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Milford chronicle., 1916-02-25
EXCELSIOR.

The roads in this section of the county
are very poor at the present time. The
heavy freezes and thaws have caused
the wagons to cut the roads so that in
places they are almost impossible
Something will have to be done in the
near future to repair them.
Miss Irene Tatman is entertaining her
cousin, Miss Madeline Salmons, of
Georgetown.
Robert Salmons, Jr., is reported sick
at this time.
Willard S. Legates and grandson have
been visiting in Chester, Pa.
The people of this community are
more than pleased with the methods of
teaching used by the teacher at PowelPs
School, where E. L. Gleason is in charge.
Hot lunches have been instituted into
the school as a regular thing at the
noon hour. The children are elated
with them.
Wesley Spear, who has been confined
to his home for some time, is but little
at this time.
Miss Emma Taylor has been kept
from attending school because of sore
throat the past week.
The Ladies Aid Society. of Williams
vile, will meet at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cooper on Friday, March 3rd All
persons of Excelsior are invited to be
present.
Milford chronicle., 1916-02-25
A JOINT MEETING At HARRINGTON

The Delaware Branch of the Ma
tional Mothers Congress and Parent
Teachers Association will hold its an
nual meeting in the Harrington, Del
aware, NJ. P. Church. on Friday. Feb
ruary 25th. In the morning at 10:45
o'clock a business meeting will be held
and an election of officers will take
place, as we'll as State chairmen and
three delegates and alternates to the
National Convention to be held in
Nashville. Tenn, on April 40. Lunch
Luncheon will be served to all visitors
in the w. c. T. U. rooms by the Har-
rington Association at twelve o'clock.
The convention will open at one-thirty
with prayer by the Rev. Northrup; ad-
dress of welcome will be made by Mrs
Garrett and Professor Snyder, and a
response by Mrs. George W. Marshall,
president. Mrs. Henry Reeve. of
Moorstown, New Jersey. vice-chair-
man of the National Country Life De-
partment, will make an address. Mu-
sic will e furnished by the Harrington
Church choir, led by Garrett Harring-
ton. Reports will be given by Miss
Irene Earll for New Castle County;
Mrs. Garrett for Kent County, and
Mrs. o. V. Wootten for Sussex Coun-
ty. Greetings will be given from 9TH
er organizations. and the three coun-
ty superintendents of schools will
make addresses.
Milford chronicle., 1916-02-25
REDEEM.

The Ladies Aid of McColley Chapel
NJ. Z. Church will meet at the home oil
Mrs. Rufus Rust Friday evening, March
3rd, and large attendance is especially
desired.
Jacob Sharp died at his home at George
town on Thursday, February 18th, 1916.
He had many warm friends in this vicin-
ity, who attended the funeral at McCol-
ley's Chapel on Monday to show their
respects.
The donation party held at the Hall in
Redden on Saturday evening, for the
benefit Of the preacher in charge of this
church, was very successful, and all were
pleased
Mrs Hester Johnson, from Coolspring,
Is visiting with Mrs. Francis Kitchens
and family.
Mrs. Lizzie Dutton is one of the sick in
this section.
Rufus Rust and family entertained Mr..
and Mrs. John Scott. Miss Nellie Dicker-
son, Robert West aud wife and Miss
Clara Dickerson at at a six O'Clock dinner
this week.
Master Vernon Messick was a Sunday
guest at Mr.. and Mrs. George Messick's,
and Vernon Messick was guest of w. J.
Dutton the same evening.
Milford chronicle., 1916-02-25
REV. FRANCIS BURGETTE SHORT
FOR CHURCH BOARD SECRETARY
What Methodlsts plan.


