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Milford chronicle., 1915-09-03
COMPLETING PLANS
FOR THE BIG FAIR
A Large Number OF New Exhibitors
VIII Be A Gratifying Feature.

With the announcements OF the eX-
cursion rates on the Delaware Railroad
and the very good trolley service made
possible by the consolidation of the
West Eighth Street and Rising Sun
lines. two very important factors IN the
success of the Delaware State Fair to be
held at Wilmington September 9th, Ith,
8tb, 9th and 10th, have been made public.
The trolley service willie be the best
the fair association have ever had and
fair patrons will find the trip to the
grounds very pleasant.
Entries in all departments closed on
Saturday last with the largest entry
ever known. Each department has filled
up with amazing rapidity and a very
gratifying feature of this year, fair IS
the large number of new exhibitors.
The art department has exhibits from
Waltham, Mass, and the women's de-
partment has exhibitors from Lyons,
N. Y, and Trenton, N. J. The horse
department has a whole load OF horses
from Rochester, New York, and the
cattle department has entries from
MARYLAND and Pennsylvania as well as
from Delaware cattle breeders.
Tuesday will be children's day and all
school children will be admitted free.
Passes have been sent to every teacher
in the State and it is expected that this
will bring out a very large attendance
to see the many interesting exhibits.
The Home Department of the Young
Women's Christian Association of Will
mington will conduct a Lunch Room at
the State Fair. A large table will be re-
served for basket parties free Of charge.
The Rest Room proved such boom to
tired mothers and children last year that
the same comfort will be provided this
year also without expense to the users.
In the Lunch Room, open all day, you
can get a light meal or a hot dinner.
The tent will be located near the grand
stand. Everybody welcome Drop in
to rest
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-03
JUST A few IDEAS FOR
MERCHANTS TO REMEMBER

"You will never build a business nor
make the profits which are possible for
YOU until you abandon all of those hap
hazard hit and miss methods of adver-
tising and get at it in systematic, per
sistent. businesslike methOd-make an
advertising appropriation and stick it.
Every article wich leaves your store
must bring to you its original cost plus
a percentage to cover the cost OF doing
business plus another legitimate prott.
"Now, your cost of doing business,
Mr.. Merchant, must include rent and
insurance and salesmen's wages, and
light. heat and taxes, and interest on
investment and advertising, and the
score of incidentals that enter into the
conduct of a retail shop. And these
charges against every sale are fixed,
are staple. You meet them without
question or quibble. If you had bad
day Yesterday and your sales fell away
below the normal average you don say
that You'll have to cut down clerk hire
and suspend your best salesman until
trade picks up you dom say that you Il
cut down your rent and move for day
or two to a side street; you don say
that You'll save the wear and tear on
the sign over your door and take 1t down
for a day or two you don't say that
YOU II save taxes and rush up to the city
officials and ask them to lay off the fire
men and policemen and shut down the
waterworks and turn off the electric
lights until business picks up. Oh, no
YOU would not think of that, and yet
that's exactly what you do with your
advertising.
Your advertising-if it is advertising
worthy of the name-is your best sales
man, and you don't hesitate to lay it off
indefinitely because business was bad
yesterday.
Your advertising is a bigger factor
in your business than your location, and
You'll move it down back street or
wipe your advertising location off the
city map because you're not feeling
right today"
In conclusion Mr.. Morrow says:
''The small town as a community is
naturally handicapped by the greater
volume of free advertising which the
larger town naturally, inevitably and
legitimately gets. The smaller town
dealer is handicapped by that enchant-
ment which distance lends to the view
of the larger city, to say nothing Of the
vigorous, persistent and highly efficient
advertising of the city merchants. Ard
there is but one way to overcome rat
handicapped condition. Damning the
mail order houses won't do it. Boycott
and blacklist won't do it. You can do
it by letting the people of your commu-
nifty, your natural and legitimate trade,
know what you have for them-the ad-
vantages you offer them, the service
you can give them. You can do it one
way, and in only one way, and that is
by systematic, persistent, sane and
iudiciOus advertising.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-03
ADAMS CROSSROADS.

