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Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
Told In A Few Lines

Two weeks to fodder saving.
Save coal now as much as possible
Now is the time to make crab apple
jelly.
Watermelons are in market from To-
cal fields.
Get your dog license now before
August 10Th.
Get plenty of wood in the yard soon
as possible.
Grapes are getting ripe and the
quality is fine.
Thursday, August 18th is "Big
Thursday" at Slaughter Beach.
Peaches, so cents per basket for
best grades, in Milford this week.
Milford will have to hold a referen-
dunn on refunding her school bonds.
The public schools will reopen for
the next school year, September 18th.
Dog tags cost $1-get 'em at Alder
man HendrixsOn's now and save trou-
BILE.
Laws Church-Sunday school 1870,
promptly. Preaching at 2:30, August
18th.
Sheet iron wood burning stoves will
be popular this fall-have you got
one?
Flowing fallow ground has been
completed by several farmers near
Milford.
Grading the causeWay at Frederick
with Stag for bottom drainage is go
ing on this week.
The hail storm of last Saturday
night did hut little injury in this part
Of Sussex county.
The Woods Meeting held at the col
ored church in Slaughter Neck, has
drawn large crowds.
Concrete in the Milford Harrington
road, is laid up to within a mile of
to the Torbert Farm.
Carlisle Collins is confined to his
nome with blood poison, the result of
having stung him on Sun
lay last.
How about roast chicken for din
Ter? See Mrs. Short in charge of |
Grange Bake Saturday at the Pierce /
hardware store.
Visit the Grange Bake next Satur-
lay in the Pierce hardware store,
md you will find just what you want
or your Sunday dinner.
Swallows are gathering for their
outhern fight and their roosting
,laces on wires over pavements-
auses many housewives to be annoy
d by their drOppings.
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
Milford Hospital News

Grover Lord, of Harrington, who
was operated on, has returned to his
home.
Reynolds Kemp, of FELTON,, is i'm
proving.
John P. Donovan returned to his
home in Frederick, Tuesday of this
week.
George Erwin, of Viola, is a patient
at the hospital and is improving.
Mrs. John Camper, of Harrington, is
a patient at the hospital.
Granville Hicks, of Harrington, was
admitted to the hospital, examined
and had his wounds dressed.
James Hopkins, of Milford, is a pa
tient at the hospital.
The regular weekly bake given by
the Ladies' Auxiliary, will be held at
Pierce Co.'s Hardware Store every
Thursday.
The hospital wishes the co-opera-
tiOn of the public in the matter or
noise. Automobilists are requested to
drive more carefully and not blow
horns unless absolutely necessary.
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
OF PEACE AT
SLAUGHTER BEACH ARRESTED

The first step in the direction of
enforcing the best or order at Slaugh-
ter Beach was taken by the Slaughter
Beach Corporation, owners of the hO-
tel property, when on Tuesday they
had nine young men arrested and
brought before Justice-of-the Peace
Hendrixson of Milford. The men were
charged with having been disorderly
and having used obscene language
while on the beach on Sunday last.
Those brought before the court were
Harry White, Herman Pierce, Albert
Carter, James Carter, Williams Walls,
Thomas Carroll, Herman Carroll,
John Phillips and Leonard White.
They all reside in the rural district
near the beach. 1t is said that it has
been the habit of the young men, not
only those arrested, but others, to
come to the beach and disturb the
peace of the cottagers. This practice
the owners of the beach property in
tend to break up, and the move on
Tuesday was the first step in that di-
rection. After the evidence in the
case was heard by Justice of the
Peace Hendrixson, George S. Grier,
of the Slaughter Beach Cor
pOration, asked that the men be let
off without fine. This Mr.. Hendrix
son agreed to with the provision that
the costs, which amounted to about
$3.50 each, be paid by the men. Ar
rests will be made whenever disorder
is caused on the beach in the future.
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
P. R. R. SAYS 1T WILL
MOVE ALL COAL CARS
COMPANY SAYS THERE HAS BEEN NO
DELAY AND SHOPMEN'S STRIKE
HASN'T INTERFERED.
HAS MANY CARS AVAILABLE
CONSUMERS MAY DEPEND ABSOLUTELY
ON The MOVEMENT OF COAL ON
The PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM.

