dent of the Sussex County Union, was
visitor, and spoke briefly in re-
sponse to her introduction.
Mrs. Addie B. Parcels of Philadel-
phia, and Prof. A. r. Spaid of Cam
bridge, Nd, were the speakers of the
day, and three orations were deliver
ed, respectively by Prof. W. T. Cope,
principal of the FELTON, public school;
Gilbert Meredith of near FELTON,, and
Rev. Russell Paynter, of FELTON,, all
members of the Young Peoples
Branch there.
An interesting part of the afternoon
program was the children's hour, con-
sisting of a parade by the Loyal Tenn
perance Legion, and well-rendered ex-
ercises. There was also a program
by the Young Peoples Branch in
charge of Mrs Mamie Caulk Lewis, of
Dover, in which Miss Blanche Moore
of Dover, and Miss Anna Clifton of
Harrington and others participated.
Twenty new members were secured
for different unions during the day,
and the meeting was most interest
ing one.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION DEFEATED.

The result of the elections held this
week at Cheswold and in several sur
rounding districts, on the question Of
consolidation of public schools, was a
surprise to DR.. Wagner and those who
have attempted to bring the consol-
idation of Nelson's, Disches and Ches-
void Schools, and the resultant Of
graded schools for the people of such
districts and any others that might
desire to join in the betterment of
their schools by consolidation. The
town of CheswOld was the only one
of the districts that voted in favor
of the consolidation. 1t was expected
that this would be the first point un-
der the new law to adopt rural con-
solidation of the schools, and up to
recently, the people of the districts
talked very favorable; but they voted
the other way. There is no possibility
of even getting one place for expert
menting on the consolidation of rural
schools and hauling the children to
and from the one central school, in
either Kent or Sussex Counties this
year.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
CHURCH NEWS.

Rev. A. W. Mather will preach on
Sunday morning and evening at the
NJ P. Church.
Christ Church-During August Lay
service at 10:45 a. m. No other ser
vices. The rector is at Rehoboth
Beach in charge of services at All
Saints Chapel
Baptist Church-Sunday, $3.50 a. m,
Bible School; 1G:45 a. m, divine SER
vice; 1880 p. m, Christian Endeavor,
led by Miss Minnie Wheeler; address
by Mr.. Cooper of the Conference
Academ, Dover; Thursday night,
prayer and praise service. Come to
these services.
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Morning service at 1O:3O; preach
ing by the pastor; Sunday School at
2 p. M; do not forget to reserve this
hour and be present; it will be help
full to all. Song service from seven
to eight o'clock. At this service the
recently elected officers of the Ep-
worth League will be installed. Kindly
let each officer take note of this and
be present. Glass meeting Monday
at 1880; Prayer meeting Thursday at
z 90
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
FARMERS FIELD MEETING.

tomorrow, Saturday, August 14th,
tlere will be an open-air meeting of
al farmers of this vicinity held at the
nome OF Howe & Lemex on their farm
near Shawnee. This is not a Grange
meeting, but a meeting of all farmers.
speaking on farm subjects will be the
Palh feature of the meeting, and Mr..
relton, the U. S. Government Agrt=
vuiturist located in Delaware, one of
i's county agents and Mr.. Pallaid, who
Las Tas mad charge of the International
Egg Laying Contest at Newark, Della
ware ware which has been going on for
several months, will address the farm
els; the latter will pick the drones,
an ana tell why they are drones from
oI, oIe mock of chickens, and will answer
al questions if possible. All farmers
VIZ, mnG VIII give the time to this meeting
tendance.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
MILFORD GRANGE.

The attention of the members is
called to the interesting meeting to
be held at Mr.. H. R. Lemex's, August
IA, when Prof. Pollard will demon
strate some knowledge on chickens.
Prof. w. c. Pelton, the Sussex AgTi-
culturist agent, secured this speaker
and place of meeting, and we ought
all to show an appreciation by at
tending.
Mr.. Lemex offered the sisters this
chance to make ice cream and sell it
and the following committee will be
glad to see many freezers that day:
Mrs. A. R. Peet, Mrs. Lemuel Watson,
Mrs. Call, Miss Lewis.
We are open to invitation for field
meeting on Saturday, August 28th.
Are your chickens growing; your
fancy work progressing for the
Grange Bazaar? Don't forget the lit
tie things suitable for the fishing
ponds.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
TO MEET In SEAFORD.

The eleventh annual session Of the
State Camp of Delaware, Patriotic
Order Sons of America, will be held at
Seaford, Tuesday, August 81.
Fully one hundred officers and dele
gates from the different camps located
throughout the State will gather there
to go over the past years work and
legislate for the ensuing year.
The sessions will be held at the
quarters of Washington Camp No. 1,
and State President Ebert c. Bailey
will preside.
A reception and banquet will be
held Monday evening, the night pre-
vious, when a public demonstration
will be made by the organization.
The annual election will take place
Tuesday afternoon, and spirited con-
tests will take place. The representa-
tives to the National Camp, which will
meet in Washington or Baltimore, will
also be elected
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT TYPHOID.

