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, 1923-05-15

BROOKLYN. N. Y. May H.
There's at least one mother in this
country who doesn't want her boy
to be president.
Get he is one of the possibilities
mentioned for the presidential race
of 1924.
Mrs. Catherine Smith. II years
old. is tho mother; and Alfred e.
Smith. governor of New York. tho
son.
"If 1 had my way says the little
grayIhaired woman, The wouldn't
even be governor. He would be
working right here in tho city near
his mother.
7 used to SEQ him most every
day. Now it's only once every week
or two. when he's able to run down
from Albany. II he went to Wash.
, 1923-05-15

Most every one who realizes how
effective Kellogg's Bran is for the
permanent relief of constipation has
their own particular way of serving
this wonderful cereal. Most families
eat It as q cereal with milk or cream.
Others sprinkle it on their favorite
hot or cold cereal. Every n enjoys
its nut-like favori
If you T cooking a hot cereal try
this method Measure off two table
spoonfuls for each member of the
family. Mix It with the cereal and
cook Is you always cook the cereal
Kellogg's Bran is scientifically pre-
pared and ready TO eat, but its regu-
latory powers are in no way impaired
IL you cook it with other cereals.
KeIlogg's Bran has won the friendly
recommendation of physicians because
it does give prompt and permanent
, 1923-05-15
GIRLS, MAKE LEMON
CREAM TO BEAUT|FY SKIN

Mix the juice of two lemons with
three unces of Orchard White.
which any druggist will supply for
a few cents. shake well in a bottle
and you have a whole quarter-pint OF
the most wonderful skin softener
and complexion beautifier. Massage
this sweetly fragrant lomon cream
into tho face. neck. arms and hands.
then shortly note the youthful
beauty, softness and Wilderness OF
your skin.
Famous stage beauties use this
harmless lemon cream to bring that
velvety. clear. rosy-white complex
ion, nlso as a frcckle. sunburn and
tan bleach because It doesn't irri-
Observation-Disclosures.
, 1923-05-15

through purchase of liquor since A.,
actment of the dry law Is sched,,
in federal court here.
Indications were tho cases of C
Stokes and Mrs. Callle Stokes won
be tried on what is declared by 4
eral officials here to be the first
dictment of its kind. conspiring to v
late a federal law by the purchase
a quantity Of Illegal liquor. It ia
be a test cas- Signed statemehts
Mr.. and Mrs. Stokes will be int,
duced in evidence. officers said.
, 1923-05-15
SEVENTEEN DEAD
IS TEXAS TOLL.

COLORADO. Texas, May '5.-By
The Associated Pressl-Seventeen
dead n ten perons seriously injured
about 100 with injuries. HI serious
ness of which nre undetermined SO far
by busy physicians and from 400 to
500 homeless. complete the checkup
today. "a hours following the tornado
which swept through Mitchell county.
The path OF the storm varied from
two miles to n quarter OF a mile In
width and about thirty miles long
Most reports. still more or less frag
mentary. declare fifty houses were
razed.
Today evcy church. hotel and
homo in the city Is housing the
homeless. Food and shelter are of
fered everywhere and the colony OF
the tornado stricken country folk is
receiving care of doctors and nurses
rushed here from Sweetwater, Big
Springs. Abilene and other places
nearby. who came in special trains
nnc automobiles. The last "a hours
have seen the scmblance of order fol.
lowing tho brute destruction OF the
twister.
, 1923-05-15

ahead living replica of whist
ler's famous portrait Mother"
She Is mother not only OF cal"
Smith but also was selected to
typify New york's mother in the
observance of Mothers day.
"Of course" she went on. AL
fred comes down Is often as he
car. He oame to take us all to the
circus. tust as he does every year.
But 1t isn't often enough to suit
me.
ct don't want to interfere with
, 1923-05-15

as a result of high winds and heavy
rains sweeping the section last night.
In st. Louis trees were Nprooted.
electric street lights were put out
temporarily and plate glass windows
were broken.
, 1923-05-15
DISTRICT
is HARDEST HIT.

