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Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24
GLENDALE
BY PAUL PRY

The terrible storm and cold blizzard of
last week found many of our people
wholly unprepared, having exhausted
their supplies. They We're not expecting
to be subjected to zero weather coming
so close upon the previous storm. We
have heard of but two cases of bad Ie-
suits from the zero temperature. Will
jefferson was badly frightened on Fri
day, when he found flames shooting 10
feet high from his chimney. The fire
alarm was sent in and the fire engine
and boys stood around ready to go to
work, but Mr.. jefferson held them off
until the chimney burned out.
The other accident brought much dis
comfort to Tom Williams, a country
merchant of high repute. While crossing
Gravely Branch, as it was a roaring tor
rem of ice and being in his sleigh, the
vehicle struck a snag on the bridge, up
setting and throwing him in the water
up to his waist. He was swept by the
current under the bridge and was oblig-
ed to crawl out further down the stream.
He reached his team and hurried home
and so far has felt no bad results there
from.
Our good old neighbor, Bob Carpenter,
has moved his family to a large farm in
Nanticoke. Mr.. Lanfeld. the new prea-
cher, has taken charge of his old home.
We extend the hand of welcome to our
new neighbor and wish him good sue
cess in his new enterprise.
John Dickerson while loading a load Of
fodder on Wednesday fell from the load
and broke his arm. He was Immediately
rushed to DR.. Hopkins at Milton where
the limb was set.
Mrs. Luther Coverdale has taken Miss
Mildfed Ellingsworth's position at the
post office, as Miss Ellingsworth has re-
suhed her old duties at the Chronicle
Office.
u Wolford Warren and Charlie Peck, two
of Bllendale's prosperous young business
men, have purchased the NIiIlsboro Flour
Mill for $1,000 cash. Mr.. Warren with his
family has moved to Millsboro and TAX
en- possession of their property while
Mr.. Peck remains in Glendale and goes
back and forth.
VIM. Wolf and w. S. Dickerson are
building large structures for an up-to-
date poultry plant at their respective
homes, near town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lord are receiV-
ing congratulations upon the birth of a
daughter.
We are just informed that Wilbur De-
putty has sold his beautiful farm and
home near Three Bridges to a northern
gentleman! Mr.. Deputy will build on the
opposite side of the state road.
Oscar Marker now at Marcus Hook
came home Sunday to spend the week
end with his wife and children.
The Fourth Quarterly Conference of
Circuit will be held Saturday
25th, at two o'clock. The Dis
trict Superintendent requests all the Of
fcials and members of the church to be
present.
Call "PRTTYJoHN's" for Drugs of
Quality" Mail or phone orders. Phone
% Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24

realize that right and justice will be
the result; which will make the law
satisfactory to the great majority Of
the people. The Morning News edi-
torially says of the decision:
This means that every person,
man or woman of age, must make a
return of his or her income, whether
liable to the state tax or not, and
must pay $3 to the state authorities
when the return is made.
All elements of doubts have been
removed, though there never was any
serious doubt as to the constitution
ality of the law, and the best thing
for citizens is to make the return with
out question and pay the fee.
On the other hand the state Off
cials are expected to exercise due dill
igence in rounding up this tax which
will bring considerable income into
the state treasury"
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24
MILLVTLLE

Miss Mabel Powell of Philadelphia has
been spending a few days with her mo-
ther and sister. Mrs. Lydia Powell and
Miss Myrtle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Braisure of Sell
byville visited Mr.. and Mrs Charles Viii
liams on Monday.
Mrs. Lena Mitchell is very sick at this
writing.
The Ladies Aid Society of the NJ e.
Church met with C. H. Townsend on
Tuesday evening. After the business
meeting a social hour was enjoyed by all
present.
Carl Lelkites of the Indian River Coast
Guard Station, is again on the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams spent
Sunday with Mrs Williams brother and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Crist of near
Dagsboro.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24
LONG NECK