The following statement was au-
thorized by the Pennsylvania railroad
on Monday:
Consumers may depend absolutely
on the movement of coal on the Penn
sylvania system. Every car of coal re-
ceived by the Pennsylvania system
from connecting lines or mined on
this railroad is being moved with the
same regularity as prevailed before
the railroad shOpmen went on strike.
No interruption whatsoever has been
caused by the railroad strike in the
supply of empty coal cars or the move
ment of loaded cars.
ION August 4, the number of stored
good order railroad owned coal cars
on other than mine sidings totalled
1879. These are idle cars available for
coal loading and are in addition to the
cars supplied to mines that are now
producing coal.
"As a matter of fact, in addition to
the mines now producing coal there is
now available an empty car supply
for every mine on the Pennsylvania
system that can produce coal. Good
order empty cars are now available
at the sidings of the mines that are
not producing coal and Will be moved
whenever the mines open and the
cars are loaded.
'The Pennsylvania System is today
supplying more than 100 per cent of
the number of cars called for by the
rating of producing mines and moving
the coal as rapidly as it is loaded.
I'm this connection attention is
called to the fact that before the rail-
road strike began, the average week
y production of coal had been cut |
down from 1O,714,OOO tons to 4,5O5,-
700 tons. For 13 weeks before the rail-
road strike began therefore, the loss
If coal was about 8O,0OO,O0O tons and
or II weeks since the coal strike be-
san the country has been without go
,er cent of it's coal production for
which loss the railroads are in no way
espOnsible."
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
ENFORCING DOG TAX IN MILFORD

The Town Council of Milford has
caused to be printed notice to all
concerned, that every dog in the limits
of the Town of Milford, must wear a
license tag on its collar; showing that
the annual tax on dogs has been paid
for it by the owner of such dog. These
tags should have been issued at July
1st, 1922-but the manufacturer fail
ed to deliver them in time and it was
only last week that they arrived.
The tags can be had from the All
derman, Edward V. Hendrixson, who
is charged with their issuance for the
current year. Because of the delay in
receiving the tags, the police have
been permitting dogs to go free-but
from and after the 10th of August,
any dog found at large upon the
streets of Milford, or harbored by any
person or persons in Milford, will be
liable to capture and disposing of ac-
cording to the laws regulating the
keeping of dogs in Milford.
There are about three hundred dogs
liable to license in Milford, and the
people will have ample time to get
the tags before the 10th of August.
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
ELLENDALE SWAMP CLUB
BOYS WIN SCHOLARSHIPS

The personal benefit to members of
Boys and Girls Clubs as conducted in
Delaware for the past few years, was
shown happily by the results of the
work done in competition for prizes,
which have just been awarded-the
members of the Glendale Swamp
Club winning 2 scholarships to Del
aware College for the ensuing year.
The club held it's meeting last Mon
day evening at the home of Harry Co
baugh, at which the County Club
Agent, Miss Dorothy Emerson, was
present and took part in the meeting.
1t was announced that Henry Sammons
and Harry CObaugh had won and been
awarded scholarships to Delaware
College for the next year to Boys and
Girls Club week at Newark.
A lively two hours were passed af-
ter the meeting closed it's work. There
will be another meeting next Monday
evening, August 18th, at the home of
Mr.. Cobaugh.
1t has been agreed to have friendly
contests between the boys of Ellen
dale Swamp and those Of Ellendale or
other near localities. For this purpose
an invitation is extended 20 the Ellen
dale boys to come over and put on the
gloves for friendly bouts az the Mon
day evening meeting.
There are friends from the city Wis
iting folks in this vicinity as follows:
Mrs. Quilo and children from New
York City are with Julius GOrlichs and |
family.
Mrs. BOwerman and children and |
Miss Louise Bowerman are guests of
Mr.. Leiberman.
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
HIGH RECORD POTATO CROP
$1,000 CARLOADS OF TUBERS DUG ON
PENINSULA FARMS THIS YEAR.

