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Milford chronicle., 1920-03-12

THE CONSUMER PAYS AS USUAL in any change in
price connected with the mining freghng selling
coal and now it is announced that there viii be ad-
one dollar per ton in price of hard coal be-
ginning with the first of April with a prospect Of
still greater advance in the price before fall opens
When the coal strike settlement obtained fall it
was announced that the fourteen per in
wages granted the miners absorbed by pro
ducers, and that the would be burdened
with any Of it, 1t now transpres that such agreement
applied only to coal under con
tracts provide that when it becomes necessary to raise
wages the increased shall be passed along to the
purchaser When considered that practically ninety
eight cent Of all soft coal is by contract it
comes evident how negligible the provision that
wages increases in should absorbed
by operators All of the coal produced and sold under
contract is used by public utilities and other concerns in
position to charge the consuming public with the in
creased cost Of fuel so the consumer pays the end
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-12
A SPECIAL SESSION Of the Delaware


a SPECIAL SESSION OF the Delaware Legislature
has been called by Governor Townsend meet at Dover
on Monday March 22nd 1920 for the purpose of acting
upon urgent needs of the public schools, upon
the ratification amendment to the National Con-
sttution which gives to the right which never
should have been denied them, in the gov
ernment under which they live which they so gor-
ousy assisted to maintain during the great world war
With thrtyhree OF the thrty-six having already
ratified this amendment it will be disgrace the domi-
nant party in power in the legislature ratification
fail at this time The Republican Party is now RESPONSE
Die Tor the success failure of this tardy justice to
the women Of the United States-so far Delawares part
in ratification concerned and the individual who at
empts to block this right from the women, will dig re-
served burial in the respect Of the people at large
There need be fear of any attempt to overthrow
the prohibition laws they stand by the members of the
present legislature Even tho sufficient were poss-
ible-and they MOTTO pass any modification of the
existing laws, there is the Governor
will have the last word in legislation along those lines
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-12
CEDAR GROVE

Mr.. and Mrs. W. Ferris Wilson en-
tertained a few of their friends. Sat
urday evening and those present wer
1t. Clarence Wilson and wife, Thos
c. Wilson, wife and daughter, Mar
ion, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sten
son and little son. Laurence. Re
freshments were served and all spen
a very pleasant evening.
Mr.. Norman DOdd was the guest
of his sister Mrs. Harry Steele.
Mr.. Lloyd Paynter who has been
suffering from mumps is able to be
out again we are glad to say.
Mr. Lester Chatton left here
Thursday morning for Wilmington
were he Will be employed in the fu-
ture
Mrs. Jennie Collin and little son,
William are the guests of her mother
Mrs. Joseph Hart.
Mrs f. r. Lynch is home from
Philadelphia where she has been Wis
itng that city and brought her little
granddaughter home with her
Mrs. Anna Mustard who has been
spending a few months in Whining
ton, Philadelphia, Camden and Riv-
ertOn is back home again.
Mrs ThOs. c. Wilson and mother,
Mrs. Anna Mustard, spent Sunday in
Lewes.
Mrs. Richard Steveson and little
son, Laurence, spent Tuesday of this
week with Mrs. s. r. Joseph.
There is quite an epidemic of
Pinherge around here.
Mrs. Robert +. Lynch has returned .
home from Philadelphia where She
has been visiting her son, Mr. Spen-
GER T. Lynch who has been in the
Jefferson hospital
Miss Laurel Joseph spent Sunday
With Miss Ida Steele.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey Maull and fam
ly spent Sunday evening with Mr..
nd Mrs. Thomas Hart and famil&
Mr.. Lester Chattam left here for
Thursday morning
The Misses Marion Wilson, Gather
ne Wilson and Emma Wilson spent
unday evening with Miss Ida Steele
nd Lenora Steele.
Miss Emily Joseph spent Sunday
18th Miss Nora Walls.
Mr. Albert Prettyman of Fair
lount spent Saturday and Sunday
18th his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus
Oseph.
Mr.. Layton Hart spent Saturday
yening and Sunday with his aunt
nd uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Hart OF
ewes.
Mr.. John T. Maull spent Monday 4
'ening with Mr.. Moulten Joseph.
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-12
DIRECTION FOR USING NITRATE
OF SODA ON VEGETABLES