Scarlet fever is again breaking out
in this vicinity.
Miss Edna NJ. Parson left on Monday
on an extended visit with relatives and
friends at Harrington and Philadelphia.
a. J. Hart of Georgetown spent part
of last week at his farm, doing some car
penter work. but the zero weather drove
him back to Georgetown until warmer
weather.
Owing to the bad condition of the
roads caused by the heavy snow OF last
week. our rural mail driver has been un-
able to make the Long Neck route for
several days.
Francis Moore returned home on Sat
urday from Philadelphia where he has
been the past three months, being un-
der treatment for a broken arm While
he is much improved, the arm is still
far from being we'll.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24

CONGRESSMAN LAYTON has ex-
pressed himself as opposed to the bO-
nus law for soldiers who served in the
Great War just closed, and we believe
that he voices seventy-ive per cent
of the opinion of all citizens of Della
ware. The United States will take care
of those who were injured in the SER
vice, and those who served overseas
without wasting billions of dollars
now and having it all to do again
later.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24
OVERLOOK

Roy Simpler who has been quite sick
is able to be out again.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy King spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Reed of -Broadkill.
John Graham who has been spending
the past six weeks in Philadelphia, re-
turned home on Friday.
Mrs. John Messick and daughters, Ro-
berta and Doris, and Mrs. Mary Mitchell
are visiting Mrs. Mitchells daughter
Mrs. Virgil Dennis, of Berlin, Md.
Miss Estella Warrington who has been
i'll for the past three weeks is now able
to be out again.
Miss Francis Vincent, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Herbert Vincent, and Sinford
Pettyjohn, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Pettyjohn, of Harbeson, were quietly
married, last week.
Mrs Arthur Hill and son, Henry, are
in Philadelphia, at this writing.
Mrs. Ella Truitt at Nassau is on the
sick list.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24

Master Billy Ross Ringler has been on
the sick list.
Mrs. Harry Dukes and son. Harry and
Mrs. Sallie Aydollette spent part of last
week with Mrs. Dukes mother, Mrs. Mat
tie Townsend in Wyoming.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Long of Ocean
View visited their mother. Mrs. Jeanette
Qiullen on Sunday.
Any one having lost an auto tag,
7-786 can have same by calling at the
home of Charles Williams, Millville.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24
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Which is equivalent to 22S5 people av-
eraging $50 lbs. each which means the
balcony supports would carry 4570
people before the materials would
reach their elastic limits, or in other
words before the trusses and beams
would sag so much that they would
not assume their original positions
after the load is removed. This means
that it would take about 5000 people
to break down the gallery, that is,
crush the trusses and beams. AS the
balcony seats about 500 people it APP
pears to be of excessive strength.
(Signed)
ELLIS P, PRESTON,
Building Inspector City of Whining
ton.
LEWIS R. SPRINGER,
Consulting Engineer.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24
FINEST THEATRE ON
PENINSULA in MILFORD
Continued from page u

stressed the great value of the new
theatre and the part it will play in
the affairs of Milford and lower Della
ware in the immediate future. The
program of music as rendered by an
organist from Washington, D. c., re-
ceived approval by liberal applause.
The management of the theatre has
announced it's intentions of showing
at all times the best phOtoplays OBJ
tainable and securing other high-class
amusements. Previous to the building
of the Plaza, the people Of Milford
were compelled to seek entertainment
of this nature in neighboring cities.
The opening of the new theatre is
an event not only here, but all over
lower Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24

