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Milford chronicle., 1923-04-06
TEACHERS MEET In DOVER
The Educational Association Of Kent
Teachers Meets April IA.

The second annual meeting of the
Kent County Educational Association
will be held in Dover, in the M. P
Church on Saturday morning, opening
at nine o'clock. The general morning
session will be addressed by DR.. H. v
Holloway and Prof. Wilbur H. Jump.
Miss Marguerite Mcguire, of Phila-
delphia, will make an address on ed
ucational subjects, of special inter-
est to teachers.
In the afternoon the meeting will
be divided into several sections-held
in separate buildings. The high school
section will be in charge of Prof. John
Shilling.
The higher grammar school grades
will be addressed by Miss Sarah A.
Dynes, of Trenton, N. j., Normal
School; her subject being: Project
Work in History"
The intermediate section of the
grammar schools will be in charge of
Miss Alice M. KrackOwizer, of the Wo-
mans College, University of Delaware,
who will speak on Teaching Silent
Music in the general session will be
in charge of Miss Lucy R. Weber, of
Milford.
Further additions to the program
will be announced next week.
Milford chronicle., 1923-04-06
YOUNG COUPLE LEAVE
DANCE HALL TO MARRY

Miss Louise Hurley, aged about %
years, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. W.
Hurley, of Seaford, and Arley B. Ma
gee, Jr., aged about "a years, son of
a prominent attorney and former May
or of Dover, surprised their friends on
Tuesday by announcing that they had
been married Monday night at II o.
clock at the parsonage of the M. E.
Church in Cambridge, Nd, by the pas
tor, Rev. w. E. Gunby.
The bride is a popular Seaford girl
and prominent in the social circles
throughout the State. She is a grad
uate of the Seaford High School and
a former student at the Woman's Col
lege, University of Delaware, at New
ark. Mr.. Magee is law student in his
fathers Office in Dover and recently
was appointed secretary to Congress-
man William H. Boyce.
The young couple had motored to
to attend an Easter dance.
They were accompanied by party Of
friends from Seaford. While in the
ball room they suddenly decided to be
married and hurried over to the
church parsonage, where the cere-
nony was performed
They had been friends for about a
rear, but had given no intimation that |
hey contemplated being married at a
rery early date.
Milford chronicle., 1923-04-06
.ELWOOD WRIGHT CLERK
FOR BOARD OF ASSESSMENT

The Levy Court Commissioners oi
Sussex County have appointed former
Clerk of the Peace, William ElWood
Wright, chief clerk to the Sussex
County Board of Assessment. Mr..
Wright, who for many years has been
an active Republican in Georgetown,
succeeded Former Representative Will
liam H. Welch, of Milton, Democrat.
The change in the political complexion
of the Board of Assessment was
brought about on March 1 by the ex-
piration of the term of Derrick B.
Hazard, Democrat, of Dagsboro, who
was succeeded by Former Levy Court
man Granville A. Cannon, Republican,
also of DagsbOro. For the past four
years, Democrats have been in con-
troll of the Board of Assessment; while
for the past two years the Levy Court
has been in charge of the Republicans.
Mr.. Wright will assume his duties
next Monday, and is considered one
of the most competent officials that
Sussex county has had for many years.
For about 21 years he was employed
in the Office of the Clerk of the Peace,
The entire time as deputy except four
years when he held the Office by rea-
son of election.
For more than four years he has
1een secretary of the Sussex County |
Highway improvement Commission, |
he members of which have had un-
Ter their charge the mapping out of |
he improved lateral road system in
over Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1923-04-06
MILFORD NEW CENTURY CLUB

The regular meeting of the Milford
New Century Club was held last Mon
day with the president, Mrs. J. Lynn
Pratt, presiding. After the regular
proceedings the members were enter
tanned by several interesting papers.
Mrs. S. C. Evans read a paper on
'Tree Planting Day" which was an
appeal to the civic pride of Delaware
citizenship as well as entertaining. It
was discussed and the suggestion was
adopted, that the New Century Club
should have planted at the Delaware
Colony, near Stockley, Delaware, a
black walnut tree, as a gift and MEM
orial for the Milford New Century
Club. This would be fine for all clubs
to follow.
A beautiful vocal solo, "The Flow
er Maiden" by Alfred Worlen, was
sung by Miss Helen Barrett, her ac-
companist was Mrs. Walter K. Bar
rett
Mrs. Carl Colell, chairman of the
day for the subject, read number of
articles on "Home EconO-
mics"
Next Monday the business and So
cial events will occupy the session.
Milford chronicle., 1923-04-06
LAUREL HAS A FAST TEAM
This Eastern Shore League Team
Expects To Win Penant.

