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Milford chronicle., 1916-03-17

accept a position as fireman in a boat.
He has made many friends during his
short stay here
The last quarterly conference for. this
year for this charge will be held to NOR
row afternoon at the church at 2.3O
O'Clock.
Under the auspices of the second de-
partment of the Epworth League, Mrs.
J. w. Taylor, second vice. president, will
give a World Program" all nations
represented at the service on next Sun
day evening. The entire evening will
be given to this, and it promises to be
entirely interesting. Do not miss II.
services begin at 7.50 O'Clock.
Milford chronicle., 1916-03-17
MIDWAY.

Farmers here are beginning to plow fol
their early spring crops.
Mrs. Naomi Lank and Miss Verds
Rodney have been visiting Lewes friends.
Miss Eugenia Holland and Clarence
Ewing visited Mr. and Mrs. Horace P.
Johnson. Of Rehoboth, on Sunday.
Mr. aud Mrs. William Faulkner were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William Marsh,
of near Coolspring, recently.
Mrs. Laura Hill, of Angola, has been
the guest OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Clifton.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert D. Stevenson and
son, Dale, have been entertained by Mr..
and Mrs. R. D. Stevenson, Sr., of Fair
mount.
Miss Jellie Dodd, who has been visit
ing in Philadelphia. has returned home.
Services will be held at the Presbyter-
ian Church Sunday morning. as follows:
Sunday School at 10 O'Clock, preaching
at II O'Clock by Rev. Davis.
Milford chronicle., 1916-03-17
FREDERICK.

At the regular meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association held on Friday, the
10th inst, matters of vital interest tC
our public schools we're discussed, and
1t is to be regretted that all of the pat
rons of the school were not present.
Professor HydOrn gave definite ex-
PLANTATION Of the new course of study
adopted by the State Board of Educa-
'tiOn for use in approved High schools.
He also pointed out that if we did not
conform to at least ten units Of the
course our school would cease to be an
approved High school, and that we
would thereby lose about $500 per an
mum. now received by the school for the
sutton of pupils from outside the dis
tricts, and that if we did adopt this
much of the course, it would necessitate
providing and equipping at least one
additional school. room and the employ
meHt of one more teacher. He advOca-
ted, as a solution of the situation the
union of several schools unite for the
maintenance of a strong central High
school
Mr.. Davis, one of the members Of the
local Board of Education looked upon
the action of the State Board of Educa-
1iOn as arbitrary and unjust, as it will
be a hardship either to conform or, not
10 conform. and further be doubted
whether the ten unit school would meet
the needs of our pupils as satisfactorily
as the one we now have.
Dr.. HOey, Secretary of the Board of
Education, was emphatic in his opposi-
tion to a ten unit High school, but fav-
ored the idea Of a strong central High
school The latter he thought entirely
feasible by a change in our antiquated
system Of taxation. He made strong
plea for a change in the system now
used advocating a county unit. with a
uniform rate of taxation. assessment to
be made upon the real value. instead Of
rental value; the school tax to be col
leeted in with the other taxes raised for
county purposes as one tax turned in to
the county treasury. and appropriated
therefrom for school purposes.
The general discussion following indi-
Gated sentiment in favor of the ideas
advanced as a solution of the problem.
II also developed the fact that all pres
ent realized the necessity of a more
general understanding of the situation
and of some definite plan for meeting It.
Accordingly a committee was appointed
to arrange for the next meeting of the
association, and to secure the presence
Of the Commissioner of Education, Dr.
Wagner If possible.
Quite a number Of men from Frederick
attended the mems meeting in the NJ.
e. Church at FELTON, on Sunday after
noon and enjoyed the sermon by Rev.
J w. Jones. and the singing of the
Berge sisters and the entire service.
Mrs. Hannah j. Watson. wife Of Dan
iel Watson, a farmer near town died Of
on Monday morning after al
short illness. Funeral services were
~ Psv i wi Zones. Mrs. Watson
was respected by all who knew her and
was devoted to her home and family,
seIdom leaving the farm. She is sur
yived BY her husband and tive grown
shildren. H. F. Mitten conducte the
funeral and interment made at Barratt's
Rev. and Mrs. J. W, Jones en- err
aimed the Willing Workers On Friday
Milford chronicle., 1916-03-17
HOUSTON.