an event not only here, but all over
lower Delaware.
Report of the building inspectors
as made for Town Council, follows:
TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
MILFORD, DELAWARE:
February 21st, 1922.
After having examined the building
and drawings of the Plaza Theatre,
situated in your town we beg to sub
nit the following report:
Walls and Piers-We find that all
roof trusses as well as girders and
beams supporting the balcony are
carried on brick piers, laid up in ce-
ment mortar. If the roof should be
loaded with snow and the balcony
with people to the amount of 80 per
square foot, which is equivalent to
2OOO people averaging $50 lbs. per per-
son. we find the maximum compress
sion stress at base of brick piers will
be III lbs. per square inch or 1/6 the
crushing strength of the brick.
The curtain walls between these
brick piers are built of 12" thick ter
ra Gotta block for about 2/3 of its
height and 8" thick tile above, plaster
ed on both sides. These walls do not
carry any weight but of the walls
themselves and are perfectly safe. II
these walls were removed the brick
piers would remain standing and sup
port all the loads.
After investigating the beams and
trusses in this building we beg leave
to report the following; concerning
strength of same:
Roof Trusses4In determining the
stresses below we have figured a to-
tai dead, or structural load, together
with the superimposed load, snow and
wind, of so lbs. per square foot OF the
area of roof.
The maximum stress in the steel is
10000 lbs. per square inch, or as al
lowed by all Building Inspection Laws
Maximum stress in top chord of 1146
lbs. per square inch, allowed stress
1900 lbs. Maximum stress in bottom
chord of 933 lbs. per square inch, al
lowed stress 1000 lbs. The trusses as
designed and built would support a
load of 80 lbs. per square foot or 1917
feet of snow, before it would sag so
much that would not assure its Origi-
nal shape or q feet of snow before 1t
would break.
Balcony Supports - In arriving at
the following results we have allowed
a live load, or the load due to the peo-
pie, to be 80 lbs. per square foot,
which is the load called for by the
City of Wilmington required for such
buildings.
In wood trusses-The maximum
stress found in any of the steel
members, rods, is 1926 lbs. per
square inch, where the City Depart
ments allow 10000 lbs. Maximum ten
sile stress in the bottom chords trus-
ses is 656 lbs. where 1000 lbs. is al
lowed. Maximum compression stress
in top chord is 1855 lbs. per square
inch where 1900 lbs. is allowed.
The following loads can be carried
on the balcony without stressing the
materials higher than stated above:
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24

GET BLANK BONDS, NOTES AND
LEASES AT MILFORD
CHRONICLE OFFICE.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24
NIILLVILLE

Master David Dukes is on the sick list
this week.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24

Read the advertisements regularly.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24

THE DEATH OF TWO GIRLS at
Aberdeen from drinking "mQonshine"
and the near death of two boys who
will probably survive and have to face
most serious criminal charges, ought
to be a striking lesson to many who
drink this kind of intoxicant. Moon
shine" as it appears for the cOnsump-
ton of many people is in reality sim
DIV poison, and while it may not kill
at the first drink, it is sure to do so
ultimately, and in any event, will
leave lasting ill-effects with the drink
er. AS a matter of fact, allowing this
crude product to be used and distri-
buted means building up high cost
of penal and charitable expense to the
public later on, The only way to curb
this traffic is to make it mighty OBJ
noxious to even those who may be
suspected and certainly applying re-
lentIess prosecution to those who are
caught in it's making and handling.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24

THE FILING FEE LAW has been
declared constitutional by unanimous
vote of the Supreme Court of Della
ware. This was expected to be the
decision Of the judges by those who
were familiar with the law, and with
the conditions under which the legis-
lature acted by advice of the learned
lawyers of the state. Many people in
all parts of Delaware paid the fee
and made the return as provided by
law, when the officials visited the dis
-tricts in all parts of the state, for the
purpose of assisting the tax payers to
make out the forms and pay the three
dollars, which is the only school tax
they will have to pay-unless they
happen to own real estate, on which
they have already paid the twenty-five
cents per hundred of valuation for
support of the public schools. 1t will
be well for those who have not paid
to remember, that the time limit for
making the return and paying the fee
of three dollars, ends on March 18th;
when those who fail to comply with
the law, will find that they are in real
trouble because of their delinquency.
The objectors in Wilmington and else
where to paying any school tax, and
who attempted to escape through leg
al procedure of throwing the case in
to court, are struggling to find some
thing on which to hang an objection.
They claim that certain persons do
not have to pay the three dollars fill
ing tax; but this claim has even less
basis for consideration than the one
which has just been decided against
them. The people will find that the law
is fair in its bearing on all the peo-
ple. by compelling all to pay some
thing towards the support of the pub
lie schools, and in the end, grow to
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24
SEEDS

Field and garden seed. Our clover seed is priced
$500 under the market. Better buy now, all
our seeds field and garden are fresh new stock
as always.
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24