The Laurel Baseball Association,
members of the Eastern Shore League,
are accepting contracts almost daily
preparatory to the opening of the Eas-
tern Shore season. Laurel is very for
tunate in securing Poke" Whalen,
leader of the Parksley championship
nine last season, to manage the Blue
Hens this year.
Manager Whalen has many of Laur-
els old reliables to fall back upon
and the fans there will be delighted
to see "SOl" Slaughter, Laurel's own,
in Blue Hen uniform again and with
Dick Early, Lefty" Reese, Jim Man
nix and Bill DOremus hitched up with
Godfrey of the Parksley team last
year and several others of proven
worth, it would seem that Laurel will
again be in the running when the
final trimming out is done for the
championship honors.
Although the Blue Hens have no ex-
hibitiOn games scheduled with the ex-
ceptiOn of one game with a Whining
ton club and one with a team from
Chester, Pa. Manager Whalen is con-
fident that he will have his players in
shape for the opening of the season.
The players signed up to date are:
ManniX, Hitchcock, Doremus, Collins,
Seremba, Early, Reese, Slaughter, Nye,
Harris, the Fowler brothers, Andrews,
Bounds and Godfrey.
Milford chronicle., 1923-04-06
W.. A. WEBB RETURNS FROM OHIO

This week William A. Webb, with
several assistants, drove new automo-
biles from Toledo, Ohio, to Milford,
Delaware; arriving here the early part
of the present week. Mr.. Webb is
treasurer of the Kent County Motor
Company and they have had very
successful year; especially since Jan
uary 1st. In January they sold thirty
new machines, but weather conditions
interferred with sales in February,
since then trade has been very salts
factory. Mr.. Webb stated to the writer
this week, that during the month of
March his company had sold in Mil
ford and vicinity, forty-eight automo-
biles. The sales embrace Buick, Over
land, Willys-Knight and Chevrolet
cars, which is a rather good record
for the first spring month. They sell
in addition to the above cars, the Oak
land and other high-class machines.
Milford chronicle., 1923-04-06
SOME SAY THAT APPLES
AND PEACHES ARE HURT

Opinion differs in Sussex county as
to the damage done to fruit and espec-
tally the peach crop. Reports from
Georgetown say no damage was done
by the cold snap.
At Milton seven miles away it is
said so per cent of the peach and ap-
pie buds have been killed.
At Bridgeville it is reported seven
ty-five per cent of the peaches and
so per cent of the apples are killed.
William H. Chandler, proprietor of
the Chandler Orchards, near Milton,
after a thorough examination of the
peach and apple trees, is said to have
reported that the past cold weather
has killed fifty per cent of the buds,
both peach and apples. Other grow
ers around Milton had thought the
cold weather did not hurt the buds to
any appreciable extent.
Mr.. Chandler's statement caused
them to more fully examine the trees
in their orchards and they found that
his estimate is correct. This does not
mean that these crops will be a fail
ure for if fifty per cent of the buds
mature there will be large crop, or
up to normal. When peach and apple
trees are heavily set with fruit and
nothing comes to kill a portion of
them the June Drop" will be heavy,
more than fifty per cent of them fall
ng off.
Around Bridgeville the damage var
es, some orchards being harder hit
han others.
The strawberry crop is also damag-
ID considerable, but they have a
chance of making new buds and a
ater crop.
In the vicinity of Milford there are
10 large orchards but the opinion of
he majority of the fruit growers at
he present time is that fruit has not
cen injured.
Milford chronicle., 1923-04-06
KEPT OUR FIREMEN BUSY
Three Fires Within "a Hours Kept
Fire Company On The Jump.