In front of the Armour farm. near
Houston, there is bad place in the road
which for years has caused much trouble
to the travelling public during the spring
thaws. This piece of road is less than
fifty yards in length, and could yerv
easily be remedied if the county engineer
would see that stone or shells was placed
on It in order to provide a wearing sur
face AT the particular part of the road
in which the trouble occurs. Samuel
Armour has been interested this week In
having the road rounded up. He and
his sons have taken their teams and
without any compensation for their
labors have put It in good shape. The
bad section is caused bv a low lavin0
section of ground which drains the land
towards the ponds. Owners of land on
one side Of the road invariably plo,y into
the bitches and stop water from flowing
This causes the trouble. The road supe1-
visoTs seem not to want to take the ini-
tiative in causing the arrest of any ner-
son for plowing into the roads but II
the County Engineer was on his job he
would get busy. This is a gentle re-
minder to that gentleman that the peo
PIE ot Houston section are dissatisfied
with his manner OF allowing plowing in
the road Will other sections make The
same complaint and cause him to yet
busy?
Sweet potatoes are being shipped from
this point, and it is often wondered
where SO many are grown for almost
everyday this winter Several carlosds
have been sent from Houston to citv
markets.
On Monday our station agent, R. Cra-
ham. attended the Agents meeting in
Wilmington. -
Paul Thistlewood was a Houston v;si-
tor on Tuesday. Mr.. Thistlewood was
resident OF our town at one time. but was
called to Chapel, Md. to take the nosi.
ton as station agent at that place.
James Johnson, wife and danghter
MISS Edna, of Selbyville, spent The reei,'
end with Mrs Johnson's parents NJ
and Mrs. Geo. w. johnson
ne primary department of our school
mas been closed for several days on sc-
count OF the teachers miss Fmorvl
eyes being in a condition which ,,,ai.Ssa.
nsr unable to attend 10 her dutiss a.
school uHues AI
Eugar frettyman, from Wynett. III.
vas been visiting his uncle, Beniamin
Edward Dawson and wife speut snr.
lay with Mr. and Mrs. Golan Armour ~
Mr.: and Mrs ] L. GRAY were Hove.
on visitors over Sunday
Jonn Dawson and wife visited Arthr-
lawson .., and wife, of Chester. Pa re-
Milford chronicle., 1916-03-17
BOWERS.
Ladies' WIN Hold Entertainment.

The ladies of Bowers have been prac-
ticing diligently for theapast two weeks
in order to make their entertainment on
Saturday evening, March 18th. a success.
The main sketch Of the evening will be
Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party" and
several other sketches will 90 to make
up an enjoyable program. The admis-
sion price is ten and twenty cents The
affair will be held in Wilcutt's dance
hall, and a large crowd is expected
The entertainment is being held TO raise
funds with which to erect the new town
hall.
Milford chronicle., 1916-03-17
shad Fishermen Watchfully waiting.

The shad fisherman of Bowers have
now completed work Of preparing their
shad nets. fishing boats and other para
phernalia and are now anxiously await
ing the first run of shad. Like the troops
along the Mexican border. a "watchful
waiting game is in store for them until
the word comes from Washington 1.-THE
weather.ian there) to get busy. The
fisherman at Bowers Beach anticipate a
good season this year, and expect to
reap good returns from the shad Large
numbers of shad fisherman in the vicin-
ity of Delaware City have announcer
that they will not fish their nets this
year. they being employed at Carney's
Point, and this causes the belief among
the bay fishermen that the prices will be
fancy.
Milford chronicle., 1916-03-17
Pea Growers Anxious.