The potato crop raised this year on
the Mary-land-Delaware Virginia Pc
ninsula, on farms stretching all the
way from Wilmington south as far as
Cape Charles, Va, has established a
new high record for production and
shipment. This is one of the chief
potato growing sections of the coun-
try and virtually the entire crop
reaches market over the lines of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. According
to the freight traffic officials of the
road, potato shipments from this dis
trict to date exceed 10000 carloads,
as compared with last years ship
ments amounting to about 14,5OO
cars.
Most of the crop goes to the mar
kets of the Philadelphia, New York
and New England districts, and to
the central western region between
Pittsburgh, Chicago, and st. Louis.
This year about so per cent of the
crop went east and 40 per cent west.
Nearly 20 per cent of the entire crop
went into New England, an unusually
large proportion.
On the heaviest single day this year
the Pennsylvania Railroad carried 661
carloads of potatoes away from the
farms. This was on July II
and constitutes the highest record for
any single days potato shipments
from the Peninsula. The heaviest
previous day was July of last year,
when 653 carloads were moved.
The record week this year was July
10 to Is, inclusive, when S543 carloads |
Of potatoes were hauled, as compared |
with 2446 during the week of July |
10 9 last year, the heaviest period of
1921.
Although the movement of the crop |
has been the heaviest ever known, the |
ar supply this year was entirely ade-
luate to all requirements, and the
conditions of the cars furnished was
epeatedly commented upon by farm
RS and shippers as being the best in
heir experience. The shopmen's
trike was on during the greater part
# the period; nevertheless, neither
he car supply nor the handling of the
Oaded cars was affected or interfer-
d with in the slightest degree. About
600 boxcars were required to handle
he crop, each car averaging two
ound trips between shipping point
nd market.
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
PRODUCTION PER MAN
new FARM STANDARD
DEAN NM'CUE OF DELAWARE EXPERIMENT
STATION CONTENDS THAT RURAL
POPULATION DECREASED.
new METHODS ARE USED
HE ARGUED THERE HAS BEEN RURAL
PROGRESS AND NOT RURAL DECAD-
ENCE THRU EDUCATION.

The standard measurement of sue
cess of American agriculture is not
yield per acre, but production per
man. American produces more food
per man unit than any other country
on the globe except it be Canada"
This statement was made by Dean
Charles A. McCue, director of the
University of Delaware experiment
station, in discussing the Myth of
Rural Decadence" before more than
1000 farmers who attended Farmers
Day at the University Experiment
farm.
Dean McCue contended that while
it was true the population in some
of the finest agricultural counties of
the country had decreased from 10 to
20 per cent in the last twenty years,
yet by progressive methods prOduc-
ton in these same counties had been
largely increased with less manpOwer.
He gave some astounding figures to
show how in Kent and Sussex cOun-
ties of this State production had been
greatly increased in the last twenty
years, althO the population and acre
age of titled land have both decreas-
ed. In Kent county in the last twenty
years, he said, 20 per cent of the
strictly rural population has been lost
and 23,064 acres of land have passed
out of cultivation. Twenty per cent
less people, he said, own nearly 1000
more horses and mules than twenty
years ago, 400 more cattle and 100000
more poultry, but 1000 less hogs. The
of crops raised has changed
in that time. Notwith-
the loss of 20 per cent of
population the country has more
horses, mules, cattle, poultry, more
fruit trees, more grape vines, more |
hay and more potatoes. There have
been losses in grains and small fruits. |
Conditions in Sussex county are /
similar. The decrease in rural popu-
alton has been 10 per cent and 10000
ess acres of land are being farmed
han twenty years ago. With this de-
,rease the country annually is pro-
lucing $4,000 more tons of hay; 114,-
100 more bushels of white potatoes;
more than 100000 bushels more
weet potatoes; 100000 more bushels
# orchard fruits and more livestock.
He argued there has been rural
rOgress and not rural decadence
through education.
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
GRANGE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS

The Kent-Sussex picnic will be held
Friday, August 18th, at the home of
State Master Roosa, one mile north
of Milford, on the boulevard. Look for
the American flags.
1t is planned that triangular trip
of four miles, start about eleven, visit
ing the Delaware Egg Farm, Wesley
Heebner, owner; the North American
Egg Laying Contest in charge of Mr..
Vadigan and the Grange Hall in
course of construction.
Basket lunch on the lawn will be
followed by a program by members of
Columbia, Henlopen, Trophy and Cap
ital Oranges: Speeches by w. ].
Thompson, for past twelve years mas
ter of Maine State Grange and Bro
ther R. G. Houston, of Georgetown.
Sports in charge of Milford.
The New Castle picnic is the 18th,
at the fair grounds at Elsmere. The
same speakers, singing and sports
will make full day.
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
POULTRY GROWERS ORGANIZE

A meeting of the Delaware Poultry
Growers was held in Milford on We'd
nesday, August End, which was large
ly ttended-especially by the success
full poultry men and women of Kent
and Sussex counties.
A permanent organization was eff
fected and the officers selected to look
after the interests of the poultry
growers as follows: President, E. J..
Lewis, Milford; vice president, Chas.
Groves, Milford; treasurer, A. e.
Num-, Milford; secretary, DR.. Evans
Roberts, Milford.
The permanent committees were
named as follows: Legislative
Evans Roberts, Jos. Gray Davis and
William Marsh. Membership-Willi
Hammond, Gus. Swanson and Fred
Smith.
The membership fee until October
10th, was fixed at S5-after that date
it will be $40.
The object of the organization is to
look after anything that affects the
successful production of poultry in
Delaware; but especially the securing
of markets to absorb the egg products
and poultry at all seasons.
Arrangements have already been
made with the New Jersey Associa-
tion at Jersey City, to sell the eggs of
the newly-organized Delaware Poul-
try Growers Association, in New York.
Negotiations are now in progress to
have a through car from Milford to
the New York market, which will be
a sure guarantee of the grade of Del
aware eggs to the New York cOnsum-
arS
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
HAIL FELL IN MILFORD

.VThe first hail storm to pass over
Milford for several seasons visited
this community on Saturday evening
last, during the severe electric storm.
Hail fell for several minutes, and var
led in size in the different sections of
the town. Reports indicate that the
hail was about the size of a pea.
While hail fell, no reports of damage
near Milford have been received. Re
ports from the lower part of the State
are to the effect that in some sections
the hail completely cut up the tomato
vines and other crops. A gentleman
from Milford, who visited Ocean City,
Md, on Sunday states that he passed
several fields near that resort in
which the tomato vines, COW peas and
other crops were beaten to shreds by
the hail which struck that vicinity.
Milford has indeed been fortunate for
years past by the absence Of hail
storms. In town on Saturday night the
business streets of the section were
we'll covered with a coating of ice
from the storm.
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
CEDAR GROVE CANNING CLUB

The last two meetings of this club
were held at the homes of Louise
Vreeland and Mrs. Colell. Miss Emer-
son, the county club leader, was pres
ent at the first one. At both meetings
the club demonstration team demon
strated the canning of some product.
This club made very good show
ing at the Kent-Sussex Fair. The
demonstration team--Helen Swain,
Myrl McNichol and Edith Nunn-won
first place in demonstrating. This
gives them free trip to the State
Fair in September. Some of the mem
bers of the club won over fifteen dol
lars in premiums on their canned pro-
ducts.
This week two of the members, Hell
en- Morris and FilomenO Greco, with
the local club leader, Mrs. Colell, are
attending the Junior Short Course at
the University of Delaware.
The next meeting of the club will be
held Tuesday morning, August 18th,
at the home of Mrs. Colell.
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
SHIP LARGE ENGINE TO HAITI

