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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-28
Writes Book On
chesapeake Bay"

Ricrmord. Va. Nov. 2S.-Somc
years ago there was exclusive publ
'cation (about 5000 cOpics) Of book
styled "Potomac Landings" by Swep
son Earle photographic engineer for
the State Of Maryland. The popular
ity of his work emboldened Mr.. Earle
TO make further attempts as an au-
thor; so, during the last few years
he has been busily engaged on an
other book, to be titled, THE Chesa-
peake Bay Country" TO go to press
about December /.
Feeling that Virginia's interests
were paramount in half portion
of the great inland sea of the Chesa
peake, the Maryland author has de-
voted much time and care to the
selection of themes and portraits of
Tidewater Virginia. Recently he
asked Colonel ". Mcdonald Lee, Nir-
ginia Commissioner of Fisheries TO
write a 1000 word article on "The
Rivers and HarbOrs of Virginia.
Colonel Lee wrote an appropriate ar
ticle to appear in the forthcoming
book on the Chesapeake bay cOUn-
try. He takes M the shor, space al
loted him the Potomac, RaDpahan-
mock, York, James, and Elizabeth
Rivers as the principal themes. with
side-lights on the eStuaries and in
dentatons intervening. and the
Eastern Shore Peninsula most
comprehensive and terse description
Of Virginias tidal waters. with
which the writer has had personal
acquaintance for over thirty wears.
Commissioner Lees Introductory to
his little article is worth repeating
and. with the consen of the author,
it is herewith appended;
Like rivers Of France, they are
scores and twain,
But five are the ones we stress
The Pot-o-mack, York Rappahan-
mock, the James,
And the one named for good Queen
Bess.
Virginia's flow, from her tidal rim,
Sweeps Out on Atlantic crest
To call, as Of yore the mariner in
To the hayeDs OF peaceful rest.
All OF the rivers of Virginia were
found with inuidn names, bu. early
English partisans dropped some Of
them Gas in cases Of t. York and
the James)
With 2.70O square miles of tidal,
ravigable ana fishing waters, en-
bracing the lower half Of Chesa-
peake Bay and tributaries, Virginia
presents water front longer than
any Atlantic coast State except
Florida.
Following the foregoing intro juc-
tory Colonel Lee takes up in tiite
and eloquent style the waterways of
tidal Virginia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-28

walters? For no reason at all eX-
cept that fashion says so. Men as
most of them think they have found
for beauty but the trouble is thai
most Of them think the yave found
it,
Our first interest, after all, is
personal and our clothes are the most
personal things we have. so why not
make them express our personal
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-28

fashions worse if possible. than the
womens. he spoke Of the high
wasted SUITS worn BY the youth Of
TIE country a year or so ago, and re-
ferred 10 them as Empress Josephine
Monkey Jackets.
"Why did, and still do, those men
wear monkey Jackets" asked Par
sons. perhaps it's because they
should And dress lust like their
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-28
SAFETY WEEK.

Safety Week" is on and 1t Is
the duty OF every citizen to sec
that no one Is injured before ii IS
over. Ifthc week ends successful
". it will go only to show what
can be done if the proper precau-
tons arc taken. Accidents, TO re
sure. are thought to be absolutely
beyond human control BE thar
as it may. it is an established fact
that too many people are careless
of their lives and much more 50 OF
the lives OF others.
America could move on fifty
two weeks to each year with every
week Safety Week" if only L
few simple rules would be obeyed.
The twin slogan, Don't Get Hurt
Don't Hurt" carries further
than the words imply. "Dco't
Get Hurt" IS directly an admoui-
ton to the pedestrian 20 watch
his step, Don't Hurt applies
to the operators OF various self
propelled vehicles.
Nine-tenths OF the casualties re
sulting in America come from d'-
rect violation Of the meaning CIV
en- in the slogan adopted Tor Safe
tv Week. Americans are a hardy
race all too prone to cast aside all
thoughts OF danger in accomplish
ing their daily purpose. They Iii
terly forget self in the mad rush
of their business; they dash madIy
across the street before fast moV-
ING automobiles they go swinging
onto a train already in motion Tor
getting. it seems, that THERE Is
d,rgar ever,yyhere They don {
think of their families at home
who will suffer ii they are killed
or. more, ii they are manned Tor
lifetime.
For the safety OF the nation all
Americans should take care and
watch their step, However
careful one man may be-or onc
con,pany-therc are bound to re,
suit hidcous injuries when all do
not work with that spirit OF co.
operation SO vital to the iunc,m-
ing OF every activity t6at Is a parI
OF the human lie. 1t is, therefore,
the duty OF each one to look he
fore he leaps.
The dread toll Of the streets
will be les>ened almost to inSigni-
fcance If We will only observe a
lew rules. SO during the current
week. Tor the safety of ourselves
for the safety OF Others, for good
OF the nation, ard Tor the Succl>
OF this Safety Week, lets ali
he CAREFUL and see that NOVA
of Us get hurt and, more import
ant. see that none gets hurt as
result OF any OF or care'eSsncs'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-28

