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Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
TEACHERS INSTITUTE

The combined Institute of Kent and
Sussex counties will be held in Mil
ford from November - to 10th. This
will mean an influx into Milford OF
about five hundred school teachers.
most Of whom will board and lodge
in Milford from Monday until noon on
Friday.
It will be necessary for the people
OF Milford to provide accommoda-
tions for these teachers. otherwise
this will be the last joint Institute
held in Milford. When asked wheth-
er Milford could or would accom-
modate all the teachers, l promised
that Milford would and could provide
for them as well If not better than
any other town in Delaware. hope
and trust that this was not an idle
boast.
In order to simplify matters, any
one who can accommodate one or
more teachers. either with respect to
rooms or meals. is requested to notify
any teacher of the Milford Public
Schools how many teachers they can
provide for and the charge for the
rooms, meals or both for entire four
days
GILBERT NICKEL.
Supervising Principal
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
SUNSHINE SOCIETY

The Alden Branch of the Sunshine
Society Of Milford met at the home
of Miss Anna Ratcliffe on October IL j..
The president, Mrs. H. L. Bunstein,
presided over the meeting. A report
was given by the chairman, Miss Rat
cliffe, Of the work the Fruit and
Flower Committee had been doing
for the shut-ins. Contributions have
been received from friends of the So
ciety. After the close Of the business
meeting a social hour was enjoyed
and refreshments were served by the
hostess. The society will meet with
Mrs. Jonh G.. Sharp on Thursday af-
ternoon. October 25th, at 3 O'Clock.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
DELAWARE REGIMENT
IS NOW DISMEMBERED
Colonel Reed. Majors And Cap
tains Now In Depot Brigade
Awaiting Assignments.

The Delaware Regiment is a mat.
ter Of history. The former military
unit has been scattered to the -four
winds of the military world by the
mere signing of a military order ac-
cording to dispatches from Admission
Ala. Col. j. Warner Reed, together
with some Of the best known officers
OF the regiment, who were not in
| cluded in the Twenty-Rinth division
with which the Delaware Regiment
was merged, are now in the depot
brigade, awaiting posts. The assign
ment of Delaware officers to this bri-
gade is by no means permanent. how
ever, as there are new units to be
made and new officers Will be need
ed. The Hath regiment, of which
Delaware Regiment is a unit, has
been made up of the officers and men
from the Third and Fifth Regiments
Of New Jersey and the First Of Della
ware. Combinations of companies
have been used to form the new com
panies, each of which has $50 men.
The Hath Regiment will be command
ed by Colonel Albert A. Van Walrav-
en- of the Old Fifth Regiment of Pat
terson, n. J. In this Regiment
Major Ernest C. C. Parks, formerly
OF the Second Battalion of the First
Delaware Infantry, has been given
command of one of the new batta-
lions. Majors J. C. Taylor and Win
field S. Price, both New Jersey men,
are the other majors in the same reg
iment.
The Delaware officers and men
form the Third Battalion of the Hath |
Regiment. Companies B, G. L and NJ. |
men to the formation of /
the new Company l. X Company is |
made up of men from Companies E
H, and L. Men from Companies D.
Z, NJ and the headquarters company,
provide the strength for Company L,
while Company NJ consists OF men
AIKEN from Companies A. C. and /.
The officers assigned to the four
follow:
Company Captain John P. Le-
'eVre; First Lieutenants, James L.
'cOtten, H. P. Layton and James H.
Hazel; Second Leutenants, Henry C.
lay and John E. Kern.
Company K-Captain Jesse A. Nc
lay; First Lieutenants, Irving Dun
an, Joseph A. Davis and one to be
ssigned; Second Lieutenants, John !
}. Eckles and Thomas NJ. Small.
Company captain William Berl, !
r.. First Lieutenants, Fred L. Man
IN. Byron R. Foster and one to be
ssigned; Second Lieutenants, Allie
&. AmediO and Paul J. ODennell.
Company M-Captain Robert B.
elton; First Lieutenants, William F. 5
ann, Horace n. Wilkinson and Rob- +
t d. Simmons. and Second Lieuten- '
lts William w. Ramsay and Joseph a
Berger. n
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
CHURCH HILL SCHOOL STANDING

