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Smyrna times., 1923-05-16
NO REDUCTION IN TEACHERS
SALARIES NEXT SCHOOL TERM
THIS WAS DECIDED AT A MEET
ING OF THE STATE BOARD
Even Those Teachers Entitled to Ex-
ira Remuneration to Be Taken Care
Of-H.B. King Succeeds VIII. Jump


Of-H.B. King Succeeds VIII. Jump
The salaries of the school teachers
coming directly under the jurisdiction
Of the State Board of Education will
be the same next year as they were
during the past year, according to a
resolution adopted by the State Board
at a meeting held at Dover Friday.
Those teachers who are entitled to
pay for special ratings or lengths of
service, may have to wait until the
end of the year for their extra pay.
Under the terms of the resolution
adopted, these increments are to be
paid in the whole or part at the end
of the school year, providing the
whole or any part of the 100000
contingent fund passed by the Legis-
lature becomes available. The resO-
luton as adopted follows: Resolved,
that the teachers in the State Board
schools shall be paid for the school
year 1923-24, the same salaries as for
the year 1929 and further, Resolved
that where increments are due in ac-
cordance with the present salary
schedule, the same shall be paid in
whole or in part at the end of the
school year 1924, providing the
whole or a part of the contingent APP
preparation of 100000 made by Leg
islature shall become available before
June 80, 1924.
Teachers Entitled to Remuneration
There are in the employ of the State
Board, a number of teachers who
through special qualifications or terms
of service, are entitled to receive eX-
ira remuneration according to the
terms of the salary schedule. Under
4 the terms of the above resolution,th they
will not receive this extra cOmpensa
tiOn monthly as heretofore, but viii
receive it in a lump sum at the enc
of the school year providing the con
tingent fund becomes available. Tht
contingent fund of 100000 was ap
propriated by the Legislature afte-
the regular appropriation of two mil
lion dollars had been passed. Unde
the terms of the act, the contingen
appropriation will only become avail
able if the income into the Stat
/ Treasury through school taxation
channels is sufficient to warrant il
Just how this action will appeal t
! the teachers involved is not known a
this time. They will probably Civ
the matter some thought before act
: ing upon it.
Prof. H. B. King Succeeds VIII. jun
Prof. H. B. King, statistician of tn
State Board, was elected Assistan
State Superintendent in charge of ele
| mentary schools to succeed Prof. v
H. Jump, who resigned at a meetin
| of the Board held at Dover last FIR
day. No successor to Prof. King wi
be chosen and the work of his depart
. ment will be carried on by other men
: bers of the State Department. II
f State Board decided to maintain tn
). same standard of supervision in tf
!, counties as is in force at present.
!. request was received from ClaymoI
n for permission to open their school ;
= 8 a. m. standard time. The reque
Y was granted.
Smyrna times., 1923-05-16

Odessa-St. Georges Road Progressing
Construction work on the new State
highway between Odessa and st.
Georges is beginning to show pro-
gress. About IS men are engaged in
the work at this time and more will
be added as soon as the remainder Of
the road machinery arrives.
Smyrna times., 1923-05-16
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES.
Rev. Thomas Getz Hill, Rector, An
nOunces Services For Week

Evensong in the Church this We'd
nesday evening at 7.30, followed by
Choir rehearsal. Sunday, May Goth
Whitsunday-10 a. M, Church School;
II a. M, Holy Communion and sermon
7.3O p. M, Evening Prayer and SER
mon.
Smyrna times., 1923-05-16
''OlARS EAT DENTON LUNCH
i Os shrimp, ! Grape Juice Topped
1Ss. a a a. & P. Store Robbery

NJ Sanrlmp, Grape Juice Topped
Msaa a a. & P. Store Robbery
d, Ma James 0. Plummer, of Den
igeDsi >, manager of a cash grocery
tgbs t. ior business Friday morn
asas,o found someone had entered by
q Ss S., pane Of glass and prying
s5bs5 s SlS Of a rear window and had
aher o5ts, H. cash register Of about S54.
'ade sIl,alang l'lng the loot, the robbers
ID sb,;,ch .lnch out of can of salmon
pa imp mp and quenched their thirst
b foDO5' T5'tle Of grape juice. A note
sd Sau IN the store which it is be-
ad = ~ given the officers a clue. on
Boz. va %as written the following:
'sat ro.s o.s next time l come here |
srS e y. than I got this time" The
nbbae ,e inclined to believe that
pers..y Is the work Of more than
Smyrna times., 1923-05-16
Middletown Legion Boys to Celebrate