MUSKoGEE. Okla. May 15.-rhe
death list at Hot Springs is believed
to have bene confined to the resi-.
dental section. the Arkansas Demo-
crat at Little Rock advised the Musk.
'ogee Times.D Democrat today. The fire
that low the cloud burst broke
out In tho a business block in which
the Marquette hotel was situated. the
Democrat report says.
Wire service and railway connec.
ton between Little Rock and Hot
Springs was sti1l out early today.
, 1923-05-15

NEW ORLEANS. La, May 15.-
The weather bureau today issued a
flood warning for Arkadelphia. Ar.
kansas. because of n rise of from five
to eight inches in tho upper Ouachita
basin for the past 4s hours.
, 1923-05-15

oTTUMWA. Iowa. May IA
telegram from Charles G.. Orr. owner
Of the Marquette hotel at Hot Springs,
Arkansas. to w. H. Heating of OF.
tumwa- his brotherin-law today re.
ports that all guests of the hotel were
saved from the blaze which DESTROYED
1T. The telegram reads.
Awful fire and flood. Marquette
burned, all saved. Self and wife
WE'LL"
, 1923-05-15
Purchasers of
Liquor Go On
Trial in Texas

DALLAS. Texas. May 15.-Prob-
ably. the first case OF alleged conspir-
acy to violate the Volstead law
, 1923-05-15

to the main street of the city. The
current threw her into an automo-
bile where her body became lodged.
With the aid of ropes. several men
swan to her rescue and removed her
to safety after cutting of her hair
which a become entangled in the
wrecked automobile. She was revived
by n lung motor.
Tho storm struck the western res
dental section of Little Rock. The
Pulaski heights section fe,t the great
est force of the blow. A number of
ouses were wrecked or damaged and
n school house was demolished.
Trees were uprooted.
, 1923-05-15

ST. LOUIS May 15.-Considernble
damage to property and crops and Sc,
we're damage to telephone and tele-
graph wires was reported today from
eastern Missouri and outhern Illinois
, 1923-05-15
Here's One Mother Who Is Different
She Hopes Her Boy Won't Be President
STARE THE ROD"
ADVISES MOTHER


ADVISES MOTHER
By Mrs. Catherine Smith.
Mother of Governor Alfred E.
Smith Of New York.
Talking to children Ii better
than Furnishing them.
Parents should direct their chill
dren along the proper channels.
but must not interfere with them
too much. Each child must event
ually lead his own life.
All families should have reli-
gious training of some kind. 1t
makes for better parents and bet
ter children 1t teaches obedience
and devotion. and brings family
happiness.
II there Is real love there will
be real good. and every day will
be Mothers Day.
, 1923-05-15

ington 1t wouldn't be even that
often.
BESIDES look what the presi-
dency did to Wilson. It nearly kill
cd him physically. I don't want my
boy to run any such risk. no matter
how great an honor 1t would be-"
The little old lady looked straight
, 1923-10-12

pounced on the small dot Of dirt
planted tho Spanish standard. fell
on his knees and rmaoked tho vtr-
gin soil with great xusto.
That wns 4s1 years ago and
Casper now has more than $4,000
people and lots of paved STREETS.
1t may q somewhat irrelevant
to mention Casper In connection
with Columbus. but to the man
wanted to revel In the wealth of
the East Indies but who happily
struck tho West Indies. is due
nome of the credit for Caspers
present sire. Had Christopher gone
on peacefully leaving the earth
flat instead Of making It round.
there would probably be a few
years growth chopped Off from
western cities today.
, 1923-10-12

wants to base immigration quotas
on an early census 80 that the i'm
migration from Southern Europe
will be u down ane that from the
Nordic countries will be increased,
or be left relatively higher.
The American Federation Of La,
Dor will ask for a decrease In the
quota or for complete barring of i'm.
migration.
Big employers like Gary viii try
to have the restrictions abated,
either through a direct Increase in
the quotas Or through insertion in
the law of loopholes in the form Of
exceptions. A..
Scramble II No Law.
Some sort Of immigration law
must be passed or the present one
extended, as the law now operating
expires in June. 1924. Congress will
be given a picture of a scramble for
entrance into free America that
rocks nothing of laws. The made
quate forces at the border cannot
prevent smuggling of immigrants.
Proponents Of s~electlve immigra.
ticn will clto the work of an unoffi.
: oisi committee Of Americans in Con.
stantinople in support OF selection.
Constantinople was crowded with
Russian refugees. fleeing the soviets
and most of them eager to come to
America. The unofficial American
committee took upon itself the task
OF wedding out those not desirable
from an American point of view.
Not nearly all who wanted to come
could DO admitted. the Russian
quota was too limited. But 60 well
did this unofficial committee impress
its influence that Russians coming
TO America from Constantinople had
to have the committees o. K.
Labor's stand against tho position
OF Judge Gary and other advocates
OF free immigration has been
strengthened by the slight let-up In
the booming wave OF prosperity
The United States labor department
is informed that while there are
some shortages of skilled labor, the
lack Of unskilled labor which Gary
complained OF does not exist. There
fore. there is no need. labor argues
to force Americans TO compete will
cheap, unwholesome labor from
southern and southeastern Europe.
, 1923-10-12
43I YEARS
AGO TO-DAY

