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Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
TOLD IN A FEW LINES

Miss Maud S. Grier Of Wilmington,
was a week end visitor o. her aunt
Mrs. John W Ratcliffe.
Mrs. E. NJ. Edgecumbe and son,
Charles, of New York, were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Baynum this
week.
Causey Williams has been appoint
ed Assistant Registrar in the First
Election District of the First Repre-
sentative District of Sussex County,
in place of Thomas Davis, who re-
signed.
Grier r. Baynum left for Dowagi-
ac. Mich, last week, where he will
spend the month of August. He is
stopping at Rochester. n. Y, and
Cleveland, Ohio, enroute, having gone
by the Hudson River Boat Line from
New York.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
LINCOLN CITY.

H. d. Cook and wife spent the lat
ter part OF the week in Wilmington
and Philadelphia.
Richard Johnson and family OF
Newark, n. j., are the guests OF Will
liam Morrison.
George DeTrickson and wife, ]. S.
Willis and family, George Risler and
wife and Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey David
son have been recent visitors at War
wick Beach.
Robert SOuthard, who was hurt in
falling from his bicycle in Whining
ton, was able to return home on Fri
day, and is much improved.
The Ladies Aid will meet with Mrs.
Roy Truitt on Friday evening, Aug
ust End.
Owing to the inclement weather the
annual picnic of the Sunday School
was postponed until Wednesday, Aug
ust 7th. It was quite a disappoint-
ment to the younger folks.
Mrs. William Curtin of Whining
ton, has been the guest of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. H. C. Southard.
George W. Clendaniel and family
motored to Colchester Beach on Sun
day and report a delightful trip.
Miss Sallie Wright has accepted a
position with the Milford Chronicle
Publishing Co.
Mrs. Ira Henderson has returned
to Philadelphia, where she will re-
main until her husband, Dr.. Ira
Henderson, is called to embark for
France.
Fred Warren of Philadelphia is the
guest of relatives for a short time.
Funeral Director and Embalmer
Lincoln City, Delaware.
White and black hearses, and a good
stock Of funeral supplies At my ware
rooms al all times. Calls day or night
attended to personally. Phone i44-l2. |
Auto service II desired Apr l2-lyF |
E C. REED. Lincoln City. Del
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
BOWERS.

The automobile has revolutionized
many things, and travel to and from
Bowers Beach is one of them. 1t
once was certain days for the people
to come TO the bay shore, but now ev-
cry day the autos bring large numbers
of people from any and all sections
of Delaware, Pennsylvania and other
states. They come from everywhere
Sunday School picnics were in order
recently. Frederica Sunday School
was here on Tuesday. On Wednes-
day the FELTON, and Houston Schools
were with US, and on Thursday four
cOlored Sunday Schools picnicked at
one time. One came from Dover, two
from Milford and one from Lincoln.
They came in automobiles, motor
trucks, and a few nearby came with
teams The motor trucks were trav-
cling all day, making several trips to
and from TO bring and return their
passengers. One truck brought fifty
two children at one load. Full one
thousand colOred folks were here, and
good order prevailed all day, and they
departed after pleasant day well
spent at the shore.
Ernest Wilson of Wilmington was
a week end guest of his mother at
the Kent Cottage Hotel.
Miss Catharine Cosden of Smyrna
is guest of her aunt, Mrs. b. E.
Hubbard.
Edmund Bailey, of Chester, spent
the week end at Bowers, where he
greeted a number of friends and for Z
mi uccnnfoenc mil ba
bered as very popular Kent cOun-
tian in public affairs and business cir
cles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Linly of Beth
leham, Nd, were guests at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walker Gibson.
Sergeant Thomas E. Morris, Jr., of
Fort Riley, Kansas, has been spend
ing several days here with his par {
snts, having been granted a furlough
He left on Monday for Camp Custer, !
Michigan, having received word from Y
lis commanding officer TO that effect
rOm has made good in his soldier life,
having been in the service over two
ears; first enlisting in the service
md going down on the Mexican bord- t
II. He says that he is infatuated with a
he soldier life.
Miss Helen Thompson is visiting }
riends for the week in Pitman, N. i
Mrs. W. Berg and daughter, of '
'erlin, n. j., have been guests for v
he past week of Mrs. Willis NJ. Pat S,
srson. "
Charles Dare and Galispie Dare, of
are visiting relatives fs
nd friends here. tC
The delightful rain that we had on di
uesday and Wednesday was thank
lily received by everyone as the long r
-ought was becoming serious. Us
The rainfall was ample for the pres
1t. and will be of untold benefit to all al
'Owing crops of natures production VI
I'd of mankind's ingenuity. Us
The wonderful prices that the seine m
;hermen have been getting for the
sh caught at Bowers shore have to
fused more seines to be put in op- te
alton here than was every known
efore. Twelve large seines are in m
leration at this time, and all are da
,alizing well for their work Fish
'ntinue quite plentiful, and the price pt
.ceived for them makes it a paying Pl
lsiness. The demand is still equal
the supply. 4 to
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02