Prince Rupert, B. C.-Whales are
particularly wild this season and diff
licult to overtake, according to Cap
tain j. Anderson master of the
Whaler White, now in port.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-28

ity? Don't say one thing with your
face, and another with your appear
ance."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-28

Bill MAY says that q blind man
called the Gazette Office and eN-
pressed pleasure in having read
an editorial on the arrest, all
OF which goes to prove that even
blind man can see the pom'
in a Gazette Editorial
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
SELBYVILLE

Roy Campbell who died early Friday
morning after a lingering illness, was
buried from Salem NJ e, Church on Sun
day afternoon. Mr.. Campbell was among
the first of Sussex's young men to go to
France during the war. At its close he
returned, broken in health, but patient
in his affliction. The family have the sin
cere sympathy of the community.
Mrs. Steve Lynch is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. w. r. Tubbs
Miss Thelma Richardson of Willards,
Md, Is the guest of Mrs. Gladys Camp
bell
The baseball score on Friday stood in
favor of Selbyville against Millsboro.
The chancel boquet on Sunday was in
memory of Villa n Morris.
Virgil Williams has returned from a
business trip to Wilmington.
Edward Stevens is building a new home
on the lot adjoining that of DR.. G. e.
James.
The representative of the Swarthmore
Cnautauqua addressed the High School
on Friday morning. The supervisor, Miss
People, gave the standard test to the
grades on Friday. The papers showed
marked Improvement in all the subjects.
Edward Williams, of the NJ. A. c., is
home for few days. Mr.. Williams was
unfortunate enough to dislocate one of
his fingers, while taking part in the ath-
etic games at college.
The Misses Louise Campbell and Hilda
Evans spent Monday night with Miss
Helen Powell.
Captain Al Tracey of Philadelphia is
building a new home near the boulevard.
The Ladies Aid met at the home of
Mrs. w. r. McCabe on Tuesday evening,
instead of last week as was stated.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
POTASH IN WOOL RECOVERED
Small Washer Has Been Designed and
Is Being Tried by the Bureau
of Chemistry.

A small wool washer made for re-
covering potash from fieeces III a sOlu-
rion of sufficient concentration to make
the recovery of the potash profitable
has been designed and is being tried
out by the bureau of chemistry of the
United States Department of Agri
culture. 1t is said that the average
fleece contains about 4 per cfnt of pO-
fash by weight, but in the ordinary
method Of washing wool it comes out
in such dilute solution that it does not
pay to recover the salt.
About 6OOOOOOO0 pounds Of wool
are secured in the United States each
year, and if only 3 per cent of potash
is recovered it would amount to 1S,-
100000 pounds of actual potash that
would be available. for use in fertiliz-
ers. Some nitrogen is also recovered
from wool along with the potash.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
To Dedicate
LeWes School
p. S. du POnt, DIR. Odell to Speak at
Ceremonies on May 8.

Invitations have been issued by the
Board of Education of the Lewes
Special District for the dedication OF
the new combined grammar and high
school built at cost of approximate
ly S25O,OOO. The ceremonies will be
held in the school building at Lewes
on May 8. Pierre S. du Pont and Dr.
Joseph H. Odell will be among the
speakers.
For this school the sum of $4,000
was voted by the taxpayers of Lewes
and 100000 was added from the funds
given by Mr.. du POnt for educational
purposes. The general outline of the
program for the dedication is as fol-
lows:
11:45 a. m.-Reception to visiting
school officials and guests by the
Lewes public schools, on the arrival
of the noon train.
12:OO-Lucheon in the town au-
ditOrium.
12:45 p. m.-East and west doors
of the new building open to the pub
lie.
1880 p. dedication exercises.
The dedication exercises of the after
noon will be concluded in time for
out-of-town guests to take the 3:42
nOrthbOund train from Lewes.
1880 p. ma second program of
dedication exercises.
Completion of the LeWes school
gives Sussex county two of the finest
structures of their kind in the coun-
try. The Lewes school is approximate
ly the same size and type as that ded-
icated few months ago at Laurel. 1t
is two stories in height, and contains
1S rooms. The building is semi-fire-
proof, constructed of brick and stone
walls, with timber and reinforced
floor and roof construction. It is ap-
$50 feet by 60 feet with
an extension in the rear of So feet by
Sc feet. In addition to the class-rooms,
the building will contain a handsome
auditorium seating from 600 to 700
persons.
The school is situated on a site of
ten acres on South street, giving
plenty of room for play and athletics.
J. o. Betelle, of Guilbert and Be
telle, architects, Newark, N. j., who
designed the Laurel High School, also
drew the plans for the Lewes struc-
lure.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
TEST SEEDS BEFORE SOWING
Of Big Advantage to Farmer to De-
termine Purity and termination
of Various Grains.

