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Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07

THE HIGH PRICES that have been
paid for tomatoes by buyers at the
various depots have gotten many who
contracted to grow tomatoes for the
canneries into trouble, because OF
men who had contracted, selling their
tomatoes in the open market at high
er prices. The law instituted by Rich
ardson & Robbins at Dover, has open
ed the eyes of many, and the result
has been that the canneries have been
receiving tomatoes more freely this
week. There is a point Of law in
volved in this breach Of contract oues-
tion' which has as yet not been
brought before the courts for a rul-
ing and that point is, the liability OF
the men who buy the tomatoes from
those who have contracted, and who
are known to have contracted with
Gamers to grow tomatoes. II is claim
ed, and it is an open question, that
Wheer such conditions exist, and the
local buyer has been given a list of
those who have contracted with a
Gamer, that the buyer is criminally
liable as receiving goods which have
'been stolen. or taken, as larceny as
bailee. A case based upon such ac-
tion, would awaken the dishonorable
growers who disregard a contract 10
their responsibility when they sign an
agreement to grow a certain acreage
Of tomatoes for a cannery. The result
Of the high price paid in the open
market, viii be to create a disinclin-
alton to contract on the part of the
farmers. On the other hand the can
ners-under the present system-will
face an uncertainty and be unprepar-
ed to pack tomatoes, which will cur
tail the demand. Theer is sure to be
revolution in the business methods
of canning as well as in the business
methods Of growing tomatoes in the
future. The farmers must awaken
to the fact, that now is their day Of
prosperity. That they are receiving
prices for all kinds Of
products. That they must watch the
markets close and display acute bus
mess sense in the handling Of their
crops. The day Of the middleman is
rapidly passing. and the wise farmer
will be on the job ready to gather in
hat which belongs to him-and Incl
ientally, the farmer will be called up
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07
ANDREwv11LE.

Mrs. Benjamin Bradley from Love
Point is visiting Mrs. Thomas Brad
ley.
Little Gladys Bradley Of Love Point
spent several days with Florence But
Ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Collision and
family were Sunday visitors of his
brother, Mr.. Richard Collision, OF
Vernon.
George Morris is spending several
days in Wilmington and PHILADELPHIA
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cannon and
Addie Booth of aFrmington are at
tending the fair at Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Thomas and
also Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Paskey.
were Milford visitors on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Williamson
and family motored to Ocean City on
Sunday.
Little Ruth Vincent is suffering
with severe attack Of whooping-
cough.
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07

on to pay the war expenses along
with the manufacturers and other
commercial interests. The local con-
ditions are no different in Delaware,
than from those in similar agrieultur-
al districts, and for the next FIVE
years. or during the war. We must be
prepared 10 experience high prices
for everything Don't whine. but
look facts in the face. and then act.
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07

THE FIRST INSTALMENT of men
who have been drafted from Delaware
left last Tuesday for Wrightstown.
Ne wJersey, where they will be as
sembled and absorbed into the new
national army This method of rails
ing an army is new to the United
States, and it has one point Of merit.
which should be appreciated by every
citizen, viz: it is a selective Of men
from all classes and conditions Of
life. Those who have dependent rel
atives to support are exempt through
the ruling Of the President, that no
hardships shall be wrought, and that
all shall bear the burthen of defend
ing the common country. We all re-
gret that our young men must be ex-
posed TO danger. and the parents
must be called upon to give up their
loved ones-but it is a common duty
that we must all face, and we will
all face with honor and patriotic
submission to the law and our lib
erty. All honor to the men who have
gone, and 10 those VINO will soon be
called to follow their comrades N he
fighting lines in defense of our be-
loved country.
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07
WHAT THE RED CROSS Is
DOING FOR HUMANITY