IT MUST BE born in mind by all
persons who desire to vote at any
primary held by the political parties
in Delaware, that they shall have reg
istered at their legal voting place on
one of the registration days held in
July and August of this year. To-
morrow, Saturday, August 3rd, will
be an opportunity, and Saturday, Aug
ust 10th, will be the last chance to
qualify to vote for any nominee; and.
if the man selected by the voters who
did qualify and vote should not meet
with your approval, certainly you
have no just right to make complaint.
Register tomorrow and make sure of
your right 20 vote.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
FREE OF CHARGE.

ANY adult suffering from cough, cold
or bronchitis, is invited to call at Pet
tyjohn's Pharmacy, Milford, Del, and
get absolutely free, a sample bottle of
Boschee's German Syrup, a soothing
and healing remedy for all lung troubles,
which has a successful record of fifty
years. Gives the patient a good nights
rest free from coughing, with free ex-
pectoration in the msrning.
A standard medicine for so years.
For sale in all civilized countries.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02

1T WAS NOT enough that there
should be a shortage of newsprint in
the United States under the best con-
ditions possible, to create trouble for
the publishers OF the weekly press,
but to add to the great shortage, the
paper makers at the great mills have
struck because of local demands up
on the manufacturers. 1t is not
question of wages, but minor differ
ences, and so the people in all parts
of the United States must face the
shutting down OF printing the weekly
papers, and possibly the daily editions
as well, all because of the autocratic
action of eight hundred paper makers.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02

ANY CITIZEN who may aspire to
nomination for any place upon the
County ticket for the primary cleo
tion 10 be neld Saturday, August 17th,
must file his name with the County
Committeeman Of his district, on or
before midnight OF Tuesday, August
6tn. This is a warning TO which ey-
cry aspirant must give attention, and
timely notice OF which has been given.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02

IN THE PAST three weeks the
leading Republicans OF Delaware, and
many Of those VINO nave been quiet
workers for the success OF the Re
publican Party in this State, have
been invited TO call upon Mr.. Alfred
1. DUPONT at his handsome home near
Wilmington, where they have been
cordially received and shown over
the magnificent estate. One OF the
important results from the three
meetings has been a rapid crystal-
zation of sentiment, and forming OF
a united desire that the Republicans
of Delaware shall be united in the
coming campaign, and present one
ticket which shall be unitedly sup
ported by all Republicans, and vic
-oriously elected next November. Mr..
dupont has struck the right idea in
party management by demanding
hat the people be given a hearing in
he nomination of the ticket. The Re-
publican Party in Delaware had
cached the stage where it was at the
mercy of its opponents, through the
ivided allegiance of factions. 1t will
axe a united Republican Party to win
ictory next fall, and under the lead
rship OF the Independent Repubi-
ans in Delaware, there will be no
isappointment
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
CHRONIC CONSTIPATION.