Apply the nitrate OF soda by broad
casting it evenly over the entire sur-
face of the vegetable field Won are
fertilizing, at the rate of 200 mounds
per acre, before seeding, or planting
or transplanting.
AS nitrate is powerful plant tonic
and energizer-it is NOT a stimulant
in any sense of the word-a ver,,
small quantity does a large amount of
work. The quantity to be used per
acre, although small will be adequate
10 make a very striking increase in
the amount OF vegetables produced A
solution OF a tablespoonful of nitrate
Oh SODA IN three gallons of water
soaked IN the ground around the roots
once a week, will help to keen de-
structlve bugs away from growing
vegetables.
we never recommend the use of nj
trate OF Soda alone for vegetables at
the me rate OF not more than two hundred
tzOU( pounds to the acre, when it NAV
De thus and profitably used without
other fertilizers. If it be desired 10
invest in larger amounts of nitrate
ana 10 use heavier applications Der
acre, phosphates and potash SALTS
should be used in connection with
me nitrate. The use of nitrate will he
.ound quite satisfactory also in its
lIter-enect in perceptibly sweetening
our land. Its use, however, does NOT
axe the place of thorough cultivation
y any means, and hence we always
'dvlse a good after cultivation. One
Iundred pounds of nitrate is equal in
ulk TO about one bushel One pound
sufficient for 100 square feet
Should the nitrate become hard -
an readily be pulyerized with the
ack of a shovel, or with a malIet or
may be crushed on a barn aoor
= using heavy post as a roller HO'-
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-12
THE RURAL TEACHERS SAY
(Communicated)

Reading an item a few days age
from Georgetown (Sussex's Educa-
tiOnal Headquarters) where need for
higher salaries was summed up to
this point: Minimum, $1,000 and $500
for the town and rural teachers re-
spectively for the next school year.
This brings the unanimous response
from the country "marm" laundering,
NO No! not a cent less than the vii
lage teacher of the elementary
grades" One of our foremost educa-
tors said in one of his lectures at the
summer school of 1919, "A bonus of
S100 should be paid the rural teacher
more than the town teacher and this
is being done in some states" How
many of the teachers in the towns
would exchange jobs with the teach
ers in the country even for this?
The State Board requires the same
qualifications of a rural teacher as
the village teacher. Then why less
pay? Prof. Shilling said at the State
Teachers meeting in Dover, The
most serious problem of the teacher
shortage is in the rural districts"
Will the figures 10 to s increase or
diminish this shortage?
Compare their work and disadvan-
tages. The rural teacher has six to
eight grades. The town teacher has
one, probably two grades. The rural
teacher has from 35 to So or so pu-
pills. If the town instructor has over
As or so. "She can't do justice with
her one or TWO grades and must have
an assistant" The town teacher I
walks into her room each morning
comfortably heated, swept and dust /
ed" The rural teacher walks into /
her room, many times same tempera-
ture as out doors, unswept, dusty, no
kindling nor fuel brought in, prob (
ably a frozen pump, unless she does
this work herself, or sees that some
of the scholars do it, and pays out
a portion of her already pinched up
salary. The generosity of the Sus-
sex County School Board allowed
the handsome? sum Of $3.50 a month
or 1215c day to relieve the rural
teacher of these responsibilities.
know of no teacher who has yet been
able to hire a janitor for this sal
ary. The big school boy don't want
the job He says, father says | can't
get to school way before nine o'clock
every morning, | have chores to do
at home" The old Fashioned boy and
9AAA nv hoNu " say. ltdSt MAY
chop some wood?" or please may
Mary and / sweep the room?" are not
found in the school today.
| heard Prof L. Ia high school
Supt. of wide experienced say, "A
rural teacher will make I
;Gccessfgi teacher in the town" q
Regardless of all adversities which
he rural teacher must meet. the Z
anne degree of efficiency is expected
# her pupils as the town pupils F,
otherwise she is censored and not a
,ood teacher
The teachers throughout the coun-
ry districts are very patriotic and 9
are making no serious !
lick at present conditions. But now :,
hey are determined to sit up and :
axe notice" as to the metering out of 4
square deal :,
| am tax payer and do not advo- !.
ate skyward taxes, but the rural
eachers feel that they have been the ~
oat long enough. And if some one y
ill give a good, sane, logical reason a
Thy rural teacher is deserving of Il
ess pay than the town teacher. they !,
'ant to hear it. - -
A RURAL TEACHER :,
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-12
THE NATION CAPITAL
(By j. E. Jones)
The Invisible Line