DR.. A. w. Leonard, Seattle, for
bishop.
Clarence True Wilson. Portland,
secretary temperance society.
Robert II. Hughes, Portland,
editor of Pacific Christian Advo-
cate.
Dr. Francis B. Short Spokane.
secretary evangelistic board.
DR.. Francis Burgette Short. pastor
of the First Methodist Episcopal
church, of Spokane, Washington, is
being urged by his friends to allow
his name to be used in connection
with the secretaryship in one of tho
church boards, the election of which
will take place during the general
conference at Saratoga Springs, N. Y,
next May.
Northwest delegates to the general
conference, 1t is reported. have agreed
to present the name of DR.. Short for
the evangelistic board, while Dr.. A.
W. Leonard of Seattle, will be booked
for bishop; Clarence True Wilson, of
Portland, secretary of the temperance
society, for reelection; Robert H.
Hughes, Portland, editor Pacific Chris
TIN AhHCNeANNH a ROoAAAoAA AAE AAOM W.
cupies.
When asked regarding the secretary
ship, DR.. Short said: Yes. | have
been asked if l would care to have my
name used in connection with the OBJ
ject of securing one of the secretary
ships of our church board. / see no
reason why a man should refuse one
of these honorable and important po-
esff sf ht.nfrube 90 l.s h.,N
one has a pastOrate with the promise
my church has. l do not feel any
greater honor can come to him than
assisting in bringing his church up to
its greatest possibilities of usefulness. |
Il feel that the First Methodist |
church of Spokane has a great oppor- |
tunity as well as great possibilities |
within it, and l would rather be its 4
pastor with these possibilities being |
developed than to have any other hon |
or that the church could give me, be- |
cause | love the pastorate and partic- |
ularly like to hang around my own /
home, and l especially enjoy my 1
Speaking of the other northwest
men whose names are being promoted, |
DR.. Short said: "Dr. Leonard ought to |
be elected bishop at the next general |
He has the ability and /
the temperament and the training to |
make the kind of a bishop that our |
church needs. and further, it is about |
time the northwest had a man elected .
who is thoroughly acquainted with |
this territory and in sympathy with its
growing needs.
DIR Wilson has made the temper
ance society of our church all that it
is, and his reelection as secretary of
the temperance board should be unan-
imous. He is by all odds the greatest
of prohibition doctrines
on the American continent.
Robert Hughes has made a splen-
lid editor of the Advocate and his
election also should be unanimous.
Il would rather see these men elect
ed to these respective places than to
nave for myself anything that ] might
choose"
Milford chronicle., 1916-02-25
AWAY TO GET WHAT YOU WANT

Everybody has something they do
not need or something they do not
want to keep, and somewhere there is
another person who needs and wants
that particular article or thing, and
when the two can meet, their business
is smoothed out, each for the other.
Last week Mrs. Theodore Townsend
advertised a walnut bedroom suit and
contents of the bedroom as for sale,
and that no reasonable offer would be
refused for these things. The Chron-
icle went out on Friday, and on Sat
urday morning a lady called to see
the furniture, and then her husband
followed and the deal was made, and
the furniture and carpet removed at
once, so that the painter could get at
work in the room. Later in the day
three others called to see the furni-
ture, and on Monday another called,
but the things not needed had been
sold and removed, and the others who
needed them were fixed up with what
they needed. This shows the easy
way to get what you want, or get clear
of what you do not need, and turn 1t
into available capital. It is no use to
let furniture, old carpets, or anything
be slowed away for moth and decay
to ruin; better sell them for what
they will bring to another who can use
them, and have their room. The Mil
ford Chronicle advertisements certain
ly do bring quick returns. Try them
and see for yourself.
Milford chronicle., 1916-02-25
Select Your Seeds CafsfuIIy

Many market gardeners and farmers
can save money by buying rather than
raising their own seed. Garden and field
seeds must be suited to the climate, ledgth
of the growing season, local conditions
and the market or home demands of the
products. Markets are more than ever
demanding qnality products, and the inn
portance of good seeds is growing COLI
tinually, says American Farming, Chica-
go. Seed men who specialize in good
seeds can better supply what is needed
in each community. Study several diff
erent catalogues before placing your or
der.
Milford chronicle., 1916-02-25
BUY AT HOME.
Reprinted from The clothier and Furnisher

Reprinted from The Clothier and Furnisher
When you want to help your town,
Buy at home.
When you want shoes, hat or gown,
Buy at home
Never mind what It's you need,
Canned goods, collars, chicken feed.
Frame this phrase up for your creed
Buy at home !
Other folks may buy by mail,
You buy at home
Help the home store to a sale.
Buy at home !
Every dollar sent away,
Means a dollar less to pay,
What is owed right here today
Buy at home
Are you for your town or not?
Buy at home
Cheaper elsewhere Tommyrot
Buy at home
Home store qualities are true,
Home store merchants work for you.
This much then you ought to do,
Buy at home
Milford chronicle., 1916-02-25
Crop. Recommended To Our Farmers