1t is by no means an easy matter tc
cure this disease. but it can be done ir
most instances by taking Chamberlain
Tablets and complying with the plain
printed directions that accompany each
package.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02

1T is REPORTED by correspond
ence, from Georgetown, Del, to the
city papers, that some of the people
of Milton, Delaware, have defied the
mandates of the State Board OF Health
by holding a camp meeting near Mil
ton. In view of the fact that small
pox was discovered to exist in George
town and another part of Sussex
County, the State Board of Health or
dered that all camp meetings must be
abandoned in Sussex County, and that
public picnics be not held. This is
for the protection of the public against
contagiOn and spread OF the disease.
The correspondent in his letter to the
Philadelphia Press says: AN effort
was made TO keep residents of George
town out of the Camp grounds, and
those refused admittance threaten
prosecution through the law. The
fact that camp was held Sunday,
Notwithstanding orders by the State
Board of Health to hold none, has
also been reported, although the di-
rectors declare il was not a camp, but
just a crowd of people who gathered
and had religious services" Who are
these people to bid defiance to the
State of Delaware through its consti-
tuted guardians of public health, the
State Board of Health? Are they
greater than the balance of the cit
izenship of Delaware? Must the peo-
pie Of Delaware be exposed to a pes
thence, no matter how little or great
that exposure may be. because these
people have an opinion which runs
contrary to that of constituted law?
Here is fine opportunity for the
State of Delaware to teach men that
law must and shall be obeyed. Here
is the opportunity to teach all men,
that in troubulous times, that every
man and woman must bow, or be
made to bows to orders from those in
authority. If this statement of the
correspondent from Georgetown is
based upon facts, then it is high time
for the Delaware Council of Defense
to take up cases OF this character, as
they are inculcating seditious ideas
into the people, by disregard of law,
just as the German propagandist is
doing along the same lines when Gre
ating opposition to the draft, or pros
ecution of the war. The same result
is attained in each case, and that is
Iessening the respect for public laws
by the people generally. Men and
women must be taught that they can
do as they please in private, or semi
public matters, and this open defiance
Of orders from the State Board of
Health by people in and about Mil
ton, is a proper case to start the edu-
cation with.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02

INEXPERIENCED automobile driv-
ers are dangerous to the public as
well as to themselves, and for that
reason the State must compel all who
are licensed to drive automobiles to
successfully pass an examination as
to the knowledge of the machine and
their common sense as to the emer-
gency action.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02

WANTED-TWO girls to learn to feed
presses and make themselves gen.
orally useful around the plant OF
the Milford Chronicle OhBce, MIL
ford, Delaware. Fair wages. Ap-
ply at Office.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02

1T is NOW the purpose of the Food
Administrator TO cut the quantity of
sugar TO two pounds per month for
each individual and to raise the price
to ten cents per pound for the year
1919. Well, that is all right, it Will
only help the Government to win the
war.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
OBITUARY
RIGGS

William Harrington Riggs, Jr.. in
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Harrington Riggs, died on July 31st.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
WANTED.

Salesgirl for Saturdays only. Boy
for Saturdays only.
c. D. Abbott & Co.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02
WANTED.

Woman. or Girl for Office work,
c. D. Abbott & Co.
Milford chronicle., 1918-08-02

Office HOurs-1O to 12 A. M,-2tOsP. M,-7tOsPM
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-03
Sizenclng Battery Scientifically.
Paul Forti.r Jones, in Century.

In Flanders an airplane goes over the lines. and from 5000 or
bWW .ct, photographs the enemy $ country, a trench system. lines
OF communication, o y Il battery area. These photographs tell the
'ftth accurately. They are the ultimate spies and are correspondingy
'al"ahlc. From such a photograph a lantern slide is made. and the
'n,age. enlarged to any desired scale, is projected upon Il screen,
where 1t is painted IN coors, thus furnishing an exact picture of the
area a is see from the airplane. The picture is then stretched upon
II frame underneath which tiny electric bulbs are placed. Around
1T, perched on a platform 10 feet high, cadets are seated with maps
OF the district. also drawn from the actual photograph. Beside each
cadet is a wireless dispatching key. BY a simple system of square
and subdivisions, marked on the maps and lettered and numbered.
ANY point on the picture may be designated exactly in a very brief
message. The cadets orientate their maps. and keep a sharp lookout
Gu the picture below. Suddenly a flash appears among some build
ings, in a field. or behind a wood. Immediately it's location is noted
ON The key maps of the cadets, and the corresponding code message
is buzzed down to the Hypothetical British battery below. la a few
seconds this battery is seen to fire in a succession of tiny flashes and,
after the time OF the shells flight has passed, another flash indicates
its burst near the hostile target. This target is The center Of an
imaginary clock dial. II O'Clock being considered due north, and the
other figures representing corresponding directions. A series OF
conccntrc lettered circles indicate successive distances. Thus the
shells burst is instantly located and buzzed down to the battery.
telling the gunners just how far wrong the shots are falling. These
make the proper corrections, and shots continue to fall closer about
The target until the task of siencing another Hun battery is finished.
The actual work at the front toward which this training is directed
constitutes one of the prime factors in the present warfare. One has
only to recall Hmdenb"rg's official statements as to the number of
guns destroyed i'm a single month on the western front to comnrc},eud
its Importance.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-03
EXPLAINS INCREASED
AlRPLANE LOSSES