Congress has worked for ten years
/ to enact a railroad law and it has fl
nally performed the task rather we'll
! Every person who has had the reno
test interest in railroad problems has
been given an opportunity TO be heard.
During the year that has passed Con-
gress has frequently been accused of
autocracy by the misguided advocates
Of government ownership and public
management. But it is absolutely un-
fair to charge Congress with being au-
tocratic, even though the invisible
line has often run thin between demo-
cracy and autocracy in our public
affairs. Because democracy has had
to proceed after the theory outlined
by Walt Whitman, its aims have often
Deen misconstrued. Thunder on
Stride on! Democracy. Strike with
vengeful stroke!"
Whatever may have been the obiec-
tiOns against the Cummings-Esch
bills it appears that in their final
passage, according 10 Senator Lenruot.
there are only two guarantees in the
conference reports one a guar
anty that the owners of the railroads
snail for a period of six months after
March receive minimum return
equal to the amounts they have re-
ceived during Federal control and the
other a guaranty that the employees
OF the roads shall for a like period
receive a minimum wage equal to that
winch they are now receiving under
Federal control
Industrial Tribunals
The railroad bill as it was passed
by Congress creates a final tribunal
OF nine men, three of them selected
from recommendation made bv tbe
railroad owners, three by the railway
employees, and three representing tbe
public appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate. This tribnn-
Al Is to adjudicate disputes between
me employers and employees Sena-
-or Lenroot says, I'VE have here tba
recognition that should have como
ong ago, that dispute between rail
way employees and employers is NOT
merely a private quarrel betwaen
mem but IS a matter in which tba
IuDllc has an interest. That is roc
'gnlzed IN the labor provision Of tbe
III Ihe final arbiters will he tbe
hree men representing the public and
uey can be trusted to do Justice If
mere be an impartial tribunal an
onted, as | believe there will he"
Inc frank meeting of the parties in a
ontroVersy together with other men a
Killed IN questions at issue ALWAYS
ives promise of settlement. Beyond I
us explicit definition of what is hon I
Tor is the knowledge which it now a
'ems is to be applied at a later hour s
industrial affairs that courts~and Z
IDunals are the only sane instru- Q
ents that can absolutely function in a
sputes, whether the case be one of n
nple disagreement between individ- y
US; or embracing, as in Industrial is
atters, including the railroads. the
airs OF great numbers of men. y y
Ii
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-12

We must have a law which will provide that in each
county in the state there shall be minimum levy
sixty cents for schools laid upon the estate and
ery the assessment laws must be equazed and the val
uations far possible be made the equivalent
values in all parts Of Delaware. Then all pub
lie schools and above the and raised
from this tax real the Treasury sup
ply from its income taxes and other OF
This briefly outlined plan when worked out, will bring
relief to real estate from heavy taxation and place the
burden where rightly beongs-upon the shoulders
all the people
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-12
MEDICAL ADVISOR FOR THE
RECONSTRUCTION COMMISSION

DR.. G. S. Osincup, who has been
sent by the United States Public
Health Service, to act as Medical Ad-
wiser for the Reconstruction Commits
sion, has had a wide experience in
diseases Of children and child hygiene
in New York City and London, Eng
land
In New York, he was resident
physician to the New York Nursery
and Child's Hospital, one of the larg-
est institutions for the care of chill
dren in the United States. While serv-
ing in this capacity, he was closely
associated with DR.. Kerley DR.. Hay-
nes and DR.. Freeman, who are among
the foremost child specialists in this
country.
In London, he made a special study
of child welfare work, as it is con-
Quoted in that city. While working
therethere he took special course at
the Great Ormond Street Hospital, the
largest institution of its kind in the
world, under the direction of DR..
Still, the world-renowned child spec-
ialist and author.
DR.. Osincup's studies were inter-
rupted by the War, during which he
served with the British Armies in
France, for over two years. He was
wounded three times and decorated bv
King George the Fifth.
Since his return to the United
States, he has resumed his studies in
the Army Medical School and in the
office of the Director of Field Inyesti-
cations of Child Hygiene, United
States Public Health Service, and was
mere when ordered to his present
station.
DR.. Osincup is at present engaged !
\ visiting the ten Children's Health {
,enters, operated by the State Recon- S
tructlon Commission and meeting 1
ne large number of physicians and 4
theirs who are giving cordial sup a
ort to the work.
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-12
WARWICK