Those farmers in the vicinity OF
Bowers Beach who contract for and grow
pea are now becoming anxious as to the
prospects for the crop this year. The
exceptionally hard winter anu spring
have caused the farmers much concern.
AS a general rule, at this season of the
year the land is plowed and some of the
farmers have planted their peas This
year none have been able to get their
peas in the ground. The late season
causes the farmers to believe that when
the spring does open all will plant about
will be compelled to wait their turn at
the canneries, and that some loss will
result from the peas drying out.
Mr.. and Mrs G. Reynolds Salevan, of
Milford Neck, we're the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. w S Davidson last week.
w. v. Robbins, a prominent farmer
residing near town, is improved after a
'Aree months illness with stomach trou-
bic.
The Ladies' Aid of Barratt's Chapel
will meet at the home of Mrs. George
Vincent this Friday evening A large
attendance is requested.
Thomas Morris, Jr., police officer on
one of the Wilson Line Steamers plying
between Wilmington and Chester. is
home on a sick leave.
Dave hillips, young farmer residing
near town, has just purchased from one
OF those speed bazaars in Philadelphia a
young mare which. with little training,
can step a mile int 2 27 fat. Dave is
some horseman, and expects to clean up
all the hoys this summer.
Job Coverdale, who resides on a farm
near town. has one of the most famous
breed Of hogJ in this section. It is a
Milford chronicle., 1916-03-17
Bargains for March 22d, 1916
clothina Dept.

pair mems work hose, on Wed. 25c
soc Bag or Ribbed Mission suits,
on Wed. $50
Mems 81. so soft and stiff hats, Wed. SOC
SOC boys shirts, neat dress patterns,
on Wed for 81 90
81. 90 Eclipse shirts, on Wed. sec
81 so men s sweaters, all sizes, Wed 95c
Soc mems Ribbed underwear. Wed. 23c
SOC mems full cut work shirts, Wed. 3Sc
mems white hemstitched handker-
chiefs, on Wed. for 2Sc
pair mems black hose, on Wed for 2Sc
DRY Goods Dept
l0c percale, Wed. price SIC
81 90 shit waist, SIC
12Hc India linen remnants, SIC
l2Hc toweling crash, SIC
2Sc hose, l9c
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-26
The Real Provincial
louisville Courier Journal


The desire to live as we'll as ones
neighbors Is no more common in a
city OF 100000 than in a city of TO-
600. And even in the rural districts
there is, and there has been always,
the same income consuming spirit.
More farms are mortgaged in Ken
tucky because of u standard of living
which has its rigid requirements than
because of a need of money with
which to conduct agricultural opera
tions. In the smaller cities and towns
expensive apparel, SNOWY equipages,
handsome homes are, in proportion to
incomes, just as great burden as
these outward evidences of expendi-
ture are in Louisville or Chicago or
New York.
The common dream, and the fire.
quent theme, of metropolitans is that
1t is only in the metropolis that life
Is financially stressful, and that in
the smaller cities and the little towns
everyone leads an idyllic existence
safely within whatever his income
may be.
To find the real provincial find the
inhabitant of a great city who has
studied life upon the sidewalks and in
the cafes. He believes sincerely that
his opportunities to put human ma
ture under t he reading glass are
unique and that what is under his
reading glass is unique.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-26
HUGHES AND HYPHENS
TT I am elected. we shall have an
exclusively American policy in the

IF I am elected, we shall have an
i exclusively American policy in the
service of American interests.
This was tho declaration of Cover
nor Hughes. in reply to the fantastic
efforts of Mr.. Wilson's campaign man.
ayers to make it appear that Mr..
Hughes is pro- German.
Mr.. Hughes continued, I'VE have no
secret UNDERSTANDINGS. no unstated
purposes. If any one expects, in case
of my election, that American rights
or interests will be subordinated to
any ulterior purpose or to the policy
of eny foreign power, he is doomed
to disappointment"
Mr.. Hughes was addressing a vast
audience. composed largely of Ger
man-Americans. in Scheutzen Park,
New York. He continues:
''As to any person whose allegiance
to our flag is not simple and COM
plete, who would not instantly cham
pion our rights against those of any
country on earth, who wants impunity
for foreign aggression, or who would
have the power of this nation held
captive to any foreign influence or
swerved by alien Vaccinations, let him
not vote for me-
That, we respectfully submit, ought
to be sufficient for the moment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-26
EIGHT CENT MILK