The Carlisle Fire Company of Mil
ford answered three alarms of fire
within less than "a hours on Saturday
evening and Sunday morning last. The
first call for aid came about eight o.
clock Saturday evening from John
NailOr, farmer residing just at the
northern entrance to town. A chimney
on his residence was burning and the
sparks were being carried by the high
wind that was blowing at the time to-
ward his barns and hay stacks. The
blaze was extinguished by the use of
chemicals.
The second alarm was turned in
about 1O:3O o'clock, Saturday evening.
The flames were in the home of Mrs.
Mollie Brown, on East Front street,
North Milford. This blaze was caused
by defective plumbing work; the
smoke stack from the heater having
been run along side of wooden par
tition. The firemen arrived just in
time to cOnfine the blaze to that sec
tion of the home in which it had start
ed. The loss is about $500 which was
covered by insurance.
About noon on Sunday the third call
for the services of the firemen was
made, when fire was discovered in the
building on Walnut street, owned by
J. Harry Latchum, and in which were
located the confectionery store, own
ed by Mr.. Latchum and the grocery
store owned by Dorsey Bowen. This
blaze was one of the most stubborn
with which the local firemen have had
to contend for sometime. 1t was hard
to get at; and, Notwithstanding the
fact that a number of high pressure
streams of water were played on the
fire, it was two hours before the fire
was stopped. The contents of the
Latchum store were almost totally de-
strOyed; but there is some salvage at
the Bowen store. The fire is supposed
to have been started by small boys
playing in the rear of the stores. Mr..
Latchum had been in his place of bus
mess only twenty minutes before the
fire was discovered. There was no fire
in the store at the time. When insur-
ance was issued to Mr.. Bowen, he gave
his inventory on stock at about $2,- |
BOO. A policy for $1,000 was carried by
him. Mr. Latchum had no insurance |
On either his stock or his building. He |
had intended to tear down the build
ng this spring and replace it with a
modern store building. This work will
De started in the near future.
Following the fire the firemen were
presented with check for $25.OO by
:. D. Abbott & Company, whose store
vas nearest the burning building on
he South Milford side. Mr.. E. H.
3ratten, owner of the Red Star Drug
Store, supplied the f1remen with cigars
.fter the fire was stopped.
Milford chronicle., 1923-04-06
EASTERN SHO' LEAGUE
SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
Opening Day May rs, Milford Will
Play At DOver-Same Teams
Play Here Following Day.

The official schedule for the Eas-
tern Shore League was announced last
Thursday just after the Chronicle had
gone to press. 1t shows that each
team will play a total of "a games
42 at home and the same number away
from home. The season will start on
Friday, May 25th. Pocomoke, Sails
bury, Dover and Cambridge will have
the first opportunity of seeing the
clubs in action.
Pocomoke engages Parksley, last
years champions; the White Clouds
cross bats with Crisfield; Dover meets
their ancient rival, Milford, and Cam
bridge, as last year, plays the Laurel
''Blue Hens" On the following day the
same teams clash in the other four
towns.
In the distribution of opening days,
holidays, and Saturdays, which are
preferable days for home contests, the
clubs fare as follows: Parksley: Sat
urdays, July 4, p. m, Labor Day, a.
M; Pocomoke, opening day, Satur-
days, Decoration Day, July 4, a. M,
Labor Day, a. M; Crisfield, Satur-
days, July 4, a. M, Labor Day, p. M;
Salisbury, opening day, z Saturdays,
Decoration Day, July 4, a. m, Labor
Day, p. M; Laurel, Saturdays, July
4, p. M, Labor Day, a. M; Cambridge,
opening day, z Saturdays, Decoration
Day, Labor Day, p. M; Milford, Sat
urdays, July 4, p. m, Labor Day, p. M;
Dover, opening day, Saturdays, Dec
Grafton Day, July 4, a. M, Labor Day,
a. m.
The official schedule will be found
on page five of this issue of the
Chronicle.
Milford chronicle., 1923-04-06