The following is the standing of the
pupils of Church Hill school. No. 4O1a,
for the month of October, as shown by
the record kept by the teacher, Miss
Lulu Emory. It is a remarkable rec
ord, as the following, eighty per cent.
of the entire attendance, attained per-
feet records of 100 per cent in their
markings: Dorothy Peet, Jennie
Krone. Edith Greenly, Helen McCOl-
ley Ethel Sharp, Edna Sharp, Jessie
Sharp, Alice Thomas, Cora Hall, Law
renee Hill, Drew Pearson, Paris Peet,
John Peet, Leslie Greenly, Roland
McColley, George GRANT, Cornelius
Grant.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
BRIDGE BROKE DOWN UNDER LOAD

The bridge between Lincoln and
Glendale on the Milford and George
town road, which Is about IL feet
wide, broke under the weight of a
traction engine three weeks ago, and
since then the road has been closed
until the County Engineer could get
piling driven and proper repairs
made. The bridge will probably be
opened for travel in a day or two.
When this bridge was constructed
three or four years ago. it should
have been constructed out of concrete
instead of wood and logs; that would
have been economical It shows that
the expenditure then was an actual
waste of money. A new bridge is to
be built over the Misspilion river in
Milford by the Kent and Sussex cOun-
ty levy courts to replace the old and
dangerous one now at the shirt fact
OrV
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
MILFORD GRANGE

In the passing away of Mrs. ROosa
the Grange loses one of it's charter
members. She was always a helpful
force for whatever pertained to the
welfare of the Grange She was a
gracious, hOspitable lady whose many
kindnesses will long be remembered
by numerous friends in and out of
the Grange.
In connection with the Grange fair
or the 18th and 18th of November,
there will be a corn show for Kent
and Sussex counties. Everyone in
these two counties who has corn, is
urged to bring samples. Tell your
neighbOrs about it, and look out for
further notices on the subject.
Some interesting questions were
brought out of the question box and
discussed.
A class was given the first and sec
on degrees. Everyone is urged to
get in all the new members possible
during October and November, as the
State Grange has offered prizes to the
Grange having the largest number.
There will also be prize given to
the one in our Grange who brings in
the largest number.
Next Saturday the third and fourth |
iegree will be given to the class now
Joining.
Ladies Day will be the last Satur- |
lay in October. The committee for |
hat day is. Mrs. A. B. Peet, Mrs.
Jorbett Mrs. Shew and Mrs Skewis |
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
DELAWARE Te BE HOOvERIzED.

The State Executive Committee for enrolment Campaign
Food Conservation Delaware
head OF National Commission
in Dover Wednesday and mapped the
Committee
following appointed the various coun
ties. viz:
Josiah Marvel. County,
James H. Hughes. Kent County
DR.. Frank L. Grier. Sussex
Pledge cards of be
signed returned
armies and allies These
ed in the ending
November 4th planned reach the
the Public Schools whom
ing such cards This will be that
this country supplies other thing
patriotic duty not only enroll in this food
food conservaors but live the
ing food way do its full part
in helping feed the allies. who fighting
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
THE LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE OPENS
NEXT MONDAY EVENING AT MILFORD
Arrangements Have Been Made For Huge Public Meeting
At Armory E1al-Come, Enjoy The Speaking, And
Be Prepared To Buy Your Liberty Bond