John Devon, of Philadelphia, was a
weekend visitor with relatives and
friends here.
Earl Davis is on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Elerick and Mr..
and Mrs. Will Lilley visited their mother
at Cambridge Hospital on Sunday.
Mrs. John Adams and family, Mrs.
Edward Brown, and Miss Grace Adams,
of Hickman, have returned home after
two weeks visit at Rehoboth.
Jessie Summertime, of Wilmington,
has returned to his home after a week s
visit with friends here.
Sunday School Sunday morning at
Bloomery. Let everybody come out.
The vacation season has ended.
The peach crop is about over for this
year, but the farmers have received very
low prices this year.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-03
Poultry Pointers

The manufacture of eggs is a business
in which much money is made, but the
successful manufacturer never attempts
to get his product without the use of
raw materials. If hens are expected to
yield eggs, they must be given the pro-
per kind of food to produce them. Do
dot eliminate this and expect to get
eggs. for you will be disappointed.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-03

Five good points, we'll to be remem-
bered in the handling of any poultry
plant are l, Keep the nests clean, and
gather the eggs twice every day to in
sure their freshness ; 8, keep the eggs
in a cool, dry room or cellar; 4, market
your eggs at least twice a week and 5,
sell, kill or confne all male birds as soon
as the Matching season is over. The
presence of male birds in a flock will
retard, rather than increase, egg pro-
ductiOn.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-03

The only difference between standard
birds of utility quality and show birds
is that the utility birds are lacking in
some points which disqualifies them from
the show room. They are just as pure
bred. and otherwise just as good, as the
show birds. They are thus called utility
birds.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-03

A bundle of unthreshed wheat or oats
is a good thing for the hens to work
over, but if this is not available, then
supply them with plenty of good wheat
straw as a scratching litter.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-03

If the show room is not your aim,
then it is useless to purchase fancy
birds at high prices to start poultry rails
ing or to improve your present flock.
Utility stock is much better for practi-
cal purposes, giving just as good results
at much less expense.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-03

1t is as harmful to overfeed fowls as
to underfeed them. They should receive
neither treatment. Give them just
enough to supply their wants and your
profits will be greater. The quantity of
feed necessary for any flock of fowls is
soon learned by a close observance on
the part of the breeder.
Milford chronicle., 1915-09-03

The laying stock should be given ex-
ceptional care at this season of the year
when they are in, or just coming out, of
the moult.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-07-02
BRITISH CAPTURE
TURKISH TRENCHES
Advance OF Allies on Gallipoli PEN
insula One of the Features of
War News.

London, June 30.-The British ad :
vance on the Gallipoli peninsula and
continued Austro-German progress
in Galicia and across the Polish from
tier are outstanding features Of the
days war news. The armies in the
west continue deadlocked
From the British standpoint an ac
count of operations in the Darda-
nelles sent by Gen. Ian Hamilton is
especially welcome, as showing that
the British, aided by the French. are
able to drive the Turks from their
we'll defended trenches if the advan-
tage to be gained outweighs the in
evitable losses.
What the British losses we're is not
stated. but assaults against the
Turks have been costly, and England
is prepared to face heavy casualties.
A brief Austrian official communi-
cation today indicated that the Teu-
tons were being held up along the
Gnila, but subsequent and fuller
official statement made no such adj =
mission, although conseding that
hard fighting was in progress.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-07-02
EDITORS CLOSE
ANNUAL MEETING
Editor of The News on Executive
COmmittee-William Banks
Elected President.