In 1892 Columbus sailed the
e blue-and 431 years ago to-
day he unintentionally bumped in
to an island of tho West Ineies
known since as San Salvador. He
, 1923-10-12
Immigration IS
BIC ISSUE FOR
NEW CONGRESS
Law Expires Next Year
And Factions Pull
Opposite Ways.
BY LAWRENCE MARTIN.

Copyright. 1923. by United Press
WASHINGTON. Oct. 12.@United
Press).-The labor vote and the sup
port OF capital - are bound up in
the handling of the tremendously
important question of the next con
gress. ~
Capital, spoken for by Judge Gary
of hi Steel Corporation. wants the
doors opened to cheap labor. Ameri-
can organized labor would be in
censed by any letdown to the point
of almost unanimous reputation OF
the party hat permitted IL.
There is n general demand. grow.
ing every year. for a final intelligent
settling of this question. which as.
sumes with each passing year great.
err importance in the life OF the ma
ton. But Indications are that 1t viii
not be SO settled this year. In fact,
It may be s.destepped entirely by ex-
tension for another year or two OF
tho present three per cent lmmigra-
ton quota law.
II this IL the result II will be be-
cause of squabbling among the pro,
ponents of various immigration
planaA
Selective Immigration.
Secretary of Labor Davis wants
selective immigration. He wants the
goyernment to pick its new citizens
or temporary residents In their home
countries-choose them before they
come here. and keep out all who can.
not pass seleetive tests. That plan
will be strenuously opposed on sew
eral grounds. Its expense IL one
thing; the complications it might in
volve with c1her governments is an.
other; the pressure OF scores of hy-
phenated organizations. now newly
active since the war Is over. stand
up and howl any time mention is
made Of any immigration plan that
would react against their particular
brand OF immigrant.
Representative Albert johnson Of
the House Immigration committee
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-11
OVERLOOK

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry White and fam
lily of Seaford spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. R. G. Houston.
Miss Bertha Vincent of Philadelphia
spent the weekend with relatives
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Fisher of Brook
Ign, N. ". was here for a few days
recently.
Marshall Vincent, only son of Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Vincent, died May 1,
after a lingering sickness of pneumO-
mia, aged 81 years, IL months and 10
days. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio,
where he was attending a Bible School
preparing himself for the mission
work. Marshall was a good Christian
young man and will be greatly missed
in this community, where he lived.
The family has our greatest sympathy.
The funeral took place Saturday after
noon at 1870 o'clock at Whites Chap
ell. Rev. Stanley of Cincinnati, Ohio,
assisted by Rev. MacClain, of Nassau
charge. Samuel J. Wilson and Son, flu
neral directors.
Linford Truitt of Altoona, Pa. spent
the weekend with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Truitt.
Robert White was in New York the
first of the week.
Mrs. Effie M. Greene of Philadelphia
is spending the week with relatives
here.
Miss Laura Sharpe spent Saturday
and Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. VIM.
Warren, of near Milton.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-11
SLAUGHTER NECK

Slaughter Neck Community Associ-
alton will hold an ice cream social on
Tuesday, May 18th, at 1880 p. m.
All patrons and outsiders are cord
tally invited to attend. Members are
asked to bring their dues for the en-
suing year.
Many large catches of fish are be-
ing made at Slaughter Beach. The
tides will soon be right to haul in the
seines at sun down.
Misses Hazel B. Kitchen and Helen
F. Martin are spending the week with
Mrs. Wyatt at Slaughter Beach.
Miss Anna Warren is visiting in
town.
School election was held at the
school house Saturday, May 5th. The
following officers were elected: Chair
man, Miss Anna Warren; clerk, Mrs.
Cora Prettyman and Wallace Jeffer-
son.
The soil has dried off sufficiently
for the farmers to pillow and they have
gone at it with a right good will.
The farmers wives are kept very
busy attending to the young chicks.
Perry Warren is now able to get
about on crutches.
The stork visited the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer c. Bennett, leaving
fine baby boy.
Slaughter Neck School was we'll
represented at Georgetown on field
day.
There were twenty-three pupils
having perfect attendance for the
month of April.
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GRAVEL HILL