v The L. D. Caulk Company, of Mil
ford, this week shipped the large Die
sci engine which they used until re-
Gently to generate current for their
dental laboratories in Milford, to the
Island of Haiti. The engine when dis
mantled filled two fiat cars. The Penn
sylvania Railroad Company sent a
special train to Milford equipped with
derricks and in this manner the en-
gine was loaded in the cars. The main
casting of the engine weighed over 1S
tons. The engine will be used on the
tropical island by light and power
company, and will be used to generate
electricity. The plant was installed
in Milford few years ago, at which
time the town did not have day cur
rent. Since then, however, the city
owned plant has been remodeled and
a twenty-fOur hour system inaugural
ed. The Caulk Company is now using
city current and had no use for its
large plant.
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
VERY PRETTY CHURCH
WEDDING In MILFORD
WHEN MISS JESSIE PLEASANTON OF
THIS TOWN BECAME The BRIDEOF
CHARLES COKE OF WILMINGTON.
MANY FRIENDS PRESENT
RENUE N. E. CHURCH BEAUTIFULLY
ECORATED With FLOWERS AND
ERNSOF MANY DESCRIPTIONS.

M us ~ Jessie Pleasanton, daughter of
~ .; Pr n Pleasanton and the late DR..
Ci. ~; " AasantOn, of Milford and Mr.
ci'1aI - II'I9 Igs. IKE, son of Mrs. Mary Coke
VI " ton, were united in mar
rage on 'ednesday, August 9th ar
1ish noon, in the Avenue M n
M m ~ ~ 9V DisstOn w. Jacobs.
,.o+ad - oiel - u was beautifully deco
+..'Sg ,,-a,5,i... N M MLelI.S and hydrangeas. The
TWjiI;a,ls ~ JuGaIs 5l5iewas 5nqtcnwas played by Mr..
't+i-5 !" "lill',ln L'ODInsO, Jr. The bride was
otsi4eu ,,'i,i+e ~ "nlte radium lace over
s+nnIli,Ss %alIo sa'in' WIN white slippers AID
bouquet was white brides roses and
larkspur tied with white satin rib
bon.
The brides only attendant was her
sister, Miss Helen PleasantOn, who
was attired in imported orchid organ
die, trimmed in val lace, with white
hat and slippers and stockings, car
rying pink roses and lavendar lark
spur.
The groom was attended by his bro
ther, Rev. William Coke, of Whining
ton.
The ushers were friends of the
Dflde and groom and were: Miss Leila
Lyman, of Newport, who wore april
cot crepe de chine; Miss Frances
Coke, of Wilmington, who wore peach
and white crepe de chine; Miss Oliv-
la Gresham, of Lewistown, Pa, who
wore yellow geOrgette; Mrs. EllistOn
LammOtte of Midway, who wore cream
pOngee; and Miss Marie Moore, who
wore nile green Organdie and Miss
Roma Smith, who wore buff Organdie,
both of Milford.
Miss PleaSantOn was formerly tea
cher in the Wilmington High School
and is one of Milford's most popular
1oung ladies, being a graduate of the
Milford High School and later made a
special study of dramatic art. In Will
where she recently taught,
ihe won a host of friends as well as
n her home town.
Mr.. Coke is principal of the Will
ningtOn High School, and is very
popular with his students and facul-
y. They will make their home in
The Out-Of-town guests were: Mr..
nd Mrs. Elliston Lammotte and Gene
.ammotte, of Midway; Mr.. and Mrs.
J. 1. Abbott, of Dover; Mr.. and Mrs.
Vm. Savin, of Cheswold; Mrs. Mary
Oxe, Miss Frances Coke, Mr.. and
lrs. Andrew Coke, Mr.. J. D. Stafford,
Lrs. Frank Taylor, Mrs. Lyman and
Liss Stewart, of Wilmington, and
Iiss Beatrice Cochran, of Oxford,
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
PREPARE VACCINE FOR
POULTRY INCUBATION