; The Red Cross War Council has re-
ceived the following report from Red
! Cross Headquarters in France;
AS an example Of activities in be-
half Of the civil population Of France,
We have established a temporary chill
dren's shelter at TOul, city in a sec
tion Of the war zone recently bonn
barded by the enemy.
Gas bombs were being used by the
Germans and the inhabitants Of the
nearby villages were obliged to wear
face masks TO escape asphyxiation.
This mode of protection, however, is
not feasible for children, and it was
found necessary to send the children
away at once.
/ The prefect of the Department tel
/ egraphed to a worker at Paris that
$50 children had been suddenly thrust
upon his hands and that he needed
assistance at once.
The next day eight workers left the !
Red Cross headquarters, a doctor. an |
experienced nurse, two auxiliary
nurses, a bacteriolOgist, an admins |
trative director and two women to 4
take charge Of the bedding. clothing /
food. etc.
They found that q of the children
were infants under one year and the
remainder wers under eight years.
They were herded together in an old
barracks, dirty, practically unfurnish-
ed and with no sanitary appliances.
Sick children were crowded in with
the well and skin diseases and YER
min abounded.
Within two days the children had ,
been thoroughly cleaned and trans
ferred to a new and clean barracks. !
Medical care had been given and nur- T
ses secured for the babies, suitable 7
-ood provided and a classification of :
al the refugees made to prevent the ?
Of members of the same 7
amily. The organization of an in v
ititution for the care of these child n
'en has been worked out. 2
The French government has pro-
'ided a new brick barracks Of ten \
buildings, situated on a hillside a mile e
rom Toul, and will furnish coal. wa a
er, light, rough labor, beds and cloth o.
ng' rations and transportation of Il
upplies
The Red Cross is to direct the work fc
I supplying doctors, nurses and ad- s
officers, and of installing h,
anitary apparatus. Twelve shower
aths have already been set up. Sup
lies are being provided for recrea-
on, education and the vocational ri
aiming of children. tn
It is expected that four or five hun il
red more children will come in the il
ear future, and the Red Cross is 10
tanning to increase its staff to care az
II this number. The children will sv
Kept here as long as conditions re- in
ain such that they cannot return to 10
leir homes.
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07
Unmarried Men, Take WARMING!
Funeral Director and Embalmer

White and black hearses, and a good
stock Of funeral supplies at my ware
rooms at all times. Calls day OF night
attended 10 personally. Phone 144-l2.
Auto service II desired. Jul-27-2no
E. G. REED, Lincoln City. Del.
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07
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Gift From Ford Motor Company.

Gift From Ford Motor Company.
The gift of s5OO,OOO from the Ford
Motor Company, of Detroit, Michigan,
TO the American Red Cross, was an
nounced last Saturday by the Red
Cross War Council. The gift is in
the form Of credit on the Ford fac
tories for half a million dollars worth
Of automobiles. ambulances, parts,
etc. as the Red Cross may designate
With the responsibilities assumed
by the Red Cross for the support of
the American Ambulance in France.
the Ford gift is particularly valuable.
Despite the large number of ambu-
lances in service on the Western
front, many more are needed. Re
ports that no more machines were be-
ing accepted for this theatre of war
are without foundation. In addition.
ambulances may be sent as a part Of
Red Cross aid to be extended to Rus
sia and Serbia
Experiments on a new type Of am
bulance body are now being made un.
der the direction of the New York
County Chapter of the American Red
Cross. The New York Transportation
NpAlpdugs operating the NOTORIOUS
lines on Fifth Avenue and other
streets, has contributed the services
of its chief engineer to supervise this
work.
A Kitchen trailer, designed by en-
gineers of the New York County
Chapter is now being furnished in
large numbers 10 ambulance compan-
les in training at the camp al Allen
town, Pa. Experts of the War De-
partment are also trying out the
trailer with view to its adoption for
the army.
Contributions for the Ambulance
service of the Red Cross or for kitch- |
en- trailers should be made through |
the local chapters or direct TO the /
Assistant Treasurer, American Red
Cross, Washington, d. c. It is pre-
ferred that such gifts be undesignated /
and in cash as far as possible. The
Red Cross is then able to place ord
ers TO take advantage of quantity
prices, and distribute them where the
needs are most urgent.
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07

$4,000 Cans Of Milk Purchased.