The Ladies Aid Society of Sand Hill
Church met at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Warren last Saturday
evening. A very good program was
rendered, consisting of music, recita-
tions and reading. 1t was very largely
attended.
Messrs. George Workman and Hous-
ton Warren have each purchased new
Ford cars.
The Y. P. B. Society of Beaver Dam
M. P. Church will meet at the home
of Miss Alma Carey Friday evening,
May the 18th.
There will be a shadow social held
at Lingo's school house, Thursday ev-
ening, May The 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs Max Metz and Mr.. and
Mrs. Geiger of Wilmington and Mrs.
Joseph Koeppel of Harbeson were the
guests of G. H. Koeppel and family
on Sunday.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-11
MILLVnLE

The largest school meeting ever
known around here was held at Lord
Baltimore school last Saturday, when
263 votes were cast, besides vast
number of people being present who
were non-vOters. Only commission
err was needed. The nominees were DR..
K. ]. Hooker and w. R. Ringler. Mr..
Ringler receiving the majority of the
votes was elected. We believe Mr..
Ringler will give entire satisfaction.
Miss Marie Benedict spent Saturday
and Sunday in Newark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Bennett enter
tanned Rev. and Mrs. G. w. Hastings
to dinner on Sunday.
The small child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Cobb, who has been very sick
is much better at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Truitt of Mills
boro was in town Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland West, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. c. Steele and son, Charles,
spent Sunday afternoon in Frankfort
with Mrs. Asher Collins.
Harvey Dukes spent the weekend
with his family.
Mrs. Sallie Nelson is very ill at
lulS WI4IlnSs
The Ladies of the Church of Christ
will hold an ice cream social at the
church hall, Millville, Saturday even
ing, May 18th. The time for the Bible
school has been changed from two o.
clock p. m. to ten o'clock a. m. every
Sunday morning at Millville Church
of Christ.
Mrs. Lulu C. Lynch, Mrs. w. R.
Ringler and children and Mrs. R. c.
Steele made a business trip to Berlin,
Md, on Monday.
Edward Brasure and wife of Selby-
vile visited Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Will
liams on Sunday.
The people of our town and vicinity
are very much pleased at the pros
poets of getting a concrete road built
from the end of the stone road to Sell
byViIle to Bethany Beach.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-11
REHOBOTH BEACH

The Y. P. B. of the Rehoboth M. E.
Church met on Friday evening, May
4th, at the home of William Body.
Miss Phoebe Hampton, a teacher in
the Rehoboth High School spent the
weekend in Philadelphia.
William Roach motored to Whining
ton on Monday, accompanied by Mrs.
Letitia Roach, Miss Efie Truitt and
Lewis Roach.
The new bungalow of Harvey Webb
on Rehoboth avenue, is nearing COM
pletion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Tingle and
little daughter, of Ocean City, Md,
were the guests of Mrs. Joseph Quill
len on Wednesday and Thursday of
last week.
The Ladies Aid of the Rehoboth M.
E. Church met on Monday evening at
the home of Mrs. Harry Satterfeld.
Captain and Mrs. N. F CULLEN and
son, Omar, visited relatives in Bish-
opville, Md, over the weekend.
Miss Sarah Short who has been Wis
iting in Wilmington, returned home
last Thursday.
Mrs. Wilmer Steel is suffering from
d u6INOuS DIGdh-uOWn
Captain Joseph CULLEN spent Sat
urday and Sunday with mis- family
here.
v Miss Efie Dick entertained a num-
Der of young friends at party on
Thursday evening, May Srd. Among
those present were the Misses Mildred
Frying, Masie Biedeman, Alice Pal
mer, Alice Joseph, Josephine Braha-
man, Elizabeth Dodd, Emily Ewing,
Lenora Ewing, Katherine Webb, Ken
ME Raymond, Carlton Burton, William
Burton, John Webb, Leton Maynadier,
Derrick Lingo, Archie Lingo, Benjamin
Shaw, Samuel Burton, John Maull,
Fred Phillips, Leonard Grant.
Fred Hudson and Theodore Palmer
were elected as school trustees at the
school election held on Saturday, May
9Th.
Donald Palmer is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. billiard M. Palmer at North !
Beach, Md.
Ida Palmer is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Ida Alcott, in Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-11
LONGNECK

Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Phillips and nep-
hew, Paul, motored from their home
in Wilmington and spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Phil
lips.
Frank Parsons and family spent
Saturday evening with Mrs. Lillian
Short of Lewes. Mrs. Short who has
been very ill is much improved at this
writing. Her many friends hope to
see her out in few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleve Griffin enter
tanned on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Hudson and family of Ironshire,
Md, and Mr.. and Mrs. John Hudson
and family of Berlin, Md, also Mrs.
ROsina Hudson of Berlin, Md.
The farmers are getting busy now
planting their corn and looking after
their strawberries.
George Warrington, w. D. Steele
and J. D. Warrington are all looking
forward for bumper crops and are you
going to contract for tomatoes is the
most important subject just now.
Charles Lingo, Jr., was Philadel-
phia visitor this week. He returned
home with a new Ford sedan.
Mrs. Silas Downs and two children
Margaret and Marie spent the week.
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kaiser Wilson, of near Georgetown.
VI L. Nichols saw mill is running on
Schedule time and the wide-a-wake
man is getting his years supply of
wood sawed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Parson and fam
lily spent Friday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Simpler of near Overlook.
Mrs. Foster Shayhan of Angola call
ed on her sister, Mrs. E. G. Lingo ON
Saturday.
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from an operation
which a physician
said 1 would have to
have for a very bad
case of female trou-
bic. My system was
all run down for two
years after my little
girl was born. Then
l read of your won
derful medicine and
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could hardly drag one
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SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
Now Recommends Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

Washington, D. C.-"Lydia E. Pink
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-05-28
fRv The Associated Press.)

AUSTIN. Texas, May 2S.-Fraud-
ulent and worthless stocks and Sc
curities will be tabooed in Texas
in the future if Governor Neff ap-
proves the "blue sky" act passed by
the secnod special session, accord
ing to Rep. S. E. Johnson. Of Stone
wall, author Of the bill.
"The purpose of the act" John
son said today. lis ii stop whole
sale swindling that has been prac-
ticed by oil promoters and other
stock specialists. s."
The act will apply to all persons.
brokers, agents. joint stock COM
panies, co-partnerships. and other
domestic or foreign companies. Ad-
ministration Of the act is placed un-
der the secretary Of state.
A summary of the chief provi-
sions of the bill obtained from Rep.
Johnson follows:
Requires securing Of permit to
operate. application showing name of
company, location. purposes, trustees
and officers, occupations and quail
fications.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-05-28
CANTELOUPES LEAD
VALLEY SHIPMENTS:
nine NECARSSATURDAY

HARLINGEN. Texas. May 2S.-
Cantaloupes continue to lead in the
truck movements from the Valley.
Shipments Saturday amounted to q
total eSytwenty-two cars-the largest
number moving in the past ten days,
six cars were corn. five cars were
tomatoes and two cars were beets
San Benito. Mission and Mercedes
tied for first place in the number Of
cars shipped. each town shipping
five cars-of the remaining towns,
Harlingen. Santa Maria. Pharr and
Weslaco all tied for second places
with only one car each. Seven Val
ley towns shipping and ranking eth
er first or second in the number of
ears shipped-makes a pretty good
record.
OF the total of five cars of toma-
toes shipped San Benito shipped four
cars and Harlingen one.
In the cantaloupe division Mission
holds first place with five cars while
Pharr takes second place with three
cars and Santa Maria third with one
car. In the new corn movement
San Benito. Pharr and Weslaco each
shipped one car and Mercedes ship
ped three cars. Mercedes also ship
ped two cars Of beets.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-05-28
BUSINESS PLACES
WILL BE CLOSED
ON MEMORIAL DAY

Practically all the principal places in
the city will be closed "Wednesday in
compliance with the proclamation issued
Saturday by Mayor Cole. in order that
business men and employees may attend
the Memorial Day exercises at Fort
Brown. and the new cemetery in the af
ternoon and at the high school audi
forium in the evening. An detail for
the observance of the day are being com
pleted today by the American Legion
and the troops AT Fort Brown.
The Legion desires 10 secure all flow
ers available for the decoration Of
graves at the cemetery in the afternoon.
and those who have flowers 10 donate
for this purpose are requested to leave
them AT the Board Of City Development.
the Legion headquarters. All residents
Of the city are requested to decorate
their homes and business places with
patriotic colors. in honor of the day.
Announcement was also made this
afternoon that the various offices in the
court house and city hall would be closed
the entire day. a well as all banks. and
most Of the business places in the city.