Milford chronicle., 1920-06-25
SCHOOL ELECTIONS
WERE HARD FOUGHT
THE TOWNS GENERALLY FAVORED THE
THE NEW SCHOOL LAWS, WHILE
RURAL SECTIONS OPPOSED.
MILFORD IS FAVORABLE
BOARD ELECTED IN MILFORD FAVOR
CODE, AND WILL WORK FOR
BETTER EDUCATION.

the State Board of Education as the
Chronicle goes to press, it is general
ly conceded that the majority of the
towns voted in favor Of the code
} while the rural districts were about
: two to one against the code.
In Sussex County the Board who
: ran in opposition against the code
have apparently won out. The vote
; will possibly be two to one in favor
of them. The new county board will
be composed of Or. Robert b. Hop
kins, of Milton; Eben A. Townsend.
Of Dagsboro; and J. Elmer Tindall of
near Georgetown. The vote in most
of the towns was heavily in favor of
the code, but the large vote against it
in the rural sections Overcame the
vote Ofthose favOring better educa-
tiOnal advantages for their children.
In some OF the districts where senti-
ment is favorable to the code very few
persons voted. Where the opponents
were strong, they voted almost every
person in the district.
At Smyrna the members of the
board elected included W. W. Hynson
Walter o. HOffecker and Charles A.
Neugehauer, the first two being men,
bers of the old board and Mr.. Neuge-
bauer a new member. succeeding Rev.
i. c. Graham of Clayton. This dis
trict cast $50 votes and the members
Of this board are looked upon as men
favorable to the new code.
The hottest fight in the county was
I in Dover. the largest ever known at a
! school election, 6S4 votes being cast.
Under the CODE with the colored
schools under the jurisdiction of the
white principals and commissioners.
negroes were privileged to vote and
they ayailed themselves Of the Oppor-
tunity.
The outgoing commissioners ap-
pointed by Governor Townsend last
year were James Hall Anderson. VIII
liam Watson Harrington and Harry
Mayer. As they had been asked to al
low their names to be presented for
election this year, they did so, the
vote resulting as follows: Anderson.
219: Harrington, 21S; Mayer Do.
The ticket advocated by opponents
Of the code included John CarrOw,
James b. Bice and Charles y. Lloyd.
Their vote was as follows: Carrow,
466 Bice 457 Lloyd 453.
The candidate receiving the highest
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two years. and the third one year. At
ter this year. one commissioner is cleo
ted for three years.
The Dover fight, aside from OppOsi- (
tiOn to the code, was directed against [
three old members of the board for /
several reasons, one of which was that I
Messrs. Anderson, Harrington and I
Mayer all lived neighbors to each +
-, uN af fl,s 1,a
larger portion of the town not being
represented by member of the board.
Another reason assigned was the buy
ing Of plot Of ground, for which $14,-
600 was paid, lying close to the homes
of the three commissioners. Another
reason given was the awarding of the
contract for brick for the new school
building to a firm which at the time
of awarding the contract, had not
made brick, their kiln being in
course of construction. The commits
siOners denied being actuated in any
manner by personal considerations.
At the Caesar Rodney special school
district. including the consolidated dis
tricts of Camden and Wyoming, com
missiOners were elected favorable to
the Code They were Messrs. Jump.
Frear and Bancroft. The vote in this
district was 269, while the opposition
pOlled less than 80 votes.
At Harrington an anti Code ticket
was elected, including H. A. Kent,
w. S. Smith and Samuel Creadick.
The opposition polled less than ten
Votes.
At Milford a board was elected IA
rorable to the Code. The vote cast
was 2S3 while the opposition polled
ess than one hundred. The board
elected includes Rev. H. L. Bunstein
W. L. Grier and Colonel Theodore
Townsend.
OF the six candidates filed with the
Jerk of the peace for commissioners,
he three receiving the largest num- {
,er of votes throughout the county
include j. Norris Harrington, FELTON,; {
elijah f. Melvin, Frederick Elmer I
}owdle. They were far in the lead in !
eturns received to noon today, and 3
heir election is generally conceded.
In Sussex County
Mrs Ella G. Emery fell so votes
hort in her fight for election as a
member of the Seaford School Board. G
he election brought out one of the
lrgest votes ever cast at a school 5
lection here, it being the first time in Il
he history gOf the SeafOrd school dis $
rict that woman was on the ticket. {
Irs. Emery made a good fight, but fl
ras beaten by Charles w. Robinson. f
Others elected were Captain Harry r
Sell and DR.. Charles NJ. Hollis. Com 2
votes were cast for Ernest {
- Simon and Isadore Stephany, Mr.. "
imon having been a candidate, but a
before election.
Present Board IndOrsed n
At the election for members of the c
'elmar School Board the present coun- o
= board won by large majority, the Il
ote being as follows: r. V. Baker o
B.; J. f. Goslee 60; G. A. Hill 81 S
!. B Hopkins 6 E. A. Townsend 3 @,
. E. Tyndall 6. il
The Delmar district board elected OF
rank E. Lynch. Samuel n. Culver p
nd Samuel NJ. Ellis. r,
Laurel FaVOrs Code Ii
Harvey +. Wolfe, J. Osborne Ad-
ms and NJ. Edward Culver were Il
ected school commissioners Saturday Iii
iternOOn for Laurel. They were ap- ~
)inted about a year ago, when the ia
ree districts comprised in the Laur- h'
public school system unanimously at
tied to accept the new School Code, az
Id Laurel, under it, became a special II
strict. Of
The majority of people here are az
in favor of the code. tn
e very little opposition to it being II
ithout influence. 3;