Prof. E. R. Hitchner from the Agri-
cultural Experiment Station of the
University of Delaware was in Kent
county two days during the latter part
of June collecting roup and pox virus
from diseased poultry focks. The pur-
pose in collecting this material is to
furnish the poultry raisers of Della
ware with vaccine to be used in inoc-
ulating their focks this fall and win
ter when serious outbreaks of pox and
roup are likely to be prevalent. 1t is
the plan of the Experiment Station to
use the virus from each flock in maxi
ing the serum for treating the same
flock from which the virus was tax
en-. In this way the station and the
poultry raisers will be better able to
keep more accurate record on the
of the inoculation meth
cd on each flock treated.
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
FIREMEN TO HOLD CARNIVAL

Denton's newly organized volunteer
fire company will hold carnival in
Denton, September 2, 4, 5, 6, z, 8, and
8 on the school grounds, Sixth and
Franklin streets. They will be as
sisted in this by the ladies of the Den
ton Community Club. There will be
dancing after 1890 each evening. A
big Brass Band has been engaged to
furnish music. Free attractions will
be the event of each evening, while
the merry-go-round, shooting gallery,
throwing the balls and many other
will be there to enter
tain. Bring your girl and show her
a good time each evening. Don't for
Carnival, Sept. 2.-9.
Milford chronicle., 1922-08-11
COMMISSION PLANS
FUEL REGULATION
QUESTIONABLE PREPARED ARE TO BE
FOLLOWED BY ALL APPLICANTS
FOR COMMODITY.
ADOPT FEDERAL RULES
CHAIRMAN OFCOAL COMMISSION ISSUES
STATEMENT OUTLINING METHODOF
DISTRIBUTION AS PROPOSED.

The Delaware Coal Commission
held it's organization meeting in the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce
in the DUPONT Building, Monday, at
Wilmington, with Chairman Leon
Walker presiding. The commission
arranged rules and regulations under
which coal will be distributed, perfect
ed organization and arranged ques-
tionairies covering registration OF
those in various classes designated by
the regulations.
The members of the commission
entered very fully into all phrases OF
the coal situation and their duties in
the premises ,as far as it was possible
so to do in view of the situation as It
confronts them in the State at this
time.
Follow Federal Plan
The commission will adhere rigidly
to the rules and regulations as adopt
ed by the Federal Fuel Administra-
tion and the commission. These rules
and regulations are printed below, and
the commission advised that every
person desirous of securing coal will
save himself and the commission time,
trouble and annoyance by following
exactly the regulations as set forth.
The following statement, covering
the entire situation, as it obtains to-
day was issued after the meeting on
Monday afternoon, by Leon Walker,
chairman of the commission.
The Delaware Coal Commission ap-
pointed by Governor William d. Den
ney, announces the following Organi-
zation, rules and regulations for the
distribution of fuel throughout the
State of Delaware in the existing
emergency.
Organization
Leon Walker, chairman, Whining
ton, Del.
Henry P. Scott, Jr., treasurer, Will
mington, Del.
Robert D. Kemp, commissioner for
Wilmington and vicinity.
John E. Walker, commissioner for
and vicinity.
Jesse L. Shepherd, Middletown, Del,
for lower New Castle county.
Charles B. Wilson, Dover, Del, for
Kent county.
Garrett S. Harrington, Harrington,
Del, for Kent county.
L. Lee Layton, Jr., Georgetown, DEL,
,Or Sussex county.
Hon. John G. Townsend, Jr., Selby-
vile, Del, for Sussex county.
Rules and Regulations
(A) The Federal Fuel Administra-
.or's priority list will lapply to ship
nents of coal received through the
ederal distributor, as follows:
Class For such special purposes
is may from time to time be specially &
by the commission or it's
lgent therefor. And subject thereto. +
Glass 2-(a) Fuel for railroads and
)ther common carriers, and for bunk
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