Eospitals-Tilghman Smith, D. ]
Ford, H S. Dulaney and M. D. Nutter
Resolutions. J. Bunting, F. F
Carpenter, E. H. Dashiell and H. w
Ewing.
Memoirs-T. E. Terry, chairman
Robert Mt, w. R. WOodell, H. S. Du-
laney and w. L. White.
The bar of the conference was made
to include 13 pews.
Rev. James T. PrOuse was named
conference postmaster, a position he
has held for 25 years.
w. P. Taylor was elected solicitor
for the Methodist Review.
Rev. T. E. Terry conducted a mem
orial service for deceased members
and wives of ministers as follows:
Rev. Louis E. Barrett, George w. Will
liams, William S. H. Williams, Mrs.
George White Dawson, Mrs. Mozena
V. McNichols, Mrs. Lydia Amanda Ter
ry and Mrs. Josephine D. Sypherd.
Conference stewards were elected as
follows:
Wilmington District, L. E. Poole;
NiddletOwn, G. P. Jones; Dover, F. c..
MacSorley; Salisbury, E. W. Jones.
DR.. W. R. MOwbray, superintendent
of the Dover district, read his report
on Tuesday. In it he spoke of the work
being done in Milford. That section of
his report follows:
Milford Fine Record
"While speaking of special work
it may be well to note what is being
done in Milford church, Rev. D. w.
Jacobs, pastor. Milford has added S10O
to her salary this year, making the
total $2,400 for the present year. She
also leads the District in centenary Of
ferings, being the only charge, ac-
cording to the last report from the
Chicago office, to wear a star in her
crown, having Overpaid her subscrip-
ton to that date. This church main
tains foreign pastor, Rev. E. E. Dix
on, in China, at $1,000, an assistant to
the pastor at home at the same sal
ary, supports a scholarship in China
and one in India, is keeping four Ar
menian children and is educating two
young people in India, one of whom is
on the work of Rev. A. l.. Gray. The
Fourth Quarterly Conference revealed
the fact that the membership of this
church has increased by SO during the
present pastorate of two years and
that the church was organized up to |
The minute, so much so that the head
Of one of the large business concerns
said, at the close of the Conference,
that he thought the business men of
Milford might we'll go to the Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church to learn
how to organize their business. can
we'll remember when Milford thought
she was doing the handsome thing
when she was paying $1,000 salary
and missionary offering of 5000, and
she was, and at the same time lead
ng the district in missionary giving.
That was less than ten years ago and
low the salary is doubled and the mis-
;ionary offering about five times as
much as it was then.
It is thought that there will be nu-
nerous changes in the assignments OF ]
,astors. The full list of assignments
will appear in next weeks issue OF
he Chronicle.
Milford chronicle., 1923-04-06
GOOD ROADS PEOPLE
WILL PUT UP A KICK
Citizens From All Parts OF Sussex
County Will Go To Dover On
Tuesday, April 10.
The SENATE WILL Be SHOWN
That Partisan Methods Will Not Be
Tolerated On The Good Roads
Question.

The action of the Delaware Senate
in killing the bill which would have
allowed the State Highway Commits
sion to borrow 100000 from the Cen
eral Fund of the State of Delaware
until such time as they could pay it
back from moneys received from the
gasoline tax, has stirred up more
than hornets nest in Sussex county.
reports from all sections in the cOun-
ty are to the effect that the action of
the Senate is not only resented, but
that the residents, regardless of pol
itical affiliations, will impress this
fact upon the members of the Senate
when they re-convene at Dover next
Tuesday. Without the money which
the bill that was killed allowed, the
hands of the Highway Department
are tied and no road work can be done
in the State this year. This is GER
tain.
Without any apparent organization
or leadership, men from all sections
of Sussex state that they will go to
Dover next Tuesday to tell their Sen
atOr that they desire this bill passed.
1t has passed the House, but the snag
was struck when charges and cOun-
tercharges of roads promised to be
built were made. These charges are
said to have been groundless, and Rep
resentative Nelson washed his hands
of the affair before the legislature re-
cessed last week. Another Representa-
tive is said to be ready to tell the Sen
ate that he was kidding one of the
Senators when he told of having a
road for his district.
Regardless of the merit of the ac-
tion of the Senate, the feeling is very
general in Sussex county that the bill
was killed for the express purpose of
being in a position to trade votes on
other important legislation before the
Senate. The Senators certainly did
not expect the united condemnation of
the residents of the lower part of the
State when they took this action.
From Milford a large delegation
will go to Dover Tuesday morning
next, with the purpose of advocating
that the "King's Highway Route" as
surveyed from Milford to Lewes be
started this year. This road when COM
Dleted will very materially shorten the
distance between Wilmington and Re
noboth, and will be a more direct
route for residents of the bayshore
districts to get out their produce to
points. 1t is said that at the
present time over 2200 men in Sussex
county have signified their intention
If visiting Dover next Tuesday to tell
he Senators what is desired in road
money appropriations. No matter
where you live if you have not made
Up your mind to go, don't hesitate. Be
With the good roads advocates when
hey gather at the capitol next Tues
lay.
Milford chronicle., 1923-04-06
MUSIC LOVERS WERE
GIVEN A RARE TREAT
Eight Victor Artists Presented By
Tall Cedars Gave Entertainment
Of Highest Order.

