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The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26
Garden Planted by Mrs. Roosevelt.

phis White House garden, which forrnS of course only small part of thc Mlitc House grounds has been an institution of three administrations. When Airs Roosevelt lived in the White House she planned an old-faSh- toned garden. and she put her plan in to effect From the windows of the White House one looked down on q garden in which bloomcd geranums, penSicS. Rasturtiums hollyhocks. for gettuen9iS. roses, bachelor buttons. factSias. sweet williams, and n!l the rest of fhe old time fayorites.
 ia w3s Mrs. Roosevelts custom to invite heF intimate friends to afternoon tea ia tlie old fashioned garden. There in iil,. lWtc afternoon the garden lay uba1ey iIc shadows of the great trees which have stood as SentinelS in the White House grounds for many years. The pAce was quaint, old-tashioned ana fragrant and the elders of Wash ineton life renewed the days of their yonff before the plain flowers had been supplanted by the eXttics which moAcru gardeners insist must have the Dfaes. sg YSroininence in sun and in tshatttt-
 sfw. Raft continued the old-fashion- sed gs1xIes,. and So did the first Mrs PIfsrrn The present mistress of the N lldSeA ISosase loves, roses. The garden of 1s-sssE ts 2 mass of rose blooms and the s.as aB about is surchareed siah Eis. ESaGrsace of these wonderfuH tleN- eys. fD Washington the roses blpdin from .,tSly May until well on tsRsad .T'hasks saaEiRg. and so fbe beauty pG.the Et,ssss- sarden is ,assnred for Ar4,1J xtfDftsaS to cUile. e.tsk
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The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

Nine hundred and twentydye do'- lars was the net return from the cherry crop on two acres, marketed by Morton Lincoln from 'he Lincoln issfShardsa aaear nentonville
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

2 The United States Department ot Agriculture, Bureau of Markets. has opened Headquarters in Fort Smith for the purpose Of assisting potato growers and buyers in the Arkansas River Valley field.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

TtGSn water Is soft" because Ii con faiua, nn Ln5Degal matter.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

A jury acquitted Walter Jones ot Van Buren on charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Jones sold a suitcase filled with bricks, the buyer supposing he was getting a case of liquor
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

At the close Of bubsiness on May F. the individual deposits of the 336 state banks. 42 trust companies and four private banks in Arkansas amounted to s6S.290,559o7, as com pared with s674f109276 on March 4, or gain of S1.S79. .46731, accord ink to the report of W r. Maxwell. state bank commissioner.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

Scores of people wishing 10 locate at Philadelphia can find no houses 'n which to live Owners of vacant lots say the high cost of building mater; ials prohibits the building of cottages and bungalows
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

Misses Lucia Crangle Ella Gardg ner and Grace Coates. special agents. of the Department of Labor wha. have been compiling statistics, con corning women employees in Arkatsas the past month. concluded their work and left for Washington.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

Private First Class Jeff Bridges, who was four times wounded while overseas. and for nearly four months reported missing in action and once reported dead. arrived in jonesboro recently.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

Preparations are being made by citizens of Crossett 10 pull off one of the biggest harheeues for return ed soldiers ever attempted in this section on July {.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

The farmers near Hermitage ara SO far behind with cotton chopp'ng that some are talking of abandoning the crop and planting peas. Cotton choppers are very scarce, NotWiihs standing the best wages are being paid that have ever been known in fhis counfy
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

Mrs. Mary Ballinger, said 10 he los years old. was in Huntsville q few days ago with her oldest son, Cy- rus Rallinger. who is 70 years old. Mrs. Balrnger came to Madison coun- ty 23 years ago She stopped in Huntsville en route 10 her former home in Tennessee.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

temptS at terrorism have increased.
 Il K necessary to go into an .ana.ysI.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

|Locssi .Acitizens have become i'm bues with the idea that gas and oil n;apsydng quantities gan be secured in Nevada county by drilling near Suddon and Chichester. ''
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26
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passed an ordinance placing a tsz of $500 per aanum on cider yendora.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

that time the congressman might re turn to their homes to get three meaths' rest before coming back again fo.,the regular session in December. Now all such thoughts have gone down thetwihd. C0ngressmen are all plan ming eoz stay here at least until con vettion time next year, II k believed that unless something comes to change the computation of things the senate wlTl debate the pact of peace and the covenant of the league of nations for no5thQ Qff s.r.a
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-26

of WET time conditions to show the development of the anarchistic propa- goadn which has resulted in overt acts against life and property In the Urited States.
Milford chronicle., 1919-05-02
PREPAREDNESS