The few sunny days that we are
having are greatly enjoyed by every
one, although our roads are still in
very bad conditions.
w. W. Barto of Carney's Point, New
Jersey, has been spending a few days
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
B. Barto.
Mrs. S. A. Warrington is on the
sick list this week.
Mrs. H. R. Downs has returned to
her home in Jersey City after a two
weeks visit with relatives in Della
ware
Arlenard Morris has recently pur-
chased a fine driving horse
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-12

THE GOVERNOR HAS ACTED WISELY in calling an
extra session of the legislature this time and especa
~ does this apply to the educational situation The old
debts and the building programs necessary have made
the budget for the public schools ensuing school
year OF 92O-2 burden which will heavy for real
estate to and carries the great buI Of
the burden Of raising money Delaware for all purnoses
Ihs system has been transmitted our forefatbe
and it is now time to call a remedy
The school question is vital to our personal as well
as our public interests and the budgets as made IN rst
provide for the payment of part of the old in
debedness Of the schools each year until they are ped
out rms IS one of the wise provisions of the new school
laws and this alone is responsible large part of the
increase in the tax shown to be necessary nv tbo
budget made up for the ensuing school year This is
staggering condition but fortunately can-be met by
wise legislation and every and every indivdua
VINO pays taxes in Delaware, will benefited and re-
eVed from the heavy necessary put the schools inn
proper working order With half million or more added
10 the school funds and liberal appropriations made IN tho
highways the State Treasury made to bring beter
sehoo conditions as well splendid highways to all Of
delaware We have the money the State Treasury
more than sufficient for all this there is no argument
against its use for the people betterment of their
public schools
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-12
Published by


THE FUTURE OF DELAWARE must bring and Will
bring radical change in the methods taxation Real
estate has Tor many of years been loaded down
with support government and the public schools
and unfortunately the schools have been neglected be-
Of the poor system which compelled the individual
district pay for the operation the schools over and
above certain dividend and the minimum required
to get that dividend from the State This neglect is
well known story the people and fortunate that
a system Of that kind is a thing Of the past
Milford chronicle., 1920-03-12

A cent word ad gets results.
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Rann-dom Reels
By HOWARD L. RANN
THE JOY RIDE.

THE Joy Ride is a successful meth
i cd of killing dull care and any
thing else that gets in the way.
There are two kinds of joy rides
drunk and sober. Most of the auto
mobile accidents which are played
up on the front page every few min
utes are due to the joy rider who is
so full of booze that he can't tell
whether he is in the road or the riv-
err Every once in a while an auto
mobile will fall into the palsied grasp
of some. driver who has become
sOundly saturated up to his eye
lashes after which he starts out to
see how fast the car will run when
it is opened up to the bright blue
sky. When two JOY riders who are
in state of death-defying alcoholism
meet each other head-On, there is a
noise like blowing up munitions
factory, followed by the still, small
voice Of the hospital inferno.
If every joy rider could be taken
out Of the front seat and tested for
alcohol before being allowed to run
down other people, it would be safer
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Millions, literally, know Blanche
Sweet. understand her cute little ways
and believe in her friendship. Yet
none Of the millions ever has heard
her speak word. She is in a class
with the highest salaried stars OF the
movie" screen.
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Beauty Chats
By EDNA KENT FORBES
HIGH-ARCHED FEET

N URING the course of the past
~ summer dozens of girls wrote to
me on the ACCESSIBILITY of spending the
time barefoot at summer or seashOre
resorts, where there was enough
seclusion to permit this freedom OF
dressing. Most wanted to know
whether or not it would improve
their feet, Barefoot Lassies being
especially anxious as her feet were
white and pink tinted, smooth and
shapely.
Undoubtedly, so long as none of
these girls ran nails into their feet,
the weeks spent running about so
would improve their health. But it
would not improve their feet, for no
matter how healthy our savage an
cestors were, liz their "close to
Nature" life no one could accuse
them of possessing really beautiful
feet.
The mere fact Of going barefoot
would not break down the arch of
the foot and make it fiat. as some Of
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Fiction Interest Every Member Of the Family
SATISFACTION
Worthy OF Your Earnest
Consideration

