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Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21
WONT ATTEND MEETINGS
BUT CRITICISE

Here is a report sent to the State
Board of Education, which tells ex-
actly what happens in many rural
school districts throughout Delaware,
at the annual school elections. The
same conditions prevailed under the
old school laws and it seems that
there is a disinclinatiOn on the part of
the people most interested, to make an
attempt to understand the workings
of the public schools. There has been
no change in the attitude of the peo-
pie.
The report from one of the wealth.
lest rural school districts, in the
northern part of Sussex county, and
only two miles from the town of Mil
ford. They have always maintained a
fairly good rural school in this dis
trict, No. III, Cedar Grove. The re-
port made was by one of the large
land owners of the district, and it has
been sent to The Milford Chronicle by
the State Superintendent of Schools,
from the Office of the business mana
ger, ]. o. Adams, Dover, Del.
The report is printed, so that others
who had the same experience as Mr..
Deputy, may be informed that there
are troubles of ommission in other
districts than their own. The report
follows:-
Milford, June %, 1922.
To State Board of Education:-
was at the school house at Ced-
ar Grove, District III, Sussex county,
June 18th, 1922, to hold the annual
school election-there being no one
present but myself, no business was
transacted.
Mr.. Dodd's term expired and the
other member, Mr.. Cooper, is going
to move ott of the district-so that
we should have had two new members
elected.
1 have spent twenty years out of
twenty-five years on the school board
of this district.
This duty is public business and
affects the people themselves and
their children-but they seem not to
take interest sufficient in their school
to help look after it.
wish to be excused from further
performance of this duty, as I will not
perform the work alone and stand the
criticism of the people Of the district,
who refuse to perform it or help to
name others.
Yours, etc., Byron q. Deputy.
The solution of the problem for this
district, as well as for other districts
over the State, is to consolidate with
otheK schools and get better school.
1t can be done without incurring a
burden in cost if the people are will
ing to look up the facts.
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21
FARMERS DAY, AUGUST sRD

Farmers Day at the University OF
Delaware will be held on Thursday,
August 3rd. The principal address of
the day will be made by DR.. Jacob G.
Lipman, director of the New Jersey
Agricultural Experiment Station. DR..
Lipman is one of the foremost scien-
lists of the United States and is an
international authority on problems
concerning the soil. DR.. Lipman has
Just returned from Europe where he
represented the United States at the
Biannual meeting of the International
Institute of Agriculture at Rome, and
at a soil conference held at Prague.
Other features of the day will be
inspection of the fertility work with
grain and fruit.
The club boys of New Castle county
will hold cattle judging contest.
The poultry plant has been great
ly enlarged since the last Farmers
Day and poultrymen will find much to
interest them. The poultry plant is
being operated by rehabilitation stu
dents.
The variety display of grapes will
be of interest to grape growers as
there is a full crops of grapes.
Dairymen will be interested in the
herd.
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21
SLAUGHTER BEACH

Slaughter Beach continues to improve,
the construction work here is progress
ing rapidly The new dance hall is near
ly completed and the new boardwalks
are being extended across the bay front.
Many young people are enjoying the ev-
brought from the surrounding towns. The
hotel managers are pleased to have so
many guests registered. Among them are
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Coffin of Dover; John
Myers, of Washington, D. G.; DR.. and
Mrs Gray and son Jack of Milford; the
and Virginia, Masters William and Dom
aid and their grandmother; Miss Flor
ence Gillis and Edwin Messick. FIFTY
three guests enjoyed the shore supper
served by Mrs Wyatt on Sunday.
On Wednesday, July 26th, the colored
joint picnic here. A large crowd is ex-
pected.
Many guests are at the different cot
tages. Miss Peterson of Philadelphia is
spending the week at the Marshall cot
Harry Wallace of wilmington is
guest at the Burn cottage.
Miss Margaret Holzmueller spent sew
eral days at the Holzmueller cottage,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellegood of Ellendale
have opened their cottage for the season,
as have Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Grier. The
Grier cottage has been greatly improved
inside and out.
This week the Pierce -NIacl1lin families
moved into the Macklin cottage.
/ e. M Davis entertained large house
party at the Wyatt cottage over the
Week-en
The opening of the new dance hall last
Friday night drew large crowd.
Early Sunday morning several motor
boats left the beach With fishing parties
from Milford
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21
Told In A Few Lines