The music lovers of lower Delaware
were given rare treat on Monday ey
ening, when the eight Victor artists
entertained an appreciative audience
at the Plaza Theatre. The musicians
were brought to Milford by Evergreen
Forest, No. 40, Tall Cedars of Leban-
on, for their regular Spring Ladies
Night" stunt, and the choice of this
world-famOus organization proved a
wise one. From the opening number
until the closing selection, the artists
had their audience enthralled with
their music. John Meyer, Frank Crox-
ton, Henry Burr, Billy Murray, Camp
bell and Burr, all with excellent Sc
lections of vocal songs were fine.
Rudy WiedOeft, recognized as the
worlds greatest SaxOphone artist,
made a real hit with his numbers;
and, last, but not least, were the Co.
hen stories, told as only Monroe Sill
yer can tell them. Taken as a whole,
the entire entertainment from the op-
ening to the final drop of the curtain,
was the finest musical program ever
given on stage on the Del-Mar-Via
Peninsula.
The artists were fine; but they were
not without their praise of MilfOrd's
handsome new playhouse. Without ex-
ception each and every member of the
visiting organization spoke enthusias-
tically of this theatre. Wiedoeft, es-
pecially, was much impressed with the
acoustics of the theatre. He made the
statement following the performance,
that it had the finest acoustic prop
critics of any theatre in which he had
played lately. He compared it for
these properties, with several of the
larger New York theatres, and his
comparison was more than favorable.
All of the players commented upon
the cleanliness of the theatre and con-
graduated the management on this
feature of the building. They placed it
ahead of any theatre ever visited by
them for cleanliness behind the
scenes.
The visitors were also much sur
prised at the facilities for properly
the stage. They were a very
much surprised bunch of artists when
they visited the theatre Monday after
noon and saw the stage setting for the
evening. To say that they were pleas
ed is putting it mildly. The Milford
Furniture Company supplied the fur
niture and decorations for the stage
settings. The Milford Greenhouse fur
1ished beautiful flowers for the stage
scene and the visitors took occasion
% congratulate Colin McNichol, pro-
)rietor for the abundance and beauty
# the flowers.
Milford has a theatre that is real
.redit to any community, and Mr..
.ewis, who invested his money in the
,roiect, is to be congratulated for
taking his money here. The artists
aid following the entertainment, that ,
was the fact that Milford had such :
theatre, that made it possible for the
all Cedars, of Milford, to be able to
ct the contract with them.
Every seat in the theatre was sold :,
nd occupied by well satisfied people
-ho came from lower Delaware and
aryland. l, Il
Milford chronicle., 1923-04-06
NARCOTIC BUREAU
OF INFORMATION
U. S. Commissioner Haynes Will
Speak At Dover Tomorrow Eve
ming Before Conference.

Federal Prohibition Commissioner
R. A. Haynes, who will address the
annual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in Dover, Saturday
evening, is of the opinion that one of
the most serious difficulties in con-
nection with Prohibition Law Enforce
ment is the attitude of men, in both
official and private life, who have a
high standing in the community and
great influence in their respective So
cial, professional or business spheres.
These men, Commissioner Haynes
says, sanction and participate in the
illegal traffic in intoxicating liquor al
though they would not knowingly
wink at the violation ofa ny other sta
tute.
1.-THE only question involved in Pro-
hibition Law enforcement" says Com
missioner Haynes, "is Are you for or
against the Constitution of the United
States?' and if there can be any differ
ent degree of responsibility among cit
liens for the observance of law, men
of influential circles should be con-
sidered even more guilty than those of
whom society expects less"
Commission Haynes address will
be along constructive lines and will
be of very material help to all those
who hear him and who are interested
in the enforcement of not only the
prohibition law but of all laws. Inter-
esting facts concerning the progress
being made in enforcement will be a
feature of the address, as well as an
outline of the various ways in which
The public in general may be of as
;istance.
Milford chronicle., 1923-04-06
FORMER SHERIFFS
MUST RETURN BOOKS

AT Tuesdays session of the Kent
County Levy Court the resignation OF
BENJAMIN H. Moor as road supervisor
in the Second district was accepted.
S. Carl Hughes, treasurer of the
Kent County Almshouse was allowed
$3.50 for the month of April for the
running expenses of the institution.
County Engineer Gooden was in
structed to order three road scrapers
and one sod cutter.
All road supervisors were ordered
to close their accounts on or before
next Friday.
The county treasurer and receiver
of taxes was ordered to furnish the
Levy Court with list of delinquent
taxables by next Tuesday.
The court also issued an order for
all former sheriffs since 1916 to re-
turn all books used by them during
their terms of Office so that such
books can be filed with the clerk OF
the peace as matter of record.