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Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01

Performance Of contract shall commence
within ten Q0) days after execution of
the contract and be completed on or be-
fore December 81, 1919.
Monthly payments will be made for 80
per cent. Of the construction completed
each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Commission
Each proposal must be accompanied by
surety bond certified check, or money
to the amount Of at least ten (10) per
centum Of the total amount Of the pro-
posal.
The envelope containing the proposal
must be marked: Proposal for the Con-
struction Of County Highways under Con-
tract 6, z, 8, g."
The contract will be awarded or reject
ed within twenty (2O) days from the date
Of opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids.
Detailed plans may be seen, and index
plans and specifications may be obtained
upon deposit OF ten dollars $4,000, which
amount win be refunded upon return OF
plans and specifications in good condition,
at the office Of
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT,
DOVER, DELAWARE.
Chas. M. Upham, Chief Engineer.
7-25-4t
Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01
WANTED

WANTED-To buy White Leghorn pull
let's. State age and price. VIM. A. Gum,
Frandord, Del. SLIT
WANTED-To buy well established
general store business, Sussex or Kent
County. For interview address Chronicle
office. 7-25-3tp
WANTED want TO rent a farm where
everything is furnished; must be close to
the marsh. Alfred Passwaters, Green
wood. Del 1tp
MAN WANTED-bfan Of good habits
wanted to take care Of live stock and
make himself generally useful Steady
work all year. Lakeland Farm, Haven
Lake, Milford. l-lS-u
Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01

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Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01
90 lin. It. Wood Guard Rail

CONTRACT c. S. s-4.s5 MILES
Peppers-Laurel
0.1 Acres clearing
0.6 Acres clearing and grubbing
16, 400 Gu. yds. Excavation
400 Gu. yds. Borrow
so Gu. yds. Concrete Masonry
1900 lbs. Reinforcement
100 lin. It. Is in. Reinf. Concrete Pipe
112 lin. IT. IS in. Reinf. Concrete Pipe
2S lin. #. SO in. Reinf. Concrete Pipe
go lin. II. Relaid Pipe
6,S50 tons Stag for Macadam
or 6,940 Gu. yds Cement Concrete Road
way
10 Joints
Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01
CONTRACT c. S. s-4.s2 MILES

CONTRACT C. S. e-4.92 MILES
Mlllsboro-Mlsslon
O.75 Acres clearing and grubbing
$1,000 Gu. yds. Excavation
1900 Gu. yds Borrow
go Gu. yds Concrete Masonry
1900 lbs. Reinforcement
30 lin. II. Is in. Reinf. Concrete Pipe
16S lin. it. is in. Reinf. Concrete Pipe
Sc lin. II. "a in. Reinf. Concrete Pipe
$40 tons Stone for Macadam
or 5000 Gu. yds. Cement Concrete Road
way
10 Joints
Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01

TWO LEASES FOR SALE-We have
had placed with US for sale two ground
Milford, on which two houses have been
erected. For further information consult
our Real Estate Department. The Milford
Trust Company Of Milford, Delaware.
7-1S-3t
Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01
CONTRACT C. S. 7-2.so MILES
Blades-concord

Blades-concord
OPS Acres clearing
As Acres clearing and grubbing
II, 900 Gu. yds. Excavation
1000 Gu. yds. Borrow
80 Gu yds. Concrete Masonry
1000 pounds Reinforcement
40 lin. it. Is in. Reinf. Concrete Pipe
40 lin it. Is in. Reinf. Concrete Pipe
"a lin. #. "a in. Reinf. Concrete Pipe
so lin. IT. Relaid Pipe
5000 tons Stag for Macadam
or $500 Gu. yds. Cement Concrete Road
way
80 Joints
800 lin. it. Wood Guard Rail
Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01

FOR SALE-Registered Berkshires, both
sexes, all ages. Sired by Dukes Cham
pion Longfellow I'd. 231S61, best son Of
and prices are right. Come and see
them. Glenworth Farm, Milford, Del,
phone No. 157. 7-1S-4tp
Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01