Monday was a scorcher-92 in the
shade.
Laws Church Sunday school $3.50
a. M, July %.
"A good mosquito season is a good
corn crop year.
Be careful as to what you eat
these warm days.
Get your good things for Sunday at
the bake, held in the Kent and Sus-
sex Office.
Well ripened fruit and vegetables
well cooked without iced drinks will
help you keep well.
Don't forget the bake Saturday NOR
ming, in the Kent and Sussex Build
ing and Loan Office.
Lets all pay one cent per gallon as
tax on gasoline, to create fund for
building new side roads in all the
counties.
The local w. C. T. U. meets with
Mrs. N. L. Prettyman, Marshall street,
next Tuesday evening at 1880. Text
word, Body"
Grade fruit and vegetables before
taking or shipping them to market.
They sell for more than enough. to
pay double for the work.
Don't forget the ball game Satur-
day, July 22nd, in Milford, between
the Rehab Club of Newark and the
M. P. C. boys. Game called at 8 p. m.
The Harrington Road and Laws di-
vision of the grange will hold a bake
in the Kent and Sussex Building and
Loan Association Office Saturday, July
22nd, between 9 and IL o'clock. Chick
en- salad, pie, cake and rolls for sale.
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21
OCEAN VIEW

Remember the ice cream festival
to be held in the school grove this
Saturday night, July 22nd, by the
Methodist Church. All are welcome to
attend.
Mrs. E. C. Hallman of Tangier, Va,
is the guest of Mrs. Edward Hickman
and friends in town.
Mrs. Leon Morgan and daughter,
Evelyn, of Philadelphia, visited her
cousin, Mrs. Lulu Short and uncle,
Capt. 1. Albert Burton and family last
week.
Mrs. Beatrice Hooker of Philadel-
phia, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
L. G. Roberts last week.
: Mrs. Ulysses West and daughter,
Ruth, of Camden, N. j., are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Derrickson.
Edward DerricksOn accompanied
Miss Lydia Evans to Washington, d.
c., where they were the weekend
guests of Misses Helen and Rachel
Lee and Jack Gashner.
Miss Carrie Evans spent the week
end with friends at Fenwick Island
Beach.
Howard Burton, of Philadelphia,
spent the 4th with his family here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Derrickson of
Philadelphia visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Owen DerricksOn last week.
Miss Virginia James is-visiting her
uncle, DR.. and Mrs. J. W. James at
Dover.
Miss Ella Beers of Philadelphia and
Harold B. McCabe of Jersey City, N.
j., are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H.
Belts, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Cannon and
children of Philadelphia are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram James.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Johnson and
Miss Eva Helm of West Philadelphia
have been guests of Mrs. Owen Der
ricksOn.
Miss Verrel Elliott, of Lewes, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Noblitt of Philadelphia
motored here and visited Captain Cal
vim Evans and Mrs. Elizabeth Elliott.
The annual Home Coming Day will
be observed on the second Wednesday
in Augustine ninth day.
Raymond Dolby came from Norfolk,
Va, and is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Nelson Dolby.
Frank johnson of Dagsboro visited
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
Johnson on Sunday.
The Epworth League met at the
home of Mrs. Ethel Davidson on We'd
nesday night.
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21
GREENWOOD

Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Houston,
of near Greenwood, announces the
marriage of their youngest daughter,
Addie H., to Fred F. Dyer, of Middle
town. The marriage took place at the
M. E. parsonage, Bridgeville, on Sun
day evening, July End.
There will be home coming Of all
the pastors of the Methodist Protest
ant Church composed of all those who
have been here in the past AZ years.
Several are dead, but many have writ
ten that they will be back for the re-
union. The date will be announced la
ter in the columns of this paper.
The Methodist Protestant Sunday
school will hold their annual excur-
sion to Rehoboth this year on August
Bird. Everybody invited to join the
crowd and enjoy day at the ocean.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Salisbury Of
Wilmington are here visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Salisbury.
Irwin Toby who has been working
in Philadelphia is home here visiting
his mother.
Mrs. C. F. Warrington, w. S. Lord
and wife, Harold Johnson and Rose
Lord motored to Oxford, Md, this
week to visit Rev. H. w. D. Johnson.
Byron Gibson of Dover was in town
visiting friend over the weekend.
Rose Lord of Wilmington spent the
weekend here with her parents.
Ward zimmerman, wife and daugh-
ter of Wilmington, visited his mother
and sister here on Sunday.
We were all very sorry to learn of
the illness of our former pastor, Rev.
P. L. Rice at his home in Frederick,
Md. He has been unable to preach
since leaving this charge.
Rose Coulter has returned from
Georgetown after spending three
weeks there with friends and relatives.
The M. E. Sunday school went to
Oyster Shell Point on Tuesday, July
18th for a days outing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Carlisle Of
Newark, spent several days last week
with Mrs. Carlisle's sister, Mrs. Kate
Tatman.
Mrs. Garrett of Newark spent the
weekend here with Mrs. Charles Tat
man.
Mrs. Goldie Owens and daughter of
Milton are here visiting relatives.
Mrs. R. L. Coulter, ST., visited her
mother in Georgetown this past week
end.
Mr.. c. B. Porter and children of
Greenwood and Mrs. Helen Philips
and children of New Haven, Conn.,,
haye gone to Oak Orchard for two
weeks vacation.
JLaurence Tatman and family and
Roy Murphy have returned home af-
ter an 800 mile tour in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Harry Collision, of Philadelphia,
formerly Miss Lou Macklin, of this
place, died in Philadelphia hospital
after an illness of three weeks:
There will be a ten meeting held by
the Methodist Protestant people some
time in September. The date will be
published later in this paper.
Mrs. Robert Day of Clayton was
town visitor on Monday.
Mrs. Deborah Murphy is visiting her
daughter in Rhoadsdale for two weeks.
Call "PETTYJoHN's" for "Drugs Of
Quality" Mail or phone orders. Phone
% Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21
CHAPAIN'S CHAPEL

Mrs. Harold Macklin has been Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ, Macklin.
Mrs. Lillian Johnson and daughter
passed a few days in Ellendale last
weekly
MrySand Mrs. J. M. Dickerson pass
ed the weekend in Bridgeville.
Mrs. W. S. O'Day and grandson, Al
fred passed last week with relatives
near Glendale.
Edgar, Edwin and Morgan O'Day are
visiting relatives in Marydel, Md.
On account of Rev. Short attending
conference at Ocean View, N. j., there
will be no preaching at Chaplain's
Chapel this Sunday.
The ladies of Chaplain's Church en-
tertained the w. c. T. U. from Bridge.
Vile last Wednesday. Rev. White OF
Bridgeville delivered very interest
ing address. Refreshments were also
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Dickerson spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Trultt
of Cannons.
Many people from here motored TO
Oak Orchard, Ocean City and Slaugh-
ter Beach on Sunday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy /Isaacs of Ellen
dale spent Sunday with Mr.. and MIS-
W. S. ODay.
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our thanks to
those who so kindly helped us during
the illness and death of Mrs. Sarah
Ann Clendaniel, also for the beautiful
flowers. Mrs. iona Ellingsworth and
sisters. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21

He is indeed a forehanded man
who gets his last months bills paid
before next months arrive.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08
REALTY RECORDS

The following deeds were filed at the town clerks office yesterday:
 Warranty Deeds.
 Carmela Diandrea to Charles Bruno, 100 feet, Charles street.
 Isadore and Henrietta Resnik to Samuel T. Resnik, realty, West liar bor park
 Henry B. seeley to John Pancak, 50 feet. Funston avenue.
 Quit Claims Deeds.
 William P. Kirk to Morris L. Schwartz. 50 feet, Main street. Halvorson. CeceIia Flynn, City Saw ines bank to Salvatore Scrofani realty Union avenue, four deeds. Herman Tobey and Jacob w. Ger Der to Lauri Mammomi,( release of a mortgage.
 Adolph Thieberger to Leopold Lobovutz, 40 feet, Iranistan avenue.
 Mortgage Deeds.
 Salvatore Scrofani to Newfieid Bank and Trust company, realty. Union avenue, $s25 and s2.s5o.
 Frank Pabis to Mary Ulinski, 56 feet. -Seaview avenue, S1,524. Charles Bruno to Mary Dolcci, 100 feet, Charles street, s5,000.
 Samuel T. Resnik to Isadore W. Resnik and Henrietta Resnik, realty west Harbor park, s2,295.
 Morris L. Schwartz to William P. Kirk, 50 feet, Main street. s6,500. Nata1e Rido1fi and Alfredo Bar beriri to Lomas and Nettleton com |pany. 50 feet, Pennsylvania avenue, s4ooo.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08
AUTO TRIPS

Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyons of the Colorado and Yosemite Ma tional Park and three wonder places in America. The distances of five hundred to twenty-five hundred miles from Bridgeport to these places is keeping many people from seeing these natural wonders.
 Bridgeport automobilists need not sit back and Sine because they cam not see~these places; there are many places of interest within few hours ride of the industrial capital of Con necticut.
 The route is given to Lake Wara- mauy, the most beautiful lake in Connecticut which is about seven about A miles:
 State road to Danbury (via Black Rock turnpike), straight through Danbury to White street, pass New England depot, follow until arrow sign reeds Bridgeport, New Milford ,'' turn right, follow fork of road, turn left, follow state road, which is good, up through Brookfie1d, still River to New Milford, cross Housatonic River on right, straight on up hill to green. turn left on street north of green, and follow state road up through Worthwhile, Marbledale, to New Pres sign Lake Waramaug," three min uteS to lake, take right turn at post office.
 Bantam Lake. Same route as above is eight miles further on the state road. Continue on the state road for one mile and turn off at the town of Bantam.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08

Los Angeles, Aug. S|Thirty-seven alleged members of the Ku Klux K1an were placed on trial here today.
 A night raid by masked men at Ing1ewood, a suburb of Los Angeles, on April 22, 1922, resulting in the staying of one raider and the wound Ing of two others, was followed by an investigation in which the first de- finite charges were made that the Ku
 Klux Klan of the present day is en- gagged in deeds of violence. Forty three persons were indicted by the Los Angeles county grand jury for assault with intent to commit murder in connection with the raid.
 Thirty-seven of the accused were mentioned by name and six. unidenti-
 Those named included William s. Coburn. Grand Goblin of the Pacific Domain of the Ku Klux Klan; G. w
 Price, King Kleagle of the klan for the state of California, and Nathan
 A. Baker Kleagle. or organizer, for Los Angeles country.
 The victims of the Inglewood raid were Fidel and Matthias Elduayen. brothers, proprietors of a winery near l iInglewood, operating under a federal | license A crowd of men estimated
 as numbering from 50 to 150 entered l the Elduayen place, bound the broth | CTS and carried them to the Ing1ewcod
 city jail and asked to have them locked up as ''bootleggers.' The jail- | CT refused. The Elduayens were then
 carried to Redondo Beach, ten miles away, and a similar attempt was
 made at the lookup there. with the same result.
 l While the raiders were surrounding the Elduayen place, Frank T. Woer- lner, deputy city marshal of Inglewood,
 rode up in a motorcycle and was or dered to halt by one of the group of masked men who were guarding the highway. The deputy displayed his badge, whereupon, he testified later several revolvers were levelled at him He drew his one weapon and fired Into the crowd. three men falling
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08
TRIAL OF KU KLUX KHAN STARTS
 AT LOS ANGELES; 43 ON STAND
Night Raid Resulted In Staying of One Raider; Two Others Wounded; Many High Officials
 Among Number

woerner continued firing until his ammunition was exhausted, then re- turned to the Ing1ewood police sta ton for more. When he got back to the scene of the raid the crowd had dispersed.
 The three men shot by Woerner were carried into the town where they were found to be M. B. Mosher, Inglewood constable; Walter B. Mosher, his son and Leonard Ruegg B deputy constable. The elder Mosher died about an hour after he was shot.
 Meanwhile the Elduayens had been set free several miles from their home.
 An inquest was held three days taking establishment. Blake B. Shambeau, a traffic officer, testified that the raid had been organized the night of April 21, in the same room that at the same meeting candidates for admission to the ku K1ux Klan had been identified by Baker. He and other witnesses said Baker led Elduayens. Coburn testified he was in Inglewood that night, declaring he went there because he heard there was some kind of trouble, and he wanted to make sure no klansmen were mixed up in it.
 A few days after the inquest a squad of deputy sherfffs, equipped with search warrants, entered Co., ments relating to the Ku K1ux Klan. Later District Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine declared the documents contained "conclusive evidence" that the Klan was officially concerned with | the Ing1ewood raid and with other acts | of violence in its Pacific Domain The Los Angeles grand jury exanin- ed about 125 witnesses in addition to checking over the documentary evil dence. Coburn and Price were in Atlanta, Ga, where the supreme head quarters of the Klan were located when the indictment was fled but re-
 turned and furnished bail. All the I o+ha han
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08

