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The New York herald., 1920-12-05

111TH CO.'S Audubon av.)-Large, front room,
elevator apartment, steam heat, private
family; referenc es. Wadsworth 1880, apt. %
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WE properly organize you. prepare bond
issues, negotiate loans, write prospectuses,
furnish stock statesmen list of satisfied
investors: booklet and information free.
NATL ORGANIZATION CO, 1913 Madison
ST., Chicago.
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1s0TH. 700 W.-Large outside room. bath ad-
Joining; all conveniences private. CA
ROLA
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ACTIVE treasurer wanted by manufacturing
corporation investment S25,OOO. 1871
Herald RrooklVu
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CAN furnish names OF persons who have re-
Gently inherited money; excellent prospects
for investments, real estate, automobiles
&c. IS per 100 names. w, box 1918 Herald,
Fulton st.
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MONEY IN POULTRY-Why not share In
profits derived from the Poultry Business? /?
Offer for sale shares OF stock In well man
aged poultry business operating in British
Columbia. Particulars r. NJ. FUNNELL,
bOy a31 Moose law Sael
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CAPITAL, various amounts, or partner with
capital wanted by reputable man having
experience equipped offices and facilities for
business of lending money on accounts. ac-
ceptances. bonds, other collateral; good re-
turns assured: investments secured; refer
ences exchanged Apply BENJAMIN SHEP-
ARD. attorney. La Nassau st.
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
EXAMINING
WORKHOUSE INMATES

The legislative probe into the charge
Of misreatment Of prisoners at the
New Castle County Workhouse ended
Wednesday, as far as the examination
of prisoners and guards is concerned.
Next week the commission will sit at
the Hotel DUPONT when the board of
trustees and the contractors will be
heard
Wednesday afternoon Deputy Ward
en- Wingate, and Guards John Gram
mar + Husbands and Edward
ORourke and Farmer Cullen, the lat
ter in charge Of the Workhouse farm,
were questioned. Denial was made of
the allegations of brutality against
Deputy Wingate, he characterizing as
absurd" a story related by Martin
Robinson, former prisoner, at a leg
islative hearing at Dover.
Several Of the guards are said to
have admitted using the blackjack in
compelling obedience to their orders,
but Il was only on unruly inmates
who would not submit to more paci-
fc treatment. One negro inmate re-
fused to testify, giving as his reason
that he didn't want to invite acute
Indigestion"
There is a possibility that the re-
port Of the inquisition will be present
upon the resumption of the special
session of the Legislature on Wednes-
day, May 5.
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
SeafOrd interested in school Garden

In response to a demand for school
gardens the agricultural instructor
OF the department OF vocational agri-
culture of the Seaford high school
took the responsibility of organizing
ana developing some garden work
among the students in the public
schools. The local board Of education
OF Seaford rented land, fertilizer
1rm contributed fertilizer and about
20 gardens are now under way.
Ihe plots are laid off 12'x2F. Each
little gardner is planting the same
Kind Of seed and is doing his utmost
To- nave the best garden In the group.
All the work on these gardens Is done
Dy the children from the third 10
eighth grades supervised by the ag-
Fcultural instructor The townspeo-
pie are agreeably interested and are
work
Some time during the growing sea-
son school fair will be arranged for
at which time these little gardeners
can exhibit the things which they have
produced in competition for prizes
which will be awarded.
r. W. Helm, director of vocational
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
WILMINGTON'S POPULATION
NOW HAS llO,l6S INHABITANTS, OR
22,757 MORE THAN IN 1910.

Wilmington now has a population OF
ll0,l6S, or an increase of 22,154 over
ten years ago. when the official count
gave the city's inhabitants as SAL
Figures for the city were announced
recently by the Census Bureau at
Washington, and show an increase OF
% per cent.
In 1910. the total population of Del
aware according to the decennial CEN
sus was 202 322. or a total gain for
the ten years previous to that of H.
5S7. The net gain for Wilmington
alone in the past decade, therefore,
has been 4,170 more than the increase
for the State as a whole from 1900 to
1910.
It is considered likely a number of
districts in Kent will show decreases
from the census of 1910, while many
in both Kent and Sussex may show
very small increases. William c.
Welch, who directed the census this
year for Delaware. said in February
he believed Wilmington would attain
approximately 10000 He also said
he looked for decreases in some pOr-
tons Of Kent and only slight gains in
most rural sections of the state owing
to the great drift in population from
the country to city.
BY many persons the city's popula-
tion was expected to attain 115.000.
Failure to reach this mark is ascrib-
ed to the removal of hundreds Of work
ers at the close of the war work ac-
tivities and hundreds more since then
because of the poor housing facilities
or lack of houses altogether.
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