The American Legion Post Of Mid
dletOwn is planning Memorial Day ex-
ercises to be held in Cochran Square.
They expect to have the exercises in
the afternoon and hav Fort DUPONT
soldiers furnish the music.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-22
DRIVE OF
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY

A call is sent out for everyone who
possibly can to help their auxiliary in
its membership drive and send at their
earliest convenience the names and
addresses of the women who are ELI
gible to membership in their family.
These names are to be sent to Mrs.
George w. Marshall, chairman of the
membership committee of the unit of
Carlisle-Truitt Post, No. 10. Member
ship in the auxiliary shall be limited
to the mothers, wives, daughters and
sisters of members of the American
Legion, and to the mothers, wives,
daughters and sisters of all men and
women who were in the military ser
vice of the United States between
April 6, 1917 and November II, 1918
and died in line of duty, or after hon.
orable discharge, and to those women
who of their own right are eligible
to membership in the American Leg
ion. All who are eligible to be mem
bers are asked to go to Mrs. Sanders
Truitt, president of the Milford organ
ization, on Tuesday evening, June 26,
at eight o'clock. All joining now will
be charter members.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-22
CAPITAL STOCK
TAX SOON DUE
Collector Of Internal Revenue John
W. Herring Send Out Forms To
Facilitate Payment.
KNOWN AS 1924 RETURNS
Returns Are Due In Collectors Of
flee On Or Before Midnight Of
Tuesday, July 81.

announcement was made this week
by U. S. Collector of Internal Reve-
nue., John w. Herring, that capital
stock tax forms for corporations to
make return and pay the excise tax
levied by the Revenue Act of 1921 had
been mailed by his Office. In order to
facilitate the collection of this tax, it
is suggested that check in payment of
the liability for tax as disclosed by the
return accompany the return when
filed. In that way, Collector Herring
pointed out, unnecessary inconven-
ience to the taxpayers will be avoided,
and the necessity of sending notices
of the tax lessened.
The tax is in the nature of a license
for doing business during the coming
fiscal year, it was explained, based
upon the fair value of net worth of a
corporation. The net worth figure US
ed for the purposes of this tax is ar
rived at in one of three ways. The
balance sheet of the corporation, the
capitalized net income for the past five
years, or the selling prices of the
shares on the market.
The most usual method of this re-
lection of net worth employed by our
is the balance sheet. The
last balance sheet, or as of June 80,
should be used if available. At no time
should a balance sheet earlier than
81, 1922, be used. The tax is
on this basis upon the diff
erence between the actual assets AID
he actual liabilities at the rate of
Q1000 Of Cot
# $4,000, the specific exemption.
Returns are due in the collectors |
'fice on or before midnight of July
1. These returns are known as the
924 returns, and in making request /
or additional copies, reference should
e made to form 707. The returns COW
r the period of July 1, 1928, to June
0, 1924.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-22
SHEPHERD DOG SAVES BABY
Summons Aid By Barking When A
Black Snake Threatens Child.

The sagacity and protective instinct
of shepherd dog was demonstrated
Wednesday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Walls, in Milford Neck,
when a dog of this type saved their
child from probable injury from a
black snake.
Their fOur-year-old son, Willis, and
shepherd dog of the same age, have
been constant companions since Will
lis babyhoOd. Wednesday afternoon,
Mrs. Walls, who was working in the
kitchen, heard the shepherd dog growl
and then bark as if TO attract atten-
tion. This was repeated until she con-
cluded she had better investigate. Co
ing to the rear of the house she OBJ
served the dog which Lad been play
ing with the child under a shade tree,
run toward a clump of grass and
growl fiercely. The animal would then
and stand over the child bark
ing and looking towards the house, as
if to summon help.
Mrs. Walls approached the clump
Of grass and to her horror saw coiled
with head raised large black snake.
She seized a hoe and attacked the
snake which ran under the house.
Her husband then shot the reptile
which measured several feet in length.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-22
SCHOOLS BAR
OUTSIDE CHILDREN