After we entered the war there was
often great excitement caused by re-
ports that German agents were scat
tering disease germs in some sections
of the country. Some people became
so alarmed at these reports that they
became suspicious of almost every
thing
There was reason to be on guard
then. There is still greater need to
be on guard against another enemy
that does scatter disease in all sec
tiOns of the country. He is now rails
ing an army for a wholesale distribu-
tion of all the dangerous germs he
can find. He can always find them
for he visits every corner in search
of filthy material He collects all the
dangerous germs he can carry, then
usually flies straight to whatever food
he can find and walks over it, scatter
ing what he has found. Some of this
food will probably come to your table.
You may escape but your chances are
against you if you are not on guard
Have you seen some of these enemies
already among us? Do you know that
everyone of these now allowed to live
will raise up hundreds of others with
in few weeks? Can we afford to ne
glect any means for preventing the
growth of this army of flies which
usually comes with warm weather?
Screening your house is not sufficient
protection. The most important thing
is to keep your Community free from
flies. 1t is less work to kill the few
early in the season, and to prevent
the multiplication, than it is to fight /
them after the millions come to hide .
in every corner.
Kill every fly now. See that every
corner on your place in which eggs
may be deposited or young flies de-
velOping is cleaned and disinfected.
See that your neighbors do the same.
Send to the U. S. Public Health Ser
vice, Washington, d. c., for Public
Health Supplement No. 29, or to De-
Dartment of Agriculture for Farmers
Bulletin No. S51. They will give you
some valuable information.
Milford chronicle., 1919-05-02
CALL THE COUNTY AGENT

If the bugs begin to eat &
The crops like they were meat,
Call the County Agent!
If you want to build a corn house
That is impervious to a mouse,
Call the County Agent!
If your potatoes begin to rot
When you want them for the pot,
Call the County Agent!
If you have fruit and things to car
For the farm woman, child and M
Call the County Agent!
If your tomatoes won't grow right
And begin to die overnight,
Call the County Agent!
II your tractor is broken down
And the mechanic is out of town,
Call the County Agent!
If your fields are full Of water
And 1t won't run where it "orter",
Call the County Agent!
II your pigs are getting runted
And in spite of feed look stunted,
Call the County Agent!
II you want to handle milk
And get cows as fine as silk,
Call the County Agent!
II your horses, cows and swine
Look sick and begin to pine.
Call the County AGENT
The County Agent is all right;
He studies night after night.
So he will be ready when you
Call the County Agent
Milford chronicle., 1919-05-02
MAY AND JUNE BUSY MONTHS
AT OLD DELAWARE COLLEGE

Following is the list of events a
Delaware College for the months o
May and June:
May delaware Bankers Associa-
/ tion, luncheon.
May p Conference of principals Of
high schools.
May O-Interscholastic Field Meet
afternoon.
May 17-Philadelphia and Delaware
Branches of American Chemical So
ciety, dinner
May 22-Greek play, Electra"
evening.
May 24-Philadelphia Sons of Della
ware, dinner.
June Meeting of the Board of
Trustees, morning.
Farmers Day at Experiment Farm,
Presidents Reception, afternoon.
Alumni Reunion, dinner, evening.
June S-COmmunity Meeting, morn
ing.
Baccalaureate Sermon, evening.
June Commencement Day, morn
ing.
Commencement Day, Women's Col
lege, afternoon.
President Samuel c. Mitchell deliv-
cred an eloquent address before the
League of Nations Club of Delaware
College on Thursday evening, April
"a DR.. Mitchell is a pioneer in the
for a comfy of nations. His
address was listened to by a large
audience with unusual interest.
Milford chronicle., 1919-05-02
CHILD LABOR EMPLOYMENT