FOR SALE-Agricultural Oyster Shell
Lime in bags, a by-product of ours of
proven value for Delaware land at prac-
ticaly cost. Our reason: Compelled to
move same as soon as manufactured The
Oyster Shell Products Co., Swanson and
Pemberton Sts.. PhIladelphia. Pa. Slit
Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01

The undersigned viii sell at the front
door Of the Windsor Hotel in the Town Of
MifOrd. Kent COUNTY,. DelaMare. on
Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01

FOR SALE-Two desirable homes. cen
trally located In the town Of Milford. For
particulars inquire at The Milford Trust
Co. 5-S-u
Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01
coverdaIe Gross Roads-Jacob's schoo

0.9 Acres clearing and grubbing
II, 500 Gu. yds. Excavation
$500 Gu. yds Borrow
so Gu. yds. Concrete Masonry
1900 pounds Reinforcement
so lin. #. Is in. Reinf. Concrete Pipe
1O2 lin. #. is in. Reinf. Concrete Pipe
6S lin it. 30 in. Reinf. Concrete Pipe
$50 lin. IT. Relaid Pipe
4,675 tons Stag for Macadam
or 1900 Gu. yds Cement Concrete Road
way
10 Joints
Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01
PROPOSALS
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
COUNTY HIGHWAYS
SUSSEX COUNTY. DELAWARE

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Sussex County Highway Improvement
Commission, at the office OF the Levy
Court. Georgetown. Delaware. until one
o'clock, p. m, August 10, 1919, and at that
place and time publicly opened, for the
construction of County Highways. as fol-
lows:
cnMrnncr q Q e 2 40 M &c
Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01

FOR SALE-Two pair Of mules, seven
years old, choice Of eight head. These
are extra nice mules and well mated.
VIII sell or exchange for cattle. Also one
pair Of horses, good workers in all har-
ness. John S. Isaacs, Slaughter Neck.
Milford. 7-25-st
Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01

FOR SAI4E-Pair Of mules. your choice
out Of six head Also pair Of horses. Tom
Simpson, Milford, Del, phone 1872
7-11-ff
Milford chronicle., 1919-08-01

John S. Camper. AuetiOneer. 9.26-2t
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21
GETTING AFTER THE IL. {. |.

The government of these United
States has sent out a party OF young
women to investigate in different
cities of the country the high cost OF
living, or, if you please. the prices
charged for the necessities of life.
1t is not stated just how far-reach-
ing the investigation viii be or what
will be done when conclusions are
reached. Perhaps they will be con.
tent to find the cost of navy beans.
for instance, 10 the merchant and
compare II with his selling price or
perhaps they Will bring into the
scope OF their inquiries the servant
problem and attendant cost. and re-
not near so eXasperating as the
question OF getting the beans pre-
pared for the table. on the other
hand, the investigating committee
may determine that Mr. Average
Man has no business with servants
anyway. and the price of beans may
possibly be the sole point OF inquiry.
Therefore. there is much To expect
as the outcome Of the investiga-
tiOn II l.. hnt natural ,b,t ,.i-b tho
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21
SCISSORS AND PASTE.
The Paramount Question.
columbia State.)

Nothing, IN the absence ui IA ple-
bisoite, could be better ascertained
than that the people OF South Caro-
lima wish that the question OF a con-
stitutional convention be submitted
TO them, and all the reasoning points
to the wisdom Of submitting IL at the
earliest possible moment, so that dis
cussion may be general and COM
plete
If ii should be determined before
the Legislature adiourns that the peo-
pie vote on the question next year,
they vii! .u!G their thoughts q. once
upon the framing of a new organic
law and there will be ample time for
the education Of public opinion in
regard to IT, On the contrary six
or eight months would not be suffl-
cient for the thrcshing out OF the
numerous important questions that
would come up for consideration in
Il constitutional convention.
If the resolution be adopted. the
douht is almost negligible that the
people will vote with practical
nnanimity in favor OF the conven-
tion and men will begin at once to
study such problems as taxation. ed
ucation and the suffrage At least
two years in which to prepare the
people to frame a new constitution
are needed and the only argument for
deferring the passage Of the resolu-
tion would be that a new constitu-
tiOn is not at all desirable. Divers
associations of educators and others
already have asked for the passa ge
OF the resolution and il is certain
that the progress Of the state in re-
form legislation will be hindered so
long as the present constitution with
its stumbling blocks shall be re-
tanned
This is by long odds the question
OF paramount Importance before the
general assembly II should he
dealt with frankly II should not be
sidetracked. II the house OF repre-
sentatives Is opposed TO the calling
Of the convention 1t should make a
record Of the direct issue. so that the
people NAV know the attitude OF
every member in relation to It,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