In the department of Vocational
Education of Agriculture in Frederica,
one of the boys thought that he would
ike to enter into the poultry indus
try, but lacking financial support was
in doubt as to how to go about it. The
instructor purchased enough hens for
a nice size project with the under
standing that the student was to take
the hens and if the project were a fail
ure, the instructor would stand the
loss, but if profit, the student was to
reimburse the instructor with the
amount paid out, plus interest at SO
The boy was twitted and joked and
teased about his efforts with poultry.
but he was undaunted and conscienti-
ously continued his work with the re-
suit that he found poultry to be rather
good investment and in four months
time has taken over all of the hens
and has purchased a new pure bred
rooster. His father is building a new
house for him, and he has establish
ed himself in a small but growing
poultry industry which is entirely his
own little business. His parents are
not only interested in what the boy
is doing, but are also enthusiastic over
the nrnsnects he has. He is selling
quite a number Of settings to people
close by who have seen the quality
OF his birds, and while he should be
receiving the price which other breed
ers are receiving for eggs, he is sell
ing settings at S5c each His reason
for this little price being that his
birds are pullets and are not mature
breeding stock. This student prom
ises not only good profits to himself
this year, but a good enterprise in
the future
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
MANY CANDIDATES
FOR 2. +. BISHOPRIC

With the election of a bishop as
the most important matter facing IT,
the annual convention of the Pro
testant Episcopal Diocese Of Della
ware will be held in Wilmington on
May IL and u. The sessions will take
place In the Emmanuel p. r. Church,
Seventeenth street and WoOdlawn ave
nue. The call for the convention has
been issued by the standing committee
OF the diocese in which authority is
vested in the absence of a bishop
Routine business will be considered
on the first day OF the meeting with
the election scheduled for IL o'clock
on the second day As the invitation
of the standing committee of the Del
aware diocese to the same body Of
the Maryland diocese for conference
on the suggested merger Of the two
diOceses was declined by the latter the
feeling is now generally held that the
matter will not come before the an-
nual convention.
The Delaware diocese has been
without a bishop since the resignation
OF Bishop Frederick J. Kinsmau. the
latter part of last year, when that
clergyman embraced the Roman Cath
Olic faith. AT a special convention
held in Dover January IA. called to fill
the vacancy RI Rev. Nathaniel 5.
Thomas, missionary bishop of Wyom-
ing, was elected head of the Delaware
diocese. Bishop Thomas later de-
cined the election, desiring TO con-
tlnue in the western field.
Nine prominent Episcopalian cler-
gymen were nominated at the Dover
On the final ballot Bish-
op Thomas and Rev Dr.. f. NJ JEFF
ries of st. Peters Church, Philadel-
phia, led in the balloting Bishop
Thomas received 56 votes and Rev.
Iefries 10 Doctor Jeffries and Rev. /.
Philip Cook. d. d., OF St. Michael's F.
and All Angels Church, Baltimore .
are likely to be presented as candi- .
iates at the coming convention.
The failure of Bishop Thomas to ac-
;ept the bishOpric has given impetus
o the naming of a local man In this .
the names of Rev. f. NJ .
Nirkus. Rev. Dr. Alban Richey. Rev.
R. W. Trapnell of Wilmington. and
Rev. Benjamin F. Thompson of Dover,
ire likely to be placed in the field as
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
L. S. DENTAL SERVICE
FOR STATE SCHOOLS

Through the efforts of the Recon-
struction Commission, the United
States Public Health Service Dental
Unit has come to Delaware to help
in the mouth hygiene movement for
school children being launched by the
State Board Of Education. The unit
consists Of DR.. H. B. Butler and his
operator, Miss " b. ThOrnhill. They
have just come from West Virginia
where they have been working for
six mopths demonstrating the need
and valde Of mouth hygiene.
The unit will go to various schools
in Delaware lecturing to pupils and
teachers on mouth hygiene and ex-
amining and charting the mouths Of
children. A limited amount of pro-
phylactic and corrective work viii be
done at a temporary demonstration
clinic which will be opened in one OF
the offices Of the Reconstruction Com
mission in the Church Building Tenth
and Market streets, Wilmington.
During the stay Of the dental unit
in Delaware, it will do work in Will
mington, Newark, Smyrna, Seaford,
Milford and Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
COLLEGE BOYS GAVE AID
PRESIDENT REA OF P. R. R. CO.. TESTI-
FIES TO THEIR SERVICE.