The Soil Improvement Committee of
the National Fertilizer Association has
sent out a bulletin containing recon-
mendations from various State expert
ment stations concerning varieties of
crops advisable at this time. In Della
ware recommendations for corn are /:
For heavy, rich land, johnson County
White, Reeds Yellow Dent and Lean
ing for light land. Sussex and Hundred
Day Bristle. For wheat, Gypsy Rudy,
Red Wonder. Mediterranean, Dietz,
Leaps Prolific, Currell's Prolific and
Poole are suggested. In spring oats.
for northern part, Silvermine and Swed-
ish select for winter, southern part,
Virginia Gray and Bancroft
Milford chronicle., 1916-02-25
Fruit-GroWers. Notice

For this Spring planting, We offer fine
lot of peach and apple trees. We have
the newest improved varieties as well as
the old standards.
Come see them or write for lists and
prices.
Our stock is absolutely reliable, clean
and healthy.
Many of the finest and most profitable
orchards in this and other States went
from our nurseries.
We have been established here for more
than 20 years, and have the largest nur-
series in the State,
We offer Plum, Pear, Cherry, English
Walnut, Japan Walnut, Japan Chestnut,
American Chestnut, Hopkins Chestnut,
and Maple shade trees, California Privet
Hedge plants and Grape Vines.
Catalogue free.
The Delaware Nurseries
Milford, Del. D. S Collins, Mgr.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-03
MORE ROOM NEEDED
(Continued from First Page.)

work in the morning; the young women may not have it in the after noon.
 Tt seems to me that the best solu- tion for the problem is to transform the present gymnasium and audi torium into twelve class rooms; to transfer the Open Air school to the roof of the vocational building, and to, build between the two High school buildings one building to include two gymnasiums on the South Main street level, and a large auditorium on the Bassett street level. The school li- brary-a department of our school life which, with larger quarters might be made much more eff1cient-could be transferred to the new building and opened to the public as a branch of the institute The auditorium and the gymnasium might be made municipal meeting places, and pro- vided with such side rooms as to roake the building servicable for con- ventions and other meetings
 Credit for Faculty.
 '"This recital of our attainments, our purposes, our methods and our needs would lack it's most vital feature, were I to leave out of the account the men and the women who are giving of their best to make the public High school thoroughly serve it's community. I would take this op- portunitN to acknowledge the faithful cooperation and encouraging spirit of all my associates: those of the pre- vious year; and those whose service in New Britain is just beginning Particularly is the school administra- tion under obligations to MT. Moody, the vice principal and the headmaster Cf the Vocational building, to Mr. Iavls the headmaster of the Aca- demic building and to MT. Packard the director of trade education Without their help I should have ac- complished but little; with their help ] have the courage to shoulder almost any responsibility which you may see fit tO lay upon my office. The self denying and painstal1ing service of Mr. HaWksWorth as head janitor has reduced to a minimum the trials and irconveniences of getting into new quarters. He is making a large con- t11butlOn toward our success.
 In assuming that you are really in terested in all the details of our plans, in the sources of our confidence, and in our needs 1 shOW-perhaps in the plainest Way-how thoroughly I realize our indebtedness to you, and how thoroughly l appreciate your part-the leading part-in this rapid ly growing, most attractive, and most inspiring, public school system of New Britain.'
New Britain herald., 1916-10-03
Once q Turkish F0Yf,
 N0w q D0ubIe T0n1n

Washington, D. C., Oct. 3.-The Ma tional Geographic societys war geo. graphy bulletin issued today gives the following information concerning Or sova, the Hungarian frontier city on the Danube recently occupied by Rou- manian forces:
 "Only a few miles above the Iron Gates the last defile of the Danube. and about on equal distance below the scenically magnificent Kazan Defile, is the quaint and picturesque free port of Orsova. It is ninety-four miles east of Belgrade and ten hours voyage from that city on the Danube steam ers which in peace times leave the Serbian capital daily at five in the morning.
 "Orsova is a double town. Old Or sova, with a population of about 5000 cllngS to the west bank of the Cerna llVer Which here mingles it's waters with the Danube. New Orsova, on the east bank,is mainly 8 Turkish colony with population of 5000. In former times the town was a Turkish fort but since 1878 it has been in the pos- session of Ausria-Hungary.
 "On the outskirts of Orsova, about two miles from the steamboat pier, there is an attractive little park in the midst of which is one of the holi- est shrines of the Hungarian people. It is the Kronen Kapelle Grown ChapeD erected by Emperor Francis Joseph over the spot where Louis Kos suth and his fellow patriots buried the Hungarian crown of St. Stephen and other regalia of the kingdom in 1849. The story of the hiding of the crown is one of the most pathetic chapters in the life of the man who is generally admitted to have been Hungary's greatest orator and most incorruptib1e patriot. The revolution against Austria G849-49) having failed Kossuth and his devoted fol- lowers were seeking safety in flight, taking with them the national insignia. As they neared the Turkish frontier their patriotism would not permit them to bear the em blems of national existence beyond the borders of their country, so in secret the regalia was buried, each participant in the act vowing not to reveal the hiding place except with the consent of his asso- cates. Some years later, however,
New Britain herald., 1916-10-03
''DiXie." :"
Springfield Republican,