has rapidly and greatly increased in
recent years. Thousands of land
owners are aware that they can pro-
duce corn, grain, live stock and all
manner of foodstuffs and sell them
at profit, and these people have too
much common sense to engage in
severe toll eight months with the
chance remote OF receiving for their
crops so much as the making OF them
will cost
To assume that a farmer deliber-
ately and knowingly will sweat and
toll to make cotton at &c i-2 cents
pound with the prospect, II large
acreage be planted. that the price
will drop to Is cents would be TO set
him down as a person OF extraordin-
ary studidty.
Perhaps it would be worth while
in every county to send out to the
cotton planters QUESTIONABLE with
these two interrogatories:
At what price per pound do you
think YOU can make cotton this
vaar'
How many acres TO the mule will
you plant?
If his answer to the first should
be % l-2 or 90 cents and to the sec
ond 10 or Is acres or. even ten. the
inference would be unacceptable. on
the one hand. that he is insincere or.
on the other, that he needs guar
dian.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21
SLIPPED A COG,

There appears to have been a
lapse of memory on the part of the
states in the matter OF taking ad-
vantage of the federal governments
offer of aid in the construction of
roads. Some forty-eight million
dollars were available upon condi-
ton that the states put up like
sum and upwards of seven thousand
miles of roads were approved by the
government for the expenditure of
the money Forty-nine miles of the
roads were built. 1t is hard mat
ter to explain. 1t is. in fact. beyond
understanding that the states have
not taken every cent of the availa-
BILE aid and built roads and then
built more with their own money.
The only explanation available in our
somewhat limited area is that the
people have just recently come to
the understanding of the value OF
good roads. We are expecting the
money to be taken during the com
ing year like sure bets are taken.
The heavy cost OF construction OF
roads at this time is somewhat miti-
gated by reason OF the fact that
whatever is spent the government
will furnish like amount; in other
words. the state pays half the cost.
and half the cost is less than the
total cost on pre-war basis.
Congress is now prepared to fur
nish great deal more money to the
states for the construction of roads
than ever before and il will be dis
appointing IL the states do not take
it. During the period of reconstruc-
ton is a good time for the building
Of roads and the next few years will
witness the construction of roads to
an extent never witnessed before
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21
\ Dark Picture.

charleston News and Courier.)
dark and gloomy picture OF the
outlook in Germany is drawn by a
trained American observer who. ac-
cording to dispatch from Paris. has
just completed a tour of Prussia for
the supreme council of food and re-
lief a subsidiary organization OF the
peace conference. According to this
observer. while there is serious
shortage OF food, there is much
more at the bottom OF the almost
hopeless situation The people will
not work. They are paid a too high
pension for idleness They have no
real leaders to organize and carry
them. They are going down further.
and with few exceptions they do not
blame themselves; they reproach the
entente. They are blindly inso-
lent"
1t is TO be hoped most earnestly
that this is overdrawn. One does
not like to let the mind dwell on the
consequences of such condition as
is here portrayed If the Germans
have lost their grip as completely as
this witness thinks, the situation 10
indeed. as he calls II. almost hone
less" But is modern civilization
really thing that can be so easily
shattered? II has required ages To
build up. to construct the moral and
m nnI In II.
Has II been smashed beyond repair
almost overnight? Has the whole
complex mechanism been so fearfullv
damaged by the war that II cannot
be set going again In Germany7
That is what this observer seems
TO think. At least that Is the logical
conclusion OF his observations. Mean
while. however, the Germans have
been able to carry out the process Of
electing president and setting IN
the form. at least OF new govern
ment This. as far as II goes Is
encouraging. II does not look like
complete breakdown, complete pa
ralysis OF the national organism. on
course. the Ebert government NAV
not last If its foundation is as in
secure ms IL must be- II the Ameri-
can Observers picture OF conditions
Is correct it will be supplanted soon
either by a reactionary regime or
else by its very opposite-a Sparta
can communism. 1t seems likely, at
any rate. that the near future will
reveal definitely the course which
events will take.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