Or. Samuel c. Mitchell. president of
Delaware College, has received from
Samuel Rea, president OF the Penn
sylvania Railroad Co., letter thank
ing him and the students of the col
lege who volunteered for work on the
railroad during the recent walk-out
Of employees. About 20 Of the students
worked for a week on the railroad.
President Rea's letter says:
Now that the critical transporta-
ton situation, caused by many of our
employees leaving their positions, has
in a large measure passed l want to
express. on behalf of the officers of the
Pennsylvania system. thanks and ap-
probation for the assistance rendered
US in the emergency by the students
of your institution.
we are deeply grateful for your
cooperation in making it possible for
your under-g graduates to temporarily
leave their studies, and 10 the boys
who. from a sense of public duty, so
whole heartily threw themselves into
the breach and enabled us to cope
with the conditions that threatened to
disrupt the public service.
1T would be hard to over-estimate
the value of the services performed by
these young men. and the vigor and
the aptitude with which they applied
themselves TO their new duties was
marvel to their supervisory officers.
"Out of all the developments of the
past ten days or more. il is certainly
heartening 10 those of us who are en-
deayoring to make transportation
success. TO realize how firmly behind
US in our efforts is the great mass of
the thinking public. the Institutions of
learning and outside industry"
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
COMMENCEMENT PLANS
AT DELAWARE COLLEGE

Rev. william Holloway Main of
Philadelphia will preach the baccalau-
reate sermon at the commencement
of Delaware College on the evening
of Sunday, June 10. in Wolf Hall. DR..
Main is pastor of the Memorial Bap-
tist Church.
Special significance attaches to the
commencement this year because it
marks the fiftieth anniversary since
the reopening of the college after the
civil war
The exercises will begin on Satur-
day, June II with class day and the
banquet of the alumni. On Monday,
June 14th, Thomas Nelson Page, au-
thor and former ambassador to Italy
will make the address to the graduat-
ing class under the lindeps in front OF
Old College Hall. It is expected the
historic character of the commence
ment will draw back to the college
the alumni from all parts OF the coun-
try.
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
TOLD IN a FEW LINES

The commencement exercises at
Delaware College will open on June
18th
The State Federation OF Women's
Clubs will be held in Dover on May
20 and 81.
Don't forget the bake Saturday.
Next door to the Pierce Hardware
Company.
The Ladies Aid Of Millwood will
meet in the Community Hall Saturday
evening. May l.
On Saturday, May /, the NJ. H. S.
Alumni Association will hold a bake"
in the building formerly occupied by
Mr.. Fred Smith. All kinds Of good
things to eat
The regular meeting Of Ladies Aid
Society viii meet at Chapel next We'd
nesday, May 9th at O'clock A full
attendance is requested. All ladies' o.
the church are welcome
Pies, cakes. doughnuts, homemade
bread and everything that's good will
be nn sale Saturday Nav ]. in build
ing formerly occupied by Mr.. Fred
smith, on South Walnut street Aus
pice sof NJ. H. s. Alumni Association.
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
zwAANENDAEL CLUB. LEwEs

Mrs. A. d. Warner, president of the
State Federation. visited the Zwaan-
endael Club Thursday evening, April
p, and made an address, giving the
club an idea of the wonderful work of
the clubs all over the State
The state song, Our Delaware" ="
was sung, Vocal solo, "WhO viii
Buy My lavender" and Until" were
given by Miss Anna Collins. accom-
panied by Miss TheOdsia Marshall
Poem Good to be in the World" Mrs
William Hooker Poem. To-day and
Tomorrow" Mrs James Kelby. Poem
The Naturalist on a June Sunday"
Mrs. Rausch. Sketch of years club
work by the president. Mrs. Ulysses
Hooker. Refreshment were served by
Mrs. Jacob Morris, club hostess and
her assistants. The club room was ar
tistically decorated with the colors of
Zwaanendael club. red, yellow and
green by the decorating committee.
Helen Hooker Chambers. Cor. Secy.
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
WOMEN STILL HOPE
FOR RATIFICATION