G. Roland Messick, First National
Bank, Georgetown.
W. S. Lord, cashier, Greenwood
Trust Co., Greenwood.
W. H. Cook, treasurer. Laurel Saw.
ings Bank & Trust Co.. Laurel.
E. E. Wootten, cashier, PEOPLES
National Bank, Laurel.
H. X. Green, Sussex Trust Co.,
Laurel.
G. T. Reed. cashier. the Milford
Trust Co., Milford.
}. c. Ellis. cashier, Millsboro Trust
Co.. Millsboro.
J. NJ. Lank, cashier. Sussex Trust
Co., Milton.
Madison Willen, cashier, First Ma
tional Bank. Seaford.
Clarence DOnOho. cashier, Sussex
National Bank, SeafOrd.
E. V. Baker. cashier, Selbyville
National Bank, Selbyville.
|. L. Long, cashier, Baltimore Trust
Co.. Selbyville.
The following is a statement on the
Liberty Loan by Augustus 1. Wood.
President, West Philadelphia Title &
Trust Company:
Anyone living under the prOtec-
tion OF the American nag will concede
that patriotism which has not depth
enough to reach down to a mans
pocket book lacks the true ring. For
man to invest his savings in a U. S.
Government per cent. Bond means
no call however on his patriotism. |
1t in fact only means doing ones self |
a good turn. To be the owner of /
U. 5. Government Bond should make |
any man, woman or child feel a bit |
'chesty," especially so when coupled |
with the consciousness that the in
vestment is in the most gilt edged Sc
curity and one that can be converted
into spot cash on any business day
(the ready market for the 31h's in
1icated this), and furthermore is
most sure to command a good prem
um when the war is over. Every in
7estment that we as good Americans
make in our Liberty Bonds, helps to
hasten the end of Kaiserism. p"
On Tuesday, the Philadelphia Lib
'rty Loan Committee received the fol-
owing statement on the Liberty Loan
rom John Grier Hibben, president of
Princeton University:
II you purchase a Liberty Bond,
'ou help to support one or more sol
iers who represent you and are fight {
ng for you at the front In a criti- 3
al emergency you can help your gov d
rnment without any sacrifice to your S
elf. You can give and yet lose {
othing by the giving. It is your I
ountry that the soldier fights for as [
'ell as his own. It is your home for {
'hich he is ready to die. It is your
life and children whose lives and d
onor his own life defends. The il
hosen guard of your country are
illing to go through He'll itself for d
Du and all you hold dear. Will you Il
ot resolve that the very best possi- c
e equipment shall be theirs, the
isest provision for their health and
'curity, and the most skillful guild
ice into the storm of battle and the
ctory beyond
The success of this Liberty Loan =.
lmpaign will be to the whole world ~
declaration and a proof that Amer ~
a is in earnest and is grimly deter "
ined to put an end as soon as possi- ~
e, and once for all, to the hideous ~ ~
irfare which Germany has waged to IA "A
feat degrade and dominate the free ~
oples Of the world" oa oa
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
BARRATT'S Celebrates
ITS 18TH ANNIVERSARY
Thousands OF Persons Assembled
AT Historic Old Methodist
Church Last Sunday.

The 18th anniversary of Barratt's
Chapel, in Kent County, Delaware.
was celebrated last Sunday afternoon.
October 14th. 1t was a great day at
this old historic spot. The day was
ideal, and by eleven o'clock the people
began to gather from every direction
until by two o'clock, the time set for
the service, it is estimated there were
eight thousand people on the grounds.
DR.. Charles NJ Boswell. corre-
spending secretary of the Methodist
Episcopal Hospital in PHILADELPHIA.
was the speaker for the occasion.
The DR.. seemed at his best and de-
livered a great sermon, from the text.
And He preached unto him, Jesus"
Acts: 8-35. Many were there from
Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia,
as well as from all up and down the
state of Delaware.
1t was thought by the oldest mem
bers and friends to be, by far, the
largest concourse of people ever as
sembled at the place.
The service was held in the grove,
where a platform had been erected
for the occasion. On the platform
with Dr.. Boswell sat Dr.. Caswell, of
the New York East Conference; DR..
L. E. Barratt. of Harrington: Rev.
w. W. Sharp, of Frederick; Rev. W. !
S. Grant, of Houston; Rev. J. T. |
Price of Camden, and Rev. Geo. r. |
Ellis of Magnolia, the present pastor |
Of Barratt's Chapel.
The singing was led by the Mag |
lolia choir and was most inspiring.
After the service old time hand
shaking was fully in order, and alto
,ether it was a day long to be remem-
Dered by all in attendance.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
new CENTURY CLUB