Whether the seed is for sale or for
his own use on the farm, the farmer
will find it to his advantage to test
his Seed or have it tested, for purity
and termination. In making a purity
fest, according to the United States
Department of Agriculture, it is Gus
tOmary to determine the percentage of
,ure seed, inert matter such as dirt
chaff, and broken seeds, and foreign
seeds, including weed and other kinds.
A sample is taken varying in weight
from l to 100 grams or more Ga tea
spoon for the clOvers and small-seeded
grasses. a tablespoon for the grasses,
and a considerably larger amount for
cereal grains), depending upon the
size of the seed being examined. For
the termination test usually two lots
of 100 seeds each are placed on or
between blOtting paper, canton tian-
mel, OF such material, and kept in
room or chamber at a temperature Of
go degrees TO 80 degrees E. for g
to % days, depending upon the kind
Of seed being tested.
Samples for purity and termination
tests may be sent to the seed labora-
tory of the United States Department
of Agriculture at Washington, D. c.,
or to the nearest branch seed labor
atory of the United States Department
Of Agriculture at Washington, d. C.,
or to the nearest branch seed
laboratory located at Lafayette, Ind.
Columbia, Mo-; College Station, Tex.
Corvallis, Ore. and Berkeley, Calf.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
Delaware Man Makes Good

Fifty years ago Frank M. Barker,
son of Robert Barker and nephew of
Mr. Charles Barker, of South Walnut
street, Milford, Del, was born on one
of the Potter Estate" farms located
on the road leading from Milford to
Frederica, and grew to early manhood.
He was of lively dispositiOn-a hust-
Ter in whatever he took an active part
in-either business or pleasure. His
parents relinquished the lease of the
farm and engaged in management of
the VanVorst estate, and then finally
moved to Rochester, N. Y, or near to
that city.
Frank Barker in the meantime had
secured a position on the Delaware
Railroad at the then thriving little
station of Pennington, about ten
miles west from Milford, where un-
der the direction of Mr.. Edward Rus
sell, the station agent, he learned tel
egraphy and got the rudiments of
railroad work well grounded in his
mind-and found that especially to
his liking. From there he went to
northern New York with his family,
and Joined up with railroad work on
the Lehigh Valley and other systems.
At May first of the present month
Frank Barker assumed the duties of
General Manager of the most impor-
tan division on that system of rail-
roads, being promoted from time. to
time for the past twenty years to
greater and more important duties
each promotion.
He occupies social positions of
marked distinction in most of the civ
ic organizations as well as director in
several charitable institutions. His
new position will cause him to make
his home at Hazleton, Pa. Many of the
older farmers and men of Milford will
recall Frank Barker with pleasant !
memories of their earlier life. lie is
another Delaware boy who has made |
good in large and responsible posi-
tions, since leaving the State of his
nativity.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
iNOCULATION OF SOY BEANS
When sown on Land Not Previously
Planted to Crop 1t Is Advisable
to Use Culture.


Natural incubation now occurs
quite generally throughout much Of
the area where soy beans are grown
extensively. When sOwn on land
which has not been previously planted
to this crop, however, it is advisable
to inOculate with the proper culture.
InOculatiOn may be obtained, either
through the use of pure culture, a
limited quantity Of which can be pro-
cured from the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture free of charge, or
by the use of inOculated soil from
field where soy bean plants have pre-
viously developed nOdules. The in
oculated soil may be drilled in at the
time of seeding, using the fertilizer
box, or by thoroughly mixing a gal
lon of the soil to a bushel of seed.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
GAINS % POUNDS
BY TAKING TANLAC
Husband Spent Thousands In Vain
Search And Thought Her Case
Was Hopeless.