While the legislature takes a re-
cess, the Woman's Party Of Delaware
is continuing its campaign for ratiti-
cation of the National Suffrage
amendment with the conviction that
the legislature will respond to the
suffrage sentiment which the suffra-
gists report they are finding in every
part of the State Basis for these
claims was undoubtedly given at the
Republican State Convention in Do
yer. when a prolonged and enthusias-
tic demonstration greeted the resOlu
tion urging the Republican majority
in the legislature to support ratihca
tion ANY Republican legislator who
considers the best interest of his party
in State and Nation must necessarily
vote for ratification was the COM
ment Of Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles
after unanimous adoption o. &c Sese-
luton by the convention. "We are
confident that favorable action will be
taken after the legislature recon-
venes." Meetings which have aroused
interest wherever they have been held
will be continued, with Mrs. Hilles,
Mrs. Victor DUPONT, Miss Mabel YER
non and others as speakers.
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
SITES FOR IS SCHOOLS
ACQUIRED In THESTATE
OPTIONS ON 2l OTHERS HAVE BEEN
ANNOUNCED BY THE DELAWARE
AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION.
IS DU POINT FUND ACTIVITY
FOURTEEN SITES FOR WHITE SCHOOLS
AND TWENTY-0NE FOR C0L0RED
HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED.

The April number of the Delaware
School News. out this week, gives the
first definite and complete announce
ment of the work of the Delaware
School Auxiliary Association in ac-
quiring sites for new school buildings
throughout the State, in the educa-
tional program of the p s. du Pont
Trust Fund, which is to expend 81
$4,000 on improving educational
standards of Delaware. Fourteen sites
for white schools have been acquired
with an approximate acreage of 1855
at a cost of S69051. At Claymont
the General Chemical Company has
given a site and at Middletown and
Richardson Park. The New Castle
county board has bought sites, but
with these exceptions the School Aux
iliary Association has purchased the
sites and had title to the land made in
the name of the county or special
district in which the sites are located.
The following sites for school for
white children have been acquired:
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
The CODE COMMISSION
BEGINS REVISION WORK
MEMBERS STARTED EXAMINATION OF
new SCHOOL LAW AT THE STATE
HOUSE LAST TUESDAY.
TO SUGGEST SOME CHANGES
THERE IS A DISPOSITION ON EVERY
SIDE, PRACTICALLY, TO GIVE AM
ICABLE CONCESSIONS.

The commission appointed by the
Legislature TO study the new State
school code. with a view to recon-
mending amendments when the Gen
eral Assembly reconyenes on May 3.
held its first meeting in that behalf
at the State House on Tuesday.
The personnel of the commission is
as follows:
Representing the Senate Senators
Asa Bennett of Frankford. John f.
Richards of Newark and Wallace s.
Handy of Milford. Republicans. and
Robert II. Hollett of Clayton, Demo
crat.
Representing the House OF Repre-
Representative Chari
Hanratty Of Clayton, Hiram S. Smith
of Georgetown and Speaker AleXan-
der p. Corbit of Odessa, Republicans,
and Jacob l.. SOper of Magnolia, Dem
ocrat
Representing the State Board of
Education-Pierre S. du Pont of VIII
mington
While the commission is largely
Republican, there is no desire. it is
understood, of injecting politics into
the matter. The sole thought seems
70 be to get the new law in the best
working shape for all of the people
Of the entire State There is a dis
position on every side. apparently. to
give and take, and there will be some
am1cable concessions. Ii is believed
that as a result of the committees
work it can go before the Legislature
with a unanimous report, which is
what is desired
They will sit at Georgetown next
Tuesday TO hear whatever amend
ments that the people may suggest
shall be made.
Written suggestions may be sent to
the Supreme Court chamber of the
State House, at Dover, where the COM
mission holds regular sessions.
The commissioners are working in
complete harmony.
Compulsory school attendance was
one Of the subjects considered yester-
day afternoon, and it was tentatively
agreed that children whose services
are required on farms may remain
away from school provided their par
ents send a proper excuse to the
County Board of Education
After prOtracted discussion of the
powers of the local Board of Educa-
The county Board of Education may
send the first teacher and if the ap-
pointee is not satisfactory, the local .
board may select the successor; that
The local board may dismiss teachers
'or incompetency or wilful neglect of
iuty, the dismissed teachers TO have
he right to appeal to the county board
Dr. if the decision is not unanimous to
appeal to the State board. and that the
ocal board may repair school build
ngs and purchase fuel and furniture
I the cost is provided for in the local
'udget and that if such provision is
lot made for the cost the county board
nay make the repairs and purchases. [
WnlIe II was decided 10 meet behind
losed door, newspaper men were in
ormed that they would be kept post
d on the business transacted II is
-kely that daily sessions will be held
ntil the work is completed Senator
landy is chairman Of the commission.
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
MILFORD TO REBUILD
LIGHT & WATER PLANT
TAXPAYERS VOTE BY 45OO MAJORITY
AT SPECIAL ELECTION WEDNESDAY
TO ISSUE NEW BONDS.
STAT FOR; 725 AGAINST
THE PEOPLE OPPOSED TO SELLING THE
PLANT, BUT FAVOR A CHANGE IN
FORM OF TOWN GOVERNMENT.