just as a trained banker knows the
banking business, but because a man
is good banker. a good merchant,
good doctor, or even good finan-
cier, does not indicate that he can
run a railroad or town.
The efficient city manager gener-
ally is man secured for the position
from outside the city; a man who
has experience and has run some
other city. This proposition gener.
ally is opposed because most people
prefer to give good job to some
worthy citizen, who. perhaps, is well
equipped except in the matter of ex.
perience. However. every man has
his friends and his enemies. his
favorites among men and his favor
ties among sections OF the city in
which he lives. Not every man is so
biased but he will serve the city inn
partially but some are The man
from the outside knows no one. owes
no favors and favors no certain sec
tion Of the city. has mo axe to
grind" except the earning Of his
salary. and his services should be
Immediately dispensed with when he
fails to earn his salary
Dayton, Ohio. Hickory. n. c.
High Point, N. c., and many other
towns of varying populations have
tried the city manager system and
found it satisfactory and economic
ally efficient. Under the plans in
those towns the mayor and council
act merely in an advisory capacity.
giving instructions to the manager
and having him report to them. but
to the manager is delegated the de-
tail OF the work in connection with
the government of the municipality
These are matters for the consid-
Grafton OF the people of Lancaster.
Eventually, Lancaster NAV seriously
the adoption of like svs-'
'em and ii is matter we'll worthy
Of the most careful thought on the
part OF every citizen who has the
welfare OF his town at heart.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21
The New ArmistiCe and After.

charleston News and Courier
The Germans despite their pre-
liminary grumblings and gestures of
defiance have accepted the conditions
for a renewal of the armistice
These conditions. which have not vet
been made public in their entirety.
seem to have been framed TO meet
the danger OF organized resistance
by the present German government
to the demands Of the allies The
allies will see to II that acceptance
OF the conditions is followed by act
ual compliance: but until the new
terms have been carried out. what
ever possibility existed OF systematic
resistance by the present German
government cannot be said to have
been removed. Nevertheless ac-
ceptance OF the condition may be
taken as a fairly trustworthy sign
that there will be no renewal OF re-
sistance by the regime now in con.
troll in Germany.
II tnlS may no" De regarded as
fairly well assured. II would seem
that the next serious possibility with
which the allied and associated ma
tions have to deal in regard TO Ger
many is the possibility that the
present German regime nav present
ly he displaced bv another which may
present graver menace to sub a
settlement as the allies desire Tho
r"'r all this time has been that the
"Nert regime was but sort Of mask
for reactionary regime which
light later come TO the front and
ho able to organize the country ef-
'"'tuallv for renewed resistance
N'minally. at any rate, this possi-
bn,ty will he disposed OF when the
now armistIce terms have been car
ried out by the Germans. The only
danger then. apparently. will be a
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

\ movement is under way to try
to induce congress to provide for
equal suffrage in modified way
which will probably meet the objec-
ton of some OF the senators who
have hitherto opposed the measure.
This modification goes only so far
as to provide that the women may
vote under the same regulations that
the men vote in the different states,
and while a concession OF no great
importance. il ought to remove a
great deal OF objection Whether
the measure so amended could be
gotten through is one OF the impos-
Sible things TO foresee. but sooner or
later the women are going to vote
and the sooner they are given the
privilege the better il will be. for
the battle to determine whether the
women come down to politics or
bring politics up to them must be
fought
We are betting on the women.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21
The Cost Of Making Cotton.
columbia State.)