New Yorh-Steady increase of Ger
man airpianc losses is admitted by
Capt. Otto Lehman in an article pub
.ishcd in the Berlin Tageblatt, review
ing the progress OF aerial warfare dur
.1g the year l9l7-191S. Captain Leh-
man attributes the growing losses to
two causes: Development of the fight
ing a%irplane as a Weapon against en-
envy infantry and the enhancement OF
the number of fighting machines due
10 the transfer of those ON the eastern,
o. Russian front, TO the west front.
ar vii, be noticed tina since Janu-
AIRY and February. 1913. ouf isures for
losses show 81 steady Increase" Cap
ain Lehman writes. THE reason for
that. however, is The increased partici-
patton OF airplanes resulting o the
fac. that the German flyers who had
been operating ON the eastern front
migrated to the western front when
fighting ceased in the Russian theater.
The Increased participation. of course,
resulted logically in larger total loss.
The eastern flyer. who had been
accustomed to quite different fight
ing, conditions, in the beginning. un-
doubtedly had TO pay "a bloody appren-
ticesllip in fighting with French and
British. The Russian as an aerial Op-
ponen, is nowise to be compared with
the I'rencl,man and EingliShman.
ut wcull h.. fundamentally wrong
to draw the conclusion from the rise
in German losses at the beginning If
1913, tina, our superiority had waned.
Still another factor explains our high
or losses. AS an infantry plane the
aerial weapon is taking part in a con-
siderably Increased measure in fight
ing the attackers on land. Entire
%squadrons OF battle planes. SO called
infantry flyers. accompany the storm
ing of the never failing infantry and
by taking full advantage of their
speed. attack the enemy reserves at
low attitudes with bombs and machine
guns.
'sThese attacks are made often al
the ridiouiously low attitudes of 100
meters ard even 10 meters. 1t Is there
fore at first glance clear that these
new tasks expose the airplanes to
every shot fired from the earth and
must increase our loss account"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-03
How Germany Treat. Negroes.
prom The St. Louis Post Dispatch.

trom the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
1t is true that the negroes have good
cause to fight against world domination
Ivy Germany. History has shown that In
Africa Germany has treated the natives
worse than any other government which
has invaded that continent.
Belgian individual crueltieS in the Congo
caused Indignation in Belgium and COM
PEELED the British government to investi-
gate and put a stop to them. But in Ger
nrany's treatment of the natives. extermi-
nation of whole tribes was the policy
this policy was not only excused but ex-
allied as right by German publicists.
In the case of the Hereros. in Southwest
Africa, General o Trotha issued this
~proclanation:
The Hereros must now quit the
with the gun. Every Herero. with or
cattle, found in German territory l
will have shot. I shall not look after
the women and children. but will drive
them back to their own people or
shoot them.
The German pastor. Schowalter, wrote
in 1907 that as q result OF this policy about
Is, 900 Hereros died of hunger on the
desert. Almost the entire Herero tribe
was destroyed. And DR.. Rohrback,N i'm
perial commissioner for Southwest Africa,
reported that "the question is solved. Tho
Hereros have lost their land, but that
cannot be regarded as tragic, owing to
the splendid fertility of the land. which
is now fiscal"
That is to say. it paid. This is the Ger
man test.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-03
absolute precision And the paper
work calls FOR paper, which is very