The Board of Education of Dover
has considered the conditions which
will exist in the public schools of Do
yer, when they reopen next Septem-
ber. Their primary and grammar
grades will be over-crowded and the
State appropriation has compelled
them to reduce the number of teach
ers, so as to conduct the schools I'M
der and within the appropriation
awarded to the schools OF that town.
To relieve the situation in the primary
and grammar school grades, they
adopted a resolution this week, by a
vote, which is expected to
help relieve the pressure. 1t reads as
follows:
"Resolved, That the Board of Edu-
cation, feels compelled hereafter to re-
fuse admission to the Dover Public
Schools, to all nonresident children
of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth
and sixth grades"
It may be necessary for the same
policy to be applied to meet the situa-
tion in Milford, as there is a very
great congestion in the primary grades
to be met at the opening of the schools
next September.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-22
CAMPAIGN AGAINST
RECKLESS DRIVERS
The State Police And Town Officers
Will Make Every Effort To Stop
Careless Element.
DRIVERS LICENSES REVOKED
Persons Found Guilty OF Driving
Cars While Drunk Are Fined
And Lose License.

The State Highway Police in oor
junction with the police oficers n ~
Tue tO"hs IN Delaware, have started
strenuous campaign against the
reckless or drunken automobile driv-
er' and all who fall into their hands
are assured Of fines in keeping with
tne ofense. At the last session of tbe
General Assembly, laws were passed
whose purpose it was to create
greater amount of safety for the per-
SONS using the highways in the State
OF delaware. These laws were enact
eu Win heavy penalties attached so
that Vlolators of the Delaware traffic
laws would be retarded from maIyine-
these violations.
The campaign against sneeders
reckless drivers and drunken drivers
VIII be prosecuted to the fullest ex-
tent by the officials who saw that tbev
Intend 10 make Delaware the safest in
tne union for persons using it's high
ways Already many offenders have
Deen rounded up, and in every in
stance where their guilt has been
proven they have suffered heavy fines.
AT Milford on Monday John Adams.
coIored, was brought before Justice
Oh The Peace Truitt, charged with bav-
ing driven his automobile while intox-
lcated. A fine of $100 and costs was
imposed upon him, in addition to
which his drivers license was revoked.
Al least one other Milford man has
been before officers in another town
IN the same charge and he received
ne same penalty. Automobile in
'pectors stated to the writer on Mon
lay that they were having a few other
owners of automobiles in Milford
watched, and if they are caught oper-
ting a car while drinking they will
ufrer the same penalty.
Under the new motor vehicle laws
he minimum penalty which a Justice
Il the Peace may impose upon a
lrunken driver is $100. For the second
Hense penalties up to $500 and a Jail
entence is provided. Over in Mary
and several offenders were taken be-
ore the courts at Salisbury on Mon
ay and they were fined $1OO and
lVen sixty days in Jail in addition.
he increased number of automobiles
n the improved highways has made
necessary that something be done to
lrD the driver who is monopolizing
ne highways and cares little for the
leasure or rights of other users OF
ne roads. From the northern part
the State come reports that the new
LWs are being rigidly enforced.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-22
NJ, D. &V. CURTATLS
DELAWARE SERVICE
All Trains Between Greenwood And
Lewes To Be Abandoned After
Saturday, July IA. /

Regular passenger service will be
abandoned between Greenwood and
Lewes, on the Maryland, Delaware and
Virginia Railway after June "a, ac-
cording to announcement issued by the
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Off
cials last week.
Between June "a and July IA there
will be mixed passenger and freight
service between Greenwood and LeWes
three times week, but after July IA
all service will be discontinued be-
tween those points.
This is the first official notice re-
ceived by the Public Service Commits
sion as to plans Of the company with
respect to the future. It is assumed
by the commission that regular SER
vice will be continued as heretofore
on the remainder of the line through
the summer, or at least until some
definite plan is submitted for the fu-
ture operation of the part of the sys-
TEN between Baltimore and Denton.
J. Frank Harper, member of the
commission, had talk over the phone
last Thursday, with N. w. Smith, as
sistant to the president of the Penn
sylvania, and was told that the fire in
the train shed at Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia, had thrown so much ad-
ditional work on the officials of the
road, that they had been unable to
complete their plans for the Maryland,
and Virginia, but that it was
expected to have these plans ready for
submission to the commission IN a
short time.
The protest of the travelling public
has not affected the business men of
Milton, yet. They are content with the
promises of the Pennsylvania officials,
who visited that town last week, that
business would be taken care Of"
Already buses have started to make
4 bid for what formerly was railroad
Motor bus service between
Milton and Glendale, was started
asst Thursday.
Former State Senator ]. Carey Pal
ner of Milton said:
eve have been informed on the best |
that our business interests
will not suffer. We have every reason
o believe these pledges and are rest
ng content that they will be fulfilled.
Ne hope the motor bus men will see
hat the travelling public is accommo-
lated. If details work out as propos-
ID, there will be nothing to kick
bout"
Baltimoreans who have used the NJ,
}. & V. to Rehoboth Beach, will be
bliged to go by Wilmington after the
hange in schedule.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-22
PENINSULA SUMMER
SCHOOL AT REHOBOTH
Problems Of Country Church Will
Be One Of The Interesting
Courses At The School.