If the farmers OF the south are
convinced that cotton in 1919 can
not he produced for less than 20 or
% cents n pound, il is certain that
there viii he notable curtailmert
Of production To be sure. the mum
her of ignorant farmers, including n
large proportion of the negro ten
ants will plant cotton IN anv and all
circumstances because they do not
know how to turn their hands to
other things. but the number OF far
mers OF intelligence and foresight
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

German swing to the other extreme,
that is, to the radicalism of the
Spartacans which might develop in
to militant communism so similar
to that prevailing in Russia as to
lead to alliance between the two.
Hence paramount importance now
attaches to the question OF the
status and prospects OF the Sparta
can movement in Germany. 1t will
be watched with keen interest be-
cause. next to the Russian situation
to which It Is closely related, It 10
apparently the gravest obstacle to
the restoration Of peace.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

cotton, III we remember correctly, at
six cents back in the early part of
the twentieth century. bought ap-
proximately as much sugar as a
pound now at 25 cents will buy. Or
ton. But it is question that these
investigators Of the we'll known h. C.
l. might elect to take into considera-
tion and elucidate for the benefit of
a long g-suffering public.
We remember when a dollar would
buy great deal, but now it is about
the least significant OF mans pos
sessions. True. it will buy small
steak in restaurant, but no pro-
vision is made for the onions with
which said steak should by all means
be seasoned, or for coffee, or for any
of the other things which go with a
first-class meal
But IL the result OF the investi-
cation which has been undertaken
in order to knock the props from un-
der old h. C. |. is reduction in the
price OF the aforesaid beans to the
consumer. the work of the commit
tee of young ladies will be well done
and monument to their memory
will have been provided.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Let another do that thou wouldst
do. Liberty is not for ourselves
only, but for all. Especially must
we concede the religious liberty
which we so earnestly claim for
ourselves. Think and let think"
and this you may do without being
compromised in your fidelity to
truth, if you keep from all personal
connection with the error.-Ex
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21
THE CITY MANAGER.


When Staunton, Va, several years
ago adopted the city manager plan
it was new departure in municipal
government and there were many
who awaited with more or less i'm
patience results which would prove
the worth OF the system. 1t was
found the only economically efficient
plan of municipal administration.
and many towns and cities through
out the country have since that time
adopted it, 1t is fact beyond CON
tradiCtion that man will not take
charge of another mans business
and operate it without pay and it is
Just as true that if you hire man
for two dollars week you will get
The councilmanic system of city OF
town government is quite similar to
that illustration. Councilmen, gen
'H'' arc p"'u i'o'h one u TWO
''''"'S pei h'ee'ins' 'ney meet one
time each month. which. at $2.0OI
- T-''' p'i year. anu
with five councilmen, the annual out
lay 'o' management Vi the corpora
Wv" ~ "-''''' no" ihuch stoch
'' '''''' VI WI VIZ
~'"' ""' III 'o'po' a''o" 'ha' was 10
:" 'S Hi"" i"e's
IL W ne taken 'hto cohsioeratioh' or
"'''' ''''' so'u '''~e" '''''es'
!" nm ''""' ""' '"'S coiS'oer"'ion
:" ~
'"'' q" man VIII "es'e'' MS OWN pri-
'"'e BUSINESS )" ''id' ne may give MS
'''' anu ''''"S"' W '"e ""9i'''SS vi
'"' 'o"" !" WHICH ne ives
ihe'e Is nothIhs 10 lhuicate that
'here mas been graft. or malicious
waste Out that there has been waste
VIII hardly be disputed by even
'''''F va" nav "'e' '''"' seu "l'''
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''""''' 'h"' '''e i"'' THAT
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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

The Columbia Record is now cal)-
81 upon TO defend suit for libel
brought by A. ! Bethea, former
lieutenant-governor for 800 900.
And If the Record should lose the
case, there will be nobody to say
that talk is cheap.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

1t has narrowed down to this:
The President Will give dinner at
the White House to discuss the
League of Nations provided it can be
done without the attendance Of SEN
atOr Borah
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-21

II the boys who are still overseas
want to come home il would be he
fitting OF us to permit ii and then
give them anything they want after
they get home.