The Nashville Banner declines to get excited at the proposal to revise Dixie" by translating its dialect into good English. It is of the opin- ion that
 The dialect in the old words that Dan Emmett of Ohio wrote for min strel show in New York had nothing to do with anything Indigenous and individual in our American art and civilization" unless the writer meant the burnt cork art It was a jargon of that peculiar cult and not dialect that southern Negroes or anybody else ever really spOke.''
 The Banner doesn't go back on Dixie" but allows that 'it is the tune only that counts.' And now happily it is a nation altune, and in that fact carrying the special signifi- canoe of the re-uniting of nation.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-03
OUT IN KANSAS.

(J. A. D., in the Topeka Capital.) The sun sets like a big sunfower A-blooming in the skies, But we never dwell on the sunset We're thinking of sun-RISE!-
 Out here in Kansas Sometimes it doesn't rain at all: Som etimes it rains for days. Sut we never figure on rains that fall, But what those rains will RAISE!-
 Out here in Kansas. Time was when nearly any town In mortgages was drifting, But instead of trying to hold them
 down.
 We've spent our time a-LIFTING!-
 Out here in Kansas. We've weathered a bunch of "fatal'
 booms,
 And kicked the old booze cup, But nobody here's ever down in the We're always looking
 Out here in Kansas. We follow the wheat as it LIFTS it's
 head;
 The cornstalks as they RISE, By our very motto our gaze is led To the stars UP in the skies!-
 Out here in Kansas. We've never laid much stress on the
 "sas,'
 But down to our last lone man, And until he's sleeping under the
 grass,
 We'll emphasize the "KAN!"-
 Out here in KANSAS.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-03
WATCHING FOR STORMS
Hurricane Season Spurs Government Weather Men to Constant Search
 for Indications of Tropical Howlers.

Washington, Oct. 3.-With the hur- ricane season at it's height weather bureau officials are on the alert for indications of a storm in the West Indies so interests along the gulf coast may be warned in time.
 More hurricanes form in the neighborhood of the West Indies in October than during any other month in the year." according to bureau of ficials. "Forty-six have been traced from 1878 to 1910, inclusive. They move in a west-northwesterly direc- tion about 25O miles a day and unless they head into the Gulf of Mexico generally recurve near the coast be- tween Jupiter, Fla, and Hatteras, N. C., thence pass northeastward with increasing velocity"
New Britain herald., 1916-10-03

after KOssuth had gone to England and thence to the United States, and the cause of Hungarian independence seemed hopelcssly lost, the place of hiding of the regalia was revealed to Emperor Francis Joseph, who had the precious articles unearthed and the spot cCnsecrated by the chapel in which is a statue of the Virgin and Child, one of the masterpieces of the Austrian sculptor Meissner. The chap el is approached by a splendid avenue of tall popIars
 Another interesting spot in the en.. virons of OrsOva is Mehadia, a cele- brated cure, also called HerkuIesbad. the medicinal value Of whose hot springs has been appreciated since Roman times.
 "Orsova is esteemed by travellers as one of the most delightfully."- restful villages of eastern Europe A famous woman globe-tro has paid this ap- preciative tribute to its charms:
 There is certain little town, named Varenna, lying on the brink of the Lake of Como and looking down cOquettishly on it's own fair image re- fected in that pure mirror, which used to be my beau ideal of quiet retreat, for one wearied of the world and it's fcllies; but as soon as I had seen this little, romantic, smiling Or sova, I abandoned my former favorite feeling that nowhere else had I seen a spot at once so bright and peace fuP.
 ''The little island of Ada Kaleh, with it's Turkish bazaar its attractive little cafes and its low blue and green houses, is to fbe seen a short distance down the river from Orsova. When this one-time fortified stronghold Of tie Turks passed under the dominion of Austria-H Hungary in 1878 the inhah~ itants are said to have made prepara- ttons to return to Turkey but they were induced to remain upon the promise Of the authorities that the Sultan would send them each year a shipload of coffee, tobacco and other supplies dear to their hearts and appetites.'
New Britain herald., 1916-10-03
"Who Are Latins?"
(Sprin gfield Republican, )