Chick Springs Special to The State,
June 30.-Selecting Chick Springs
as the place for the next annual
meeting, electing officers and enjoy
ing a banquet, the final sessions Of
the South Carolina Press Association
were held here today. Chick Springs
for the third time was named as the
meeting place.
William Banks of The Columbia
Record was elected president with
other offices filed as follows: First
vice president, George w. Brunson,
Jr., Greenville News; second vice
president. j. l.. Minis, Edgefield Ad-
vertiser; secretary, Joe Sparks, The
State. The executive committee is
composed of August Kohn, News and
Courier, Miss Juanjta Wylie, Lam
caster News, l.. NJ. Wannamaker,
News and Courier.
Tonight the editors were guests at
a banquet rendered by newspaper
workers of Greenville.
c. C,Nuller of Columbia was re-
ele.. 400 .,sident Of the Master Print
ers' Association at the meeting this
afternoon.
Addresses were delivered today by
M. l.. Bonham of Anderson and John
l.. NcLaurin, state warehouse COM
missioner. General Bonham recall
ed his Acquaintance with many we'll
known South Carolina newspaper
workers of former days. Mr.. Nc
Laurin's address was from the sub
ject, "The Mission of the South to
Clothe the World"
Many Of the editors leave tomor-
row for Montreal to meet with the
North Carolina editors.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-07-02
Conditions Become Grave.

El Paso, Texas, July Interest
in the Mexican situation here center
ed in the arraignment set for today
before United States Commissioner
Oliver, of Victoriano Huerta, former
president OF Mexico. on charges OF
conspiring to launch a new revolu
tionary movement in the southern
republic in violation of United States
neutrality. Accused with Huerta
were two former Mexican federal
generals and three Mexican residents
of El Paso.
The arraignment marks the culmi-
nation OF an investigation conducted
by federal officials in New York and
Washington since General Huerta es-
tablished his residence on Long Is
land in April. his journey across the
country and his detention by local
government officers Sunday, when he
alighted from a train at Newman,
y. NJ. Those accused. together with
the bond under which they were held
were: General Huerta, $500 bond
General Pascual OroZco, $500:
General Marcelo Caraveo, $4,000:
Jose Zozaya. Ell Paso, $500; Ike
Alderete, FL Paso, $4,000; Frank
Alderete. FL Paso. $4,000.
For weeks government officials
here have been cognizant of activity
among refugees on this side of the
border. Supplies OF machine guns,
rifles. and ammunition said to have
been assembled in connection with
the new movement had been located
In FL Paso and kept under surveiI-
lance.
Speculation has been rife along the
border as to what effect the arrest
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-07-02
MEXICO IS UNABLE
TO STOP ANARCHY
Situation in Mexican Capital is
Dangerous to Foreigners.
U. S. OFFICIALS WORRIED
Hearing OF charges of Conspiracy
Against Huerta and Five
Companions Postponed.

washington, July 1.-Ofcers of
the Zapata forces in Mexico City. dis
regarding orders Of the convention
government, nominally in control
there, are charged with melting the
masses to violence in dispatches
carried from the Mexican capital
June 25, to Vera Cruz by courier and
cabled today to the state department.
The texts have not been made pub
lie, but they are known to state that
the insuborination Of "some Zapata
officers" is rendering the situation
more acute
No prospect of relief for the starv-
ing civil population OF Mexico City is
held out in the dispatches. 1t is de-
clared that until the railroad to Vera
Cruz is reopened there can be no
abatenent of the suffering. Tho
convention officials, it is stated
claim to have "repulsed" the Carran.
"a forces under General Gonzales.
Apparently whatever fighting has
taken place around the city has been
in the more remote suburbs at such
distance from the residence and bus
mess sections that no definite knowl-
edge of the result has come to tho
foreigners in the city.
Today's reports was the most re-
cent word from Mexico CITY from an.
source. What may have happened in
the meantime, no one here can con
lecture. There has been no report
or the occupation OF the city by Car
rama troops, although all rolling
stock at Vera Cruz has been pressed
into military service and large ship
ment OF relief supplies of the Ameri-
can Red Cross for Pachuca has been
held up for lack OF cars. Reports
from Vera Cruz said II was hoped the
shipment would go forward today.
indicating that the troop movements
had been finished. If that is true, q
battle for possession of the city may
now be in progress. Much concern
is felt for the safety of the twenty
thousand or more foreigners, in
cluding many Americans.
Advices from the Carranza govern
rent to it's agency here say General
Gonzales has been instructed to use
every effort to induce the Zapata
troops to evacuate the capital with
out endangering non-combatants.
The Zapata forces are said to num-
Der $4,000. All are on the defense
lines about the city, leaving the busi-
ness and residence districts without
military guards. The Caranza forces
are smaller.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-07-02
CLAIM BIG CAPTURES
IN EASTERN THEATRE
Germans Say Successes Have
Melted Them Vast Booty.
CONTINUE TO ADVANCE.
slavs Said to be Still in Retreat.
Fierce Fighting I'm Neighborbood
OF Arras and Argonne.