As a precautionary measure the L.
D. Caulk Co. arranged with DR.. S. M.
D. Marshall and DR.. VIM. Marshall,
Jr., to vaccinate all of the employees
who wished to be immunized against
typhoid fever. The action of the COM
pany was not in any way compulsory
and the vaccinating was done free of
charge by the company. Fifty-three
of the employees took the complete
treatment. There has not been any
typhoid among the employees of the
company. and the vaccinating was
done simply as a precautiOn against
the outbreak of typhoid. The sanitary
condition of the laboratory is excel
lent and there is no danger of infec-
ton within the plant. This measure
was therefore more to protect the in
dividual employees outside of the
plant, rather than within.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
TO REPAIR MISPILLTON RIVER JETTY.

At the opening of bids for the re-
pairs to the jetty at the mouth of the
MispilliOn river, at the Office of Unit
ed States Engineer, Major E. N. John
son, last week, c. R. Simpson of New
York was found to be the lowest bid
der. The bids will be forwarded to
Washington for inspection.
The work calls for the following:
Three pine piles, about so lineal feet;
1900 cubic yards of stone; 1900 lin
cal feet of round timber; 1000 pounds
of iron; treating $500 tops of piles.
The bidders and their estimates
were as follows:
Ralph NJ Brown of New York, piles
S44; stone, $4,000; timber, 5000; iron,
$50; treatment, S1,524; total $6,750.
Jones Construction Company, piles,
$40; stone, $4,000; timber, $3.50; iron,
S1OO; treatment, S1,74O; total, SS,24O.
c. r. Simpson, New York, piles,
s1O4; stone, 5000; timber, S702; iron
$55; treatment, S34S; total, S6,249.
Coast and Lakes Contracting Cor
poration, New York, piles, $129.60;
stone, 1890; timber, $1.O44; iron,
$3.50; treatment, s1,043; total, S6,55
go.
Richard Parrot Newburgh, N. Y,
piles, $40; stone, $4,000; timber, 5000;
iron, 800; treatment, $2,842; total,
S9,SS2.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
A GREATLY IMPROVED FARM.

The farm now owned by Charles
Windsor, which he bought at the sale
of the Dixey Brothers, who sold the
major James R. Lofiand Farm" in
lots about a year ago, is now one Of
the most prosperous appearing of all
farms around Milford. Mr.. Windsor
has cleaned up the headrows, rebuilt
the fences, removed the barn and the
stables that were on it, and erected
a handsome appearing barn, stables
and piggery as improvements to the
outbuildings and built an addition to
the residence. All the property has
teen repainted and it shows well. The
farming is on a line of high-grade
working and planning, and the corn
crop now growing is certainly one to
lie proud of. Mr.. Windsor gives his
personal attention to the management
of the farm, although he has tenant
WHO has done all that a good farmer
could possibly do.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
BUILDING OPERATIONS few.

The mechanics of Milford are ex-
periencing one of the dullest seasons
for ten years, as there are very few
building operations in progress eth
er in Milford or in the country near
by. .,.
of erection to the public schools IN
North Milford.
A residence is building for Il. ).
Galloway on North Walnut street
The residence of Mrs. Sallie Truitt
on lake View Avenue is being re-
modelled and additions made thereto.
A moving picture theatre is being
rebuilt on North Walnut street.
An addition to the Central Garage
of Harrington & Yinyard.
This is about all the work IN slght
outside of the shipyards for carpen-
terS,
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
TOURING THE STATES.

Major and Mrs. VIM. E. Lank will
leave Milford in a short time for a trip
of four weeks to the Pacific Coast.
They will visit Seattle, Portland, Los
Angeles and San Francisco, and en-
route each way will visit the Yosemite
Valley and other points famous for
their impressive grandeur of natural
wonders and beauty.
Messrs. Davis Grier and Vaules
Grier left last Monday in the form
er's automobile for a trip through
New England which will take up the
balance of the summer. They will go
to Connecticut first, and from there
to various places in Massachusetts,
Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine,
and return in time for Vaules Grier
to resume his studies at college.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-13
WILLS PROBATED.

Dover, Aug. 1O.-Register of Wills
Joshua Smith Monday probated the
following wills and issued letters
thereon:
will of Sarah E. Wooters, Of Hous-
ton: letters testamentary granted to
George w. Harrington Of Houston;
of John w. Hall of William to John T.
Hall of Milford; of Thomas Woodall,
of Dover, to Thomas c. Frame, Jr., Of
Dover; of John Wesley Hammond, of
Rising Sun, to Sarah Hammond of
Rising Sun; of James Lofand Davis,
of Milford, to Benjamin Hendrickson
Davis; of Minnie 3. Dische, of near
Cheswold, to A. B. Magee of Dover.