Forty-eight thousand cans of con-
densed milk have just been purchased
by the Supply Service Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross for immediate ship
ment to Salonika. On the request OF
DR.. Edward W. Ryan. Red Cross re-
preventative at Salonika, the War
Council voted a special appropriation
for the milk, which is to be used in
Serbian military hospitals.
Conditions under which the hospi-
tails are working in Macedonia. ac-
cording to Dr.. Ryan, are very seri-
GUS. During the fighting of the last
three years practically all cattle have
been killed by the armies. There is
no milk for cOnvalescent soldiers, and
without it their recovery is very much
delayed.
A Red Cross Commission headed by
G. A. Severance, of Minneapolis. is
now on its way to Serbia. The Com
mission has a fund of 100000 to be
spent in aiding the refugees behind
the Allied lines in Macedonia land
around Monastir.
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07

There is one thing We all strive to
dO-Get Results. The one sure way
to get results and get them quickly
Is BY usin. the @CCnt-a-WOrdS column
Of the Cbronicse.
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07
BY Harry Everett Barnard, Ph,

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Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07
LINCOLN CITY.


Harry Lyman and wife OF New
Castle, have been spending the week
with Mrs. Mary Southard.
Miss Mary Rau has returned to
Philadelphia. after passing her vaca-
ton with Mrs. John Donovan.
George R. Clendaniel and wife,
and Robert Marker and George Mark
er OF Philadelphia, returned home on
/ Tuesday While visiting her George
r. Clendaniel purchased the farm
owned by Mrs. Kate Beardsley.
James West and wife. OF Philadel-
phia have been the guests Of Mrs.
Willard Clendaniel.
Homer Donovan is in the Milford
Emergency Hospital suffering with
typhoid fever.
Miss Alice Cochran Of near Will
mington has been visiting Mrs. Dali
las Kibler.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Friedel of
Chester. returned home on Monday
Mrs. Davidson of Stockley has been
the guest Of Mrs. Harvey Davidson.
Miss Muriel Steele of Lewes has
been visiting Miss Hazel Southard.
Robert J. Marker, Jr.. aged one
year and twenty-three days, died of
pneumonia at the home Of his par
ents in Philadelphia on August 2Sth. |
The body was brought TO Lincoln on |
Friday and funeral services were con-
Quoted in the church by the pastor, |
Rev. ] II. Gardner. and burial made |
in the Lincoln cemetery by +. G Il
The parents and grandparents we're
former residents of Lincoln and have
The sympathy Of the community.
B. F. Wooden, aged 81 years, died
At his home near Staytonsville on
August 27th. of general debility. He
and his wife came from Philadelphia
our years ago and purchased farm.
Until a few weeks ago he had been
'igorous and happy in his work. Rev.
1edman conducted the funeral SER
ices held at the home. The body
vas brought to Lincoln and interment
made in the local cemetery by E. G.
iced. .,
Home Coming services at Slaughter
'eck Sunday morning at 1O:3O; at
edar Neck. 8 p. m. and at Lincoln
I 1880 p. m, Rev. G. W. Hastings
Hebron. Nd, being the pastor for
he services.
The Second Quarterly Conference
Dr Lincoln charge will be held on
eptember 18th, Dr.. W. r. Mowbray
aving charge.
Unmarried Men. Take Warning!
We are after you" II the unmar- : J
ed men Of this and neighboring
WINS don't brace up and quit fooling :
won't be the fault of Stokes. the :
sweler. We are making prices so Z
W and terms so attractive that the /,
-erage young fellow can't look his I,
Teetheart in the face without feel d
g that he should have proposed"
ng ago. o
Funeral Director and Embalner D
Lincoln City, Delaware. Il
White and black hearses, and a good v
'ck Of funeral supplies at my ware si
pms at all times. Calls day or night Ct
tended 10 personally. Phone 144-l2. a.
Ito service II desired. Jul-27-2mo
E. G. REED. Lincoln City. Del.
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07

This table is full Of surprises. The first Is tba
great difference in food value Of staple foods We see
at glance that potatoes at 80 cents peck (unt tbis
year an unheardof price, much cheaper than eggs
at SO cents dozen
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07