Captures by the German and Aus.
tro-Hungarian armies in their opera
tions for the month of June number
ed 100000 officers and men and vast
supplies of munitions, according to
latest official communications from
Berlin and Vienna. continuance
OF the advance of the Austro-Ger-
mans in Galicia and Poland is re-
ported with the Russians continuing
their retreat at nearly all points.
The circumstances attending the
sinking by a German submarine OF
the Leyland line steamer Armenian
with the loss of American lives are
not yet fully known and the Ameri-
can secretary of state ansounced that
the position of the American govern
ment has not yet been determined.
There seems &C be no doubt, however.
that the Armenian's commander de-
clined to heed the warning of the
German craft to stop.
The old British torpedo boat de-
stroyer Lightning, the British ad-
miralty announces, has been damag-
ed by mine or torpedo, IA mem
bers Of her crew being lost.
In the ives. the ditricts north of
Arras and west of the Argonne have
been the scene of heavy lombard
ments and in the latter region the
Germans, by using heavy shells and
shells containing asphyxiating ma
terials, according to the French re-
port, forced the first French line but
were checked by the second line and
driven back by counter attacks.
The closing OF the German-Swiss
frontier is taken to mean the Ger
mans are sending large reinforce-
ments to the French front.
The Italians are coming up to the
more strongly fortified positions held
by the AustI1ans. Their operations
have been hampered by bad weather.
Emperor William is reported to
have in his hands at army headquar-
tiers the German reply to the Ameri-
can note on submarine warfare. Ber-
lin dispatches say there has been a
tendency to make the reply as ac-
ceptable to the United States as pos
sible.
The British minister of munitions,
David Lloyd George, has consented
to receive a delegation of women
who are desi.o that women he ner-
mitted to serve the country in any
capacity likely to aid the country.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-07-02
HIGHER PRICE FOR COTTON.
Prediction of United States Depart
mcnt of Agriculture.

Washington, July preliminary
estimates of the United States de-
partment of agriculture relative to
the acreage in cotton and the ex-
pected crop this year, issued today.
included the following data:
Total area planted, 31,535.OOO
acres, as compared with 37.4O6, 900
acres last year.
Crop condition on June 25 was
SO.3, as compared with 500 on MAY
25 this year. and 1915 on June 25,
last year.
Estimated decrease in crop this
year 2,454,O76 bales.
Acreage in South Carolina in cot
ton this year 2,399,O0O, as compared
with 2,S9O,OOO last year this date.
Crop conditions of South Carolina
June 25, 76.0. as compared with 80
on May %, this year, and 70 for 10
year average.
Growing conditions throughout
the entire belt have been favorab BILE
during the past month, the report
stated.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-07-02
REPORT ON ARMENIAN.
Announced That Ship Was Engaged
in Admiralty Business.

Cornish, n. H., July President
Wilson declared tonight that Ambas-
sador Page had transmitted to Wash
ington the British admiralty's an
nouncement that the steamer Ar
menian sunk Monday by a German
submarine with a loss of American
lives, was engaged in admira Ity
business" This announcement re-
lieved tension here The President
continued to decline to discuss the
incident, but talk of his leaving i'm
mediately for Washington heard
early in the day, was not in evidence
tonight. 1t was indicated here to-
night that the sinking of the Armen
ian would be investigated to. deter
mine all the facts connected with the
clearance of the vessel from New
port News and the status of the
American muleteers lost when she
sank.
The President has not been in
formed whether the American mule.
teers were in the employ of the
British government.
The President still is awaiting
word as to when Germany's reply t.
the last American note on submarine
warfare Is to be looked for.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-07-02
Canal Making Money.