The Labor Commission of Delaware
have called to the attention of the pub
lie the provisions of the Child Labor
law of Delaware. The section which
carries a penalty follows:
That every person (other than a
bona fide boys or girls canning club
recognized by the Agricultural De-
partment of the State and of the
United States) operating (a) any mine,
or quarry situated in the United States
in which children under the age of
sixteen years have been employed or
permitted to work during any portion
of the taxable year; or (b) any mill,
cannery, factory, workshop, or manu-
featuring establishment situated in the
United States in which children under
the age of fourteen years have been
employed or permitted to work, or
children between the ages of fourteen
and sixtenn have been employed or
PRINTED to work more than eight
hours in any day or more than six
days in any week, or after the hour of
seven O'Clock post meridian, or before
the hour of six o'clock ante meridian,
during any portion of the taxable
year. shall rrGSyy rGSyy Eor each taxable yeSsTT,
in addition to all other taxes imposed
by law, an excise tax equivalent to 10
per centum of the entire net profits
received or accrued for such year from
the sale or disposition of the product
Of such mine, quarry, mill, cannery,
workshop, factory, or manufacturing
Milford chronicle., 1919-05-02
LONG NECK

John Wyatt. while hauling heavy log
few days ago. had the misfortune t
get his hand caught between the log anS
the chain, cutting one finger entirely of
He was taken at once 10 a physician
where the wound was dressed. and al
along nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lingo and son, Clh-
ford. spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
william Perrigen OF Milton.
Long Neck school has closed for the
summer vacation after a very successful
year Miss Anna Kitchens taught the
school during the past year.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Green entertained at
dinner on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. X. ].
Warrington and Mr.. and Mrs John Perry.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Phillips and FAM
lily motored to GumbOro Sunday and
spent the day with the latter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Smith motored
from Glendale on Sunday and spent the
day with the later's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Moore. On returning home
they were accompanied by Mrs. Moore.
who is somewhat improved after an ill
ness Of several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wilson entertained
at a turkey dinner on Saturday Mrs. Jane
Thoroughbred and Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Thoroughbred and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lingo are on an
extended visit with friends and relatives
in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs N. w. Prettyman and
little daughter. Edith. OF Stockley. were
Sunday visitors with A. L. Joseph and
family.
Mrs. Shepard Carey and son, George,
are numbered among the sick.
Milford chronicle., 1919-05-02
WHY A $1,000 BULL WAS SOLD
FOR $50; TESTING VALUE SHOWN

When a certain farmer a few years
ago sold his registered Holstein bull
to his local butcher no records had
been made by any of the bulls daugh-
ters. Within a year IL OF the daugh-
ters freshened at the ages of and 3.
Records were made of milk and butter
fat production, and to the astonish-
ment Of everybody the average milk
production was 14.502 pounds and the
average butter-fat production was
573 pounds.
But before these records were avail
able the bull was dead and his hide
had become leather. Because there
were no records, a $4,000 bull had
been sold for $50. The cow-testing
association tests the dams and daugh-
ters, and the bull association makes. il
practicable to keep a bull until his
daughters have been tested. These
two associations would have saved the
bull.
Registration alone cannot guarantee
production. Registered dairy bulls
should be backed by good production
records. Without record backing they
may be very well bred but there is
nothing to prove it.
Milford chronicle., 1919-05-02
MOTHERS PENSION COMMITTEE
HOLDS MONTHLY MEETING

The Mothers Pension Commission
of Delaware held its regular monthly
meeting in Dover Friday of last week
with eight of its nine members pres
ent.
Applications from "a mothers were
considered. OF these IA were grant
ed, 4 held for further consideration
and disallowed. OF those granted,
New Sastle county received s, Kent
4, Sussex 2. Two pensions were dis
continued.
This is the first time since Novem-
Der that it has been possible TO grant
any new pensions in New Castle coun-
ty, as the available appropriation un-
der the old law of 1917 was exhausted
by the 80 pensions already being given
in that county. The legislature Of
1919 doubled the amount the State
gives for this purpose and the com
mission is again to consider cases on
its waiting list of sixty-six names.
Kent county is now giving Is pen
sions to the mothers of AZ children.
Sussex county is giving 81 pensions
to the mothers Of so children.
New Castle county is giving 81 pen
sions to the mothers of 125 children.
Kent county is spending for this
purpose $3.3S4 per annum.
Sussex county is spending s6,2SS.
New Castle county, $S.176.
The limit under the amended law
is $4,000 per annum from the State,
in each county, with the county giving
a like amount, or more if its Levy
Court should see fit to give it.
The reDOrts to the commission show
that the standard of living has been
improved in numerous families, and
that the strain of worry and anxiety
of the mother has been lessened by
this public provision for the childrens
needs.
The maximum pension under the
amended law is So per month for the
first child, and IS additional for each
child after the first All such chill
dren must be under IA.
Milford chronicle., 1919-05-02
NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT FOR
PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS

The people of Delaware are to be
called on to take part in the nation
wide movement, now in full force
throughout the country, to reduce the
number of accidents in the shops and
factories and in the communities daily
life. This movement will be headed
by the Delaware Safety Council, re-
Gently organized. This body is a
branch of the National Safety Council
and already numbers among its mem
bers representatives of some OF the
larger industrial enterprises of Will
mington and the State.
1t is hoped through a persistent and
continuous campaign Of public educa-
ton to put Delaware in the forefront
of those States prominent in the fight
to reduce accidents.
Already this great safety movement
throughout the country has reached
a point where it is estimated that
10000 American lives are being saved
yearly. This is one sixth of the num-
ber of American lives lost in the war.
With this saving of human life, as one
of the results OF a sane and thorough
incubation of safety principles, there
is also a corresponding saving of dis
abling accidents. Ten years ago the
available statistics showed that in the
neighborhood of 35,006 industrial ac-
cidents occurred each year, carrying
with them approximately 100000 dis
abling accidents for like period. Now
it is estimated that the annual rate
of industrial accidents has been re-
duced to approximately $4,000, with a
corresponding reduction in disabling
accidents.
Delaware has borne her full share
of the accident ratio and figures are
now being prepared, to be presented
to the public, showing just what these
figures are.
The larger industrial concerns in the
neighborhOOd of Wilmington have for
years been engaged in a safety cam
paign within their own works and
great progress has been made. Now
that the safety engineers of these
plants are banded together, one of
their objects will be that of public
service, bringing to the attention of
the public the need for great conser-
vation of life and limb and pointing
out the best means to be taken to
reach this goal.
One of the first movements of the
new safety council will be an active
for membership.
Milford chronicle., 1919-05-02
ST. JONES' RIVER MAY BE
SHORTENED AND DEEPENED

The project of improving ST. Jones
river up to Dover is beginning to as.
sumo definite shape. and as opposition
apparently has disappeared. it is
1 probable that the great improvement
or that section of the country will b
gotten under way in very short time
/ At present the distance is II miles
| from Dover to the Delaware Bay by
way of st. Jones river. With the pro-
| posed improvements, the distance will
be reduced to IL miles, as well as do
ing away with the bad twists and turns
in the present stream.
There will be considerable saving in
time, as it will be possible to make the
trip on Il. stream in less than half the
present time after the many curves
have been eliminated.
If Strengthened out and deepened, a
great amount of business, It is believ-
ed, will open up between the section
around Dover and the cities, for at
present the boat owners require two
boat crews to make the round trip
from Dover to Philadelphia. This has
been Improbable, for it has been too
expensive to carry two crews.
When the Improvements are COM
pleted, however, the trip will be pos
sible in less than II hours. which will
require the services of only one crew
and which will make the venture pro-
fitable, as well as developing untold
business from the section around
Dover
1t will be possible to leave Dover
early in the morning with fresh fruits
or vegetables and farm produce and
have it in the city markets in time for
the days trade. And beyond that it
will also enable the boat crews to re-
turn to Dover before dark
1t is planned to deepen the stream
to a depth of seven feet and this will
enable a number of steamers which
have not been able to use the river to
make use of il.
A largely attended meeting was held
in Dover last Saturday, through the
efforts of United States Senator Jo-
siah o. WOlcott, and the people of the
are greatly interested in
the DrOiect
Milford chronicle., 1919-05-02
WAR INSURANCE RULING