HARRISBURG, apparently, is
ready to pay eight cents quart
for milk. The advance in price
is not welcome, any more than other
increases in the cost of foodstuffs
have been, and it will work hardships
in poor families, but apparently 1t is
necessary. The retailers are right,
however, in their stand against the
farmer who insists upon nine cents
Milk producers have not been going
bankrupt under present prices, how
ever close profits may be, and it is not
fair that they should attempt more
than to cover their own increases in
cost of production and delivery. The
retailer knows that the first result of
nine cent milk will be a sharp decline
in the quantity used, and this hits him
in a way the farmer, who turns his
surplus into butter or sells it to a
creamery, does not feel so keenly.
With the higher price, also, we
shall expect to get better milk. The
new municipal regulations will go far
toward that end. They are rigid, but
not too much so, for difficult though
they may make operations for the
milk men they safeguard the public,
and that is the all-important thing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-26
Crops Are Not So Worse


"Oh, the fly is thick and the wheat's
forlorn
And the frost has consumed the
oats,
And the cutworm feasts on the 'yaller'
We would grow for our squealing
shotes.
And the rains do wash and the sun
do bake
And the wind sweeps the burning
soil!"
Thus we hear the plant and the stom-
ach ache
OF the pessimist son of toll.
There will be no fruit, for the buds
are killed."
He continues his doleful song.
with the chinch bugs soon will our
crops be filled
They are coming ten million strong.
There are army worms in the meadow
grass
And the hoppers are here galore,
And the bugs that feast on the gar
den sass
Will be with us forevermore!'
But the Autumn dawns in blaze of
hope,
And the barley and wheat and corn
Burst the spacious bins of the man
whose dope
Was continually forlorn.
There are fruit and cabbage and beets
and spuds
In the cellar of him who walled,
For he rolls in money and grub and
duds
In a year when the crops have
failed"
(Harry ]. Williams in Farm and
Home)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-26
WHY NOT NOWP

n NY possible decisive action of the
"A administration to stem the tide of
anarchy now enveloping Mexico
VIII be held in abeyance until after
election; discussion of Mexican affairs
in any of their varying phases is no
longer welcomed at the State Depart
ment," writes usually we'll informed
political correspondent of one of the
big press associations at Washington.
Despite denials from Washington
and the border that Carranza's hold
on the precarious situation in Mexico
is slipping, there is ground for the be-
lief that he cannot hold on much
longer and the fear has evidently
arisen at Washington that this last
faint hope of Wilson in Mexico will be
eliminated by collapse of the whole
Carranza power before November T..
For the mere political effect of the
thing and in order to prevent the
wrath of the people from descending
too soon on the head of Woodrow
Wilson. administration officials are
content to let tyranny continue to vent
it's spleen upon the unfortunate and
anarchy to rein south of the border
But IL 1t is known now that drastic
action must be taken as soon as the
voting is over, why would not such an
honest and courageous President as
Wilson pretends to be, proceed to his
duty now? Apparently. "watchful
waiting" is to be supplanted by politi-
cal expediency.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-26
HEALTH BOARDS DUTY

IF the Health Board is wise 1t will
not be caught again as It was in
the typhoid epidemic. Time after
time the board has made recommen-
dations to council which council has
ignored. It has asked for more men
and more money, and for equipment
and stringent regulations that have
not been forthcoming except under
the pressure of emergency. 1t knows
that it is not in shape to meet an
unlocked for condition suddenly aris-
ing; it has known that for a long
time. 1t is handicapped by the mig
gardly policy OF council. which, for the
sake of a few dollars to be diverted
to some pet purpose, has been willing
of the city.
The typhoid fever epidemic is on
the wane. The board has conquered
the disease after a hard fight, but If
it had had the force and the equip
ment and the law with it at the outset
thousands of dollars in doctors bills
would have been saved the people of
Harrisburg, untold suffering would
have been averted and the grim
spectre of death would have been
barred from entrance TO many
household where his shadow still ling
ers on n vacant chair.
This is the price Harrisburg has
had to pay for "unpreparedness" in
the past If the Health Board wants
to square itself with the public in
preparation for the next epidemic
that shall come - for come it will -
it must go before council without de-
lay and tell that body just what il
needs The people, with the horror
of typhoid fresh in their minds, will
stand back of any such demands. Thus
responsibility will be placed, at least,
and the burden shifted to the shoul-
ders where it belongs. If the board
does not do this it, of necessity, will be
answerable for consequences.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-26
THAT CHILD LABOR LAW