Panama, July Figures com
piled by III. A. Smith. canal auditor.
Indicate that the canal will show IN
excess in earnings over expenses for
the first year of operation ending
June 80 of approximately $3.50, 900.
Maj. Gen. George Goethals deciar-
ed today the canal would have shown
handsome return on tne investment
for the first year but for the Ehro-
pean war which reduced the number
Of ships passing through.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-07-02
NOT ENLISTED HERE.
All British Recruits Taken to Other
Side.

Side.
New York, June 30.-The British
consul here today disclaimed any
knowledge Of inducements said to
have been made United States SOL
diers and sailors to desert the
American service for the British
army and navy as charged by a fed
eral agent in San Francisco who has
been investigating recruiting activi.
ties in California.
"The Capt. Roche or Roach" re-
ferred to by witnesses in San Fran
cisco, 1t was said, is George Roach,
one of the secretaries at the con-
sulate. Mr.. Roach is not an officer.
He usually attends to the applications
of British subjects who want to 20
home to fight, it was said, but has
accepted no Americans.
All applicants for war service, it
was said, had been sent abroad as in
dividuals and were not enlisted un-
til reaching the other side.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-07-02
SAY GERMANS DID NOT AID.
Survivors of Armenian Claim They
Offered No Assistance

Cardiff, Wales, July Survivors
OF the Armenian arriving here sav
the German submarine ran close To
the drowning men thrown into the
water by capsizing boat, but made
no effort to rescue them.
Joseph Carter. a negro muleteer, OF
Norfolk. Va, one OF those rescued
said that his friends, King, Oakes,
Speed, Small and Foreman Sedden,
all were drowned. Carter said:
The submarine chased the ship
for two hours and fired about 100
shells, % of them striking the ship
was in the boat with thirty-eight
others when it fell into the water.
was swimming nearly an hour be-
fore was picked up.
"Twenty-eight men were rescued
from the water. Four members of
the crew died in the boat A part
of the head of one of them had been
blown away. Another had lost both
legs, One man had been blown 10
pieces by a she'll. Captain Trickey
was the last man to leave the ship
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-07-02
FLEET MAY COME OUT.
German Agency Suggests Big Naval
Battle


Berlin, June 80. (by wireless to
'Sayville. THE Overseas News
agency today gave out the following:
German papers reprint an article
appearing in the Stockholm Alton
bladt. which asserted that the losses
or British warships were anxiously
Kept secret by the British admiralty.
AT the beginning Of the war the
ships of the first battle line of the
British fleet numbered about 60. but
these, The Aftonbladt article declares
have been reduced by systematic
submarine torpedoing to 40, while
Germany has lost no ships OF that
class.
IF these tactics are continued
with characteristic German endurs
ance, the article argues, the possi-
6ility of victorious sea battle for
the Germans against the British is
near"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-07-02
Becker Reprieved Until July 20 b,
Governor whitman.

Albany, N. Y, July 1.-GovernOr
Whitman today granted Charles
Becker. the former New York police
lieutenant under sentence of death,
a reprieve until July 26.
The governor said he would take
no further action in the case than
the granting of the reprieve. This
means that If the United States SUI
preme court does not interfere,
Becker will have to die.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-07-02

ofHuerta and his five co-defendants
would have on the new revolutionary
movement. Since his detention il has
been intimated in some quarters that
the plans contemplated that Huerta
should maintain the role of adviser,
actual direction of field operations
being left to others. Others have
contended that the success of any
movement in Mexico depends upon
the personality OF the leader and his
active participation, arguing, there
fore, that any movement organized
around Huerta probably would fail
unless Huerta took the field. Since
Huerta's detention Sunday continued
activity has been noted in Cientificio
circles here, and some observes ex-
press the belief that the present plan
is TO attempt to launch the move
ment even should Huerta be held
over to the federal grand jury.
I'll Paso, Texas, July 1.-The case
against Victoriano Huerta, Pascual
Orozco and four others, charged with
conspiracy TO violate the United
States neutrality laws, was postpon-
ed to day TO July IL. The defend
ants were continued under the same
bonds.
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