Problems that confront "The Coun-
try Church" is expected to prove one
of the most interesting courses that
will be given at the Peninsula Sum-
mer School at RehOboth Beach, June
MiddletOwn, Conn.,, will direct this
course and under the sub-heads Of:
The Sunday Service-Social Life in
the Country-Economic Life in the
Country-The Wealth of Country
People, and he Country Church So
cial, he has arranged a most inter-
esting period of study.
How to get the farmer to church
and after getting him there, how to
keep him awake, is one Of the things
that he will endeavor to show, Sun
day amateur athletics in the country
and how long should country people
remain about the church after the SER
vice on Sunday, are two important de-
tails of the first section of the course.
The social life, why it has disappear
ed, it's needs and the result and lack
of results where there is no healthy
social service in the country is an
other very important problem for ru-
raj pastors. How to maintain order
and a program for the country social
are others.
The effect Of economy, and the tariff
on the country church and the church
life insofar as the church's duty in
connection with the farmers living is
another detail.
How the country church social diff
fers from the city school, and how to
get the country children to attend is
another very important subdivision of
The country church that DR.. Gilbert
will discuss. The grading Of the
church school in the country and |
special days for the church and the |
church school are other details on his |
subject that will prove of great in
crest to teachers and church workers.
The wealth of the country people as
compared with the city folks, and the
'eason for the difference are details in
which every country pastor and con-
,regation will be interested. What can
,e done about it and the church's part
n connection with it are phases of it
# this question that DR.. Gilbert will
iscuss.
Details concerning arrangements
or the Peninsula Summer School, ]
7hich is conducted jointly by the Pro- :
estant Episcopal Dioceses of Della
rare and Easton, Nd, may be obtain '
d from the Rev. P. L. Donaghay of ,
and the Rev. T. G. Hill I
Smyrna. Special rates have been =
btained at a Rehoboth Beach hotel
nd the program will enable students
, combine a course in Bible teaching J
ith a summer vacation.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-22
R.O.T.C. UNITS
Delaware And Cornell Get HOnOrs
In Second Corps Area.

Cornell University and the Univer-
sity of Delaware are the two schools
in the Second Corps Area New York,
New Jersey and DelaWare), which
have been designated by the War De-
partment as distinguished colleges. In
addition to this General Robert Bull
lard announced Saint Johns School,
Manlius, N. Y, and the New York Mil
itary Academy, Cornwall, N. Y, have
been named as honor schools.
Colleges and Universities where the
students are not in uniform habitually
but where the annual inspection by
board of army officers shows an ex-
ceptionally great interest and applica-
tiOn to military affairs, are given the
designation of distinguished colleges.
Honor schools are chosen by the same
method from among the military
schools for their excellence, and under
certain conditions honor graduates
are given appointments to the United
States Military Academy at West
Point.
The R. o. T. c. at Cornell which OBJ
tanned the reward of merit from the
War Department consists of units of
field artillery, signal corps, ordnance
and a veterinary organization at Itha-
ca and a medical unit at the medical
schools in New York city. The Univer-
sity of Delaware has an Infantry unit.
Cornell has maintained its place as
a distinguished college since 1916 and
Saint Johns School has held the title
Of honor school since the R. o. T. c.
unit was established in 1904.
This is the first year that the Uni
7ersity of Delaware has been desig- |
hated distinguished college.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-22
PERSONAL MENTION

Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Cashion. of
Columbia, S. c., have been the guests
of Miss Emma Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. James G. Mearns and
Miss Ann Davidson, of Wilmington,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Frank Salevan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Abbott of
Washington ST., South Milford, were
presented with fine baby girl, Fri
day, June the eighth.
Horace Num-, after few DAYS spent
at his home, near Milford, left for
Plattsburg, N. Y, to attend the R. o.
T. c. camp for six weeks.
Mrs. Dudley Frazier and daughter.
from Baltimore, are passing the sum-
mer months with her mother, Mrs.
Lena Jones, of North Walnut street.
Misses Lena Swain, Mabel Steven
son and Maggie Jefferson spent part
of last week at Oak Orchard as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Otis P. Jeffer-
son.
w. w. Hurd of Glasgow, Montana,
who has been attending the Mystic
Shrine of Washington, D. c., is now
visiting at the home of his sister, Mrs.
3. R. Knots, of near town.
Miss Dorothy Num- left on Monday
for Eagles Mere, Pa, where she will
attend the Y. W. c. A. Convention, as
a delegate from the student body Of
the Women's College, Newark.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Holland and son
have returned to their home in Los
Angeles, California, after visit with
Mr.. Hollands parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph E. Holland, of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-22
MILFORD EMERGENCY HOSPITAL

Miss Bernadette Connor, Dover, is
convalescing.
Lorne Johnson, of Milford, is get
ting along nicely.
Mrs. Harry Jester, of Bridgeville, is
improving.
The following patients have return
ed to their homes: Columbus w. Ken
ney, Laurel; Mrs. Jacob Wahl and
baby, Harrington; Mrs. Lewis Framp-
ton and baby, Bridgeville; Arthur
Richardson, Wilmington; Edward
Bowen, Bethel, and Mrs. Henry Wiley,
Greenwood.
Mrs. Joshua H. Marvel, of Laurel,
expects to return to her home this
week.
Mrs. Herbert Ryan, of Bridgeville,
is making a good recovery.
Harry Parsons, of Whitesville, is
convalescing.
Norman Jackson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie Jackson, of FELTON,, is re-
covering from his operation.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-22
SENTENCES IMPOSED BY
COURT IN KENT COUNTY

At the plead guilty court at Dover
Saturday, Elmer L. Scott, a boy, who
had been probated twice before was
brought before the court for stealing
an automobile from MIR. Gooden. The
court reserved decision for one week..
Irving E. Biddle and Steve Jonkovic,
second class seamen of the battleship
Wyoming, charged with breaking into
the garage of Frank Gootee of Smyrna
taking an automobile and driving it,
pleaded guilty to the charge. of oper-
ating a car without the consent of the
owner. They were turned over to the
naval authorities.
Philip Hughes, alias Philip Scott,
for carrying concealed deadly weap-
on, was sentenced to pay a fine Of $40
and costs.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-22
A RARE TREAT FOR
ALL THE PEOPLE

A rare treat for all the people, white
and colored, of Milford, Sunday, June
"a, at the Plaza Theatre.
DR.. Charles Albert Tindley, pastor
of Mt. Calvary Methodist Episcopal
Church (colored) of Philadelphia, the
largest congregation Of his people in
the world, will be the speaker. He is a
preacher of the modern age and has
but few equals and no superiors. He
has gained fame both in America and
Europe, and his magnetic personality
and his rare gift of speech have been
felt and heard on the two continents.
Morning service (colored people
only: Love Feast from $3.50 to 1880
a. m. At II a. m. DR.. Tindley will de-
liver one of his great sermons Of Cos
pei truth.
Evening service (white people only
at 1880 p. m. his subject will be Jesus.
Monday evening, June 25, at p. m,
this noted orator of national fame will
deliver his famous lecture on "The
American Flag" The Honorable Will
liam Jennings Bryan has pronounced
this lecture as one of the greatest de-
lived on American soil. This will be
delivered to all who come. Sections
will be reserved for both white and
eolored people. No admission will be
charged to any of these meetings, but
| collection will be taken at each Of
hem to help defray incidental ex-
)enses.
The official board and every member
# st. Paul's M. E. Church extend
cordial invitation to all the people.