After spending thousands of dol
lars in vain, few bottles of Tanlac,
at cost too small to mention, restOr-
ed my wife's health and built her I'D
twenty-five pounds in weight, besides.
The change this medicine made in her
condition seems almost miraculous, /"
this remarkable statement was made
recently by A. F. Larmore, a well
known resident of Seaford, Delaware.
For ten years Mrs. Larmore had
suffered from a complication of trou-
bles and had become almost an in
valid. I'have paid out enough money
trying to bring her back to health to
start a drug store, but she gradually
grew worse instead of better. She
scarcely ate enough to keep alive and
even then she suffered from gas,
shortness of breath, heart palpitation,
in fact, about all the distress that in
digestion can cause a person.
"She also suffered from rheumatism
in her shoulders, back, arms and legs.
Her arms hurt so bad she could hard
ly raise her hands to her head. Her
nerves were in a wretched state, she
had headaches and dizzy spells and
had become very thin and sallow.
She often had to remain in her bed
as long as eight months at a time and
considered herself lucky if she got
few minutes ease or comfort. She
hardly had strength at any time to
walk a block and felt terribly dis
couraged as it looked like her case
was hopeless.
"Tanlac proved a revelation to us
both. Soon after she began taking it
her appetite returned and then she
commenced to improve rapidly in eV-
cry way. After taking four bottles
OF 'Tanlac her troubles had all van
ished and she was a new woman. She
is just recovering from bad case of
pneumonia now and being in need of
to build her up 1 am get
ting more Tanlac, for know what it |
will do. 1t is so wonderful that I just |
can't say enough for it"
Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
POSTAL IMPROVEMENT
week IS OBSERVED
May I Sees Inaugurated First
General Campaign of
Kind in Service.

without the Postal Service, business
would languish in a day, and be at a
standstin in a week. Public opinion
would die of dry rot. Sectional hatred
or prejudice only would flourish, and
arrow-mindedness thrive.
1t Is the biggest distinctive business
in the world and it comes nearer to the
innermost interests of greater num-
Der of men and women than any other
institution on earth. No private busl-
ness, however widespread, touches so
many lives so often or sharply; no
church reaches into so many souls,
flutters so many pulses, has so many
human beings dependent on its min
istratiOns.
"Postal Improvement Week" has
been set for May l. by the Postmaster
General. This is the first general cam
paign of its kind in the Postal Service
for several decades. Business men
and their organizations, large users of
the mail newspapers, motion pictures,
advertisers. and the entire Organiza-
tiOn of $4,000 postal workers are to be
enlisted in this countrywide campaign
Of interest in postal improvements.
Your help is vital. Address your let
ters plainly with pen or typewriter.
Give street address. Spell out name
Of State, don't abbreViate. Put your
return address in the upper left hand
corner of envelope mot on the back)
and always look at your letter before
dropping in the mail to see If it is
properly addressed. This care in the
use Of the mails is for your benefit and |
speeds up the dispatch and delivery
of mail matter.
If you have any complaints Of poor
service make them to your postmaster.
He has instructions to investigate them
and report to the department.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
THANK YOU
WITHOUT STREET ADDRESS
YOUR MAIL IS DELAYED
AT OFFICE OF DELIVERY

The Dead Letter Oaice has been in
existence ever since Ben Franklin
started our postal service. Even then
people addressed mail to Mr.. Ezekiel
Smithers, atlantic Coast" and ex-
pected Ben to know just where Zeke
lived.
Perhaps they had Zeke's address in
letters up in the garret, maybe a chest
full of 'em, but then it was easier to
let Ben hunt Zeke. Today people are
addressing letters to John Smith, New
York, N. Y, or Chicago, Ill, thinking
Uncle Sam can locate him, which is
just as incomplete as was Zeke's ad-
dress of yore. The Postoffice Depart
ment asks you to put the number and
street in the address. 1t helps you.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
STRAWBERRIES ALL SUMMER
Popular Varieties Are Progressive and
Superb-Resistant to Leaf-Spot
Diseases.