Al the special election held in Mil
Iofd last Wednesday afternoon al the
usual place for holding elections. the
taxpayers casted 5972 votes and 5247
OF them were for issuing bonds and
Feconstructing the light and water
pant now owned by the town. and
placing meters for measuring fbe
amount OF light current, as well as
amount OF gallons of water used nv
the property holders. Only 725 votes
We're cast against the bond issues
winch shows plainly that the peonle
are opposed to selling the plauf fo
private corporation.
is proposed also to have the svs-
TEN changed from a direct current "a
an alternating, or high tension eur-
rent which can be operated more
vice.
The main object will be that with
1ue change, an all-day current will he
gwen TO Milford and with TIE meter
system the consumer Of current will
pay Tor what is consumed. and no
more Ihis will afford the people on
poItuhl'y TO use many household con
~, eil'etlces ices winch they are now prohib-
tied from using.
,h "NtN4 pidnL mas been sadly
a1Iuse.--eF aoiseu--eFen as much as the use OF
49,, 80 Ilcily on the fiat rate. and il Is
Coiiliuehtaily believed, that the reve-
nues from water used will more than
double under a meter system OF gelI.
ing water. Faucets which are per
mltted to leak and run water waste
fully for weeks and months. will
promptly be repaired when the meter
registers the waste.
A smaller light and water commits
sion should be provided.
A general opinion favorable TO hav-
ing the Town Council have new
charter drawn by a competent lawyer.
Whlch viii give a three commission
Iorm OF government, was favored by
almost every person who expressed an
opinion on the subject This will
probably be considered by Town Coun-
ell at its next meeting
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
SURPLUS DENTAL OUTFITS
WILL BE SOLD

The United States Government at
the close Of the war had a large num-
Der of dental outfits. which had been
bought for use by the o. S. Army. A
bin has just become a law. so a let
ter from Congressman Caleb r. lay
ton, to the Milford Chronicle states,
which provides for selling these dem
tai outfits to any individual purchaser
anywhere in the United States. This
surplus dental supplies and outfits,
are absolutely new, and have never
been taken from the packages. and
in perfect order. The opportunity for
modern equipment is open to dentists
at very reasonable price thru this
means Of getting surplus dental sup
plies from the T. S. Government.
Milford chronicle., 1920-04-30
PERSONAL MENTION

Mr.. and Mrs. John Banning Of Oak
ley spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
iona Ellingsworth and family at El-
lendale.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ Kinnery from
near Houston spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs r. A. Warren and daughter
at Glendale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mccullough
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Mitchell and family in New Cas-
tie last week.
Clayton Frame, son of the late DR..
Robert Frame, Of Milford. Del, was
stricken with paralysis at his home
DC ColiingswoOd, New Jersey. last
Tuesday night. He is a nephew OF
Mrs. Anna P. Williams. Of Caasey
avenue, South Milford, and formerly
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