n TR. KNOX in his speech last night
Nl tore the cloak from the So
called Wilson child labor law.
showing that it does not forbid the
employment of children I'm either
southern or northern mills and that
its provisions are easily evaded. But
there is a more serious matter in
volved tven than this. Mr.. Knox re-
ferred 20 it when he asked:
What effect does this legislation
have upon the child labor laws of
the States? May both the state and
the nation legislate upon this sub
iect? Or does the legislation of
Congress ipso facto nullify the child
labor laws Of the various States9
We. in Pennsylvania, have a child
labor law. enacted by Republicans, of
which we are proud. 1t is stringent
and effective. 1t protects the child
and Furnishes the unscrupulous en-
Floyer. Are its provisions to be rem
dered ineffective by the wretched ef-
forts of the Wilson administration to
protect southern child employers.
while at the same time playing to the
galleries for popular approval?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-26
THE KNOX RALLY

TINE observation of Philander c..
i Knox, addressing the great gath
ering of Republicans at Chest
nut street auditorium last evening.
that never in his political career had
he found the voters so seriously in
tent upon hearing every phase of the
issues discussed, applied to last nights
big audience as we'll as to those of
the Great centers of population where
Mr.. Knox has been speaking recently.
1t is good sign. The people realize
the seriousness of the situation they
face There are fewer brass bands
and more thought; there is less hys-
terra and more calm consideration.
Quietly. undenonstratively, but with
their minds set, the great mass of the
voters are going about their business
with little of the furore that used to
be part and parcel of presidential
campaigns. Their mood bodies i'll for
the candidates whose hackers are hys-
tericallv sobbing their homage and
gratitude to the man who "kept us
out of war by sending our troops to
Mexico and to unavenged slaughter at
Vera Cruz and Carrizal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-26
RUSH OF GERMAN ARMIES IN
EAST CALLS WORLDS ATTENTION
TO BLEEDING LITHUANIA

cent copy of the Patriot should be of
interest:
The Mexican lineup is plain On
the one side are those who want
intervention to save their invest
ments; on the other those who want
the Presidents guidance to save
their lives. AS between property
and human life. Americans need not
hesitate.
+. g., human life" on the Lusitania
and interference with trade and mails
by Great Britain. The first is "justi-
fable according to our President, the
latter strenuously objected to. With
all his intervention in Mexico not once
has the President done anything to
protect American lives there.
And again:
Colonel Roosevelt's hectic de-
mand that war be declared on Ger
many because of the invasion of
belgium in which he somersaults on
the position he took early in the
war shows how desperate is the at
tempt to defeat Wilson.
Why accuse Hughes of seeking the
German vote?
Yours for Hughes,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-26
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

-Mavor Armstrong and ex-Mayor
MaGec made speeches from the same
platform at Pittsburgh last night.
IL. Z. I.cwis. the Baltimore and
Ohio general freight agent az Balti-
more has just been transferred to
Pittsburgh He was formerly in this
State.
The Rev. DR.. John b. Laird, the
retiring moderator of the Presbyterian
synod. who is against tabernacle evan
geli'm. is a prominent Philadelphia
Clergyman
chancellor s.. p. Mccormick, of
the University of Pittsburgh. has been
elected president of the Pittsburgh
Schoolmen's club.
Ellsworth Kolly. Scranton city
clerk, refused to testify in mine cave
proceedings the other day until guar
anteed his fees.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-26
THE GRAssHopPEls AND CRICKET

The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the
hot sun
And hide in cooling trees. a voice will
run
From hedge to hedge about the new
mown mead.
That Is the grasshoppersHhe takes
the lead
In summer luxury-he has never done
With his delights; for, when tired out
with fun.
He rests at east beneath some pleasant
weed
The poetry of earth is ceasing never.
On a lone winter evening, when the
frost
Has wrought a silence, from the stove
there shrills
The cricket's song, in warmth increas-
ing ever,
And seems. to one in drowsiness half
lost,
The grasshoppers among some grassy
hills.
John Keats.