But, being Latins, they have ven- ger of politeness-the same sort of politeness which prompts the robDcr who steals your watch to offer you a cigar before parting.
 This statement, put into circulation by the republican national commit tee, while primarily and directly re- ferring to the eStimabie Mexican com- nlissioners now in this country, was not only an inexcusable insult to the commissioners themselves but also an insult to the whole Latin race. Be ing Latins!" Who are Latins? Every Italian and citizen of Italian origin ill America is a Latin.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-03
IF.

After listening to sermon in which up as a model of power and forceful- ness, John D. Rockefeller came to the conclusion that had the evangelist lived "a couple of thousand years later he would have been captain of industry MT. Rockefellers req sons for such an assertion are these:-
 "St. Paul was persistent, and it's persistenny that gets things these days. Persistent men are needed at the top, and Paul would naturally have be- come a leader in some line of business commercial opportunity. As head of a great combination he would have been a big success. All he would have needed is capital, and he would have done the rest. We need more mod ern men with PauPs methods and forceful nature. Natural leaders are rare and valuable. They reap rich rewards in business and industrial life. Every line of commercial effort offers them big opportunities"
 Whether St. Paul would have been captain of industry should he have lived two thousand years later than his time is a matter of conjecture. He might not have found business methods altogether to his liking. He might have gone into the law, or in politics. His persistency would surely have forged him to the front, for St. Paul never gave up. He was a pioneer and he overcame obstacles greater than those ever set before men of the twentieth century, things that could not happen in this year of grace. So while what St. Paul would or might do toward the close of this century cannot be known, what he did do when the Christian era was in it's in- fancy is known, and the example has never been lost to the world. No captain of industry has yet left such footprints on the sands of time.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-03
Oakley at the Shops. (Hartford Post.)

Presumably Congressman Oakley will speak at some noon shop rallies III the campaign, in Hartford, per- haps in New Britain and elsewhere Will he, we wonder, assail the Adam son eight-hour bill in those speeches and will he like Congressman Glynn, attempt to stuff down the throats of workingmen the declaration of his compeer, Glynn of the fifth district that it is the worst blow ever struck at organized labor D.
 We should enjoy watching-and hearing-the reception factory work exS WQuld give such g dAa,llaaggsatiaRn gsaRn
New Britain herald., 1916-10-03

the terrible Teddy is willing to go out on the war path.
 It is too bad that all these things are so, because, in the long run, they are going to have some sort of adverse effect on the voters in November. Torch light processions banners hung over city streets, endless chains of phrases passing before electric lights at night all these things will have lit tie effect upon the minds of the com mon voters if they are to understand that the big men of the party cannot get together except on the one basis, Anything to beat Wilson," United they stand on that one thing only. Is it not reasonable then to suppose that being divided on so many other things they must necessarily fall? If the motto means anything it means that United we stand; divided we fall. Candidate Hughes must feel chagrined at the way the Colonel is acting, especially on the recall of those
 
 lures. It was, forsooth, a very bad error on the part of whoever ordered the medallions struck off without per- mission from the Colonel; but once having been done the Colonel should have let it go at that, even if only for the sake of appearances Now the long looked for meeting between the two ex-Presidents loses all it's gayety. Instead of a feast there will be a funeral. Affections will be still deeper buried and enmities allowed to grow on the grave. Instead of a joyful day it is a sorrowful day for the Un- ion Leaguers and all those who planned the final reunion of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-03
MICHIGAN TICKET.
Democrats Meet Today to Select Their
 Candidates

Mount Clemens, Mich., Oct. B. Candidates for state offices not voted upon at the recent primary election were to be chosen by the democratic state convention here today. The only possible contest that might be caused, delegates declared, would re- suit if efforts were made by "dry' ad- vocates to get a prohibition plank into the platform.
 Candidates are to be nominated for secretary of state. attorney general, auditor general, state treasurer and justice of state supreme court.