The meeting last Monday was given
over by the Milford New Century Club
to Red Cross. Articles relating to
the Red Cross and Red Cross work
were read by the President, Mrs
Frank Welcome, Mrs. Hammond, and
Miss Edith Simpson, and the club
members did Red Cross knitting and
sewing during the meetlng. On Mon
day, October 22nd, Miss Dole, a gov
ernment expert, will speak on Home
Economics, and all are earnestly re-
quested to be present for this meet
ing.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
CRYSTAL FOUHT LODGE NO. 10 I.O.GE

On Monday evening arrangements
will be made to reorganize the de-
gree team Of the lodge. All Odd Fell
lows are requested to be present and
to give all possible assistance to try
ing to obtain a place on the degree
staff and by encouraging the others.
Wilbur Bennett has been elected cap
tain of the degree team with Bros.
DerricksOn, Warner and Nickel as
advisors. Every member should help
to cooperate to make this the best
degree team south Of Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19

The Second Liberty Loan Drive in
Sussex County will be inaugurated at
Milford, Monday evening. October 22d
when an enthusiastic mass meeting
will be held for the purpose of giving
the public any information relative to
| the bond sale which they may want.
The meeting will start promptly at
O'Clock. and speakers of prominence
will address the meeting.
At a call of the District Chairman,
Gen. George H. Hall, for Sussex
county, an enthusiastic meeting was
held on Tuesday evening of this week
at the Office of Short & Hall At this
meeting the various chairmen were
appointed. G. D. Abbott having
been appointed chairman for the First
District, appointed chairmen of the
several committees as follows: Pub
licity, DR.. Frank L. Grier; Distribu-
tion, Harry Thaw (this work by the
Boy Scouts; Soliciting. William H.
Robinson; Music, Charles E. Varney;
Public Meetings, G. Marshall Towns
end; WOman's Department, Miss Lena
Short, President Of the Milford New
Century Club. The several chairmen
will appoint their committees for
work and results.
Monday Nights Meeting.
The meeting at Armory Hall on
Monday evening will be addressed by |
DR.. s. c. Mitchell. President of Del |
aware College; United States Senator
Josiah o. WOlcott. and Josiah Mar |
vel, Of Wilmington. 1t is the patri- |
otic duty Of every citizen Of this COM
munity, regardless of whether he or
she intends to purchase a bond, to
attend the meeting. Admission is
free. This movement is one that
bears directly upon the future well
fare of our country, and effects each
every individual in the country. Ar
are being made for a rec
)rd breaking attendance and it doubt
less will be the MOST ENTHUSI-
ASTIC meeting that has been held in
Milford in recent years. No one
should be absent. The least you can
10 is to be present The most you
'an do is to purchase a GILT EDGE (
GOVERNMENT BOND and help Uncle
sam win the war.
Vice Chairmen of Sussex County.
First District-Charles D. Abbott, J
dilford. {
Second and Third-Col. Harry WV i
an and Charles Owens, Bridgevflle; {
iov. S. E. Pennewill, Greenwood. e
Fourth-Charles Van Leer, Seaford. S
Firth and Sixth-F. E. Lynch and L
!. N. Culver, Delmar; Frank Sirman. C
,aurel. v
SeVenth-Henry A. Houston, Mills v
orc; Everett Hickman, Frankford. v
Eighth-V. NJ. Murray. Selbyville; h
. H. Derrickson. Ocean View. C
Ninth-Joseph L. Cahall, George "
)wn. Y
Tenth-Dr. Robert Hopkins, Mil n
IN; Charles H. Maull. Lewes. b
embers Of Distribution Committee. "
Charles H. Rawlins, cashier, Bal 81
more Trust Co.. Bridgeville. Del. al
William B Chandler, cashier. First vi
ational Bank, Dagsboro.
J. G. W. Perdue. cashier, Bank of G.
elmar, Delmar. a
S. K. Slemons, cashier, First Ma ic
)nal Bank. Delmar. m
c. R. Davis, cashier, First National bl
INK, Frankford. WI
W. W. Rawins, cashier, Farmers de
Ink, Georgetown. pc
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
TAKE TEACHERS INTO YOUR HOMES