Government insurance on lives OF
soldiers and sailors will be continued
automatically in effect for one month
after the. end Of the month in whlcn
a man is discharged from the service
even If the man does not pay his prem
iums. Henry ID. Lindsey, director OF
the War Risk Insurance Bureau, has
announced. II a man died within that
time the insurance will be paid Dut
after that time the policy is consider
ed lapsed and will be lost unless ap-
plication has been made for reinstate-
ment A lapsed policy viii De rem
stated il application for this Is made
within six months.
Another new ruling of the Bureau IS
that physical disability OF aSolsaRAfsz
ed soldier will be recognized after his
discharge even though records show
that he was sound on leaving the SER
vice. Many men in their anxiety to
be discharged claim to be physically
sound, though they may be partly dis
abled and subsequently develop all
ments which entitle them to free treat
ment in government hospitals.
The War Risk Bureau is anxious to
hear from these two classes Of per-
sons:
First, discharged soldiers or sailors
who are partly disabled who need free
treatment in government hospitals or
sanitariums, or who are entitled to
compensation which they are not re-
ceiving on account of disability.
Second, soldiers or sailors depend
ents who have changed their address,
es and who consequently are not re-
ceiving allotment and allowance
checks to which they are entitled.
More than 100000 checks now are held
by the bureau for persons who have
moved without their new addresses.
Milford chronicle., 1919-05-02
~LUXURYv TAX

| In order to make it as clear as pos
sible just what articles are subject to
the luxury tax" the instructions of
/ the commissioner are herewith re-
printed in full, so far as the articles
are concerned:
% Perfumes, essences, extracts,
toilet waters, cosmetics, petroleum jel-
lies, hair oils, pOmades, hair dressings,
hair restoratives, hair dyes, tooth and
mouth washes, dentifrices, tooth
pastes, aromatic cachous, toilet pow
ders (other than soap powders), or
any similar substance, article, or prep
aratiOn by whatsoever name known or
distinguished, any of the above which
are used or applied OF intended to be
used or applied for toilet purposes.
~ PIlIs, tablets, powders, tinctures,
troches or lozenges, sirups, medicinal
cordials or bittsrs, aRodynes, tonics,
plasters, liniments, salves, ointments,
pastes, drops, waters Except those
taxed under section 628 of this Act) =
essences, spirits, oils, and other med
icinal preparations, compounds, or
compositions (not including serums
and antitoxins), upon the amount paid
for any of the above as to which the
manufacturer or producer claims to
have any private formula, secret, or
occult art for making or preparing the
same, or has or claims to have an
exclusive right or title to the making
or preparing the same, or which are
prepared, uttered, vended, or exposed
for sale under any letters patent, or
trade mark, or which Cf prepared by
any formula, published or unpublish- |
ed are held out are recommended to /
the public by the makers or proprie- /
tors thereof as proprietary medicines I
or medicinal proprietary articles or
or as remedies or spec /
ifics for any disease, diseases, or af- /
fection whatever affecting the human
body.
Milford chronicle., 1919-05-02
LINCOLN CITY

Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley p. Truitt Of Mil
ford spent Sunday with Lofiand Deputy.
Fred Willis and wife Of Hartly have
been visiting his parents.
Mrs c. c. Magee and Mrs. Aliband
Denny and son Of Milford have been the
guests Of Mrs. George Warren.
J. Osborne Willis has purchased Nash
Six, for which he has accepted the
agency.
The Ladies' Aid viii meet with Mrs.
Eli Donovan on Saturday evening, May
srd.
The W. C. t. U. WIN hold festival
in the church hall on Tuesday evening,
May 9th. A short program will be rem
dered after which ice cream and cake
viii be on sale. Admission free 10 all
and everybody invited.
Mrs. Carissa D. Gere. who has been
i'll for some weeks with heart asthma,
died Sunday morning at $50 O'Clock. Mrs.
Gere had been a lifelong member Of the
Methodist church and her life Of sweet
Christian conservation made her loved by
all who knew her. The funeral was held
at the home on Tuesday at O'Clock
Mrs. Gere leaves to mourn her loss three
daughters, Mrs. Estella Shockley Of West
COllingswood. N. j., Mrs. Allie Nutall Of
Lewes and Mrs. Hope Kirby OF Lincoln
two sons, Charles Gere of Lincoln and
William Gere Of Dubuque. Iowa. Also
eleven children and u great-grandchil-
dren. Intement was made in the Lin
coin cemetery by E. C. Reed. funeral di-
rector.
Dallas Kibler has purchased a new Ford.
Funeral Director and Embalmer
Lincoln City, Delaware.
White and black hearses, and a good
stock Of funeral supplies at my ware
7ooms al all times Calls day or night
'ttshded to personally. Phone I4l-I1
Auto service II desired. Apr 12-1yT
3. @. REED. Lincoln City. Del