A Page From a Mothers Soul.
n Waiting For. The Picture The
Iother, Sweethearts and Good Fe
Talked About, Sung About and
Ever Told-Ths Love Story Of a
Love. The Greatest Heritage Of
: So Human-So Filled With Smi
Milford chronicle., 1922-02-24

public later on, The only way 10 curD
this traffic is to make it mighty OBJ
noxious to even those who may be
suspected and certainly applying re-
lentless prosecution to those who are
caught in it's making and handling.
IN COMMENTS upon the State FL
ing fee attached to the income tax
laws. the money from which must be
applied to support of our public
schools. the State News at Dover, re-
ferred to the attitude of some editor
ial writer's in local papers, and, incl
dentally shows the shallow thought OF
those responsible. 1t says:-
Some of the comments that have
been made in the press of the State
concerning the law requiring a filing
fee of three dollars to accompany IN
come tax returns are as amusing as
thew are futile. For instance, our
neighbor, The Index, in the course OF
an editorial commenting upon an in
come tax report that "some say 1t is
a hardship to make out an income tax
renort. when one has no income to be
taxed" But this, The Index proceeds
to saw. is mot so hard as making out
one when it calls for heavy income
tax"
1--WE don't agree with this. We would
far rather make out big income tax
report, the bigger the better, than
report for no income tax at all. For
a big income tax necessarily means a
big income, whereas no income tax
means just the contrary. Perhaps The
Index would prefer to have such
small income that it wouldn't have TO
he bothered about making out report
for a big one, but for our part we'll
stand the inconvenience of making
out the big one any day"
This certainly is true as the|BooK
of Luke, and he then proceeds to give
some wholesome advice, which will
be beneficial to all who heed it as fol-
lows:
"Those who theaten to disobey the
law as upheld by the courts, must
necessarily be placed in the same
class as those who would ignore our
prohibition laws merely because they
are opposed to prohibition. The relief
lies in the same source that created
the law, the Legislature, not in ignor-
ing or breaking the law itself"
THE FILING FEE LAW has been
declared constitutional by unanimous
vote of the Supreme Court of Della
ware. This was expected to be the
decision of the, judges by those who
were familiar with the law, and with
the conditions under which the legis-
lature acted by advice of the learned
The Washington times., 1922-04-27

married Nonsiatsky in the Crimea
and that the marriage was never an
nulled.
"Mr. Vonsiatsky wishes to deny he
has any other wife other than the
lady, whom as Mrs. stephens, he
married in New York. The woman
calling herself Madame Nonsiatsky
has been registered and living in
Paris for several years as single
woman, under the name of Mouron-
sky. She Is said to be from Mouron,
Russia, and her real name is Goure-
witch.
"Mr. Vonsiatsky met her, but
they never lived together as husband
and wife. Grossly exaggerated re-
ports OF the wealth OF Mrs. Nonsiat-
sky are responsible for the recent
undesirable notoriety."
Mr.. Mitchell added that neither
Vonsatsky nor his wife will make
an additional statement for puhliCa.
tion. They were secluded today
either in their apartment In the
Hotel Chatham or al the residence VI
Norman Il. Roam, Mrs. Nonsiatsky's s
brother,
The Washington times., 1922-04-27
WIRELESS TO BROADCAST
MESSAGE FROM SPIRITS

PHILADELPHIA, April 27--Frou
"a radiophone station in Chicago
spirit messages will be broadcast to
5piritualists throughout the country
Mrs. NJ. f. Cadwallader, of Chicago
Yesterday told delegates attending
he fifteenth annual meeting of the
Pennsylvania Spiritualist Associa
ion. Mrs. Cadwallader. who is edi.
tor of a spiritualist magazine and a
vice-president of the National Spir.
itualists organization, said that she
and John Slader, a Chicago medium.
had made plans to broadcast all mes
saBes received from spirits during
he present convention.
The delegates adopted resolution
recommending legislation to recog
nize spiritualism as a religion.
George Warren, of New York
president of the national association
urged the spiritualists to oust all
fakes from their ranks. The power
of prophecy is real, but mediums
cannot do their best work, he said
when they are laboring under the
apprehension that every caller may
he planning their arrest.
The Washington times., 1922-04-27
MILLIONAIRE IS
PLACEDO TRIAL
IN B|GAMY CASE
Action Against Mayo Suddenly
Brought On After
Three Years.