You might allow someone to sell
you an automobile just because it
looked good and had a low price. La
ter. when its faults cone to the sur
face. you can realize something on it
by selling it again.
You cannot afford 70 take this
chance when buying a monument or a
cemetery memorial Of any kind. Once
a stone is carved, lettered and erected
on your cemetery lot it is not SO easy
TO dispose of. Your reward is in the
satisfaction you feel in having plu
chased a memorial worthy of its pur-
pose of preserving the memory of your
departed loved ones, for all years to
come.
TO obtain the highest degree of sat
isfactiOn. what must be your first con-
sideration. low cost, or quality OF mat
terial and beauty and individuality or
design?
Our greatest reward is our hundreds
of satisfied customers. Thirty years
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n THEIR day | almOsta gotta steady
" job cen da Jail. One guy come
veesit me before / am up other day
and say he gonna TAXA me to court for
testimony. l say 1 dunno how test da
money! jusa maka heem deesa week
and Spenda heem neXa week.
He say Tonga time ago l heara fight
weeth one my neighbOr and hees wife.
He say da court gotta trial for dee
vorce now and he wanta me tella
SOmating. | aska~ how mOocha getta
for wage. He say two dOlla every day.
tfnk dat was pretty cheap so say
dunna yer mOOcha for two bucks, but
for tree dolla 1 know plenta for steady
job.
But dat guy no standa for fOOla
weeth heem. He say / gotta go eef !
like or no like. So / go cen da court
and one guy tella me TAXA da stand.
/ aska where wanta me take eet and
he getta sore and say no wanta me
take eet any place. Leave eet alone
and sect down." he say. You know ]
am leetle mad for dat guy getta fresh
weeth me.
He aska me eef / swear for tela
straight goods or sOmating like dat.
l say ALA time / tella straighta goods,
but no can swear only when lOsa da
collar button, waita for streeta car or
tink of da kaiser.
You know dat guy aska me question
for Tonga time and den one other guy
starta aska me sauna ting. no standa
for dat bunch maka fool weeth me
for two dOlla day. So I speaka right
up and say 1 Queets my job-g0 on
da strike for more money. But dat
judge tella me / go cen da Jail eef I
trOw up my job.
| no say sOmating cen da court how
l feel, but | tink gooda, stronga union
for da weetness would be greata stuff.
Wot you tink?
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HE KNEW HIS TREES

His mother had been reading to
him about Moses and the burning
bush.
81 guess, mother, it must have
been black gum bush, just about
this time Of the year--don't you
think 500"
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of experience in building monuments
enables l;s 10 offer you service sur
passed by none. Our materials are
guaranteed and our workmanship can
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Satisfaction guaranteed.
Drop us line and our representative
will call on you, or better still, pay us
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NELSON BROS. co.
Monuments.
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Wisconsin.
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HARD LUCK.

Bejinks invests some now and then, but
thinks he will des.st.
Whenever he buys quoted stocks, they
take 'em off the list
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THE BEST CAR
FOR THE MONEY

Looking over touring cars at the
auto show, / decided the best car for
the money was the Oakland Six. Light
weight, being only 1900 pounds, good
for several reasons of low cost of up
keep; first, 5000 to $4,000 miles on
set of tires; is to % miles on one gal
Ion of gasoline; and the small amount
of cylinder oil it consumes is astonish-
ing; 115-inch wheel-base, giving easy
riding, and it's Al horsepower provides
it with ample power. No other car
possesses the qualities of endurance,
reliability and economy as sdoes the
Oakland Sensible Six.
If you want car, don't wait until
summer as chances are you won't get
it.
Price 81 ,2S500 delivered.
f, M. WORDEN,
Distributor For
Rusk County
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and muscles that should be taught to
do this for themselves. An exercise
of standing first on the flat of the
foot. then on the toe, practised ten
minutes a day, is quite beneficial
Shoes with broad heels an inch or so
high are best to wear.
(Copyright)
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REAL ESTATE BARGAINS

Five room cottage and acres, cult
waited, at edge of city. Price $500.
One hundred and eighty-tive acres
for sale, 100 acres free of stumps, no
stone viii take smaller farm near
city in exchange.
p. II. MCGOWAN.