The Teachers Institute, which will
meet in Milford Noyermebr 18th to
10Th, will require private families to
entertain the teachers, as the hotels
can not accommodate them all. There
will be about 500 teachers here. and
they expect to pay their board. If
any family desires to take one or
more they should apply to Gilbert
Nickel, principal of the Milford Pub
lie Schools, and he will put them in
to communication with the teachers.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
AGRICULTURE IN MILFORD SCHOUs

The Milford Board Of Education has
added a course Of instruction in Ag-
riculture to its curriculum, and also
adopted the studies in civics prepar-
ed by the Federal government. At a
meeting for organization, held after
the last school election, Rev. H. L.
Bunstein was elected president, and
William G. Abbott, secretary and
treasurer.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
MARRIED
COLLINs-MEED.


Miss Mary Frances Reed. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Frank W. Reed. OF
near Milford. and Norman H. C. Col
Inns, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George D.
Collins, of Milford. were married by
Rev. Walter E. Gunby, at Wesley NJ
E. Parsonage, Dover. at 1880 D. m,
on Wednesday. October 3rd, 1917.
They young couple will reside in Mil
ford.
GRIFFITH-HILL.
Miss Rachel HILL only daughter of
the late George II. Hill, OF Milford.
Del. and Robert Griffith, a merchant
of Milford, were married in the Ave-
nue. NJ. E Church. on Tuesday even
ing October 10Th. 1917, by Rev. r. X.
Stephenson. They will reside at his
present residence on South Walnut
Street, Milford. after a short wedding
tour. The wedding was to have tak-
en- place early in the evening in the
but a special lecture was
held there that evening, and for that
reason the wedding was postponed
until after that was over, and took
place at 10:30 D. m. The many
friends waited for them to leave the
and then showered them with
\ bushel OF confetti, more or less.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
ELECTED A BANK DIRECTOR

Thomas Davis, the merchant oi
South Milford, was elected a director
last Tuesday, in the First National
Bank of Milford. He was chosen to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Ex-Governor VIM. T. Watson.
Mr.. Davis is one Of the successful
business men Of this part Of Della
ware.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
OBITUARY
WALLS.

Anna May Walls, the five months
old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Roland
Walls, died at the home of its grand
mother, Mrs. Bateman Ryan, in North
Milford. on Friday, October 5, 1917
Funeral services were held at the
house by their pastor, Rev. C. z.
Dryden, and burial made at Odd Eel
lows cemetery by VIM. G. Powders,
funeral director.
ROOSA.
After an illness of a few days, Mrs.
Sarah Elting Roosa died at her home
near Milford on Friday afternoon last,
October 18th, 1917, aged n years.
Born in the State of New York, she
has lived in this section nearly fifty
years. She was one of the most de-
voted members of the Presbyterian
Church, and even after her health be-
came impaired was a regular attend
ant at its services, and unceasing in
her efforts for its welfare. She was
of which she was a charter member,
and will be greatly missed in its
gatherings and activities. In both
these associations and other circles
she was greatly esteemed. Eminent
ly social, unselish, delighting in kind
ly acts, habitually cheerful, her with
irawal from earthly scenes has
brought sorrow to a host of friends
as well as to the bereaved family.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at her late residence, by
ler pastor, Rev. H. L. Bunstein, and
nterment made in Odd Fellows GEM
etery, where her remains were laid
beside those of her husband, John J. |
3oosa, who died December 25th, 1915. |
She is survived by three children, |
Alexander E., and Jacob H., and |
Ind their wives and children, and |
Hiss Ida E. Roosa, all of whom re-
ide in the immediate neighborhoOd, |
md by two brothers and two sisters,
esidents Of the state of New York.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19