Alfalfa growers will find it worth
while in buying seed for planting this
year to pay a premium for northern
grown stock. The preparation of the
ground and the fertilizing and inocu-
lation Of the land are too expensive
operations to be followed by the SOW
ing Of seed of uncertain hardness
Common seed may fare well in nor
NAL seasons but it is in the unusual
season that hardy seed is most apprN-
eiated because then hay brings the
highest prices. Several alfalfa plant
ers have ordered northern grown seed
through the county agent at an extra
cost OF four cents above the price of
local seed because they have conf
dence in the northern stock.
Vetch seed growers who have thrsh
ed their crops report yields Of rye and
vetch ranging from eight to twenty
four bushels per acre. The expert
ences of different people in seeding
different combinations of rye and of
vetch are of great value to prospect
i've vetch planters. An exhibit is TO
be made in the county agents tent at
the State Fair TO show some of the
results Of these paintings.
That il pays well to inOculste vetcb
for soil Improvement iiay or seed is
strikingly shown by the experience of
). ID. Wells and brother at Lewes
this year. Soil inoculation was used
on a part ofthe field in which a uni
form mixture Of vetch and rye were
sown. The two parts of the field were
tnreshed separately so the amount
Of vetch in the different parts could
be determined. In proportion to the
rye the vetch was fifteen times thick
er in that part which was inoculated
than in the other part. As vetch in
the mixture has six times the com
mercial value of rye the money gain
from inoeulation is easy to figure.
W. c. Pelton, Co. Agent.
Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1917-09-07
COUNTY AGENTS NOTES

All Of those corn growers who. 70
whatever reason wish TO get thei
very best yield next year, would d.
well 10 remember that the first steI
toward getting such a yield is tn,
] field selection OF seed for planting in
/ the spring Two very good reasons
back up this belief. Ears taken now
can be picked from normal hills that
were not favored in any way. The
big ear selected from the crib is as
likely as not to have come from a
stalk standing by itself. and is there
fore not apt to reproduce its size in
the next generation. Moreover, the
character of the whole stalk can be
nOted-heighth Of ear, amount OF fod-
der. strength OF stalk. and so on. In
the second place. while few people
can store their entire crop Of corn in
an ideal way. everyone can find a
suitable amount OF seed corn needed
for the following year This seed can
be kept away from mice and from in
jury by weather The trouble in
volved in choosing seed in the fall is
only a kind of insurance OF next
years crop. Surely there are enough
risks in the farming game without
adding TO the avoidable ones. that
greatest risk Of all-inferior seed.
Another case of loss from weak |
seed is to been right now in many |
ields of late white potatoes, in which |
here is not more than half a stand /
II plants. Probably the unusually |
,OOr stand Of plants that prevails /
his year is not due entirely to de-
ective seed, because weather condi-
ions and an array Of bugs have play
d their part Yet the very close
elling off Of seed potatoes last win
e rand spring during the period of
ign prices is almost certainly re-
ponsible for part of this irregularity.
lost every one puts god money and
lenty Of it into the fertilizing and
1ltivating Of the potato crop. Under
lch conditions it is far from the best
olicy 10 fall down when it comes to
loosing the seed TO make use Of this
.rtilizer and cultivation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-12
MORE AIRMEN NEEDED

Thomas r. Logan, in Leslies.
 The airship has been even more effec- tive than the submarine in altering the conduct of modern warfare. Through it's use much of the old time strategy has been made impossible. Some idea of the casualties experienced by flyers may be
 gathered from the statement issued by
 Germany that more than 1000 enemy airships were brought to the ground last
 year. We are poorly equipped as re- gards experienced airmen. According to
 the Aero club there are only 50 reserve aviators under training, although the
 training of 800 aviators for the aerial
 reserve corps was authorized by the
 President last July The club further de-
 clares that more than 1500 applications
 from volunteers had been received direct by the aviation section of the army and that fully 2oO0 more young men had vol unteered through its organization. The offer of Orville Wright to abandon his private affairs and devote his talents exclusively to the air work of the gov ernment is in gratifying keeping with similar offers by others in their special lines. MT. Wright favors the small. high climbing plane, armed with single gun | He holds that these are greatly prefer able to the larger and more unwieldly craft and is of the opinion that zeppe- l lins or dirigibles are virtually useless ex- Ieept for observation purposes. He asserts ! that good military aerial observer car
 he trained in about two weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-12
Dr. Baker n Visitor