NEW YORK. April 27.-Nirginius
st. Julian Mayo, millionaire radiator
manufacturer, formerly of New
Haven, Conn, was placed ON trial
yesterday before Supreme Court
Justice Finch on a bigdE Y ndict-
ment returned in March, 1919.
FOR three years Mayo's attorney,
George Gordon Battle, has been at.
lacking the bigamy ind dctn.ent in
The courts Some time ago the
appellate division of the supreme
Court unanimously decided that
Mayo would have to stand trial.
Yesterday afternoon Assistant Dis
frict Attorney Wintner, accompa-
ed by District Attorney Banton,
walked into Justice F'inGl's court,
where trial on "A charge of at
stmpted eXtortion was in progress,
and demanded ''in the interest of
public justice" that the. case bc
tried at once.
Justice Finch stopped the trial
being held in his court and called
the Mayo case. A jury was selected
and trial technically started before
an adjournment was taken.
The indictment against Mayo was
based on charges preferred in 1919
by Mrs Wilhelmina l.. Meyer Mayo,
who declared that Mayo married her
while he was still the husband of
Mrs. Florence Weeks Mayo, of
Scranton. Pa, by whom he mad
three children.
The Washington times., 1922-04-27
S0UTHERNER To
LEAD MARINES
IN GRANT LINE
Command in Parade Today Re-
Iinquished by Northerner to
South Carolina Man.

When the marines swing down the
Avenue today to honor Grant 1T the
unveiling OF the generals monu-
ment. they will be commanded by a
Southerner, Capt. Thomas +. Cheat
ham, of South Carolina. Cheatham's
folks fought against Grant during
the civil war, but the manner in
which Cheatham was chosen to com.
mand the picked company of ma
rines in the parade today is being
talked of in military circles.
Major General Lejeune, Comman-
dant of the marine corps, first desig,
mated Capt. George X. SChulCr, OF
Lyons, y. Y, TO command the ma
rines in the parade. Schuler's :ollts
wore the Union blue in 81. SChuler
learned that Captain Cheatham was
anxious to show his respect for the
Union leader. Accordingly, he took
up the matter with General Lejeunc,
who said he was willing to give com
mand of the company to Cheatham
if SChuler desired. So the change
was made.
Captain SChuler has had notable
record in the marines. He served
with the famous Fifth Regiment in
France. was cited twice by General
Pershing, once ty General Leieune,
commanded a battalion as major,
and received the Distinguished Serv.
ice Medal, Legion of Honor, CroiX
de Guerre, navy medal, and citations
from Marshals FoCh and Petain. In
1920 he ran on the Democratic ticket
for Congress from the Thirtv-sixth
New York district Undismayed be-
cause of his defeat in the ReDubli-
can landslide, he plans to run for
lieutenant Eovet'nU. He is com.
mander OF the National Press club
Post of the American Legion.
Captain Cheatham is graduate
of the Citadel, the famous Southern
military school in South Carolina.
lie served in Haiti during the war.
The Washington times., 1922-04-27
SAYS HE NEEDED CLUB
TO FIGHT THE GIRLS OFF

CHICAGO, April 27.-"He said he
was voting and handsome, and thnt
he needed a club to fight the girls
off while / am getting old and should
let him have his way. And IL l
didn't like it | could go home
Frank w. Scoville, a sales mana
ger, is credited with the foregoing
statement of his own qualifications
in the answer filed by Mrs. Tessie
NJ. Scoville to his suit for divorce.
Six women are named, and others
are referred to in the wife's answer
to her husbands charges. Scovilla
IN his bill for divorce alleges cruelty
The Washington times., 1922-04-27
HER BEAUTY SPOILED;
ASKS $4,000 IN SUIT

ATLANTIC CITY. April 27.-Miss
Mary Edwards, of New York. AN
artists model, has brought suit 20
collect s25 900 damages from Charles
w. Holden, proprietor of a beauty
parlor in this city. alleging that her
beauty of face and profile has been
ruined and her occupation as an ac.
tress and model blighted.
Miss Edwards, known under her
stage name as May Edwards. and a
member of the Ziegfeld Follies in
1917, in her complaint alleges that
Holden guaranteed to remove a
small line or wrinkle from her face,
beneath the eye" She submitted 20
the ov ration in September 1920, and
charlss that PLAINTIFFS face in.
mediately afterwards became and
ever since has been swollen, inflamcd
and discolored. and she has suffered
intense physical pain and mental
anguish.