Rev. R. K. Stephenson has gone
to Fort Wayne, Ind, to attend a ma
tional gathering Of the Christian En-
deavor, and will not return home un'
til the middle of next week. His
place will be filed at the Avenue
Church next Sunday by Rev. j. H..
Beauchamp.
Milford chronicle., 1917-10-19
TONIGHT IS The night
FOR RED CROSS Benefit

Members OF Fire Company And
Caulk Club Will Stage Excellent
Minstrel For Red Cross-Do
Your Bit By Attending.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-10
Temperance
l@sslaOfesa
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union1
SAVINGS IN MAINE.

ut is a good showing for Maine
better still. Maine can say, can any
other state make the claim?-that no
depositor in Maine savings bank has
ever lost a dollar that he deposited
there. 1t is to be noted, moreover, that
the savings banks by no means repre-
sent all the savings of the Maine peo-
pie that are at interest. The savings
departments of the trust companies
have 9O,322 depositors with deposits Of
S30OO0,000, or twice as much as the
demand deposits in the same institu-
tons. The national banks have mil
lions in their savings departments, and
the IL 1923 shareholders in the loan and
building associations have to their
credit an accumulated capital of $4,-
$4,000. These and other totals make
showing for the thrift and industry
of Maine people that no state can bet
ter"
This remarkable testimony to the
prosperity of prohibition Maine comes
from newspaper avowedly hostile to
prohibition, the Boston Herald. 1t is a
complete answer to the oft-repeated
falSehOOd of the brewers and distillers
that Maine has been impoverished be-
cause she has steadfastly refused to
legalize the dramshop. In population
Maine ranks as the thirty-fourth state
In the Union. But on June 80, 1915,
the deposits in her savings banks
amounted to $97, 423, 0S8.63, total ex-
ceeded by only IL other states. The
amount of depositors-2385 S6-repre-
sents nearly One-third of the total pop
ulation of. the state, including men,
women and children. Only ten states
exceed Maine in the actual number of
depositors. The total proportion of de-
positors to population is equalled by
only five states. Deposits in building
and loan associations amounted to $5,-
558,269, with 1918 depositors. Add to
this the savings deposited in trust COM
panies and national banks, and the per
capita individual deposits amount to
$244.50 for every man, woman and child
in the state. In 1914 the average per
capita individual deposits in all the
states was $1SS, which average Maine
leads by over $56.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-10
FIXING IT WITH EvANGELINE
How Could She Possibly Think Clar.
ence Coward After Such
Perfect Explanation

Clarence, age nine, was nothing y
not strictly truthful. He faced the
contemptuous gaze of Evangeline, age
eight, from next door with the steady
eye that betokens a clear conscience.
Said Clarence firmly:
mo, Evangeline, l am not COW
ard"
Evangeline was pitiless.
Eyes, you area silly little coward
Why, saw you running for your life
this morning from that red-haired boy
who"
"Evangeline, / was not running away
from him. was simply running to
get him somewhere where his mother
could not see me smite him."
swell, did you smite him at last
them"
Clarence never faltered.
mo, Evangeline; for, when we got
out Of sight of his house, we were so
close to mine that my mother would
have seen me do it, and that would
have upset her, so ran indoors to be
out of temptation!"