absolute precision And the paper
work calls FOR paper, which is very
lard to get.
map the other day said theetaoin
When headquarters called TO, ii
map OF the camp the other day" said
the Major. the. got ii all right, on the
onl. page, which could be fonnd
which was brown wrapping paper. but
it was a good map. and the wrapping
paper inal, Of tie big Americas camp
will 80 into the ,rchives.'
When taps sounded tonight ever
man of this ~. b0n was under anvas
although this morning every men had
been aiioat. II was the record accom-
plishment in landing. for while n
body OF arrivals had been large. $1,000.
the landing had taken the best part OF
TWO daNs, whereas this huge transfer
was IN The daylight hours of the first
dai.
And right ON top of it," said the
General tonight. one Shin, Is arriving
WIN i2.Dnb more men. and then another
HctI'ia of transports and then an
olher."
Thus This gigantic influx OF armed
med goes on steadily and increasingly.
on iecord tiilc, With little or no con-
fusion. each man and organization be
ing cared for md accounted for as they
move forward to the front, and ali OF
the huge enterprise of docking. land
ing. transportation aud camping. with
all their infinite details. created out of
piacticaiiy nothing within the last 10
months,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-03
Open the Gates.

Ye who 50 grandly went the way Of death.
Singing lIosannas with your failing
breath.
And now look back upon the life you
spurned
AS on a childish trinket overturned.
Seeing our globe as but a spinning toy,
Too trail and far to, longer Weld you
joy
Open the gates for us. that we may heur
Those vaster larnlonies that thrill yolr
ear.
We, too, would gaze upon that nob,er
view.
Would breathe the shining air that sirdles
you.
Gods remedy for man we, too. would
know,
To heal the ailing earth of all her woe.
Open the gates for US. that we may find.
As you. the riddle solved for all man
kind.
re who so brightly bridged the great
abyss,
One Of you waits and yearns to answer
this:
l see the glimmer OF your beckoninx,
Open the gates for me and I will swing
Lightly as you across the enchanted
gloom
Sprinkled 30 thickly now with souls
ab1oom- $3.50
Seeing the starry path your going made
I shall be unafraid!
Angela Morgan. in Everybody's.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-03
Depth BOMBS CAUSE
FEAR TO u-B0ATS
British Officer, Prisoner on Hun
Submarine, Yells His
Experiences.

London (by maiD-Sensations en-
perienced in a German submarine while
depth bombs were being discharged
overhead were described recently by Il
British merchant ship captain who was
q prisoner for Is days aboard a
U-boat.
In an interview the English COM
mander, captured by the Germans after
his vessel had been torpedoed. related
10Y The depth bombs shook the under
sea craft and created CONSERVATION
among the sailors. In n instance the
faces OF the Germans became white
with fear n all stood trembling after
the first shot. which was not neal
enough to destroy the submersible. All
were expecting a second discharge.
The English commander reached his
native land after having been i'm
prisoned for months at B~randenburg,
where, he said, he and other ship off,
GERS at times had been harnessed to
carts which were used to haul mail and
packages from the p~ostoffce to the
prisoners camp.
Germans while the British captain was
aboard the U-boat. Previously the
English officer had been in command Of
q merchant vessel which had also met
It's Fate at the hands Of a submarine
crew.
"On the third day after l had been
taken prisoner" said the captain. Just
after the midday meal, / gathered that
the submarine was about to carry out
an attack on a convoy which had just
been sighted. The U-boat approached
submerged for some distance and tor
pedoed a large steamer. Our where
abouts apparently were detected. 1 was
told, by an allied light cruiser, for we
dived rapidly to a great depth.
"Hardlv Ind the Snhma rina 'raached
an even keel when we heard mi felt
a tremendous explosion which caused
the U-boat to vibrate from stem to
stern. TWAS a depth charge from the
cruiser.
Crew In Great Fear.
THE effect on the crew was evident.
All stood trembling with faces blanched
with fear, not attempting to speak. ex-
pecting a second charge, the result Of
which might mean the destruction Of
the boat and without the slightest
chance for us to escape.
There is no doubt in my mind OF
the mental attitude Of the crew, for it
men with O death charge, and they
had learned from others in the ser
vice what terrible weapons death
bombs were in the hands Of skiIlful
seamen.
For some moments we waited: en-
gines were stopped and all means were
aiken to prevent giving indication Of
hours in such a situation. III admit
that I was turning over in my mind
whether I should see my family again.
No additional explosions took place.
however. and after remaining some
10 fathoms deep for . long period
we continued. Dur voyage.
"A few days later we had another
AYnAR{ANNn 18th AANth NkAA~~~r -
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-03

Statistics show that the war garden
crop IL valued al $685.. oO0, 900.