Strawberry plants which will con-
tinue to produce strawberries until
hard frOsts occur may be grown in
all of the northern United States and
in the mid-western states. The two
leading varieties of this type Of straw
berry, the progressive and the superb,
are notable because they are excen-
tionally resistant to leaf-spOt diseases.
Another remarkable characteristic of
these varieties is that If their blooms
are killed by frost they soon flower
again. Therefore, in sections subject
to late spring frOsts, which often
destroy the crop, these varieties are
particularly valuable.-United States
Department of Agriculture.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
Keeping of Cows May Be Responsible
for Making Hogs So Profitable.

sNN~F''iS ~ OSNS HNy ~ hSSNSuoibiS
for Making Hogs So Profitable.
milking and feeding cows, and
charged to them, would be entirely
lost if the cows were sold and moth
ing supplied to fill in the time Thus
an added burden for the maintenance
of labor would have to be borne by
the other enterprises.
The fact that the hogs or the corn
crop bring the most net money during
the season is no reason for assuming
that all the activities of the farm i'm
the future should be devoted solely to
hogs or corn. 1t may be that the keep
ing Of cows is partly responsible for
making hogs so profitable, or that the
growing Of wheat, clover, or other
crops in rotation with corn makes the
latter crop much more profitable than
it would have been if grown alone.
Similar conditions will be met with
on all farms and, therefore, no sudden
changes should be made On the basis
Of what a single years accounts may
indicate. All angles of the enterprise
should be taken into consideration.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
Cash Value of Seed Is Sufficient 70
Warrant Growing Beans as One
of Main Crops.

The soy bean may be combined ad.
vantageOusly in many systems of crop
rotation. The United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture says it is especial
ly adapted to short rotations, taking
either an entire season or part Of a
season following some grain crop. The
cash value of the seed is sufficient to
encourage growing the beans ps one Of
the main crops When the whole sea
son is thus devoted to soy beans, they
take any place in a rotation system
where corn can be used.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
HASFY CONCLUSIONS
SHOULD BE AVOIDED
All Angles Of Farm Enterprise
Should Be Considered.
If Cows Were Sold There Mould Be
No Way of Using Rouehage-La-
Dor Also Would Be Lost, Ad-
ding Another Burden.
Prepared by the United States Department
Of Amrfrulfura

Prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultuge)
Hasty conclusions should be avoided
in making use of the results of the
years cost accounts for improving the
organization of the farm, warns the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. All good farmers know that
sometimes a positive decrease in
profits nay ensue if an enterprise be
dropped because, taken alone, it has
failed to pay. Cows, for instance, may
not show a net profit, but if all the
cows were sold there might be no
other way Of using the rOughage.
which would become a dead loss. La
hOr devoted night and morning to
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
Personal Mention

Mrs. Earle F. Worthington who has
been visiting her mother in Tamaqua,
Pa, and relatives and friends in Phil
adelphia, returned to Milford last ev-
ening.
Mrs. H. L. Bunstein, Mrs. Clara
Pierce, Mrs. George H. Draper, Sr,
Mrs. Frank Richards, Mrs. VIM. Dra-
per- Mrs. o. D. Ackerman, Miss Ida
Draper, Mrs. Geo. H. Hall, Mrs. G. F.
Pierce, Mrs. C. D. Abbott, Mrs. Chas.
Varney attended the State Convention
of the International Sunshine Society
in Wilmington last week.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
HUMANIZING THE
POSTAL SERVICE

"There is no unimportant person or
part of our service 1t is a total Of
human units and their cooperation is
the key to its success. In its last
analysis, postal duties are accOmmo.
datiOns performed for our neighbors
and friends and should be so regarded,
rather than as hired service per
formed for an absentee emplOyer."-
Postmaster General Hubert Work.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
PUSHING ROAD CONSTRUCTION
Marked Improvement in Economic
Conditions for Highway Build
ing in United States.

Economic conditions for highway
building in all parts of the United
States have shown marked improve
ment. Railroad facilities for ham
ding rOad-building material are much
improved. Labor conditions have
been such as to aid road building.
The increasing number of unem-
ployed men and the depression gen
orally causing more men 10 be thrown
ont of employment, have been favor
able to contractors In pushing road
construction.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
COURTESY

It sticks in human relations like
postage stamps on letters. The
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT ex-
poets it to be used by its postmasters
and employees in dealing with the
public.
Help them in its use beginning
with POSTAL IMPROVEMENT
WEEK, May 1-6, 1922.
Milford chronicle., 1922-05-05
ST. JOHNS CATHOLIC CHURCH
RAY. LOSenh II. Irwin. Pastor

Sunday, May 7th-High mass, 1880.
Evening services, 1880.
A mission will begin next Sunday
and continue for one week. A mission
ary of the Redempsorist Order will
give the mission.
Services each morning will be at
6.3O and 8 o'clock. Evening services
for the entire week at 1880.
All are welcome.