"There was absolutely no political significance to the visit of Dr. P. A. Baker, superintendent of the National ntf-Saloon league, who was in Biz mingham for a short time Friday" said Brooks Lawrence yesterday. It had no reference to prohibition in Ala bama or elsewhere nor was his coming in any way related to the political campaign which will soon open in the state
 "Dr. Baker is now a resident of Alabama, he having purchased plan tation in Lowndes county at Benton. His trip to Birmingham was strictly on business and was related to the conduct of his farm. 'Bone-dry' which eems to be topic of much interest in the newspapers. was not even men toned in our conversation" concluded Mr Lawrence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-12

nouncement that Stevenson's famous mas
 terpiece, Treasure Land" had been
 dramatized and would be given a produc-
 tion in New York Young men and old
 experienced a premonitory thrill of delight at the prospect of seeing Silver and Ben
 Gum, Israel Hands and old Pew, Black
 Dog and young Jim Hawkins, on the stage. Young men and old, for it is a
 boys classic, and members of the other
 sex were not so keen about it.
 It went well in the little theatre where it was played on Broadway. one hears. But even a seasons run there did noth- ing to weaken the faith of the average theatrical producer in the old article of faith that no play can succeed that is devoid of Hove interest" And when other managers desired to produce Treasure Island they hired a playwright to make another version of it. in which a new character was forcibly introduced-Bess Gum, the long lost daughter of old Ben!
 That is sufficient to give any discern ing person hearty laugh The idea of remedying the defects of Stevenson by furnishing the old pirate with lovely daughter is naive, to say the least. But women won't go to see a play that hasn't got love story in it. insist the theatre people, and every audience has more women than men in it."
 It is a fallacy. Granted that the love interest is naturally powerful it is not the only interest in life and surely not the only one that will attract women Publishers have rejected books on this fallacious assumption, but the books have succeeded, nevertheless. Treasure 1s- land" itself, "Huckeberry Finn, Uncle Toms Cabin" and The Three Mus lzeteers'' prove that-to mention only few at random. And there have been plays as well as novels that needed no love story dragged in to make them ef- fective. Shakespeare knew well the pow erful appeal of the sex emotion to the but he didn't need it when he wrote 'King Lear and Richard TIT anc Macbeth" People went to see Rip Var Wrinkle" and Peter Pan;" and there is little doubt that they would have gone to see Sherlock Holmes" even if the dramatist had not thought it necessary to introduce a love episode that didn't helonp in if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-12
NUMBER 60 SIT. MARTINS LANE

Chippendale's career that are positively known. There is, thereafter, gap of 70 years; and when next Thomas II appears to view he is installed in workshop of his own in Conduit street, Long Acre. He is evidently prospering, for, as the months pass by and an ever larger num- Der of ladies and gentlemen of 'dstinc- ton and taste" alight at his door, examine his wares at much leisure, and call his skill to their aid. it comes to him that he must seek larger and more worthy nxemises And so he moves round the corner into St. Martins Lane, No 50. Later on, as business still increases, he takes over three adjoining houses and from there, for many years afterwards, he sends out his chairs and tables and settees. and whatnots all over the coun- try.
 Chippendale however, was not content with designing and making furniture; he must needs write book about it. In the year 1754 he published his famous 'The Gentleman and Cabinetmakers Direc- tor" which, quite apart from it's value to the student of furniture, adds many lines to the picture of its author, and not a few facts as to the story of his estate Like most books of the day, 1t was is sued by subscription. and the list of sub- soribers shows that Thomas had, by that time, secured a large and distinguished body of customers. Then the introduce ton, with it's dignified, not to say bonn bastic, severity for certain critics-pos sibly one of them Isaac Ware, surveyor to the King, with his animadversions against "an unmeaning scrawl of, C's in- verted and looped ogether''-reveals the man, and helps us to see our Thomas more clearly. We see him, as the friend of persons of distinction and taste urged to write book because he and they have regretted that Ian art capable of so much perfection and refinement should bo executed with so little propriety and elegance;' impatient of criticism and en- tertaining a fine contempt for the Kings surveyor. The book itself was dedicated to Hugh, Earl of Northumberland, and contained 16O engraved plates drawn by Chippenda1e himself. A copy of 1t changed hands in London the other day for a23.