(By International News Service,)
 Dayton. Ohio, Aug. S-The little town of Osborne Is moving. Within a period of a few months the little city will be located on site two miles from Its present location,
 Construction of the great Miami Valley Conservsncy District, at a cost of approximately SS5,000,00o, has necessitated the removal of this little city. The building of dirt road, over new site already has been completed, and buildings in the little city's busi- ness district are being razed. Homes are being demolished or taken down. piece by piece.
 The citizens of osborne-each of day" has arrived, In their new homes up the road'' they will be assured that no repetition of the 1913 flood will ever come.
 When the flood of 1913 ripped into Dayton Osborne also was flooded. When the citizens of Dayton and those of other towns and districts in eight adjoining counties banded themselves together to make the Miami Valley safe for democracy" the Miami Val court or government unto itself, was formed under laws of the State of Ohio.
 VIII Build Five Dams.
 The scheme for preventing repeti ton of the 1913 floods was worked out by Arthur E. Morgan and as- sociates. It called for the construc- ton of five great dams in the district, with system of outlets or spillways which would release the water behind the dams in such quantities that the streams below the dams would not be overloaded.
 The dams have been completed They are gigantic structures, and they withstood the test of this Spring in
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08
RESIGNATION OF |GARLICK ACCEPTED

Judge Arthur M. Com1ey of the city court accepted the resignation of B. Earle Garlick as prosecuting attor- ney of the city of Bridgeport to be- come effective as of the 4th of August the day he was appointed assistant states attorney.
 The appointment of successor to Garlick as prosecutor of the city will not be made until Judge William Boardman, who is on his vacation, re- turns.
 During the interim Assistant Prose- cutting Attorney Vincent L. Heating will act as prosecutor It is expected however that Heating will be appoint ed as Garlick's successor.
 Garlick was sworn in today as assis- tant states attorney by Judge Johr W. Banks.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08


 such a manner as to convince even the most skepttcal of the wisdom of the plan. Thirty-seven feet Of water which could have accommodated one hundred feet more water without danger.
 There was but one town within the of the dams. The law creating the district required that this town be made safe in the future. Only two ways to do this were possible. One was to build dam completely around the town. The other was to move the town bodily to higher ground. some distance away. This was regarded as the cheapest and best method Of solv- Ing the problem.
 District Buys Property.
 The conservancy district then bought the property of the entire town, through condemnation proceedings. and resold the buildings to the owners who wanted them. A few there were who decided to go along with the old town to the new site and build new homes. This was done in a number of cases, the old buildings being abandoned for disposal as the district may see fit.
 It was a n1oney-making deal for the owners, as they made about S30,0o0 through the double transaction.
 The new town site was selected by B holding company known as the Os- borne Removal Company. The new site was plated, sidewalks construct ed, streets laid out, trees planted, gas, water and electric lines put in, a loca- ton set aside right in the centre of the business district for public park, fountain, shrubbery and other things that go to make up a regular civic centre.
 A town hall costing s14,0oo which will be the seat of government and home of the Fire Department, is un-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08


 der way as is a s45,oo0 school build will wifi cost sss.ooo when completed.
 Houses Arc Moved.
 Of the 176 houses in the town nearly all will be lacked up and moving ap- then will be trundled to the new 1oca- tions and set upon the new founda- tions. The removals are to be made without disturbing the families or con- tents.
 The houses will be rolled along what is called the spade handle," in order to evade State law requiring that a village in extending it's cor must continue in an unbroken line. Consequently a strip of land 400 feet wide and extending from the old town site to the new is included in the cor poration extension. It Is almost two miles long.
 After Osborne Is completely moved this road and the old town site will be vacated by legal process. The former town will be reconverted into farm lands by the conservancy dis trfct.
 Two of the four churches in Os- borne already have selected their new locations. and several small indus tries are making arrangements to To- cate in the new town. | A farmers cooperative elevator is one of the new buildings, and a. new station for the two steam lines and the one electric. line is ready for | occupancy.
 Excavation Work Heavy. In building the five great dams it was necessary to move 25,0OO,OOo hydraulic power. The fils were made 1 by sluicing earth and gravel along what is known as the core of the dam. It is composed of the finer particles of the filling, with the outer slopes of he
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-08
LEGION DELEGATES.

Five delegates were elected at 8 meeting held by the American Legion to attend the state convention to be held Tn Waterbury, Sept. and g. They are Phi1o CoIhoun, Commander P. George Moore, Albert J. Merritt, William McNu1ty and Edward Dr1s- coll. E. J. Kelly of New London, . member of the State Executive com nittee, of the American Legion, ad- dressed the members, urging all the Legion posts to make the athletic
 meet to be held Labor Day cuccess. Some of the best athletes in the country will take part.